Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo

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lo

  • 滷ló5568511
  • A salt preparation; to pickle.
îam-ló;
brine.
cí kò̤ tṳ-nêk khîeh khṳ̀ ló;
take this pork and pickle it.
ló n̆ng;
to pickle eggs; pickled eggs.
i kai ló hó̤ căi;
the pickle is very nice.
lâm cē ló-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;
put on a little of the pickle.
ló-mīⁿ;
a spiced salt meat stew.
gô̤ ló;
the brine in which a goose has been pickled.
cía ló khṳ̀ khah kîam;
this has been kept in the brine till it is too salt.
phâk îam ló;
to evaporate brine in making salt, tih tīo ló; drain out the brine from salt.
  • 了ló52961
  • Barely done; just finished.
hó̤, ló;
it is just about done.
khùaⁿ-ûah ló;
just reached the easy part of the work.
kàu ló;
just about to arrive.
i mng khṳ̀ ló;
he was barely gone.
khah māng ló;
just too late.
tńg lâi ló;
just turned to come back.
  • 惡ló1063618
  • Hate, dislike.
úa sĭang ló i;
I dislike him intensely.
ló-hṳ̆n;
aversion.
chūa nâng ló;
leads to hatred.
cí kâi sṳ̄ úa ló căi;
I detest this business.
cèng nâng ló i;
everybody dislikes him.
cí kâi sĭ nâng só̤ ló kâi;
this is what people hate. ​
  • 櫓ló5577515
  • The propelling scull on Chinese boats, worked on a pivot on the taffrail; to scull.
tŏ̤ cûn búe tèng ĭe ló;
on the stern of the boat sculling.
ló cûn;
to scull a boat.
  • 露lò55717313
  • To disclose; to expose; to show through; to exhibit; apparent; naked.
chun thâu, lò mīn;
stretched forth his head and showed his face.
kàu ău i kâi sṳ̄ pāi-lò;
his case was afterward ruined by being divulged.
lò chut bé kha;
the horse’s hoof shows; the thing is divulged.
phû kṳn, lò kut;
much emaciated, so as to show the sinews and bones.
chiah-sin lò-thói;
stark naked.
  • 爐lô5558616
  • A stove, grate, furnace, chafing-dish or other place for holding a fire.
húe-lô;
a stove, grate or fire-place.
huang-lô;
a portable earthen stove.
phuah huang-lô;
fan the fire in the earthen stove.
pó huang-lô theng;
mend the ventilator of an earthen stove.
tê lô-kíaⁿ;
a small earthen stove used to boil water for tea.
hieⁿ-lô;
a censer.
siah lô;
pewter vases in which insense sticks are burned.
cêk lô húe méⁿ-méⁿ;
a stove full of hot coals.
ngṳ̂n cē lô̤h lô cū àiⁿ sio-sîh;
when silver is put in the crucible it loses weight.
kŭaⁿ tìo-lô;
carry a swinging censer, as is done in processions.
lô-kūiⁿ;
bellows.
khí lô;
build a fire.
cîⁿ lô-tíaⁿ;
a furnace for burning spirit-money.
jī-cúa lô;
a furnace for burning manuscripts or printed paper.
cûe-thòaⁿ lô;
a furnace in which hard coal is burned,
chíu lô;
a brazier, carried to keep the hands warm.
lẃn-lô;
a foot stove.
jẃn-lô;
a chafing-dish.
thih lô;
an iron stove.
o̤h khṳ̀ khí lô-càu;
it is hard to start the fire.
kûa o, jûah lô;
in cold weather there are black fish, in hot weather perch.
  • 陋lŏ5141706
  • Low, vulgar; il-looking ; uninformed; sordid.
ko lŏ kuaⁿ bŭn;
alone and ignorant.
seⁿ lâi cho-lŏ;
naturally very ugly.
phah tīo lŏ kui;
abolish vicious usages.
khṳ̀ tīo lŏ sîp;
do away with debasing customs.
mīn-măuⁿ chíu-lŏ;
ill-favored.
  • 醃lŏ10831648
  • To pickle; to steep in brine or vinegar.
lŏ îam;
lay down in salt.
cang sī-îu sĭo-cíu lâi lŏ;
pickle it in soy and spirits from Shau-hing-fu in Cheh-kiang.
lŏ cò̤ kîam hṳ̂;
pickle them and make salt fish of them.
nín kim nî lŏ jîeh cōi àng chài?
How many jars of cabbage have you pickled this year?
phah lō-thûn;
a quail fight.
sî-heng kă lō-thûn;
quail-fighting is fashionable.
  • 路lō5571576
  • A path, a road, a way where people go; a way of action; an opportunity; a space; a journey; the course pursued.
hṳ́ kò̤ sĭ saⁿ-pun lō-thâu;
that is a point where three roads join.
cham-che lō-thâu; câp-jī lō-thâu;
cross-roads.
lō m̄ thong kîaⁿ;
no thoroughfare,
kuaⁿ lō;
the king’s highway; an official route.
sai-khia lō;
by-paths, private roads.
cúi lō;
water communications.
sĭ kîaⁿ cúi lō a sĭ kîaⁿ lêk lō?
Did he go by water or by land?
hāng kâi lō;
lanes.
táng kâi nâng lâi mn̄g lō;
wait till some one comes along, and then inquire the way.
kong-cèng lō;
a public road.
tōa kuaⁿ-lō;
great highways.
péⁿ tŏ̤ lō kháu;
blocked in at the end of the street.
sak lō;
block up the way.
lō tèng kâi nâng sak kàu kṳ̂t-kṳ̂t, bô̤ lō hó̤ kùe;
the road is closely blocked by the number of people in it, and there is no space for one to get though.
cía sĭ put kùe cieh lō keng kùe;
this is nothing more than seeking room to pass.
cí tîo lō-tău ío hó̤;
this is a better way.
lō kût-kût;
the road is slippery.
lō ta a būe?
Is the road dry yet?
lō wn-khek;
the road is crooked.
lō khek lâi khek khṳ̀;
the road winds hither and thither.
ngŏ̤ tîeh, cū wn lō cáu;
if he meets him he turns off into another path and gets away from him.
bé lō;
a road for horses.
chia lō;
a carriage road.
cûn lō;
passage for boats.
suaⁿ lō;
mountain road.
pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;
a level road.
lō khi-khu;
the road is rough.
bô̤ mn̂g lō;
nothing to do; out of work; lacking opportunity for action or advancement.
bói lō cîⁿ;
spirit-money scattered along the road by which a corpse is carried.
câh lō;
to barricade a road.
côih lō chíeⁿ-kiap;
to waylay and rob.
cô̤h tn̆g lō-thâu;
intercept on the way; cut off their passage.
kàu chù cū chūa kâi lō-thâu pô̤;
took a wife from the women of the country where he was sojourning.
ín lō; chūa lō; kāng lō;
to guide.
khui lō;
to open a new road.
thūn lō;
mend holes in the road.
phah tîo hue lō;
make a chunam walk.
kîaⁿ húe lō;
walk the fiery road, as do demoniacs.
kap-páng-cûn kâi so̤h-lō cōi;
there is much rigging on a ship.
kîaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō;
went half way. ​kîaⁿ tŏ̤ lō tìn-tang;
walk in the middle of the road.
lō piⁿ; lō phâng; lō kîⁿ;
the roadside.
lō thâu, lō búe;
the ends of a path.
koi lō;
streets.
i cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ lō căi;
he is greatly hedged in of late.
i kâi lō-mn̂g khuah;
he has fine openings before him.
tī tîo lō-mn̂g i to ŏi tit kàu;
he has plenty of opportunities for making a living.
seⁿ lō; ûah lō;
ways of earning a living.
sí lō;
a course that leads to death.
i sĭ tbo̤ chūe sí lō;
he willfully incurs danger.
káu jīo kàu khût-thâu-lō, i cū àiⁿ hûe-tńg lâi kă;
a dog driven to bay will turn around and attack his pursuer.
chûah lō cáu;
escaped by a side path; turned off the road and ran away.
cí-kò̤ tùi síe-lō khṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̆n cêk phò lō;
by taking the by-path from here the journey is shortened by a league.
i ŭ sĭm-mih tău-lō cò̤ a bô̤? ā sĭ bô̤ úa chūe kĭaⁿ sṳ̄-lō i cò̤?
Has he any opportunity now for earning anything? If not I will find something for him to do.
úa cai i kâi kang-hu chíu-lō hó̤;
I know that what he does is well done.
kùe lō kâi nâng;
passers by.
úa àiⁿ kúaⁿ lō, kúaⁿ kàu kàu;
I wish to hasten on till I reach my destination.
kîaⁿ kṳ̆n lō;
go by the nearest route.
kîaⁿ phien lō;
go by an indirect route.
kîaⁿ chûah lō;
go by a short cut.
cìaⁿ lō;
the right way.
tît-lō;
the direct route.
lō phîaⁿ;
the bank beside the road.
tōa lō kha;
near the highway.
kau lō;
the sewer.
hái lō;
routes at sea.
khoi lō;
river communication.
hô̤-lō;
water-courses.
síam lō khṳt i kùe;
draw back off the road and let them pass.
i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;
he is accustomed to his business.
i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;
he has numerous accounts.
lō tîo cho-siap;
it is hard travelling.
lō ôih;
a narrow way.
lō khuah;
a wide passage.
lō câp;
an intricate passage.
kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;
took the wrong road.
lō cheⁿ;
a strange road.
lō sêk;
a familiar path.
mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;
lost his way.
kū lō;
the old road.
sin lō;
a new road.
ôih lō siang hông;
met each other in a narrow passage.
kîaⁿ lō cĭu kṳ̆n, bói mûeh cĭu phīⁿ;
in travelling one takes the nearest road, in purchasing articles one takes the cheapest.
cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bô̤ lō, jîp tī bô̤ mn̂g;
would have mounted into the heavens had there been a road or would have sunk into the earth had there been a door.
thiⁿ-tn̂g ŭ lō, lṳ́ m̄ khṳ̀ tī-gêk bô̤ mn̂g, lṳ́ cìn lâi;
though there were a road to heaven you would not travel it, and though hell had no door you would draw near to it.
to̤-lō côih lâi hó̤;
it is well sliced.
nûa lō;
close the passage.
ìo lō;
an important route.
cîⁿ lō;
the circulation of money.
lō phêng;
the road is safe.
ah lō;
to convoy on the way.
cíeⁿ lō;
guard the passage.
siu kîe, cò̤ lō;
repair bridges and make roads.
suaⁿ lō, thô lō, cîeh lō;
a road which is sandy, clayey or stony.
lō seⁿ chì;
the path is thorny.
khui māng lō;
to open the dark road, to cheer the spirit of the departed as it starts on its way to another world.
thóiⁿ châk lō;
look into the way by which the thief entered.
m̄ hó̤ kîaⁿ kût lō;
do not go in slippery paths.
hôk lō;
lie in ambush by the way.
kîaⁿ hn̆g lō;
take along journey.
lō-kèⁿ;
the path.
thau cáu lō;
take flight.
sûn lō;
patrol the streets.
sŭn lō, m̄ sŭn lō;
on or off the route.
lō tò̤-ká;
took an indirect route.
i m̄ cĭu lō;
he did not follow the road.
kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ lō;
the correct way.
i kâi lí-lō tn̂g;
he has many reasons to set forth.
i kâi húe-lō hó̤;
his appliances for heating and lighting are in good order.
ke-húe lō chi-pĭ;
the tools are all ready.
thóiⁿ i kâi pit lō cò̤-nî kîaⁿ;
see in what way he moves his pen.
kúi cūe lō, tī cūe lō pêⁿ?
Of these several roads, which is most level?
cí tîo lō ún;
this is a safe way.
màiⁿ kîaⁿ híam lō;
do not walk in dangerous paths.
cí tîo lō híam-ài;
this is a perilous path.
lō kĭa-kĭa;
the road is very steep.
lō pho̤-lo̤-sia;
the road is a descent.
nán tâng lō;
we are going the same way.
lō pun a;
the road divided.
kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pun lō;
at that point the roads diverge.
sùaⁿ-lō lîah tît-tît;
make your seam perfectly straight.
cêk lō kṳ̀ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much do you get for sawing one cut lengthwise?
  • 露lō55717313
  • The dew; mist that forms in drops of rain; to bedew.
lō-cúi;
dew.
cêk tíam lō;
a dewdrop.
hue lō;
fluid perfumes.
bûn-kùi lō;
rose-water.
méⁿ jît tăng lō;
hot sun makes heavy dew.
kìⁿ tîeh lō cúi;
get the dew on it.
khîeh khṳ̀ lō lō-cúi;
take it and put it where the dew will fall on it.
cêk sin khṳt i lō kàu lok-lok;
drenched with dew.
lō cêk lîap cêk lîap chin-chîeⁿ cu;
dew in drops like pearls.

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