Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciaⁿ

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ciaⁿ

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  • Crystal or quartz.
cúi-ciaⁿ;
crystal.
chia cúi-ciaⁿ;
to polish crystal on a lathe.
pêh ciaⁿ;
quartz crystal.
o ciaⁿ;
smoky quartz.
tê ciaⁿ;
cairngorm stone.
lâm ciaⁿ;
beryl.
mô̤ⁿ ciaⁿ;
moss-agales.
mô̤ⁿ-ciaⁿ phīⁿ-hun hû;
a snuff-bottle of agate.
o ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
colored spectacles.
cúi-ciaⁿ ìn;
a crystal seal.
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  • The beginning of the year.
ciaⁿ gûeh;
the first month of the year.
mêⁿ nî ciaⁿ gûeh;
the first month of next year.
sin ciaⁿ;
the first of the new-year.
pài ciaⁿ;
make New Year's calls.
ciaⁿ gûeh thâu;
the first part of the first month.
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  • Lean; having no fat.
ciaⁿ nêk;
lean meat.
nêk ciaⁿ-ciaⁿ;
the meat is very lean.
àiⁿ ciaⁿ a àiⁿ pêh?
Do you want fat or lean?
pùaⁿ ciaⁿ pêh;
a streak of fat and a streak of lean.
ciaⁿ kâi káⁿ cîah, pêh kâi m̄ káⁿ cîah;
can eat the lean, but not the fat.
ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah ciaⁿ, ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah pêh;
some people like lean, and some like fat.
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  • An apparition; a wraith; a form taken by spirits.
io-ciaⁿ;
elves.
ciaⁿ kùai;
a queer being.
kú nî cĭu sêng ciaⁿ;
after many years becomes an elf.
hô-lâi ciaⁿ;
a sort of vampire that prolongs its own life by drawing away the life of people.
hô-lâi ciaⁿ ŏi mîⁿ nâng;
the vampire fairy bewitches people.
khṳt hô-lâi ciaⁿ mîⁿ khṳ̀;
led away by a vampire fairy.
ku-ciaⁿ;
a tortoise that has been made a wraith through age.
io-ciaⁿ kúi-kùai;
all sorts of elves and ghosts.
sîa kâi kìe-cò̤ io-ciaⁿ, cìaⁿ kâi kie-cò̤ sîn-sien;
the bad are called elves, and the good are called fairies.
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  • Fresh, not salt.
khah cíaⁿ, tîeh lô̤h kîam cē;
it is too fresh, it must be made salter.
cíaⁿ cúi;
fresh water.
cîah tîeh pêh-cíaⁿ, bô̤ bī;
it tastes as if it had not been salted at all, and is insipid.
khah cíaⁿ kōi ui, khah kîam o̤h ui;
if too fresh it is easily remedied, if too salt it is hard to amend.
pùaⁿ kîam cíaⁿ;
neither too salt nor too fresh; salted just enough.
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  • To repair; to put in order.
cíaⁿ-lí;
to put in order.
siu cíaⁿ;
to amend.
hàm nâng lâi cíaⁿ-lí hó̤;
call some one to put it in repair.
côi-cíaⁿ;
to adjust.
côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ; cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ côi-côi;
all in due order.
cíaⁿ tŭn;
to set to rights.
m̄ côi m̄ cíaⁿ;
all out of order.
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  • Correct; straight; exact; upright; legal; the first, the principal.
sì-cìaⁿ;
squarely; not awry.
kong cìaⁿ;
rectitude.
cìaⁿ tău;
orthodox doctrines.
cìaⁿ lō;
the correct way.
kuaⁿ cìaⁿ, mîn bô̤ sṳ̄;
the magistrates are upright and the people have no broils.
cìaⁿ-keng nâng;
a moral man.
m̄ cìaⁿ-keng;
disregardful of law.
cŏ̤ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
sit erect.
cìaⁿ tong;
exactly in the centre.
cìaⁿ a m̄ cìaⁿ nē?
Is it correctly placed or not?
lîah cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
hold it straight.
cìaⁿ hâh sî;
just in good time.
úa cìaⁿ lâi;
I just came.
úa cìaⁿ m̄ mēⁿ lṳ́;
I did not scold you.
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;
it is just right so.
lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ tîeh;
in so doing you did just right.
cìaⁿ tn̂g;
the main hall.
cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;
the middle room.
cìaⁿ-ìn kuaⁿ;
the officer who has the seal, and really holds the post.
cìaⁿ lô̤h;
the main building.
lîah khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;
seize him and execute the law upon him.
cìaⁿ cŭang;
principal and secondary.
cìaⁿ jîn kun-cṳ́;
honest people are modest.
cìaⁿ kà;
correct teachings.
úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ cài mn̄g i to khṳ̀ mē;
I just wished to inquire again whether he had gone.
jī tîeh sía cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
you must write the characters correctly.
cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is exactly so.
lĕng cìaⁿ tī-kò̤ húe?
Where is your wife from?
soiⁿ cìaⁿ;
worthies of the olden time.
kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g, bô̤ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g;
uses the front, not the side door.
cìaⁿ chi;
the chief wife.
lîp cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng;
made her Queen.
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  • Perfect; complete; entire; to accomplish; to finish; to become.
cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
when you undertake a job you must complete it.
cîaⁿ cĭu;
brought to pass.
chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ cîaⁿ lío;
the nuptials have already taken place.
hīn-hīn cîaⁿ-cîaⁿ;
perfectly successful.
hīn-cîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤;
he never succeeds in anything.
cîaⁿ mîaⁿ;
to make a name for one's self.
cîaⁿ nâng hùe kâi ūe;
that verifies what people said about it.
ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ kù-tāu;
there is no sense in what was said; the language spoken was in unfinished sentences.
tâu i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ nâng;
inform the people of standing in his village.
m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
imperfect; not stylish.
cîaⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?
How perfect is it?
seⁿ lâi cîaⁿ īeⁿ căi;
it is very well formed.
m̄ cîaⁿ khì;
incapable.
lâng-tău phìen lṳ́ m̄ cîaⁿ?
Do I wish to cheat you?
cò̤ cîaⁿ jît cò̤ būe hó̤;
worked at it the whole day and have not yet; finished it.
cîaⁿ cuang kio i bói;
buy the whole lot from him.
cîaⁿ phit;
the whole piece.
cîaⁿ chiⁿ;
about a thousand.
cîaⁿ câp kâi ngṳ̂n;
about ten dollars.
cîaⁿ ke cîaⁿ tàu;
to have a home and family.
hŵn-lío būe cîaⁿ ke;
has not yet become the head of a family.
cîaⁿ mō̤ⁿ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
formed according to the pattern; well formed and perfect.
chin-cîaⁿ;
relatives, not of the same surname.
chin-cîaⁿ, kio chin-nâng, tī-tîang chin?
Which are most nearly related to us, our kith or our kin?
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  • Human feelings.
nâng-cîaⁿ;
humanity; kindliness; a disposition to oblige or help others.
i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ hó̤ căi;
he is very obliging.
tho̤h i khṳ̀ khí i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ;
commit to her the exciting of his compassion.
sīa nâng-cîaⁿ;
express gratitude for kindness.