Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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the empire.
- úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;
- I heard this at the Departmental City.
- sin-bŭn-cúa;
- a newspaper.
- úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;
- I have long been acquainted with your name.
- 悶būn577618
- Sad; unhappy; melancholy.
- iu-būn;
- grieved.
- chô-būn;
- sorrowful.
- būn-būn nē;
- very unhappy.
- kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;
- to dissipate grief.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;
- do not be distressed.
but
- 味but1053305
- Taste or flavor; it corresponds to the termination ish when applied to tastes.
- hiam-but;
- peppery.
- tîam-but;
- sweetish.
- sng-but;
- sourish.
- khó-but;
- bitterish.
- cîah tîeh hiam-but hiam-but;
- it has a pungent flavor.
- hía hṳ̂ cò̤-nî ŏi khó-but? sĭ thâi phùa táⁿ a m̄ sĭ?
- Why is the fish bitter? The gallbladder was broken in cutting up the fish was it not?
- kàu cîh búe se-su khó-but;
- it leaves a slightly unpleasant taste in the mouth.
- cîah kàu chùi búe tòa sng-but;
- an acid taste is left in the mouth after eating it.
- līo-bût;
- condiments; sauces; spicery; seasoning.
- àiⁿ lô̤h sĭm-mih līo-bût?
- What will you season it with?
- cí kò̤ bô̤ hṳ̂-seⁿ līo-bût;
- there is no condiment here fit to go with fish.
- 拂bût154645
- To beat out the dust.
- khîeh ki chûe khṳ̀ bṳ̂t, cìaⁿ ŏi cheng-khih;
- get a stick and beat it, then it will be clean.
bw̆n
- 慢bw̆n5766111
- To neglect or slight.
- khin-bw̆n;
- to treat haughtily.
- bú-bw̆n;
- treat with contempt.
- màiⁿ bw̆n tîeh i,
- do not slight him;
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ siet-bw̆n tîeh i;
- that would be considered contemptuous treatment of him.
- 幔bw̆n5765011
- A curtain.
- tìeⁿ bw̆n;
- a curtain.
- kiē bw̆n;
- sedan curtains.
- 蔓bw̆n104014011
- Tangled vines.
- bw̆n-cheⁿ;
- a turnip, green colored and with tubers above ground, used in medicine.
- bw̆n-cháu lâng tṳ̂;
- tangle grass is not easily extirpated.
- 饅bw̆n57518411
- Steamed bread, or wheaten cakes.
- bw̆n-thâu;
- a loaf of steamed bread.
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- 卍bw̆n1040244
- A mystic emblem of high antiquity, explained to be the symbol of Buddha's heart; it is the hammer of Thor and is common in Norse mythology.
- àiⁿ kuah cò̤ bw̆n-jī piⁿ;
- will have it carved with a border in Vetruvian scroll.
- bw̆n-jī pĭⁿ;
- braid with the Vitruvian scroll woven in it.
- bw̄n-jī lâng-kang;
- a balustrade with a convoluted lattice.
- 萬bw̄n10401409
- All; every; ten thousand; a strong superlative.
- bw̄n nâng;
- everybody.
- bw̄n mûeh;
- everything.
- bw̄n kok;
- all nations.
- bw̄n hok;
- every blessing.
- bw̄n ak îm ûi síu;
- of all wickedness lewdness is chief.
- bw̄n kim ke-súaⁿ;
- an estate of immense value.
- cêk bw̄n;
- ten thousand.
- cêk choiⁿ bw̄n;
- ten millions.
- peh bw̄n;
- a million.
- câp bw̄n;
- a hundred thousand.
- cêk pńg, bw̄n lâi;
- ten thousand per cent gain.
- châng-hn̂g, bw̄n khẃn;
- countless acres of farm land.
- bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
- nothing lost or missed.
- bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
- one among a thousand.
- bw̄n kó to bŏi hāi;
- it will never wear out; time will not affect it.
- bw̄n bô̤ chṳ́ lí;
- there is no such principle.
- bw̄n-bw̄n m̄ hó̤;
- most certainly not; a thousand times no.
- bw̄n-bw̄n put lêng;
- it cannot be done.
- lṳ́ choiⁿ bw̄n tîeh lâi;
- you must come without fail.
- choiⁿ kun bw̄n bé;
- myriads.
- bw̄n sì;
- all ages.
- bw̄n tō̤;
- all generations.
- choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī;
- an immeasurable extent of land.
- kàu cí-kò̤ choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi, sît-căi sĭ kang-khó;
- to come here over innumerable mountains and seas is indeed difficult.
- būe cău bw̄n mûeh cṳ côiⁿ;
- before all things were created.
ca
- 女ca-bó641380
- A female, of the human race.
- sĭ ta-po a ca-bó?
- Is it a boy or a girl?
- ca-bó kíaⁿ;
- a daughter.
- ca-bó ké cò̤ ta-po;
- a woman disguised as a man.
- 渣ca3859
- Dregs; lees; what is left after infusion.
- îeh ca;
- the dregs of medicine.
- tê ca;
- tea leaves that have been steeped.
- tè tīo ca;
- strain out the dregs.
- kbṳ̀ ca;
- take out the lees.
- hun-ca;
- the refuse left in the pipe after opium has been smoked.
- ca-cái;
- sediment.
- 昨ca1005725
- Yesterday; time gone; recently.
- ca-jît;
- yesterday.
- i ca-jît cìaⁿ lâi;
- he came yesterday.
- úa ca-mêⁿ-hng m̄ cai kio i tàⁿ;
- I did not think to tell him last evening.
- ca-mêⁿ cn̂g kâi bŏi ût;
- I could not
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