# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ue
### ue

* 㷛ue663869
* A pot; a saucepan.

#### tâng ue;

    a copper skillet.

#### seⁿ ue;

    a cast-iron kettle.

#### sua ue;

    an unglazed earthen pot.

#### ah-cîh ue; thô̤ ue;

    an earthen saucepan.

#### cêk tōa ue cúi;

    a large kettle of water.

#### húe-thùaⁿ màiⁿ tiam tîeh ue;

    do not pile the coal so high as to touch the kettle when it is set on.
* 窩ue10561169
* To shelter thieves.

#### ue-ke;

    a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are kept.

#### châk ue-ke;

    a den of thieves.

#### kò i cò̤ ue-ke;

    engage him to secrete the booty.
* 萵ue10571409
* A term for plants used as salads, either raw or cooked.

#### ue-chài;

    lettuce.
* 染ùe286755
* To infect; contagious; infectious; to vitiate.

#### cí īeⁿ pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng kâi;

    this disease is infectious.

#### khṳt i ùe tîeh kòi;

    caught the itch from him.

#### ùe-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;

    cast a stain upon his reputation.

#### lṳ́ tó̤ ùe-sue hong-sôk;

    you are debasing the customs.

#### ùe nah-sap;

    to soil.
* 蔚ùe105514011
* Rank; luxuriant.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ kâi chīu-lîm nĕ uè-ùe;

    the thickets there are very dense.

#### chīe cē khah ùe cū khíong-ùi tìam ŭ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

    if the trees become too thick there is danger that tigers will conceal themselves therein.

#### i kâi chiu nĕ ùe-ùe;

    his beard is very bushy.
* 穢ùe105611513
* Dirty; vile; to defile.

#### u-ùe;

    to defile.

#### ùe khì;

    a foul smell.

#### i cêk koiⁿ u-u ùe-ùe;

    the whole place is filthy.

#### u-ùe kâi sṳ̄;

    a disgraceful affair.
* 慰ùe10556111
* To sooth, to console, to comfort.

#### uaⁿ-ùe i kâi sim;

    tranquilize her feelings.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē uaⁿ ùe i;

    gradually bring her to a calmer state.

#### uaⁿ-uaⁿ ùe-ùe;

    to console with a view to producing resignation.
* 尉ùe1055418
* To settle or keep the peace.

#### i có pat cò̤ kùe thài-ùe;

    his grandfather held at one time an ancient office which is now filled by a governor.

#### khia-ùe;

    hereditary, titular officers, of the fifth and seventh ranks, who are supposed to ride and keep the peace.
* 緜ûe5931208
* Flocculent; soft; downy.

#### ńng ûe-ûe;

    cottony.

#### ńng kàu nĕ ûe-ûe;

    soft and downy.
* 倍ûe67098
* A fold; an increase.

#### ke cêk ûe;

    double the amount.

#### cí khí tōa ŭ nŏ̤ ûe;

    this sort is larger by two fold; it is three times as large.

#### kúiⁿ cîaⁿ ûe;

    just twice as high.

#### thàng káng ûe;

    gained a hundred percent.

#### ke câp ûe;

    increase ten fold; make it eleven times as much.
* 半ûe651243
* A half; a large piece of; a part of.

#### chûn cêk tōa ûe;

    have the greater part left.

#### lâu cêk síe ûe pàng-kò̤, cêk tōa ûe khṳt i;

    keep a little less than half of it, and let him have rather more than half.

#### pun i cêk ûe;

    gave him half.
* 衛ŭe105414410 To go with as a protection, or in honor of; to guard, to defend; an outpost; a military station.

#### kio i bói nŎ âp ŭe seⁿ îⁿ;

    bought two boxes of life preserving pills for him.

#### i sĭ cò̤ ŭe kâi choiⁿ cóng, a sĭ cò̤ îaⁿ kâi choiⁿ cóng?

    Is he the officer who escorts the grain-junks, or the officer who has command of the garrison?

#### hŭ-ŭe sîaⁿ-tî;

    to protect the city, as a god.

#### khim-tíam sĭ-ŭe;

    appoint as body guard.
* 滿ūe5758511
* Entire; complete.

#### ūe-koiⁿ;

    the whole room; all about; everywhere around.

#### cía hieⁿ líam lío ūe-koiⁿ phang;

    this incense, on being lighted, fills the whole place with fragrance.

#### phīⁿ tîeh ūe-koiⁿ chàu;

    the whole place smells badly.

#### ūe lō phang;

    the entire road is odorous.
* 畫ūe2411027
* A picture, a drawing, a painting; to draw, to paint, to map out.

#### tìo jī-ūe;

    hang up illuminated scrolls.

#### ūe suaⁿ cúi;

    paint landscapes.

#### ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;

    draw human figures.

#### ūe hú-húi chán-thâng;

    draw flowers and insects.

#### cía bâk-cúi ūe, ūe lâi cū ngía;

    this will look well drawn in India ink.

#### i sĭ ūe kong pit a sĭ ūe ì pit?

    Did he draw it in full, or merely sketch the outlines?

#### m̄ sĭ, sĭ ūe pùaⁿ tăⁿ jíam;

    he did neither, he sketched a rough outline and filled it in with colors.

#### ūe sìeⁿ;

    paint a likeness.

#### ūe tîo-pak;

    paint scrolls.

#### ūe tī-tô;

    draw maps.

#### ūe-kang; ūe-chīeⁿ;

    artists; painters.

#### gūa kok kâi ūe-khẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    the foreign style of drawing is this.

#### ūe cûa thiam cok;

    draw a snake and add legs to it; to embellish facts too highly.

#### ūe hue-ap;

    to make a mark as a signature. ​
* 話ūe2401496
* Words; discourse; speech; conversation; language.

#### tàⁿ ūe;

    to talk.

#### i tó̤ tàⁿ mih ūe?

    What language is he speaking?

#### i m̄ pat ūe;

    he does not understand the language.

#### àiⁿ ó̤h pńg-tī ūe;

    is going to learn the vernacular.

#### chíaⁿ nâng lâi kà ūe;

    invite some one to give intruction in the language.

#### hàm i màiⁿ cōi ūe;

    tell her not to be loquacious.

#### i ciu-jît to̤ ūe căi;

    she talks the whole day long.

#### ūe m̄ tâu ki pùaⁿ kù to̤;

    of unwelcome words half a sentence is too much.

#### tàⁿ tōa ūe;

    to bluster.

#### m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;

    indecent language.

#### thó ūe;

    the local dialect.

#### kuaⁿ ūe;

    the mandarin or court dialect.

#### pêh ūe;

    the language spoken in this department.

#### kheh ūe;

    the Hakka tongue.

#### sôk ūe;

    common mode of speech.

#### cêk kù ūe;

    one sentence.

#### cêk kù ūe thîh-thîh-kìe;

    stammer out a phrase.

#### chìe ūe;

    a funny annecdote.

#### i hàuⁿ ô̤h ūe;

    she likes to learn languages, hwn ùe; foreign tongues.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ĕ jît khṳt nâng khîeh khí lâi cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;

    this will hereafter be a subject for people to talk about.