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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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street do not come across each other.

thien ŵn chò khá;
a providential meeting.
to bô̤ ŵn;
no recondite causes which would produce it; no luck conducing to it.
ŵn-hūn chíen;
little affinity.
hó̤ ŵn ngŏ̤;
a lucky coincidence.
kak nâng kak nâng kâi ŵn;
each man has his own luck.
kit ŵn;
knit a relationship.
kio i kit ŵn;
do one's part in keeping up an intimacy.
cía sǹg sĭ i kâi ŵn;
this is his affinity.
hùe ŵn;
collect alms, as Buddhist priests do.
tôi ŵn;
contribute through the hands of Buddhist priests.
chíu lah cêk pńg ŵn-phŏ;
held in his hand a book referring to the unknown operations of fate in human affairs.
in-ŵn;
marry whom fate has decreed.
síe in-ŵn;
an illicit connection.
bô̤ ŵn bô̤ kù;
wholly without cause.
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  • To finish, to conclude; completed, done; paid up; settled; used up; all gone; entirely.
ŵn a būe?
Is it finished?
àiⁿ ŵn lío;
it is nearly done.
khṳt i cîah ŵn khṳ̀;
it was all eaten up by him.
cîah bŏi tit ŵn;
cannot eat it all up.
bōi kàu ŵn;
all sold off.
tó pá, cîah m̄ ŵn;
has eaten all he wants and has not eaten all of it.
ā sĭ cò̤, tîeh cò̤ kàu ŵn-chŵn;
if you do it at all, you must finish it.
cò̤ kàu ŵn-ŵn chŵn-chŵn;
completely finished.
mih mûeh íⁿ-keng ŵn-pĭ;
all things are wholly ready.
ŵn kang a būe?
Have they stopped work yet?
ēng būe ŵn;
it is not yet all used up.
cò̤ ŵn lío;
it is done.
ūe tàⁿ būe ŵn;
was not yet through speaking.
sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît àiⁿ ŵn phìa?
What day has been fixed upon for completing the betrothal?
nîe ŵn a būe?
Are your taxes all paid?
tô-che lâi chui ŵn-nîe;
the local agent has come to has ten the payment of the taxes.
ŵn-kak cheng-chó̤;
the payment of grain has been made in full.
cí cêk báu, ŵn ŭ jîeh cōi sìo;
during this half month, many bills have been settled.
ŵn-lâp co cîⁿ;
pay off the rent.
ŵn-sui cí;
coriander seeds.
ŵn-sui thâh pûaⁿ thâu;
crown the dish with coriander.
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  • A classifier of officers; an officer.
kuaⁿ ŵn;
officers.
sĭ bûn ŵn a sĭ bú ŵn?
Is he a civil or a military officer?
bûn bú kuaⁿ-
ŵn cí chṳ́ cí tăn;
both civil and military officers halt here and rest.
cū sĭ cêk ŵn-kuaⁿ;
it is an official.
lêng ŵn;
an efficient officer.
lăi ŵn;
a high statesman.
ŵn gūa;
one who fills an office without being an officer.
ŵn gūa ńng;
an officer in a Board who reports to its Vice President.
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  • The side gates into the court of a yamun or a general's head-quarters.
àiⁿ tùi tâng-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jîp, a sĭ àiⁿ tùi sai-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jip?
Will you go in at the eastern or the western entrance?
ŵn-mn̂g pò̤;
a provincial governor's circular.
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  • The gibbons, as distinct from apes, babboons, or monkeys.
pêh ŵn;
the white gibbon.
ŵn seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ kâu;
gibbons resemble monkeys.

wt

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  • The space under the knee.
kîaⁿ kàu kha-wt thìaⁿ;
walked till my legs ache.
kha-wt kâi kṳn tau-thìaⁿ tau-thìaⁿ nē;
my legs cramp and ache.
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  • To turn around; a wheel by which to turn a machine; that which causes a turning.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i kio i wt-sŵn;
this affair has been managed for her by him.
cò̤-nî wt-sŵn, wt-sŵn kàu sêng?
How shall we maneuver that it may be brought to a consummation?
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  • To overstep, to exceed, to pass over; to go out of or beyond one's place; to transgress.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ ŵt lói, hŭam hūn;
this is overstepping the bounds of propriety, and going beyond the limits of duty.
ŵt khòng;
pass over a court in an appeal to a higher, as to go to the intendant from the district magistrate.
ŵt i kâi lī;
transgress their rules.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ ŵt lí ŵt huap;
he transgresses the laws all the time.
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  • A battle-axe, whose blade is of a crescent shape; a sort of lictor's axe, borne as as a sign of authority.
pái kŭa kim-kue, ŵt-pó;
range golden maces and battle-axes.