Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cuah
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cuah
- i khṳt i cuah kàu cêk sin cúi;
- he was drenched by the water which she threw.
- cúi mó̤ cuah tîeh nâng;
- in throwing the water, do not dash it upon any one.
- khṳt i cuah tîeh tê;
- was splashed by the tea she threw out.
- ŏi cûah a bŏi?
- Is there too little?
- hâiⁿ i cûah nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n;
- paid him up to within two hundred dollars.
- hŵn cûah cêk tōa kûeh;
- still lacks considerably more than half.
- ŭ nâng cûah ke, ŭ nâng cûah cíe;
- some lack more and some less.
- chê tîeh hṳ́ tói cûah nŏ̤ hîeh;
- found by examination that two leaves were missing.
- téng tîeh cûah saⁿ peh kṳn;
- found by weighing that it was three piculs short.
- siu cûah saⁿ sîaⁿ;
- have harvested all but about three tenths of the crop.
- lêng-ūaⁿ sǹg, sǹg tîeh bŏ̤i cûah;
- reckoned it up again, and found there was no deficiency.
- ŏi cûah, tîehⁿ taⁿ ke kúi tàⁿ;
- if it is insufficient, we must bring a few loads more.
- cí kâi cûah hṳ́ kâi;
- this is not so perfect as that.
- cía cúa cûah hía cúa cōi;
- this paper is not nearly so good as that.
- i kâi a-cé seⁿ lâi ío cûah;
- her elder sister is not so handsome.
- i kâi a îⁿ pí i seⁿ lâi cûah bô̤ ŭa;
- her aunt lacks but little of being as beautiful as she.
- úa thóiⁿ li cûah m̄ ki;
- I do not think she lacks much of being his equal.