Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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of life.
- chun gû;
- a clay ox borne out by officials in the ceremony of meeting the spring.
- chun chiu jîeh cōi?
- How many years old are you?
- pêh jît mok ôiⁿ kùe, cheⁿ chun put cài lâi;
- waste not the daylight, for youth does not return.
- chun sim;
- lewd thoughts.
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- To stretch forth; to straighten; to dilate.
- chíu chun chut lâi;
- stretch forth your arm.
- lṳ́ kâi cîh chun chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;
- put out your tongue and let me look at it.
- chun kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
- stretched out at full length.
- hṳ́ koiⁿ chù nŏ̤ pôiⁿ chun-chíu;
- that house has two wings.
- kha chun tît;
- straighten your legs.
- ăm chun tn̂g-tn̂g tó̤ thóiⁿ;
- gazing with neck outstretched.
- chun ie;
- straighten the back.
- ŏi chun ŏi kiu;
- is elastic; will stretch and shrink.
- chun-lûn huah-hì;
- stretch and yawn.
- bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi chun;
- it does not stretch much.
- chun khí lâi;
- stretch up.
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- Incompatible.
- chún-chò̤;
- erroneous.
- chŵn bŏi chún-chò̤;
- there is no error in it.
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- To surmise.
- sṳ-chún;
- to ponder.
- lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ sṳ-chún;
- you go and cogitate upon it.
- ngô̤ chún;
- blundering; doltish.
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- The Chinese inch.
- câp chùn ûi cêk chieh;
- ten inches make a foot.
- chùn chieh;
- dimensions.
- saⁿ chùn khuah cêk chieh tn̂g;
- three inches wide and ten long.
- tn̂g ke ŭ nŏ̤ chùn kèng hó̤;
- it would be better if it were two inches longer.
- chǹg nŏ̤ saⁿ chùn chim jîp khṳ̀;
- punched it in two or three inches deep.
- chùn-tú;
- a small folded paper slate.
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- Chilled; tremors.
- kûaⁿ kàu phah-chùn-lūn;
- so cold that she shivered.
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- To retain; to preserve; remaining.
- chûn ŭ jîeh cōi?
- How much is there left?
- cîah chûn kâi;
- what is left after eating.
- ēng chûn kâi;
- what remains.
- chûn kâi lâu-pàng mùa-khí;
- keep what is left until to-morrow.
- chûn lâng-su;
- have a little left.
- bô̤ chûn;
- there is no residue.
- chûn bô̤;
- there is nothing left.
- ēng bô̤ chûn;
- it is all used up.
- chûn bô̤ cîⁿ;
- has no money left.
- thàng m̄ chûn;
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- saved nothing from his earnings.
- pó̤-chûn mûeh-ngîap;
- saved his property.
- i kâi chûn sim hó̤;
- his feelings are correct.
- m̄ cai i chûn bûang;
- do not know whether they are alive or dead.
- chûn kâi líen-mīn khṳt i;
- preserved his reputation for him.
- chûn ke chûn kíam m̄ sie-tâng;
- the amount left varies.
- chûn kâi mîaⁿ tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ;
- preserved a name in the world.
- chûn tîo seⁿ mīaⁿ;
- preserved his life.
- chûn chêng khṳt i;
- continued the kindness shown to him.
chut
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- To go forth; to issue.
- chut chut jîp jîp;
- keeps running out and in.
- cêk hûe chut, cêk hûe jîp;
- a going out involves a coming in.
- chut mn̂g;
- to go out of doors.
- chut kháu;
- go outside.
- chut khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
- Where has he gone?
- chut bōi;
- for sale.
- chut sùe;
- to let.
- chut tóiⁿ;
- to mortgage.
- pôih chut lâi;
- pulled it out.
- pôih m̄ chut;
- cannot pull it out.
- máng m̄ chut;
- cannot pull it up with both hands.
- phŏ̤ i chut lâi;
- brought her out in his arms.
- thiu chut thiu jîp;
- pull out and thrust in, as a damper.
- chut sîn;
- become possessed by a god or demon.
- lău-îa chut sîn;
- the god takes possession of a mortal.
- i chut mn̂g a būe?
- Is she married yet?
- chut sek;
- become conspicuous.
- sĭ i sĭang chut sek;
- he is most prominent.
- chut ceng;
- go out against insurgents.
- chut cèng;
- to surpass others.
- pún-nía chut cèng;
- more able than others.
- bô̤ lṳ́ chut khṳ̀;
- you will not be allowed to go out.
- tàⁿ m̄ chut chùi;
- unable to speak it plainly.
- chut thâu thiⁿ;
- got out of difficulty.
- chut sin chut pńg;
- to provide both service and capital.
- cêk nâng chut pńg, cêk nâng chut kang;
- one supplies the capital and the other the labor.
- chut kha chut chíu;
- furnish the labor.
- chut sì;
- born; enter on life.
- lú chut sì tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where were you born?
- chut kîaⁿ;
- to travel.
- chut gūa;
- go abroad.
- chut kīe, chut cûn;
- go out in a sedan chair or in a boat.
- chùt kè;
- married off.
- chut ke;
- away from home.
- sĭ i chut thâu;
- he takes the lead in it.
- lîah i lâi chut khì;
- take him to vent spite upon.
- chut jît;
- cause the sun to rise.
- jît chut;
- the sun rises.
- chut khĕng;
- cause a rainbow.
- chut thô mīn;
- the dry land appeared.
- chut kè a būe?
- Is she yet married?
- sī íⁿ-keng kè chut kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;
- it is a daughter who is already married.
- sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
- cannot think what it was.
- sie kang chut cîⁿ;
- unite in furnishing the requisite amount of money.
- cò̤ chut kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- the things made.
- kó-cá tng-sî chut ŭ cêk kâi n̂ang—;
- in ancient times there was a man
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