# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lok
### loklok

* 摝lok5626411
* To rattle; to shake up and down.

#### lok tîeh ŏi híang;

    if you shake it up and down, it rattles.

#### jĭm lok, lok m̄ chut;

    though I shake it up and down, it does not rattle out.

#### lṳ́ lok thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói ŭ tê-hîeh a bô̤;

    you shake it and see if there is any dry tea in it.

#### nŏ̤ ciah chíu phŏ̤ lâi lok;

    clasp it in both hands and shake it up and down.
* 碌lok5631128
* To moil, to toil, to drudge.

#### i cí kúi nî pin-po̤ lâu-lok;

    he has toiled fruitlessly these many years.

#### i cêk seⁿ sĭm sĭ lâu-lok;

    he has been a very hard worker all his life.

#### cṳ̆-âi to sĭ lâu-lâu-lok-lok, bô̤ thang khùaⁿ-ûah;

    has heretofore been constantly drudging, with no opportunity for comfort.
* 麓lok5631988
* The declivity or base of a hill; a copse among hills.

#### suaⁿ kok-lok tói;

    in the glens of the mountains.
* 儱偅lok-khôk107
* Careless and helpless.

#### cē cîah lău cū lok-khôk;

    when one becomes old, one becomes inefficient.

#### cò̤ khṳ̀ lok-lok khôk-khôk;

    done in a very inefficient way.
* 爛lok5038617
* Very; exceeding; in the extreme.

#### nōiⁿ kàu lok-lok;

    ulcerated so as to form a running sore.

#### phah kàu lok-lok;

    beaten to a jelly.

#### pû kàu lok-lok;

    boiled to a pulp.

#### cí nŏ̤ pńg cṳ thâk kàu lok-lok;

    study these two books till you have them at your tongue’s end.
* 錄lôk5641678
* To copy, to transcribe; to record, to make a note of; a summary of doctrine; annals; lectures; a series; an index.

#### chau-lôk;

    to copy off.

#### lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;

    transcribe into one volume.

#### mâk-lôk;

    an index.

#### thóiⁿ i kâi mâk-lôk cū cai;

    look in the index and you will find it.

#### lôk chut lâi;

    to jot down; to write out.

#### chú-lôk ŭ jîeh cōi mîaⁿ?

    How many are selected as worthy of a degree?

#### kì lôk;

    recorded.

#### kì-lôk cêk chṳ̀;

    once on record.

#### chì-lôk;

    list of successful candidates for the degree of M.A.

#### jû tó̤ cáu chì-lôk;

    like vending the list of successful candidates at the triennial examination.

#### úa ŭ cêk pang múaⁿ hàng mîaⁿ-chîn lôk;

    I have a set of biographical sketches of eminent statesmen, both Tartar and Chinese.
* 絡lôk5531206
* Joined; continuous; to join on; netted or slung together; blood vessels which diverge from the great veins or arteries.

#### lîen-lôk cò̤ cêk ē;

    couple them together.

#### lîen-lîen lôk-lôk, bô̤ kòiⁿ tn̆g;

    joined in one continuous line, with no break.

#### cía sĭ jîp sim-pau-lôk kâi îeh;

    this medicine enters the pericardium.

#### sin tǹg kâi mêh-lôk;

    the blood veesels of the body.

#### pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī cêk keng-lôk?

    In what part of the vascular system does the disease lie?
* 祿lôk5631138
* Salary, pay; official emoluments; an income; happiness conferred by the emperor.

#### cîah chîo-thêng kâi hong-lôk, cĭu tîeh lîu-sim lí chîo-thêng kâi sṳ̄;

    those who live on pay from the government, must attend in a painstaking way to governmental affairs.

#### bô̤ kong, cò̤ káⁿ cîah lôk?

    How can one who renders no service to the state, presume to receive a salary from the government?

#### lôk khah pô̤h;

    the salary is insufficient.

#### tìn-tang sāi ŭ kò̤ lôk-ūi-pâi;

    set up an imperial tablet in the midst.

#### kuang-lôk-jī;

    the Banqueting Office.

#### cêk seⁿ nâng ŭ cîah lôk;

    has enough to live on all his days.

#### hok, lôk, sīu, chŵn;

    happiness, official honors, longevity, all complete.

#### i-lôk khó̤-íⁿ chong-cok;

    has about enough to clothe and feed himself comfortably.
* 陸lôk5621708

#### lôk-sôk;

    one just after the other; in rapid succession; successively.

#### i sĭ lôk-sôk lâi, a sĭ cò̤ cêk hûe lâi?

    Did they come successively or simultaneously?

#### lôk-lôk sôk-sôk lâi ŭ ho̤h cōi;

    one after another, a great number arrived.
* 籙lôk56411816
* A chart; a note, as of events or receipts.

#### hû-lôk;

    a talisman on wood; a magic writing.

#### tôi mîaⁿ lôk;

    list of successful candidates at an examination.

#### hong siaⁿ tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ líu tîeh tô-lôk;

    it is rumored that a magic map of the country has been exhumed there.

#### i kâi mîaⁿ hâh tîeh tô-lôk;

    his name accords with the one given in the prophetic or sibyline chart.
* 戮lôk5646211
* To kill in war; to slaughter; to massacre; to mangle and insult; to put to death.

#### i kâi suah-lôk tăng căi;

    the slaughter was very great.

#### i ău-lâi tì-kàu chŵn ke tu-lôk;

    this will hereafter lead to the extermination of the whole family.

#### sí ău hŵn-lío pun nâng líu chut lâi lôk si;

    after he was dead and buried his body was dug up and mangled by people.

#### suah-lôk kong-chîn kâi sṳ̄, tōa pûaⁿ īa sĭ sì só̤ sái jîen;

    the massacre of the nobles was for the most part made necessary by the circumstances.
* 勠lôk5641911
* United strength.

#### lôk lâk;

    to join forces; to combine effort; to unite strength.

#### jī ke tîeh lâi lôk lâk tâng sim;

    the two must be of one mind, and act in unison.

#### īa sĭ khéng lôk-lâk tâng sim ná phàⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ séng;

    if willing to act in concert there is no fear that the thing will not be accomplished.
* 碌lôk5631128
* To drudge.

#### lôk-lôk, bô̤ khî;

    drudge without cessation.

#### i si îong-îong lôk-lôk kâi nâng;

    she is a drudge.