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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
thâu, châ cím-thâu, tîn cím-thâu;
bamboo, earthen, leathern, wooden and rattan pillows.
sìu hue cím-thâu;
an embroidered pillow.
cí kâi cím-thâu sĭ jîp mîⁿ kâi, cí kâi cím-thâu sĭ tìeⁿ lêk-tāu khak;
this pillow is stuffed with cotton, and the other one with pea-pods.
wn-ieⁿ cím;
a double pillow, used by newly married couples, and called after the mandarin duck, which is a pattern of conjugal fidelity.
hĭⁿ-cím;
a pillow with an ear hole.
ău cím kut;
the occiput.
cím piⁿ ūe;
private talk.
kò̤ cím-thâu cng;
sued on account of what was learned by eavesdropping.
cím thâu sieⁿ;
a box pillow.
ût tŏ̤ cím-thâu;
lying on a pillow.
uaⁿ cím bô̤ iu;
sleep without anxiety.
tâng cím;
bedfellows.
sit cím;
disturbed rest.
cang chíu khṳt i cím;
pillowed on his arm.
bô̤ cím-thâu, cang chíu cím;
pillowless, and lying with his head on his arm.
cím tîeh;
the end of one resting on the other, like a head on a pillow.
sie cím;
conterminous.
cím m̄ tîeh;
cannot make them lie end to end.
cang cí kâi suaⁿ cò̤ ău cím;
take this hill as a background.
  • cìm989857
  • To merge in; to imbue; to soak.
cìm cíu;
to soak in spirits.
cìm thn̂g kâi;
preserved in sugar.
cìm sí;
khṳt cúi cìm sí; drowned.
cìm bît;
merged in honey.
bît cìm;
sweetmeats made by merging fruit in honey.
cìm kàu thàng-thàng;
soak till it is thoroughly saturated.
cìm m̄ thàng;
it is not soaked through.
cím ńng;
soak in order to soften.
cìm kàu lok-lok;
soak it till it is wet through.
cìm i lîang;
merge it in water to cool it.
cìm i phó̤;
soak it till it swells out.
cím sói kàu cheng-khih;
soak and wash it clean.
chíaⁿ pàng hṳ́ tói cìm;
put it in there to soak.
cìm kàu chut gê;
soak it till it sprouts.
pun cúi cìm îeⁿ khṳ̀;
dissolved by the water in which it was submerged.
cìm thâng-îu kâi m̄ ùi cúi;
what has been saturated with wood oil is not injured by water.
cìm cîaⁿ câp jît cúi cìaⁿ thò̤;
after standing about ten days the waters subsided.
châng-hn̂g pun cúi cìm tīo khṳ̀;
the crops have been destroyed by being inundated.
tōa cúi cìm tŏ̤ nâng kâi chù;
the high water is inundating people's houses.
cìm jŭn;
to toughen by soaking.

cin

  • cin80614013
  • Torches; faggots.
châ cin;
firewood.
khǹg cêk pé cin tŏ̤ kò̤;
have a bundle of faggots laid away.
cí khí cin sĭ hó̤ líam húe;
this sort
of faggot may be used as a torch.
khîa ki cin khṳ̀ chīeⁿ lō;
take a torch to light the road.
cin-kíaⁿ;
a small torch.
  • cin988856
  • Narrows; a ford; saliva.
kwn cin tō kháu;
guardhouses at fords.
seⁿ cin cí kuah;
produces saliva and alleviates thirst.
cin-êk;
saliva.
  • cin151095
  • True; real; sincere; actual.
cin cu;
real pearls.
cin-cu bûah;
sago flour.
cin cìaⁿ hó̤;
really good.
cin sim;
true hearted.
m̄ cai cin ké;
do not know whether it is true or false.
cin-sît;
genuine.
tàⁿ cin-sît kâi ūe;
speak the truth.
cin-sît kâi tŏ̤-lí;
true doctrines.
cin jîn;
a phantom of a man, is one who possesses divinity and can therefore become invisible.
jīn cin căi;
in earnest.
mih sṳ̄ to tîeh jīn cin;
be in earnest in all things.
cin-cin m̄ kham;
utterly unworthy.
lṳ́ cin m̄ hío lío;
you do not understand it at all.
cng cin, châk hīn;
the booty discovers the thief.
lṳ́ cin m̄ hó̤ căi;
you are really very bad.
úa thó̤iⁿ tîeh cin ngía;
I consider it really beautiful.
i cin sieh úa;
he loves me sincerely.
cin îeh ui ké pēⁿ, cin pēⁿ bô̤ îeh ui;
real medicine cures unreal diseases, but a real disease is incurable.
hùe cin, kè sît;
unadulterated goods, at their actual cost.
tàⁿ cin kâi a tàⁿ ké kâi?
Does he speak truly or falsely?
thîn cin;
to make correct.
cin kim put phàⁿ húe, līen kú īa sio-sîh;
true gold does not fear the fire, but if it is kept long in the crucible it will lose a little.
úa cin sim cin ì kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
I tell you the unfeigned truth.
ciu pù-si m̄ phàⁿ ké hûe-sīeⁿ;
true charity does not dread a false priest.
ŏi pĭen cin ngŭi;
can distinguish between sincerity and hypocrisy.
cin châi, sît līo;
real talent is real wealth.
cin tho̤ put tŭi;
a tme womb does not miscarry.
jú thóiⁿ jú cin;
the more you examine it the more genuine it appears.
kháu-chú cin châi;
look for real talent.
māng kàu nĕ cin-cin;
the dream seemed very real.
hun-pîet cin ké;
discriminate between true and false.
ké kàu nĕ cin-cin;
so perfectly imitated as to appear genuine.
  • cín18647
  • To stimulate; to excite.
cín-cak;
to encourage.
lṳ́ a-sĭ khéng cin-cak cū ŭ ēng;
if you were willing to incite them it would be of use.
tăi cín ke siaⁿ;
his great energy has made his family famous.
ŏi cín sì-hái;
he is one who can arouse the whole country.