Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sua
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- 失散sua-îa724
- To spill, to scatter about.
- cía bí tâng hṳ́-kò̤ sua-îa kàu cí-kò̤ lâi;
- the rice has been scattered all the way from there here.
- put hó̤, màiⁿ sua-îa cêk koiⁿ;
- take it up carefully and do not let it drop through your hands and scatter around.
- sua-îa ŵn khṳ̀;
- all spilled oat.
- khîeh kâi mûeh khṳ̀ chō̤, cìaⁿ bŏi sua-sua îa-îa;
- take something to hold it, then it will not be scattered around.
- 沙sua730854
- Sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle; reefs, banks; granulated, as sugar; gritty; broken fine; friable and mealy, as fruit; frequenting sand banks and beaches; a sandy, brown, or gray color.
- chiah sua thn̂g;
- coarse dry brown sugar.
- sua-thâng;
- a grub.
- i kâi mīn pōiⁿ kàu cū sĭ sua-thâng khòi;
- his face is as spotted as if it had been nibbled by grubs.
- tōa lîap kâi sua-bó̤;
- large pebbles.
- àiⁿ kap jîeh cōi sua lô̤h khṳ̀?
- How much sand should be mixed in?
- cía bí seⁿ sua;
- this rice is gritty.
- tôa tīo sua;
- rinse out the sand.
- sua-thô̤ eng cêk koiⁿ;
- there is earth scattered all over the place.
- hue-sua-thô;
- mortar.
- mâk eng tîeh sua;
- have got some sand in my eyes.
- cang sua lâi chìu;
- scour it with sand.
- sua-pà;
- sand banks.
- cîah tîeh sua nē;
- it tastes very mealy.
- sua-cîh;
- a spit of sand.
- sua tî; sua céⁿ;
- a pool with a sandy bottom.
- cia cúi nah-sap; tîeh cang sua lâi tè kùe;
- this water is dirty, and it must be filtered through sand.
- sua-mûiⁿ;
- fine sand.
- sua ue;
- an unglazed earthen pot.
- i tó̤ līen-phah sua-pau;
- he is practicing boxing upon sand bags.
- tōa sua-bô̤-thâu;
- large smooth pebbles.
- sua-iu kâi tī;
- sandy land.
- chio sua;
- mix in sand.
- cang sua lâi ìm;
- cover it over with sand.
- pó̤-sua-hún;
- emery powder.
- seⁿ sua êng;
- it is dusty.
- cí bó châng teh sua.
- teh jîeh clim;
- this field is covered with sand to a considerable depth.
- pua lío, pua cò̤ kâi sua-tun;
- carry it off in baskets, and thus make a sand heap.
- cí'-hûe sĭ tîeh sua kâi īeⁿ; hó̤ hàm kâu nâng kio i phah sua;
- he now appears as if he had cholera, it will be well to call some one to combat the disease by maniplation.
- kueh sua;
- to scarify for cholera.
- ká-tn̂g sua;
- Asiatic cholera.
- sua îⁿ;
- pills for cholera.
- tîeh sua m̄ hó̤ cîah sie kâi mûeh;
- when one has cholera he should not take hot things.
- si sua îeh;
- dispense remedies for cholera.
- tîeh kín sua;
- have an accute attack of cholera.
- sua-hṳ̂ phûe;
- shagreen.
- sua pó;
- dried shark's flesh.
- lôi-thâu sua;
- the shovel-nosed shark.
- pêh gê sua;
- the white-toothed shark.
- chut jîp sua;
- young sharks, which are said to hide in their mother's belly.
- sua-hṳ̂ lêk;
- a bright slate color.
- 蜓蜻sua-me993
- The dragon-fly.
- âng sua-me;
- a bright dragon-fly.
- sua-me-nîe;
- a small brilliant dragon-fly.
- toa chùi sua-me;
- the big headed dragon-fly.
- kâi sua-me tó̤ cèng thiⁿ-tang-tek;
- to stand on one's head.
- nih sua-me khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ thit-thô̤;
- catch a dragon-fly for the children to play with.
- sua-me hiah lî;
- a dragon-fly lit on the hedge; to place the body in an attitude like that of a dragon-fly perched on a hedge.
- î-súa khṳ̀ lío;
- has moved away.
- chien-súa tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where has he moved to?
- cìeⁿ pôiⁿ súa kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
- move from this side to the other side.
- súa tī-hng;
- change the location of.
- má-sṳ̆ kâi hâng-phò lóng-cóng súa jîp sùaⁿ-thâu;
- the Double Island warehouses are all removed to Swatow.
- súa theh bûang chi;
- to change one's abode, and forget to take the wife along; absent minded.