Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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mûeh
- 物muêh1065934
- A thing, matter, or substance; anything between heaven and earth; affairs of life; a creature; a being; persons.
- mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- articles.
- cêk kĭaⁿ mûeh;
- an article.
- bô̤ sĭm-mih mûeh tŏ̤ h̤́u tói;
- there is nothing at all in there.
- kâi sĭm mûeh?
- What is it?
- hṳ́ kâi kìe-cò̤ sĭm mŭeh?
- What is that called?
- nâng-mûeh cōi;
- there was a great crowd.
- cîah mûeh;
- edibles.
- bói mûeh-cîah;
- buy food.
- mûeh kak ŭ cú;
- each thing has its owner.
- mûeh-ngîap;
- possessions; goods; personal property and real estate.
- thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ mûeh;
- does not appear to be anything of consequence.
- tōa-bó̤-mûeh;
- a great deal.
- nah-sap mûeh;
- a filthy object.
- bói mûeh;
- to make purchases.
- hak mûeh;
- buy things to keep.
- bw̄n mûeh;
- everything.
- tak-n̄ng tīo mûeh;
- wastes things.
- ak mûeh; tâk mûeh;
- virulent ulcers.
- 弄mûeh569554
- To handle; to manipulate; to work at; to do with the hands.
- màiⁿ mûeh tīo;
- do not ruin it by handling it.
- cìeⁿ cōi jît cô̤-nî mûeh būe hó̤?
- How is it that after so many days it is not yet done?
- jû mûeh jû bô̤ ēng;
- the more I work at it, the worse it is.
- lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ mûeh;
- you go and set it to rights.
muiⁿ
- 美múiⁿ5861233
- Beautiful; good-looking; excellent; delicious; happy.
- múiⁿ-ńng;
- a pretty girl.
- múiⁿ-jîn;
- handsome women; a belle.
- múiⁿ-bī;
- toothsome.
- sĭ i cêk tn̄g kâi múiⁿ ì;
- it is a kind thought of hers.
- múiⁿ tang ŭ tíam put cok;
- there is a little thing lacking to his complete happiness.
- tăi-múiⁿ-kok;
- the United States.
- múiⁿ sṳ̄;
- a delightful affair.
- kun-cṳ́ sêng nâng cṳ múiⁿ;
- good-breeding tends to the attainment of what is good.
- 微mûiⁿ10506010
- Small, trifling, insignificant, mean; minute, fine; in a slight degree; too; rather; hidden, subtle, obscure, recondite, abstruse; waning; to dwindle away.
- mûiⁿ-bīo kâi tŏ̤-lí;
- a doctrine hard to fathom.
- káng-kìu kàu sòi-mûiⁿ căi;
- explained it very minutely.
- i kâi mêh mûiⁿ-sòi;
- her pulse is very low.
- mûiⁿ chìe;
- a faint smile.
- hŏ mûiⁿ-kíaⁿ; hŏ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ; a drizzling, fine rain.
- siaⁿ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ;
- a weak voice.
- híen-mûiⁿ-kìaⁿ;
- a microscope.
- put kùe cêk tíam mûiⁿ ì;
- only a small token of gratitude.
- ìuⁿ-mûiⁿ ìuⁿ-mûiⁿ;
- very minute.
- i kâi jī nĕ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ nē;
- the letters are very small indeed.
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- chîang-mûiⁿ;
- the crape myrtle.
- pêh-mûiⁿ;
- swallow-wort.
mut
- 吻mut1042304
- The corners of the mouth; speech.
- m̄ hâh kháu mut;
- your lips and the corners of your mouth do not match; your evidence is contradictory.
- tàⁿ lâi kháu mut hó̤;
- the testimony given is satisfactory.
- ô̤h kàu kâi sîn-chêng kháu-mut sĭo căi;
- narrated in such a way as to give a vivid impression of the affair.
- 疫mût10951044
- A prevalent disease, or one attended with unusual symptoms; an epidemic.
- un-mût pēⁿ;
- a pestilence.
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng un-mût;
- there is an epidemic prevailing in that region.
- khṳ̀ sîa, tôk mût;
- expel the evil influences, and drive away the plague.
- tī un-mût;
- cure the plague.
- 沒mût606854
- To perish; none of; gone.
- cêk ē kú cū mâiⁿ-mût khṳ̀;
- after a while it decays in the soil.
- mût-îeh;
- myrrh, a name imitated from the Hindustani.
- 歿mût606784
- To end; to die; the dead.
- sía mêng i kâi pĕ-bó̤ chûn mût;
- write explicitly whether his parents are living or dead.
- mût sì m̄ káⁿ bûang ṳn;
- so long as I live I shall not forget your kindness.
mwt
- 末mŵt604751
- Least and last; insignificant; the end.
- pún mŵt;
- origin and end.
- mûiⁿ mŵt;
- atomic.
- mŵt căi;
- exceedingly small.
- lĭ-sek mŵt căi;
- the profit is scarcely any.
- mŵt-mŵt nē;
- very insignificant.
- sĭm sĭ mŵt thàng;
- earned hardly anything.
- mŵt sì; mŵt jît;
- the end of the world.
na
- 拿ná610646
- To lay hold of; to seize; to get an idea of; to appreciate.
- phò lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ ná sṳ̄?
- Who is managing affairs in that shop?
- tîeh chūe i tó̤ ná sṳ̄ kâi nâng cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;
- you must seek the one who had the management of the affair, and then it will be of some use.
- i tó̤ cóng-ná sìo-bâk;
- he has the sole charge of the accounts.
- hīn-khek sĭ i tó̤ ná khŵn;
- at present it is he who holds the authority.
- 那ná6101634
- An interrogative particle.
- ná li cai tàⁿ i pit-tīaⁿ lâi?
- How could I know that he would certainly come?
- tàⁿ ná li ūe?
- What sort of language is he speaking?
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