Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cwn
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cwn
- hàm i cìeⁿ i cwn àiⁿ hìeⁿ;
- if you tell him to do this, he is sure to want to do that.
- i àiⁿ, úa cwn m̆;
- he wanted me to, but I was determined that I would not.
- cò̤-nî ko̤h-lô̤, i cwn-cwn m̆;
- however much he is expostulated with, he is determined not to do it.
- cwn-cwn m̄ hṳ́ i;
- fully determined not to grant it.
- cwn àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it must be so.
- cẃn tóiⁿ;
- to transfer a mortgage.
- cẃn tǹg;
- to pawn to a third person.
- cẃn pín;
- petition by proxy.
- cẃn chíu;
- return to one's hand again.
- cẃn sĭeⁿ;
- to think over and think differently.
- cẃn tò̤-tńg;
- to revert to.
- chú-cŵn;
- to earn a small amount with difficulty; to gain by under-selling; to sell at a small profit.
- cí kâi po-thâu ío hó̤ chú-cẁn;
- this mart offers a more favorable chance for making small sales.
- i cía sĭ tó̤ cẁn cîⁿ kâi;
- this is what he earns his living by, selling it at a small profit.
- i cí cìeⁿ-sî ŭ kò̤ cẁn a bô̤?
- Has he had any way of making anything lately?
- cêk nî to chú-cẁn ŭ kúi peh ngṳ̂n;
- he makes several hundred dollars a year by his petty sales.
- i cêk jît put kùe chú-cẁn kàu peh gūa cîⁿ;
- he does not make more than a hundred cash or so a day.
- i cêk jît chú-cẁn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- How much does he manage to rake and scrape together in a day?
- i cêk jît cẁn lâi cẁn khṳ̀ to̤ cẁn ŭ saⁿ sì peh cîⁿ;
- by diligently hawking his wares here and there, he manages to earn three or four hundred cash a day.
- cí īeⁿ seng-lí o̤h chú-cẁn;
- it is difficult to find openings where this business may be made profitable.
- ka-kī tŏ-cw̆n;
- composed by himself.
- thó tŏ-cw̆n;
- revised thoroughly.
- sĭu-cw̆n;
- to indite.