Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jun

by Adele Marion Fielde

jún

• 允jún1143102
• To assent; to permit.

lṳ́ íⁿ-keng jún-nâp kùe úa;

you have already granted it to me.

i ŭ ìn-jún a bô̤?

Has he given his consent or not?

• 潤jŭn3028512
• To fatten; to moisten; to bedew.

cṳ̀-jŭn;

to enrich; to bedew.

cheng sim, jŭn hùi;

cleanse the humors and enrich the blood.

ēng cúi khṳ̀ jŭn i;

take water and moisten it.

mīn cîah lâi hong-jŭn căi;

his face has become very florid.

i kâi sek sĭm sĭ jŭn-cêk;

its color is very fresh.

ŭ lō cúi lâi cṳ̀-jŭn i, i kōi tōa;

if the dew moistens it, it will grow quickly.

• 肕jūn2881303
• Tough.

àng gû-phûe hìeⁿ jūn;

as tough as cowhide.

nêk jūn căi, pû lâi būe mîⁿ;

the meat is very tough, and cooking has not made it soft.

kṳn hŵn-lío jūn;

the sinews are still tough.

• 閏jūn3021694
• The intercalary month.

jūn gûeh;

the intercalary month.

mêⁿ nî sĭ jūn saⁿ gûeh a sĭ jūn sì gûeh?

Is it the third month or the fourth, that occurs twice next year?

saⁿ nî cêk jūn;

there is an intercalary month once in three years.

ngŏ nî cài jūn;

these five years have two intercalary months.