Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liam

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  • liam634645
  • To take up in the fingers.
liam khau;
to draw lots.
liam hieⁿ;
to set incense sticks.
  • líam5346613
  • To enshroud; in medicine, to neutralize, to repress.
jûah thiⁿ-sî kâi si méⁿ-méⁿ siu lîam bûa;
in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.
tieⁿ líam;
to prepare a corpse for the coffin.
jîp líam;
to enshroud.
bī sng kâi, i kâi sèⁿ cū líam;
it is in the nature of what is acid to repress heat.
īa m̄ hó̤ cîah khah líam;
neither should one take too mach of what represses heat.
  • líam53514513
  • To withdraw. The hands into the sleeve.
líam jîm pài;
I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).
  • lìam633648
  • To pinch; to pinch up or off
ĕ tng m̄ hó̤ lìam i;
do not pinch him again.
i lìam kàu i o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
he pinched him till he was black and blue in spots.
i khṳ̀ lìam i kâi kih-kau sĭ thīn i sn̂g;
when she pinched his cheek it was merely in sport.
lìam kò̤ chòi lâi cò;
pinch off a piece of dough to make it with.
lìam m̄ khí;
cannot pinch it up.
lìam lío kâi cńg-thâu-ūi sûi-sî cū sio;
the marks made by pinching with the fingers immediately disappeared.
  • lìam6529714
  • The sections of an orange; the scales of an onion.
cí kâi kaⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ jîeh cōi lìam;
see how many carpels this orange has.
īu sĭ peh cêk lìam cêk lìam tó̤ bōi;
shaddocks are divided into carpels and thus sold.
sǹg-thâu cêk lìam cêk lìam peh tīo mô̤h;
pick the film off the garlic, scale by scale.
  • lîam53416713
  • A reaping hook; a bill hook.
lîam-to̤;
a sickle or bill hook.
khîa lîam-to̤ lâi kuah cháu;
take a reaping hook and cut the grass.
kau-lîam;
a pruning hook.
kau-lîam-chieⁿ hó̤ phùa lîen-lŵn-kah-bé;
a hooked spear is useful in breaking the ranks of armored horses chained together.
  • lîam6342025
  • Viscid, sticky, glutinous, adhesive.
nĕ lîam-lîam;
very adhesive.
mâk lío chíu lîam-lîam;
got his hands all stuck up with it.
chíu jṳ́ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
daubed his hands with it till they were all stuck up as if with bird lime.
thóiⁿ tieh bô̤ ka-lîam;
it appears to have no adhesive quality.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ ka bô̤ lîam;
what he says has no coherence.
bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah kûi sṳ̄ khṳt i tàⁿ kàu ka-ka lîam-lîam;
things for which there is not a particle of evidence, are made to appear as facts by his well connected statements.
ciah lô̤h khṳ̂ bô̤ lîam bô̤ sìam;
it leaves no taste in the mouth after it is eaten.
tàⁿ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
stated very coherently.
i nŏ̤ nâng siang-hó̤ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
the two are inseparable friends.
tîeh ēng sie cúi lâi sói cìaⁿ bŏi lîam;
must wash it with warm water, and then it will not be sticky.
  • lîam53411813
  • A screen, of cloth, matting splints; curtains.
mn̂g lîam;
a splint door-screen.
pò lîam;
a curtain.
tek lîam;
a bamboo screen.
lîam kauh khí;
the screen is rolled up.
lîam pàng lô̤h lâi;
the screen is let down.
pàng lîam;
let down the screen.
kùa liam;
a hanging screen.
tìo lìam;
hang up a screen.
lîam lăi;
behind the screen; secluded; retired.
pak tīo lîam;
remove the screen.
cí pak lîam cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much did the making of this screen cost?
hien lîam, jîp lâi;
turn aside the screen and enter.
kīe lîam;
the curtains of a sedan chair.
lāi lîam kuaⁿ;
deputies appointed by the chancellor to read the essays at an examination.
tìo lîam ãu hûe jīm;
after the examination they return to their posts.
câh-lîam;
a partitioning screen.
ûi-lîam;
an enclosing screen.
  • lîam5345310
  • Moderate; economical, frugal; disinterested ; pure.
lîam-chí;
decency, modesty.
ŭ-lîam-chí kâi nâng;
a modest person.
hṳ́ kâi nâng bô̤ lîam-chí;
that person is brazen.
bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;
indecent.
i to m̄ pat lîam-chí;
he has no sense of decency.
i ío kù lîam-chí;
he is regardful of decency.
íang lîam ngṳ̂n;
an anti-extortion allowance, a legal addition to the salary of officials.
cí kâi khueh toaⁿ-toaⁿ khàu-cŭ íang-lîam tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
in this post one depends solely upon the anti-extortion allowance.
kuaⁿ-liú lîam-mêng;
magistrates that are incorruptible.
cí kâi kuaⁿ cheng-lîam căi;
this magistrate judges equitably.
kè-lîam, kang sé;
costs lessened, and work saved.
lîam-lîam nē;
very economical.
kè-cîⁿ thó̤ khṳ̀ lîam căi;
the price that he asks is very moderate.
i ŏi lîam-khĭam khak-khó;
he is frugal and persevering.
  • lîam10291904
  • Beard on the upper lip.
i kâi chiu m̄ kùe lîam;
his beard does not cross his upper lip.
lṳ́ kâi chiu lâu khí lâi, ŏi kùe lîam;
if you let your beard grow, you will have a moustache.
chiu cē m̄ kùe lîam thóiⁿ tîeh ía īeⁿ;
if the moustache does not extend across the lip it makes one look ferocious.
kha-lîam-kut;
the shin bone.
i seⁿ kha-lîam chṳ;
he has sore shins.
kûeh tîeh kha-lîam;
abraded the shin.
pang-kha-lîam;
a sloughing of the shin.
  • lîam5333711
  • A lady's dressing case.
cng-lîam;
a bride's trousseau.
lîam hṳ̂;
a species of mud-fish, of a dull green color and with stout jagged spines.
lîam hṳ̂, thâu tōa-tōa bih-bih;
the head of the mud-fish is large and flat.
  • lĭam635614
  • To reflect on, to ponder over, to remember and consider, to regard.
kìⁿ-lĭam tîeh lṳ́;
holds you in kind remembrance.
lĭam-lĭam, put bûang;
keep in mind, and not forget.
jît mêⁿ sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;
think of her day and night.
lĭam tîeh i kâi ṳn;
recall her kindness to me.
sái i cô̤h-tn̆g lĭam-thâu;
send him to check the first thought of it.
lĭam-kîp ke-hieⁿ;
think fondly of one's native place.
úa khùa lĭam tîeh i;
I am anxiously thinking of him.
mih sṳ̄ to sìo-lĭam tîeh i;
everything calls her to mind.
i ŭ sìo-lĭam tîeh mē?
Does he recollect us?
  • lĭam5346613
  • To enshroud.
tieⁿ lĭam;
winding-sheet.
siu lĭam;
to wrap in a winding-sheet.
  • līam635614
  • To recite from memory; to learn by heart; to chant or drone.
līam cṳ;
repeat passages from books.
lṳ́ līam úa thiaⁿ;
you recite it to me.
līam keng;
chant Buddhist chants.
līam hût;
repeat the name of Buddh.
līam sì kù;
recite verses.
līam kua, līam khek;
to drone out songs and ballads.
līam sêk-sêk;
memorize it perfectly.
thâk kàu pat līam;
read it till you know it well enough to repeat it from memory.
úa cêk sî līam m̄ chut;
I cannot just at this moment repeat it.
  • līam5061158
  • An angle, a corner.
saⁿ līam pô̤;
a weapon with a triangular blade; a three-cornered iron club.
àiⁿ cò̤ kúi līam kâi?
How many angles will you have made in it?