# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciaⁿ
### ciaⁿ

* 晶ciaⁿ993728
* Crystal or quartz.

#### cúi-ciaⁿ;

    crystal.

#### chia cúi-ciaⁿ;

    to polish crystal on a lathe.

#### pêh ciaⁿ;

    quartz crystal.

#### o ciaⁿ;

    smoky quartz.

#### tê ciaⁿ;

    cairngorm stone.

#### lâm ciaⁿ;

    beryl.

#### mô̤ⁿ ​ciaⁿ;

    moss-agales.

#### mô̤ⁿ-ciaⁿ phīⁿ-hun hû;

    a snuff-bottle of agate.

#### o ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;

    colored spectacles.

#### cúi-ciaⁿ ìn;

    a crystal seal.
* 正ciaⁿ75771
* The beginning of the year.

#### ciaⁿ gûeh;

    the first month of the year.

#### mêⁿ nî ciaⁿ gûeh;

    the first month of next year.

#### sin ciaⁿ;

    the first of the new-year.

#### pài ciaⁿ;

    make New Year's calls.

#### ciaⁿ gûeh thâu;

    the first part of the first month.
* 腈ciaⁿ9931308
* Lean; having no fat.

#### ciaⁿ nêk;

    lean meat.

#### nêk ciaⁿ-ciaⁿ;

    the meat is very lean.

#### àiⁿ ciaⁿ a àiⁿ pêh?

    Do you want fat or lean?

#### pùaⁿ ciaⁿ pêh;

    a streak of fat and a streak of lean.

#### ciaⁿ kâi káⁿ cîah, pêh kâi m̄ káⁿ cîah;

    can eat the lean, but not the fat.

#### ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah ciaⁿ, ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah pêh;

    some people like lean, and some like fat.
* 精ciaⁿ9921198
* An apparition; a wraith; a form taken by spirits.

#### io-ciaⁿ;

    elves.

#### ciaⁿ kùai;

    a queer being.

#### kú nî cĭu sêng ciaⁿ;

    after many years becomes an elf.

#### hô-lâi ciaⁿ;

    a sort of vampire that prolongs its own life by drawing away the life of people.

#### hô-lâi ciaⁿ ŏi mîⁿ nâng;

    the vampire fairy bewitches people.

#### khṳt hô-lâi ciaⁿ mîⁿ khṳ̀;

    led away by a vampire fairy.

#### ku-ciaⁿ;

    a tortoise that has been made a wraith through age.

#### io-ciaⁿ kúi-kùai;

    all sorts of elves and ghosts.

#### sîa kâi kìe-cò̤ io-ciaⁿ, cìaⁿ kâi kie-cò̤ sîn-sien;

    the bad are called elves, and the good are called fairies.
* 淡cíaⁿ853858
* Fresh, not salt.

#### khah cíaⁿ, tîeh lô̤h kîam cē;

    it is too fresh, it must be made salter.

#### cíaⁿ cúi;

    fresh water.

#### cîah tîeh pêh-cíaⁿ, bô̤ bī;

    it tastes as if it had not been salted at all, and is insipid.

#### khah cíaⁿ kōi ui, khah kîam o̤h ui;

    if too fresh it is easily remedied, if too salt it is hard to amend.

#### pùaⁿ kîam cíaⁿ;

    neither too salt nor too fresh; salted just enough.
* 寨cíaⁿ756612
* To repair; to put in order.

#### cíaⁿ-lí;

    to put in order.

#### siu cíaⁿ;

    to amend.

#### hàm nâng lâi cíaⁿ-lí hó̤;

    call some one to put it in repair.

#### côi-cíaⁿ;

    to adjust.

#### côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ; cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ côi-côi;

    all in due order.

#### cíaⁿ tŭn;

    to set to rights.

#### m̄ côi m̄ cíaⁿ;

    all out of order.
* 正cìaⁿ75771
* Correct; straight; exact; upright; legal; the first, the principal.

#### sì-cìaⁿ;

    squarely; not awry.

#### kong cìaⁿ;

    rectitude.

#### cìaⁿ tău;

    orthodox doctrines.

#### cìaⁿ lō;

    the correct way.

#### kuaⁿ cìaⁿ, mîn bô̤ sṳ̄;

    the magistrates are upright and the people have no broils.

#### cìaⁿ-keng nâng;

    a moral man.

#### m̄ cìaⁿ-keng;

    disregardful of law.

#### cŏ̤ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

    sit erect.

#### cìaⁿ tong;

    exactly in the centre.

#### cìaⁿ a m̄ cìaⁿ nē?

    Is it correctly placed or not?

#### lîah cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

    hold it straight.

#### cìaⁿ hâh sî;

    just in good time.

#### úa cìaⁿ lâi;

    I just came.

#### úa cìaⁿ m̄ mēⁿ lṳ́;

    I did not scold you.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;

    it is just right so.

#### lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ tîeh;

    in so doing you did just right.

#### cìaⁿ tn̂g;

    the main hall.

#### cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;

    the middle room.

#### cìaⁿ-ìn kuaⁿ;

    the officer who has the seal, and really holds the post.

#### cìaⁿ lô̤h;

    the main building.

#### lîah khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;

    seize him and execute the law upon him.

#### cìaⁿ cŭang;

    principal and secondary.

#### cìaⁿ jîn kun-cṳ́;

    honest people are modest.

#### cìaⁿ kà;

    correct teachings.

#### úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ cài mn̄g i to khṳ̀ mē;

    I just wished to inquire again whether he had gone.

#### jī tîeh sía cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

    you must write the characters correctly.

#### cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it is exactly so.

#### lĕng cìaⁿ tī-kò̤ húe?

    Where is your wife from?

#### soiⁿ cìaⁿ;

    worthies of the olden time.

#### kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g, bô̤ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g;

    uses the front, not the side door.

#### cìaⁿ chi;

    the chief wife.

#### lîp cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng;

    made her Queen.
* 成cîaⁿ77622
* Perfect; complete; entire; to accomplish; to finish; to become.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

    when you undertake a job you must complete it.

#### cîaⁿ cĭu;

    brought to pass.

#### chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ cîaⁿ lío;

    the nuptials have already taken place.

#### hīn-hīn cîaⁿ-cîaⁿ;

    perfectly successful.

#### hīn-cîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤;

    he never succeeds in anything.

#### cîaⁿ mîaⁿ;

    to make a name for one's self.

#### cîaⁿ nâng hùe kâi ūe;

    that verifies what people said about it.

#### ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ kù-tāu;

    there is no sense in what was said; the language spoken was in unfinished sentences.

#### tâu i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ nâng;

    inform the people of standing in his village.

#### m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;

    imperfect; not stylish.

#### cîaⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?

    How perfect is it?

#### seⁿ lâi cîaⁿ īeⁿ căi;

    it is very well formed.

#### m̄ cîaⁿ khì;

    incapable.

#### lâng-tău phìen lṳ́ m̄ cîaⁿ?

    Do I wish to cheat you?

#### cò̤ cîaⁿ jît cò̤ būe hó̤;

    worked at it the whole day and have not yet; finished it.

#### cîaⁿ cuang kio i bói;

    buy the whole lot from him.

#### cîaⁿ phit;

    the whole piece.

#### cîaⁿ chiⁿ;

    about a thousand.

#### cîaⁿ câp kâi ngṳ̂n;

    about ten dollars.

#### cîaⁿ ke cîaⁿ tàu;

    to have a home and family.

#### hŵn-lío būe cîaⁿ ke;

    has not yet become the head of a family.

#### cîaⁿ mō̤ⁿ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;

    formed according to the pattern; well formed and perfect. ​
* 戚cîaⁿ987627

#### chin-cîaⁿ;

    relatives, not of the same surname.

#### chin-cîaⁿ, kio chin-nâng, tī-tîang chin?

    Which are most nearly related to us, our kith or our kin?
* 情cîaⁿ996618
* Human feelings.

#### nâng-cîaⁿ;

    humanity; kindliness; a disposition to oblige or help others.

#### i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ hó̤ căi;

    he is very obliging.

#### tho̤h i khṳ̀ khí i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ;

    commit to her the exciting of his compassion.

#### sīa nâng-cîaⁿ;

    express gratitude for kindness.