# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/au
### au

* 凹au623174
* Hollowed out; concave.

#### au-au nē;

    concave.

#### cí kâi īⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ au;

    this inkstone is not worn down much.

#### cí kâi úaⁿ ío chim-au;

    this bowl is deeper.

#### taⁿ kâi tê-tĭen cò̤ khṳ̀ ío chim-au;

    modern saucers are made deeper.

#### mâk chim-au;

    hollow-eyed. ​
* 甌au6259811
* A bowl, or deep cup.

#### au, úaⁿ, pûaⁿ, tîh;

    all sorts of dishes.

#### tê-au;

    a tea cup.

#### kài-au;

    a covered cup.

#### khám-au;

    a covered bowl.

#### lûi-au;

    a triturating bowl.

#### châ au;

    a wooden bowl.

#### pùaⁿ au;

    half a bowlful.

#### thìo kùe kau, cîah saⁿ au;

    much eating to little exercise.
* 漚au6268511
* To soften by long soaking; to macerate.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ tî tèng au;

    take it and soak it in the pool.

#### au kàu chàu;

    it has soaked so long that it smells badly.

#### tò̤ lô̤h pùn-tî khṳ̀ au;

    pour it into the cesspool and let it rot.

#### au kàu thúe-thúe;

    kept in soak till it is friable.
* 毆au6267911
* To cudgel; to maul.

#### khṳt i khîa ki thûi au kàu lok-lok;

    suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.

#### au cîh i kâi kha kut;

    broke his leg by mauling him.

#### khîa ki tek-ko au i;

    took a bamboo and cudgeled him.
* 毆áu6267911
* To fight with sticks or fists.

#### áu-phah;

    to maul.

#### áu sieⁿ;

    to wound by beating.

#### áu jôk;

    to disgrace by a blow.
* 拗áu1077645
* To press at the arm of a lever; to twist; to wrest; to lift obliquely; self-willed.

#### cip-áu;

    obstinate.

#### áu-mân;

    perverse.

#### áu-hûeⁿ;

    warped, twisted, prejudiced.

#### áu-cih-khut;

    crumpled up.

#### áu lí;

    pervert doctrine.

#### áu tńg thâu;

    turn it over endwise.

#### áu hṳ̂;

    to catch fish with a lifting net.

#### áu cang;

    to lift a fishing net.

#### áu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    to carry things at one end of a pole over the shoulder.

#### tăng thâu áu;

    to press at the short arm of a lever.

#### cang chíu áu khi lâi koiⁿ-thâu;

    lift it up on the shoulder with the hands.

#### áu m̄ tńg;

    he does not articulate it clearly.

#### sang áu sang cûah cĭu hoh cōi;

    two different losses on the same article makes a considerable deficiency in the end.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi áu-áu, sĭ tŏa cîh a m̄ sĭ?

    He speaks incoherently, he is tongue-tied is he not?
* 嘔áu6263011
* To raise from the stomach.

#### áu-thò;

    to puke.

#### áu-ueh;

    to retch and vomit.

#### áu hueh;

    bleed at the lungs.

#### áu sng;

    raise sour mucus from the stomach.

#### áu nŭaⁿ-cúi;

    raise mucus from the stomach.

#### àiⁿ áu, áu m̄ chut;

    wanted to throw it up but could not.

#### cē thóiⁿ cū áu-ueh;

    gagged at the sight of it.

#### áu sim-hueh kâi cîⁿ;

    money gained at the expense of health.
* 漚àu6268511
* To rot or soften from dampness.

#### àu kàu chàu;

    so rotten that it stinks.

#### m̄ cai phâk cū àu tīo;

    if you do not dry them in the sun, they will spoil from dampness.

#### àu kàu nĕ hu-hu;

    decayed to powder.
* 懊àu6256113
* Vexed, angry, cross.

#### àu-cè;

    nettled.

#### i cē àu-cè cū m̄ khṳ̀;

    if he once gets out of patience, he won't go.

#### àu-sèⁿ;

    grouty.

#### àu-sèⁿ, cò̤ cē màiⁿ;

    he is irritated, and will have nothing to do with it.

#### àu khì;

    out of temper.

#### cêk tó àu-khì;

    thoroughly vexed.

#### àu-cè kàu kâi mīn àu-àu;

    so vexed that she looks cross.

#### àu-chàu;

    quick-tempered; out of temper; to fly into a passion.

#### àu-cè cū kio i léng tīo;

    being in a passion he pushed it away.

#### i àu-cè kàu m̄ cîah;

    he is so out of temper that he will not eat.

#### àu-cè kàu kìe m̄ ìn;

    he is so out of temper that he will not answer when he is called.

#### i kâi nâng sèⁿ-chêng àu-àu-chàu-chàu;

    he has a very violent temper.
* 奧àu6253710
* Obscure, mysterious.

#### chim àu;

    hard to understand; profound.

#### àu bīo; àu mĭo;

    mysterious.
* 喉âu174809
* The passages of the throat.

#### âu-lêng;

    the throat.

#### ngĕ âu;

    the windpipe.

#### ńng âu;

    the gullet.

#### âu-lêng gṳ̆;

    "Adam's apple."

#### âu-lêng lih;

    the palate.

#### âu-lêng kńg;

    the tonsils.

#### âu taⁿ;

    thirsty.

#### âu thìaⁿ;

    sore throat.

#### seⁿ âu gô̤;

    have quinsy.

#### mi âu, céng tó;

    ulcerated throat and swollen belly.

#### tiam âu;

    quench thirst.

#### khîeh kò̤ lâi tiam âu;

    take a bit to quench thirst.

#### thâk tîeh âu-lêng-kńg ngĕ;

    tonsils stiffened by reading.

#### âu im;

    the intonation.

#### i kâi âu khuah căi;

    he has a wide gullet.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ âu ôih;

    do not mince.

#### cheh âu;

    to choke, to stop up the throat.

#### hṳ̂-kut khéⁿ tîeh âu-lêng;

    a fish bone stuck in his throat.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ jío âu;

    seeing it makes his mouth water.

#### jíang phùa âu-lêng;

    screaming to split his throat.

#### jíang kàu âu bô̤ siaⁿ;

    screamed till he was hoarse.

#### peh âu peh cîh;

    telling lies.

#### peh lṳ́ kâi âu;

    you tell lies.

#### lṳ́ mài tó̤ peh âu;

    don't lie.

#### âu soi;

    throat husky.

#### bô̤ âu tói siaⁿ;

    can not speak aloud.

#### bô̤ âu tói;

    no strength of lung.

#### hó̤ âu tói;

    a resonant voice.

#### līu âu;

    to throttle.

#### kúi līu âu;

    an imp throttles him.

#### kṳ̀ âu;

    cut the throat.

#### hía, kṳ̀ âu lío!

    Really, I've cut my own throat!

#### thâm sak tîeh âu-lêng;

    his throat is stopped up by phlegm.

#### gû âu;

    a flask, made from the gullet of an ox.

#### âu bŏi thong khì;

    cannot breathe.

#### khui tōa âu;

    ​speak in a big base voice.

#### síe âu;

    a piping voice.
* 後ău175606
* After; behind; subsequent; in the rear.

#### soiⁿ ău;

    previously and subsequently.

#### côiⁿ ău;

    before and behind.

#### ău mīn; ău thâu; ău kha;

    in the rear.

#### m̄ soiⁿ m̄ ău;

    neither sooner nor later.

#### lṳ́ soiⁿ khṳ̀, ău úa lâi;

    you go first and afterward I will come.

#### ău jît;

    hereafter; day after to-morrow.

#### ău nî;

    in after years; year after next.

#### ău kâi gûeh;

    month after next.

#### ău sì;

    after ages.

#### íⁿ ău; ău lâi;

    afterwards.

#### ău ang, ău bó;

    a second husband or wife.

#### ău pă, ău âi;

    a step-father or step-mother.

#### thiⁿ cīeⁿ pak huang, tī ĕ ău bó̤;

    in the heavens there are north winds and on earth there are step-mothers.

#### ău cō̤; ău lô̤h;

    rear buildings.

#### ău tōiⁿ; ău keng;

    the inner temple.

#### ău tūi;

    the rear company.

#### tĭen ău;

    the rear guard.

#### hŏ ău;

    after the shower.

#### cíu ău;

    after their wine bibbing.

#### ău cím; ău táu; ău náu;

    the back of the neck.

#### ah ău;

    the rear body of the escort.

#### coih ău;

    after the festival.

#### coih ău saⁿ jît;

    three days after the holidays.

#### chù ău pôiⁿ;

    behind the house.

#### jû ló ău pĕ;

    hatred like that toward a step-father.

#### tùe i ka-ciah ău;

    followed on behind him.

#### tùe tŏ̤ hṳ́ ău;

    follows on behind.

#### ău mn̂g;

    the back door.

#### ău lâu;

    the back rooms up stairs.

#### jîen-ău;

    thereafter.

#### soiⁿ thiⁿ, ău thiⁿ;

    ante-natal and post-natal influences.

#### soiⁿ thiⁿ lŭn thói, ău thiⁿ lŭn ēng;

    the inherited tendencies affect the body, their subsequent development is determined by the habits.

#### cí ău-ău chūa kâi;

    the very last one that he married.

#### búe ău;

    the hindmost.

#### kío-búe-ău seⁿ kâi;

    the one last given birth to.

#### kío-búe-ău seⁿ cí kâi;

    at last gave birth to this.

#### sûi ău cū kàu;

    arrived immediately afterward.

#### ău-sìaⁿ, ău-hîen;

    modern sages.

#### ău hâk;

    modern scholars.

#### kha-ău-teⁿ;

    the heel of the foot.

#### ău teⁿ;

    the heel (of a shoe).

#### ău phè;

    the cloth heel of a bound footed woman's shoe.

#### ău táu; ău táu búe;

    the lower part of a woman's coiffure.

#### phah ău thàng;

    a back door pilferer.

#### cai kù côiⁿ, bô̤ kù ău;

    regards what is in front, but not what is behind.

#### thàng kàu hṳ́ ău-ău;

    pierced quite through and through.

#### pau tùi i hṳ́ ău;

    head off and inclose him.

#### ău lîo chîeⁿ;

    the wall enclosing the back yard.

#### côiⁿ suaⁿ būe kûiⁿ, ău suaⁿ jú-kèng kûiⁿ;

    things get worse the farther you go.

#### i úa tī-tîang cò̤ ău piah suaⁿ?

    Whom does he rely upon to back him up?

#### ēng kàu kŭa ău sì kâi cîⁿ to ēng khṳ̀;

    spending money that it will take him several lifetimes to earn.

#### seⁿ côiⁿ, sí ău;

    during life and after death.

#### ău tō̤;

    future generations.

#### ău-ĭ;

    posterity.

#### tŏ̤ nâng côiⁿ, bŏi tŏ̤ nâng ău;

    he surpasses others, and is behind nobody.

#### hṳ́-kâi jîen-ău lâi;

    that one came next.

#### cí-kâi thâu-soiⁿ lâi, cí-kâi jîen-ău lâi, cí-kâi kío-búe lâi;

    this one came first, this next, and this last.

#### kùe-ău sṳ kun-cṳ́;

    the departed are thought to be gentlest.

#### hŵn ŭ cêk kâi bé ău phàn;

    there is still a weapon in reserve.

#### ō-phû khà káu, tōa kûeh tŏ̤ ău;

    when some gourd is thrown at a dog, the biggest piece comes last.

#### côiⁿ-côiⁿ ău-ău, m̄ pat thóiⁿ kìⁿ!

    I never saw anything like it!

#### ke ău;

    a wife and a wife's relatives.

#### ău pêⁿ;

    the chorus in a theatre.

#### ău pêⁿ cah khṳ̀ hó̤;

    the chorus was well inserted: the helpmeet performs her part well.

#### i àm-cĕⁿ bîe tùi i ău lō kò̤ khṳ̀;

    he kept himself hidden, and followed along behind them.

#### cò̤ kheh, màiⁿ lô̤h ău;

    when you are an invited guest, be not the last to come.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ ău cē, màiⁿ khah cìn-côiⁿ;

    remain in the back ground, and do not thrust youself forward.

#### ka-chng ău;

    behind his back.

#### hĭⁿ ău;

    behind his ear.

#### pùe ău;

    back of it.

#### suaⁿ côiⁿ, suaⁿ ău, thong-sin cèng chīu-bâk;

    the front and back of the mountain were all planted with shrubbery.

#### khĭa kau-íⁿ ău kâi nâng;

    the man standing behind a chair.

#### úa hàm i tîeh ṳ̆ ău sṳ̄;

    I told him he must prepare for the consequences.

#### táng kàu chiu ău lîang cē cìaⁿ lâi;

    wait till the cool weather after autumn and then come.

#### cí kâi nâng bô̤ ău;

    this person had no descendants.

#### hiaⁿ soiⁿ, tĭ ău;

    the elder brother takes precedence of the younger.

#### kío búe ău;

    the very hindmost.

#### cîah pn̄g ău būe hó̤ cū ût;

    it is not well to go to bed at once after eating.

#### kúaⁿ ău, ŭ sĭm-mih kak kêk?

    And after all, what will be the upshot?

#### thò̤ ău;

    receded from his position.

#### ău hăn;

    next time.