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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

gāi

  • gāi62011214
  • To impede; to stop progress.
có̤-gāi;
impedes.
hûang-gāi;
to hinder.
bô̤ hûang bô̤ gāi;
without impediment of any sort.
sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;
no hindrances from any quarter.
ŏi gaī tîeh a bŏi?
Will that interfere in any way?
úa bŏi gāi tîeh lṳ́;
I shall not interfere with you.
gāi kha, gāi chíu, gāi mâk, gāi tîeh chùi;
to impede the use of the feet, hands, eyes or mouth.
gāi tîeh lō;
impede progress.

gâu

  • gâu1971548
  • Wise; learned; sage.
gâu nâng;
sage people.
gâu căi;
very wise.
tōa gâu nâng;
a very learned person.
cí kâi gâu kùe hṳ́ kâi;
this is superior to that in moral excellence.
hó̤ kio gâu nâng tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ nâng tâng seⁿ;
it is better die with the wise than to live with the foolish.
múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chîm-chūe gâu-nâng;
went everywhere seeking the wise.

gâuh

  • gâuh5547511
  • Music, one of the six liberal arts.
càu gâuh;
to make music.
gâuh khì; gâuh kŭ;
musical instruments.
lói gâuh;
the refinements and elegancies of life.

  • 1066920
  • A prong; tines.
cí ki che kúi gé?
How many prongs has this fork?
àiⁿ saⁿ gé a àiⁿ sì gé?
Do you want three tines or four?
cò̤ cêk gé cêk gé;
make it pronged.
  • 10671447
  • The house or office of a ruler; a court; a tribunal.
gê-mn̂g;
a Chinese official establishment; a yamun; a public court.
gê hîah;
official messengers.
pâi gê;
open the court.
bûn bú gê-mn̂g;
civil and military tribunals.
gê lăi;
belonging to the official staff.
kuaⁿ gê;
official bureau.
chwn gê;
an employé at the yamun.
lí gê-mn̂g sṳ̄;
exercise the functions of an official.
lău gê-mn̂g;
an old habitué of the court.
gê cù;
an official weevil, a mercenary officer.
  • 1066920
  • Tusks; large teeth; molars.
chĭeⁿ gê;
elephants' tusks.
gê tṳ̄;
ivory chop-sticks.
gê jío;
teeth and claws.
ēng i cò̤ gê jío;
use him as a cat's paw.
gê-chiam khí-thak;
a bunch of toilet picks.
kă gê chiet chí;
gnash the teeth.
hwt
gê;
to teeth.
chit cŏ̤, poih pê, káu hwt gê;
sit alone at seven months, creep at eight, and teeth at nine.
tṳ-ko̤ gê;
a wild boar's tusk.
bà gê;
tushes.
si-kùe ùi bà gê;
watermelons fear prominent teeth.
gê kṳn kă kín;
the teeth set.
gê-kwn kín-pĭ;
lockjaw.
  • 斒斕gê-lang501
  • * Striped, variegated in color.
gê-lang so̤h;
colored cotton cord, sold in many colors.
gê-lang pĭⁿ;
colored braids.
  • 蜈蚣gê-kang1063
  • A centipede.
cheⁿ kha gê-kang, âng kha gê-kang;
green footed and red footed centipedes.
gê-kang-kíaⁿ;
a young centipede.
gê-kang kî;
a long narrow flag.
gê-kang îu;
oil in which centipedes have been soaked, used as medicine.
gê-kang kă koi-bó̤ ù, cîⁿ-lêng kă khí tōa chù;
if a centipede bites you poultice it with a chicken, but if a lizard bites you have your coffin made.
  • 1079759
  • The cocoa tree.
gê-cí;
a cocoa-nut.
gê-cí khak;
cocoa-nut shells.
gê-cí nêk;
the meat of a cocoa-nut.
gê-cí-sui;
cocoa-nut husk.
gê-cí mô̤hⁿ;
the brown film on the surface of the meat of a cocoa-nut.
gê-cí cúi; gê-cí cíu;
the milk of a cocoa-nut.
  • 10671404
  • A germ; a sprout.
hwt gê; pauh gê; piuh gê;
to sprout.
tāu gê, bêh gê, kok gê;
bean, wheat, and paddy sprouts.
  • 10671424
  • To polish as by a calendering stone.
i kâi kim gē lâi ngía căi;
his gold is very finely burnished.
cang hue-sî gē kàu kng-kng;
smooth it with the trowel till it shines.
chîeⁿ gē lâi pêⁿ;
the wall is made very smooth.
má-láu gē;
a quartz stone used in smoothing plastered walls.

gêk

  • gêk1138960
  • A stone fit for a lapidary; jade and fine quartz.
pêh gêk;
white jade.
hui-chùi gêk;
mottled jade.
gêk khì;
articles of jade or quartz.
gêk pue, gêk chíu-hŵn, gêk pang-cí, gêk chíu-cak;
jade cups, bracelets, thumb-rings, and finger-rings.
gêk phùe-thâu;
jade ornamentation.
gêk hĭⁿ kau-thūi;
jade ear drops.
gêk ńng;
your daughter.
gêk jîn;
a lovely girl.
kim gêk;
very lovely.
gêk cîeh kŭ ûn;
indiscriminate destruction.
kim gêk căi;
precious, admirable.