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

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擔

• To carry at the two ends of a pole over the shoulder; to bear, to sustain, to undertake, to be responsible for.

• i taⁿ mûeh khṳ̀;

  he has gone to carry some things.

• khin kâi tàⁿ i taⁿ tit phû, tăng kâi tàⁿ i taⁿ m̄ phû;

  he can carry a light burden, but not a heavy one.

• phoi-taⁿ taⁿ kàu îo-îo;

  the carrying-pole has been used till it is very flexible.

• taⁿ khṳ̀ tăng thâu áu;

  does not balance the pole on the shoulder so as to keep it level when carrying the loads.

• taⁿ tăng tàⁿ;

  bear heavy burdens.

• tàⁿ-thâu hìeⁿ tăng, bô̤ pún-nía hùe m̄ káⁿ lâi taⁿ cía tàⁿ;

  the burden is so heavy that no one who is not strong would dare undertake to carry it.

• lṳ́ taⁿ tit khí mē?

  Can you carry it?

• i taⁿ cĭeⁿ koiⁿ li-li cáu;

  he hoisted it on to his shoulder and ran off with it.

• khîeh pùn-ki khṳ̀ taⁿ thô;

  take rubbish baskets and go and bring earth.

• khṳ̀ taⁿ hue lâi chio;

  go and bring the lime and mix it in.

• taⁿ tng m̄ khí;

  am not adequate to it.

• khak-taⁿ;

  a red carrying-pole, used in carrying wedding presents.

今

• Now; at this time.

• bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?

  How long since you bought it?

• taⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ cōi kâi;

  at present there are not so many.

• taⁿ m̄ sĭ cìen-seⁿ;

  it is not now so.

膽

• The gall; the gall-bladder; courage, bravery, because it is supposed to be connected with this organ; fortitude; endurance.

• ŭ táⁿ;

  courageous.

• bô̤ táⁿ;

  timorous.

• cí kâi táⁿ tōa căi;

  this one is very brave.

• ŭ táⁿ-lĭang kâi nâng cū káⁿ cò̤;

  a person of great courage would dare do it.

• bô̤ táⁿ-lĭang, căi tit káⁿ cìn-côiⁿ?

  Without courage, how could he venture forward?

• sim hṳ, táⁿ cìen;

  cowed and craven.

• kiaⁿ kàu i mâng hûn sàng táⁿ;

  so scared that he lost all wit and courage.

• táⁿ-cap;

  the bile.

• kiaⁿ phùa taⁿ;

  dreadfully frightened.

• pau thiⁿ taⁿ; i kâi táⁿ tōa kàu pau thiⁿ;

  he is afraid of nothing under the heavens.

• i taⁿ-khì tōa căi;

  he is very valiant.

• i ŭ táⁿ-khì;

  he has moral courage.

• lêng-táⁿ-cháu;

  a bitter plant, used in rheumatism.

• táⁿ-cháu;

  very bitter herbs.

• khó kùe tṳ-táⁿ;

  more bitter than swine’s gall.

• hṳ̂ m̄-hó̤ thâi phùa táⁿ;

  do not cut the gall bladder in dressing the fish.

• cía sĭ kuaⁿ-táⁿ kâi ūe;

  this is the expression of his real feelings.

• i kâi, bun táⁿ;

  his gall is that of a gnat; he is a perfect coward.

• íⁿ-keng thó̤ kò̤ hîm táⁿ cîah lô̤h khṳ̀;

  has demanded a piece of bear’s gall to take as medicine; has asked those who wounded him for money to buy expensive remedies.

• thâi nâng pàne húe táⁿ;

  has the audacity of a murderer and incendiary.

• phah tîeh tìo táⁿ;

  hit him where the gall is hung; struck his vitals.

擔

• A burden, a load; a picul.

• cêk tàⁿ cêk peh kṳn;

  a picul is a hundred catties.

• cí tàⁿ kàu poih káu câp kṳn, hṳ́ tàⁿ peh gūa kṳn;

  this load is eighty or ninety catties in weight, and that one is over a hundred.

• cía cûn cài ŭ jîeh cōi tàⁿ hue?

  How many loads of lime does this boat carry?

• cái ŭ saⁿ bw̄n tàⁿ;

  it carries thirty thousand piculs.

• tàⁿ màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;

  do not carry too heavy loads.

• jîh cò̤ cêk tōa tàⁿ;

  press it down and make one large load of it.

• màiⁿ khṳt taⁿ-tàⁿ hùe cŭang tîeh;

  do not let the burden bearers come in collision with it.

講

• To speak, to converse, to say, to talk.

• tàⁿ ūe;

  to talk.

• i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

  What does she say?

• i tàⁿ m̄-hó̤;

  she dissents.

• nâng-nâng tàⁿ hó̤;

  every one assents to it.

• úa li tàⁿ sĭ, i li tàⁿ m̄ sĭ;

  I said it was so and she said it was not.

• i tàⁿ mih ūe?

  What language does he speak?

• ŏi tàⁿ ūe a bŏi?

  Can he talk?

• úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  I do not know what to say about it.

• cía ūe sĭ i tàⁿ kâi;

  this is what he said.

• tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;

  use obscene language.

• tàⁿ khṳ̀ áu m̄ tńg;

  cannot pronounce it.

• tàⁿ lâi tōa cîh;

  stutters in talking.

• tàⁿ khṳ̀ thîh-thîh-kìe;

  speaks stammeringly.

• tàⁿ khṳ̀ im m̄ cìaⁿ;

  does not speak plainly.

• tàⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;

  did not say exactly.

• i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi kōi thiaⁿ;

  it is easy to understand what he says.

• mih ūe i to ŏi tàⁿ;

  he can speak every language.

• sĭ tàⁿ sńg kâi a sĭ tàⁿ cin kâi?

  Is it spoken in jest or in earnest?

• têng tàⁿ;

  reiterate.

• lêng-ūaⁿ tàⁿ;

  say it over again.

• cài tàⁿ;

  repeat it.

• cài saⁿ tàⁿ;

  told him again and again.

• hŵn-lío tàⁿ;

  keeps on telling it.

• tàⁿ pêh-cíaⁿ; tàⁿ pêh-lô̤h;

  to tell lies.

淡

• Insipid; dull; indifferent; flat.

• i kâi bī khah tăⁿ;

  it tastes too flat.

• i kâi ke ío cheng-tăⁿ;

  his family is poor.

• i khĭam-phok căi, cêk seⁿ to sĭ cho i tăⁿ pn̄g;

  they live very plainly, and always wear coarse clothing and eat simple food.

• tāⁿ-tăⁿ nē kau-chap cū hó̤;

  to be merely civil in intercourse with them is all that is desirable.

• cí pak ūe lâi khah tăⁿ, hṳ́ pak ūe lâi khah lông;

  this scroll is painted in too pale colors, and that one in too bright ones.

• tăⁿ-pô̤h kâi ke;

  of obscure family.

• i cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí né-tăⁿ căi;

  his business is very dull lately.

• kâi koi-chĭ cn̂g kâi né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;

  trade is now exceedingly dull; nothing is going on in the markets.

搗

• To ram down, to beat down with a pestle.

• cang khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi tăⁿ mîⁿ, cìaⁿ tah tit tùe;

  crush it with the pestle and then it will adhere when you stick it on.

• cí kúi kâi kaⁿ-ná khîeh khṳ̀ tăⁿ phùa;

  take these few olives and break them by crushing them.

• tăⁿ chùi;

  beat and break under a pestle.

• îeⁿ-bûe khîeh lâi tăⁿ phùa hût lío cò̤ îeⁿ-bûe sám;

  break the pits of the arbutus fruit and make a jam of them.

擲

• To discard; to pitch.

• khîeh kò̤ cîeh tăⁿ i;

  pitched a stone at it.

• tăⁿ hôiⁿ;

  to return a discarded article.

• tăⁿ sìu-kîu;

  toss the embroidered ball.

• tú-tú tăⁿ tîeh;

  just hit it.

• tăⁿ tîeh thâu-khak;

  hit him on the head.

差

• To err; to mistake; to blunder.

• i tàⁿ tāⁿ;

  he made a mistake in speaking.

• i cò̤ tāⁿ;

  he made a mistake in doing it.

• sĭ úa thóiⁿ tāⁿ;

  it was I who made a mistake in the inspection.

• sĭeⁿ tāⁿ cú-ì;

  an error of thought leading to error in choice.

• chíu khîeh tāⁿ;

  a slip of the hand, in taking.

• lí tāⁿ;

  made a mistake in regulating it.

• kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;

  went by the wrong road.

• cîah tāⁿ mûeh;

  ate the wrong thing.

• thóiⁿ tāⁿ nâng;

  mistook his man.

• chŵn bŏi tāⁿ;

  no mistake about it.

• còng tāⁿ īa m̄ hn̆g;

  the error is not great.

• tāⁿ kàu m̄ cai;

  went astray so far as to be completely unaware of it.

• thâk tāⁿ im, sía tāⁿ jī, sueh tāⁿ cṳ;

  read, write and explain the wrong letters.