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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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tîeh;
you have decided rightly.
ka-kī put lêng cú-ì;
cannot herself decide.
cú sṳ̄;
manages the affair; a director in a Board.
sîn-cú;
a deified lord.
úa m̄ káⁿ cwn cú;
I dare not assume the direction.
châi cú;
châi cú láu; tong cú; a rich man.
cú-ciang;
to manage or oversee.
i sim lăi bô̤ cú-ciang;
he has no force of will.
thien-cú kà;
the Roman Catholic religion.
cú-cái;
to reign.
ŭ cú-cái, bô̤ cú-cái;
has or has not controlling power.
cí īeⁿ îeh cú-tì sĭm-mih pēⁿ?
What ailment is this medicine good for?
cú-kháu;
literary examiners.
i cú tit ì;
he does as he likes.
sĭ i tó̤ cú pûaⁿ;
it is he who manages the business.
hu-cú;
the husband.
kŭn-cú;
the sisters and daughters of princes.
ìuⁿ cú;
the young ruler.
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  • To eat as insects do; destructive insects.
cù thâng;
weevils, moths, grubs, bookworms, and the like.
khṳt thâng cù kàu khang-khak;
hollowed out by grubs.
sĭm-mih thâng tó̤ cù châ, cù kàu huaihⁿ-huaihⁿ-kìe;
some insect is gnawing the wood, and you can hear the sound of the gnawing.
cù kàu kâi khang kâi khang;
worm eaten.
cù-mô̤ⁿ-síen;
ringworm on the scalp.
lău-gê-cù;
yamun extortioners.
cho̤h saⁿ-khò cù tīo khṳ̀;
these garments are moth eaten.
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  • To define; to add an emendation or gloss.
cù mêng-pêh;
define clearly.
mih sṳ̄ sĭ cù tīaⁿ kâi;
all is exactly defined.
būe cù seⁿ, soiⁿ cù sí;
before he tells what will happen in life, he fixes the day of death, (as a fortune teller predicting immediate death).
cù sek;
to define the meaning.
cí pńg cṳ-cheh ŭ cù-kói a bô̤?
Has this book explanatory notes?
cù kha;
foot notes.
cù sò̤;
a full explanation, (as of the classics).
jī-cù sĭ cò̤-nî kói-sueh?
How is this emendation to be explained?
cía cṳ sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?
By whom were the comments on this book written?
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  • To cast; to fuse and run into moulds.
cù cîⁿ;
to cast copper coins.
cí kâi sĭ cù kâi a sĭ phah kâi?
Is this cast or wrought?
cù cò̤ thih-póiⁿ;
cast it into iron plates.
cù tâng, cù siah;
cast brass or pewter ware.
în cù kâi;
of cast lead.
To direct water in channels;
to fix the attention upon.
lṳ́ kâi mâk cù-cù tó̤ thóiⁿ sĭm-mûeh?
What are you looking at so fixedly?
cù-sim;
attentive.
cù-sim tó̤ cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
doing this thing with fixed attention.
cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cù-sim;
you should give your whole mind to what you are doing.
cù cho̤h cúi lô̤h cí-kò̤;
lead some water in this direction.
cù tek-sut;
lead water into holes to drive out the crickets.
cù thô-ciang-kun;
lead water in to expel the black and white beetles.
cù tŏ-kâu;
direct water into the retreat of the beetles to drive them out.
cù ì;
to fix the thoughts upon.
cù cíu;
turn wine into the mouth.
âu ta căi, lí-kẃn cù tê;
is very thirsty and keeps taking tea.
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  • That which guides the flame; a stick of incense.
sie cêk cù hieⁿ;
burn a stick of incense.
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  • To cease; to halt; to stop.
méⁿ-méⁿ cí-cŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
immediately put a stop to this business.
hiah-cŭ;
to cease.
sak-cŭ;
to plug up.
thêng-cŭ kha;
cease walking.
síu-cŭ lō-kháu;
guard the passes.
cŭ chíu;
stay your hand.
jím khì m̄ cŭ;
I cannot help being angry.
lún m̄ cŭ;
I can't endure it.
lâu i m̄ cŭ;
cannot detain him.
cò̤-pû kṳ-cŭ; tâng cŭ;
living together.
húe jú phah jú tô̤h, phah m̄ cŭ;
the more I try to put out the fire the fiercer it blazes, I can't extinguish it.
ak-cŭ;
to repress, restrain or put a stop to.
hueh lâu m̄ cŭ;
cannot staunch the blood.
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  • To assemble; to collect; to dwell together.
cŭ-cîp; cŭ-hŭe; cŭ-côi; cŭ-bûa;
to assemble.
cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;
to collect in one spot.
cí-kò̤ ŏi cŭ cúi;
the water collects here.
cìeⁿ-sî ŏi cŭ châi;
is accumulating wealth lately.
cŭ-pó̤ tn̂g;
a shrine of the god of wealth.
só̤ chut m̄ jû só̤ cŭ;
what is exported is not so good as what remains.
cŭ-cîp tŏ̤ hŭe-tn̂g;
congregate at the meeting house.
cek-cŭ kâi pēⁿ;
a disease that has culminated.
hùaⁿ nâng cŭ tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ cò̤-nî?
Why is it that so many persons have come together there?
cŭ bun sêng lûi;
if you can get a sufficiently large swarm of gnats together they will make a noise like thunder.
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  • Meat that has been offered in sacrifice.
pun cŭ-nêk;
distribute meat that has been offered to idols.
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  • To be stationed at.
cŭ-cap;
encamped.
cŭ-hûang ciang-kun;
the general commanding a garrison.