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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

the geomantic influence.

cúi sṳ-îaⁿ;
the coast officers.
àiⁿ kîaⁿ lêk lō a kîaⁿ cúi lō?
Are you going by land or by water?
lā-lûn-sie cúi;
tepid water.
cúi-lāu;
a filter.
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  • Of an evil spirit.
kúi-cúi;
cross, perverse.
kúi-kúi cúi-cúi;
demented.
i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ kúi-cúi căi;
he acts very wildly.
sĭm-mûeh tó̤ cak cúi?
What has set him to acting as if he were possessed?
  • cúi10163012
  • To talk much.
îu-cúi;
glib-tongued; specious; insinuating and deceptive speech.
i tó̤ îu-cúi kâi;
he is wheedling him.
i kâi tàⁿ-ūe îu-îu cúi-cúi, bô̤ tieh-sît;
his talk is all palaver, with no honest purpose in it.
  • cùi10161648
  • Drunk; fuddled; stupefied.
cîah cíu cùi;
become intoxicated.
cîah kàu ma-ma-cùi;
drink till maudlin drunk.
m̄-hó̤ cîah kàu cùi;
do not drink to excess.
jú cùi jú chi;
the more tipsy the more stupid.
m̄ cai cùi;
not affected by liquor.
cíu m̄ cùi nâng, nâng cṳ̆ cùi;
when not made a fool of by liquor, he is a fool of himself.
bô̤ cíu, saⁿ hun cùi;
without having drunken he is half drunk; without being tipsy he acts like a simpleton.
tèⁿ cùi;
feigns drunkenness.
sui cùi sui tīaⁿ;
although drunk he knows what he is about.
cùi-ngán mông-lông;
dazed as if by liquor.
cuì-ong;
boozy.
ût kàu cùi-cùi;
sleep very soundly.
i tó̤ cùi cíu;
he is drinking to intoxication.
saⁿ tǹg cùi cíu;
drinks to intoxication every meal.
lṳ́ màiⁿ cùi;
don't be silly.
cùi kàu lok-lok;
as drunk as possible.
cùi kàu mîⁿ-mîⁿ;
dead drunk.
cie cŭi;
go to live with a father-in-law.
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  • A substitute; a vice; an aid; secondary; supplementary.
hú-cŭi;
a deputy sub-prefect.
i tó̤ cò̤ hú-cŭi;
he is acting as deputy sub-prefect.
hú-cŭi kìⁿ hú-cìaⁿ-tn̂g ēng kîaⁿ sĭm-mih lói?
What are the formalities to be observed by the deputy sub-prefect when visiting the prefect?
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  • A dog rushing from a cover; abrupt; precipitate.
cŭi-jîen cū ngŏ̤ tîeh;
came upon him very precipitately.
chang-cŭi cṳ kang, pĭen m̄ mêng-pêh;
in the hurry and flurry of the moment did not discriminate clearly.

cun

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  • A bottle or flask.
hûi cun, po̤-lî cun;
earthen or glass bottles.
cêk kâi cun;
a bottle.
cúi cun;
a water bottle.
îu cun;
an oil can.
kúi ki cíu cun;
several wine bottles.
cun-thak;
the stopper of a bottle.
cun-thak pôih chut lâi;
take out the stopper.
cun sak miⁿ-miⁿ;
cork the bottle tightly.
cun chùi khîeh cúa sak miⁿ;
take some paper and stop the mouth of the bottle tightly.
cun kùa;
the cover of a flask.
cêk cun cíu;
a bottle of liquor.
cun hĭⁿ;
the handle of a flask.
ŭ lâng-ló̤ tùe tŏ̤ cun tói;
there is a little adhering to the bottom of the bottle.
tn̂g ăm cun;
a long necked flask.
cun tn̆g cheng-khih;
rinse the bottle clean.
khui cun;
open a bottle.
chò tò̤ jîp cun tói;
pour the vinegar into the bottle.
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  • To venerate.
cun-kèng;
show respect toward.
cun-tŏng i;
evince esteem for.
cun-kùi kâi nâng;
an honored personage.
bô̤ cun i cò̤ tōa;
does not pay respect to him as to a superior.
cun-hôk;
be subservient through esteem.
cía sĭ cun-cheng i kâi ūe;
this language is used in expressing reverence for him.
ŭ cun pui tōa sòi kâi lói-sìo;
there are certain forms of etiquette appropriate between the high and the low, the old and the young.
i m̄ cun i;
he does not pay respect to him.
lĕng cun;
your father.
cun kè;
respected sir.
cêk cun hût;
a Buddhist idol.
i keng lăi sai ŭ kúi cun lău-îa;
in their temple they have several gods.
cì-cun;
the Emperor.
cun cíang;
elderly honored persons.
cun i cò̤ tōa;
treat him as your elder.
hú-cun;
the prefect.
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  • To conform to; to follow orders.
cun huap-lût;
obey the laws.
cun mĕng;
obey orders.
cun kîaⁿ;
carry out the instructions.
lím cun;
lím-lím cun; conform exactly.
cun-chông i kâi ūe;
carried out his directions.
i m̄ cun;
he does not comply.
cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to̤ sĭ cun lói-huap;
in whatever he does he acts in conformity with the regulations.
cêk pôiⁿ cun tẁn, cêk pôiⁿ m̄ cun tẁn;
partly followed the instructions and partly disobeyed them.
kŭ cun;
carry out all orders.
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  • To grant, permit, or allow.
cún a m̄ cún?
Did he grant your request or not?
cún lṳ́ khîu;
grant your petition.
cún i cìeⁿ-seⁿ kîaⁿ;
permit him to do thus.
úa ṳ̆-soiⁿ cún-pĭ hó̤ lío;
I am already