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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

cêk tōa khûn nâng sĭ tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng cò̤ pa-hì;

the great crowd of people that have formed a circle there are looking at a man who is performing tricks in jugglery.
têng-têng ûi-cŭ;
enclosing it circle on circle.
teh ûi-kî;
play chess.
sì-ciu-ûi;
all around.
suah chut têng ûi;
fought their way through the investing forces.
ûi sîaⁿ;
besiege a city.
khṳt i ûi tŏ̤-hò̤;
hemmed in by them.
sì-ciu-ûi (illegible text)n̂g kâi sĭ cúi;
there is water on all sides.
phah cêk kâi tōa ûi;
draw a great circle around it.
khwn cí cêk ûi ŭ saⁿ phò lō;
the whole distance around it is three leagues.
cang tĭam lâi ûi;
inclose it by a splint fence.
ûi kok-tak;
surround with a wattling made of withes.
cí gūa kháu ûi cêk în tek-lî;
put a bamboo fence around it.
i khṳt i ûi-khùn tó̤ hṳ́ tói;
he is surrounded and hemmed in there by them.
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  • Side doors of the palace, where candidates once underwent their examinations.
kim nî sĭ tùi chun-ûi a chiu-ûi?
Is this the year for the examination for the degree of L.L.D. at Peking, or for that of M.A. in the provinces?
îaⁿ cú-kháu jîp ûi;
carry the commissioner into the hall.
kim bô̤ nâng bói ûi sèⁿ;
prohibit the buying of the names of graduates,—a mode of gambling by betting on the surnames of the successful candidates.
i khṳ̀ hù pak ûi;
he has gone to the examinations at the capital.
sĭ pak ûi tèng kâi, m̄ sĭ kńg-tang ûi tèng kâi;
he received his degree at Peking, not at Canton.
ŭ sin ûi-bâk chut a būe?
Have the essays of the successful candidates been published yet?
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  • To oppose; to go against; to disobey; to disregard.
kú ûi;
I have long neglected you; I have not seen you for a long while.
cìeⁿ-sî kú ûi;
I have not met you lately.
i ak căi, îang hŏng im ûi;
he is very hateful, he agrees with you to your face, and opposes you behind your back.
m̄ káⁿ ûi-ngêk i tōa nâng kâi mĕng;
dare not go contrary to the commands of his elders.
kù ûi;
willful disobedience.
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  • To act; to do; to play the part of; to be in the place of; to manage; to attend to; to effect.
ûi nâng tŏ̤ sì;
to lead a life among men; to live in the world.
i bô̤ só̤ put ûi;
he recks at nothing; there is nothing he will not do.
ŭ lêng-ûi;
has power to do; possesses executive ability; can bring it about.
bô̤ lêng-ui;
incompetent.
i káⁿ cò̤, káⁿ ûi;
he is very enterprising; he is not afraid to attempt to bring it
about.
i m̄ káⁿ hui ûi;
he will not act wickedly.
jím i só̤ ûi;
let him do as he pleases.
kíaⁿ-tĭ hùe ŭ ûi;
the sons are energetic.
ûi sĭen;
to do good.
ûi ak;
to do evil.
ûi chîn tîeh tong, ûi cṳ́ tîeh hàu;
being a statesman, one must be loyal, being a son, one must be filial.
cang i ûi cú;
take him for his master.
bô̤ si ûi;
no means of compassing it.
bô̤ si ûi, kui i khṳ̀;
if there is not that wherewith to do it, then let it go.
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  • A mast.
cûn ûi;
the mast of a vessel.
ûi kuaⁿ;
the masts.
thâu ûi, tōa ûi, búe ûi;
the fore, the main, and the mizzen masts.
saⁿ ki ûi kâi cún;
three-masted vessels.
i ŏi peh kàu ûi búe hṳ́ téng;
he can climb to the top of the mast.
khîa ûi;
to set up a mast.
ûi thâu, ŭi búe, ûi sin;
the lower, the upper, and the main part of the mast.
ûi céⁿ;
the socket in which the mast is set.
sîa ûi;
lower a mast.
cám ûi, tok tèng;
cut away the masts and chop off the anchors.
ki pùaⁿ ûi;
one long and one short mast.
ûi khṳt huang á cîh;
the masts were broken in the gale.
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  • A curtain; a screen; a valance.
chn̂g-ûi;
a valance hung before a table.
chia ûi;
carriage curtains.
hâ ûi-ie;
put on an apron.
i pâk kò̤ ûi-ie tó̤ cṳ́ pn̄g;
she has on an apron, and is cooking rice.
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  • Transverse threads.
ûi bō̤;
a fringed hat.
ûi có̤;
the fringe and its heading.
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  • Reeds; rushes; grass which grows in river-bottoms.
cúi kîⁿ cĕng-cĕng lû-ûi;
the margin of the creek was thick with reeds.
cîeh-ûi;
rushes.
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  • Straps or thongs with which persons are bound.
cîeh ûi;
the fronds of the Niphobolus lingua*, a fern used in medicine.
ûi-thô̤ îaⁿ;
a guardian deity found in Buddhist temples.
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  • To roast in the ashes.
ûi kieⁿ;
roasted ginger.
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  • Wherefore; in the interest of; owing to.
lṳ́ kâi cîah lío ŭ ŭi a bô̤ ŭi?
Having eaten have you nothing useful to attend to?
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ ŭi tîeh úa, úa ĭa cai;
he did thus out of consideration for me, l know that.
lṳ́ kâi ŭ ŭi a bô̤? àiⁿ mûeh tīo i mih sṳ̄?
Have you nothing better than that do to? What did you want