# Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/A List of Introductory Adjectives
## Lesson VI. A List of Introductory Adjectives.
### Active,

    Liù
       快

### Afraid,

    Kiaⁿ, ùi
       驚　畏

### Alive,

    Uáh, seⁿ
       活　生

### All,

    Lóng-tsóng
       總共

### Ashamed,

    Sióu-lí
       羞耻

### Back,

    Aũ
       後

### Bad,

    M̃-móⁿ
       不好

### Best,

    Siãng-hó
       上好

### Better,

    Zú-hó, kèng-hó
       愈好　更好

### Black,

    Ou
       烏

### Blue,

    Nâm, lâm
       藍

### Blue, (sky colour.)

    Chheⁿ
       靑

### Brave,

    Káⁿ
       敢

### Bright,

    Kng
       光

### Broad,

    Khuah
       闊

### Broken,

    Phùa
       破

### Careful,

    Tsṳ́-sòi, sòi-jī
       仔細　細字

### Careless,

    Chhìn-tshái, bô-tsṳ́-sòi
       隨便　無仔細 ​

### Cheap,

    Phiⁿ
       跌

### Clear, (of water.)

    Chheng
       清

### Clear, (of affairs.)

    Mêng, mêng-péh
       明　明白

### Clever,

    Gâu, khiàng
       賢　能

### Close, (not airy.)

    Hip
       翕

### Coarse,

    Tshou
       粗

### Cold,

    Chhìn, ngân
       冷　寒

### Comfortable,

    Khùaⁿ-uáh
       快活

### Confused,

    Zṳ̂
       茹

### Crooked,

    Uan
       灣

### Crowded,

    Tsát

### Dangerous,

    Hong-hiám, lĩ-hāi
       荒險　利害

### Dark,

    Àm
       暗

### Dread,

    Sí
       死

### Dear,

    Kùi
       貴

### Deep,

    Chhim
       深

### Difficult,

    Oh, kan-khóu
       難　艱苦

### Diligent,

    Lát
       勤

### Dirty,

    Nah-sap, o-tso
       汚穢

### Dry,

    Ta
       亁 ​

### Easy,

    Kōi
       易

### Enough,

    Kàu, lã
       足　撈

### False,

    Ké
       假

### Far,

    Hñg
       遠

### Fast,

    Méⁿ, hiông
       猛　雄

### Fat,

    Pûi
       肥

### Filthy,

    Chhi-gî
       生疑

### Fine, (not coarse.)

    Iùⁿ
       幼

### Firm, (steady.)

    Ngaíh
       堅　不動

### Flat, (level.)

    Pêⁿ
       平

### Fresh,

    Chhiⁿ
       鮮

### Front,

    Tsôiⁿ
       前

### Full,

    Tĩⁿ
       漲

### Funny,

    Tshù-bī
       趣味

### Glad,

    Huaⁿ-hí
       歡喜

### Good,

    Hó
       好

### Green,

    Chheⁿ
       靑

### Green, (cloth.)

    Lék
       緑

### Happy,

    Khùaⁿ-uáh, sóng-khuài
       快活　爽快

### Hard,

    Tōiⁿ
       𠕆 ​

### Heavy,

    Tãng
       重

### High,

    Kûiⁿ
       高

### Honest,

    Sêng-sít
       誠實

### Hot, (as water.)

    Sie
       溫

### Idle,

    Tũaⁿ
       懶

### Kind,

    Hó
       好

### Late,

    Mān
       緩

### Less,

    Chié, kiám,
       少

### Light,

    Khin
       輕

### Little,

    Lân-ló, se-su-kiáⁿ, tiám-kiáⁿ
       些小　些些

### Lively,

    Lêng-cheng
       靈精

### Long, (not short.)

    Tn̂g
       長

### Long, (of time.)

    Kú
       久

### Low,

    Kẽ
       低

### Many, much,

    Tsōi
       多

### Miseable,

    Chhi-tshám
       悽慘

### More,

    Ke
       加

### Near,

    Kṳ̃n
       近

### New,

    Sin
       新

### Nice,

    Hó
       好 ​

### Old,

    Kū
       舊

### Old, (aged.)

    Lãu
       老

### Past,

    Kùe
       過

### Polite,

    Kui-kṳ́
       規矩

### Poor,

    Khiou, kêng
       窮　貧

### Present, at,

    Ngán-tsãi, hīn-tsãi
       眼在　現在

### Pretty,

    Ngiá
       雅

### Quick,

    Méⁿ, khùe
       猛　快

### Raw,

    Chheⁿ
       腥

### Red,

    Âng
       紅

### Rich,

    Pù
       富

### Right,

    Tiéh
       着

### Ripe,

    Sék
       熟

### Round,

    Îⁿ
       圓

### Rude, (clownish.)

    Bô-kui-kú
       無規矩

### Rude, (to a superior.)

    Huàng-sṳ̀
       放肆

### Same,

    Pêⁿ-iēⁿ, sie-tâng
       平樣　相同

### Shallow,

    Chhién
       淺

### Sharp, (pointed.)

    Chiam
       尖

### Sharp, (as a a knife.)

    Lāi
       利 ​

### Short,

    Tó
       短

### Sick,

    Pēⁿ
       病

### Similar,

    Chhin-chhiẽⁿ
       親像

### Sleepy,

    Mák-chiu-siap, mák--siap
       目睛澁　目澁

### Slow,

    Mān
       緩

### Small,

    Sòi
       細

### Smooth,

    Ku̍t
       滑

### Soft,

    Nńg
       軟

### Some,

    Lân-ló
       零須

### Straight,

    Tít
       直

### Strong, (of the body.)

    Tsàng, ũ-lát
       壯　有力

### Strong, (of architecture.)

    Khiàng
       堅

### Stupid,

    Ngà
       㦙

### Thick,

    Kãu
       厚

### Thin, (not thick.)

    Póh
       博

### Thin, (not stout.)

    Sán
       瘦

### Tight,

    Kín
       緊

### Tired,

    Hék
       困

### True,

    Chin, sít, chin-sít
       真　實　真實

### Ugly,

    Iá-iēⁿ
       醜陋 ​

### Unripe,

    Chheⁿ
       青

### Warm,

    Zuáh
       爇

### Weak

    Khùn
       軟弱

### Wet,

    Tâm
       濕

### Wet, (thoroughly.)

    Lok

### White,

    Péh
       白

### Wicked,

    Ak, phái
       惡　敗

### Wrong,

    M̄-tiéh, tshò
       不着　錯

### Yellow,

    N̂g
       黃