Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 獄gêk11399410
- A prison; a dungeon.
- tī-gêk;
- the abode of the damned.
- lô̤-gêk;
- purgatory.
- lô̤h tī-gêk;
- go to hell.
- phah lô̤h tī-gêk;
- sent to hell.
- gêk-cut;
- a jailor.
- khui tī-gêk mn̂g;
- release from purgatory.
gî
- 疑gî2751039
- Doubt; suspect.
- ēng cía màiⁿ gî, gî cía màiⁿ ēng;
- do not suspect those whom you employ, nor employ those whom you suspect.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh gî-sṳ̄;
- I consider this very suspicious.
- i sim lăi hû-gî;
- he is doubtful in his own mind.
- i thóiⁿ tîeh hû-hû gî-gî, m̄ cêk kwt;
- he considered it very doubtful, and was unable to decide.
- sim gî seⁿ àm kúi;
- the imagination produces ghosts.
- gî-hôk; sim lăi gî-hôk;
- in great doubt.
- pī hîam-gî;
- avoid what is suspicious.
- bô̤ gî;
- without doubt.
- chai-gî;
- to doubt.
- cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ gî pēⁿ;
- this ailment is hypochondriacal.
- in-ûi cìeⁿ-seⁿ tì-kàu i gî;
- in this way he was lead to doubt.
- pĭ nâng gî;
- suspected.
- cí kâi nâng sĭ hó̤ gî;
- this person may well be suspected.
- i tó̤ gî sîn gî kúi;
- he suspects everybody and everything.
- chî-gî put kwt;
- irresolute and uncertain.
- chî-chî gî-gî;
- apprehensive.
- i kâi nâng to̤ gî;
- he is a doubter.
gîa
- 訝gîa10671494
- To wonder; to express surprise.
- thóiⁿ tîeh kiaⁿ-gîa;
- beheld it with amazement.
- cèng nâng thiaⁿ tîeh kâi-kâi kiaⁿ-gîa hăi-ĭ;
- when they heard it they were every one of them filled with wonder and surprise.
gô
- 鮔gô2761956
- The porpoise or river pig.
- pêh-gô; pêh-gô hṳ̂;
- porpoises.
- thóiⁿ-kìⁿ búe pêh-gô tó̤ pha-lìn-táu;
- saw a porpoise frisking about.
- 誤gō10631497
- To thwart; to hinder by carelessness or by mistake.
- gō tîeh sṳ̄;
- to cause a thing to miscarry.
- gō hāi hó̤ nâng;
- unwittingly injure the good.
- cêk gō kha-îong cài gō;
- one false step leads to others.
- tam-gō;
- to dawdle, and thus cause an enterprise to fail.
- sit gō;
- to fail in doing.
- gō lío sî-kheh;
- to miss the time set.
- gō tăi sṳ̄;
- cause important business to fall through.
- gō sĭeⁿ;
- mistake in reasoning.
- gō jīn;
- confess the wrong thing.
- chò̤ gō;
- err by mistake.
- lîm-sî tẁn-tẁn bŏi gō;
- shall certainly not fail of being there at the exact time.
- lîm-sî tam-
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gō;
- delay at the critical moment.
- gō ēng chong-mêng;
- misused his knowledge.
- kù-ì tam-gō;
- purposely thwart by delay.
- gō kói;
- wrongly explain.
- gō thŵn;
- report erroneously.
gōi
- 藝gōi2834015
- A craft; a calling; an accomplishment.
- chíu-gōi;
- handicraft.
- kang-hu chíu gōi;
- good workmanship.
- kĭ gōi;
- skilled work.
- ô̤h sĭm-mih gōi?
- What trade is he learning?
- hó̤ bú-gōi;
- a good trade.
- hâk-sîp bú-gōi;
- learn a trade.
- ô̤h ŭ cêk kĭaⁿ gōi tŏ̤ sin-tèng cū m̄-ùi;
- one who knows a trade need not fear.
- lṳ́ sĭm-mih chíu gōi?
- What craft do you follow?
- choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī put jû pô̤h gōi sûi sin;
- much land is not so good as a trade even half learned.
gô̤
- 梏gô̤454757
- Fetters or gyves.
- i khṳt i lîah khù gô̤;
- he was seized and fettered by them.
- kùa châ gô̤;
- wear wooden gyves.
- cí sang ôi hìeⁿ tăng chēng lío chin-chĭeⁿ kùa châ-gô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- these shoes are so heavy that wearing them is like being fettered with wooden gyves.
- khṳt i gô̤ tŏ̤ kò̤ ku-ā kâi gûeh;
- was fettered for several months.
- 蛾gô̤6271427
- Nocturnal moths; a disease of the throat.
- chôiⁿ gô̤;
- the silk-worm moth.
- teng gô̤;
- moths that flutter around a light.
- gô̤ bâi;
- delicate eyebrows.
- gô̤ bâi gûeh;
- the thin crescent moon.
- toaⁿ gô̤;
- a swollen tonsil.
- sang gô̤;
- swollen tonsils.
- 鵝gô̤6271967
- The domestic goose.
- cêk ciah gô̤;
- a goose.
- gô̤-bó̤, gô̤-hêng, gô̤-kíaⁿ;
- goose, gander, and goslings.
- cháu-gô̤;
- the common goose.
- thien-gô̤;
- a crane.
- hái-gô̤;
- a pelican.
- tèⁿ sí phŏ̤ hái-gô̤;
- feign death in order to catch pelicans.
- gô̤ mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
- goose feather fans.
- gô̤ mô̤ⁿ kńg;
- a goose-quill.
- gô̤ cíeⁿ;
- a goose's foot.
- gô̤ kîaⁿ ah pō;
- an humble bearing.
- lîah gô̤-kíaⁿ pìen nâng cò̤ ah-kíaⁿ;
- depreciate for the sake of selling at any price.
- 餓gō̤6271847
- To starve; to go without food.
- gō̤ sí;
- starve to death.
- gō̤ kúi; io gō̤ kúi;
- starving ghosts, the manes of those who have no descendants to offer them food.
- tó sĭ būe cêng gō̤ tîeh;
- I am not yet hungry.
- cêk jît tó̤ gō̤;
- ate nothing all day.
- tâng mn̂g-khí gō̤ kàu mêⁿ-hng cìaⁿ cîah;
- ate nothing from morn-
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