# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chwn
### chwn

* 撩chwn5276412
* To tickle; to titillate.

#### i tó̤ ût, i so̤h tîo cúa-ang-teng khṳ̀ chwn i kâi phīⁿ-khang, ùaⁿ cē, īu khîeh koi-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chwn i kâi hĭⁿ-khang;

    when she is sleeping, he rolls up a lamp-lighter and goes and tickles her nostril, and a little later he gets a feather and goes and tickles her ear.

#### chwn i chéⁿ khí lâi;

    woke him up by tickling him lightly.
* 穿chwn1191164
* To pervert; to turn aside.

#### khah chwn-châk;

    too much perverted from the original truth.

#### sĭ tó̤ chwn-châk kâi;

    it is being perverted.

#### chwn-suaⁿ-kah;

    the ant-eater.

#### peh pō chwn îang;

    a hundred paces off.

#### nâng kâi pâng lăi m̄ hó̤ thèng chwn jîp khṳ̀;

    do not without evident reason go into people's private rooms.
* 川chwn119470
* A rivulet.

#### suaⁿ chwn;

    mountain streams.

#### chwn lîu put sek;

    an uninterrupted flow.
* 喘chẃn120309
* To pant.

#### hm̄-hm̄-chẃn;

    asthmatic breathing.

#### kîaⁿ kàu cí-kò̤ lâi tó̤ chẃn;

    coming here has put me out of breath.

#### chẃn cêk kùa bŏi hiah;

    panted a half day without stopping.
* 閂chẁn7861691
* A cross-pin; to join by a cross-pin.

#### àm chẁn;

    joined by a hidden pin.

#### chẁn tŏ̤ hṳ́ pùe-ău;

    joined by a cross-pin on the back.

#### pùe-ău cò̤ saⁿ ki chẁn;

    make three cross bar on the back.

#### àiⁿ ēng kúi kò̤ lâi chẁn a sĭ àiⁿ ēng kàu kò̤ kâi?

    Do you wish to make it by joining several pieces with a bar mortised in, or to make it of a single piece?

#### kang-hu hó̤ kâi, chẁn khṳ̀ cìaⁿ năi;

    make it with joints well fitted, and mortise in a bar through the pieces, then it will last.
* 串chẁn12126
* To lace together; to join by stringing on; to league.

#### chẁn phàu;

    a string of fire-crackers.

#### chẁn bûeh-tói;

    to lace up the sole of a stocking.

#### chẁn khí lâi, chẁn lô̤h khṳ̀;

    pass the string upward and downward through eyelet holes, as in lacing a boot.

#### chẁn thong;

    to pass through an eyelet hole.

#### chẁn kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

    pass it through to the other side.

#### cīeⁿ ĕ m̄ chẁn;

    the foregoing and the following are not intimately connected.

#### chẁn hâh;

    banded together.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-tâng kâi;

    the two are leagued together.

#### àm-cĕⁿ chẁn-tâng;

    secretly leagued.

#### chẁn mông;

    a concerted plan.

#### sĭm kùe phah-chẁn kâi;

    far surpassing what could have been done by agreement.
* 簒chẁn12011810
* To seize upon.

#### chẁn ūi;

    seize the throne.

#### chẁn chì;

    murder the ruler.

#### chẁn i kâi kok;

    seized his kingdom.

#### i sĭ khṳt i chẁn khṳ̀;

    it was seized and taken away by him.
* 爨chẁn10278625
* A mess of food; to mess separately.

#### íⁿ-keng kak kak hun chẁn lío;

    each of them has his own separate table.

#### lêng kṳ, lêng chẁn;

    they are separately domiciled.
* 痊chŵn10121046
* Convalescent.

#### chŵn-jú;

    recovered from illness.

#### ui kàu chŵn-jú;

    entirely cured.

#### i pēⁿ chŵn-jú a būe?

    Has he recovered yet?

#### íⁿ-keng chŵn-jú lío;

    he is already convalescent.

#### būe chŵn-jú;

    not yet well.
* 銓chŵn10121676
* To select according to merit and capacity; to value aright.

#### chŵn-sẁn;

    to estimate the quality, and select accordingly; to choose properly.

#### kui pŏ chŵn-sẁn;

    returned to the Board for re-appointment, as certain officers are at the close of a term of office.
* 全chŵn1013114
* Completely; altogether; entire.

#### ŵn-chŵn;

    complete.

#### chŵn tì, chŵn lêng;

    almighty and omnipotent.

#### chŵn ke hok lôk;

    the whole family prospered.

#### pù kùi sang chŵn;

    both rich and noble.

#### chŵn hù cèng sîn;

    undivided energies.

#### lṳ́ cò̤-nî chŵn-chŵn m̄ thiaⁿ úa?

    Why do you wholly disregard my wishes?

#### úa lâi ku-ā hûe chŵn m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́;

    I came many times and never saw you at all.

#### cía sî chŵn bŏi cîah;

    I cannot eat at all at this time.

#### i chŵn àiⁿ;

    he altogether desires it.

#### ŵn-chŵn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    finish up this business.

#### chŵn khîeh khṳ̀;

    take it away altogether.

#### hok bô̤ sang chwn;

    bliss is never twice complete.

#### bûn bú chŵn cai;

    he understands both military and civil affairs.

#### cīeⁿ-sî chŵn bô̤ hŏ, jûah căi;

    there has been no rain lately and it is very hot.

#### cí pńg cṳ úa thóiⁿ m̄ chŵn;

    I have not yet read this book through.

#### chŵn hù hok-sek;

    a complete suit of clothes.

#### chŵn sin phi kùa;

    completely accoutered.

#### chŵn thàu;

    a complete equipment.

#### chŵn tṳ chŵn îeⁿ;

    whole hogs and sheep.

#### i chŵn m̄ hío sṳ̄;

    he does not understand the matter at all.

#### chŵn cĭang lṳ́ lău nâng ke;

    it depends wholly upon your venerable self.

#### khà chŵn théng;

    rouse the whole school of fish by striking the water.

#### cí cuang kuaⁿ-si phah chŵn théng;

    this lawsuit has beaten the whole posse of them.

#### lṳ́ chŵn m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;

    you are wholly ignorant of what is best or what is worst.

#### lṳ́ kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi chŵn bŏi chò̤;

    what you said was faultless.

#### pái chŵn cip-sṳ̄;

    bring out all the emblems off office.

#### bw̄n chŵn;

    not the least.

#### lṳ́ chŵn bô̤ sim khṳ̀ lí;

    you have no mind to do it.
* 傳chŵn119911
* To order; to transmit orders.

#### chŵn i lâi kìⁿ;

    order him to appear.

#### chŵn hō̤ láu-cìang kio bûn pôiⁿ kâi hō̤-pâng cêk īeⁿ;

    ushers are the same, whether in military or in civil service.