Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cuaⁿ

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cuaⁿ

  • cuaⁿ3649
  • To clutch; to grasp; to hold fast.
cuaⁿ kín i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;
held him fast, clutching his chest.
chíu cuaⁿ i kâi piⁿ;
grasped his queue.
bô̤ cuaⁿ ná;
there is nothing to hold on by.
cí-kò̤ bô̤ cuaⁿ, li chūe hṳ́-kò̤ lâi cuaⁿ;
if you cannot get a hold in one place, seek another.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ cuaⁿ bô̤ ná, kang-khó căi;
it is very hard since there is nothing to get hold on.
hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ cuaⁿ cîah;
a living may be gotten there.
pat cuaⁿ kùe ìn-pé mē?
Has he taken over the official authority yet?
cuaⁿ cò̤ cêk pé;
take up in one handfull.
cuaⁿ chiam;
take a rod from among the divining rods.
cuaⁿ tîeh;
grabbed it.
cuaⁿ m̄ tîeh;
could not clutch it.
cuaⁿ tîeh cêk ki hó̤ chiam;
drew a lucky number.
lṳ́ cuaⁿ tîeh tī-kò̤ kâi chiam?
To what place does the lot which you drew assign you?
cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh kńg-tang, cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh hok-kìen;
one drew the lot which assigned him to Canton and the other the lot for Foochow.
  • cúaⁿ121088
  • A shallow cup.
teng cúaⁿ;
the oil cup of a lamp.
mâk-ciu tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;
eyes bigger than saucers.
tâng teng-cúaⁿ, po̤-lî cúaⁿ;
brass or glass oil-cups.
  • cùaⁿ79675
  • These; several in a body; a sign of the plural.
cí cùaⁿ nâng;
all these persons.
cí cùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭ síe-khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;
all these are very trifling affairs.
cí cùaⁿ kâi mûeh li pun lṳ́, hṳ́ hùaⁿ kâi mûeh li àiⁿ pun i;
these things are given to you and those are to be given to him.
  • cûaⁿ1013855
  • A fountain; a spring.
céⁿ cûaⁿ;
a well spring.
cúi cûaⁿ;
a spring of water.
cûaⁿ-cúiⁿ hó̤;
spring water is best.
cang cúi-cûaⁿ kek cò̤ hue-bâk;
make a fountain take the form of a shrub.
  • cūaⁿ9791548
  • Low; base; ignoble.
hĭa-cūaⁿ;
of mean birth.
ka-kī cṳ̆ cò̤ cūaⁿ;
debase one's self.
cūaⁿ-kut-thâu;
a low fellow.
khin-cūaⁿ;
to depreciate.
phîn cūaⁿ;
poor and mean.