# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/uaⁿ
### uaⁿ

* 安uaⁿ620403
* Tranquil to put at ease; how.

#### mn̄g úaⁿl chíaⁿ uaⁿ;

    to salute.

#### thau naⁿ;

    stolen leisure.

#### lṳ́ uaⁿ sim;

    be of easy mind.

#### cîah uaⁿ-ôiⁿ kâi pn̄g;

    eat the bread of idleness.

#### uaⁿ-ùe i kâi sim;

    comfort him.

#### uaⁿ hūu sĭu kí;

    contented with one's lot.

#### uaⁿ-húang pù-kùi;

    enjoy wealth and honor.

#### uaⁿ-uaⁿ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

    quite at leisure.

#### taⁿ uaⁿ tŏ̤?

    Where now is his comfort?

#### uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;

    quietly.

#### uaⁿ-uaⁿ cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;

    very quietly.

#### uaⁿ tī pàng tī kâi tī-hng?

    Where is the land of rest?

#### m̄ uaⁿ sim căi;

    of uneasy mind.

#### uaⁿ mn̂g;

    set up a door.

#### uaⁿ tùi;

    set up a rice pounder.

#### uaⁿ sîn;

    set up gods.

#### mn̄g lṳ́ kâi sim uaⁿ a m̄ uaⁿ;

    inquire of your own heart whether it is at peace.

#### uaⁿ jîen bô̤ ĭang;

    adapted to the circumstances.

#### hâp ke uaⁿ-lêng;

    the whole household is at peace.

#### uaⁿ-uaⁿ ún-ún;

    steadily and quietly.

#### uaⁿ-sim, uaⁿ-sim, míen hŵn-ló̤;

    be tranquil, there is no occasion for anxiety.

#### uaⁿ jû thài suaⁿ;

    unmoved as a mountain.

#### uaⁿ ēng cí kâi mûeh?

    How can I make use of this?

#### uaⁿ cai ​i bô̤ ēng?

    How do you know it is of no use?

#### uaⁿ cai m̄ sĭ nē?

    How do you know it is not?

#### lṳ́ ā bô̤ úa le, uaⁿ tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    Where would you have been but for me?

#### i chông-côiⁿ ā sĭ khéng o̤h hó̤ le, kim-jît uaⁿ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    Had he formerly learned to do well, how could he be as he now is?
* 鞍uaⁿ6211776
* A saddle.

#### bé bô̤ sìa uaⁿ, nâng bô̤ sìa kah;

    the horses did not have their saddles removed, nor did the men lay aside their armor.

#### bé uaⁿ kîe khṳt í cŏ̤ tîeh khah ôih;

    the saddle is too short for him to sit upon.
* 碗úaⁿ10391128
* A bowl, a bowlful.

#### pn̄g úaⁿ;

    rice bowls.

#### úaⁿ kíaⁿ;

    small bowls.

#### úaⁿ kong;

    a large bowl.

#### thng úaⁿ;

    soup bowls.

#### jîet cîah úaⁿ;

    a bowl for hot condiments.

#### tong úaⁿ;

    a bowl of medium size.

#### tōa kâi úaⁿ;

    a very large bowl.

#### tê úaⁿ;

    a covered tea-cup.

#### tê sói úaⁿ;

    bowl to rinse tea-cups in.

#### cêk kah úa;

    a set of ten bowls.

#### i cêk tǹg cîah kúi úaⁿ pn̄g?

    How many bowls of rice does he eat at one meal?

#### cá-sîn-kùa cîah úaⁿ mûeⁿ;

    eat a bowl of congee early in the morning.

#### pó úaⁿ tîeh ēng tâng teng;

    in mending the bowl, brass clamps must be used.

#### thâh úaⁿ thân;

    the tidbit placed on the top of a bowl of rice as a relish.
* 案ùaⁿ622756
* A table on which to lean; a bench, or bar before a judge, or that which lies on it; a case in law, an action; an occurrence, event or affair, spoken of judicially; a sentence, a decision; to try, or to decide a case.

#### íⁿ-keng kak ùaⁿ lío;

    the case is closed.

#### tìo ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi thóiⁿ;

    call for the official records and see.

#### ùaⁿ chêng;

    the circumstances of a case.

#### cêk kĭaⁿ ùaⁿ sím jîeh kú?

    How long has the case been before the court?

#### ùaⁿ îu;

    the merits of a case.

#### sím ùaⁿ;

    to try a case.

#### mn̄g ùaⁿ;

    cross-question.

#### kíaⁿ-jit tẁn kúi khí ùaⁿ;

    has to-day decided several cases.

#### ùaⁿ-kím lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;

    the case has been tried, but the verdict is not yet rendered.

#### i khṳ̀ phùa mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;

    he has gone to enter an indictment for murder.

#### phùa ùaⁿ;

    to put a case in the hands of a magistrate.

#### kò̤ kàu ang-chak ùaⁿ ĕ ciaⁿ tit;

    carried the case up to the court of the provincial-judge and there won it.

#### kong ùaⁿ chn̂g;

    the judge's bench.

#### ùaⁿ côiⁿ;

    at the bar.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ hwn ùaⁿ;

    to give a case a rehearing.

#### kū ùaⁿ;

    an old undecided case.

#### bô̤ thâu kong-ùaⁿ;

    a case without evidence.

#### ùaⁿ-chn̂g kẁn kàu lîh;

    beat upon the bench so as to split it, as in great indignation.

#### pái hieⁿ-ùaⁿ ngêng-cih;

    place an alter with censers on it in sign of welcome.

#### cí khue tī-tîang kháu ùaⁿ-sín?

    Who stood first on the list of graduates at this examination?

#### thŵn ùaⁿ;

    summon the parties to court.

#### síe ùaⁿ, tōa ùaⁿ;

    important or unimportant cases.

#### kiaⁿ khòng ùaⁿ;

    a case appealed for adjudication at Peking.

#### sĭang khòng ùaⁿ;

    carry a case to a higher court.

#### kheh ùaⁿ;

    a case outside the jurisdiction of this judge.
* 晏ùaⁿ1089726
* Late; behindhand; tardy.

#### jît ùaⁿ;

    iti s late in the afternoon.

#### cá ût ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

    went to bed early and got up late.

#### àng cìeⁿ ùaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi;

    came so late.

#### táng ùaⁿ cē;

    wait till a little later.

#### táng tîeh khah ùaⁿ cū m̄ táng i;

    if he is too tardy we will not wait for him.

#### cá ùaⁿ to tŏ̤;

    early and late he is tehre.

#### cá m̄ lâi, ùaⁿ m̄ lâi, tú-tú cí-hûe cū lái;

    did not come earlier nor later but just at this moment.

#### gūa kang hì ùaⁿ cĭeⁿ pêⁿ;

    for extra performances, the curtain rises late.
* 旱ŭaⁿ164723
* Dronght.

#### thiⁿ ŭaⁿ; thiⁿ-sî ŭaⁿ;

    the weather is very dry.

#### khàng-ŭaⁿ căi;

    very droughty.

#### ūaⁿ kàu múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ bô̤ cúi;

    so dry that there is no water anywhere.

#### kú ŭaⁿ hông kam hŏ;

    a refreshing shower after long drought.

#### ŭaⁿ thiⁿ to̤ hŏ ì;

    in dry weather it frequently looks as if it were going to rain.
* 換ūaⁿ249649
* To exchange; to change; to sell; barter.

#### pau ūaⁿ;

    agree to exchange if it is not good.

#### táu ūaⁿ cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

    to exchange money.

#### tùi ūaⁿ;

    to interchange.

#### cí nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ lâi tùi ūaⁿ;

    exchange these two, the one for the other.

#### i thóiⁿ tîeh m̄-hó̤, aìⁿ ūaⁿ tò̤-tńg;

    he thinks them of inferior quality, and wants to have them taken back.

#### sĭ àiⁿ ūaⁿ cò̤ cîⁿ, a sĭ ūaⁿ cò̤ mûeh?

    Do you want to barter them for money or for goods?

#### chut mn̂g cū bô̤ ūaⁿ;

    do not take back any goods that have been carried out at the door.

#### náng lâi ūaⁿ thiap hó̤ mē?

    Shall we exchange cards on which our birthdays have been written?

#### àiⁿ ūaⁿ nŏ̤ ki êⁿ;

    are going to replace two roof-beams with better ones.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ se ūaⁿ búe kâi seng-lí;

    his business is that of going about the country exchanging cotton rolls for yarn.