# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ce
### ce

* 齋ce102103
* To abstain; a fast; lenten fare; a study or closet.

#### cṳ-ce;

    a student's room.

#### cŏ̤ cṳ-ce, ha sie tê;

    sit in the study and blow hot tea; elegant leisure.

#### tiang-sî khui cṳ-ce?

    When will the school begin?

#### cîah ce;

    to live solely on vegetables, as do many devout Buddhists.

#### ce-kài;

    to live as a vegetarian.

#### tiang-sî pîet ce?

    When does the fast end?

#### cîah tn̂g ce;

    fast perpetually.

#### cîah hue ce;

    fast at certain fixed periods.

#### kíaⁿ-jît tùi ce-khî;

    to-day is a fast-day.

#### cîah ce pó cêk ak;

    fast as an offset to wickedness.

#### cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a sĭ cho̤ kâi?

    Is this sort of cake lenten fare or not?

#### cí īeⁿ chài ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ ce kâi, ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ cho̤ kâi;

    some say this vegetable is lenten fare, and some say it is not.

#### ce tn̂g;

    a temple whose inmates fast.

#### ce má;

    women who abstain from animal food.

#### cò̤ māng-ce, a sī cò̤ kong-tek?

    Is it to be a private or a public funeral?
* 姐cé973385
* An elder sister.

#### cé-mūe;

    sisters.

#### ke cé;

    my sister.

#### lĕng cé;

    your sister.

#### tōa cé, jī cé;

    the eldest and the next to the eldest sister.

#### cé hu;

    an elder sister's husband.

#### sin bói kâi a-cé kíaⁿ;

    a newly bought concubine.

#### sôk sin kâi a-cé;

    a concubine taken out of a brothel.

#### chiah-kha cé;

    a natural footed concubine or slave.
* 債cè10911
* A debt.

#### khìam cè;

    owe a debt.

#### hâiⁿ cè;

    pay a debt.

#### cè-cú;

    creditor.

#### cè-kíaⁿ;

    debtor.

#### cîⁿ-cè;

    the money due.

#### jû thó̤ lău cè;

    as difficult as the collecting of an old debt.

#### khìam nâng kâi cè;

    to owe some one.

#### côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì khìam lṳ́ kâi cè!

    In a former life I died indebted to you I suppose!

#### thó̤ cè;

    demand what is due.

#### pàng cè;

    lend money; shave notes.

#### thó̤ cè kúi;

    a troublesome imp.

#### thó̤ cè kíaⁿ;

    a bad child of mine, sent to me as a punishment for sin.

#### cîⁿ-cè sòi kù;

    the debt is of little consequence.

#### cè hôiⁿ ŵn;

    the debt is paid in full.

#### lap nâng cêk sin cè;

    owes a debt that it will take all his life to pay.

#### cîⁿ-cè lap pīn mâk;

    in debt up to his eyes.

#### cîⁿ-cè bô̤ thang hó̤ hâiⁿ;

    not wherewith to pay the debt.

#### cè m̄ kio i thó̤;

    would not demand the amount due from him.

#### cí tîo cîⁿ-cè cău-hùe i lîen tîeh úa, m̄ kio úa thó̤;

    peradventure he may have pity upon me, and not demand the amount of this debt.

#### cè hâiⁿ būe cheng, hok sĭ phoi tŏ̤ sìo tèng, hok sĭ phah siu-toaⁿ khṳt nâng;

    when the debt is paid in part only, perhaps the amount paid will be entered on the account, or perhaps a receipt will be given for it.
* 一cē109510
* Once; at once; as soon as; at the time; before verbs it often makes the participial form.

#### cē thóiⁿ cĭu pat;

    knew it at one glance.

#### cē thâk cĭu pat;

    knew it after once reading it.

#### cē ô̤h cĭu ŏi;

    having learned you will be able.

#### jī cē sía cĭu sêk;

    by writing the letters you become familiar with them.

#### chùi cē tàⁿ kú cĭu kût;

    by saying them over constantly you get so that you can pronounce them easily.

#### cē lâi cĭu ŭ tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;

    when they once come there will be a host of people.

#### cē khṳ̀ cĭu hìeⁿ kú;

    when he does go he stays a long time.

#### cē cò̤ cĭu sêng;

    as soon as he began he accomplished it.

#### cē pēⁿ cĭu bŏi cîah;

    on becoming ill he could not eat.

#### cē sĭeⁿ tîeh cĭu khì;

    whenever he thinks of it he becomes angry.

#### cē tàⁿ cĭu hàuⁿ;

    as soon as it was spoken of he consented.

#### cē khîu cĭu khéng;

    as soon as it was asked for he assented.

#### hŏ cē lô̤h cĭu lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

    when it once begins to rain, it rains as if it would never stop.

#### màiⁿ cē cò̤ cĭu cò̤ m̄ hiah;

    do not go on forever when you have once begun.

#### úa cē thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, lṳ́ cĭu cáu;

    whenever am not looking, you run off.

#### úa cē bô̤ tŏ, lṳ́ cò̤-nî cĭu m̄ thâk?

    Why is it that you stop studying, whenever I am absent?

#### úa cē chut koi, lṳ́ kâi mn̂g tîeh cíeⁿ hó̤-hó̤;

    when I am gone out, you must watch the door carefully.

#### màiⁿ cē cîah cĭu cîah kàu cìeⁿ cōi;

    when you do eat, do not eat so much.

#### úa cē tàⁿ cĭu sĭ cìe-seⁿ;

    when I have once said a thing I adhere to it.

#### úa cē hàm, lṳ́ cĭu tîeh lâi;

    when I call you, you must come.

#### i cē chìe lṳ́ cĭu so̤h cò̤ ké kâi;

    when he laughed you mistakenly thought it was untrue.

#### cē kau-chap cĭu cai;

    while associating with him you will find out.

#### cē thiaⁿ cĭu ìn;

    answered as soon as I heard.
* 些cē79675
* An adverb of comparison, analogous to the termination er; partly; rather.

#### cò̤ hó̤ cē;

    make a better one.

#### khùe cē;

    speedier.

#### sòi cē;

    smaller.

#### tăng cē;

    heavier.

#### tâm cē;

    wetter.

#### chit ta cē;

    wipe it dryer.

#### thiu kng-kût cē;

    plane it smoother.

#### sói cheng-khih cē;

    wash it cleaner.

#### sàu pêh cē;

    sweep it cleaner.

#### cṳ̆-sòi cē;

    be more careful.

#### ùaⁿ cē;

    later.

#### cá cē;

    earlier.
* 一下cē183

#### khṳt úa thóiⁿ cē;

    let me take a look at it.

#### thĕng cē;

    wait a bit.

#### táng úa cē;

    wait for me an instant.

#### hìⁿ cē;

    give it a shake.

#### khṳt i phâk cē;

    let it sun a little.
* 寨cē104011
* A stockade; a palisade; a hold; a corral.

#### îaⁿ cē;

    barracks.

#### suaⁿ cē;

    a hill fortress.

#### châk cē;

    a bandit's hold.

#### kiap cē;

    to plunder a post.

#### cē cú;

    the owner of a stockade.

#### hieⁿ cē;

    a fortified village.

#### cē câh;

    the gates of a fortress.

#### cē mn̂g;

    the entrance to a hold.

#### cē chîeⁿ;

    the wall of a stronghold.

#### cē lăi;

    within a guarded retreat.