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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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pûah kàu kâi ăⁿ;
fell and bumped it so that it swelled up.
cŭang kàu kâi ăⁿ;
bumped it and caused it to swell.
cí kâi ăⁿ sĭ khṳt nâng phah tîeh a sĭ cŭang tîeh?
Is this swelling caused by a blow or by a bump?
kâi ăⁿ, o-cheⁿ kek hueh;
a black and blue swelling.
  • āⁿ2021848
  • The fruit or meat filling in pastry; the core of cakes or dumplings.
tîam āⁿ;
sweet pies.
kîam āⁿ;
cakes filled with hashed meat and vegetables.
pau āⁿ kai píaⁿ;
cakes having a stuffing of fruit, etc.
tāu-sa ⁿāⁿ;
a core of mashed beans.
sò̤-tāu āⁿ;
a core made of bean flour.
cût-bí āⁿ;
a core of glutinous rice.
tṳ-nêk āⁿ;
a core of hashed pork.
lêk-tāu āⁿ;
a core of green peas.
kúe āⁿ; píaⁿ āⁿ;
the stuffing in cakes.
hṳ́ tói pau āⁿ;
there is stuffing enclosed in it.
bô̤ āⁿ kâi pau, kìe-cò̤ sît-sim pau;
dumplings that have no stuffing are called solid dumplings.
āⁿ pau khah pá;
there is too much stuffing in the dumpling.
āⁿ bōi pá;
there is too little stuffing.
phûe khah pô̤h, i kâi āⁿ cū kiuh chut lâi;
if the paste is too thin the filling will burst out.

ah

  • ah1068645
  • To forcibly escort; to guard; to convoy.
ah nîe;
to convoy the grain belonging to government.
ah cāi;
guard a cargo.
ah hùe-mûeh;
to convoy goods.
ah hŭam-jîn;
act as escort to a criminal.
ah-kòi;
to escort.
kam-ah i khṳ̀ cò̤;
compel him to go and do it.
ah i tŏ̤ che-kẃn;
watch him while detained in the lockup.
kẃn-ah i m̄ cŭ;
cannot keep him in custody.
  • ah10681965
  • A duck; any species of the genus Anser*.
ah-bó̤;
a duck.
ah-hêng;
a drake.
ah-kíaⁿ;
a duckling.
ah-n̆ng;
ducks' eggs.
chī ah;
to rear ducks, jīo ah; tend ducks.
ún ah-kíaⁿ;
to hatch ducks' eggs artificially.
cúi ah;
wild ducks.
sie ah;
roast duck.
ah khûn;
flocks of ducks.
kîam ah-n̆ng;
salt ducks' eggs.
cíⁿ ah;
a young duck.
lău ah-bó̤;
an old duck.
ah-pó;
dried ducks.
ah ûang;
the mandarin duck.
hwn ah;
the muscovy duck.
chài ah;
the common duck.
pùaⁿ chài hwn ah;
a half-breed.
ah bĭ;
a toy duck.
pêh tŭn ah;
a sodden duck.
sîeⁿ sien ah;
a whole boiled duck.
ah cíeⁿ;
a conserve made of the flesh of ducks' feet.
kîam ah kṳ̆n;
salt duck gizzards.
ah ăm;
a certain sort of confectionery.
ló ah;
pickled duck.
khàm ah;
minced duck.
ah-bun-sún;
a duck stew.
ah keⁿ;
a pottage made of meats and vegetables.
hō̤ pau ah;
a duck filled with stuffing.
ah tôi;
a duck's foot.
ah tôi kha;
splay-
footed.
ah-cîh;
a duck's bill.
ngṳ̂n ah-cîh;
a silver clasp shaped like a duck's bill.
ah-cîh ăm-nía;
a long collar with tabs.
ah-cîh chieⁿ;
a bayonet.
ah-cîh cháu;
a weed with leaves shaped like a duck's bill.
ah sái lêk;
a dark mottled green.
ah mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
a ducks' feather fan.
ah-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ lûi;
a duckling listening to thunder; one who hears what he cannot understand.
jû kúaⁿ ah cêk puaⁿ;
like driven ducks.
ah-kíaⁿ chut sì bô̤ pĕ-bô̤;
ducklings are born orphans.
ah-bó̤ seⁿ cin-cu;
the duck that lays pearls.
ah-kuaⁿ thâh pûaⁿ-thâu;
the duck's liver is put on the top of the dish.
gô̤ kîaⁿ, ah pō;
waddles like a duck.
lêh pêh ah;
to slay a dead duck; i.e. to kill a man for the sake of imputing his murder to another.
lîah khṳ̀ théng ah-pó;
to crucify, the allusion being to the manner of stretching ducks upon splints in drying them.
koi heng ah ka-ciah, mín thàn cĭu ŭ cîah;
one with a breast like a hen's and a back like a duck's, has food without earning it.
ah-n̆ng pū kú ŏi ih chùi;
a long covered duck's egg will hatch out.
cúi ah ŏi cíoⁿ keⁿ;
the wild ducks station a sentinel.
ah chùi àⁿ cò̤ îⁿ, koi chùi àⁿ cò̤ píⁿ;
make it appear by argument that a duck's bill is round and a hen's bill is flat.
ah ku;
a stunted duck; a runt.
ah-kíaⁿ thiu huang;
the duckling has the pip.

ai

  • ai619806
  • To pity; to grieve; to sympathize; sorrow; woeful.
ko ai cṳ́;
an orphan.
ai-khàu;
to weep.
ai-chám;
distressing.
ai khîu;
to supplicate.
ai-lîen;
to compassionate.
ai cāi!
Alas!
u hū ai cāi!
Alas, how sad!
pui ai;
sympathy.
ai khṳ́n;
beseech.
hi, nē, ai, lâk;
the four emotions, satisfaction, anger, grief, joy.
  • ái619307
  • To sigh, to groan; an interjection expressing disgust or regret.
i kâi tó̤ ái mih sṳ̄?
What is he groaning about?
áa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ i cong-kú tó̤ ái, ái;
I hear him grunting all the time.
ái, khó̤-lîen i!
Oh, how I pity him!
i sĭ ái-kìe ka-kī kâi sṳ̄, a sĭ ái-kìe pât nâng kâi sṳ̄?
Is he sighing over his own affairs, or over those of some other person?
ái-mŭe;
underhand.
cía sǹg sĭ ái-mŭe kâi sṳ;
this is acting in an underhand way.
  • ài619619
  • The exhibition of humanity in the actions; to love; fond of; tender toward; sparing of; beloved.
ài-sieh,
kindness.
chin-ài;
friendship.
jîn-ai;