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

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安

• Tranquil to put at ease; how.

• mn̄g úaⁿl chíaⁿ uaⁿ;

  to salute.

• thau naⁿ;

  stolen leisure.

• lṳ́ uaⁿ sim;

  be of easy mind.

• cîah uaⁿ-ôiⁿ kâi pn̄g;

  eat the bread of idleness.

• uaⁿ-ùe i kâi sim;

  comfort him.

• uaⁿ hūu sĭu kí;

  contented with one’s lot.

• uaⁿ-húang pù-kùi;

  enjoy wealth and honor.

• uaⁿ-uaⁿ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

  quite at leisure.

• taⁿ uaⁿ tŏ̤?

  Where now is his comfort?

• uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;

  quietly.

• uaⁿ-uaⁿ cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;

  very quietly.

• uaⁿ tī pàng tī kâi tī-hng?

  Where is the land of rest?

• m̄ uaⁿ sim căi;

  of uneasy mind.

• uaⁿ mn̂g;

  set up a door.

• uaⁿ tùi;

  set up a rice pounder.

• uaⁿ sîn;

  set up gods.

• mn̄g lṳ́ kâi sim uaⁿ a m̄ uaⁿ;

  inquire of your own heart whether it is at peace.

• uaⁿ jîen bô̤ ĭang;

  adapted to the circumstances.

• hâp ke uaⁿ-lêng;

  the whole household is at peace.

• uaⁿ-uaⁿ ún-ún;

  steadily and quietly.

• uaⁿ-sim, uaⁿ-sim, míen hŵn-ló̤;

  be tranquil, there is no occasion for anxiety.

• uaⁿ jû thài suaⁿ;

  unmoved as a mountain.

• uaⁿ ēng cí kâi mûeh?

  How can I make use of this?

• uaⁿ cai i bô̤ ēng?

  How do you know it is of no use?

• uaⁿ cai m̄ sĭ nē?

  How do you know it is not?

• lṳ́ ā bô̤ úa le, uaⁿ tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  Where would you have been but for me?

• i chông-côiⁿ ā sĭ khéng o̤h hó̤ le, kim-jît uaⁿ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  Had he formerly learned to do well, how could he be as he now is?

鞍

• A saddle.

• bé bô̤ sìa uaⁿ, nâng bô̤ sìa kah;

  the horses did not have their saddles removed, nor did the men lay aside their armor.

• bé uaⁿ kîe khṳt í cŏ̤ tîeh khah ôih;

  the saddle is too short for him to sit upon.

碗

• A bowl, a bowlful.

• pn̄g úaⁿ;

  rice bowls.

• úaⁿ kíaⁿ;

  small bowls.

• úaⁿ kong;

  a large bowl.

• thng úaⁿ;

  soup bowls.

• jîet cîah úaⁿ;

  a bowl for hot condiments.

• tong úaⁿ;

  a bowl of medium size.

• tōa kâi úaⁿ;

  a very large bowl.

• tê úaⁿ;

  a covered tea-cup.

• tê sói úaⁿ;

  bowl to rinse tea-cups in.

• cêk kah úa;

  a set of ten bowls.

• i cêk tǹg cîah kúi úaⁿ pn̄g?

  How many bowls of rice does he eat at one meal?

• cá-sîn-kùa cîah úaⁿ mûeⁿ;

  eat a bowl of congee early in the morning.

• pó úaⁿ tîeh ēng tâng teng;

  in mending the bowl, brass clamps must be used.

• thâh úaⁿ thân;

  the tidbit placed on the top of a bowl of rice as a relish.

案

• A table on which to lean; a bench, or bar before a judge, or that which lies on it; a case in law, an action; an occurrence, event or affair, spoken of judicially; a sentence, a decision; to try, or to decide a case.

• íⁿ-keng kak ùaⁿ lío;

  the case is closed.

• tìo ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi thóiⁿ;

  call for the official records and see.

• ùaⁿ chêng;

  the circumstances of a case.

• cêk kĭaⁿ ùaⁿ sím jîeh kú?

  How long has the case been before the court?

• ùaⁿ îu;

  the merits of a case.

• sím ùaⁿ;

  to try a case.

• mn̄g ùaⁿ;

  cross-question.

• kíaⁿ-jit tẁn kúi khí ùaⁿ;

  has to-day decided several cases.

• ùaⁿ-kím lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;

  the case has been tried, but the verdict is not yet rendered.

• i khṳ̀ phùa mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;

  he has gone to enter an indictment for murder.

• phùa ùaⁿ;

  to put a case in the hands of a magistrate.

• kò̤ kàu ang-chak ùaⁿ ĕ ciaⁿ tit;

  carried the case up to the court of the provincial-judge and there won it.

• kong ùaⁿ chn̂g;

  the judge’s bench.

• ùaⁿ côiⁿ;

  at the bar.

• lêng-ūaⁿ hwn ùaⁿ;

  to give a case a rehearing.

• kū ùaⁿ;

  an old undecided case.

• bô̤ thâu kong-ùaⁿ;

  a case without evidence.

• ùaⁿ-chn̂g kẁn kàu lîh;

  beat upon the bench so as to split it, as in great indignation.

• pái hieⁿ-ùaⁿ ngêng-cih;

  place an alter with censers on it in sign of welcome.

• cí khue tī-tîang kháu ùaⁿ-sín?

  Who stood first on the list of graduates at this examination?

• thŵn ùaⁿ;

  summon the parties to court.

• síe ùaⁿ, tōa ùaⁿ;

  important or unimportant cases.

• kiaⁿ khòng ùaⁿ;

  a case appealed for adjudication at Peking.

• sĭang khòng ùaⁿ;

  carry a case to a higher court.

• kheh ùaⁿ;

  a case outside the jurisdiction of this judge.

晏

• Late; behindhand; tardy.

• jît ùaⁿ;

  iti s late in the afternoon.

• cá ût ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

  went to bed early and got up late.

• àng cìeⁿ ùaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi;

  came so late.

• táng ùaⁿ cē;

  wait till a little later.

• táng tîeh khah ùaⁿ cū m̄ táng i;

  if he is too tardy we will not wait for him.

• cá ùaⁿ to tŏ̤;

  early and late he is tehre.

• cá m̄ lâi, ùaⁿ m̄ lâi, tú-tú cí-hûe cū lái;

  did not come earlier nor later but just at this moment.

• gūa kang hì ùaⁿ cĭeⁿ pêⁿ;

  for extra performances, the curtain rises late.

旱

• Dronght.

• thiⁿ ŭaⁿ; thiⁿ-sî ŭaⁿ;

  the weather is very dry.

• khàng-ŭaⁿ căi;

  very droughty.

• ūaⁿ kàu múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ bô̤ cúi;

  so dry that there is no water anywhere.

• kú ŭaⁿ hông kam hŏ;

  a refreshing shower after long drought.

• ŭaⁿ thiⁿ to̤ hŏ ì;

  in dry weather it frequently looks as if it were going to rain.

換

• To exchange; to change; to sell; barter.

• pau ūaⁿ;

  agree to exchange if it is not good.

• táu ūaⁿ cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

  to exchange money.

• tùi ūaⁿ;

  to interchange.

• cí nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ lâi tùi ūaⁿ;

  exchange these two, the one for the other.

• i thóiⁿ tîeh m̄-hó̤, aìⁿ ūaⁿ tò̤-tńg;

  he thinks them of inferior quality, and wants to have them taken back.

• sĭ àiⁿ ūaⁿ cò̤ cîⁿ, a sĭ ūaⁿ cò̤ mûeh?

  Do you want to barter them for money or for goods?

• chut mn̂g cū bô̤ ūaⁿ;

  do not take back any goods that have been carried out at the door.

• náng lâi ūaⁿ thiap hó̤ mē?

  Shall we exchange cards on which our birthdays have been written?

• àiⁿ ūaⁿ nŏ̤ ki êⁿ;

  are going to replace two roof-beams with better ones.

• i tó̤ cò̤ se ūaⁿ búe kâi seng-lí;

  his business is that of going about the country exchanging cotton rolls for yarn.