# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chui
### chui

* 催chui1017911
* To urge; to importune; to dun.

#### chui i méⁿ cē; chūe i kín cē;

    hurry him up.

#### chui i cò̤ méⁿ cē; urge him to hasten the work, chui thó̤ sìo-bâk;

    importunately demanded the amount of the bill.

#### chui nâng-kheh;

    importune a guest to stay.

#### chui chok;

    to expedite.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ chui-pek khah kín;

    do not drive him too hard.

#### chui kàu úa mih sṳ bô̤ cò̤;

    pressesme so that I can do nothing.

#### chui nîe;

    dun for taxes.

#### chui che;

    hasten the messenger.

#### khṳt i chui lío kha tòng chíu sih;

    was hurried by him so that I could not work.
* 摧chui10176411
* To pull at steadily and forcibly; to strain.

#### ēng lâk cē chui cū tn̆g;

    exert your strength in pulling upon it, and it will break.

#### cí tîo sùaⁿ khṳt i chui tn̆g khṳ̀;

    this cord was broken by his pulling upon it.

#### so̤h siu-sin cò̤-nî ŏi chui tn̆g khṳ̀?

    How could a perfectly new rope break under a strain like that?

#### thih-līen pun huang-éng chui tn̆g cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;

    the iron chain has been broken into several pieces by the strain of the storm.
* 推chui926648
* To infer; to secede from; to give place to.

#### chui chut i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

    to infer his meaning.

#### chui-úi;

    to excuse one's self.

#### chui-sî;

    to decline, as an appointment.

#### i chui-chui úi-úi m̄ khéng lâi;

    he makes all sorts of excuses to get rid of coming.

#### chui-cun i sĭang ŏi;

    give place to him as the most able.

#### chui-cun i tōa;

    give place to him as your superior.

#### chui-khui;

    to evade.

#### chui sǹg;

    to calculate.
* 毳chúi1018828
* Fine; delicate; minute.

#### i kâi hue khui chut lâi chúi-chúi;

    its flowers are very delicate.

#### sin tèng phû cêk lîap cêk lîap chúi-chúi sĭ sĭm mûeh?

    Little blotches have come up all over him, what is the matter with him?

#### i kâi mô̤ⁿ nĕ chúi-chúi;

    its fur is downy.

#### hîeh sòi-sòi chúi-chúi;

    the leaves are very small and delicate.

#### cêk tíam cêk tíam chúi-chúi;

    dotted with very small dots.

#### cêk tîo cêk tîo chúi-chúi;

    lined with very fine lines.

#### cêk kâi cêk kâi chúi chúi;

    in minute particles.

#### ah-kíaⁿ kâi mô̤ⁿ chúi-chúi;

    a duckling's feathers are very fine.
* 揣chúi112649
* To measure; to estimate.

#### chúi-tâk i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

    get at his meaning.

#### chúi-chek m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

    do not know how to estimate it.

#### úa cē chúi-chek cĭu cai;

    when I have made a calculation I shall know.

#### chúi-bûa kâi kang-hu;

    painstaking labor.
* 翠chùi10181248
* Turquoise blue.

#### hui-chùi gêk;

    blue jade.

#### cheⁿ-chùi cheⁿ-chùi;

    bright green.
* 嘴chùi10163012
* The mouth, nozzle, snout or beak.

#### cío chùi;

    a bird's bill.

#### tṳ chùi-tûn;

    a pig's snout.

#### cíu pâng chùi;

    the spout of a wine pitcher.

#### nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi;

    a tiger's mouth.

#### hun ​tàng chùi;

    the mouth-piece of a pipe.

#### gê chùi, gêk chùi, kak chùi, kut chùi;

    ivory, jade, horn and bone mouth-pieces.

#### cim-chùi;

    to kiss.

#### cang chùi khù cim i;

    kissed him.

#### chùi siap;

    no appetite; a bad taste in the mouth.

#### chùi kût;

    a good appetite; the mouth healthfully clean.

#### chùi kang-ta;

    the mouth parched.

#### chùi khó;

    a bitter taste in the mouth.

#### chúa chùi;

    the mouth drawn to one side.

#### khih chùi;

    hair-lip.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;

    do not mimic him.

#### i ciap-chùi khí lâi tàⁿ;

    he took up the story and went on.

#### sĭ i tó̤ pang chùi;

    he is taking his part in the dispute.

#### bōi chùi hue;

    speaking eloquent nonsense.

#### i kâi chùi ŏi căi;

    he is an able speaker.

#### tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;

    repeat it after him.

#### lṳ́ kâi chùi cîh màiⁿ khah kín;

    do not be in too great haste to begin to eat.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi chùi;

    do not chatter so much.

#### i chŵn m̄ ìn chùi, tīam-tīam thiaⁿ;

    he listened, and did not answer at all.

#### chùi chàu;

    an offensive breath.

#### i kâi chùi sĭang tōa pêh-ciaⁿ;

    he is a great liar.

#### i kâi chùi hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe căi;

    she is very loquacious.

#### i cêk ki chùi à ku-ā nâng;

    he can out argue half a dozen people.

#### tàⁿ lío chùi sng;

    talked till his tongue ached.

#### ô̤h cêk chùi hó̤ kuaⁿ ūe;

    speak a little in a foreign tongue.

#### cêk chùi thŵn cêk cîh;

    every one says the same thing.

#### chùi khah khìo;

    his lips are curved outward too much.

#### chùi-tûn khah tìo;

    his upper lip is too short.

#### chùi seⁿ-lâu khah khuah;

    has too large a mouth.

#### chàu chùi pín;

    boastful.

#### lṳ́ kâi chùi ôi hue-nio a bŏi?

    Do you tell the exact truth, or not?

#### i kâi chùi tàⁿ ūe bô̤ kù sît;

    he does not speak one word of truth.

#### màiⁿ thèng chap chùi;

    do not rashly interrupt.

#### chìe chùi;

    smiling.

#### kiⁿ tîeh nâng phīⁿ chìe, chùi chìe;

    he laughs all over his face as soon as he sees any one.

#### i kâi chùi cē tàⁿ cĭu tàⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

    when he once begins to talk he talks as if he were never going to stop.

#### i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe cn̂g kâi m̄ sĭ chùi cîh;

    there is no truth in anything he says.

#### lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi tèng khṳt nêk;

    you are going to a tiger's mouth to beg for meat.

#### phah chùi póiⁿ;

    to beat on the mouth, a mode of punishment.

#### lṳ́ cía ūe a sĭ kìⁿ kuaⁿ tàⁿ chùi póiⁿ cĭu tîeh phah kàu céng;

    if you should say this to a magistrate, your mouth would be beaten till it was swollen.

#### sĭ i khṳ̀ kap pò-tō̤-chùi;

    it is he who is to close the mouth of the bag; he is to finish the business.

#### chùi-kháu mûeh-cîah;

    victuals.

#### chùi-kháu ūe;

    common speech.

#### hāng chùi-kháu;

    the end of a lane.

#### sang khoi chùi;

    the place where two rivers debouch.

#### cêk chùi cĭu thun ô̤h khṳ̀;

    swallowed it all at one mouthful.

#### cêk tōa chùi;

    a big mouthful.

#### kă cêk chùi;

    bite off a mouthful.

#### i cĭu sĭ cò̤ kim-kng úa īa àiⁿ kă i saⁿ chùi nêk;

    if he were a warder of the temple gate even, I would bite out three mouthfuls of his flesh.

#### chùi thóiⁿ kìⁿ, mâk thóiⁿ kìⁿ;

    I see him plainly.

#### tîam chùi nîe;

    a seductive woman.

#### chùi tîam căi;

    honeyed speech.

#### chiah chùi chiah cîh;

    it puckers up one's mouth.

#### chùi tu-tu;

    with her mouth puckered up.

#### chùi-lîm-phûe;

    the lips.
* 碎chùi8271128
* Fragments; small remnants.

#### khà chùi;

    to knock in pieces.

#### pò chùi;

    rags.

#### úaⁿ chùi;

    broken dishes.

#### phah chùi;

    to shiver by a blow.

#### chùi kùe îam;

    finer than salt.

#### ngṳ̂n chùi;

    broken money.

#### chùi ngṳ̂n;

    small lumps of silver.

#### cúa chùi;

    fragments of paper.

#### lâng-chùi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    odds and ends.

#### chàm-chùi kâi;

    mixed miscellaneous articles.

#### chàm-chùi kang-hu;

    odd jobs.

#### chàm-chùi bōi;

    sells at retail.

#### cheng cía chùi-mûeh bói kúi choiⁿ cîⁿ?

    How much did you pay for this lot of miscellaneous articles?

#### chàm-chùi cîⁿ khieh ka-n̂ng;

    all the odds and ends of money collected together.

#### chùi-kím;

    a trinket.

#### phùa chùi;

    break in pieces.

#### chùi-kĭaⁿ;

    dribblets.

#### îeh chùi;

    remnants of medicines.

#### chùi-chùi kâi;

    what is is very small fragments.

#### côih chùi-chùi;

    slice it up fine.

#### thì kàu chùi-chùi; lì kàu chùi-chùi;

    tear it in tatters.

#### chùi thiah;

    parceled out.

#### bw̄n to̤ chùi kuah;

    cut in ten thousand pieces.

#### tàu-kho chùi;

    broken beancake.

#### bí chùi;

    broken rice.

#### bí chùi kûeh;

    cracked rice.

#### cîeh chùi;

    chips of stone.

#### saⁿ-khò chēng kàu chap-chap-chùi;

    has worn her clothes into tatters.