Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sueh

by Adele Marion Fielde

sueh

• 說sueh7881497
• To talk, to speak, to say, to narrate, to set forth, to discourse.

kói-sueh;

to expound.

sueh cṳ;

explain a passage.

cí kù cṳ cò̤-nî sueh?

How is this sentence explained?

úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi siaⁿ-sueh;

I hear his voice.

tŏ̤ lău-îa mīn-côiⁿ sueh ūe;

pray before the gods.

sueh-phùa cí kâi tŏ̤-lí;

set forth these principles of action.

i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ thâm thiⁿ sueh tī;

the two discourse together about everything in the universe.

sueh i cai;

tell her about it.

i kŭi tó̤ sueh ūe;

she is kneeling there praying to the gods.

sío sueh;

story books.

cài sueh;

say it over again.

i put îong hun-sneh;

he will not consent to hear anything further in regard to it.

cía sĭ lâi cò̤ sueh kheh, tó̤ în sueh kâi;

these are intriguing men who roam about and talk persuasively.

• 刷sueh785186
• A brush; to brush.

khí-sueh;

a tooth-brush.

ńng sueh;

a clothes-brush.

ôi sueh;

a shoe-brush.

ngĕ sueh;

a stiff brush.

khîeh ki sueh lâi îu;

take a brush and paint it.

tèng nŏ̤ ki sueh;

make two brushes.

pìe ūe sueh;

a paste-brush.

ngṳ̂n cúa sueh;

brushes used in making spirit-money.

sueh tīo ko;

brush off the mould.