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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

days.

jît kìⁿ jît tōa;
grows bigger day by day.
i kíaⁿ-jit chut jît;
to-day is the seventh after the decease.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ lâi jît, a bô̤ lâi jit?
Do you consider that there is a future for the enterprise, or not?
tō seⁿ kùe jît;
barely enough to live upon from day to day.
tō jît jû nî;
a day is like a year in passing.
lṳ́ co̤h kang sĭ lŭn jît, a lŭn gûeh?
Are you working by the day or by the month?
jît méⁿ, táng kàu jît nńg cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳ̀;
the sun is very hot, wait till the sun's rays are less powerful, and then go.
jît cē chut cū jûah;
as soon as the sun comes out it will be hot.
jît àm;
at dark.
jît àiⁿ àm;
it is nearly dark.
ŭ thiⁿ bô̤ jît-thâu;
there is a sunless sky; there is no strong light upon it.
pâi jît;
every day.
cia jît, câh jît;
screen from the sun.

jîu

  • jîu294755
  • Complaisant; pliant; flexible.
un-jîu;
meek.
jîu-ńng;
pliable.
kâi sèⁿ-chêng jîu-jîak;
his disposition is mild.
siaⁿ jîu-jîu;
a soft voice.
i jîu-jîu nē, bŏi khì;
he is very gentle, and not easily annoyed.
i kâi chíu ńng-jîu ńng-jîu nē;
her arms are very weak.
i li khah kang, i li khah jîu;
this is too stiff, and this too limp.
cí īeⁿ chīu-ki ío ńng-jîu, hó̤ khut cò̤ ûah mṳ̂eh kâi hêng;
the branches of these trees are flexible, and may be formed into the outlines of living creatures.

jôk

  • jôk30014510
  • A mattress.
mîn-chn̂g phŭe jôk;
bedstead, coverlet, and mattress.
jôk kíaⁿ;
a cushion.
cí īeⁿ hó̤ cò̤ jôk;
this sort is good for cushions.
  • jôk2991613
  • To insult; to put to shame.
khṳt i jôk tîeh;
was insulted by him.
jím jôk;
endure reproach.
i tó̤ jôk pĕ-bó̤;
he rails at his parents.
cía sĭ tó̤ jôk i kâi có;
this is dishonoring his ancestors.
tng mīn cū jôk i;
shamed him to his face.
pĭ i lêng-jôk;
insulted by him.
sĭu jôk;
receive insult.
jôk-mēⁿ;
rail at.
bô̤ kwn îong jôk;
regardless of glory or shame.

jóng

  • jóng304142
  • A calling and its duties; hurried.
sṳ̄ jóng căi;
pressed with business.
sṳ̄-bŭ hŵn-jóng;
multifarious business.
chíaⁿ i buah jóng, côiⁿ lâi;
ask him to lay aside his work and come forward.
sang tīo jóng hui;
cut off the extra expenses.
  • jóng3038212
  • Fine hair or feathers; feathery.
jóng-mô̤ⁿ;
soft fluffy hair.
têk chìn thiⁿ-sî seⁿ jóng-mô̤ⁿ;
deers in cold weather have a coat of fine hair grow out.
koi-kíaⁿ chut n̆ng-khak, i kâi mô̤ⁿ cū jóng-jóng;
when the chicken emerges from the shell, its feathers are downy.
  • jông3031206
  • Floss; velvet; velveteen.
kún jông;
trim with velvet.
îeⁿ jông;
foreign velvet.
so jông;
Soochow velvet.
cang jông lâi chiah;
embroider it with floss.
bói cêk chieh lâm jông cò̤ ăm-nía;
buy a foot of blue velvet to make a collar.
nŏ̤ líu jông;
two skeins of floss.
  • jông3041406
  • Deer's horns; antlers.
têk jông;
young deer's horns.
jông phìen;
shavings of deer's antlers.
jông ka;
glue made from deer's antlers.
mîⁿ jông;
elk horns.
jông kṳ̆n;
the base of the antler, (considered valuable as a medicine).
  • jông29192
  • Still; ever; just as before.
jông-kū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is ever thus.
i sûi sĭ pun i tōa nâng lîah khṳ̀ kéng-kài, hŵn-lío jông-kū bŏi pìⁿ;
though taken to task by her husband, she is still unchanged from what she was before.
jông-jîen;
still the same.
  • jông303622
  • Warlike; military.
cóng-jông;
His Excellency, the major-general.
i sĭ tăi-ngŵn-jông;
he is commander-in-chief.
jông cuang tá-pàng;
in martial array.

  • 29857
  • The breast; the teat; milk.
jú bó̤;
a foster mother.
jú-hieⁿ;
frankincense.
ceng-jú-cîeh;
stalactites.
jú kim;
liquid gold used in painting.
  • 6423811
  • Young; plump and tender.
i cîah kàu jú-jú;
she has grown young.
àiⁿ sie kâi tṳ tîeh jú jṳ;
for roasting, the pig must be a young plump one.
cí ciah koi jú-jú;
this fowl is young and tender.
  • 1126619
  • In a further degree; more; better; convalescent.
jú méⁿ jú hó̤;
the quicker the better.
cí kâi jú ngía;
this is still handsomer.
cía úa jú-kèng àiⁿ;
for this I have a still greater desire.
jú mn̄g jú m̄ pat;
the more he was questioned the less he knew.
jú thóiⁿ jú hŭn;
the more I study it, the more confused I am.
jú ke;
still more.
jú cíe;
still less.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ jú-kèng