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

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㼭

• To steady a thing by putting wedges or props underneath it; to fill an aperture by stuffing something in.

• chn̂g m̄ ún, tîeh soih;

  the table does not stand firmly, it must be made stable by putting something under its leg.

• cò̤-nî soih lío hŵn-lío ĭe-ló;

  however much I wedge things underneath it, it still joggles.

• cía khah tōa, soih m̄ lô̤h;

  this is too large and I cannot wedge it under the part requiring support.

• hía khah pô̤h īu soih bô̤ bi;

  that is too thin and wedging it under will be ineffectual.

• i hàuⁿ soih a má phāng;

  he likes to talk through a crevice with old women.

• cí kâi soih lô̤h khṳ̀ cū kah;

  this just fits the place that needs to be filled by a prop.

• ah n̆ng soih îu chia;

  take a duck’s egg to prop an oil mill.

• cí kâi soih jîp khṳ̀ ngam-sāi ngam-sāi;

  this is just the right size to fill the crevice.

• i hṳ́ kâi khueh-hūn sĭ soih tit lô̤h a soih m̄ lô̤h?

  Can he be used to fill that vacancy?

• i cē ŭ kâi hûn-phāng cū khṳ̀ soih;

  if there be the least opening for him, he slips in.

• kha-tháng lāu, tîeh khîeh mûeh lâi soih;

  the wash-tub leaks, it must have the crack stopped with something.

• i kâi hun-tâng sĭ soih tŏ̤ khò-thâu;

  his pipe is stuck into the top of his trowsers.

• hṳ́ kò̤ hó̤ soih ke cêk nâng lô̤h khṳ̀ a m̄-ho̤?

  Can another person be wedged in there or not?

• cía put kùe sĭ soih phûe phāng kâi;

  this is nothing more than filling up a narrow space between two other graves.

• úa thói" hṳ́ kâi tī-hng li soih m̄ jîp;

  I do not think you can wedge in any more there.

細

• ńng-soih;

  fine, small, and delicate; fragile and dainty.

• ńng-soih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

  bric-a-brac; bijouterie; articles that are small and exquisite.

• hìeⁿ cōi sieⁿ láng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ lóng-cóng sĭ ńng-ńng soih-soih kâi;

  all these boxes are of very delicate aud costly things.

• cìeⁿ cōi cho-ki tōa-hîeh kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ tǹg bô̤ cêk kiaⁿ ńng-soih kâi cîⁿ;

  all these coarse and large articles are of less value in money than a single object of art.

• cía sĭ ńng-soih kâi, m̄ pí hía cho-tōa lâ-phà kâi;

  this is of exquisite workmanship, and is not to be put in comparison with those coarse and clumsy ones.

襭

• To tuck in, as the skirt in the girdle.

• saⁿ-kṳ khang-khí-lâi soih tŏ̤ tòa kò̤;

  take up the bottom of the petticoat and tuck it in the girdle.

• tîeh soih kín, màiⁿ ka-lâuh;

  must tuck it in tight so that it won’t come out.

• àiⁿ ĕ kùe khoi, kûn tîeh kío-khí-lâi soih-pàng tòa kò̤, cìaⁿ bŏi ūn tîeh cúi;

  if you are going to wade across the stream, you must lift your petticoat and tuck it in your belt, then it will not draggle in the water.

礫

• Small stones, gravel, shingle.

• hĭa soih;

  broken tiles.

• thūn cò̤ hìaⁿ kâi cng-kău hĭa-soih;

  fill it in with broken bricks and tiles.