# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ceⁿ
### ceⁿ

* 爭ceⁿ2965
* To wrangle; to strive: to emulate.

#### ceⁿ soiⁿ;

    strive for precedence.

#### ceⁿ kong;

    emulate merit.

#### hàuⁿ ceⁿ;

    quarrelsome.

#### ceⁿ-tò;

    to quarrel.

#### ceⁿ ūi-chṳ̀;

    contest a position.

#### ceⁿ chi tô̤h châng;

    wrangle about the wife, and seize upon the land.

#### só̤ ceⁿ ŭ hăn;

    the difference is a slight one.

#### sie ceⁿ;

    to contend.

#### sie ​ceⁿ boí, sie ceⁿ bōi;

    rivals in trade.

#### sie ceⁿ ke-húe;

    a squabble about tools.

#### sie ceⁿ kíaⁿ;

    a contention in regard to their children.

#### sie ceⁿ sie ji'́ng;

    disputing in loud tones.

#### sie ceⁿ lío, sie phah;

    a dispute leading to blows.

#### nín só̤ ceⁿ kâi to sĭ bô̤-siang-kang kâi sṳ̄;

    what you are contending about is a very unimportant matter.

#### cía to míen sie ceⁿ kâi;

    this is something that there need be no debate about.

#### àiⁿ sie ceⁿ mih sṳ̄?

    What occasion is there for wrangling about it?
* 井céⁿ99372
* A well; a deep pit.

#### céⁿ cúi;

    well-water.

#### chĭ-ceⁿ kâi nâng;

    a huckster; a loafer.

#### khui céⁿ; líu céⁿ;

    dig a well.

#### kó céⁿ;

    an old well.

#### khàm céⁿ;

    to cover a well.

#### thūn tīo céⁿ;

    fill up a well.

#### put céⁿ;

    clean out a well.

#### céⁿ kîⁿ;

    the brink of a well.

#### céⁿ piⁿ;

    beside a well.

#### céⁿ kha;

    by the well.

#### céⁿ téng;

    a roof over a well.

#### céⁿ chîeⁿ;

    the walls of a well.

#### cŏ̤ céⁿ, kwn thiⁿ;

    sitting in a well looking at the heavens; an inexperienced person.

#### lêng hóⁿ céⁿ;

    the aquarium at the entrance of a temple, under the images of the dragon and the tiger.

#### ngṳ̂n céⁿ;

    money vaults.

#### thim céⁿ;

    an open court within a house.

#### céⁿ kho;

    well rounds.

#### céⁿ cûaⁿ;

    a well spring.

#### céⁿ tói;

    the bottom of a well.

#### céⁿ mīn;

    the top of a well.

#### tìo-o̤ céⁿ;

    a well with a sweep.

#### koiⁿ céⁿ;

    the hollow above the collar bone.

#### céⁿ sìu;

    the 22nd constellation, six stars in Gemini.

#### lâu céⁿ;

    a trap door in the floor of an upper storey.

#### ûi céⁿ;

    the socket in which a mast is set.

#### lîm kuah, kût céⁿ;

    wait until thirsty, before digging a well.

#### sua céⁿ;

    a pit in the sand, to hold the water of an ebbing tide.

#### céⁿ hām;

    the side of the well has caved in.

#### cîeh céⁿ;

    a crevasse in rocks.

#### hṳ̂ céⁿ;

    deep places where fish hide in pools.
* 阱céⁿ9941704
* A pitfall.

#### hām-céⁿ;

    a trap for wild beasts.

#### líu kâi hām-céⁿ lâi tieⁿ i;

    dug a pit and entrapped him.
* 晴cêⁿ996728
* The clear blue sky; the weather clearing up after a storm.

#### thiⁿ cêⁿ kó ŭa;

    long continued drought.

#### hŏ cêⁿ;

    the rain has ceased.

#### cêⁿ ta;

    dry weather.

#### thiⁿ cêⁿ;

    clear weather.

#### cêⁿ kú lío;

    it cleared up long ago.

#### thiⁿ àiⁿ cêⁿ lío;

    it is clearing already.

#### hŏ lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ cêⁿ;

    it rains as if it would never stop.

#### tîeh ŭ pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;

    if the north wind came up, it would then clear.

#### cí câp jît, thiⁿ bŏi cêⁿ;

    there has been no sunshine these ten days.

#### ŏi cêⁿ úa cĭu àiⁿ khṳ̀;

    should it clear, I shall go.

#### cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n pńg cîⁿ cò̤ cêk nî cĭu cêⁿ khṳ̀;

    got rid of a thousand dollars of capital in one year.

#### nĕ cêⁿ-cêⁿ, huh-jîen cĭu tōa huang hŏ;

    a sudden tempest in bright weather.
* 靜cĕⁿ9941748
* Still, quiet, noiseless.

#### cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;

    very still.

#### tīam-cĕⁿ;

    motionless and noiseless.

#### uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;

    quietly.

#### àm-cĕⁿ;

    secretly.

#### thîam-cĕⁿ;

    undisturbed.

#### thîm-cĕⁿ;

    sunk in oblivion.

#### cĕⁿ-sòi;

    attentive.

#### sim tîeh cĕⁿ-sòi thóiⁿ khṳ̀, cìaⁿ ŭ tit;

    you must pay close attention and then you will retain something of what you study.

#### mêⁿ cĕⁿ, keⁿ chim;

    in the stillness of the midnight.

#### cĕⁿ sĭeⁿ;

    quietly think.

#### cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;

    noiselessly went and did it.

#### m̄ cĕⁿ;

    unquiet.

#### khah cĕⁿ;

    too lonely.

#### cĕⁿ chío-chío;

    perfectly noiseless.

#### tīam huang, cĕⁿ nǹg;

    still air.

#### cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ, bô̤ nâng cai;

    quietly so as to let no one know.

#### i kâi ngán-sîn ío cĕⁿ;

    the expression of his eye indicates a quiet mind.