Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cu
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- cêk lîap cu;
- a pearl.
- cin cu;
- real pearls.
- cêk pak cu;
- a string of beads or pearls.
- chîo cu;
- a necklace worn by officials.
- kùa cêk pak cu;
- wore a string of beads.
- mâk cu;
- the lens of the eye.
- ŭ ngán bô̤ cu;
- you have eyes without lenses; you eyes are of little use to you.
- hieⁿ cu;
- beads of scented wood, or seeds.
- hṳ̂ mâk hun cu;
- confusing fishes’ eyes with pearls; without discrimination.
- cin-cu hó̤ ēng cò̤ îeh;
- pearls are used as medicine.
- tang cu;
- a brilliant gem.
- ciu-cu súaⁿ;
- pearl powder.
- cu-cu ang;
- bright pink.
- chùi-lîm-phûe cu-cu âng;
- her lips are bright red.
- cîah kàu kâi mīn cu-cu âng;
- drank till his face was much flushed.
- kṳ̆n cu chek, kṳ̆n bâk hek;
- when a thing is almost as red as vermilion it is almost as black as ink.
- ngṳ̂n-cu;
- vermilion.
- cu pit;
- a red pencil; the imperial autograph.
- cu-sa;
- cinnabar.
- cu jŭ;
- an autograph order.
- cu hńg;
- the essays of successful graduates, so called because they are copied in red ink.
- àiⁿ chak ngṳ̂n-cu âng a sĭ chak săi âng?
- Will you have the lacquer a bright light red, or a bright dark red?
- ngṳ̂n-cu bûah;
- powdered vermilion.
- ngṳ̂n-cu tîo;
- a cake of vermilion.
- ngṳ̂n-cu pit;
- a pen used in writing with red ink.
- ngṳ̂n-cu īⁿ;
- an ink stone used with red ink.
- cu-saⁿ âng;
- scarlet.
- im cu;
- a deep seated abscess.
- cu pí iong kèng lĭ-hāi;
- a cancer is more malignant than an ulcer.
- chut cu;
- have small pox.
- cu-khue;
- small pox.
- cwn ui cu-khue;
- makes a specialty of treating small pox.
- cu sṳ̄ lâu lṳ́ kâi kè;
- all this gives you much trouble.
- cu jû chṳ́ lūi;
- all are of this sort.
- cu-hûam to àiⁿ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kà i;
- all are hoping to be instructed by you.
- nín cu ūi cŏ̤;
- be seated, all of you gentlemen.
- cu kit, heng kang;
- choose a lucky time for beginning the work.
- kṳ́n cu móng jît khui ô̤h;
- carefully select a certain day for opening the school.
- cu kàu i mâk úaⁿ céng;
- bit him in the eye, causing it to swell up.
- cu kàu i cêk sin o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
- pounded him till his whole body was black and blue.
- ke-cú;
- the master of the house.
- cú-nîe;
- the mistress of the house.
- cú-jîn;
- the host.
- chù cú, phò cú, hâng cú, châng cú;
- the owner of the house, shop, warehouse, or field.
- cûn cú;
- the owner of the boat.
- cêk kok cṳ cú;
- the ruler of a kingdom.
- kūiⁿ cú;
- the head man of a district.
- ńng cú;
- a female chieftain.
- bô̤ nâng cò̤ cú;
- no one holds control.
- úa cò̤ lṳ́ kâi cú;
- I am your master.
- cú bó̤;
- the master's wife.
- kun cú;
- the Sovereign.
- cú kong; cú sĭang;
- our Emperor.
- kong cú;
- the Emperor's sisters or daughters.
- ngîap cú;
- his landlord.
- cú-ì;
- to to choose or decide.
- khṳt lṳ́ kâi úa cú-ì;
- let you decide for me.
- m̄ cai cò̤-nî cú-ì;
- do not know what to decide upon.
- lṳ́ cú-ì lâi
- tîeh;
- you have decided rightly.
- ka-kī put lêng cú-ì;
- cannot herself decide.
- cú sṳ̄;
- manages the affair; a director in a Board.
- sîn-cú;
- a deified lord.
- úa m̄ káⁿ cwn cú;
- I dare not assume the direction.
- châi cú;
- châi cú láu; tong cú; a rich man.
- cú-ciang;
- to manage or oversee.
- i sim lăi bô̤ cú-ciang;
- he has no force of will.
- thien-cú kà;
- the Roman Catholic religion.
- cú-cái;
- to reign.
- ŭ cú-cái, bô̤ cú-cái;
- has or has not controlling power.
- cí īeⁿ îeh cú-tì sĭm-mih pēⁿ?
- What ailment is this medicine good for?
- cú-kháu;
- literary examiners.
- i cú tit ì;
- he does as he likes.
- sĭ i tó̤ cú pûaⁿ;
- it is he who manages the business.
- hu-cú;
- the husband.
- kŭn-cú;
- the sisters and daughters of princes.
- ìuⁿ cú;
- the young ruler.
- cù thâng;
- weevils, moths, grubs, bookworms, and the like.
- khṳt thâng cù kàu khang-khak;
- hollowed out by grubs.
- sĭm-mih thâng tó̤ cù châ, cù kàu huaihⁿ-huaihⁿ-kìe;
- some insect is gnawing the wood, and you can hear the sound of the gnawing.
- cù kàu kâi khang kâi khang;
- worm eaten.
- cù-mô̤ⁿ-síen;
- ringworm on the scalp.
- lău-gê-cù;
- yamun extortioners.
- cho̤h saⁿ-khò cù tīo khṳ̀;
- these garments are moth eaten.
- cù mêng-pêh;
- define clearly.
- mih sṳ̄ sĭ cù tīaⁿ kâi;
- all is exactly defined.
- būe cù seⁿ, soiⁿ cù sí;
- before he tells what will happen in life, he fixes the day of death, (as a fortune teller predicting immediate death).
- cù sek;
- to define the meaning.
- cí pńg cṳ-cheh ŭ cù-kói a bô̤?
- Has this book explanatory notes?
- cù kha;
- foot notes.
- cù sò̤;
- a full explanation, (as of the classics).
- jī-cù sĭ cò̤-nî kói-sueh?
- How is this emendation to be explained?
- cía cṳ sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?
- By whom were the comments on this book written?
- cù cîⁿ;
- to cast copper coins.
- cí kâi sĭ cù kâi a sĭ phah kâi?
- Is this cast or wrought?
- cù cò̤ thih-póiⁿ;
- cast it into iron plates.
- cù tâng, cù siah;
- cast brass or pewter ware.
- în cù kâi;
- of cast lead.
- To direct water in channels;
- to fix the attention upon.
- lṳ́ kâi mâk cù-cù tó̤ thóiⁿ sĭm-mûeh?
- What are you looking at so fixedly?
- cù-sim;
- attentive.
- cù-sim tó̤ cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- doing this thing with fixed attention.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cù-sim;
- you should give your whole mind to what you are doing.
- cù cho̤h cúi lô̤h cí-kò̤;
- lead some water in this direction.
- cù tek-sut;
- lead water into holes to drive out the crickets.
- cù thô-ciang-kun;
- lead water in to expel the black and white beetles.
- cù tŏ-kâu;
- direct water into the retreat of the beetles to drive them out.
- cù ì;
- to fix the thoughts upon.
- cù cíu;
- turn wine into the mouth.
- âu ta căi, lí-kẃn cù tê;
- is very thirsty and keeps taking tea.
- sie cêk cù hieⁿ;
- burn a stick of incense.
- méⁿ-méⁿ cí-cŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- immediately put a stop to this business.
- hiah-cŭ;
- to cease.
- sak-cŭ;
- to plug up.
- thêng-cŭ kha;
- cease walking.
- síu-cŭ lō-kháu;
- guard the passes.
- cŭ chíu;
- stay your hand.
- jím khì m̄ cŭ;
- I cannot help being angry.
- lún m̄ cŭ;
- I can't endure it.
- lâu i m̄ cŭ;
- cannot detain him.
- cò̤-pû kṳ-cŭ; tâng cŭ;
- living together.
- húe jú phah jú tô̤h, phah m̄ cŭ;
- the more I try to put out the fire the fiercer it blazes, I can't extinguish it.
- ak-cŭ;
- to repress, restrain or put a stop to.
- hueh lâu m̄ cŭ;
- cannot staunch the blood.
- cŭ-cîp; cŭ-hŭe; cŭ-côi; cŭ-bûa;
- to assemble.
- cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;
- to collect in one spot.
- cí-kò̤ ŏi cŭ cúi;
- the water collects here.
- cìeⁿ-sî ŏi cŭ châi;
- is accumulating wealth lately.
- cŭ-pó̤ tn̂g;
- a shrine of the god of wealth.
- só̤ chut m̄ jû só̤ cŭ;
- what is exported is not so good as what remains.
- cŭ-cîp tŏ̤ hŭe-tn̂g;
- congregate at the meeting house.
- cek-cŭ kâi pēⁿ;
- a disease that has culminated.
- hùaⁿ nâng cŭ tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ cò̤-nî?
- Why is it that so many persons have come together there?
- cŭ bun sêng lûi;
- if you can get a sufficiently large swarm of gnats together they will make a noise like thunder.
- pun cŭ-nêk;
- distribute meat that has been offered to idols.
- cŭ-cap;
- encamped.
- cŭ-hûang ciang-kun;
- the general commanding a garrison.
- cē tàⁿ cū thiaⁿ;
- he heeds as soon as you speak.
- úa côiⁿ jît tàⁿ cū sĭ cí kâi;
- this was what I spoke of the other day.
- cí kâi cū sĭ i kâi ang;
- this is her husband.
- i só̤ tàⁿ kâi lṳ́ cū tîeh thiaⁿ i, i só̤ cò̤ kâi lṳ́ cū tîeh tùe i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
- you must heed what he says, and must do as he does.
- úa tàⁿ hó̤ kâi cū sĭ hó̤, tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ kâi cū m̄-hó̤;
- what I say are good, are good, and those that I say are bad, are bad.
- i hó̤-hó̤ nâng cò̤-nî cū ŭ pēⁿ?
- How is it that he who was in such perfect health is sick?
- i cū cai;
- he knows.
- mn̄g i cū pat;
- he knows when you ask him.
- lú īa bô̤ lói-sìo, i cū m̄ khéng kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
- if you are discourteous he will not tell you.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤;
- that is right.
- ŭ hŏ úa cū m̄ khṳ̀;
- if it rains I shall not go.
- i lâi úa cū m̄ khṳ̀;
- if he comes I shall not go.
- i cò̤ lṳ́ cū míen cò̤;
- if he does it then you need not.
- i khîeh lâi úa cū míen khṳ̀ chūe;
- if he brings it, then I need not go and look for it.
- ŭ pēⁿ cū bŏi tit khṳ̀;
- if one is sick one cannot go.