# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/un
### un

* 溫un1040859
* Mild, placid, gentle, soothing, bland, genial, warm; tepid; to revive; acquainted with.

#### i kâi sèⁿ-chêng un-hûa căi;

    her disposition is very amiable.

#### cò̤-sṳ̄ un-un hûa-hûa;

    acts very benignly.

#### cía cĭ un-hûa kâi îeh;

    this is a sedative medicine.

#### un cṳ;

    to review lessons.

#### kū kâi un sêk cū ŏi cai sin kâi;

    learn the old thoroughly, then you can understand the new.

#### thiⁿ-sî un-hûa;

    the weather is mild.

#### nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sŭ hâng un, sŭ cêk kùa;

    the two were chatting about the weather, for a whole half day.

#### cí kúi jît kâi thiⁿ-khì un-lẃn;

    the weather is delightful these last few days. ​
* 瘟un104010410
* A pestilential or wide-spread sickness; an epidemic.

#### un-mût;

    a plague, a murrain, a prevailing sickness.

#### gû-un;

    murrain.

#### tîeh gû-un;

    have rinderpest.

#### tîeh tṳ-un;

    have a disease prevailing among hogs.

#### un kàu sí tīo ho̤h cōi nâng;

    spread so that great numbers of people died of it.

#### cí kâi tī-hng tăi un;

    this region is stricken with a plague.

#### cí kúi īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī un-mût kâi pēⁿ;

    these medicines will cure epidemic diseases.
* 我們ún627
* We, excluding the one addressed.

#### sĭ ún kâi, m̄ sĭ nín kâi;

    it is ours, not yours.

#### ún kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    such are our customs.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ ún-kâi hó̤, a in-kâi hó̤?

    Which do you think the better, theirs or ours?

#### tiang-sî lâi ún kò̤ cŏ̤;

    come and sit with us sometimes.

#### pó̤-hō̤ ún;

    bless us.

#### cún ún khîu;

    grant our petition.

#### ún cèng nâng àiⁿ lâi co̤h lṳ́ kâi kang;

    we are all coming to work for you.
* 穩ún104211514
* Firm, steady, stable, secure, immovable, well-placed; to rest in.

#### uaⁿ-ún căi;

    very stable.

#### i khĭa m̄ ún;

    it does not stand firmly.

#### nĕ ún-ún;

    very stable.

#### cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ún-ún;

    sits very securely.

#### ún-tàng;

    safe, secure, firm, steadfast.

#### chn̂g m̄ ún, khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi soih;

    the table does not stand firmly, get something and wedge under it.

#### pàng m̄ ún;

    it is not steadfast when set in place.

#### châu kàu i ún-ún;

    move it to and fro until you get it unto a position where it stands firmly.

#### i kīn-khek ún cîah ún chēng;

    she has now secured what she needs for food and clothing.

#### cĭeⁿ lô̤h ún-tǹg;

    go up and down in safety.

#### ún-ún tǹg-tǹg kâi sṳ̄;

    a perfectly safe business.

#### kio i sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng;

    arrange it for him so that it will be perfecly secure.
* 晩ún1038727
* Late; latter; the last.

#### ún-kùe kâi tang kèng hó̤;

    the crop gathered at the last harvest of the year is the better of the two.

#### ún tang kâi chek îaⁿ kùe cá tang;

    the paddy of the second crop of the year is better than that of the first crop.

#### ún bí ío ńng, cá bí ío ngĕ;

    the rice of the last harvest of the year is mellower than that of the first harvest.
* 搵ùn10426410
* To dip, to immerse; to thrust into fluid and at once lift out.

#### ùn cṳ́i;

    dip it in water.

#### ùn îu;

    dipped in oil.

#### ùn tîeh tāu-cìeⁿ hó̤, a ùn-tîeh chò hó̤?

    Is it best to sip it in bean-catsup or in vinegar?
* 勻ûn1142202
* Equal; even, alike; to allot; to share equally.

#### tîeh pun khṳ̀ kṳn-ûn;

    must divide it in equal shares.

#### kut nêk thêng-ûn;

    his bones and flesh are well proportioned.

#### cí cîk tîeⁿ kháu khṳ̀ pí cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ m̄ ûn-cēng;

    this class did not equal the preceding one in the examination.

#### ûn ûn ŭ;

    have them in about the same quantity at all times.

#### lâk tîeh chut ûn-ûn;

    put forth your efforts steadily, not by fits and starts.

#### i kâi khang-khùe ío ûn;

    he works steadily all the time.
* 云ûn114272
* To say, to speak.

#### nâng ûn īa ûn;

    what people say so I say.
* 焚ûn130868
* To burn; to set on fire; to consume to ashes.

#### ûn hieⁿ;

    burn incense.

#### ûn hieⁿ-châ;

    burn fragrant woods.

#### ûn hieⁿ thah;

    burn pagodas made of incense sticks.

#### cang húe khṳ̀ ûn tīo;

    take fire and burn it up.

#### ûn cúa-cîⁿ;

    burn spirit-money.

#### taⁿ cē cho-khng lâi ûn cíu;

    bring chaff and burn it around the jars to heat up the whiskey and make it ferment.
* 韻ūn114318010
* Sounds which rhyme in their tone as well as their termination; the final word or rhyme; tone.

#### ap ūn;

    to make rhymes.

#### si ūn;

    couples.

#### cí kâi si ŭ kâi ap phêⁿ ūn, ŭ kâi ap ceh ūn;

    in these stanzas, some of the rhymes are in the even tones, and some are in the other tones.

#### si sĭ poit ūn a sĭ lâk ūn?

    Have the verses sixteen lines with the alternate lines rhyming, or have they twelve lines containing six rhymes?

#### ŭ cêk kâi jī ap chut ūn;

    one final letter does not form a perfect rhyme with the others.

#### cí kâi ūn ap lâi m̄ ún;

    this rhyme is not rythmical.

#### cí kâi jī tŏ̤ tī kâi ūn kha?

    Where does this letter stand among authorized rhymes?

#### úa ŭ cêk pang kíam-ūn;

    I have a book of authorized rhymes.

#### m̄ hâh ūn;

    discordant; incompatible.

#### bô mih im-ūn;

    not rythmical.

#### cí kâi im-ūn hó̤ căi;

    its rythm is perfect.

#### cí kâi jī phêⁿ ceh ūn thong ēng;

    in this the rhymes are made without regard to tones.
* 運ūn11441629
* To turn in a circuit; to move in an orbit; to travel around; to carry from place to place; a circuit; what is done in succession, as the course of nature; a turn; a chance; calculations or a conjunction, as in a horoscope; luck; hap; a chapter of accidents; a period of five or ten years.

#### ciu jît thong sin kâi kṳn kut tîeh ŭ ūn-tŏng cìaⁿ hó̤;

    it is best that the bone and muscles ​of the whole body should all be exercise during the day.

#### i kâi ūn-khì hó̤;

    his luck is good.

#### ke ūn;

    the fortunes of a family.

#### kâi ke ūn tó̤ heng;

    the prospects of the household are improving.

#### ūn bí nîe;

    transport grain.

#### cía nîe àiⁿ ūn kàu tī-kò̤?

    Where is this grain to be carried?

#### sĭ ēng cûn lâi ūn a sĭ ēng chia lâi ūn?

    Is it transported in boats or in carts?

#### ūn nîe kâi kuaⁿ;

    an officier superintending the transport of grain.

#### ūn-hô̤ sĭ in-ūi àiⁿ ūn nîe kâi sṳ̄ khui kâi;

    the Grand Canal was opened for the transport of the grain which is the revenue derived from the tax on land.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ châu-ūn cóng-tok;

    he is the Imperial Commissioner directing the transport of the grain which is the revenue of the government.

#### kin-nî kau kùe cí kâi ūn;

    this year there is a turn in affairs.

#### kau ūn;

    a contingency arose.

#### thut ūn;

    a change of luck.

#### kwn-hĭ cí-kò̤ kâi tī ūn;

    involved in the luck of the locality.

#### i cí kúi nî m̄ sĭ jī ūn;

    he has had no luck these many years.

#### tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn?

    When shall we get through this unlucky period and reach a more fortunate one?

#### i câp hùe cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn;

    he will reach a point where luck changes when he is ten years old.

#### i kâi ūn hăng hó̤ mē?

    Do the conjunctions in his horoscope indicate luck?

#### tâh tîeh ūn;

    stumbled upon luck.

#### lîu-nî kâi ūn-hăng hó̤ khiap lóng-cóng phōi mêng;

    the conjunctions both good and ill in his horoscope as the years run on, are all clearly set forth.

#### khṳ̀ ūn i a-pĕ kâi kĭu tńg-lâi;

    went and brought home his father's encoffined corpse.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ hái ūn;

    he is engaged in transporting grain by sea.

#### ūn îam;

    transport salf.

#### îam ūn hun-si;

    the Salt Commissioner.

#### cí hùe-mûeh sĭ îu gūa-hái ūn lâi, a sĭ îu lăi hô̤ ūn lâi?

    Are these goods brought by sea, or through the inland streams?