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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • cĕng9891089
  • All; entirely.
cêk suaⁿ cĕng sĭ cîeh;
the mountain was wholly of rock.
cí kâi tī-hng cĕng sĭ suaⁿ;
this country is all mountainous.
hue-hn̂g lăi cĕng sĭ hue-bâk kúe-cí;
the garden was filled with flowering shrubs and fruit trees.
cí cùaⁿ nâng cĕng sĭ hó̤ kâi;
these people are all good.
cí cho̤h ūe cĕng sĭ cí cuang sṳ̄ kâi;
this talk is all about this affair.
cĭu jît cĕng sĭ sṳ̄;
something is going on all day long.
úa thiaⁿ tîeh cĕng sĭ lṳ́ kâi ūe;
I understood that all that was said was said by you.
thong-sin cĕng sĭ mô̤ⁿ;
his whole body is covered with hair.
cí kâi tī cĕng sĭ sua;
this soil consists wholly of sand.
cí kâi suaⁿ cĕng sĭ sêng-peh, bô̤ mih cháu;
these hills are all covered with firs, and there is hardly any grass.
  • cĕng994858
  • Clear; to make clean; to purify.
cĕng-cĕng;
limpid.
khiet-cĕng;
pure.
cĕng chíu;
to wash the hands of something.
kang cĕng;
to cleanse.
khṳ̀ kàu kang-kang cĕng-cĕng;
that which defiled is taken completely away.
kang cĕng sĭ cía kâi;
this is the clean and empty one.
sói cĕng;
wash so that none of the former uncleanness remains.
sàu cĕng;
sweep out clean.
  • cĕng9941755
  • To tranquilize; to keep in order.
uaⁿ-cĕng;
well ordered.
uaⁿ-cĕng tī-hng;
restore peace to the country.
tâng tìn-thâi lâi pōiⁿ cêk ùaⁿ ău, tī-hng cĭu ío uaⁿ-cĕng;
after the general-in-chief came and put the country in order, it was more settled and peaceful.
phêng-cĕng kâi tī-hng;
a tranquil region.

ci

ci-cu nioh-sioh;
petty stinginess; very small in his dealings.
  • 391627
  • This; here; the nearest.
cí kâi;
this one.
cí ciah cûn;
this boat.
cí câng chīu;
this tree.
cí pńg cṳ-cheh;
this book.
cí kĭaⁿ mûeh;
this thing.
cí kha tháng;
this bucket.
cí-kò̤;
here.
pàng tŏ̤ cí-kò̤;
put it here.
pàng tŏ̤ cí lăi;
put it in here.
cí piⁿ;
on this side.
khîeh chut cí gūa;
bring it out here.
cí tói;
inside here.
cí cuang sṳ̄;
this affair.
cí cêk sî;
just now.
cí cûn;
this instant.
cí kâi sî-hāu;
at this time.
cí kâi, hṳ́ kâi, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳ̀ kẃn i;
whatever he does, have nothing to do with him.
cò̤ cí kâi, cò̤ hṳ́ kâi;
doing sundry
pieces of work.
lṳ́ tīam-tīam thâk cṳ, màiⁿ phûeh cí kâi, phûeh hṳ́ kâi, mâk īa màiⁿ thóiⁿ cí, thóiⁿ hṳ́, sim īa màiⁿ sĭeⁿ cí sĭeⁿ hṳ́: cìeⁿ seⁿ thâk cìaⁿ kōi pat;
study persistently, and do not be talking of this and of that, nor be looking hither and thither, nor be thinking of all sorts of things: if you study thus, you will readily learn.
  • 1030390
  • Seeds; offspring.
kúe-cí;
fruit.
céng-cí;
seeds.
thŵn céng-cí;
to propagate seeds.
tê cí;
tea seeds.
sêng-peh cí;
seeds of the fir tree.
  • 67302
  • Only; merely.
cí ŭ cí cêk kĭaⁿ;
have only this one.
cí kẃn;
on the spur of the moment.
lṳ́ cí kẃn tàⁿ;
you said it inconsiderately.
jĭm lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ, úa cí sĭ m̆ thiaⁿ lṳ́;
whatever you say, I shall pay no regard to it.
cí kìⁿ ŭ cêk kâi nâng;
saw but one person.
cí hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
this alone is the right thing to do.
úa cí sĭ kio lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
I have said but this to you, and have not said otherwise.
  • 56770
  • To stop; to cease; to detain.
cí cŭ;
cause to stop.
cí m̄ cŭ;
cannot stop it.
cí i màiⁿ lâi;
stop him from coming.
cí hueh;
staunch blood.
cí cĭeⁿ;
alleviate the itching.
cí kuah;
cí âu; quench thirst.
cí sìa;
stop purging.
cí kūaⁿ;
antisudorific.
tong cí;
cease motion.
hŏ cí lío;
the rain has ceased.
cí hiah;
to stop short.
cí áu;
cause retching to cease.
m̄ cí saⁿ kâi;
not short of three.
kṳ́ cí;
deportment.
bô̤ tīaⁿ cí;
no fixed purpose.
ŭ kâi tīaⁿ cí;
has a definite object.
  • 1031385
  • An elder sister; (the same as cé, which see).
i kúi kâi cí-mūe?
How many sisters has he?
cí nŏ̤ kâi sĭ chin cí-mūe, hṳ́ nŏ̤ kâi sĭ thâng cí-mūe;
these two are sisters, those two are cousins of the same surname.
  • 56324
  • A foundation; to found.
ki-cí;
a basis.
cŏ̤-cí móng kâi tī-hng;
founded that place.
m̄ cai i kâi cŭ cí;
do not know his dwelling place.
kū ki-cí;
old foundations; ruins.
cìe kū ki-cí khí;
build on the old foundations.
  • 57646
  • To point out, as in illustration.
cí-tíam;
to point out.
cí-sī;
to show by reference.
cí-hui;
to signalize.
lîo jû cí cíeⁿ;
as plain as your hand.
cí tang, khek sai;
to point one way and go another.