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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • cĭang25753
  • A cudgel; to cudgel.
kúai-cĭang;
a staff or crutch.
cĭang cêk peh;
give a hundred blows.
sîen cĭang;
an abbot's staff or crosier.

ciap

  • ciap975648
  • To receive; to succeed to; to connect; to splice; contiguous.
sie ciap;
to join by splicing.
ciap tit khí, ciap m̄ khí;
can or cannot connect them.
sêng ciap;
take orders for work.
ciap chíu sĭ tī-tîang?
Who is his successor?
ciap-nâp;
to welcome.
ciap-cò̤ cêk kò̤;
join into one piece.
saⁿ ki ciap cò̤ cêk ki;
join the three pieces lengthwise into one.
ciap kîah-thô̤;
splice the wooden heel of a woman's shoe.
ciap châ ôi-tói;
mend a wooden sole.
ciap chīu;
to graft trees.
ciap kut;
to set a bone.
kaⁿ ciap kit kâi;
oranges that are grafted upon limes.
ciap chùi;
to take up the tale.
ĕ kúi kù ūe i ciap lô̤h khṳ̀ tàⁿ;
he continued with the few following sentences.
ciap saⁿ-ńg;
piece down the sleeves.
nâng cōi căi, sie ciap sie ciap;
there are many people present, so that they are as many as have standing room.
cúi kuang ciap thiⁿ;
the water seems to join the sky.
ciap cáng;
wear a false queue.
piⁿ búe so̤h àiⁿ ciap kûiⁿ a àiⁿ ciap kĕ?
Will you have the silk that forms the end of the queue braided in high up or low down?
khîeh ke tîo so̤h khṳ̀ ciap tn̂g cē;
take another rope and splice it on.
thih sĭ ēng sĭm-mih huap-cak cìaⁿ ŏi ciap tit tùe?
In what way can iron be welded together?
cûn thâu ciap tîeh cûn búe;
the bow of one boat was tied to the stern of the other.
bô̤ thang ciap sôk;
there is no successor.
ciap ke cêk chieh;
lengthen it a foot more by splicing.
tī-hng sie ciap;
their lands are contiguous.
  • cîap976648
  • To win a victory, which demands quickness.
khùe cîap;
spry.
lîen cîap;
to attain degrees at successive examinations.
tît cîap;
prompt.
cîap pò̤;
an announcement of victory.
cîap-cîap tàⁿ; cîap-cîap li-li tàⁿ;
loquacious.
cò̤ sṳ̄ cîap-kwt;
acts with promptness and decision.

cie

  • cie97014012
  • The plantain; bananas.
keng-cie; gê-cie;
bananas.
bah-cie;
sour plantains.
cêk siu keng-cie;
a bunch of plantains.
  • cie970758
  • Pepper.
hô-cie;
black pepper.
chwn cie;
small grained pepper.
lâh cie;
red peppers.
khṳ̀ bói kúi kâi cîⁿ hue-cie lâi lô̤h;
buy a few cash worth of Chili peppers and put them in.
hô-cie bûah;
pulverized pepper.
ngói hô-cie;
to pound pepper in a mortar.
suah hô-cie;
season with pepper.
hô-cie màiⁿ suah khah kău;
do not sprinkle on too much pepper.
  • cie31645
  • To advertise; to induce; to entangle.
cie uaⁿ;
to proclaim an amnesty.
chut jī cie chong;
issue a call for workmen.
cie nâng lâi chong-tng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
advertise for people to come and serve in this capacity.
chut cie-thiap;
issue an advertisement.
cie tŏiⁿ nía keⁿ;
call for tenants to till the land.
cie-pâi;
a sign-board.
bô̤ khṳt nâng tah cía cie-thiap;
does not allow people to stick bills here.
cie nâng jîp chù;
induce people to enter.
cie chin;
engage a son-in-law.
cie kíaⁿ-sài;
bring a son-in-law into one's own family.
cie ang;
take a husband.
cie piaⁿ, bói bé;
to raise troops.
cie-ín i lâi;
induce him to come as a convert or attaché.
kim jī cie-pâi;
a sign-board with gilt letters.
cie bói cie bŏi;
to advertise in business.
  • cíe746421
  • Few; inadequate; not much.
m̄ hó̤ cíe;
it will not do to have less.
tó̤ cîe;
a very limited supply.
m̄ cai ke a cíe;
do not know whether there are more or less.
bŏi cíe;
there are no less.
m̄ cíe; put cíe;
not a little.
cíeⁿ cē;
diminish it a little.
cíe cîⁿ;
diminish the price.
khah cíe;
too little.
sǹg cíe cē;
lessen the sum total somewhat.
bŏi khah ke, bŏi khah cíe;
neither too many nor too few.
khéng cíe kàu tī-kò̤?
How much is he willing to abate?
hó̤ kâi sĭm cíe;
the good are very few.
cíe thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
seldom seen.
cíe thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
seldom heard.
tàⁿ cíe, kîeⁿ kùe tàⁿ ke;
it is better to say less than to say more.
ŭ cōi cíe;
has more or less of it.
put kùe cōi cíe tīaⁿ;
not exceeding a small amount at the most.
nĕ cíe-cíe;
very few indeed.
i ío cíe;
he has less.
úa cíe lṳ́ cêk hùe;
I am a year younger than you.
cí kò̤ cíe chut cí kâi mûeh;
there is but little of this to be found here.
cúi khah cíe;
there is too little water.
cîah cíe;
eat but little.
nín kâi nâng-mûeh ío cíe;
there are fewer of you.
m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt i cíe;
would not let him have it for less.
sĭang cíe;
the least.