Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liet

by Adele Marion Fielde

lîet

• 列lîet531184
• To arrange or state in order; to place according to rank or rule; regularly; seriatim; a rank, a series, a file, as of soldiers; a class, as of officials; each, severally.

khui-lîet mêng-pêh;

write out the particulars clearly, (as in a bill).

lîet cò̤ nŏ̤ tīn;

range them in two files.

lîet sêng tīn sì;

drawn out in a line.

pái cò̤ cêk lîet;

place them in a row, at regular distances apart.

hâng-lîet côi-cíaⁿ;

ranged methodically.

lîang pôiⁿ pâi lîet;

placed in regular order on either side.

lîet ūi;

sirs, all you gentlemen (used in direct address).

• 烈lîet531866
• Burning; ardent; violent; impetuous; fierce; chaste.

sèⁿ jû lîet húe;

a nature like a raging flame.

sèⁿ lîet căi;

very impetuous.

lîet-ńng put kè nŏ̤ hu;

a chaste woman does not marry twice.