# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/meⁿ

* 揸meⁿ3649
* To clutch in the hand, with the palm downward.

## meⁿ cho̤h îam;

    take a handful of salt.

## meⁿ ke pé mīⁿ-hún lô̤h khṳ̀;

    put in another handful of flour.

## màiⁿ meⁿ sua-îa;

    do not scatter it around in taking it up.
* 速méⁿ8231627
* Hasty; hurried; fleet; quick; speedily; urgent; soon.

## méⁿ-méⁿ cū tîeh lâi;

    must come with the utmost speed.

## cò̤ méⁿ cē;

    do it more quickly.

## màiⁿ khah méⁿ;

    do not be in too great haste.

## bŏi kîaⁿ méⁿ;

    cannot walk any faster.

## àiⁿ méⁿ pìⁿ cò̤ māng;

    the more haste the less speed.

## méⁿ khṳ̀, méⁿ lâi;

    the sooner you go, the sooner you will get back.

## àiⁿ jîeh méⁿ?

    How soon do you want it?

## ío méⁿ;

    speedier.
* 猛méⁿ610948
* Fierce; violent; determined; inhuman; severe; hot, as fire; biting, as wind; excessive in any way.

## hîong piaⁿ, méⁿ cìang;

    valorous soldiers and a daring leader.

## suaⁿ tèng kâi méⁿ sìn cōi;

    there are many savage beasts among the mountains.

## méⁿ hóⁿ lô̤h suaⁿ;

    a ferocious tiger descended from the mountains.

## húe méⁿ;

    the fire is burning fiercely.

## húe phuah i méⁿ cē;

    fan the fire and make it hotter.

## méⁿ huang, méⁿ hŏ

    violent wind and heavy rain.

## khuang huang, méⁿ hŏ;

    high wind and driving rain.
* 蜢méⁿ5801428

## cháu-méⁿ;

    a grasshopper.

## cháu-méⁿ kha-thúi;

    spindle shanks.
* 盲mêⁿ6091093
* Blindness ; sightless.

## cheⁿ-méⁿ;

    blind.

## i sĭ cheⁿ-mêⁿ kâi nâng;

    he is a blind man.

## cheⁿ-mêⁿ-kíaⁿ;

    a blind fellow.

## cheⁿ-mêⁿ sin-seⁿ;

    a blind fortune-teller.

## cheⁿ-mêⁿ ŭ mâk-ciu-kng hùe khang;

    the blind have those who can see to lead them.

## i sĭ tâng chut sì cheⁿ-mêⁿ, a sĭ cí ău cheⁿ-mêⁿ?

    Was he blind from birth, or has he lately become blind?

## i cí kúi jît cioh-mêⁿ;

    he has been night-blind for these last few days.

## koi-cioh-mêⁿ;

    night-blindness.

## cheⁿ-mêⁿ koi to̤h tîeh sí nío-chṳ́;

    a blind fowl happened to peck into a dead rat; hit upon a good thing by mere chance.

## kâi sĭ cheⁿ-mêⁿ!

    Your ​eyes are of no use to you!

## khṳt i ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;

    was made blind by taking his medicine.

## a-mêⁿ;

    that blind fellow.
* 夜mêⁿ1080365
* Night; darkness; after daylight.

## mêⁿ-kùa;

    in the night.

## mêⁿ tn̂g căi;

    the nights are very long.

## mêⁿ tŏ̤ cí cĭam-cĭam tó̤;

    the nights from this time on gradually become shorter.

## cò̤ mêⁿ kang;

    do night work.

## cîah mêⁿ mûeⁿ;

    take a night draught of congee.

## cîah mêⁿ-hng pn̄g;

    eat supper.

## mêⁿ cĕⁿ kâi sî-hāu;

    in the stillness of night.

## hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ úa cin-kìⁿ lṳ́;

    I dreamed of you that night.

## kim mêⁿ;

    to-night.

## cò̤ mêⁿ hì;

    have night performances in a theatre.

## cá mêⁿ bŏi ût;

    I could not sleep last night.

## côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;

    night before last.

## tōa côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;

    the night before night before last.

## mùaⁿ mêⁿ;

    to-morrow night.

## ău-jît mêⁿ;

    day after to-morrow night.

## mêⁿ-mêⁿ; pái mêⁿ; múiⁿ mêⁿ;

    every night.

## pùaⁿ mêⁿ;

    midnight.

## cêk mêⁿ; cong mêⁿ;

    all night.

## thàng mêⁿ;

    throughout the night.

## jît thòa mêⁿ;

    all day and night.

## làng mêⁿ, làng mêⁿ;

    on alternate nights.

## pê mêⁿ;

    night watchmen outside a camp.

## chê mêⁿ; sûn mêⁿ;

    patrol at night.

## hûang mêⁿ-tău;

    beware of night thieves.

## tíam mêⁿ teng;

    night-lamps.

## saⁿ keⁿ, pùaⁿ mêⁿ;

    late at night.

## mêⁿ-hng, cá-khí;

    early and late.

## keh mêⁿ;

    to spend the night.

## m̄ hó̤ keh mêⁿ;

    it cannot be kept over night.

## lâu i keh kâi mêⁿ;

    keep overnight.

## cíeⁿ mêⁿ;

    night watch.

## hó̤ mêⁿ chêng;

    comfortable nights for sleeping.

## ciu mêⁿ khà khok;

    sounds the rattle throughout the night.

## thâk mêⁿ cṳ;

    study at night.

## i hiah tŏ̤ mêⁿ-tìam;

    he stopped at a lodging house.

## hiah kúi mêⁿ;

    stayed several nights.

## cí nŏ̤ mêⁿ gûeh kng căi;

    the moon has been very bright these last two nights.
* 明mêⁿ599724
* The dawn.

## mêⁿ-nî;

    next year.

## i mêⁿ-nî àiⁿ tńg lâi;

    he is coming back next year.
* 芒mêⁿ5781403
* A sharp point; rays of light; a keen edge; a gleam.

## cí ki to̤ ío ŭ mêⁿ;

    this knife has a sharper edge.

## ēng kàu bô̤ mêⁿ, tîeh khîeh khṳ̀ bûa;

    when you have used it till the edge is worn off, you should go and grind it.

## bûa kàu ŭ sîam-mêⁿ cìaⁿ lāi;

    grind it till it takes a keen edge, then it is sharp.

## húe-mêⁿ;

    sparks of fire.

## húe-mêⁿ ko;

    a fire-fly or glow-worm.
* 罵mēⁿ57212210
* To rail at; to scold; to abuse with vile language.

## káng cho, lŏ̤ chò̤, mēⁿ nâng;

    reviles people, using obscene words.

## sie mēⁿ;

    to berate each other.

## i cò̤-nî m̄-ùi tōa nâng mēⁿ?

    How is it that she does not fear the scolding she will get from the elders in her family?

## jw̆n mēⁿ;

    scold without just provocation.

## thèng mēⁿ nâng;

    abuse people without cause.

## mēⁿ kàu bô̤ kò̤ hó̤;

    rail at mercilessly.

## ki chùi kau-kau mēⁿ;

    her jaw never ceases.

## cìu-mēⁿ;

    to curse.

## nīo i mēⁿ;

    let him scold.