Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/un

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  • un1040859
  • Mild, placid, gentle, soothing, bland, genial, warm; tepid; to revive; acquainted with.
i kâi sèⁿ-chêng un-hûa căi;
her disposition is very amiable.
cò̤-sṳ̄ un-un hûa-hûa;
acts very benignly.
cía cĭ un-hûa kâi îeh;
this is a sedative medicine.
un cṳ;
to review lessons.
kū kâi un sêk cū ŏi cai sin kâi;
learn the old thoroughly, then you can understand the new.
thiⁿ-sî un-hûa;
the weather is mild.
nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sŭ hâng un, sŭ cêk kùa;
the two were chatting about the weather, for a whole half day.
cí kúi jît kâi thiⁿ-khì un-lẃn;
the weather is delightful these last few days.
  • un104010410
  • A pestilential or wide-spread sickness; an epidemic.
un-mût;
a plague, a murrain, a prevailing sickness.
gû-un;
murrain.
tîeh gû-un;
have rinderpest.
tîeh tṳ-un;
have a disease prevailing among hogs.
un kàu sí tīo ho̤h cōi nâng;
spread so that great numbers of people died of it.
cí kâi tī-hng tăi un;
this region is stricken with a plague.
cí kúi īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī un-mût kâi pēⁿ;
these medicines will cure epidemic diseases.
  • 我們ún627
  • We, excluding the one addressed.
sĭ ún kâi, m̄ sĭ nín kâi;
it is ours, not yours.
ún kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
such are our customs.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ ún-kâi hó̤, a in-kâi hó̤?
Which do you think the better, theirs or ours?
tiang-sî lâi ún kò̤ cŏ̤;
come and sit with us sometimes.
pó̤-hō̤ ún;
bless us.
cún ún khîu;
grant our petition.
ún cèng nâng àiⁿ lâi co̤h lṳ́ kâi kang;
we are all coming to work for you.
  • ún104211514
  • Firm, steady, stable, secure, immovable, well-placed; to rest in.
uaⁿ-ún căi;
very stable.
i khĭa m̄ ún;
it does not stand firmly.
nĕ ún-ún;
very stable.
cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ún-ún;
sits very securely.
ún-tàng;
safe, secure, firm, steadfast.
chn̂g m̄ ún, khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi soih;
the table does not stand firmly, get something and wedge under it.
pàng m̄ ún;
it is not steadfast when set in place.
châu kàu i ún-ún;
move it to and fro until you get it unto a position where it stands firmly.
i kīn-khek ún cîah ún chēng;
she has now secured what she needs for food and clothing.
cĭeⁿ lô̤h ún-tǹg;
go up and down in safety.
ún-ún tǹg-tǹg kâi sṳ̄;
a perfectly safe business.
kio i sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng;
arrange it for him so that it will be perfecly secure.
  • ún1038727
  • Late; latter; the last.
ún-kùe kâi tang kèng hó̤;
the crop gathered at the last harvest of the year is the better of the two.
ún tang kâi chek îaⁿ kùe cá tang;
the paddy of the second crop of the year is better than that of the first crop.
ún bí ío ńng, cá bí ío ngĕ;
the rice of the last harvest of the year is mellower than that of the first harvest.
  • ùn10426410
  • To dip, to immerse; to thrust into fluid and at once lift out.
ùn cṳ́i;
dip it in water.
ùn îu;
dipped in oil.
ùn tîeh tāu-cìeⁿ hó̤, a ùn-tîeh chò hó̤?
Is it best to sip it in bean-catsup or in vinegar?


  • ûn1142202
  • Equal; even, alike; to allot; to share equally.
tîeh pun khṳ̀ kṳn-ûn;
must divide it in equal shares.
kut nêk thêng-ûn;
his bones and flesh are well proportioned.
cí cîk tîeⁿ kháu khṳ̀ pí cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ m̄ ûn-cēng;
this class did not equal the preceding one in the examination.
ûn ûn ŭ;
have them in about the same quantity at all times.
lâk tîeh chut ûn-ûn;
put forth your efforts steadily, not by fits and starts.
i kâi khang-khùe ío ûn;
he works steadily all the time.
  • ûn114272
  • To say, to speak.
nâng ûn īa ûn;
what people say so I say.
  • ûn130868
  • To burn; to set on fire; to consume to ashes.
ûn hieⁿ;
burn incense.
ûn hieⁿ-châ;
burn fragrant woods.
ûn hieⁿ thah;
burn pagodas made of incense sticks.
cang húe khṳ̀ ûn tīo;
take fire and burn it up.
ûn cúa-cîⁿ;
burn spirit-money.
taⁿ cē cho-khng lâi ûn cíu;
bring chaff and burn it around the jars to heat up the whiskey and make it ferment.
  • ūn114318010
  • Sounds which rhyme in their tone as well as their termination; the final word or rhyme; tone.
ap ūn;
to make rhymes.
si ūn;
couples.
cí kâi si ŭ kâi ap phêⁿ ūn, ŭ kâi ap ceh ūn;
in these stanzas, some of the rhymes are in the even tones, and some are in the other tones.
si sĭ poit ūn a sĭ lâk ūn?
Have the verses sixteen lines with the alternate lines rhyming, or have they twelve lines containing six rhymes?
ŭ cêk kâi jī ap chut ūn;
one final letter does not form a perfect rhyme with the others.
cí kâi ūn ap lâi m̄ ún;
this rhyme is not rythmical.
cí kâi jī tŏ̤ tī kâi ūn kha?
Where does this letter stand among authorized rhymes?
úa ŭ cêk pang kíam-ūn;
I have a book of authorized rhymes.
m̄ hâh ūn;
discordant; incompatible.
bô mih im-ūn;
not rythmical.
cí kâi im-ūn hó̤ căi;
its rythm is perfect.
cí kâi jī phêⁿ ceh ūn thong ēng;
in this the rhymes are made without regard to tones.
  • ūn11441629
  • To turn in a circuit; to move in an orbit; to travel around; to carry from place to place; a circuit; what is done in succession, as the course of nature; a turn; a chance; calculations or a conjunction, as in a horoscope; luck; hap; a chapter of accidents; a period of five or ten years.
ciu jît thong sin kâi kṳn kut tîeh ŭ ūn-tŏng cìaⁿ hó̤;
it is best that the bone and muscles of the whole body should all be exercise during the day.
i kâi ūn-khì hó̤;
his luck is good.
ke ūn;
the fortunes of a family.
kâi ke ūn tó̤ heng;
the prospects of the household are improving.
ūn bí nîe;
transport grain.
cía nîe àiⁿ ūn kàu tī-kò̤?
Where is this grain to be carried?
sĭ ēng cûn lâi ūn a sĭ ēng chia lâi ūn?
Is it transported in boats or in carts?
ūn nîe kâi kuaⁿ;
an officier superintending the transport of grain.
ūn-hô̤ sĭ in-ūi àiⁿ ūn nîe kâi sṳ̄ khui kâi;
the Grand Canal was opened for the transport of the grain which is the revenue derived from the tax on land.
i tó̤ cò̤ châu-ūn cóng-tok;
he is the Imperial Commissioner directing the transport of the grain which is the revenue of the government.
kin-nî kau kùe cí kâi ūn;
this year there is a turn in affairs.
kau ūn;
a contingency arose.
thut ūn;
a change of luck.
kwn-hĭ cí-kò̤ kâi tī ūn;
involved in the luck of the locality.
i cí kúi nî m̄ sĭ jī ūn;
he has had no luck these many years.
tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn?
When shall we get through this unlucky period and reach a more fortunate one?
i câp hùe cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn;
he will reach a point where luck changes when he is ten years old.
i kâi ūn hăng hó̤ mē?
Do the conjunctions in his horoscope indicate luck?
tâh tîeh ūn;
stumbled upon luck.
lîu-nî kâi ūn-hăng hó̤ khiap lóng-cóng phōi mêng;
the conjunctions both good and ill in his horoscope as the years run on, are all clearly set forth.
khṳ̀ ūn i a-pĕ kâi kĭu tńg-lâi;
went and brought home his father's encoffined corpse.
i tó̤ cò̤ hái ūn;
he is engaged in transporting grain by sea.
ūn îam;
transport salf.
îam ūn hun-si;
the Salt Commissioner.
cí hùe-mûeh sĭ îu gūa-hái ūn lâi, a sĭ îu lăi hô̤ ūn lâi?
Are these goods brought by sea, or through the inland streams?