Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chui

by Adele Marion Fielde

chui

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• To urge; to importune; to dun.

chui i méⁿ cē; chūe i kín cē;

hurry him up.

chui i cò̤ méⁿ cē; urge him to hasten the work, chui thó̤ sìo-bâk;

importunately demanded the amount of the bill.

chui nâng-kheh;

importune a guest to stay.

chui chok;

to expedite.

lṳ́ màiⁿ chui-pek khah kín;

do not drive him too hard.

chui kàu úa mih sṳ bô̤ cò̤;

pressesme so that I can do nothing.

chui nîe;

dun for taxes.

chui che;

hasten the messenger.

khṳt i chui lío kha tòng chíu sih;

was hurried by him so that I could not work.

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• To pull at steadily and forcibly; to strain.

ēng lâk cē chui cū tn̆g;

exert your strength in pulling upon it, and it will break.

cí tîo sùaⁿ khṳt i chui tn̆g khṳ̀;

this cord was broken by his pulling upon it.

so̤h siu-sin cò̤-nî ŏi chui tn̆g khṳ̀?

How could a perfectly new rope break under a strain like that?

thih-līen pun huang-éng chui tn̆g cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;

the iron chain has been broken into several pieces by the strain of the storm.

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• To infer; to secede from; to give place to.

chui chut i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

to infer his meaning.

chui-úi;

to excuse one's self.

chui-sî;

to decline, as an appointment.

i chui-chui úi-úi m̄ khéng lâi;

he makes all sorts of excuses to get rid of coming.

chui-cun i sĭang ŏi;

give place to him as the most able.

chui-cun i tōa;

give place to him as your superior.

chui-khui;

to evade.

chui sǹg;

to calculate.

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• Fine; delicate; minute.

i kâi hue khui chut lâi chúi-chúi;

its flowers are very delicate.

sin tèng phû cêk lîap cêk lîap chúi-chúi sĭ sĭm mûeh?

Little blotches have come up all over him, what is the matter with him?

i kâi mô̤ⁿ nĕ chúi-chúi;

its fur is downy.

hîeh sòi-sòi chúi-chúi;

the leaves are very small and delicate.

cêk tíam cêk tíam chúi-chúi;

dotted with very small dots.

cêk tîo cêk tîo chúi-chúi;

lined with very fine lines.

cêk kâi cêk kâi chúi chúi;

in minute particles.

ah-kíaⁿ kâi mô̤ⁿ chúi-chúi;

a duckling's feathers are very fine.

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• To measure; to estimate.

chúi-tâk i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

get at his meaning.

chúi-chek m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

do not know how to estimate it.

úa cē chúi-chek cĭu cai;

when I have made a calculation I shall know.

chúi-bûa kâi kang-hu;

painstaking labor.

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• Turquoise blue.

hui-chùi gêk;

blue jade.

cheⁿ-chùi cheⁿ-chùi;

bright green.

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• The mouth, nozzle, snout or beak.

cío chùi;

a bird's bill.

tṳ chùi-tûn;

a pig's snout.

cíu pâng chùi;

the spout of a wine pitcher.

nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi;

a tiger's mouth.

hun tàng chùi;

the mouth-piece of a pipe.

gê chùi, gêk chùi, kak chùi, kut chùi;

ivory, jade, horn and bone mouth-pieces.

cim-chùi;

to kiss.

cang chùi khù cim i;

kissed him.

chùi siap;

no appetite; a bad taste in the mouth.

chùi kût;

a good appetite; the mouth healthfully clean.

chùi kang-ta;

the mouth parched.

chùi khó;

a bitter taste in the mouth.

chúa chùi;

the mouth drawn to one side.

khih chùi;

hair-lip.

lṳ́ màiⁿ ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;

do not mimic him.

i ciap-chùi khí lâi tàⁿ;

he took up the story and went on.

sĭ i tó̤ pang chùi;

he is taking his part in the dispute.

bōi chùi hue;

speaking eloquent nonsense.

i kâi chùi ŏi căi;

he is an able speaker.

tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;

repeat it after him.

lṳ́ kâi chùi cîh màiⁿ khah kín;

do not be in too great haste to begin to eat.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi chùi;

do not chatter so much.

i chŵn m̄ ìn chùi, tīam-tīam thiaⁿ;

he listened, and did not answer at all.

chùi chàu;

an offensive breath.

i kâi chùi sĭang tōa pêh-ciaⁿ;

he is a great liar.

i kâi chùi hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe căi;

she is very loquacious.

i cêk ki chùi à ku-ā nâng;

he can out argue half a dozen people.

tàⁿ lío chùi sng;

talked till his tongue ached.

ô̤h cêk chùi hó̤ kuaⁿ ūe;

speak a little in a foreign tongue.

cêk chùi thŵn cêk cîh;

every one says the same thing.

chùi khah khìo;

his lips are curved outward too much.

chùi-tûn khah tìo;

his upper lip is too short.

chùi seⁿ-lâu khah khuah;

has too large a mouth.

chàu chùi pín;

boastful.

lṳ́ kâi chùi ôi hue-nio a bŏi?

Do you tell the exact truth, or not?

i kâi chùi tàⁿ ūe bô̤ kù sît;

he does not speak one word of truth.

màiⁿ thèng chap chùi;

do not rashly interrupt.

chìe chùi;

smiling.

kiⁿ tîeh nâng phīⁿ chìe, chùi chìe;

he laughs all over his face as soon as he sees any one.

i kâi chùi cē tàⁿ cĭu tàⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

when he once begins to talk he talks as if he were never going to stop.

i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe cn̂g kâi m̄ sĭ chùi cîh;

there is no truth in anything he says.

lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi tèng khṳt nêk;

you are going to a tiger's mouth to beg for meat.

phah chùi póiⁿ;

to beat on the mouth, a mode of punishment.

lṳ́ cía ūe a sĭ kìⁿ kuaⁿ tàⁿ chùi póiⁿ cĭu tîeh phah kàu céng;

if you should say this to a magistrate, your mouth would be beaten till it was swollen.

sĭ i khṳ̀ kap pò-tō̤-chùi;

it is he who is to close the mouth of the bag; he is to finish the business.

chùi-kháu mûeh-cîah;

victuals.

chùi-kháu ūe;

common speech.

hāng chùi-kháu;

the end of a lane.

sang khoi chùi;

the place where two rivers debouch.

cêk chùi cĭu thun ô̤h khṳ̀;

swallowed it all at one mouthful.

cêk tōa chùi;

a big mouthful.

kă cêk chùi;

bite off a mouthful.

i cĭu sĭ cò̤ kim-kng úa īa àiⁿ kă i saⁿ chùi nêk;

if he were a warder of the temple gate even, I would bite out three mouthfuls of his flesh.

chùi thóiⁿ kìⁿ, mâk thóiⁿ kìⁿ;

I see him plainly.

tîam chùi nîe;

a seductive woman.

chùi tîam căi;

honeyed speech.

chiah chùi chiah cîh;

it puckers up one's mouth.

chùi tu-tu;

with her mouth puckered up.

chùi-lîm-phûe;

the lips.

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• Fragments; small remnants.

khà chùi;

to knock in pieces.

pò chùi;

rags.

úaⁿ chùi;

broken dishes.

phah chùi;

to shiver by a blow.

chùi kùe îam;

finer than salt.

ngṳ̂n chùi;

broken money.

chùi ngṳ̂n;

small lumps of silver.

cúa chùi;

fragments of paper.

lâng-chùi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

odds and ends.

chàm-chùi kâi;

mixed miscellaneous articles.

chàm-chùi kang-hu;

odd jobs.

chàm-chùi bōi;

sells at retail.

cheng cía chùi-mûeh bói kúi choiⁿ cîⁿ?

How much did you pay for this lot of miscellaneous articles?

chàm-chùi cîⁿ khieh ka-n̂ng;

all the odds and ends of money collected together.

chùi-kím;

a trinket.

phùa chùi;

break in pieces.

chùi-kĭaⁿ;

dribblets.

îeh chùi;

remnants of medicines.

chùi-chùi kâi;

what is is very small fragments.

côih chùi-chùi;

slice it up fine.

thì kàu chùi-chùi; lì kàu chùi-chùi;

tear it in tatters.

chùi thiah;

parceled out.

bw̄n to̤ chùi kuah;

cut in ten thousand pieces.

tàu-kho chùi;

broken beancake.

bí chùi;

broken rice.

bí chùi kûeh;

cracked rice.

cîeh chùi;

chips of stone.

saⁿ-khò chēng kàu chap-chap-chùi;

has worn her clothes into tatters.