A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / sek

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擲

• To toss, to pitch, to fling.

• sek kùe lâi, sek kùe khṳ̀;

  tossed to and fro.

• màiⁿ khṳt i sek tîeh;

  do not let it hit you as it flies.

• úa sek, lṳ́ cih;

  I will toss it, and you catch it.

釋

• To unloose, to free, to liberate; to open out the meaning; to relax; to slight or let alone; to leave; to melt or dissipate.

• i m̄ khéng sek chíu;

  he would not loose his hold.

• sek-pàng i;

  loose him and let him go.

• sek-kà;

  the Buddhists.

• sek-kia-hût;

  Sakyamuni, the solitary, the monk of the Sakyas, also called Buddha, who died B. C. 643.

• cía cṳ kâi cù-sek sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?

  By whom was the commentary on this book written?

• cí nŏ̤ mîaⁿ, chíaⁿ kuaⁿ-hú tiah-sek;

  pray the magistrate to remove these two names from among those of the persons who are to be punished.

• líang ke būe hûa, cò̤ ŭ jîp sek-sŏng?

  The two parties not having come to a reconciliation, why enter an appeal to relax the prosecution?

• cí tieⁿ sek-tîaⁿ kang-khó cò̤ căi, líang ke sui-sĭ àiⁿ hûa-sek ūe tàⁿ m̄ tńg;

  this plea for a cessation of the prosecution is very difficult to make, for although the parties desire a peaceful settlement to be announced, what has been spoken cannot be recalled.

• cău-hùe kuaⁿ khai-sek i;

  fortunately the magistrate released him, and did not keep him under arrest.

• kói-sek;

  to explain.

• khṳ̀ khǹg-sek i;

  go and expostulate with him.

植

• To set up.

• phûe-sek;

  to set up in life.

• cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hó̤ phûe-sek kâi;

  this youth is one whom it is worth while to start in life.

• tăi-tăi phûe-sek i;

  did much to give him a start in life.

飾

• To adorn, to paint, to ornament; to set off; to gloss over; to pretend; to patch up; to brighten; ornaments.

• i taⁿ tó̤ khui hok-sek phò;

  ho now keeps a shop in which theatrical costumes are sold.

• ūaⁿ cêk sin hok-sek, sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ kheh kâi īeⁿ;

  changed all his garments, as if he were going out to pay a visit.

• íam-sek kàu bô̤ nâng cai;

  kept it under cover, so that no one knew.

• gūa mīn hún sek kàu hó̤ thóiⁿ căi;

  the outside is beautifully tinted.

• cuang-sek;

  bedizened, tricked out; specious.

• i kâi tàⁿ ūe nĕ sît-sît, bô̤ cuang bô̤ sek;

  what he says is perfectly true, nothing is glossed or slurred over.

• síu-sek;

  women’s head ornaments.

• síu-sek;

  to brighten up, to adorn, to make comely by repairing; to paint and whitewash.

式

• A sample; an example; a form, fashion, rule, or pattern; to make like a copy.

• hâh sek;

  like the sample.

• hâh sim sek;

  corresponding to the ideal.

• keh-sek;

  the model.

• hŭam keh-sek;

  go contrary to the pattern.

• cúa-khò-sek;

  a copy slip.

• jī sía lâi ŭ thiap sek;

  the letters are written so well as to be fit for a copy.

• bô̤ khẃn bô̤ sek;

  without style or rule.

• lṳ́ àiⁿ sĭm-mih khẃn-sek kâi?

  What sort of ones do you want?

• i cí ău íⁿ-keng sek-ngûi;

  he is latterly much reduced in circumstances.

• cêk sek ngṳ̂n;

  a dime.

𥧑

• To leave, to abandon, to cast away, to dismiss; to put aside or let go.

• sek tīo i bó tŏ̤ chù kò̤, lío cò̤ i khṳ̀;

  left his wife there at home and went off.

• sim àiⁿ sek tīo, sek m̄ khṳ̀;

  cannot dismiss it from my thoughts.

• kûi i sek pàng kò̤;

  let it go and leave it there.

• sek tŏ̤-kò̤ káng nî;

  left behind for about a year.

• khṳt i sek tŏ̤ cí kò̤, kang-khó căi;

  left here by him, in great distress.

息

• To rest; to desist and repose; to produce; interest on money.

• ang-sek-jît;

  Sunday.

• hiah-sek;

  to stop and rest.

• sek nō̤ⁿ;

  to appease wrath.

• lāi-sek;

  the interest on money lent.

• ŭ sĭm-mih chut sek mē?

  Are there any perquisites?

• seⁿ sek;

  bear interest.

• cṳ́-sek;

  progeny.

• i kâi cṳ́-sek pô̤h;

  she has but a small family.

• mîn uaⁿ, tău sek;

  the people tranquil, and marauders quiet.

• sek piaⁿ;

  to suspend military operations.

適

• To accord; to suit; to chime in.

• sek ì;

  consonant with one’s desire.

• bô̤ cêk kâi sek i kâi ì;

  there is not one that suits him.

• i sek-ì kâi cū hó̤;

  if he likes it that is sufficient.

• cía put kùe sĭ sek chêng cē;

  this is nothing more than taking a little relaxation.

• sek ngŏ̤ ŭ nâng-khek lâi;

  just then a visitor came.

識

• Experienced; versed in.

• kìen-sek;

  experience.

• kìen sek chim;

  thoroughly versed in.

• chŵn bô̤ kìen-sek;

  wholly without experience.

• sêk sek cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  versed in this business.

色

• Air, manner; form, color, hue; complexion; expression of the face; the deportment; to look blandly; mode.

• sort, kind, quality;

  glory, beauty; lust; a show of well dressed women; in Buddhism one of the six outward perceptions, that of form.

• sek cúi;

  color.

• chái cò̤ ngŏ sek;

  adorned with all the various colors.

• thiaⁿ tîeh, mīn cū cak sek;

  on hearing it, he changed color.

• cheⁿ sek;

  green, the color of leaves, the colors found in nature; applied to various shades of green, blue, gray and brown.

• n̂g sek;

  yellow.

• chiah sek;

  flesh-colored; the color of undressed leather.

• pêh sek;

  white.

• o sek; hek sek;

  black.

• lâm sek;

  indigo blue.

• âng sek;

  red.

• lêk sek;

  green.

• cí sek;

  crimson.

• chíⁿ sek;

  bright blue.

• thô̤-âng-sek;

  pink.

• tṳ-kuaⁿ sek;

  a reddish brown.

• hun-cío sek;

  dove color.

• hui sek; húe-hu sek;

  gray.

• thien-cheⁿ sek;

  dark purple.

• tàng-cheⁿ sek;

  cream color.

• chim sek;

  a dark shade of this color.

• chíen sek;

  a pale shade.

• lâh sek;

  mahogany color.

• câp sek;

  mixed colors.

• pńg sek;

  the natural color; undyed.

• jíam sek;

  to color, to tint.

• àiⁿ ní tī cêk sek?

  What color do you want it dyed?

• thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ cîaⁿ sek, m̄ cîaⁿ sîn;

  it does not appear to be thoroughly and fully dyed.

• sek-cêk;

  gloss, luster, brightness of color.

• ní chut lâi bô̤ sek-cêk;

  it is not dyed so as to give it luster.

• chut sek kâi nâng-ŵn;

  an officer above the common run.

• bô̤ mih chut sek;

  not much beyond the common sort.

• mîaⁿ-sek;

  reputation; fame; good name.

• ŭ mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng;

  is a man of repute.

• cok sek kâi ngṳ̂n;

  pure silver.

• sek sek kŭ chŵn;

  every sort is kept on hand.

• kòiⁿ sek;

  particolored.

• cìaⁿ sek;

  a solid color.

• hṳ́ kâi nâng hàuⁿ sek, cí kâi nâng cíe sek-îok;

  that one is inclined to be salacious, the other is less libidinous.

• khí sek;

  increasing prosperity or improvement.

• sek-sîn ngía căi;

  the colors are beautiful.

• sek-līo àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe-kah?

  How are the dye-stuffs to be compounded?

悉

• To comprehend in all particulars; minutely.

• sêk sek;

  fully understand.

• i cū sêk sek cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  he knows all about this.

• sái kàu mih nâng cai sek;

  make every one acquainted with the details.

• sek thàng;

  thoroughly acquainted with.

瘜

• A polypus.

• i kâi phīⁿ seⁿ sek-nêk;

  he has a polypus in his nose.

熟

• Ripe, mellow, mature; well cooked; acquainted with; perfect at; skilled, experienced, apt at; intimate, very friendly.

• pû būe sêk;

  it is not yet boiled through.

• kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;

  when the fruit is ripe.

• chīu-câng-sêk kâi sūaiⁿ;

  mangoes ripened on the tree.

• sêk chíu;

  a skilled hand.

• sêk nâng bô̤ lói;

  intimate acquaintances dispense with ceremony.

• nâng sêk, lói m̄ sêk;

  familiarity breeds contempt.

• ô̤h sêk cē;

  learn it more perfectly.

• līen kàu nĕ sêk-sêk;

  practised it till he became very expert in it.

• cêk ē lô̤h khṳ̀, cū bŏi cîah sêk bí;

  after one fall you will not be able to eat cooked rice; it will be fatal to you.

• i nŏ̤ nâng sie sêk;

  the two are very friendly with each other.

• khĭa-khí khah sêk;

  stayed there till he became too familiar.

• pû khah kùe sêk;

  boiled too much.

• káu sîa sêk cū hó̤;

  to cook it till it is nearly done is enough.

• cṳ tîeh thâk kàu sêk-sêk;

  you must learn your lessons perfectly.

• sêk nâng căi; made himself very much at home.

• sêk-sāi;

  not at all diffident; unabashed.

• sêk sêk nē, màiⁿ cṳ̆-sòi;

  being well acquainted, do not take thought about it.

• cía sĭ ún chī sêk kâi;

  this is one we have tamed.

• ēng sêk-lôi khṳ̀ ín cheⁿ-lôi lâi;

  employ a half-civilized one to go and bring one of the aborigines.

• cí tîo lō lìu kàu sêk;

  have travelled this road till I know it well.

• cĭu sêk lō kîaⁿ;

  go by a well known road.

• cíeⁿ pn̄g bŏi sêk;

  the watched pot never boils.

• tah i bói kâi sêk-tâng-só̤;

  commission him to buy a wrought brass lock.

• sêk thn̂g;

  to make sugar.

• àiⁿ ka cò̤ cheⁿ si, a sĭ sêk si?

  Do you wish to buy a piece of stiff silk, or of pliable silk?

• sêk nêk;

  cooked meat.

• sêk hṳ̂;

  cooked fish.

• sêk châk;

  a thief who is acquainted with the premises.

• sêk mīn, sêk mīn;

  a very familiar face.

• soiⁿ càⁿ sêk;

  first scald it in hot water till it is done.

• sêk îeh phò;

  a shop where prepared drugs are sold.