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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

có̤

  • có̤1002482
  • The left side; depraved.
có̤ ĭu;
left and right.
có̤ pôiⁿ;
on the left.
có̤ chíu;
the left hand.
có̤ kha;
the left foot.
có̤ mâk;
the left eye.
có̤ sṳ ĭu sĭeⁿ;
thinking of this way and that way.
có̤ tău hok cèng;
erroneous doctrines misleading many.
  • có̤881705
  • To impede, retard, or delay.
có̤-cí;
put a stop to.
có̤-keh;
to hamper.
có̤-tàng;
to block the way.
nûaⁿ-có̤ i;
stand in his way.
nûaⁿ-có̤ i màiⁿ;
prevent his doing it.
có̤ lāng;
everything working against one.
lṳ́ màiⁿ lâi có̤ úa;
do not you come and hinder me.
chíaⁿ có̤ cē;
please delay a little.
có̤ i m̄ cŭ;
cannot stop him.
cò̤-nî có̤ i to m̄ khéng hiah;
whatever you do he will not stop.
bô̤ có̤ bô̤ keh;
without hindrances.
bŏi có̤ bŏi thì, tît-tît cū khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́ kò̤;
if there be no impediments we shall go straight there.
pun huang-hŏ có̤-keh cìa ŏi cìeⁿ māng;
we are so late on account of being hindered by the bad weather.
kang-lâng híam có̤;
came near being prevented by the difficulties in the way.
  • có̤953758
  • The Chinese date.
có̤ chīu;
the date tree.
âng có̤;
red dates.
o có̤;
black dates.
bît có̤;
the sweet date.
tōa có̤;
the large date.
suaⁿ có̤;
wild dates.
kieⁿ có̤;
dates preserved with ginger.
có̤-nî-ko̤;
date paste.
có̤ kuaⁿ;
dried dates.
sin tiah kâi có̤;
freshly gathered dates.
  • có̤100295
  • To assist; to second.
có̤-câp-kuaⁿ;
officers in a district magistrate's yamun, under the grade of second deputy.
i sĭ kien chut khṳ̀ cò̤ có̤-câp;
he has purchased a position elsewhere in a district yamun.
  • cò̤100399
  • To make; to do; to act; to become; to effect; to be.
cò̤ saⁿ khò;
make clothing.
sĭ tek cò̤ kâi;
it is made of bamboo.
áiⁿ cò̤ kim a àiⁿ cò̤ ngṳ̂n?
Do you wish it to be made of gold or of silver?
hó̤ cang siah cò̤;
you may make it of pewter.
cò̤ hó̤ a būe?
Is it finished yet?
būe cêng cò̤;
have not yet made it.
cò̤ hó̤ lío;
it is completed.
tiang-sî àiⁿ cò̤?
When are you going to do it?
lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mîh sṳ̄?
What are you doing?
cò̤ kuaⁿ cò̤ hú;
to hold office.
cò̤ kuaⁿ màiⁿ cò̤ pui, cò̤ pui sĭu nâng khùi;
if you are an official do not be a petty one, for if you are you will be subject to everybody's
blame.
cò̤ tit; ŏi cò̤ tit; ŏi nín cò̤ tit;
it will do.
m̄ cò̤ tit;
it will not do.
khó̤-íⁿ cò̤ tit;
it will answer.
tōa m̄ cò̤ tit;
it will not do at all.
cò̤ tit lâi;
it can be done.
cò̤ m̄ lâi;
it cannot be done.
mîaⁿ-ke cò̤ nâng;
has the art of being popular.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ le hó̤ cò̤ nâng; cìeⁿ-seⁿ le m̄-hó̤ cò̤ nâng!
I won't stand such treatment from him!
lṳ́ kâi mîaⁿ kìe-cò̤ sĭm mûeh?
What is your name?
cò̤ nâng-chêng;
be obliging.
lṳ́ khak-khó cò̤, cò̤ kàu hó̤-hó̤;
you persevere in doing it, and do it very nicely.
cò̤ m̄ cîaⁿ;
unaccomplished.
cò̤ tit cîa;
bring to completion.
cò̤ chin-cîaⁿ;
effect a betrothal.
cò̤ a būe?
Is the betrothal accomplished?
lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî cò̤?
What are you going to do about it?
i mih sṳ̄ bŏi cò̤;
he can do nothing.
náng lâi cò̤ chin hó̤ mē?
Let us be relatives, shall we?
lṳ́ khṳt úa cò̤ kíaⁿ ío khah sòi;
you are too young even to be my child.
cang cía cúa cò̤ cṳ-cheh phûe;
take this paper for the cover of the book.
i cang cṳ-cheh cò̤ cím-thâu;
he uses a book for a pillow.
lṳ́ àiⁿ cang tī cêk īeⁿ pò cò̤ saⁿ?
Which kind of cloth will you take to make into a jacket?
pài i cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
pay respect to him as to a teacher.
cò̤ cin-seⁿ pĕ-bó̤ kẃn-thăi i;
treat them as if they were your real parents.
i hàm úa cò̤ bé kâi, úa ìn i cò̤ bé: i hàm úa cò̤ gû kâi, úa in i cò̤ gû;
if he calls on me to act as horse, I act as a horse to him: if he calls on me to serve as ox, I serve him as an ox.
lṳ́ cò̤ lṳ́ khṳ̀;
go you along.
  • cò̤948615
  • Why? How? What?
sĭ cò̤-nî?
What is the matter?
m̄ cai cò̤-nî;
do not know why.
i cò̤-nî m̄ lâi?
Why does he not come?
lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ kâi úa tàⁿ?
Why did you not tell me?
i kâi pēⁿ sĭ cò̤-nî?
What are his symptoms?
sĭ cò̤-nî cìaⁿ tîeh?
What should be done in the case?
lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî cò̤?
What are you going to do about it?
i ŭ cò̤-nî tàⁿ a bô̤?
Did he say anything about it?
cò̤-nî?
Why?
úa cò̤ káⁿ?
How dare I presume to do so?
lṳ́ cò̤ káⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
How can you thus presume?
m̄ káⁿ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;
dare not do any thing.
lṳ́ cò̤ ŏi?
How can you?
cò̤ bŏi?
Why not?
cò̤ m̄?
Why should you not?
cò̤ m̄ khṳ̀?
Why should you not go.
hía cò̤ hó̤?
How can that be advisable?
  • cô̤9557511
  • A trough; a manger.
bé cô̤;
a horse's manger.
tṳ cô̤;
a pig's trough.
ngio cô̤;
a cat's basin.
káu cô̤;
a dish in which a dog's food is placed.
koi cô̤;
a dish for fowls' food.
lāu-bó̤ cô̤;
an eaves trough.