# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ju
### jú

* 乳jú29857
* The breast; the teat; milk.

#### jú bó̤;

    a foster mother.

#### jú-hieⁿ;

    frankincense.

#### ceng-jú-cîeh;

    stalactites.

#### jú kim;

    liquid gold used in painting.
* 嫩jú6423811
* Young; plump and tender.

#### i cîah kàu jú-jú;

    she has grown young.

#### àiⁿ sie kâi tṳ tîeh jú jṳ;

    for roasting, the pig must be a young plump one.

#### cí ciah koi jú-jú;

    this fowl is young and tender.
* 愈jú1126619
* In a further degree; more; better; convalescent.

#### jú méⁿ jú hó̤;

    the quicker the better.

#### cí kâi jú ngía;

    this is still handsomer.

#### cía úa jú-kèng àiⁿ;

    for this I have a still greater desire.

#### jú mn̄g jú m̄ pat;

    the more he was questioned the less he knew.

#### jú thóiⁿ jú hŭn;

    the more I study it, the more confused I am.

#### jú ke;

    still more.

#### jú cíe;

    still less.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ jú-kèng ​khùaⁿ-ûah;

    that is more comfortable.

#### cía jú ìuⁿ;

    this is still finer.

#### cìm jú kú, jú hó̤;

    the longer you soak it the better.

#### i chŵn-jú a būe?

    Is he convalescent yet?

#### i chŵn-jú lío;

    he is already convalescent.
* 諛jû11211498
* To praise one to his face; to adulate.

#### i sĭ thíam-mĭ mīn-jû kâi nâng;

    he is a sycophant and flatterer.

#### châm thíam mīn-jû;

    to curry favor by depreciating others and bepraising the one addressed.

#### kíaⁿ sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤, to tîeh ŭ jû-sek ẃn-îong;

    children when waiting upon their parents, must have a deferential manner, and a cheerful countenance.
* 兪jû1123117
* To respond; to answer; to assent; to agree to; yes; certainly.

#### cáu khṳ̀ ìⁿ-keng jû-jún kâi;

    what has been laid before the emperor and assented to by him.

#### cía sĭ hûang-sĭang jû-jún kâi;

    this is accorded by the emperor.

#### kìⁿ mông jú-jún li cū màiⁿ cài tàⁿ;

    whatever has once been granted may not be withdrawn.
* 儒jû297914
* Literati; philosophers; the learned; refined.

#### jû kà;

    Confucianism.

#### jû cía;

    scholars.

#### hâng jû;

    an indigent scholar.

#### pù jû;

    a wealthy literary man.

#### sĭ hṳ̤́ kò̤ kâi mîaⁿ jû;

    it is one of their celebrated scholars.

#### sĭ cêk tō̤ kâi tăi jû;

    is the greatest scholar of the age.

#### láu sṳ suah jû;

    a learned man, who is not an official.

#### jû ô̤h;

    a district director of graduates.

#### cía ūe sĭ hu-jû kâi ūe;

    this language is pedantic.

#### i sǹg sĭ jû ui;

    he is considered a learned physician.

#### màiⁿ cò̤ sío-jîn jû, tîeh cò̤ kun-cṳ́ jŭ;

    do not be a pretended scholar, but a real one.

#### sĭm sĭ jû-ngía;

    is really very refined.

#### cí kâi nâng jû căi;

    this person is very stylish.

#### mûeh jû căi;

    the thing is elegant.

#### jû-jû;

    very elegant.
* 如jû297383
* As; like; according to; if; then; as to.

#### jû chṳ́;

    like this; thus.

#### lṳ̤́ jû-jîak àiⁿ lâi li kio úa tàⁿ;

    if you are coming, then tell me.

#### put jû màiⁿ;

    not to do so would be better.

#### úa thóiⁿ tîeh i put jû lṳ́;

    I think you are better than he.

#### bô̤ hó̤ tâng phŭa put jû tôk kîaⁿ;

    it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.

#### put jû;

    nothing like; it will be better than.

#### jû i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe li àiⁿ cò̤-nî?

    If it be as he said, then what?

#### bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;

    everything according to one's wish.

#### cìeⁿ-sî mng jû ì;

    everything goes on well lately.

#### i jû ā-sĭ àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa cū màiⁿ;

    if that is the way he wants it, than I will have nothing to do with it.

#### jû-hôk m̄ cai, tîeh tàⁿ m̄ cai;

    if you do not know, you must say so.

#### ko-jû i ā-sĭ bô̤ li chūe pât nâng cieh;

    should he not have any, then go and find some one else from whom you can borrow it.

#### i īa jû sĭ àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū thâk m̄ pat;

    if he is like that, he will not learn by reading.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭ jû hô̤?

    What do you think about it?

#### khong-khong jû īa;

    really nothing at all.

#### jû-kúaⁿ sĭ chim kâi;

    is certainly a deep one.

#### i ciang jû úa hô̤?

    Well, what is he going to do with me about it?

#### kîaⁿ khṳ̀ méⁿ căi, jû tâng pue cêk īeⁿ;

    went very fast, as if he were flying.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh jû-tâng lô̤h hŏ;

    sounded like rain.

#### jû kó nâng só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe;

    as was said by people of ancient times.

#### jû i só̤ hun-hù kâi sṳ̄ kîaⁿ;

    do as he said.

#### jû cía īeⁿ cò̤;

    make it like this pattern.

#### jī saⁿ jû lâk;

    twice three are the same as six.

#### tō jit jû nî;

    a day is like a year in passing.

#### bô̤ jû i hô̤;

    have nothing to do with him.

#### jû hiaⁿ jû tĭ;

    as brethren.
* 筎jû2971186
* The scurf skin of the bamboo.

#### tek jû;

    bamboo oakum.

#### jû-lû;

    a plant used in medicine: its roots dye a red color.
* 膄jû11211308
* Fat; rich; fertile.

#### ko̤-jû;

    fertile.

#### cí-kò̤ kâi châng-tī to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi tī;

    the fields hereabouts have a rich soil.

#### só̤ cîah to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi hó̤-bī;

    he feeds upon rich dainties.
* 薷jû29814014

#### hiang-jû;

    a fungus, used in medicine.
* 楡jû1123759
* The elm.

#### jû-pêh-phûe;

    slippery elm bark.

#### tī-jû;

    St. John's wort.
* 諭jŭ11291499
* An edict; an order; to instruct.

#### hûang-tì kâi jŭ cí;

    the emperor's expressed will.

#### ŭ sĭang jŭ kàu;

    an edict has arrived.

#### thâk sìaⁿ jŭ;

    read the sacred edict.

#### kà-jŭ;

    a district superintendent of instruction.

#### chut kò̤-sī hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;

    issue a proclamation to inform the people.

#### lí jŭ sì kìm;

    to explain reasonably but to forbid with decision.

#### jŭ i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ-nâng láu-tōa lâi tàⁿ ūe;

    order the head men of the village to come and talk it over.

#### kuaⁿ mīn jŭ i cìe-ⁿseⁿ cò̤;

    ordered him to do this before the magistrate's face.

#### kak hieⁿ pun jŭ-thiap;

    distributed an order in the villages.

#### chíaⁿ kuaⁿ jŭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ-sin chut lâi thio-chu;

    invite the magistrate to instruct the honorable among the village gentry to come forth and arbitrate. ​
* 喩jŭ1129309
* To illustrate; to compare.

#### i miaⁿ-ke pí-jŭ;

    he is expert in illustration.

#### cang ci kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ pí-jŭ;

    use this as an illustration.

#### siet kâi phì-jŭ;

    make a parable.

#### cieh lâi phì-jŭ;

    use in illustration.

#### pì-jŭ cêk ciah cûn;

    it may be compared to a boat.
* 裕jŭ11281457
* Affluent; plenteous; to enrich.

#### pù-jŭ;

    superabundance.

#### i ke lăi sĭm sĭ pù-jŭ;

    they have enough and to spare in that family.

#### cí ke pù-pù jŭ-jŭ, cò̤ tit lâi;

    this family is well off, and can afford it.

#### jŭ kok, pĭen mîn;

    enrich the state and accommodate the people.

#### kuang côiⁿ, jŭ ău;

    render those who have gone before illustrious, and enrich those who come after.
* 逾jŭ11241629
* To pass over; to pass beyond.

#### íⁿ-kèng jŭ hăng;

    have passed the limit.