# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jit
### jît

* 日jît293720
* The sun; a day; daily; day time.

#### jît-thâu;

    the sun.

#### jît sîh;

    an eclipse of the sun.

#### jît méⁿ;

    the sun is hot.

#### chíaⁿ sî jît;

    ask for the eight characters which denote the time of one's birth.

#### ŭ cêk kâi jît-cí sĭang hó̤;

    it would be best to have a fixed time.

#### pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;

    robbed him in broad daylight.

#### thàu tn̂g pêh jît;

    openly, in broad day.

#### ke nŏ̤ saⁿ jît;

    in two or three days.

#### lîen jît lô̤h hŏ̤;

    rains continuously for days at a time.

#### cêk lîen lô̤h ku-ā jît;

    fell for several days at a stretch.

#### keh ke sì jît;

    four days later.

#### sĭm-mih jît-khî?

    At what period of time?

#### pâk jît;

    some other day.

#### táng ĕ-jît;

    wait till another day.

#### lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît cêng tàⁿ;

    you said so the other day.

#### mùa-jît;

    to-morrow.

#### ău-jît;

    day after to-morrow; hereafter.

#### úa tâng côiⁿ jît lâi lío;

    I have been here since day before yesterday.

#### cá jît m̄ cêng chut lâi;

    he did not come out yesterday.

#### cô̤h jît; côiⁿ jît;

    the day before yesterday.

#### tōa ău jit;

    the day after day after to-morrow.

#### tōa côiⁿ jît;

    the day before day before yesterday.

#### kim jît; kíaⁿ jît;

    to-day.

#### kíaⁿ-jît sìeⁿ sĭm mûeh?

    What day in the cycles is to-day?

#### ŭ chut jît tîeh khîeh khṳ̀ phâk;

    if the sun comes out you must take it and put it in the sun.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ phâk jît;

    do not go out in the sun.

#### i chìn, tó̤ cieh jît;

    he is cold, and is warming himself in the sun.

#### bô̤ jît bô̤ so̤h;

    there is no sun at all.

#### àiⁿ táng tî cêk jît?

    To what day is it deferred?

#### tâng tī cêk jît lâi?

    On what day did it come?

#### kio i cò̤ seⁿ jît;

    make a birth-day party for him.

#### seⁿ-jît sie tâng;

    having the same birthday.

#### jît chut lío;

    the sun is up; the sun has come out.

#### jît khí-thâu chut;

    the sun is just rising.

#### jît àiⁿ lô̤h;

    the sun is about to set.

#### jît-thâu lô̤h suaⁿ;

    the sun is setting.

#### jît tùi tang;

    the sun is directly overhead.

#### jît sîa a būe?

    Is the sun past the meridian yet?

#### káu gûeh káu nah jît bô̤ ēng cṳ-nîe lí m̄ tît;

    in the ninth month, in the shortest day of the year, a good-for-nothing woman can't get through with the day's work.

#### īu kùe ke cêk jît lío;

    another day is gone.

#### cêk jît cêk jît kōi kùe căi;

    a day at a time passes quickly.

#### m̄ cai sĭ jît-kùa a sĭ mêⁿ-kùa;

    did not know whether it was day or night.

#### jît cìe kàu cí lăi;

    the sun shines in.

#### i kâi mâk m̄ káⁿ chīeⁿ jît;

    he dare not look at the sun.

#### i khṳ̀ tô̤h jît khí kang;

    he has gone to choose a lucky day for beginning the work.

#### cía jît sĭ tī-tîang thóiⁿ kâi?

    Who sought out the lucky day?

#### jît cam;

    the sun's rays.

#### jît cêk jît kîaⁿ cêk khuang;

    the sun traverses a great circle each day.

#### thóiⁿ-kìⁿ jît tŏ̤ tang pôiⁿ phû khí lâi, tŏ̤ sai pôiⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;

    behold the sun rising in the east, and setting in the west.

#### jît-jît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    every day it is thus.

#### jît gûeh ŭ sî cau lāng;

    even the sun and moon sometimes encounter dangers.

#### jît sĭ chiu-it sîh, a sĭ chiu-jī sîh?

    Is the eclipseof the sun on the first or on the second day of the month?

#### jît tó̤;

    the days are short.

#### jît tn̂g;

    the days are lengthening.

#### jît-tàu;

    noonday.

#### jît cá;

    it is still early in the day.

#### jît ùaⁿ lío;

    it is already late in the day.

#### jît-cí kùe lío;

    the set day is past.

#### kùe kúi jît;

    you are too late by several days.

#### khah ke jît;

    too many days.

#### tîeh tùi jît;

    you must come on the day appointed.

#### hó̤ sî hó̤ jît;

    a lucky period.

#### kit jît, hiong jît;

    a lucky or an unlucky day.

#### thâu cêk jît;

    the first day.

#### tŏiⁿ jī jît;

    the next day.

#### ŭ tīaⁿ jît a bô̤ tīaⁿ jît?

    Is there a fixed day for it or not?

#### lŏ kàu jît;

    pickle it for a sufficient number of ​days.

#### jît kìⁿ jît tōa;

    grows bigger day by day.

#### i kíaⁿ-jit chut jît;

    to-day is the seventh after the decease.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ lâi jît, a bô̤ lâi jit?

    Do you consider that there is a future for the enterprise, or not?

#### tō seⁿ kùe jît;

    barely enough to live upon from day to day.

#### tō jît jû nî;

    a day is like a year in passing.

#### lṳ́ co̤h kang sĭ lŭn jît, a lŭn gûeh?

    Are you working by the day or by the month?

#### jît méⁿ, táng kàu jît nńg cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳ̀;

    the sun is very hot, wait till the sun's rays are less powerful, and then go.

#### jît cē chut cū jûah;

    as soon as the sun comes out it will be hot.

#### jît àm;

    at dark.

#### jît àiⁿ àm;

    it is nearly dark.

#### ŭ thiⁿ bô̤ jît-thâu;

    there is a sunless sky; there is no strong light upon it.

#### pâi jît;

    every day.

#### cia jît, câh jît;

    screen from the sun.