Appendix:Guiqiong word list
Appearance
The following word list of the Guiqiong language is from Li (2015: 396-442).
Notes
[edit]Apostrophes are used to mark tone in this word list, since Guiqiong is a tonal language (Li 2015: 23).
- High tone: apostrophes before syllables
- Low tone: apostrophes immediately after after the initial morpheme
Abbreviations
[edit]adj. | adjective |
adv. | adverb |
art. | article |
clfr. | classifier root |
conj. | conjunction |
cop. | copula |
dem. | demonstrative |
int. | interjection |
mod. | modal verb |
n. | common noun |
n:kin. | kinship term |
npr. | noun phrase |
n:qual. | qualifying noun |
name. | proper name |
num. | numeral |
pcl. | particle |
pder. | predicate derivation |
pder nzr. | nominalising predicate derivation |
pos. | postposition |
pro. | pronoun |
pros. | pronominal suffix |
pro.int. | interrogative pronoun |
v. | verb root |
vpr. | verbal phrase |
vpinfl. | predicate inflection |
List
[edit]English gloss | Part of speech | Guiqiong | Chinese loanword |
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ablative case marker | -ni | ||
able | adj. | kɔ | |
bad people | n. | kɔ’wu | |
able to see | v. | dʐidʐuɐŋkɔ | |
about the time | adv. | gɔtsɛi | |
above | adv. | kʰutsigəu | |
above | adv. pos. | g’u | |
abstinence from meat | n. | nyŋbuz’əzɐi; z’əzɐi | |
abuse each other | vpr. | dʐɔdʐɔbɛi | |
acceptable | adj. | dʐuɐŋ | |
accumulate | v. | ’mɛitsʰu | |
accustom | v. | lu | |
achievement | n. pron. | dɐn | |
acne | n. | dzɛituŋ | |
acquaintances | n. | ʐɔpu | |
acupuncturist | n. | kʰədi’wu | |
Adam’s apple | n. | wutʰɔ | |
add | v. | tʂʰuɐŋ | cf. Chinese Zhuāng 装 |
addiction | n. | ŋɐnɬə; ʑɐnɬə | |
address | v. | didziʥiɔ | |
adjust the backpack | v. | ʥiɔkʰujitsu | |
adjust to look better | pder. | jigɛku | |
adjust to make an object stand erect | v. | tsu | |
adobe making | n. | topɐɳyɐŋ | |
advanced in age | adj. | lobɐ | |
affair | n. pron. | dɐn | |
afraid of height, acrophobia, dizzy, vertigo | adj. | ’lə’liŋkʰumu | |
again | adv. | ɐŋ35 | |
age | n. | lo | |
aggressive | n:qual. adj. | dʐuɐdɐ | |
agree | v. | dʐi’wutsi; dʐitsi | |
aim at | v. | sɐŋ | |
alcohol | n. | ɐʐɐ; ɐlhɐ (by some Guìqióng speakers living in Jīntāng) | |
a mouthful of alcohol | npr. | ɐʐɐmu | |
alike | adj. | dɐʐɐŋ | |
alive | v. | susu | |
alive | v. | wuŋɐnjɐn | |
all | n. pron. | gɐŋtʂi’wu; dʐɐmu’wu | |
all | pron. | gɐŋtʂi | |
all right | adj. adv. | ʨyɐnmɛ̃ | |
all through the night | adv. | mɐŋsɐŋsɐŋ | |
allow | v. | ku | |
almost, more than a half | adv. | dɐwuχui | |
alone | adv. | dɛpɛitsɛi | |
also | adv. | ɐsi; χɐʂi | |
alternate (of day and night) | vpr. | nisisɐ | |
altogether | adv. | gɐlhɐ | |
aluminum | n. | tʰi; tʂʰɛi | |
America | n. | ɐ’məʐikə | |
an appointed date | n. | ʐɐ | |
an envoy | n. | gɛitsʰə | |
an idol statue | n. | ɬədɐʨʰyo | |
an overfilled plate | n. | ʨyəʨyədəʨiə | |
and | conj. | lə; lɛ | |
ankle | n. | tsʰitɔ | |
animals | n. | βəmuɕiɐnsɔ | |
answer | n. vpinfl. v. | dɐɕiɛ | |
ant | n. | βuχɐ | |
antique | n. | ŋɐnbuŋɐn’nɐ | |
anus | n. | bɔbɔkuti; nɐŋbɔ’ji | |
anxious | adj. | ʑɔsi | |
ape | n. | migui | |
appearance | n. | ʑilu | |
apple | n. | lɛisi | |
apply (cream, drugs, gilding, etc.) on the surface | v. | si | |
apply dressing | v. | jilulu | |
apprentice | n. | so’mə | |
approach | v. | tɛ̃ | |
appropriating such things as come within one’s reach, as one goes about one’s way, pilfering | n. | kʰəɕilhɐɕi | |
apricot | n. | sĩʨiɛ | |
wild apricot, plum | n. | nɐsĩʨiɛ | |
apricot blossom | npr. | sĩʨiɛmintɔ | |
April | n. | ʐibu | |
apron | n. | ɲiɐntʂi | |
aqueduct | n. | tʂiφu | |
Arctonyx collaris (hog badger) | n. | dʐuɐŋbu | |
area | n. | niɛ; pɔtɔ | |
argali | n. | ’lo’wu | |
arm | n. | kʰɐpʰɐ | cf. Chinese Gēbó 胳膊 |
arm span | n. | ʁ’ɐŋguɐŋ | |
an arm span | n. | dɐʁ’ɐŋ | |
army | n. | ’mɐmi | |
arrange | v. | ɐntʰɐ | |
arrive | v. | dʐui | |
arrow | n. | ɖə | |
artisan | n. | lɐto | |
ash | n. | dʐ’i | |
ask for payment of debt | v. | dʐĩdʐĩʨʰiɐ | |
ask | v. | minkʰɐŋ | |
ask repeatedly | v. | minkʰɐŋʂuminkʰɐŋbɔbɛi | |
askew | adv. | wujujutsɛi | |
assemble | v. | min’mɐŋtsʰɔ | |
assistant to an official | n. | ʐitʂʰi | |
associate with | v. | ʐɛ̃ | |
associate with | vpr. | nyɐŋ’mɔhɛ | |
(not) at all | adv. | mɐŋtsʰɐn | |
at noon | adv. | tsɐŋʨiɐ | |
at the beginning | vpr. adv. | jibɛigɐŋ | |
at the doorway | adv. | mɛiʨʰiɔ | |
at the end | adv. | wutsʰugɐŋ | |
at what time | adv. | dʐ’iɳiɔ | |
August | n. | dʑiɛbu | |
aunt | n:kin. | ɐ’i | |
automatically | adv. | ’wu’wu | |
autumn | n. | jɔtə; φuŋtə | |
avenge | v. | lɐnbɛidʑiɐn | |
awkward | adj. | ɖɐ̃mu | |
axe | n. | pɛitsʰɛi | |
baby | npr. | bɐŋtsɔɛ’lɛtsɛi | |
bachelor | n. | φutuŋ | |
back, upper back | n. | tɐtsʰi; guigɔ | |
backbite | v. | ŋɐ’liɕiɛ’wu | |
background | n. | titsi | |
backpack | n. | ʥiɔkʰu | |
a backpackful of | n. | dəbu | |
bacon | n. | lhɐʐəu | cf. Chinese Làròu 腊肉 |
bad (of weather) | adj. | mɐŋhɐŋ | |
bad | adj. | ɖɐ; mɐ̃dʐuɐŋ; ɳɛi | |
bad body odour | n. | dʐiŋɐi | |
bad-hearted | adj. | sɐnnigɔdʐu; sɐnniɖɐ | |
bad-tempered | adj. | gəʨidɐ; səŋɖɐ | |
bag | n. | pɔpɔ | cf. Chinese Bāobāo 包包 |
bag, sack | n. | kʰi | |
bake | v. | kʰə | |
balcony | n. | sɐnhɐŋ | |
balcony, ground | n. | sənhɐŋ | |
bald hairless head | n. | gutsʰi | |
bamboo | n. | ’mɐi | |
bamboo shoots | n. | ’mɐiʐi | |
bamboo strips | n. | ’mɐiχɔ | |
banks of waterside fields | n. | tʂʰibɐŋ | |
Bǎoxīng 宝兴 | name. | tʰəŋʨiɐ | |
bar, hold up | v. | wo | |
bare | adj. | gɛiʨiɐlhɐ | |
bare-footed | adj. | ŋɐgədʐɐŋ | |
bare mountain | n. | dʐɐpɐ | |
bark | n. | pɐpɐ | |
bark | n. | sɐnpupɐpɐ | |
barley, highland barley, hull-less barley | n. | g’i | |
a gain of barley | n. | g’idɐ’jɐŋ | |
barley bread | n. | g’ib’ɔlɔ | |
barley flour | n. | g’ipʰɛ | |
black barley | n. | g’inigɐ | |
roasted barley flour | n. | jĩpʰɛ; inb’ɛ | |
self-made barley beer | n. | χɐn | |
white barley | n. | g’iʂɔ’mɐ | |
bask | v. | d’ɐn | |
basket sieve | n. | lɔʂɐi | cf. Chinese Luóshāi 箩筛 |
basket used to carry objects on the back | n. | ʁ’uŋtu | |
bastard | n. | niɛtʂʰu | cf. Chinese nièchù 孽畜 |
bat | n. | gədʐipʰɐŋ’wɐŋ | |
bathe | v. | jɐjɐbɛi | |
battle | n. | ’mɐ | |
be | cop. | dʐi | |
be forced to promise | v. | dʐi’wutsilɛlu | |
be responsible for | v. | kuɐn | |
beak | n. | ’ɲiŋtʂɔ | |
beak, the mouth of birds | n. | nɐmɛnyŋbu | |
bean | n. | ʨiɐŋtəu | cf. Chinese Jiāngdòu 豇豆 |
bean | n. | ɲiɔ | |
bear | n. | ɐngui | |
beard | n. | ’ətsɐŋ | |
beast-hide raincoat | n. | lhɐki | |
beast | n. | βəmuɕiɐnsɔ | |
beastly, cruel | adj. | sɐnnihɐŋ | |
beat | v. | dɐ̃ | |
beautiful | adj. | dzĩ’wu | |
beauty | n. | dzĩ’wu | |
become a doctor | v. | ’mɛ̃bɛi ’wu | |
become accustomed | v. | ŋɐndʐuɐŋbɐ | |
become an orphan | v. | duʐuʁɐ | |
become available | v. | ʨi | |
become famous | vpr. | ’miŋtʰujɐn; ’miŋtʰəujɐn | |
become in-laws (of families), have each other’s children get engaged | v. | niwuəsɐ | |
become objectively permissible | v. | dzi | |
become | v. | ɲi | |
become well-known | v. | ’miŋtʰuʨʰi | |
bed | n. | tʂʰĩ | |
bee | n. | wuitsɛi | |
beef | n. | niɕi | |
beehive | n. | χə | |
a beehive of | n. | wuitsɛiχədʐuŋ | |
beehives | n. | χədʐuŋ | |
before long | vpr. adv. | dɐnmɐtʰɔsɐŋ | |
before one’s eyes | adv. | niɐ̃ʂikɐ | |
before the house | adv. | ʥ’iɐŋʂikɐ | |
beggar | n. | tʂui’wu | |
beginning of a year | n. | lotsʰɔ | |
behind | n. adv. pos. | ŋɐ’li | |
believe | v. | sĩʐɐ | |
bell | n. | dʐipu | |
bell-metal | n. | li | |
belly | n. | pɐ | |
below | adv. | b’ɛi | |
bend down | pder. | jigɔʐɔ | |
bend | n. | gɔʐɔ; gigɔ; gɛigo | |
bend of the road | n. | φuʨiɐgɔʐɔ | |
best | n. | tʂʰigɛ’wu | |
betroth | v. | ɕiɔʨʰiɐŋbɛi | |
better | v. | wugɛku | |
Betula (birch) | n. | tʂʰuipu | |
big | adj. | dɐ; dɐdɐ | |
the big | n. | dɐ’wu | |
the bigger | n. | dɐ’wu | |
the biggest | n. | dɐ’wu | |
big dipper | n. | nɐŋtʂʰigədɐn | |
big in diameter | adj. | ɲɐndɐŋ; niɐntɐŋ | |
big rock | n. | pʰɐŋ’wɐŋ | |
big toe | n. | ŋənydɐ’wu’ny; gənydɐ’wu’ny | |
big wooden fork | n. | gidɐ̃ | |
big yellow ant | npr. | βuχɐ dʐuɐŋ’mə | |
bind up | v. | jilulu | |
bind | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
birdie | n. | nɐtsɛi; tʂʰitsɛi | |
any tiny little bird | n. | tsʰitsʰitsɛitsɛi | |
birds | n. | b’u’wu; nɐ’wuŋ; nɐ’wũ | |
birthday | n. | səŋ | |
bit | adj. adv. | dɛʨi | |
bitch | n. | kʰu’ɳi | |
bite | v. | tsɐŋdi | |
bitter | adj. | kʰi | |
bitter buckwheat | n. | dʐuʥiu | |
bittern | n. | gəutsi | |
black adj. | n. | nigɐ | |
black and white ox | n. | nitʂʰəkɛi | |
black and white, of different colours | adj. | tʂʰəkɛi | |
black fungus, tree’s mushroom | n. | ’ɐtsinɔ’wu | |
black ink | n. | ’nɐdzo | |
black soybean | npr. | ɲiɔnigɐ | |
blackberry | n. | ʁɛisi | |
blacksmith | n. | gəʐə | |
bladder | n. | ’mɐŋkɔ | |
blast | v. | b’ɐ | |
bleed | v. | dzitʂʰuɛ | |
blighted corn | n. | yu’mɛniɐ̃kɔ | |
blind | adj. n. | niɐ̃kɔ | |
blind gut | n. | pɐtu | |
blink one’s eyes | v. | niɐ̃tsigə | |
blisters | n. | tʂʰitɐ | |
block up | v. | ʂui; sui | |
blood | n. | dzi | |
blooding | adj. | ’məsəmə’lɔ | |
blow (said of wind) | v. | ʂɔ | |
blowpipe | n. | pɛituŋ | |
blue veins | n. | gu | |
blunderbuss | n. | niɛʨʰiuŋ; niɛtʂʰuŋ | |
blunt | adj. | mɐʨʰiɐŋ | |
blunt, slow-witted | adj. | ɖɐ̃mu | |
boast | v. | dzɐŋbɛi’wu | |
body | n. | libu | |
body hair | n. | tsʰɐŋ | |
boil food in water | v. | ʂɐ | |
boil medicine | v. | ’mɛʂɐ | |
boil some water | v. | tʂipʰutə | |
be boiling | v. | dui | |
books | n. | dʑ’i | |
a book | npr. | ʥ’itʰə | |
borrow | v. | ji’ni | |
borrow money | v. | dzɔ’ni | |
borrow back and forth | v. | ji’niwu’nibɛi | |
bottom | n. | titsi | |
boundary of a field | n. | χi’lɐŋ | |
bow | v. | ʂi | |
bow with hands folded in front | v. | tsɔ’jibɛi | cf. Chinese Zuòyī 作揖 |
bowl | n. | kʰɔ; z’ɛikʰɔ | |
an overfilled bowl | n. | ʨyəʨyədɐkʰɔ | |
a crack in the bowl | n. | kʰɔkʰəʐi | |
a bowl of butter tea | npr. | minʥ’iudɐkʰɔ | |
a bowl of | npr. | dɐkʰɔ | |
box | n. | ɕiɐŋɕiɐŋ | cf. Chinese Xiāng 箱 |
bracelet | n. | lɐtʂɔ | |
branch | n. | luŋtə | |
brave | v. | sɐnʨiɛ | |
brawny | v. | simukɔdzɐn | |
brazen out | v. | lɐitsiʂuɐmu | |
bread | n. | b’ɔlɔ | |
a loaf of bread | npr. | b’ɔlɔdɐʨʰiɐ | |
break | v. | tɕiɐ | |
break, snap | v. | g’iu | |
break into fine particles | vpr. | tʂʰimiʨʰiuŋ | |
break off relations | vpr. | hɛʐimɛ̃sɐŋ | |
break wind | v. | ’nɐŋku | |
breakfast | n. | dʐɛi | |
breast | n. | ’ɳi’ɳi | |
breath | n. | wuŋɐn | |
breathe out | v. | wuŋɐn ɬɐŋ | |
bricklayer | n. | totsu | |
bridge | n. | zɐŋbu; ʨʰiɐu’lutsi | cf. Chinese Qiáolùzi 桥路子 |
bright | adj. | sɐŋ; sɐŋtʂʰuɐŋtsɛi; sɐŋtʂʰɔŋtsɛi | |
brine | n. | gəutsi | |
bring | v. | pʰɐn | |
bring out | v. | tʰutʂʰuɛ | |
broadcast | v. | χəu; ʁ’əu | |
broad-minded | adj. | pɐtʂʰilɔŋ | |
bronze ritual metal | n. | ʐɐ | |
broom made of sorghum straw | n. | gəpɛiʨʰiɐ’mu | |
broom | n. | ʨʰiɐ’mu | |
broth | n. | ɕiʁɐn | |
brothers and sisters | n. | ’mɐŋ’muhɐŋtsɛi | |
brothers | n. | kɛkɛpuzu | |
bruise by squeezing | v. | kəlɐn | |
brutal people | n. | dʐu’wu | |
bubble fir | n. | tʰɐŋgəu | |
bubble | n. | bubu | |
bucket | n. | dzo’wu | |
buckwheat | n. | gi | |
buckwheat bread | n. | gib’ɔlɔ; gidzɐŋb’ɔlɔ | |
buckwheat flour | n. | gipʰɛ | |
Buddha | n. | sɐŋɲi | |
a living Buddha | n. | kʰɐnmu; kʰɐŋβu; kʰɐnbu | |
buffalo | n. | ɬɐpɐ | |
bug | n. | dʐɛiʂi | |
build | n. | libu | |
build, lay out | v. | to | |
build a road | vpr. | φuʨiɐtsu | |
building | n. | ʥ’iɐŋ | |
bull kept for covering | n. | ’lɐŋʐɐn | |
bump | v. | ʨʰiɔ | |
bump together | v. | ʨʰiuŋʨʰiuŋtsʰɐi | |
bun with vegetable stuffing | n. | dzɐŋb’ɔlɔ | |
burn incense | vpr. | ʂɔpɐŋ | |
burn the firewood | vpr. | sɐn’lɔku | |
burn to carbon, overburn | v. | dʑ’i | |
burn wood | v. | kʰuɐn | |
burning wood made up of dry branches and twigs | npr. | kʰɔsɐŋ | |
burst | v. | b’ɐ | |
bury | v. | min’nu | |
business | n. | dɐnɖɐ | |
businessman | n. | tsʰuŋbɛi’wu | |
bustle about | v. | kʰiɐkʰiɐku | |
busy | adj. | bɐ̃ | |
but | conj. | dɛigɐŋ | |
butler | n. | gɛigu | |
butt | v. | gɛigɛitsʰɐi | |
butter | n. | mi | |
butter lamp | n. | ʥ’ymɛi; ʥ’ymi | |
butter tea | n. | minʥ’iu | |
butter tea barrel | n. | ʥiɐŋtʰuŋ | |
butterfly | n. | kʰəɬə | |
buttocks | n. | bɔbɔ, bəbə | |
button | n. | dʐə’wu | |
button hole | n. | dʐəpɐn | |
buy | v. | ’ɲyɐŋ | |
buyer | n. | dzɔ’ɲiɐŋ’wu | |
by all means | adv. | ɛ’li’wubɛibɛi | |
by oneself | adv. | dɛpɛitsɛi | |
by the way | adv. | ʂɔjo | |
cactus | n. | silhɐlhɐbə | |
calf | n. | mɐŋpɐ | |
calf, small ox | n. | nĩtsɛi | |
calf of the leg | n. | bu’luŋ | |
call, yell | v. | sɐʨʰyɐn | |
calm | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
camp | n. | ’jə | |
can | v. | ’ɲyɐŋ | |
can’t go | pder. | jilumɛʨi | |
can’t help laughing | v. | ʁisibubu | |
cannon | n. | pʰɔ | cf. Chinese Pào 炮 |
cannot appreciate kindness, act, ungratefully | vpr. | dʐuɐnbumɐ’ɲyɐŋ | |
careful | adj. | dzɐndʐu | |
carefully | adv. | dɐntɔkulɛ; gɛgɛtsɛi | |
careless | adj. | dʐilumɛ̃ | |
caress | v. | ʂiʂuɐi | |
carpenter | n. | sɐngo’wu; ɕiɐntsu | |
carry on the shoulder | v. | tʂʰɐkʰopɐ | |
carry on the back | pder. | jibu | |
case used to hold clothing | n. | dz’ɛwɛkʰuʂɐŋ | |
case used to hold clothing | n. | dz’ɛwɛ hɐsɐŋ | |
casserole | n. | ʂɐkuɐntsi | cf. Chinese 沙罐子 shāguànzi |
cat | n. | ŋɐ’wũ; ŋɐŋ’wu | |
catapult | n. | wutɔ | |
catch a cold | vpr. | g’utsɛipʰɛpʰɛtsɛiʨʰimu | |
catch | v. | χɔ | |
catch up | v. | ʨiɐŋʨʰiɔ | |
catch with hands | v. | ŋuɐ | |
caterpillar | n. | βukɛi | |
cattle keeper | n. | niʑi’wu | |
cattle | n. | dʐo’jɐ | |
cattle | n. | ni | |
caul fat | n. | tsʰidʐəu | |
causative marker | -ku | ||
cause and consequences | n. | ʂikɐŋɐ’li | |
cause and effect | n. | dʐolu | |
cause, source | n. | jiluhɛlu | |
cave | n. | dʐɐbɔ | |
cave | n. | kʰɔkʰɔ | |
cecum | n. | pɐtu | |
celebrate birthday | v. | səŋbɛi | |
celebrate the Spring Festival | vpr. | lisɛibɛi | |
celebrate | v. | bɛi | |
centipede | n. | βudziʐɐ | |
centre | n. | wui | |
century, a hundred years | npr. | lodʑiə | |
certainly | int. | o’jɐ | |
chaff blower | n. | tʂɛi | |
chaff | v. | si | |
chang | n. | χɐn | |
change back and forth | v. | tʂʰɐtʂʰɐʂutʂʰɐtʂʰɐbɔbɛi | |
change | v. | tʂʰɐtʂʰɐ | |
change, give change to | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
chant | v. | ’lo; χi | |
chant words | vpr. | ʥ’iχi | |
char | v. | g’ɐmɐ pɐŋ | |
characteristics | n. | səŋ | |
charcoal | n. | g’ɐmɐ | |
chase | v. | χɔ | |
chat | v. | dzɐŋɕiɛbɛi | |
cheap | adj. | tsʰĩ | |
cheap | adj. | tsʰĩ’wu | |
cheap things | n. | tsʰĩ’wu | |
cheek | n. | nɔtsʰo | |
cheer on | v. | sɐnʨiɛ | |
chef | n. | ʈhəŋki | |
Chéngdū 成都 | name. | tʂʰəŋdu | |
chest | n. | ’wɐŋʨiɐ | |
chest or case used to hold clothing or grains | n. | kʰuʂɐŋ | |
chew into fine particles | v. | migogo; midʐiku | |
chicken (lit.) | n. | ʥiə | |
chicken coop | n. | ʥiɔtɐŋ | |
chicken egg | n. | nɐsi; nɐʂi | |
an egg | npr. | nɐsidɐ’jɐŋ | |
chicken keeper | n. | nɐʑi’wu | |
chicken | n. | nɐ | |
chieftain | n. | ʥiɔpu | |
child | n. | buʐi; ɛ’lɛtsɛi; bəbuʐi | |
a group of children | npr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛiɲiɐdəʨʰiɔ | |
bad children | n. | niɛtʂʰu | cf. Chinese nièchù 孽畜 |
childish/childlike man | npr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛi’wudɛpɛi | |
chilli pepper | n. | g’utsə | |
chin | n. | nɐnki; nɛgi | |
Chinese characters | n. | dʑ’i | |
a Chinese character | n. | ʥ’idɐnɐŋ | |
Chinese emperor sitting in bed reigning the entire country | n. | dʑiɛ̃’nɐtʂʰĩdʐiʥiɔbu | |
Chinese juniper | n. | dʐɐdʐɐ | |
Chinese pear-leaved crab apple | n. | lɛisi | |
Chinese prickly ash | n. | dzɐŋmɐŋ | |
Chinese tingling black pepper | n. | dzɐŋmɐŋ | |
Chinese yam | n. | ɐ’ɳɐ’ɳɐ | |
chip | v. | tsɔ | |
chisel | n. | dzɐntsi | |
choke (of smoke) | v. | ɕiu | |
choking smoke, fume | n. | muhoɕiumu | |
choose | v. | tsʰi | |
chop into pieces | v. | tsətsə | |
chop | v. | tsə | |
chopsticks | n. | tʂuŋʨʰiɐ | cf. Ancient Chinese zhù 箸 |
a set of chopsticks | npr. | tʂuŋʨʰiɐdɐʨiɐ | |
chopsticks’ cage | npr. | tʂuŋʨʰiɐpʰɔtʂo | |
Chrysosplenium macrophyllum Oliv (golden saxifrage) | n. | pɐpɐniɔ | |
chump | n. | ɖɐ̃mu | |
cicada | n. | ɛ’niɛn’niɛn | |
a small cicada | n. | guɐnɲiɛ | |
circumstantial suffix | -lu | ||
city, town | n. | kʰiɐ | |
clanking | n. | tɐŋlhɐŋlhɐŋ | |
clap one’s hands | v. | kodɐ̃ | |
clap | v. | ʨʰiɐdi | |
classifier for a mouthful of liquid food | n. | mu | |
a mouthful | npr. | dɐmu | |
classifier for a piece of land or a group of people | ʨʰiɔ | ||
classifier for an episode | -tɛ̃tsɛi | ||
classifier for animals | ʨiɐŋ | ||
classifier for backpacks | bu | ||
classifier for beating or striking | dɐntsi | cf. Chinese Dùn 顿 | |
classifier for bite | tsɐŋdi | ||
classifier for books | tʰə | ||
classifier for buildings, mountains, clothing, affairs, etc. | ʨiɐ | ||
classifier for Chinese characters, sentence, articulation, etc. | nɐŋ | ||
classifier for cloth | ju | ||
classifier for cups of drinks | n. | tʂuɐŋ | |
classifier for either one of the objects that occurs in a pair | pʰɐ | ||
classifier for people | pɛi | ||
classifier for rivers | kʰɐ | ||
classifier for statue | ʨʰyo | ||
classifier for the number of months (’li), a month | n:qual. | dɛ’li | |
classifier for the times of doing something | pʰɔ | ||
classifier for trees | pu | ||
clay | n. | ’ɳɔpɐ | |
clean | adj. pos. adv. | tsɐŋmɐŋtsɛi; tsɐŋ | |
clean up | v. | kʰəɕiʥiɔ | |
clean up, sweep | v. | ʨʰiɐ | |
clean up | v. | wutsɐŋku | |
clear | adj. adv. | guɐntʂɐtsɛi | |
cleft lip | n. | əʂui | |
clench one’s fist | v. | ko’ɲynɐŋjitɐŋku | |
clever | adj. | dʐɐ | |
cliff | n. | ’lɐ̃χɐŋ | |
cliff | n. | gəutsi | |
climb upwards | v. | tʰutʂɐ | |
clip something in the armpit | v. | jɐtʂimɛjigəku | |
close, near | adj. adv. | nɐŋpʰɐ | |
close, not long in time | n:qual. | dɐn’ɲin’ŋɐŋmɛtsʰiɛ | |
close one’s eyes | vpr. | niɐ̃mi | |
close the door (obsolete) | v. | guʥiɔ | |
close the door | vpr. | mɛnwukʰyɔ | |
close | v. | kʰyɔ | |
cloth | n. | ʐɛi | |
black cloth | n. | ʐɛigɐntsʰɛi | |
a piece of cloth | n. | ʐɛidəju (eitʰer 10.67m or 9.33m) | |
a piece of cloth winding around the head | n. | tʂɐntʂʰi | cf. Chinese Chánzi 缠子 |
a piece of red cloth | n. | ʐɛijinχindəju | |
cloth shoes | n. | ʐɛidʐi | |
clothes, upper garment | n. | dz’ɛwɛ | |
a whole set of clothing | n. | gutsɐŋlitɐ | |
a suit of clothing | npr. | dz’ ɛwɛdɐʨiɐ | |
cloud | n. | ʐoŋkuɐn; wũpə; mũbə | |
clutch | v. | ŋuɐ; wɐdi | |
coal | n. | mɛi | cf. Chinese Méi 煤 |
cockroach | n. | ʥ’iɐŋβuʐu | |
cocoon | n. | kʰɔkʰɔ | |
coffin | n. | gɐŋ’mu | |
cohabitant | n. | nɐŋdzũ | |
coin | n. | zuŋtsʰɐi | |
cold | adj. | kʰuɐŋ | |
cold season | n. | guɐnkʰu | |
collapse | v. | lɔ | |
collar | n. | guɬuŋ | |
collect | v. | kʰəkʰə | |
college | n. | tɐɕyə | cf. Chinese Dàxué 大学 |
colorful cloth | adj. | ʐɛitʂʰəkɛitsɛi | |
colour | n. | dɔkʰə; dɔkʰu; tsʰɐntsi | |
colourful | adj. | tʂʰəkɛitsɛi; tʂʰɛikɛitʂʰəkɛitsɛi; dʐəmindʐəmɛ | |
comb | n. | tʂu; tʂutsi | |
comb | v. | tʂu | cf. Chinese Shū 梳 |
comb the hair | v. | wɐn’jɐntʂu | |
come | v. | hɛ | |
come again | vpinfl. | dɐhɛ | |
come back | vpinfl. | dɐhɛ | |
come downstairs | vpinfl. | dɐmihɛ | |
come downward | v. | mihɛ | |
come downwards along the same course (after one has gone upwards) | vpinfl. | dɐmihɛ | |
come in | pder. | jihɛ | |
come in along the same course (after one has gone out) | vpinfl. | dɐjihɛ | |
come out along the same course (after one has gone in) | vpinfl. | dɐwuhɛ | |
come upward | v. | tʰuhɛ | |
come upwards along the same course (after one has gone downwards) | vpinfl. | dɐtʰuhɛ | |
Come here! | pder. | hɛ’wɛ | |
commissioned army officer | n. | ’mɐmimɛpɐ̃ | |
commitments | n. | dɐnɖɐ | |
common cold | n. | g’utsɛipʰɛpʰɛtsɛi | |
companion | n. | ʐɔpu | |
compare | v. | tuipibɛi | cf. Chinese duìbǐ, 对比 |
competent | adj. | guluŋtʰɐn | |
complete | adj. | gudʐui | |
complete | vpr. | bɛitsʰu | |
completely | adv. | tʰəutʰəugəu(gəu) | |
complicated | adj. | χɐŋ | |
compost | n. | ʁ’ɐn | |
comprehensive | adj. | gutsɐŋlitɐ | |
computer | n. | diɐnnə | cf. Chinese diànnǎo 电脑 |
concave | n. | kʰɔkʰɔ | |
conceal | v. | jipɛ | |
confused | adj. | lusumɛ̃ | |
connect | v. | sɐ | |
conserve | v. | zuʐu | |
constitution, build | n. | ʐiʨiɐ | |
consult | n. | dʐuigə | |
consult | v. | minkʰɐŋ | |
consume | v. | dʑ’iɐ | |
contagious | vpr. | ʥiʥibɛi; ʥilujɐn | |
contain | v. | tʂʰuɐŋ | |
convenient | adj. | ʥiɐn | |
cook by directly putting raw food in fire | v. | pɐŋ; pɔ̃ | |
cook dishes | v. | dzɐnbɐbɛi | |
cook | n. | jɔbu; ʈhəŋki | |
cool | adj. | ʁoʁotsɛi | |
cool | v. | pɐmu | |
cool water | n. | tʂuŋpɐ | |
copper | n. | dzɐŋmu | |
coral | n. | dʐiʐi | |
corn bread | n. | yu’mɛb’ɔlɔ | |
corn cob | n. | yu’mɛpɔpɔ | cf. Chinese Yùmĭ Bàngbang 玉米棒棒 |
corn | n. | yu’mɛ | cf. Chinese yùmĭ 玉米 |
corner | n. | zukʰɐ | |
corner of clothes | n. | guɬuŋ | |
corpse | n. | ’mɐŋ | |
corridor | n. | tsʰɐilhɐŋtsi | |
cotton | n. | mɐ̃χɐ | cf. Chinese miánhuā 棉花 |
cotton coat | n. | mɐ̃χɐtʂʰipɐ | |
cough again and again | v. | kʰyʂukʰybɔbɛi | |
count | v. | ʥ’iɛ | |
country | n. | suʨʰiu | |
country road | n. | φuʨiɐ | |
countryside | n. | huŋtsʰu | |
courage | n. | dɐŋ’jɐŋ | |
cover | n. | kʰəkʰə | |
cow | n. | bə’mu | |
cowardly | adj. | dɐŋ’jɐŋni | |
cowpea flour | npr. | ʨiɐŋtəupʰɛ | |
cowpea | n. | ʨiɐŋtəu | |
crab apple flower | n. | lɛisimintɔ | |
craftsman | n. | lɐto | |
crane | n. | ʥiɔ’wɐŋ | |
crawl | vpr. | bəbəʂiʂi | |
creep, crawl | v. | tɕʰytɕʰymu | |
crematory | n. | doso | |
crippled | adj. | kuɐ’jɛ | |
crisp | adj. | kʰɔsɔlɔtsɛi | |
criticise | v. | dʐɔ | |
crop expertise | n. | liɕiɐn | |
crop harvest decrease | vpr. | litʰɔɳiɐn | |
crop | n. | litʰɔ | |
cross legs (in the old times only people of some importance can do this) | v. | d’ɐnd’ɐnbɛi | |
cross talks in public places | n. | lũ’mindʐĩ | |
cross-eye | n. | niɐ̃ɕiɛ | |
crossing | n. | jitʰuŋwutʰuŋ | |
crow | n. | gɐ’li | |
crowd | n. | mũminmɐŋ | |
cruel | adj. | dʐu; sɐnnihɐŋ | |
crush | v. | ʨʰiuŋ; tʂʰuŋ | |
cry | v. | gɔ | |
cuckoo | n. | kuku | |
cumin | n. | ’ɐntʂi | |
cunning | adj. | gui | |
cup | n. | pɛipɛitsɛi; tʂuɐŋ | |
cupboard | n. | bɐŋ | |
curio | n. | ŋɐnbuŋɐn’nɐ | |
currency | n. | dzɔ | |
curse | n. | mɛlɐŋ | |
curse back and forth | v. | dʐɔʂudʐɔbɔ | |
curse each other | vpr. | dʐɔdʐɔbɛi | |
curved stone or iron leg of the tripod props beneath a wok | n. | dzɐŋluŋ; dzɐnlhuŋ | |
customer | n. | dzɔ’ɲiɐŋ’wu | |
cut firewood | v. | sɐn’nyŋ | |
cut the cackle | v. | kʰɐpɐniɐntsilɛ | |
cut the vegetable | v. | dzɐnbɐmido | |
cut | v. | do; gə | |
cut wood | v. | ’ɲyŋ | |
Cyclobalanopsis glauca (Thunb.) Oerst | n. | dzisɐn | |
cymbals | n. | ʨʰiɐnlhɐ | |
cypress, cedar (the leaves of which is burned as incense to worship the God) | n. | ʂɔpu | |
Dàdù River 大渡河 | n. | nyɐŋtʂi | |
damage | v. | dɐŋhɐŋbɛi | |
Dānbā 丹巴, places where Jiāróng people live | name. | ʐu’mɛi | |
dance | v. | dʐuɐidʐuɐibɛi | |
dandelion | n. | gəutsipɐ | |
Dào | n. | tɔ | |
Dàofú 道孚 | name. | ɖə’wu | |
dare | v. | ’ɲy | |
dare not eat | vpr. | gomɛ’ɲy | |
dark | adj. | nigɔʐɔ | |
dark brown and blue | n. | məpu | |
dark cloth | n. | ʐɛigɐntsʰɛi | |
dark clouds foreboding rain | n. | dʐi’nɐ | |
dark nights | n. | nigɔʐɔmɛmɐŋgɛitsɛi | |
darken | v. | ɲi | |
date of wedding | n. | ɕiɔʨʰiɐŋbɛimɛʐɐ | |
dative marker -ə of -wuələ ~ -ələ | ~-ləwuə ~ -wuə ~ -ə | ||
daub the colour | v. | ʁi | |
daughter | n. | dz’imɛi | |
daughters | npr. | dz’imɛiɲiɐ | |
daughter-in-law | n. | ʥ’iɐŋdɐmu | |
dawdle over one’s work | v. | jɐnmubɛi’wu | |
dawdle | v. | ʐɐku’wu | |
day | n. | mu’lu | |
day after tomorrow | n. adv. | ʨʰidʐɐ | |
day and night | n. | nisi | |
the day before yesterday | n. | ʁoniɛ | |
days | n. | ʐɐ | |
deaf | n. | wɐnβə | |
December | n. | bɛi’lisɛi; lisɛi | |
decide | v. | dɐntʰɐ | |
decide on a date for a special occasion by the shaman | vpr. | ʐɐʥiɔ | |
deep | adj. | ’nu | |
deer | n. | ɕiu’wu | |
definitely | adv. | tʰəutʰəugəu(gəu) | |
delay | v. | tʰɔ | |
delicious | adj. | tʂʰĩdʐuɐŋ | |
delight | v. | guiluhɐŋhɐŋbɛi | |
deliver a child | v. | bɔ’jɔbɛi’wu | |
dell | n. | luŋpu | |
demarcations of the land | n. | dʐ’ɛikuɐn | |
dense | adj. | ʑiɐʑiɐ | |
dent | v. | dĩ | |
dependent existential verb | v. | bu | |
deposit | v. | zuʐu | |
desk | n. | tʂuətsɛi | |
despair | v. | ’mɐŋʨiubɛi; dɛ’lɔbɛi | |
destiny | n. | lɛ | |
destroy oneself by taking poison | v. | tugo | |
destroy | v. | wutsʰoku | |
details | n. | kɛnkɛn’məʐi | |
devastate | v. | wutsʰoku | |
develop | v. | bɐ; kʰi | |
dew | n. | guɐnsi | |
diabolo | n. | kʰuɐlhɐwɐn | |
dialect | n. | kɛʨʰiɛ | |
dibble (e.g. maize, cabbage, etc.) | v. | tsʰɔ; dz’ɔ | |
dice | n. | sɐitsi | cf. Mandarin shăizi/tóuzǐ 骰子 |
dice-thrower | n. | sɐitsiŋuɐ’wu | |
die | v. | si | |
difficult | adj. | χɐŋ | |
difficult | n. | nɐŋʐuχɐŋ | |
difficult to handle | adj. | ʑiɐnŋɐjɐn | |
difficult to walk (of road) | adj. | tɕʰy’jihɐŋ | |
dig | v. | hɐ | |
digit | n. | ko’ny | |
digit | n. | ɲy; ’ny | |
diligent | adj. | gɛi’jɐŋ | |
dillydally | v. | jɐnmubɛi’wu | |
diminish (of sound) | v. | ŋɐ | |
diminutive suffix | -tsɛi | ||
direction | n. | ʈhəuʨʰyo | |
direction of wood | n. | ɕiɔʂəngkʰɐŋ | |
directional morpheme ‘back on the same course’ | dɐ | ||
directional morpheme denoting a downward action | mi | ||
directional morpheme denoting an inward direction | ji | ||
directional morpheme denoting an upward action | tʰu | ||
directional suffix denoting an outward direction | wu | ||
dirty | adj. | kɛkɛɳiɔɳiɔ; ni; ɳɛ | |
disappointed | adj. | ʂiχui | |
disaster | n. | bəʨʰiɛ; dʐuŋʨʰiɐ; gibəʨʰiɛ | |
disclose | v. | bɔ | |
disengage | v. | tɛ | |
dish | n. | ʨiə | |
dish cabinet | n. | dɐŋtʰɔ | |
disheartened | adj. | ʂiχui | |
disposition | n. | pʰiʨʰi | |
dispute | v. | ɕiɛɕiɛbɛi | |
disrobe | v. | tɛ | |
distant | adj. | d’ɐχin | |
a distant place | n. | d’ɐχin | |
distinct | adj. | ʨʰilijɐn; ʨiɛ | |
disturbing | adj. | bubulɐlɐ | |
divide | v. | ʥi | |
divine | v. | ʥ’iɛ | |
do a night’s sleep | v. | wũʂibɛi | |
do acupuncture | v. | kʰədi’wu | |
do chainsmoking | v. | ʥ’iɐʂuʥ’iɐbɔbɛi | |
do cleaning at home | v. | ʥ’iɐŋʨʰiɐ | |
do embroidery, do needlework | v. | sɔ | |
do fortune-telling | v. | ʥ’iɛ | |
do serious prayers | v. | ’lətʂəŋbɛi’wu | |
do singing and dancing | v. | mə’niʨʰiɐŋ’wu; ʨʰiɐŋ | |
do up | v. | tsu | |
do | v. | bɛi | |
docile | adj. | nyŋbudʐi | |
doctor | n. | ’mɛ̃bu | |
dodge | v. | wunɐ | |
dog (lit.) | n. | tʂʰi | |
dog | n. | kʰu | |
a dog | n. | kʰuʨiɐŋ | |
dog | n. | kʰutsɛi | |
don’t allow to go | v. | jiməku | |
don’t feel shameful | v. | hɐ’limɐnyɐŋ | |
Don’t forget! | int. | ʂumutʰɐɖɐ | |
Don’t go! | int. | tʰɛ’jinɛ | |
don’t know how to eat | vpr. | gomɐ’ɲyɐŋ | |
don’t know | v. | ’mɐmɛsi; mɐmɛsi | |
don’t know | v. | ɕiɛlumɛsi | |
don’t provoke | vpinfl. | tʰɐhɐhɐ | |
don’t take offense | vpinfl. | zibuzu | |
don’t want to go | v. | jitʂʰɐgi | |
don’t want to obey | vpr. | tsiʐɐŋmɛgi | |
donkey | n. | lhuotsi | |
door | n. | mɛi; mɛn | |
a Tibetan door | n. | gu | |
dough basin | n. | ʐuŋbu | |
douse the glim | v. | wuŋɐ | |
dove | n. | kuɐntsi | |
dowry | n. | pʰɛilhɐn | cf. Chinese péilián 陪奁 |
dragon (lit.) | n. | dʐu | |
Dragon Boat Festival | n. | wu’jɛ | cf. Chinese wǔyuè 五月 |
dragonfly | n. | ʂɐkɛi | |
drama | n. | ɕi | cf. Chinese Xì 戏 |
draught animals (horse, mule and donkey) | n. | βu | |
dream | v. | mɐŋ; məŋ | |
dress | n. | ’ɐʨʰiɐgui | |
dried turnip in slices for sale | n. | jɐŋkipʰɔ | |
dried turnip in slices | n. | ʨʰiɐnguɐ | |
drill (a well) | v. | bɔ | |
drink a mouthful of water | v. | tʂimuʥ’iɐ | |
drink medicine | v. | ’mɛʥi’ɐ | |
drink | v. | dʑ’iɐ | |
drink water, drink tea | v. | tsĩʥ’iɐʥ’iɐ | |
drinks | n. | ʥ’iɐtsɛi | |
drizzle | n. | dz’ɐŋsisitsɛi | |
drooling | adj. | kʰətʂʰinətʂʰi | |
drop, classifier for water | n. | dzɐ | |
drop one’s head | v. | wɐn’jɐnjipɛi | |
drop | v. | mikɛ | |
drown | v. | ɲɐŋ | |
drum | n. | dzɐn | |
dry adj. | v. | su | |
dry in the sun, expose | v. | wutʰɐn | |
dry out (of porridge) | v. | suʥiɐŋɲi | |
duck | n. | ɳiɐntsi; nɐ | |
dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni | n. | tsɛiguili | |
dust | n. | tʰɛiti | |
duty | n. | bɛikɛ’wu; liʨi | |
dwarf | n. | kʰɔbu ’ɐn’ɐntsɛi | |
dynamic perfective marker | -lɛnɐŋ | ||
dzo (offspring of a bull and a female yak) | n. | dzɔ | |
eagle | n. | χɐ | |
ear | n. | nɔ | |
earhole | n. | nɔpʰɔ | |
early | adj. adv. | ʂi; ʑiɛ; ʂikɐtsɛi | |
early in the morning | adj. adv. | ʑiɔ | |
earring | n. | bɔdɔ; tɐndə | |
earthenware | n. | mɐŋ35 | |
earthquake | npr. vpr. n. | sɐnhɐŋɖə | |
earthworm | n. | βudɛi | |
earwax | n. | nɔ’wu | |
east | n. | ɕiɔ | |
the east side | n. | ɕiɔniɛ | |
easy | adj. | lɛiɬu | |
easy-tempered | adj. | mindɐŋtsɛi | |
eat medicine | v. | ’mɛgo | |
eat one’s fill | v. | pɐ̃ku | |
eat too much | vpr. | golɛ’mɛiʨʰipʰɔ | |
eat | v. | go | |
egg | n. | nɐsi; nɐʂi | |
egret | n. | tʂʰiʥiɔʐɔ | |
eight hundred | num. | dʑiɛdʑiə | |
eight months | num. | ’jɛ’li | |
eight | n. | ’jɛ | |
eight | n. | dʑiɛ | |
eight thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰu’jɛʥiɐŋ | |
eight Yuán | num. | ’jɛpɐ | |
eighteen | num. | dʑiudʑiɛ | |
eighteenth day of a month | num. | giuʥiɛ | |
eighth day of a month | n. | ’jɛdʐuɐŋ | |
eight-nine | num. | dʑiɛtʂizəgɛi | |
eighty | n. | dʑiɛtʂi | |
eighty-eight | num. | dʑiɛtʂizədʑiɛ | |
eighty-five | num. | dʑiɛtʂizə’ŋə | |
eighty-four | num. | dʑiɛtʂizəʐi | |
eighty-one | num. | dʑiɛtʂizɐdzi | |
eighty-seven | num. | dʑiɛtʂizədɐn | |
eighty-six | num. | dʑiɛtʂizədʐu | |
eighty-three | num. | dʑiɛ tʂizəsɐŋ | |
eighty-two | num. | dʑiɛtʂizɐɳi | |
ejaculate | v. | ʁɐn | |
elbow | n. | kʰəputʂo | cf. Chinese gēbózhǒu 胳膊肘 |
elder brother | n. | kɛkɛ; kiki | cf. Chinese gēgē 哥哥 |
elder brother | n:kin. | ’əʨiɔ | |
elder sister | n:kin. | ’əgə | |
elderly people | n. | ’ləji’wuɲiɐ | |
eldest child | n. | buʐidɐ’wupɛi | |
elephant | n. | ’lɔmuʨʰi | |
elephant trunk | n. | nəʐɐ | |
Eleusine | n. | ’nɐtsiniɔ | |
eleven months | n. | sɛidɛ’li | |
eleven | num. | dʑiudzi | |
eleventh day of a month | num. | sɛigɛi | |
emerald | n. | ’ji | |
emissary | n. | gɛitsʰə | |
empty | adj. | bətuŋtsɛi | |
empty | n. | tuŋpu | |
end table | n. | tʰɐtʂo | |
endeavour | v. | gutʂubɛi | |
end of a year | n. | losi; losɛi | |
ends of clothes | n. | guɬuŋ | |
engage | v. | ɕiɔʨʰiɐŋbɛi | |
enjoy | v. | tʂʰɐgi | |
enter | v. | jĩky; jĩʨy | |
entertain | v. | pʰɐn | |
entity | n. pron. | dɐn | |
equal | adj. | dʐũdʐũ | |
equal division between two people | n:qual. | dɛpɛidɛniɛ | |
equally | adv. | dʐũdʐũ | |
erect | v. | tsu | |
erect a club | vpr. | sɐnʨiɐ mɛitsu | |
erode by rust | v. | tsuŋgo | |
escape | v. | lɐ | |
estimate | v. | tsʰɐitsʰɐibɛi | |
ethos | n. | kʰɐnʨiɐŋ | |
even | adv. | ni | |
evening | n. | nĩʨʰiɐtsitsi | |
evening time, at dusk, in the evening | n. adv. | mɐŋgɛitsɛi; mɐŋɲitsɛi | |
every | pron. | gɐŋtʂi; dɛisi | |
everybody | n. pron. | gɐŋtʂi’wu; dʐɐmu’wu | |
everyday | adv. | dɛnidɛtsʰɛ | |
every day | adv. n:qual. | dɛni | |
every family | n.pr. | dɐʥ’iɐŋdədzuŋ | |
everywhere | adv. | ’ələdʐidʐi; ɛ’likɛ | |
everywhere | adv. | sipɐlu | |
exceedingly | adv. | luhɐŋ | |
excavate | v. | b’utɛ | |
exception | n. | ʂɐ | |
exchange | v. | tʂʰɐtʂʰɐ | |
exhale | v. | wuŋɐn ɬɐŋ | |
exhaust | v. | tʂʰuɐn | |
exist (said of animate beings) | v. | nɐŋ | |
exist (said of inanimate beings) | v. | jɐn | |
expensive adj. | n. | pʰudɐ’wu | |
experience | n. | dɐnŋɐn | |
experienced auditory evidential marker | -tsimu | ||
experienced prospective marker | -bɛimu | ||
experiential marker | -niɐn | ||
explode | v. | b’ ɐ | |
expose | v. | tʰɐn | |
exposed | adj. | tʰɐn | |
extend | v. | ʨiɛ | |
extract oil | v. | mə’nɐʨiɐ | |
extremely bad person | n. | gɔdʐudʐu | |
extremely poor | adj. | pʰuŋlɛtɐŋlhɐŋlhɐŋʁɐ’wu | |
exuberant | adj. | ɖəu | |
eye | n. | niɐ̃ | |
eyeball | n. | niɐ̃lo | |
eyebrow | n. | niɐntsʰɐŋ; niɐ̃tsʰɐŋ | |
Fagopyrum tataricum (bitter buckwheat) (L.) Gaertn | n. | dʐuʥiu | |
face | n. | wuniɐ | |
face | v. | kʰi | |
face-washing basin | n. | kʰɔlɔ | |
Fagopyrum esculentum (common buckwheat) | n. | gi | |
fairly | adv. | tɔji | |
fairy | n. | ɬə’mu | |
fall asleep | v. | wũʥy | |
fall ill | v. | ʨʰĩɳɐ | |
fall | v. | lɔ | |
fame | n. | ’miŋtʰəu | |
family | n. | dɐʥ’iɐŋ | |
famine | n. | dʐuŋʨʰiɐ | |
famous | adj. | ’miŋtʰuʥiɐŋtʂɐ | |
fan its ears (of some animal) | v. | nɔpʰɐɬɐ | |
fan | v. | pʰɐɬɐ | |
farm animals | n. | sɔʨʰiɐɲiɐ | |
farm | v. | ʑi | |
farmer | npr. | litʰɔ tsʰɔ’wu | |
fast | adj. | tɐŋ | |
fasten the horse | vpr. | βupʰəjitʂʰɐ | |
fasten | v. | jitɐŋku; tʂʰɐ | |
fast track | n. | tsʰolu | |
fat | adj. | ʨiɐ | |
fat pork | n. | ɕipʰɐ | |
fatback | n. | ɕipʰɐ | |
fate | n. | lɛ | |
father | n. n:kin. | pʰɛi | |
father | n:kin. | ’ɐpɐ | |
father | n:kin. | ’ɐtɐ | |
fear | v. | ŋɐŋ | |
feast day | n. | diŋʨʰiɐn | |
feast | n. | dʐuɐn; χɐnʥ’iɐ | |
feather | n. | tsʰɐŋ | |
February | n. | ɳĩbu; ɳĩbu’li | |
feed the pig | v. | pʰɐz’ɛikʰɐŋ | |
feel afraid | v. | ŋɐŋmu | |
feel as if | v. | ʨʰipʰɔ | |
feel at ease | v. | səŋʐɐ | |
feel depressed | v. | du | |
feel depressed | v. | ʥy | |
feel disheartened | v. | ʥy | cf. Chinese jǔ 沮 |
feel heavy | v. | jĩmu | |
feel itchy | v. | tʂʰɔtʂʰɔmu | |
feel just right | v. | ʐɐ̃; ʐɐn | |
feel light | v. | jɐŋmu | |
feel painful | vpinfl. | ʨʰimu | |
feel relieved | v. | sɐŋmudi | |
feel satisfied | v. | səŋʐɐ | |
feel sorry for | v. | ɳiɐngi | |
feel thirsty | v. | nyŋbusu; tʂijimu | |
feel tired | v. | gɐ | |
feel uncomfortable, feel unsettled | vpr. | səŋməkə | |
feel upset in the heart | vpr. | dɐŋ’jɐŋgusɐŋmumɛdi; ʑosipʰɔ | |
feel | v. | pʰɔ | |
fell under the weather | v. | libumɛʥiɐn | |
fellow townsman, of the same town (of travellers) | n. | suʨʰiudɐʨiɐ | |
fellow-villager, (of travellers) from the same village | adj. | pʰə’jidɐʨiɐmɛmũ | |
felt | n. | bɛitɐn | |
female ancestors | n. | səjidɐ’mu | |
female | n. | ’ɳi | |
fence up | vpr. | lɛ’ŋɐjisui | |
Feng Shui divination after one’s death | n. | ʂitsiʥiɔ | |
festival | n. | diŋʨʰiɐn | |
fetch | v. | dz’i; dʐ’i | |
fetch | v. | ʨʰiu | |
fetch water | vpr. | tʂikʰiɔji | |
fete ceremony by three-gun salute | n. | pʰɔdi | |
few | adj. | niɐn | |
few and far between | adj. | ɖɐŋ | |
few | pron.adj. | niɐn’wu | |
fewer | adv. | niɐnniɐntsɛi | |
field | n. | ʥiɐ̃ | |
a plot of land | npr. | ʥiɐ̃ʨʰiɔ | |
field mouse | n. | dzĩguŋ’luŋ | |
fierce | adj. | kɔ | |
fierce gale | n. | ’luŋtʰɔ; muhi’luŋtʰɔ | |
fifteen | num. | dʑiu’ŋə | |
fifteenth day of a month | num. | sɛi’ŋɐ; si’ŋɐ | |
fifth day of a month | npr. | ’ŋɐndʐuɐŋ | |
fifth time | n. | ’ŋɐntʰɐngəu | |
fifty | num. | ’ŋəʨi; ’ŋətʂi | |
fifty-eight | num. | ’ŋətʂizədʑiɛ | |
fifty-five | num. | ’ŋətʂizə’ŋə | |
fifty-four | num. | ’ŋətʂizəʐi | |
fifty-nine | num. | ’ŋətʂizəgɛi | |
fifty-one | num. | ’ŋətʂizɐdzi | |
fifty-seven | num. | ’ŋətʂizədɐn | |
fifty-six | num. | ’ŋətʂizədʐu | |
fifty-three | num. | ’ŋətʂizəsɐŋ | |
fifty-two | num. | ’ŋətʂizɐɳi | |
fight in the battle | v. | ’mɐtsʰɐi | |
fight | v. | ʦhɐi; dɐ̃dɐ̃tsʰɐi | |
quarrel and fight | v. | diditsʰɐi | |
figure and build of a person | n. | kʰɔbu | |
filial | adj. | ɕiɔtsʰə | cf. Chinese Xiàoshùn 孝顺 |
fill | v. | ʥiku | |
filled | adj. | ʥi | |
filter | v. | tsʰɐ; tʂʰɐ | |
fine (weather) | adj. | ʐui | |
fine hair on the human body | n. | nĩtsʰɐŋ | |
fine-dried noodles, ready-made noodles | n. | kɔ’mɐn | cf. Chinese Guàmiàn 挂面 |
fine-looking | adj.n:qual. | dzĩdzĩtsɛi | |
finger | n. | ko’ny; ɲy; ’ny | |
finger nail | n. | kuiɕiɐn | |
fingerprint | n. | ʐi’mu | |
fire | n. | mindɐ; milɐ | |
firecracker | n. | huopaotsɛi | cf. Chinese Huǒpàozi 火炮子 |
fireplace | n. | mintʰə | |
fire-tongs | n. | kɐŋpɛi | |
firewood | n. | sɐn | |
a bundle of firewood | npr. | dɐ’wɐ | |
fireworks | n. | b’uʨʰiɐŋtɛ’wu | |
first day of a month | npr. | dɐdʐuɐŋ | |
first day of the Spring Festival | n. | nɐŋtu | |
first day of the twelfth month of a lunar year | n. | ŋɐn’li | |
fish | n. | tʂini | |
fishnet | n. | pɛitʂəu | |
fist | n. | ʨʰiɐntʰo | |
fit | v. | ʐɐ̃; ʐɐn | |
five hours | n. | tʂʰitsʰəu’ŋɐŋtɕiɐ | |
five hundred | num. | ’ŋədʑiə | |
five lamps | n. | tə̃ʨiɐ’ŋɐnʨiɐ | |
five months | npr. | ’ŋɐn’li | |
five | num. | ’ŋɐ; ’ŋɐn; ’ŋɐŋ; ’ŋə | |
five thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰu’ŋɐŋʥiɐŋ | |
five years | npr. | ’ŋɐ’ŋɐŋ | |
five Yuán | npr. | ’ŋɐnpɐ | |
flag | n. | ʥ’i | cf. Chinese Qí 旗 |
flail | n. | kɔ’ji | |
flame | n. | milə | |
flat | adj. | ʥiɐʥiɐtsɛi | |
flat grassland | n. | tʰɐŋ’wɐŋ | |
a big area of flat grassland | n. | pɐŋʨiɐʥiɐŋtʰɐŋ | |
flat riverside field | n. | tʂʰiʐɐn | |
flatland in the valley | n. | pɐtsɛi | cf. Chinese Bàzi 坝子 |
flatter | v. | kusubɛi | |
flea | n. | ʐi’wu | |
flee | v. | lɐ | |
fleetingly | adv. | ji’mijɐ’mɛ | |
flint | n. | mintʂʰu | |
flood | n. | φu | |
floor board | n. | ʥ’iɐŋʨiɛ | |
flour | n. | pʰɛ | |
flourishing | adj. | ɖəu | |
flow | v. | ʨʰiɐn | |
flower | n. | mintɔ | |
flower wither | vpr. | mintɔgu | |
flute | n. | gə’luŋtsɛi | |
fly | n. | βu’jɐŋ | |
a fly | npr. | βu’jɐŋʨiɐŋ | |
fly | v. | b’u | |
flying squirrel | n. | ʥiɐnnɐ | |
flying things | n. | b’u’wu | |
foam | n. | bubu | |
fodder | n. | niɔ | |
fold | v. | kuŋ | |
folk dances said to be imported from India | n. | mə’niʨʰiɐŋ | |
folk song | n. | də’lə | |
food for pig, pig wash | n. | pʰɐz’ɛi | |
food | n. | z’ɛi | |
food steamer | n. | dzə̃ku | |
foodstuff | n. | gotsɛi | |
foolish | n. | ɖɐ̃mu | |
foot | n. | gɐ; ŋɐ | |
foot of a mountain | n. | ʐinɛ | |
foot of goat | n. | ʨʰiŋɐ | |
foot of mountain | n. | ʐĩʈhəu | |
for the benefit of | adv. | ʂɔkɛitsɛi | |
forehead | n. | ’nikɐ | |
forest (a) | n. | sɐnpudɐʨʰiɐ | |
forget | v. | ʂumuɖɐ | |
fortunate, with exceptional good luck in life and social status | adj. | lɛdɐ | |
fortune | n. | dzətʰɐŋ | |
forty | num. | ʐitʂi | |
forty-eight | num. | ʐitʂizədʑiɛ | |
forty-five | num. | ʐitʂizə’ŋə | |
forty-four | num. | ʐitʂizəʐi | |
forty-nine | num. | ʐitʂizəgɛi | |
forty-one | num. | ʐitʂizɐdzi | |
forty-seven | num. | ʐitʂizədɐn | |
forty-six | num. | ʐitʂizədʐu | |
forty-three | num. | ʐitʂizəsɐŋ | |
forty-two | num. | ʐitʂizɐɳi | |
four hundred | n. | ʐidʑiə | |
four liǎng 两, 125 grams | npr. | zi’lhɐŋ | |
four months | n. | zi’li | |
four | n. | ʐi | |
four | num. | zi | |
four or five people | npr. | zi’ ŋɐpɛi | |
four thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰuziʥiɐŋ | |
four Yuán | npr. | zipɐ | |
fourteen | num. | dʑiuʐi | |
fourteenth day of a month | npr. | sizi | |
fourth day of a month | npr. | zidʐuɐŋ | |
fourth floor of a Guìqióng building used to store raw and unprocessed harvest | n. | sɐ̃tʂʰi | |
fourth time | n. | zitʰɐngəu | |
fowl | n. | nɐ’wuŋ; nɐ’wũ | |
fox | n. | oə | |
fragrance | n. | dʐitsɐŋ | |
freckle | n. | zɛituŋ | |
free | adj. | ʂɔ | |
free captive animals | v. | tsʰɛitʰɔɬɐŋ | |
free from worries | v. | zibuɕiɔ | |
friend | n. | dzu | |
friends | n. | dzuŋdzuŋtsɛi | |
frog | n. | bɛibu | |
frog or toad spawn | n. | bɛiʂibɛitʰɐ | |
from above | adv. | g’uni | |
from beginning till end | adv. | jĩzugɐŋwutsʰugɐŋ | |
from December 11th to 13th of a lunar year | n. | dʐuɐŋ’li | |
from | prep. | ni | |
front | n. adv. pos. | ʂikɐ | |
frost | n. | χɐdz’ɐn | |
frostbite | n. | kʰu’wunɐŋbɐŋ | |
fruit | n. | sitɔ | |
fruit tree | n. | sitɔ | |
fry | v. | ʨiɐu; pɐʨiɐku; ʨi | cf. Chinese Chǎo 炒 |
full (said of container of solid entities) | adj. | ʨyəʨyə | |
full | adj. | ʥi | |
full of life | adj. | ’jɐŋʥiɐŋkʰu | |
fume | n. | muho | |
fur | n. | tsʰɐŋ | |
furniture and utensils | n. | ʨiɐlhɐ | |
all the furniture and utensils | n. | dʐuibuʨiɐlhɐ | |
gallbladder | n. | ʐɐŋ | |
gamble | n. | ʂuɐʨʰiɐn | |
gamble | v. | sɐitsiŋuɐ̃ | cf. Chinese Shuāqián 耍钱 |
gambler | n. | sɐitsiŋuɐ’wu | |
game | n. | ʐidɐ | |
Gānzī 甘孜 | name. | gɐŋtsɛi | |
garbage | n. | dzəɬɐ | |
garbage | n. | ʨiɐʨiɐpɐpɐ | |
garden | n. | gɔli; gɔʐɛi | |
garlic | n. | ʂu | |
Gastrodia rhizome | n. | ʐi’ni | |
gather in the crops | v. | kɐ | |
gathering place | n. | min’mɐŋtsʰɔ’ji | |
gather up | v. | zuʐu | |
generally speaking | adv. | dulɛwuɕiɛgɐŋ | |
generation | n. | miʐə | |
generous | adj. | z’əʨiɐmɛdʐi | |
genitive case marker | mɛ | ||
get (food, etc.) burnt | v. | dʑ’i | |
get alleviated (of swelling) | vpinfl. | dɐŋui; dɐmiŋui | |
get angry | v. | zibuzu | |
get big | adj. | dɐ | |
get cheated | v. | ʂɐŋtɐŋpʰɔ | cf. Chinese Shàngdàng 上当 |
get close to | v. | tɛ̃ | |
get dark (of light) | v. | ŋɐ | |
get drunk | v. | ɐʐɐʥiɐ; ʥ’iɐlɛʥiɐ; ʥiɐ | |
get grubby | vpr. | βuʐubɛi | |
get ill | v. | ɳɐ | |
get in the way | v. | du | |
get out | v. | tʂʰuɐi; tʂʰuɛ; ʨʰyɛ | |
get rid of solid waste from the body | v. | ’nɐŋbɔ | |
get rusty | v. | tsuŋkĩ; tsuŋʨĩ | |
get stale | v. | pu | |
get through | v. | tʰuŋ | |
get up | v. | tʰuwɛ; wɛ | |
ghost | n. | niɛbu | |
ghostlike | n. | niɛdʐui’wu | |
gift | n. | kʰɐŋlu | |
gift | n. | ŋɐ | |
Gig prayer wheels | n. | lhɐ̃kʰu | |
gilded | adj. | tʂʰimu sisimɛ | |
gingiva | n. | χuisi | |
Ginseng | n. | ’wɔ’mulɐbə | |
girdle | n. | ʐɔku | |
girl | n. | dz’imɛi | |
a girl, a daughter, only daughter | npr. | dz’imɛidɛpɛi | |
girls | npr. | dz’imɛiɲiɐ | |
give | v. | kʰɐŋ | |
give birth to | v. | tʂʰɔ | |
give birth to a child | vpr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛinɐŋ | |
give or have an injection | v. | ’mɛmidɐgu | |
give somebody a kick | v. | dəʨiɔdi | |
given short weight (of purchaser) | adj. | kuɐnməgə | |
glacier | n. | pɐɲi | |
glass | n. | tʂuɐŋ | |
glutinous rice | n. | ʥiu’mi | |
go | v. | ji ~ gɛ̃ | |
go, leave | v. | bɐ | |
go all out to do | vpr. | ʂimutʂʰuɐnlɛbɛi | |
go back | vpinfl. | dɐbɐ | |
go carry some water on the back | vpr. | tʂikʰiɔji | |
go mouldy | v. | dʐ’iɕiu; muʨʰiɐ | |
go on an errand | v. | lɐŋdɐnχi’wu | |
go out | v. | ʨʰyɛ; ʨʰuɛ | |
Go there! | pder. | jinɛ | |
go to bed | v. | wuju | |
go to court | v. | kʰɐŋtsiʥiɔ’wu | |
Go to release yourself. | int. | ’nɐŋbɔjinɛ | |
go to school | v. | dʑ’itsɐn | |
go to work regularly | v. | ʂɐŋpɐnbɛi | cf. Chinese Shàngbān 上班 |
goat | n. | ʨʰi | |
goat milk | n. | ʨʰimɛ’ɳi’ɳi | |
goat (lit.) | n. | lo | |
goat shit | n. | ʨʰi’nɐŋ | |
goatskin | npr. | ʨʰipɐpɐ | |
god | n. | ɬə | |
god of Màibēng mountain | n. | jɐŋdzɐŋ | |
the God of a mountain peak in Guìqióng area | name. | ɳɐŋtʰə | |
gold | n. | ’ni | |
golden monkey | npr. | ɲiɔdʐigui | |
gong | n. | ʂuɐŋ | |
good | adj. | gɛ | |
good will | n. | dɐibə | |
good-looking | adj. | dzĩ | |
goods | v. | ki’wu | |
goose | n. | wo | cf. Chinese é 鹅 |
gore | v. | ’wɛ | |
gourd, mellon | n. | dz’ɐikuɐ | cf. Sìchuān Chinese càiguā 菜瓜 |
government official | n. | pɐ̃ | |
gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard | n. | kuɐnniɐ̃ | |
grains | n. | ’jɐŋ’jɐŋ | |
a grain of (wheat, apple, pear, gun) | npr. | dɐ’jɐŋ | |
a grain of wheat | npr. | ’jɐŋdɐ’jɐŋ | |
grand grandparents | n. | sədɐdudɐ | |
grandchild | n. | butsʰə | |
grandfather | n:kin. | ’ɐpu; ɐpu | |
grandmother | n:kin. | ’ɐtsi; ɐtsi | |
grandson | n. | sunsun | |
grape | n. | g’ɛipʰɛsi | |
grass | n. | niɔ | |
goose grass | n. | ’nɐtsiniɔ | |
a grass which can be used as the fodder of livestock | n. | tɐniɔ | |
grasshopper | n. | βugɛi | |
grassland | n. | pɐŋʨiɐ | |
grassless and treeless mountain | n. | dʐɐpɐ | |
gravel | n. | ʁ’uŋpʰəpʰɛpʰɛtsɛi | |
greasy (of meat) | adj. | ʨiɐ | |
green Chinese onion, Allium fistulosum L. var. giganteum Makino | n. | tsʰuŋtsɛi | cf. Chinese Cōngzǐ 葱子 |
green | n. | ’ɳintsi | |
green paper | n. | ʂo’wuɳiŋtsi | |
green pea | npr. | ɲiɔ’ɳintsi | |
green soybean | npr. | ɲiɔ’ɳintsi | |
grimy | adj. | ni | |
grind | v. | sui | |
grind the kernel | vpr. | pʰɛsui | |
grope | v. | tsʰɐitsʰɐibɛi | |
ground | n. | sɐnhɐŋ | |
ground floor of a Guìqióng building, home | n. | ʥ’iɐnmɛ | |
groundnut | n. | χuɐsəŋ | cf. Chinese Huāshēng 花生 |
grow corn in drill | vpr. | yu’mɛwuʨiɐku | |
grow | v. | ʑi | |
Gruidae | n. | ʥiɔ’wɐŋ | |
guard | n. | ʥ’iɐŋʥiɔ | |
guest | n. | dʐuɐnbu | |
Guìqióng chieftain | n. | guʨʰiɐŋʥiɔpu | |
Guìqióng customs and rules | n. | guʨʰiɐŋmɛʨʰiɔlhuŋ | |
Guìqióng | n. | gəmə | cf. Chinese Gōngba 公吧 |
Guìqióng | n. | guʨʰiɐŋ | |
Guìqióng the language | n. | guʨʰiɐŋkɛ | |
(formal) Guìqióng chieftain | n. | gutʰɐŋʥiɔpu | |
gun | n. | niɛʨʰiuŋ; niɛtʂʰuŋ | cf. Chinese Chòng 铳 |
gut | n. | bɛitɐŋ | |
guzzle | vpr. | dɐmunɐŋmiʥ’iɐ | |
hack | v. | dʐuə | |
hair | n. | ʐipu; ʐiputsʰɐŋ | |
hair whorl | n. | tʰɛipu | |
hairs on the roots | n. | ’məʐi | |
hale | n. | ʂuɐitɐntsi | |
half n:qual. | num. | dɛχui; dɛniɛ | |
half a penny | n. | kʰuimɛi | |
half jīn | n. | kuɐnpʰɐ | |
halfway | n. adv. | dɐdɐŋʐɐŋ | |
hammer | n. | d’ə’wu | |
Hàn Chinese | n. | dʑiɛ̃; nʥiɐn | |
Hàn Chinese immigrated to the Village of chǎngmǎ | n. | ʐumɛi | |
hand | n. | ko | |
back of the hand | n. | koŋɐ’li | |
hand span (a) | num. | dɛtʂi | |
handkerchief | n. | ’nətʂʰi | |
hang up | v. | kɛ | |
hang | v. | tʰukɛ | |
Hànyuán 汉源 | name. | ʥiɐŋjin | |
happy | adj. | gui; zibuɕiɔ | |
hard | adj. | bə | |
hard | adj. | gɐdɐlɐ | |
hare | n. | ʐikuŋ | |
hasten | v. | kʰuɐi | |
hasty | adj. | bɐ̃bɐ̃dz’ɐndz’ɐn | |
hastily | adv. | bɐ̃bɐ̃dz’ɐndz’ɐn | |
hat | n. | ’mɐu | cf. Chinese mào 帽 |
haughty | adj. | mɐndʐĩdʐiɲi | |
have a daze | v. | wɐn’jɐn suɐnmu | |
have a fever | v. | pʰu | |
have a headache | v. | wɐn’jɐnʨʰimu | |
have a heart attack | v. | dɐŋ’jɐŋʨʰi | |
have a rest | vpinfl. | gɐjisɐŋdi | |
have a snowball fight | v. | kʰu’wugəu’mɐtsʰɐi’wu | |
have a sore throat | v. | ŋuɐ; sɐŋŋuɐ | |
have a stomach ache | v. | pɐʨʰi | |
have a stuffy nose | adj. | d’ɐŋ | |
have a stuffy nose | v. | nyɔgũd’ɐŋ | |
have a think | v. | jĩdɛigidi | |
have breath | v. | wuŋɐnjɐn | |
have decayed teeth | vpr. | χuiβuʐunɐŋgo | |
have fallen asleep | v. | wũʥytsʰu | |
have fun | v. | gulubɛi; guʐubɛi | |
have loose bowels | v. | pɐɕi | |
have nerve-wracking problems | v. | zə̃guʨʰi | |
have nocturnal emission | vpr. | wuməŋgəuʁɐ̃tʂʰuɛ | |
have one’s hair cut | v. | wɐn’jɐng’uɐi | |
have retention of food in the stomach | v. | dɐŋ’jɐŋguʥ’iu | |
have sex | v. | bubutsʰɛ; bubutsʰɐi | |
have signs of life | v. | wuŋɐnjɐn | |
have something done | v. vpr. | bɛitsʰuku | |
have temple ache | v. | zə̃guʨʰi | |
have the time to do something | v. | ʂɔ | |
have thrown up | vpinfl. | ʁ’ɐmu | |
haven’t expected | vpr. | dɛigilumɛ̃’wu | |
having a large family with many children | adj. | mũmindəɖəu | |
having an honest character | adj. | sɐnnitʂʰiʂu | |
having some signs of disaster, ominous | vpr. adj. | bəʨʰiɛʨijɐn | |
he | pron. | zo | |
head | n. | wɐn’jɐn | |
backside of head | n. | ŋu’lɔ; wu’lɔ | |
head of a field | n. | tʂʰɛikiɛ | |
head towel | n. | pɐʐɛi | |
headman (lower than chieftain, who in charge of 4-5 headmen) | n. | tʂʰulu; tʂʰuʐu | |
health | n. | libu | |
hear the voice | v. | sɐʨiɐ | |
hear | v. | ʨiɐ | |
hearsay | v. | tsi | |
heart | n. | dɐŋ’jɐŋ; kʰo | |
heat (v.) | v. | tə | |
heat | v. | pɐŋ; pɔ̃ | |
hedgehog | n. | wuitsi; dziwui | cf. Chinese Cìwèi 刺猬; Wèizi 猬子 |
heighten | v. | tʰutʰəuku | |
help each other | v. | ʐɔʐɔbɛi | |
help | n. v. | ʐɔ’wu; ʐɔ | |
helper | n. | ʐɔ’wu | |
helpless, at the end of one’s rope | adv. | lumɛ̃sɐŋ | |
hemlock | n. | tʰɐŋ’nɐ | |
her, his | pron. | zomɛ | |
herb medicine | n. | bɔ’mɛ | |
Houttuynia herb | n. | niɔtʂʰɐbɔ | |
here | adv. | də; dəkɐn, dəkɛ̃; dələ; dɛiniɛ | |
hide in different places | v. | nɐnɐgigibɛi | |
hide | n. | nɐ; nɐgi; pɛ | |
hide up | v. | jipɛ; wunɐ | |
high adj. | v. | tʰəu; ʈhəu | |
highly intelligent, with green fingers | adj. | ’lədzɐŋpʰu | |
hillside | n. | bəlibətɐ | |
Hindus | n. | ʥiɔgəmũ | |
his | pron. | zomɛ | |
hit the target | v. | ʐ’u | |
hit, beat, strike | v. | ʨʰiɔ | |
hoe | n. | wui | |
hold (baby) | v. | ʂuɐŋ | |
hold (objects) in the arms | v. | ɕiɐn | |
hold a wedding ceremony | v. | ɕiɔʨʰiɐŋbɛi | |
hold, contain | v. | tʂʰuɐŋ | |
hold with two hands | v. | koɳipʰɐnɐŋjĩŋuɐ | |
hole | n. | bətuŋ; dʐɐbɔ; kʰɔkʰɔ; tuŋpu | |
holiday | n. | diŋʨʰiɐn | |
hollow (of kernels) | adj. | mɐ’wɐŋ | |
hollow | adj. | bətuŋtsɛ | |
hollow, empty, zero | n. | tuŋpu | |
home | n. | ʥ’iɐnmɛ | |
honest | adj. | ʁ’ɔlubu | |
honest | adj. | ʂu | |
honey | n. | wui | |
hoof (ox, horse, yak) | n. | dʐitu | |
horizontal thwartwise | adj. | gɐŋgɐŋ | |
horn | n. | ’mɐnu; ’wui | |
horse (lit.) | n. | ʈə | |
horse | n. | βu | |
horse food | n. | βuz’ɛi | |
horse-ride road | n. | βukʰuɐi’jimɛφuʨiɐ | |
horseshit | n. | βu’nɐŋ | |
hospital | n. | jijuɐn | cf. Chinese Yīyuàn 医院 |
hospital | n. | ’mɛ̃kʰuɐŋ | |
hospitality | n. | dɐibə; dʐuɐn; dʐuɐnbu | |
host, hostess | n. | jɐŋdɐ | |
hot | adj. | bɐŋ; bɐŋʐɐtsɛi | |
hot and spicy like wine or chili pepper | adj. | ɕiu | |
hot days | n. | dɐnkʰu | |
hot things | n. | ɕiu’wu | |
hot water | n. | tʂipʰu | |
hotel inn | n. | ’lipukʰuɐŋ | |
house | n. | ʥ’iɐŋ | |
a house | npr. | ʥ’iɐŋdɐʨiɐ | |
back of the house | adv. | ʥ’iɐŋŋɐ’li | |
housekeeping | n. | dɐnɕiu | |
housewife | n. | ʥ’iɐŋnɐmũ | |
housework | n. | dɐnɕiu | |
how | adv. | ɛ’li’wu; gɐŋ | |
how many, how much | adv. | dʐ’i | |
however | adv. | ɛ’lu | |
human flesh | n. | mũɕi | |
humpback | n. | ʐogɔʐɔ | |
hunch | n. | sɐŋʐuŋ | |
hundred, a hundred | num. | dʑiə | |
a hundred million | num. | duŋtʂʰi | |
a hundred thousand | num. | mɐŋ; mɐŋtsɛiʨiɐ | |
a thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰuʥiɐŋ | |
hungry | adj. | pʰɔɲyŋ | |
hunter | n. | ŋuɐnpu | |
hunting dog | n. | ŋuɐntʂʰi | |
husband | n. | jɐʥ’y | |
hwamei, Garrulax canorus | n. | z’iliko | |
I | pron. | ŋə | |
ice | n. | pɐɲi | |
idiot | n. | ɖɐtsʰɔ | |
idle | v. | suɐn | |
idle away | v. | gulubɛi’wu; gulubɛi; guʐubɛi | |
idler | n. | gulubɛi’wu; tʂʰiʨʰiupʰɔ’wu | |
if | conj. | jɐgi; lə; ləli | |
ignite the firewood | vpr. | sɐn’lɔku | |
immediately | adv. | ʥiɐŋzu | |
immortals | n. | sɐŋʥi | |
imperative ending of hɛ ‘come’ | -’wɛ | ||
(impolite) hello | int. | ’wɛ | |
important | adj. | ʥiɐn | |
imprint | v. | dʐəu | |
improve | v. | wugɛku | |
imprudent | adj. | dʐuɐnɕiɐntsəmɛ̃ | |
in a good manner | adv. | gɛgɛtsɛi | |
in a waist-bending position | adv. | bəbətsɛi | |
in a while | adv. | dɐʂɔtsɛi | |
in front of the house | adv. | mɛiʨʰiɔ | |
in good faith | adj. | ʁ’ɔlubu | |
in good order | adj. | dʐɛidʐɛi | |
inside | n. | ɕiugu | |
in the ear | n. | nɔgu | |
in the evening | adv. | mɐŋɲi’wɐtsʰɐi | |
in the front | adv. | ʂikɐniɛ | |
in the future | adv. | ’ji’ji | |
in the heart | npr. | səŋsɐŋmu | |
in the middle | adv. | ʐuŋgəu | |
in the opposite | adv. | ʂɔmuniɛ; ʂumuɲiɔniɛ | |
in the sky | adv. | bənɐŋ | |
inappropriate things | n. | mɛdʐi’wumɛligə | |
inauspicious | adj. | dzɐŋmɛ | |
incense burning | n. | ʂɔpɐŋ | |
incisor | n. | tuŋχui | |
incomplete | adj. | mɐ̃ɬɐŋ | |
increase | v. | kʰɐn; g’ɐn | |
indeed | conj. | lɛdʐi | |
India | n. | ʥiɔgə | |
indistinct | adj. | ʥ’ilimɛ̃; ʨʰilimɛ̃ | |
infect | v. | ʥiʥibɛi | |
inject | v. | ’mɛdɐgu | |
inner heart | n. adv. | sɐŋmugu | |
innermost of the underground floor of a Guìqióng building | n. | pʰɐʂu | |
ins and outs | n. | dʐolu | |
innocent | n. | kʰymɛ’wu | |
insect | n. | βuʐu | |
inside | n. | ɕiugu | |
insight | n. | dʐə̃tʰəuʐə̃tʰəu | |
instep | n. | ŋəʥiə | |
instruments | n. | ʨiɐʂi | |
insufficient | adj. | məgə; niɐn | |
insufficient in weight (of entity) | adj. | kuɐnməgə | |
insufficient to eat | adj. | goməgə | |
insult | n. | niɐŋtsʰɐi | |
integrated | adj. | ʂu | |
intelligent | adj. | dʐɐ; dʐuɐnɕiɐnjɐn | |
interest | n. | ʨikʰəu | |
interlock | v. | wutʂʰɔtʂʰɔ | |
intricate | adj. | dʐəmindʐə | |
iron | n. | ʂɐŋ | |
iron or steel chain | n. | ʂɐŋdʐuɐn | |
the tripod props with an iron circle beneath a wok | n. | sɐntʂuɐŋ | |
strike iron | v. | sɐŋʨʰiuŋ; sɐŋʥ’iuŋ | |
irrigate | v. | tʂiɬɐŋ | |
irritable | adj. | səŋɖɐ | |
Istanbul | name. | jɐnbu | |
it is late for sth. | pder. | məʂɔsɐŋ | |
it is my pleasure (used to reply to people’s thanks) | vpr. | ʐuɐnmɛ̃ | |
it | pron. | zo | |
itch | v. | dzi | |
its | pron. | zomɛ | |
jak | n. | ’jɐ | |
janitor | n. | ʥ’iɐŋʥiɔ; ʥ’iɐŋsuŋ | |
January 15 | n. | dɐŋbusɛi’ŋɐ | |
January | n. | dɐŋbu | |
January | n. | dɐŋbu’li | |
jar | n. | mɐŋ35 | |
jaw | n. | nɐnki | |
Jiă Líng 甲铃, a wind instrument | n. | lhɐŋ | |
Jiāróng girls | npr. | ʐu’mɛimɛdz’imɛiɲiɐ | |
jīn | n.clfr. | kuɐn | cf. Chinese jīn 斤 |
Jīntāng 金汤 | name. | tʰɐŋmu | |
join the army | v. | ’mɐmibɛi | |
joint | n. | tsʰo | |
joint | n. | tsʰotsɛi | |
joke | v. | guʐuɕiɛ | |
July | n. | dɐnbu | |
jump | v. | dʐuɐi; dʐuɐidʐuɐibɛi | |
jump from the tree | v. | sɐnpunimidʐuɐi | |
June | n. | dʐubu | |
just a bit | adv. | gɔsulə | |
just | adv. | dzə | |
just now | adj. | ’mɛtɔ; ’mɛ’lɛtsikiɐn; dɐjɐ | |
jute | n. | kʰuʂi | |
Kāngdìng | name. | ɖo | |
keck | v. | ʁ’ɐbubumu | |
keep (an animal) | v. | ʑi | |
keep company | vpr. | nyɐŋ’ mɔhɛ | |
kerosene | n. | mɛijo | cf. Chinese Méiyóu 煤油 |
kettle | n. | ʥ’iɐhu; tʰuŋguɐn | |
kick | v. | ʨiɔdi | |
kidney beans | n. | ʨiɐŋtəu; kɐnkɐntəu | cf. Chinese Jiāngdòu 豇豆 |
kidney | n. | kʰimu | |
kill | v. | sɛ;sɐi | |
kind-hearted | adj. | kʰogɛ; sɐntʂʰigɛ’wu | |
kindling material | n. | mintʂʰu | |
kindness | n. | dɐibə; dʐuɐn; dʐuɐnbu | |
kitchen knife | n. | tsʰɐitsɛi | |
kitchen | n. | z’ ɛibɛi’wukɐn | |
kite | n. | muhikʰu’lu | |
knee | n. | bo’mu | |
kneel down | vpr. | bo’mu mitsu | |
knife | n. | ʦhɐi | |
knit | v. | tʰɐ̃ | |
knock down by striking | vpr. | dɐ̃lɛwu’lɔ | |
knot | n. | kuɐtɐ | cf. Chinese gēda 疙瘩 |
know | v. | ’mɐsi; si | |
knuckle | n. | tsʰo; tsʰotsɛi | |
kowtow | v. | kʰiɐbɛi | |
labour | n. | ligə | |
ladle made from dried gourd | n. | tʂʰɔ | |
lake | n. | tsʰo | |
lama | n. | ’lomu | |
lamb | n. | tɕʰitsɛi | |
lame | adj. | kuɐ’jɛ | |
lamp | n. | tə̃ʨiɐ | |
land around the house | n. | gɔli; gɔʐɛi | |
land in the valley near water | n. | tʂʰidzo | |
land | n. | ʥiɐ̃ | |
landlord | n. | sɐdɐ | |
landslide | v. | dʐɐʨʰiɛ | |
language | n. | kɛʨʰiɛ | |
lantern | n. | təŋluŋ | |
lard | n. | pʰɐdʑ’iu’wu | |
lard obtained from the soft caul fat | n. | lhɐlhɐsi | |
lard rendered from fatback | n. | ɕipʰɐ | |
large in diameter | adj. | niɛ | |
lash | v. | ʂuɐi | cf. Chinese Shuǎi 甩 |
last night | n. adv. | siʐɐŋmɐŋgɛitsɛi | |
last night | npr. adv. | ʨʰiɐŋ’numɐŋɲitsɛi | |
last year | adv. | mɐŋ’ɳɛ | |
late | adj. adv. | dɐŋ | |
late afternoon, late in the evening, in the afternoon | adv. | tʂʰəŋtʂəugɔtsɛi; tʂʰə̃tʂəugutsɛi | |
later | adv. | ’ji’ji | |
latrine | n. | ʨiɐkʰuɐŋ | |
laudable | adj. | dzɐn | |
laugh | v. | ʁi | |
laugh and laugh | v. | ʁiʁibɛi | |
lavatory | n. | mɔsu | |
law | n. | kətʂʰi | |
lay across | v. | ɬɐŋ | |
lay aside | v. | wuʨʰiudi | |
lay between two objects | v. | ɬɐŋ | |
lay | v. | tɕʰy | |
lazy | adj. | lhɐ̃ | |
lazy people | n. | lhɐ̃’wũ | |
leach | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
lead (metal) | n. | silhɐ | |
lead a leisurely life | v. | zibuɕiɔ | |
lead | v. | ʂi | |
leaf lard | n. | tsʰidʐəu | |
leafy, shady places | n. | ʁoʁotsɛipʰə | |
leak | v. | yo | |
lean against | v. | guigɔtɐn | |
lean meat | n. | ɕiu’mu | |
learn from books | v. | dʑ’itsɐn | |
learn | v. | tsɐn | |
having learnt to distinguish one taste from another (of infant) | adj. | guɳyjɐn | |
leather clothing | n. | pʰiŋə | |
leather | n. | pɐpɐ | |
leather shoes | npr. | pɐpɐdʐi | |
leather smith | n. | gũkʰɐn | |
leave a print | v. | dʐəu | |
leave | v. | bɐ | |
lecture | v. | didziʥiɔ | |
leech | n. | mɐχɐŋ | cf. Chinese mǎhuáng 蚂蟥 |
left side | n. | wuilhɐ | |
leftovers | n. | dzəɬɐ | |
leg wrappings | n. | duŋbɛ | |
leisurely | v. | zibuɕiɔ | |
lend money for interest | v. | dʐĩdʐĩɬɐŋ | |
lend money | v. | dzɔ’ni | |
lend | v. | wu’ni | |
lend, rent, borrow, loan | v. | ’ni | |
leopard | n. | zi’nɐ | |
leper | n. | lɐitsi | cf. Chinese Làizi 癞子 |
Lèshù 勒树 the village | name. | lɛiʂu | |
less | adv. | niɐnniɐntsɛi | |
lessen | vpinfl. | dɐmiɳiɐn | |
lessen | vpinfl. | dɐniɐn | |
lessor | n. | ʐɐntʂubɛi’wu | |
let out (of fume) | v. | ɕiu | |
let somebody come | v. | wuhɛku | |
let | v. | ku | |
letter | n. | dɐndə; dɐŋdə | |
leucorrhoea | n. | ʁɐn | |
Lhasa | n. | ɬəsə | |
Liǎng 两 an ancient Chinese measurement units of weight, 16 Liǎng make a Jīn 斤 | n. clfr. | lhɐŋ | |
liar | n. | dzɐŋbɛi’wu | |
lick | v. | lhɐ | |
lid | n. | kʰəkʰə | |
lie down | v. | ju; miju | |
lie on one’s back | v. | gigiju | |
lie on the side | v. | gɐŋgɐŋkʰutsɛiju | |
lie prone | vpr. | bəbəju | |
lie, tell lies, liar | v. n. | dzɐŋbɛi’wu | |
life | n. | sɔ | |
lifetime, life | n. | tsʰɛitʰɔ | |
a lifetime | n. | mintsʰɛiʨiɐŋ; mintsʰuiʨiɐŋ | |
light a cigarette | v. | dz’ɐnχɐntsɔ | |
light | adj. | jɐŋ | |
light | n. | sɐŋʨʰyɛ | |
light (weight) | adj. | jɐŋtsɐitsɛi | |
lightning | n. | mɐŋɬə’wu; mɐŋɬə | |
like that | adv. | jiki’wu | |
like this | adv. | du’wu | |
like | v. | tʂʰɐgi | |
lion | n. | si’ɲi | |
listen to | v. | tsi | |
Lǐtáng 理塘 | n. | litʰɐŋ | |
little crow | n. | gɐ’litsɛitsɛi | |
little chicken, little ducks, little geese | n. | nɐtsɛi | |
little horse | n. | βutsɛi | |
little jug | n. | mɐŋtsɛi | |
little magpie | n. | gɐsɐtsɛitsɛi | |
little mouse | n. | tsʰuitsʰuitsɛi | |
little pron. | adj. | niɐn’wu | |
a little | adj. adv. | dɛʨi | |
little tree | n. | sɐnpu ’ɐn’ɐntsɛi | |
live | v. | nɐŋ | |
liver | n. | pʰu’wu | |
livestock including donkey, mule, horse, goat, sheep, pig, excluding dog and chicken, farm animals | n. | sɔʨʰiɐ | |
livestock | n. | sɔʨʰiɐɲiɐ | |
living room | n. | ʥ’iɐnmɛ | |
loaf on the job | v. | jɐnmubɛi’wu | |
loafer | n. | tʂʰiʨʰiupʰɔ’wu | |
location | n. | ʨʰyoʐitsʰɐŋʨiɛ | |
location | pron. | niɛ | |
long | adj. | χĩ; χin | |
look | v. | dʑiɔ | |
look about for | v. | luʂulubɔ | |
look after | v. | ɳiɐnʥiɔ; ʁ’ɐ | |
look around | v. | wuludi | |
look down | vpr. | wɐn’jɐnmiŋui; tʂʰibɛiʥiɔ | |
look for | v. | lu | |
look sideways | v. | wujujutsɛibɛilɛʥiɔ | |
look up | vpr. | wɐn’jɐntʰupɐ; wɐn’jɐnwũŋɐ | |
loop around the neck of draught animals | n. | ’jɐnguɐn | |
loop of a cow rope | n. | ə’lũ | |
loop or arch (fingerprint) | n. | ʐi | |
loose | adj. | ɬoɬotsɛi | |
loosely | adv. | ɬoɬotsɛi | |
loosen | v. | g’uə | |
lose (battle, contest etc.) | v. | b’ɐŋ | |
lose a battle | v. | ’mɐlɛmɐkɔ | |
lose one’s voice | v. | ŋuɐ; sɐŋŋuɐ | |
loud noise | n. | ɐʐiʐi | |
louse | n. | ʂi | |
love | v. | tʂʰɐgi | |
low | adj. | ’mu | |
lower | v. | mi’mu; mi’muku; ŋui; dɐŋui; dɐmiŋui | |
Lúchéng 炉城 | name. | ʨʰiɐnɐŋpʰɐ | |
lucky | adj. | lɛgɛ | |
Lúdìng 泸定 | name. | ʥiɐzɐŋkʰə; ʥiɐzɐŋkʰə | |
Lúhuò 炉霍 | name. | dʐɐnku | |
lunatic | n. | βɔpʰu | |
lunch | n. | tsɐŋ | |
lung | n. | lo’wu | |
lush | adj. | ɖəu | |
mad money | n. | z’ə | |
maggot arises | vpr. | βuʐubɛi | |
magpie | n. | gɐsɐ | |
magpie | n. | guɐsɐ; gɐsɐ | |
Màibēng 麦崩 the village | name. | mɛbu; mɐibu | |
maize flour | n. | yu’mɛpʰɛ | |
major bone | n. | guituŋ | |
make a fortune | v. | dzɔlu | |
make a great effort to do something | v. | gudʐubɛi | |
make a lot of loud noise | v. | wuʐuʐu | |
make charcoal | v. | g’ɐmɐ pɐŋ | |
make dirty | v. | ɳɛku | |
make fire | v. | kʰuɐn | |
make noise | v. | wuʁɐku | |
make room for | v. | dɐwutʰəŋ | |
make topical application of drug | v. | ’mɛmisi | |
make topical application of medicine | v. | misisi | |
make | v. | bɛi | |
make, let, cause | v. | ku | |
making one’s mouth water | adj. | kʰətʂʰinətʂʰi | |
male | adj. | pi | |
male ancestors | n. | səjidɐpu | |
male dog | n. | kʰupi | |
man, people, human | n. | mũ | |
manage to do | v. | bɛikud’ɐn | |
mane | n. | dzi’luŋ | |
manure | n. | ʁ’ɐn | |
many | adj. | pron ’mɛi’wu | |
March | n. | sɐŋbu | |
Marmota himalayensis | n. | ɕuɛtʂutsi | cf. Chinese Xuězhūzi 雪猪子 |
mass | n. | min’mɐŋ | |
a whole piece or chunk | n. | dɐʨʰiɐ | |
matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum) | n. | kəutijɐ | cf. Chinese gǒuqǐzi 枸杞子 |
May | n. | ’ŋəbu | |
measles | n. | tʂʰitɐb’ɛb’ɛtsi | |
meat | n. | ɕi | |
a whole piece of bacon with the size about half a pig | n. | ɕikʰɐ | |
meat of goat | n. | ʨʰiɕi | |
meat of sheep | n. | ʨʰiɐŋɕi | |
medicine | n. | ’mɛ | |
medicinal liquor | n. | ’mɛ̃ɐʐɐ | |
medicine-giver | n. | ’mɛ̃kʰɐŋ’wu | |
mediocre | adj. npr. | bə’litsɛi | |
meet | v. | dɔ | |
meet with, appoint with | v. | dɔdɔbɛi | |
melt | v. | gu | |
men | n. | tsɛiɲ’iɐ | |
mend by sewing | vpinfl. | dɐjikʰui | |
mend in the wall | vpr. | tsipəpɐʨiɐ | |
mend one’s dress | vpr. | dz’ɛwɛdɐjisɛitɐ | |
mend | v. | ʨiɐ | |
mend | vpr. | pɐʨiɛʨiɐ | |
mend, repair (dress, shoes etc.) | vpinfl. | dɐjisɛitɐ | |
menstruate | v. | libuɳɛ | |
mess | n. | tsʰələ’mələ | |
messenger | n. | gɛitsʰə | |
messy | adj. | tsʰɔbɛitsʰɔʐɔ | |
metamorphose | v. | ʥiu | |
mid-air | adv. | bənɐŋ | |
middle | n. | ʐuŋ | |
middle finger | n. | ʐuŋguny | |
middle of the road | n. | gɛti | |
middle-sized river | n. | niɐntʂi | |
midnight | n. | tsʰɛʐuŋ | |
midway | n. adv. | dɐdɐŋʐɐŋ | |
midwife | n. | bɔ’jɔbɛi’wu | |
mighty person | n. | kʰɐnmu; kʰɐŋβu; kʰɐnbu | |
mild | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
mildly | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
mileage | n. | lhi’wu | |
milk | n. | ’ɳi’ɳi | |
mill | n. | dʐi | |
milled glutinous broomcorn millet | n. | ɳi’mi | |
millenium, a thousand years | npr. | lotuŋtsʰuʥiɐŋ | |
millet | n. | tʂitsɛi | |
million | num. | ʨi’wuo | |
millstone | n. | dʐi | |
mince | v. | dzə | |
mirror | n. | min’nu; pɐŋli | |
miserly | adj. | z’əʨiɐ | |
misgivings | n. | dulu; ʑosi | |
miss | v. | ’nikɐʨʰi | |
missive | n. | dɐndə; dɐŋdə | |
mistake | v. n. | dʐu | |
mix | v. | kʰuitʂʰɐ; tsʰə | |
molar | n. | jɐχui | |
mole | n. | ŋɐtsi | |
momentaneous aspect marker | -di | ||
moments | n. | ʐɐ | |
money | n. | dzɔ | |
Mongolian | name. | sɔpumũ | |
monkey (lit.) | n. | tʂɛi | |
monkey | n. | ɲiɔ | |
monster | n. | tʂʰisidʐɐsi | |
monstrous | adj. | b’uʥiɐŋʥiɐŋ | |
month | n:qual. | də’wə | |
monthly rose | n. | dɐŋʨʰymintɔ | |
moon | n. | lɛi’mɐŋ | |
morning glory | n. | ’mɐnumintɔ | |
more | adv. | tukutsi | |
morning | n. | ʑiɛtsɛi | |
in the morning | adv. | ʑiɛtsɛi | |
mortar | n. | g’ɔpu; ʨiɐŋtʰuŋ | |
Moschus moschiferus (Siberian musk deer) | n. | dʐugulu | |
mosquito | n. | βusi | |
moss | n. | dʐɐbu | |
moth | n. | g’əɬəhɐŋko; kʰəɬə | |
mother | adj. | ’ɳi | |
motionlessly | adv. | tʂʰotʂʰomətʂʰotʂʰolɛ | |
mountain | n. | ʐi | |
at the foot of the mountain | adv. | ʐiχɔpɛi | |
back of a mountain | n. | ʐiŋɐli | |
mountain side | n. | ʐĩkɛi | |
mouse (lit.) | n. | ʥiuwuə | |
mouse | n. | tsʰui | |
little mouse | n. | tsʰuitsʰuitsɛi | |
mouth | n. | kʰɐpɐ; nyŋbu; ɲyŋpu | |
move by squatting down | v. | ɐgogo | |
move | v. | bu; ʂuɐi; tʂʰotʂʰomu; wutʂʰotʂʰo | |
much | adj. | pron ’mɛi’wu; ’mɛi | |
mud | npr. | ’ɳɔpɐtʰɐŋtʰɐŋ | |
mud brick | n. | topɐɳyɐŋ | |
muddy | adj. | tʰɐŋtʰɐŋ; tʰɐŋtʰɐŋtsɛi | |
muddily | adv. | tʰɐŋtʰɐŋ; tʰɐŋtʰɐŋtsɛi | |
muddy water | adj. | tʂitʰɐŋtʰɐŋ | |
Mùyǎ person | name. | min’jɐmũ | |
mule | n. | lhuotsi | cf. Chinese Luózi 骡子 |
mung bean | n. | ʥiubutsɛi | |
muntjac | n. | nɐ’wuŋ; nɐ’wũ | |
mushroom | n. | zutsɛi; ʑ’iɔmu | |
a kind of mushroom | npr. | ʑ’iɔmudɐʐɐŋ | |
a mushroom | npr. | ʑ’iɔmudɐ’niɐ | |
musk | n. | lhudzi | |
Muslim | n. | pʰɐɕiməgo’wu | |
mutually intelligible | adj. | hu | |
name | n. | ’miŋtsʰɔ | |
narrow | adj. | dɔ; dɔdʐitsɛi | |
narrowly | adv. | dɔdʐitsɛi | |
nasal mucus | n. | ’ɲiə | |
nature | n. | kʰo | |
navel | n. | pʰɐhɐ | |
nearby | adv. | nɐŋpʰɐ | |
nearly | adv. | dɐwuχui | |
neck | n. | ’jɐn | |
necklace | n. | dʐɔ’wu | |
need | v. | ʥiɐn | |
needle | n. | kʰə | |
needle and thread | n. | kʰəʂi | |
negative existential verb | mɛ̃ | ||
negative prefix | mɐ | ||
negative prefix | mə | ||
negative prefix | mɛ | ||
niece | n. | tsʰəmu | |
neighbour | n. | ʥ’iɐŋtsɛi | |
the neighbouring house | n. | ʥ’iɐŋtsɛigəu | |
neither hot nor cold | adj. | bɐŋmɐbɐŋkʰuɐŋmɐkʰuɐŋ | |
Nepalese | npr. | pɐ’jimũ | |
nephew | n. | tsʰə’wu | |
nest | n. | hɐŋko | |
nestle up to | v. | ʨiɐ | |
new | adj. | subu | |
next month | adv. | ’ji’ji’li | |
next year | adv. | nihi | |
nice people, nice things | n. | gɛ’wu | |
night | n. | si’lu | |
dark nights | n. | nigɔʐɔmɛmɐŋgɛitsɛi | |
at night | adj. | mɐŋɲilɛ | |
nine hundred | num. | gɛidʑiə | |
nine | n. | giu | |
nine thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰuguiʥiɐŋ | |
nine Yuán | num. | guipɐ | |
nineteen | num. | dʑiugɛi | |
nineteenth day of a month | num. | giugɛi | |
ninety | num. | gɛitʂi | |
ninety-eight | num. | gɛitʂizədʑiɛ | |
ninety-five | num. | gɛitʂizə’ŋə | |
ninety-four | num. | gɛitʂizəʐi | |
ninety-nine | num. | gɛitʂizəgɛi | |
ninety-one | num. | gɛitʂizɐdzi | |
ninety-seven | num. | gɛitʂizədɐn | |
ninety-six | num. | gɛitʂizədʐu | |
ninety-three | num. | gɛitʂizəsɐŋ | |
ninety-two | num. | gɛitʂizɐɳi | |
ninth day of a month | num. | guidʐuɐŋ | |
Nippon Hawthorn Fruit | n. | pɐŋtɐŋsi | |
nit | n. | ’oɐ | |
nonsensical | adj. | b’uʥiɐŋʥiɐŋ | |
noodle | n. | pɛitɐ | |
north | n. | ʥiɐŋ; ʥiɐŋtsʰikʰɐŋ | |
the north side of the mountain | n. | dʐilɔ | |
the north side or direction | n. | ʥiɐŋniɛ | |
nose | n. | nyɔgu; niɔgu | |
nostril | n. | dʐɐbɔ | |
not clear at all | adj. | ʨʰilidɛʨimɛ̃ | |
not only | conj. | mɛtsʰɛ | |
note money | n. | ʂo’wu | |
a 100-Yuán note | npr. | ʂo’wuʥiə | |
a 50-Yuán note | n. | ʂo’wuŋətʂi | |
notebook | n. | pɛntsi | cf. Chinese běnzi 本子 |
Notopterygium root | n. | ʥ’iɐnχɐŋ (compare tʰe Chinese loan Qiānghuó 羌活) | |
November | n. | sɐntʂi | |
now | adv. | ’mɛ’lɛ | |
nuisance | n. | niɐŋdʐɔdʐɔ | |
numb | adj. | dziʐidə; βuʐidə | |
o’clock | npr. | tʂʰitsʰəukʰulu | |
oats | n. | pʰɛi’wu | |
obedient | adj. | nyŋbudʐi | |
obey | v. | dʐitsi | |
object, stuff | n. pron. | dɐn; kʰɐ’wu; bəʐi; bɛi’libəʐi | |
objects within the same category | n. | dɐtɕiɐ’wu | |
oblique nominaliser | -’ji | ||
obsession | n. | ŋɐnɬə; ʑɐnɬə | |
occur | v. | bɐ; ʥ’y | |
ocean | n. | ʥiɐŋtsʰo | |
October | n. | tʂibu | |
offense | n. | niɐŋtsʰɐi | |
officer | n. | pɐ̃ | |
offspring | n. | buʐi | |
offspring of a common ancestor | n. | tsʰə; butsʰə | |
often | adv. | niɐŋtsi; ʨʰiɐŋsi | |
oil lamp | n. | ʥ’ymɛi; ʥ’ymi | |
oily | adj. | ʨiɐ | |
OK | adj. | dʐuɐŋ | |
old (said of age) | adj. | lodɐ; ləji | |
old | adj. | lobɐ | |
old | adj. | ŋɐnbu | |
old man | n. | gɐipu; gɛpu | |
old people | n. | gɐnsɐŋ; ləji’wu | |
old woman | n. | gɐi’mu; gɛmu | |
on the left | adv. | wuilhɐpʰɐ | |
on the opposite site from which the wind blows | adv. | ʂɔmuniɛ; ʂumuɲiɔniɛ | |
on the right hand | n. adv. | dʐuɐŋlhɐ; dʐuɐŋlhɐpʰɐ | |
once | n. adv. n:qual. | dɐpʰɔ; dɛtʰɐn; dɛtʰɛ̃ | |
one child, only child | npr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛidɛpɛi | |
one fifth | num. | ’ŋɐnʂɔgəudɐʂɔ | |
one fourth | num. | ziʂɔgəudɐʂɔ | |
one | n. | dzi; dɛ ~ dɐ ~ də | |
one third | num. | sɐŋʂɔtsidɐʂɔ | |
one Yuán (of Chinese currency) | n. | dɐpɐ | |
only | adv. | dzə; lɛdʐi | |
ooze | v. | ’jũ; tʂʰuɐi; tʂʰuɛ | |
open | adj. | tʰɐn | |
open | v. | ki; pʰɛ | |
open country, wild, outdoors | n. adj. adv. | nɐŋgəu | |
open market | n. | kʰiɐ; kʰiɐʐə | |
open one’s eyes | v. | niɐ̃wuki | |
open the door | v. | guɕi (obsolete); mɛiwuki | |
open the lid | v. | kʰəkʰəwuhɐ | |
opening | n. | dʐɐbɔ | |
orientation | n. | ʨʰyoʐitsʰɐŋʨiɛ | |
orphan | n. | duʐubuʐi | |
other | adj. pron. | kʰukʰu | |
other people | pron. | ’inɐ; kʰukʰupɛi | |
otter | n. | tʂʰisɐŋ | |
otter hide | n. | sɐŋpɐ | |
ought to | modal verb. | kɛ | |
our family | pron. | zogəu | |
our home, our place | n. | ŋəgukɐn | |
our hometown | n. | ŋəgukɐn | |
outgoing | n:qual. adj. | dʐuɐdɐ | |
outside | n. adv. | tʂʰimu; tsʰimu; ʨʰiumu | |
outside part of the underground floor of a Guìqióng building | n. | buʐo | |
overfilled, overflowing | adj. | ʥiʥibəbə | |
overhead | adv. | bənɐŋ; g’u | |
owe debt of gratitude | vpr. | dʐuɐnbuʥiɐn | |
owl | n. | wupu | |
ox (lit.) | n. | ’lɐŋ | |
ox | n. | ni | |
ox food | n. | niz’ɛi | |
ox keeper | n. | niʑi’wu | |
ox killer | n. | nisɛ’wu; nisɐi’wu | |
ox shit | n. | ni’nɐŋ | |
a lump of ox shit | npr. | ni’nɐŋdədzu | |
ox skin | n. | nipɐpɐ | |
pacing | n. | ŋɐŋ | |
a pace | n. | dɐŋɐŋ | |
pagoda | n. | ʨʰytɐn | |
pain | v. | ʨʰi | |
pair (a) | n:qual. | dətsuŋ | |
a pair of shoes | npr. | dʐidətsuŋ | |
paint | v. | ʁi | |
paintings | n. | χuɐ | cf. Chinese Huà 画 |
pal | n. | dzu | |
palatable | adj. | dʐuɐŋ | |
palm | n. | koʂikɐ; lɐtsʰo | |
panic-stricken | adj. | bɐ̃bɐ̃dz’ɐndz’ɐn | |
pant for breath | vpr. | ’wɐŋʨiɐkɛmu | |
pants, underpants, undergarments | n. | nɐŋgui | |
paper | n. | ʂo’wu | |
parents | n. | pʰɛini | |
parrot | n. | jɐki | |
part of the underground floor of a Guìqióng building | n. | tʰɔʐo | |
pass | v. | bo | |
pass away | v. | mɛ̃sɐŋ | |
pass on | v. | pʰɐn | |
pass the bridge | v. | zɐŋbugu | |
pass the message | v. | dɐŋdəpʰɐn | |
past | adv. | gəbə | |
past days | npr. | wubɐtsʰumɛʐɐ | |
patch | n. | pɐʨiɐ; pɐʨiɛ | |
patch up | vpr. | pɐʨiɛʨiɐ | |
path | n. | φuʨiɐ | |
patient | adj. | kʰogɛ | |
patter | v. | mə’ni’lo | |
pause | v. | ʨʰiu | |
paw | v. | dɛi’mu | |
pay back | vpinfl. | dɐkʰɐŋ | |
pea | n. | ɲiɔpʰɐŋlhɐŋ | |
peaceful times | n. | nɐŋʐugɛ | |
peach | n. | dz’isi; dʐ’isi (Chǎngmǎ) | |
a peach | npr. | dz’isidɐ’jɐŋ | |
peacock | n. | məʥiɔ | |
pear | n. | linkʰin | |
peasant | n. | ʥiɐ̃libɛi’wu | |
peck | v. | tʂɔ | |
peel | n. | pɐpɐ | |
peel of groundnut | n. | kʰɔkʰɔ | |
peel off | v. | ʂi | |
pen made of bamboo strips | n. | ’ɲyŋku | |
penis | n. | bɛ | |
penny | n. | zuŋtsʰɐi | |
people bustling about | n. | jikʰywukʰybɛi’wu | |
people | n. | min’mɐŋ | |
people of the same family | npr. | dɐʥ’iɐŋmũ | |
people and families | n. | ʥ’iɐŋmũ | |
people working in the field | n. | ʥiɐ̃libɛi’wu | |
perfective aspect marker | -lɛ | ||
perpendicular | adj. | tʰutsu | |
persimmon | n. | guɐndʐuɐŋ | |
person | n. | mũ | |
a person | n. | mũdɛpɛi; mũpɛi | |
pervade | v. | wutʂuŋ | |
perverted | adj. | ’nɐŋʑɔsĩʑɔ; ʑo | |
pest | n. | βu’nɐ | |
pestle | n. | z’uŋpu | |
petrified | adj. | dɐnmu; dɐ̃mu | |
Phasianus colchicus, long-tailed crowned bird | n. | ʥihɛʥɛ | |
phlegm | n. | ʐ’ɐpɛi | |
physician | n. | ’mɛ̃kʰɐŋ’wu; ’mɛ̃bɛi’wu | |
physique | adj. | ʐiʨiɐ | |
Picea brachytyla (Franch.) pritz. (type of spruce) | n. | dzɐŋsɐn | |
pick an apple, a pear, etc. from the tree | vpr. | dɐ’jɐŋjikɐ | |
pick up and glean leftovers in the field to exchange or sale for mad money | v. | sətʂũʨiɐ’wu | |
pick up food with chopsticks | v. | gə | |
pick up | v. | ʨikɔ; wukʰəkʰə; kɐ | |
pierce | v. | di | |
pig | n. | pʰɐ | |
the year of pig | n. | pʰɐlo’ŋɐŋ | |
pig keeper | n. | pʰɐʑi’wu | |
pig killer | n. | pʰɐsɛ’wu; pʰɐsɐi’wu | |
pig trotters | n. | pʰɐŋɐ | |
pig trough | n. | pʰɐ’ŋu | |
piglet | n. | pʰɐtsɛi | |
pile | v. | βu | |
pile up | v. | tʰũbɛilɛʨʰiu | |
pilfering | n. | kʰəɕilhɐɕi | |
pillow | n. | χɐŋkʰi | |
pimple, small raised spots on the body | n. | ʨuəʨuətsɛi; tɐtɐ | |
pin money | n. | z’ə | |
pinch | v. | ʨĩdi | |
pine | n. | tʰɐŋkɐlɐ | |
pit | n. | bətuŋ; kʰɔkʰɔ | |
pitfall | v. | jɔtsʰɔ’wu | |
places like that | npr. | jiki’wumɛsuʨʰiu | |
plainly | adv. | niɐnniɐntsɛi | |
plan | n. | sɐŋluŋ; ʐɐŋ | |
plan to buy | v. | ’ɲyɐŋʐɐŋbɛi | |
planet Venus in the evening | n. | mɐŋɲikʰəʨʰə | |
planet Venus in the morning | n. | mɐŋsɐŋkʰəʨʰə | |
planets of the earth visible in the morning | n. | gəməmɐndʐu | |
plant | v. | tsʰɔ; dz’ɔ | |
plate | n. | ʨiə | |
platform | n. | sɐnhɐŋ | |
play jokes | v. | guʐubɛi | |
play the hiding in hide-and-seek | v. | nɐnɐbɛi’wu | |
play the instrument | v. | ʨiɐʂitɐ̃ | |
play the seeking in hide-and-seek | v. | lulubɛi’wu | |
play | v. | gulubɛi’wu; gulubɛi; guʐubɛi; suɐn | |
play wind instruments | v. | mo | |
playing | n. | gulubɛi’wu | |
plot against | vpr. | dɐŋhɐŋ bɛi | |
plough | n. | tʂʰuŋ | cf. Chinese Chán 镵 |
different parts of a plough | n. | jɔpʰə, kʰu’lu, tʂʰuŋŋɐʥiɐ | |
plough rope | n. | gədʐuɐ | |
pluck the feather and make it clean | v. | tsʰɐŋɕilɛwutsɐŋku | |
pluck | v. | ɕi; kɐ | |
plum | n. | lhitsɛi | |
plump (of kernels), full, plump-eared | adj. | ’wɐŋ | |
ply tricks on | vpr. | dɐŋhɐŋbɛi | |
pockmark, pockmarked face | n. | mɐtsi | cf. Chinese Mázi 麻子 |
point | n. | zɛzɛ | |
poison | n. | tu | |
poisonous | adj. | tubu | |
pomegranate | n. | ɕiɐn’luŋ | |
pond | n. | tsʰo | |
poor | adj. | pʰuŋ | |
the poor (those without money) | n. | dzɔmɛ̃’wu; mɛ̃’wu | |
poplar | n. | βuʐi | |
pork | n. | pʰɐɕi | |
porter | n. | ʥiɔkʰukʰu’wu | |
portrait | n. | pəʨiɐ | |
possessions | n. | bəʐi; bɛi’libəʐi | |
pot cover | n. | dɐŋŋə; dɐŋʁə | |
potato | n. | jɐŋy | cf. Chinese Yángyù 洋芋 |
potential mood marker | -luʨi | ||
poultry | n. | nɐ | |
pound | v. | ʨʰiuŋ; tʂʰuŋ | |
pour alcohol | vpr. | ɐʐɐtuŋ | |
pour into | v. | mituŋ | |
powder | n. | pʰɛ | |
powerful | adj. | kɔ | |
practice abstinence from meat | v. | z’əzɐibɛi | |
prayer wheel | n. | lhɐkʰu | |
precipitation | n. | ʨʰitʂʰi | |
precipitous | adj. | lɐ̃hɐŋ; lɐ̃tʂʰihɐŋ | |
preconception | n. | sɐŋʐuŋ | |
preconceive | v. | sɐŋʐuŋbɛi | |
predict if two people are good match in marriage according to their birth dates by gəmə | vpr. | lo’minʥ’iɛ | |
predict one’s future, tell one’s fortune by gəmə at the birth of a child | vpr. | ʥidɐnʥ’iɛ | |
pregnant | adj. | ɛ’lɛtsɛibu | |
present | n. | ŋɐ | |
press | v. | ʥiɐ | |
press, rush, urge | v. | kʰuɐi | |
pretend not to be | v. | mɛʐiʂu’wu | |
previous two or three days | adv. | siɳisɐŋni | |
previously | adv. | gəbə | |
prey | n. | ʐidɐ | |
price | n. | pʰu | |
prick | v. | ŋui | |
priest | n. | gəmə | |
prior | n. adv. pos. | ʂikɐ; ʂi | |
progressive aspect marker | su- ~ | ||
prohibitive suffix | tʰɐ | ||
prolix | adj. | ɕiɛdʐibədʐi | |
prominent in social status | adj. | dzətʰɐŋdɐ | |
promise to marry one’s daughter | v. | dz’imɛikʰɐŋ | |
promise | v. | dʐitsi | |
promptly | adv. | wubugəu | |
prompt and efficient | adj. | ʂuɐŋʂuɐŋtʰɐtʰɐ | |
prop against | v. | wutɐn | |
prop | v. | tɐn | |
Proso millet | n. | ɳi’mi | |
prospective aspect marker | -lɔ | ||
prosper | v. | pʰɛ͂ | |
protrude | v. | ɕiɔ | |
proud | adj. | mɐndʐĩdʐiɲi | |
proverbs | n. | kʰəpɛi | |
provide for the children to grow | vpr. | yɔlɛdɐku | |
provide for | v. | yɔ | |
prune away | v. | kʰɐtɐtɐ | |
Pseudois nayaur (bharal) | n. | ʐigui | |
public place | n. | kʰiɐlhɐ; tsiʐi | |
puff | v. | β’u | |
pull | v. | guɐn | |
pull at | vpr. | dɐmunɐŋmiʥ’iɐ | |
pull down | pder. | mikɐ | |
pull out from a lower place | v. | tʰutʂʰuɛ | |
pull out teeth | v. | χuikɐ | |
pull towards oneself | pder. | jĩguɐn | |
pull up weeds | vpr. | niɔɕi | |
pulse | n. | tsʰo | |
punch a hole through the nose | n. | nilhuŋpʰɔ | |
punch a hole | v. | pʰɔ | |
punch somebody with a fist | v. | dəʐuŋdi | |
pungent | adj. | ɕiu | |
purchase | vpr. | dɐn’ɲyɐŋ | |
purple | n. adj. | məji | |
push and squeeze | v. | gəgətsʰɐi | |
push it off oneself | v. | wutʂʰɔ | |
push | v. | ʨʰiɔ; tʂʰɔ | |
put aside | v. | ʨʰyɛ; wusɔ | |
put down a message | n. | dɐŋdəbɛi | |
put in a lower position | v. | mi’muku | |
put something into the cupboard | v. | bɐŋtʰəu | |
put two things close together | v. | nɐŋpʰɐjitɛ̃ | |
put | v. | ʨʰiu | |
pyrotechnics | n. | b’uʨʰiɐŋtɛ’wu | |
Qiangic card | n. | pʰɐi | |
Qián 钱, a measurement unit of weight smaller than Liǎng 两, 10 Qián make a Liǎng 两. | n. | hɐn | |
quantitatively enough | adj. | gə | |
quarrel | v. | tsʰɛtsʰɛbɛi | |
Quercus griffithii Hook (type of oak) | n. | wopɐ | |
questions and answer | n. | lɐnkʰɐŋ | |
quick | adj. | ʂuɐŋkutsɛi; ʂɐŋ | |
quickly | adv. | ʂuɐŋkutsɛi; ʂɐŋʂɐŋtsɛi | |
quick-witted | adj. | ’lotʂuɐnjɐn | |
quiet | adj. | bɐ̃mɐbɐ̃ ʂɐŋmɐʂɐŋ | |
quietly | adv. | d’ɐgɛitsɛi; gəujɐtsɛi | |
quite | adv. | gɐlhɐ | |
rabbit (lit.) | n. | jibɛi | |
rabbit | n. | ʐikuŋ | |
race | v. | χɛχɛbɛi | |
rags | n. | dz’ɛwɛpɐtɐ | |
rain | n. | dz’ɐŋ | |
a drop of rain | npr. | dz’ɐŋdɐzɐ | |
rain cats and dogs | v. | dʐɐtʂʰidʐɐmu | |
raincoat | n. | ʨʰiəgui | |
rainfall | n. | ʨʰitʂʰi | |
rainy seasons | npr. | dz’ɐŋwuimɛʐɐ | |
raise | v. | pɐ; tʰutʰəuku | |
raise hands | v. | kotʰupɐ | |
raise the salary | v. | mɛipʰukʰɐn | |
rapeseed, rape | n. | tsʰɐitsɛi | cf. Chinese Càizi 菜籽 |
rash | adj. | dʐuɐnɕiɐntsəmɛ̃ | |
rat | n. | tsʰui | |
raw | adj. | ʐɐŋkuɐ | |
raw turnip | n. | ʨʰiɐntʂʰu | |
reach one’s hand | v. | kowuʨiɛ | |
reach out | v. | ʨiɛ | |
reach | v. | dʐɔ̃; dʐɔ̃gɛ̃ | |
reach, arrive | v. | dʐui | |
can’t reach | vpinfl. | dʐɔ̃məkɔ; dʐɔ̃mɛgɛ̃ | |
read a book aloud | vpr. | ʥ’iχi | |
read a book, learn from a book | v. | dʑ’itsɐn | |
read aloud | v. | χi | |
ready to serve, well-cooked | adj. | ’mɛi;’min | |
real | adj. | ʥiɐn | |
reap | v. | kɐ | |
rear | v. | ʑi | |
rear animals in pens | v. | wo | |
rear pig | v. | pʰɐʑi’wu | |
reason | n. | dʐəulu | |
receive | v. | tʂɐ | |
recently | adv. | dɐjɐ | |
recite the scriptures said to be imported from India | v. | mə’ni’lo | |
recline | vpinfl. | wuɬɐŋɬɐŋ | |
recognise | v. | si | |
recollect | vpr. | ʂikɐmɛdɐjidɛigi | |
recover from illness | v. | ʨʰipʰɐ̃ | |
recover | v. | pʰɐ̃; pʰɐi | |
red adj. | n. | ’jinχin | |
red paper | n. | ʂo’wu ’jinχin | |
reduce | vpinfl. | dɐniɐn | |
refine oil | v. | mə’nɐʨiɐ | |
region | n. | pɔtɔ | |
regret | v. n. | dʐu; ɳiɐngi | |
relatively | adv. | tɔji | |
relatives | n. | tsʰɐŋlhɐŋkʰu; tsʰɐŋʐɐŋkʰu | |
release | v. | wuɬɐŋ | |
reliable | adj. | ʁ’ɔlubu | |
reluctantly | adv. | bədʐɛitsɛi | |
rely | v. | tɐn | |
remain | v. | tsɐn | |
remove from | v. | kɐ | |
remove the hair of | v. | g’uɐi; tsʰɐŋkʰuɐi | |
remove the root | v. | nɛ’wukɐ | |
remove the skin of | v. | ʂi | |
remove the walnut from the tree | v. | g’uŋluŋdɐ̃ | |
rendezvous | n. | min’mɐŋtsʰɔ’ji | |
rent the land | v. | ʐɐntʂubɛi’wu | |
renter | n. | ʐɐntʂubɛi’wu | |
repeatedly | adv. | dulɛ | |
reply | n. vpinfl. v. | dɐɕiɛ | |
research | n. | dʐuigə | |
resemble | v. | yəu | |
resemble | n:qual. | tʂʰidʐiʂu’wudɐʨiɐ | |
reservoir | n. | tʂʰibɐŋ | |
respect | n. | dɐibə | |
responsibility | n. | bɛikɛ’wu | |
rest on | v. | wutɐn; guigɔwutɐn | |
rest | v. | gɐsɐŋ | |
rest | v. | tɐn | |
restaurant owner | n. | z’ ɛiki’wu | |
return the respect, good will, hospitality, kindness, etc. | v. | dɐibədɐʨʰi | |
return | vpinfl. | dɐji | |
return | vpinfl. | dɐkʰɐŋ | |
reveal | v. | bɔ | |
rhododendrons | n. | dɐ’mumintɔ | |
rib | n. | nɐŋʨiɛ | |
rice | n. | tɔ | |
rice porridge | n. | tɔʁɐn | |
rice steamed with corn flour | n. | ’mɛ̃hɐn | |
rich dress | n. | guʨiɐntʂʰipɐ | |
rich people | n. | dzɔjɐn’wu | |
riddle | n. | dʐu | |
ride | v. | dzĩ; dzong | |
ride a horse | v. | βudzĩ | |
ridge | n. | guɐnpʰɐ | |
right | adj. | ʐɐ̃; ʐɐn | |
right away | adv. | ʥiɐŋzu; niɐŋ’mɛilɛ | |
right side | n. | dʐuɐŋlhɐpʰɐ | |
ring | n. | mɐŋtʂʰɛtsɛi | |
rip | v. | b’ɛ | |
ripe | adj. | ’mɛi; ’min | |
rises well (of rice) | v. | zə | |
riverside | n. | tʂʰibɐŋ | |
river | n. | tʂikʰɐ | |
a small stream | npr. | tʂikʰɐtsɛi | |
road | n. | φuʨiɐ | |
a road | npr. | φuʨiɐpʰɐ | |
road side | n. | gɛʥiɛ | |
roast | v. | kʰə | |
rob | v. | ’yo | |
robber | n. v. | ’yo ’wu | |
rocky mountain | n. | pʰɐŋ’wɐŋ | |
roe, Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis) | n. | χɛi | |
roll up (of smoke, fume, etc.) | v. | muhoɕiumu | |
roll | v. | jilulu | |
roll into a mass by kneading | v. | dəʥ’iuʐu | |
room | n. | dʐuikʰɐn | |
root | n. | nɛ | |
root of a tree | n. | sɐnpumɛnɛ | |
roots | n. | kɛnkɛn’məʐi; nɛ’wu | |
rope | n. | ʐɐpu | |
a small piece of rope | n. | ʐɐnkʰɐ | |
rosary | n. | tʂʰuɐn’wu; tʂʰuɐn’wɐn | |
rot (of wood) | v. | bu; lɐn | |
rotate | v. | suɐn | |
round | adj. | ku’lu’lutsɛi | |
round | adj. | lɔlɔ; lɔlɔtsɛi; niɛ | |
round gourd | n. | lɔlɔkuɐ | |
round radish | n. | ʨʰiɐnluŋpu; ʨʰiɐn | |
round the clock | adv. | mɐŋsɐŋsɐŋ | |
round up | v. | ’lɔ; ’lɔ’lɔ | |
rub one’s hands | v. | kowuhəhə | |
rub | v. | hə | |
rubbish | n. | ʨiɐʨiɐ | |
Rubus parvifolius Linn (type of berry) | n. | ʁɛisi | cf. 竻 lè |
rules | n. | kətʂʰi | |
run fast | vpr. | χɛlɛtʂʰiʂɐŋ | |
run, escape | v. | lɐ | |
run | v. | χɛ | |
rust | n. | tsuŋ | |
sack | n. | kʰi | |
sad | adj. | sɐɕiu; ʂiχui | |
sagacious | adj. | guluŋtʰɐn | |
salary | n. | mɛipʰu | |
saliva | n. | ʂɐpɛi; ʐ’ɐpɛi | |
salt | n. | tsʰɛi | |
salty | adj. | kʰi | |
same | adj. | dɐʐɐŋ | |
same place | n. | suʨʰiudɐʨiɐ | |
same thing | n. | dɐkʰɐ ’wu | |
same type of things | n. | dɐtɕiɐ’wu | |
sandbag | n. | dɛitʂi | |
sanguinary | adj. | ’məsə mə’lɔ | |
sauerkraut | n. | ʥiubu | |
sauerkraut soup | n. | dzɐnbɐtsi | |
sausage | n. | ɕiɐŋɲo | |
save | v. | ʨiu | cf. Chinese Jiù 救 |
save bit by bit | v. | z’ɔ | |
save money or property | v. | səz’ɔ’wu | |
save pin money by gleaning wheat | v. | z’əʨiɐbɛi | |
save | v. | wusɔ; wuzuʐu | |
saw | n. | ɕiɐnsɔ | |
saw | v. | gɐi | |
say | v. | ɕiɛ | |
sayings | n. | kʰəpɛi | |
scale | n. | kuɐn | |
scarce | adj. | ɖɐŋ | |
scarlet | adj. | mətsʰitsʰi | |
scatter | v. | wutʰɐn | |
scent | n. | dʐitsɐŋ | |
school | n. | ɕyəɕiɔ; ʥ’itsɐn’jikɐn; ɬəʐuŋ | cf. Chinese Xuéxiào 学校 |
scissors | n. | gətu | |
scold | v. | dʐɔ | |
scoop | n. | tʂʰuɐntsɛi | cf. Chinese Chǎnzi 铲子 |
scorch | v. | lə | |
scratch | v. | wɐ; wɐdi | |
sea | n. | ʥiɐŋtsʰo | |
seabuckthorn fruit | n. | tsʰinɐdzigɐ | |
search for | v. | lu | |
season | n. | kuɐntə | |
second floor of a Guìqióng building used as sleeping room or storage place for precious | n. | bətsɐ | |
second day of a month | npr. | ɳidʐuɐŋ | |
second generation | npr. | ɳitʂɐŋ | |
second person plural imperative suffix | -so | ||
second person plural inclusive imperative marker | -li | ||
second son | npr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛibəməpɛi | |
second time | npr. | ɳitʰɐngəu | |
secret | n. | d’ɐgɛitsɛi | |
secret purse | n. | z’ə | |
secret quarters | adv. | d’ɐgɛitsɛi | |
secretly | adv. | d’ɐgɛitsɛi | |
sedan chair | n. | ʨiɐotsɛi | cf. Chinese Jiàozi 轿子 |
see | v. | dʑiɔ; dʐidʐuɐŋ | |
seed | n. | tsui | |
seedlings of cereal crops | n. | butsɛi | |
seesaw | v. | ’wutsidzĩ’wũ | |
select | v. | tsʰi | |
self | pron. | ʐɐŋ; ʐɐŋsu | |
sell | v. | ki | |
sell up | v. | kitsʰukɔ | |
sell | infl. ki’wu | ||
seller | n. | ki’wu | |
semen | n. | ʁɐn | |
send the letter | v. | dɐŋdəpʰɐn | |
send | v. | ɕi; pʰɐn | |
sense the fragrance, scent or odour of | v. | ɕiu | |
sense the smell of | v. | χuŋ | |
sentence-final negative polar item | sɐŋ | ||
separate | v. | ʥi | |
September | n. | gɛibu | |
serve as a government official | vpr. | pɐ̃ʨʰyo | |
sesame | n. | tʂi’mɐtsi | cf. Chinese Zhīmázi 芝麻子 |
set | v. | bo | |
set a pitfall | n. | jɔtsʰɔ’wu | |
set fire | v. | mindɐbɐ | |
set one’s mind at rest | v. | sɐŋmudi | |
set up a family | v. | kʰu’wokʰuɐi | |
set up a stick | vpr. | sɐnʨiɐmɛitsu | |
seven | num. | ’nin; dɐn; gui; a temporal unit | |
of seven days | npr. | dɐntsʰidɐʨʰiɐ | |
seven hundred | num. | dɐndʑiə | |
seven months | npr. | ’nin’li | |
seven months | num. | gui’li | |
seven o’clock | npr. | ’ninʑiɔ | |
seven thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰu’ninʥiɐŋ | |
seventeen | num. | dʑiudɐn | |
seventeenth day of a month | n. | giudɐn | |
seventh day of a month | npr. | ’nindʐuɐŋ | |
seventy | num. | dɐntʂi | |
seventy-eight | num. | dɐntʂizədʑiɛ | |
seventy-five | num. | dɐntʂizə’ŋə | |
seventy-four | num. | dɐntʂizəʐi | |
seventy-nine | num. | dɐntʂizəgɛi | |
seventy-one | num. | dɐntʂizɐdzi | |
seventy-seven | num. | dɐntʂizədɐn | |
seventy-six | num. | dɐntʂizədʐu | |
seventy-three | num. | dɐntʂizəsɐŋ | |
seventy-two | num. | dɐntʂi zɐɳi | |
seven Yuán | npr. | ninpɐ | cf. Chinese currency |
sew | v. | kʰui | |
shade | n. | dʐikʰuŋ | |
shadow | n. | wũpɛipɛitsɛi | |
shady location | n. | ʁoʁotsɛi | |
shake hands | v. | koχɔχɔbɛi | |
shake | vpinfl. | wuɖəɖə | |
shake | v. | ɖə | |
shaman | n. | gəmə | |
shameless | adj. | hɐ’limɐnyɐŋ | |
shank | n. | mɐŋpɐ | |
shape | npr. | kʰɐ’wuyəu | |
sharp | adj. | ʨʰiɐŋ | |
sharpen a knife | v. | tsʰɐisi; si | |
shave | v. | g’uɐi;’ətsɐŋg’uɐi | |
she | pron. | zo | |
sheath of the knife | npr. | tsʰɐiʨʰiɐŋ | |
sheep | n. | ʨʰiɐŋ | |
shelf | v. | wuʨʰiudi | |
shepherd, people tending cattle | n. | dʐo’jɐʁ’ɐ’wu | |
shepherd of cattle | n. | niʁ’ɐ’wu | |
shine | v. | tə | |
shoe | n. | dʐi | |
shoe mender | n. | dʐiʨiɐ’wu | |
shoot at | v. | sɐŋ | |
shoot at the target | v. | βɐ̃di | |
short | adj. | ’mu; kʰɔbuni | |
short people | npr. | kʰɔbuni’wu | |
shortcomings | n. | mɐdʐuɐŋ’wu | |
should | v. | ʥiɐn | |
shoulder | n. | tʂʰɐkʰo | |
shout | v. | ʁɐ | |
show | v. | ʂi | |
show the way | v. | φuʨiɐʂi | |
show a prospect of good harvest | vpr. | dɐlujɐn | |
showy | adj. | kʰĩtsɛitʂʰi | |
shrimp | n. | tʂini | |
shrink | v. | ŋui | |
shrink | vpinfl. | dɐmiɳiɐn | |
shrivel (by frost, snow) | v. | ʨʰiɔ | |
shroud | n. | ʂigui | |
shudder | adj. | dɐŋ’jɐŋnikʰudzɐŋ; wutʰɐitʰɐibɛi | |
shy | adj. | χɐ | |
sickle | n. | sɔli | |
side | n. | nɐŋʨiɛ | |
sideways | adv. | wujujutsɛi | |
sieve | n. | ʁɐʁɐ | |
sifter | n. | ʁɐʁɐ | |
silken costume | n. | guʨiɐntʂʰipɐ | |
silkworm | n. | gukiɐn βuʐu | |
silly | adj. | dɐnmu; kʰymɛ’wu | |
silver | n. | ’wuŋ | |
simply | adv. | niɐnniɐntsɛi | |
simultaneous aspect marker | ʂi | ||
sing | v. | ’lo; tʂʰɐŋkobɛi; ʨʰiɐŋ | |
sing a song | v. | də’lə’lo | |
single man | n. | φutuŋ | |
sip | vpr. | niɐnniɐntsɛidɐmuʥ’iɐ | |
sisters | n. | ’nɐŋtsɛiʨʰy | |
sisters, daughters of a family | n. | nɐŋtsɛiʨʰy | |
sit | v. | ʨʰyo; tʂʰo | |
sit down | pder. | miʨʰyo | |
sit exams | v. | kʰɐu | cf. Chinese kǎo 考 |
sitting and idling away | n. | ʨʰyo’wuʨiɐ | |
situation | n. | ʈhəuʨʰyo | |
six hundred | num. | dʐudʑiə | |
six months | npr. | kʰɔ’li | |
six | n. | kʰɔ | |
six | num. | dʐu | |
six o’clock | n. | kʰɔɲiɔ | |
six thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰukʰɔʥiɐŋ | |
sixteen | num. | dʑiudʐu | |
sixteenth day of a month | num. | giudʐu | |
sixth day of a month | num. | kʰɔdʐuɐŋ | |
sixty | n. | dʐutʂi | |
sixty-eight | num. | dʐutʂizədʑiɛ | |
sixty-five | num. | dʐutʂizə’ŋə | |
sixty-four | num. | dʐutʂizəʐi | |
sixty-nine | num. | dʐutʂizəgɛi | |
sixty-one | num. | dʐutʂizɐdzi | |
sixty-seven | num. | dʐutʂizədɐn | |
sixty-six | num. | dʐutʂizədʐu | |
sixty-three | num. | dʐutʂizəsɐŋ | |
sixty-two | num. | dʐutʂizɐɳi | |
ski | v. | kʰu’wugəuʑiɐnʑiɛbɛi’wu | |
ski | v. | ʑiɐnʑiɛbɛi | |
skin | n. | pɐpɐ | |
skirt | n. | ’ɐʨʰiɐgui | |
sky | n. | bənɐŋ | |
slant | pder. | Jiju | |
slant | v. | ju | |
slash | v. | lɐ | |
slasher | n. | ʂɐŋtu | |
sleep | v. | ju | |
slender | adj. | ʂɐnʂɐntsɛi | |
slice | n. | guhɐ | |
slight | adj. | gɔsulə | |
slim | adj. | g’uɐndʐitsɛi | |
slim | adj. | niɐnbuχɐŋ | |
slim | adj. | ʂɐnʂɐntsɛi | |
slingshot | n. | wutɔ | |
slip | v. | dʑiɛ | |
slip down | pder. | mĩʥiɛ | |
slippery | adj. | ʥiɐŋ’mɐ̃tsɛi | |
sloppy | adj. | dʐilumɛ̃ | |
slovenly person | n. | jĩguɐnwũχĩ | |
slow | adj. | d’ɔ | |
slowly | adv. | hɐmɐtsɛi; χɐmɐtsɛi | |
slow-witted | adj. | ɖɐ̃mu | |
small adj. | n. | ni; ni’wu | |
small bag for carrying money, odds and ends | n. | zuʐi | |
small birds | n. | tsʰitsʰi | |
small earthenware | n. | mɐŋtsɛi | |
small intestine | n. | bɛitɐŋ | |
small pox immunization giver | n. | bɔɬɐŋ’wu | |
small premature walnut | n. | g’uŋluŋ’ɐn’ɐntsɛi | |
small river | n. | tʂikʰɐ | |
small shoes | n. | dʐitsɛi | |
smallpox | n. | sĩbɔ | |
smash | v. | ʨʰiuŋ; tʂʰuŋ | |
smell | v. | jiχuŋχuŋdi | |
smiling | adv. | wuʁitsɛi | |
smilingly | adj. | wuʁitsɛi | |
smoke | n. | muho | |
smoke | v. | dʑ’iɐ | |
snack | n. | gotsɛi | |
snake (lit.) | n. | dʐui | |
snake | n. | tʂu | |
snap | v. | tɕiɐ | |
sneeze | v. | ʁ’ ətʂʰibɛimu | |
snow | n. | kʰu’wu | |
snow on the mountain top | n. | ʐĩgumɛkʰu’wu | |
snow the whole day on | v. | kʰu’wukʰətɐnbɛi | |
snub-nosed monkey | npr. | ɲiɔdʐigui | |
so | adv. | du35lə | |
so | adv. | Jiku | |
so | adv. pron. | du35 | |
so frightened that one’s heart becomes cold | adj. | dɐŋ’jɐŋnikʰudzɐŋ | |
so much | pron. | dətsi; dətʂi | |
soak | adj. | tʰɐŋtʰɐŋ; tʰɐŋtʰɐŋtsɛi | |
soft | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
soft | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
softly | adv. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
soil | n. | ’ɳɔpɐ | |
sold out | v. | kitsʰukɔ | |
soldier | n. | ’mɐmi | |
sole for footwear | n. | titsi | cf. Chinese dĭzi 底子 |
sole | n. | gəpʰi; ŋəpʰi | |
sole, under-surface of the foot | n. | ŋəpʰi | |
solid | adj. | bə | |
solid | adj. | gɐdɐlɐ | |
solid waste from the body | n. | ’nɐŋ | |
solution | n. | dɐnŋɐn | |
solve a riddle | v. | dʐuʨiɛku | |
some | art. | ɲiɐ | |
some children | npr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛiɲiɐ | |
something taken for granted | n. | dudʐi’wu | |
somewhat uncomfortable | adj. | dɛʨimɛʥiɐn | |
son and daughter | n. | buʐi | |
son | n. | tsɛi | |
song | n. | də’lə | |
son-in-law | n. | nɐŋdzũ | |
son-in-law | n. | ʐipu | |
sons and daughters | n. | bəbuʐi | |
sons | n. | tsɛiɲ’iɐ | |
sons of a common ancestor | n. | bu | |
sorghum flour | n. | gəpɛipʰɛ | |
sorghum | n. | gəpɛi | |
sort out | v. | sɛidɐ | |
sound | v. | ʁɐ | |
sour | adj. | dzɐŋ | |
sour | adj. | dzɐŋ’wu | |
sources of unhappiness | n. | dulu | |
south | n. | ʈhəu | |
south direction | n. | ʈhəuni | |
south side of the mountain | n. | niɐnlɔ | |
sow (e.g. wheat, barley, soybean, etc.) | v. | χəu; ʁ’əu | |
sow down | pder. | miχəu | |
sow in drill | v. | ʨiɐ | |
sowing season | npr. | litʰɔtsʰɔgɐŋ | |
soybean | n. | ɲiɔ | |
soybean bread | n. | ɲiɔb’ɔlɔ | |
soybean curd | n. | liki; lɛiki | Ancient Sichuan Chinese Líqí 黎祁 |
soybean flour | npr. | ɲiɔpʰɛ | |
the skin of soybeans | npr. | ɲiɔpɐ | |
white soybean | n. | ɲiɔʂɔ’mɐ | |
spade | n. | tʂʰuɐntsɛi | |
span of time | n. | nɐŋtʰə | |
sparrow | n. | tʂʰi | |
sparrow | n. | tsʰitsʰi | |
sparse | adj. | ɖɐŋ | |
spawn (frog or toad) | n. | bɛitʰɐ | |
speak Chinese | v. | ʥiɛ̃dʐubɛi | |
speak concisely | vpr. | dzɐŋɕiɛ niɐntsɛilɛɕiɛ | |
speak in dreams | vpr. | wuməŋgugɛʨʰiɛɕiɛ | |
speak out one’s mind | v. | jidigi’wuwuɕiɛ | |
speak out | v. | dzɐŋɕiɛɕiɛ | |
speculative mood marker | -əmu | ||
speech | n. | ɕiɛ ’wu | |
speech | n. | dzɐŋɕiɛ | |
spider | n. | dʐɔgɔʐɔ | |
spine | n. | gɛiʐu | |
spiral marrow | n. | gɛitʰɐ | |
spit out | v. | ʁ’ɐ | |
spit | v. | χɐ | |
splash | v. | kʰo’wu | |
splendid attire | n. | guʨiɐntʂʰipɐ | |
split | v. | b’ ɐ | |
spongy | adj. | dʐi | |
spot | n. | ŋɐtsi | |
Spring Festival | n. | lisɛi | |
spring flowers | npr. | ’jukʰumɛmintɔ | |
spring | n. | ’jukʰu | |
spring | n. | ’jutə | |
spring | n. | ɕitə | |
springtime | n. | ɕitəsɐŋ | |
squander | v. | tʂʰuɐlɐbɛi | |
square or triangle pouch | n. | zuʐi | |
squat | v. | mikotsɔ | |
squirm | v. | tʂʰotʂʰomu | |
stack up | v. | tʰũbɛilɛʨʰiu | |
stack | v. | βu | |
stamp one’s feet | v. | gɐdʐuɐi’wu | |
stand on ceremony | vpr. | dʐuɐnbubɛi | |
stand on top of the bench | v. | pɐntəŋjitʂʰɐ | |
stand on top of, step on | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
stand up | pder. | tʰujɔ | |
stand | v. | jɔ | |
standing on ceremony (of people) | adj. | dʐuɐnbutʂʰitʂʰi | |
star anise | n. | χoχiɐŋ | cf. Chinese huíxiāng 茴香 |
star | n. | ʁɛitʂi | |
start working | v. | gɐŋtsubɛi | |
static perfective marker | -lɛjɐn | ||
stature | n. | dzətʰɐŋ | |
steaks | n. | nɐŋʨiɛɕi | |
steal | v. | mũ | |
steam buns with vegetable stuffing | vpr. | dzɐŋb’ɔlɔkʰu | |
steam | n. | ’lɐŋpu | |
steam | v. | kʰu | |
steamed corn-flour pancake | n. | tʰɐŋpɐtsi | cf. Chinese Tāngbāzi 汤巴子 |
steel | n. | kɐŋ | |
steelyard | n. | kuɐn | |
steep | adj. | ’lɐ̃χɐŋ | |
steep | adj. | lɐ̃hɐŋ | |
steep | adj. | βɛijɐ | |
stick out | v. | ɕiɔ | |
sticky paste used as glue | n. | βɐ | |
still | adv. | ’mɛ | |
still | adv. | ɐsi; χɐʂi | |
still | adv. | hɐʂi | |
still | adv. | χɐʂi | |
sting | n. | tsɐŋdʐuɐŋ | |
sting | v. | di | |
sting | v. | tsɐŋdi | |
a bite | n. | dɐtsɐŋdi | |
stir fry | v. | ʨʰiɔ | |
stir up trouble | v. | ligəlu | |
stir | v. | kʰuitʂʰɐ | |
stir | v. | wuzuʐu | |
stomach | n. | pɐ | |
stomp | v. | gɐdʐuɐi’wu | |
stone | n. | ʁ’uŋpʰə | |
small stones | n. | ʁ’uŋpʰəpʰɛpʰɛtsɛi | |
sandy stone | ʁ’uŋpʰəpʰɛpʰɛtsɛi | ||
a boundary stone | n. | χitʂʰɔ | |
stonemason | n. | ʁ’uŋpʰədɐ̃ ’wu | |
stonemason | n. | ʁ’uŋpʰəgo’wu | |
stop up | v. | ʂui; sui | |
stop | v. | dʐuɛ | |
stop working | v. | ʐɐsubɛi | |
store up | v. | bɐŋtʰəu | |
storey | n. | tsʰəŋ | cf. Chinese Céng 层 |
story | n. | dʐu | |
straight | adj. | ʂu | |
strain | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
stranger | npr. | ’mɐmɛsimɛmũ | |
strategy | n. | ’lotʂuɐn | |
straw shoes (Sìchuān 四川 Chinese cǎoxié 草鞋) | n. | tsʰɐuχɐi | |
strawberry | n. | gugusi | |
street | n. | kʰiɐʐə | |
streets | n. | kʰiɐlhɐ | |
strength | n. | ʂimu | |
strength | n. | simu; ʂimu | |
strengthen | v. | jitɐŋku | |
strike into pieces with pestle | v. | ʨʰiuŋ; tʂʰuŋ | |
strike | v. | dɐ̃ | |
strike with an effort | v. | simubɛilɛ w’udɐ̃ | |
strike with elbow | v. | kʰəputʂonɐŋʨʰiuŋ | |
string | n. | ʐɐnkʰɐ | |
stroll | v. | suɐn | |
strong (of external force) | adj. | dzɐn | |
strong | adj. | ’liŋlũhɐŋ | |
strong | v. | zubugukɔ | |
stubborn | adj. | ʑo | |
student | n. | so’mə | |
study | n. | ɬəʐuŋ | |
stump | n. | βɐgui | |
stupid | adj. | ɖɐ | |
stupid | adj. | mɐdʐɐdʐɐ | |
succeed | v. | dʐi | |
such | adv. pron. | du35 | |
such matter | pron. | jikipʰə | |
such | pron. | jiku | |
suddenly | adv. | jɐn’mɛiʨiɐŋ | |
suffer from chronic cough or tuberculosis | v. | dzɛiʨʰi | |
suffer from diarrhoea | v. | pɐɕi | |
suffer from diarrhoea | v. | tʂʰuɐʂiʨʰi | |
suffer from drought | v. | mɐŋsu | |
suffer | v. | pʰɔ | |
sufferer of wanderlust | n. | tʂʰiʨʰiupʰɔ’wu | |
suffering from a sore throat | adj. | sɐŋuɐ | |
suffering from stroke | adj. | tʂʰotʂʰomɐkɔ | |
suffuse | v. | wutʂuŋ | |
sugar | n. | d’ɐŋ | cf. Chinese Táng 糖 |
suitable | adj. | ʐɐ̃; ʐɐn | |
sumac tree | n. | χənsɐn | |
summer | n. | dɐnkʰu | |
summer | n. | dɐntə | |
summer nights | npr. | dɐntə mɛ mɐŋgɛitsɛi | |
summit of Màibēng mountain | n. | jɐŋdzɐŋ | |
sun | n. | mintsʰə | |
sunflower | n. | yu’mɛmintɔ | |
sunny | adj. | ʐui | |
sunset clouds | n. | gɐ’li mintsʰə | |
sunset glow | n. | gɐ’li mintsʰə | |
sunshine (lit. the foot of the sun) | n. | mintsʰəgɐ | |
supper (chǎngmǎ) | n. | dʐi | |
supper | n. | dzi | |
support somebody with one’s hand or arm | v. | ɕiɐn | |
supreme leader of Buddhism | n. | kʰɐnmu; kʰɐŋβu; kʰɐnbu | |
supreme leader of Buddhism | n. | ʨʰydʐiʥiɔbu | |
supreme leader of Buddhism in India | n. | ʥiɔgəʨʰydʐiʥiɔbu | |
surface | v. | tʂʰuɐi; tʂʰuɛ | |
surpass, transcend | v. | ʈhɐ | |
swaddling clothes | n. | ʨiɐtʰɐn | |
swallow | n. | dʐ ’əgɔ | |
swallow | n. | tʂʰəgo | |
swan | n. | kɛiʐikuɐŋʐɐŋ | |
sweat | n. | φutʂi | |
sweater | n. | məji | |
sweep | n. | ʨʰiɐ’mu dɐʨʰiɔ | |
sweep | v. | ʨʰiɐ | |
sweep the floor | v. | ʥ’iɐŋʨʰiɐ | |
sweet | adj. | kʰuɐ | |
sweet food | n. | kʰuɐ’wu | |
sweet potato flour | n. | ʥiɔ’ləupʰɛ | |
sweet potato | n. | ʥiɔ’ləu | |
swell | v. | ʁɐŋ | |
swelling on the skin | n. | tʂuɐtɐtɐ | cf. Chinese Gēdá 疙瘩 |
swim | v. | tʂĩtʂi | |
swing | v. | ʂuɐi | |
swish | v. | ʂuɐi | |
sword | n. | dʐɛi | |
table | n. | tʂuətsɛi | |
tadpole | n. | bɛiʥuətsi | |
tail (the lower end) of a field | n. | dʐ ’ɛiŋɔ | |
tail | n. | mikuɛ | |
tailor | n. | dz’ɛwɛkʰui’wu; dz’ɛwɛg’ui’wu | |
take aim | v. | sɐŋ | |
take care of children | vpr. | ɛ’lɛtsɛiʥiɔ | |
take care of | v. | niɐnʥiɔbɛi | |
take charge of, take care of | v. | kuɐn | cf. Chinese guǎn 管 |
take down | pder. | mikɐ | |
take it easy to say | vpr. | səŋʐɔtʰɐpʰɔlɛɕiɛ | |
take it here | pder. | jĩguɐn | |
take off upper garment | vpr. | dz’ɛwɛwutɛ | |
take offense | v. | zibuzu | |
take out | v. | wubuku | |
take shelter from the rain | vpr. | dz’ ɐŋnɐ | |
take | v. | ʨʰiu | |
talk about something openly | vpr. | dzɐŋɕiɛkutʰɐnku | |
talk about something over and over | v. | ɕiɛʂuɕiɛbɔbɛi | |
talk | v. | dzɐŋɕiɛbɛi | |
tall | adj. | kʰɔbudɐ | |
tall adj. | v. | tʰəu; ʈhəu | |
tall people | n. | kʰɔbudɐ’wu | |
target | n. | βɐ̃ | |
taste bitter | v. | kʰimu | |
taste sweet | v. | kʰuɐ’wu | |
taste | v. | ʂɐŋɬə | |
tasteless | adj. | dʐəmɛ̃dɛmɛ̃ | |
tax | n. | liʨi | |
tea (before it is served with water) | n. | ʥ’iu | |
tea and drinks | n. | tsĩʥ’iɐ | |
teach somebody a lesson by hitting | v. | dɛtʰɛ̃ dɐ̃ | |
teach someone a lesson by hitting | v. | tɛ̃tsɛidɐ̃ | |
teach | v. | tsɐn | |
teacher | n. | gɛikɐn | |
teacher | n. | ɬopɐn | |
tear apart | v. | wuʥiku | |
tear each other’s clothes | vpr. | dz’ɛwɛguɐnguɐnbɛi | |
tear each other’s clothing | v. | ɕiɕibɛi | |
tear | v. | pʰɛ | |
telic Aktionsart auxiliary | kɔ | ||
tell stories to many people | v. | lũ’mindʐĩ pɛ | cf. Chinese Bǎilóngménzhèn 摆龙门阵 |
tell stories | v. | dʐuɕiɛ | |
temper | n. | pʰiʨʰi | |
temperament | n. | gəʨi | |
temple | n. | ɬəkʰuɐŋ | |
temple | n. | zə̃gu | |
temporal order | n. | ditsʰi | |
ten | n. | dʐi | |
ten li 里 (about five kilometres) | npr. | lhi’wusiʨiɐ | |
ten million | n. | sə’jə | |
ten months | npr. | si’li | |
tenth day of a month | npr. | sidʐuɐŋ | |
tenth time | npr. | sitʰɐngəu | |
ten thousand | n. | kʰɔ | |
ten thousand | n. | tʂʰikʰuʨiɐ | |
ten thousand | num. | dɐkʰɔ | |
ten Yuán | npr. | sipɐ | |
tent | n. | ’jə | |
terribly | adv. | gɛmɛhɛ | |
testis | n. | dɛ’luŋ | |
than | pos. | wɐn’jɐn | |
thangka | n. | tʰɐŋkɛi | |
thank | v. | gɐlhɐdzi;gɐlhɐdʐi | |
that | dem. | jiki | |
that man | npr. | ɳipɛi | |
that thing | pron. | jikipʰə | |
thaw | v. | gu | |
marry | v. | kʰu’wokʰuɐi | |
their family | pron. | Dugu | |
then | adv. | ɐ; ɐ’li; jikigɐŋʨiɐŋ | |
there | adv. | jikə | |
these | pron. | dətsi; dətʂi; dɛiɲiɐ | |
they (plural third person exclusive pronoun) | pron. | Dugu | |
they (plural third person inclusive pronoun) | pron. | dutsɛi | |
thick (of objects not round) | adj. | jɐ | |
thick | adj. | ɲɐndɐŋ; niɐntɐŋ | |
thick and viscous (liquid) | adj. | sɔsɔ | |
thick corn paste boiled in water to be eaten with sauerkraut soup corn flour paste cooked in boiling water, and then removed to sauerkraut soup | n. | b’ũ | |
thick loop bridge ties the two sides of a river for ferrying or the delivery of goods | n. | niɐntʰɐ | |
thick | n. | niɐntɐŋ | |
thief | n. | tʂʰuɐnbu; tʂʰuɐŋbu | |
thigh | n. | kuɐ | |
thin | adj. | dʐiʂɐtsɛi | |
thin | adj. | g’uɐndʐitsɛi | |
thin maize pancake | n. | tʰə’lə | |
the sick child | n. | ʨʰĩɲɐmɛɛ’lɛtsɛi | |
thing | n. | kʰɐ’wu | |
things | n. | bɛi’libəʐi | |
things of the same quality | n. | dʐũdʐũ | |
think of | v. | jĩdigi | |
think | v. | dɛigi | |
third day of a month | npr. | sɐŋdʐuɐŋ | |
third generation | npr. | miʐəsɐŋtʂɐŋ | |
third time | n. | sɐntʰɐngəu | |
third year from this year | n. | ɕihi | |
third floor of a Guìqióng building with half balcony and half offering place to serve god | n. | dʐugui | |
upstairs | n. | dʐugui | |
thirsty | adj. | ji | |
thirteen | num. | dʑiusɐŋ | |
thirteenth day of a month | num. | sɛisɐŋ | |
thirtieth day of a month | npr. | nɐŋtu | |
thirty | num. | sɐŋʥi | |
thirty | num. | sɐŋtʂʰi | |
thirty-eight | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizədʑiɛ | |
thirty-five | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizə’ŋə | |
thirty-four | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizəʐi | |
thirty-nine | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizəgɛi | |
thirty-one | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizɐdzi | |
thirty-seven | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizədɐn | |
thirty-six | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizədʐu | |
thirty-three | num. | sɐŋtʂʰizəsɐŋ | |
thirty-two | num. | sɐŋtʂʰi zɐɳi | |
this | dem. | dɛi | |
this evening (said when the day has turned into night) | npr. adv. | bɛiʐi mɐŋgɛitsɛi; bɛiʐi mɐŋɲitsɛi | |
this evening | n. adv. | ʂiʐɐŋmɐŋgɛitsɛi; ʂiʐɐŋmɐŋɲitsɛi | |
this evening | npr. adv. | ʨʰɐ’i mɐŋgɛitsɛi | |
this time | n:qual. | dɛitʰɐn | |
this year | n. | tʂʰiʐɐŋ | |
thistle | n. | zɛzɛ | |
the first time | n. | tʰohotʰɐn | |
thorn | n. | dzigɐ | |
thorough and perfect | adj. | sũtsʰɐŋ | |
those who have little | n. | mɛ̃’wu | |
though | conj. | bɛimɛ | |
though | conj. | tsilə | |
thought | n. | sɐŋluŋ | |
thoughtful | adj. | dzɐndʐu | |
thoughtless | n. | kʰymɛ’wu | |
thousands | num. | tuŋtʂʰɐtʂʰitʂʰɐ | |
thread a needle | v. | ’wɐn | |
thread | n. | ʂiʨiɐ | |
thread, filament, wire, string | n. | ʑ’iɐntsi | cf. Chinese Xiànzi 线 |
three days ago | n. | ɖoʁoniɛ | |
three | n. | sɐŋ | |
three armfuls | num. | sɐŋʁ’ɐŋ | |
three books | npr. | sɐŋtʰə | |
three days | npr. | sɐŋni | |
three hundred | num. | sɐŋdʑiə | |
three thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰusɐŋʥiɐŋ | |
three months | npr. | sɐŋ’li | |
three Yuán | npr. | sɐŋpʰɐ | |
throat | n. | ’wutʂʰɔ | |
throw away | v. | wuʥiɐŋ | |
throw dices | v. | sɐitsiŋuɐ̃ | |
throw up | v. | ʁ’ɐ | |
throw | v. | ʂuɐi | |
thumb | n. | ko’nydɐ’wu’ny | |
thunder | n. | mɐŋʁɐ’wu | |
thunder | n. | tʰɔ | |
Tiānquán 天全 | name. | ʂɔpɛi | |
Tibetan alpine horns resembling the Alphorn | n. | gəduŋ | |
Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani) | n. | ʥiɔ’wɐŋ | |
Tibetan language | n. | bɛikɛ | |
Tibetan | n. | bɛi | |
Tibetan New Year | n. | bɛi’lisɛi | |
tickle | v. | gɛi’litsɛipʰɔ’wu | |
tie up | v. | jiʂiʂi | |
tie | v. | sɐ | |
tie | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
tiger | n. | tɐ | |
tight | adj. | tɐŋ | |
tile | n. | wɐʁə | |
till the land | v. | ʥiɐ̃dʐu | |
tilt | pder. | Jiju | |
tilt | v. | ju | |
time measure of two hours | n. | tʂʰitsʰəu; tʂʰitʂʰəu | cf. Chinese Shíchén 时辰 |
time | n. | ʐɐ | |
a period of time | n. adv. | dɐpʰɔ | |
a long time time-consuming | adj. | tʰɔ | |
tingling | adj. | ʁ’u’wus | |
tingling | adj. | βuʐidə | |
tip | n. | zɛzɛ | |
tip | pder. | jiju | |
tip of the fingers | n. | ko’nywɐn’jɐntsɛi | |
to go | v. | ji | |
to remove the peel | vpr. | pɐpɐwuʂi | |
to tear off the peel downwards | vpr. | pɐpɐmiʂi | |
toad | n. | bɛibu | |
toast song | n. | liŋuɐn’wu | |
tobacco | n. | dz’ɐnχɐn | |
tobacco pouch attached to a pipe | n. | tulhə; tuʐə | |
today | adv. | ʨʰiɐ’i | |
today | n. adv. | ʂiʐɐŋ | |
toe | n. | gəny; ŋəny | |
toenail | n. | gəɕiɐn | |
toenail | n. | gəɕiɐn; ŋəɕiɐn | |
toenail | n. | ŋəɕiɐn | |
tofu | n. | liki; lɛiki | Ancient Sichuan Chinese Líqí 黎祁 |
together | adv. | dɛtʂʰɐ | |
together | adv. | nyɐŋ’ mɔ; nyɐŋmu | |
toilet | n. | mɔsu | |
toilet | n. | ʨiɐkʰuɐŋ; ’nɐŋgu | |
tomb | n. | doso | |
tomorrow morning | n. | ’nɐ’i ʑiɛtsɛi | |
tomorrow | n. adv. | ’nɐ’i | |
tongue | n. | dʐi | |
tonight | n. adv. | bɛiʐi | |
too much | adj. | tʂʰitsʰɐn | |
too plentiful | adj. | tʂʰitsʰɐn | |
Toona sinensis (Chinese toon) | n. | tʂʰuɐnsɐnpu | cf. Chinese Chūn 椿 |
tooth | n. | χui | |
top | n. | wɐn’jɐn | |
top of the mountain peak summit | n. | ʐĩgu | |
top of a kitchen range | n. | ʥiɔtʰə; dʑiətʰə | |
topic marker | -pʰə | ||
topple over | vpr. | bəbəmibɛi | |
tough | adj. | χɐŋ | |
town | n. | kʰiɐ | |
town | n. | suʨʰiu | |
Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F.A. Barkl. (Chinese lacquer) | n. | χənsɐn | |
toy | n. | gulubɛi’ji | |
trade | n. | tsʰuŋ | |
trader | n. | tsʰuŋbɛi’wu | |
traffic hub | n. | jitʰuŋwutʰuŋ | |
Tragopan temminckii (type of pheasant) | n. | ʥiu’muʥiɔkɛi | |
trample | v. | miʨiəʨiə | |
travel on official business | v. | lɐŋdɐnxi’wu | |
traveler | n. | ’lipu | |
tree leaf | n. | sɐnpupɐpɐ | |
tree | n. | sɐnpu | |
small tree | n. | sɐnputsɛi | |
a tree | n. | sɐnpudəpu | |
tree branch | n. | sɐnpuguɐŋʨiɐ | |
tree root | n. | sɐnpunɛ | |
tree seedling | n. | sɐnputsɛitsɛi | |
tree trunk | n. | duŋʐɐŋ | |
tremble | v. | wutʰɐitʰɐibɛi | |
trim | v. | gə | |
trim | v. | kʰɐtɐtɐ | |
trim vegetables for cooking | v. | dzɐnbɐ sɛidɐ | |
tripod leg used to prop up a wok | n. | dʐ’ɛikɔ | |
trouble times | n. | nɐŋʐuχɐŋ | |
trousers | n. | χi | |
trousers | n. | χiguɛ | |
trowel | n. | tʂʰuɐntsɛi | |
true | adj. | ʂu | |
trumpet flower | n. | ’mɐnumintɔ | |
trumpet | n. | ’mɐnu | |
truss up | v. | tʂʰɐ | |
try all out to do | v. | gudʐubɛi | |
try | v. | tsʰɐitsʰɐibɛi | |
try | v. | tsʰɛtsʰɛbɛi | |
tsampa | n. | inpʰɛ | |
tsampa 糌粑 | n. | jĩpʰɛ; inb’ɛ | |
tunes and melodies | n. | duŋpʰɛiduŋʨʰy | |
turban | n. | pɐʐɛi | |
turn into rags, wear out (of clothing) | v. | ʂo | |
turn | n. | gɔʐɔ | |
turn | n. | gɛigo | |
turn on the tap | v. | tʂiwuɬhɐŋ | |
turn over | vpinfl. | wukʰuitʂʰɐ | |
turnip | n. | ʨʰiɐn | |
turnip | n. | ʨʰiɐnluŋpu | |
turtle | n. | ɕiɐn’mɛilhɔ | |
turtledove | n. | buduʐu | |
tusk | n. | tʂʰiχui | |
television set, television programme | n. | diɐnsi | cf. Chinese diànshì 电视 |
twelfth day of a month | num. | sɛiɳi | |
twelve | num. | dʑiuɳi | |
twelve months | npr. | sĩɳĩ’li | |
twentieth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂi | |
twenty | num. | ɳiʂi | |
twenty-eight | num. | ɳiʂidʑiɛ | |
twenty-eighth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂidʑiɛ | |
twenty-five | num. | ɳiʂi’ŋə | |
twenty-fifth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂi’ŋə | |
twenty-first day of a month | num. | ɳiʂidzi; ɳiʂidʐi | |
twenty-four | num. | ɳiʂiʐi | |
twenty-fourth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂiʐi | |
twenty-nine | num. | ɳiʂigɛi | |
twenty-ninth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂigɛi | |
twenty-one | num. | ɳiʂidzi; ɳiʂidʐi | |
twenty-second day of a month | num. | ɳiʂiɳi | |
twenty-seven | num. | ɳiʂidɐn | |
twenty-seventh day of a month | num. | ɳiʂidɐn | |
twenty-six | num. | ɳiʂidʐu | |
twenty-sixth day of a month | num. | ɳiʂidʐu | |
twenty-third day of a month | num. | ɳiʂisɐŋ | |
twenty-three | num. | ɳiʂisɐŋ | |
twenty-two | num. | ɳiʂiɳi | |
twice | npr. | ɳitʰɐn | |
twin (whom are generally regarded by Guìqióng people as being unfortunate) | n. | dʐ’imukʰɐlɐ | |
twisting threads into rope | v. | jɔ | |
two armfuls | npr. | ɳiʁ’ɐŋ | |
two days | npr. | ɳini | |
two-hour period | npr. | tʂʰitsʰəudɐʨʰiɐ | |
two hundred beehives | n. | wuitsɛiχədʐuŋ ɳiʥiə | |
two hundred | num. | ɳidʑiə | |
two hundred years | n. | loɳidʑiə | |
two months | npr. | ɳi’li | |
two | num. | ɳi | |
two paces | npr. | ɳiŋɐŋ | |
two people | npr. | ɳipɛi | |
two thirds | num. | sɐŋʂɔtsi’ɳiʂɔ | |
two thousand | num. | tuŋtsʰuɳiʥiɐŋ | |
two years | npr. | ɳi’ŋɐŋ | |
two Yuán | npr. | ɳipɐ | |
ugly | adj. | tsʰɐntɔhɐŋ | |
ugly people | n. | tsʰɐntɔhɐŋ’wu | |
umbrella | n. | ʐ’ ɔtuŋ | |
unable to move | adj. | tʂʰotʂʰomɐkɔ | |
unbearable | adj. | sɐnmɐkɔ | |
unbearable | adj. | səŋmɐkɔ | |
uncle elder than one’s father | n:kin. | ’ɐpɛi | |
uncle | n:kin. | ’ɐnku | |
unclear | adj. | mɛiʐuimuʐu | |
unclear water | adj. | tʂitʰɐŋtʰɐŋ | |
uncomfortable | adj. | səŋmɐkɔ | |
under | adv. pos. | χɔpɛi | |
under-change | v. | tsʰɐlɛməgə | |
undergo | v. | pʰɔ | |
underground floor of a Guìqióng building containing pens for keeping cattle | n. | ʥiuʐo | |
understand the traditional code of conduct | vpr. | dʐuɐnbu ’ɲyɐŋ | |
understand | v. | gu | |
under-surface of the foot | n. | gəpʰi; ŋəpʰi | |
undo | v. | wutʂʰutʂʰu | |
unexpectedly | adv. | dɛigilu mɛ̃’wu | |
unfilial | adj. | ɕiɔmətsʰə | |
unfilial sons or daughters | npr. | dʐ’əgɔɛ’lɛtsɛi | |
unfortunate | adj. | ɖɐ | |
unfortunate | adj. | lɛɖɐ | |
unlucky | adj. | lɛɖɐ | |
unmarried | adj. | kʰuwokʰuɐilɛmɐnɐŋ | |
unmarried daughter, single woman | n. | mutuŋ | |
unmarried son | n. | φutuŋ | |
unpalatable | adj. | ʥiɐŋmɛijɐŋtsɛi | |
unpalatable | adj. | mɐ̃dʐuɐŋ | |
unreliable | adj. | dʐilumɛ̃ | |
unsettled | adj. | səŋmɐkɔ | |
untilled land | n. | pɐŋʨiɐ | |
unwise | adj. | mɐdʐɐdʐɐ | |
uphill of the road | n. | φuʨiɐmijɐn | |
upper back | n. | dɐtsʰi | |
upper garment | n. | dz’ɛwɛ | |
upright | adj. | tʰutsu | |
uproar | n. | ɐʐiʐi | |
upset | adj. | bubulɐlɐ | |
upturn one’s face | v. | wɐn’jɐnwũŋɐ | |
upturn | v. | ŋɐ | |
urge | v. | kʰuɐi | |
urinate | v. | ’nɐŋ̓ɛʂi | |
urinate | vpr. | ’ɛʂi bɔ | |
urine | n. | ’ɛʂi | |
use sparingly | v. | tsʰɐitsʰɐibɛi | |
use up | n. | tʂutsʰu | |
use | v. | tʂu | |
vagina | n. | ʂui | |
valley | n. | luŋpu | |
valuables (valuable things) | n. | dʐizɔ | |
vegetable basin | n. | dzɐnbɐ pʰɐŋtsɛi | |
vegetable garden | n. | dzɐnbɐ gɔli | |
vegetable | n. | dzɐnbɐ | |
vegetable oil | n. | mə’nɐ; mɛ’nɐ | |
vehicle | n. | tsʰɛtsi | cf. Chinese Chēzi 车子 |
verbal auxiliary | bɛi | ||
verbose | adj. | pʰiʂipʰɐlɐ | |
very | adv. | tʂʰi | |
very bad person | n. | gɔdʐu | |
very expensive | adj. | pʰutʂʰidɐ | |
very heavy | adj. | jɐkuɐndodo | |
very high (of price) | adj. | dɐluhɐŋ | |
very much resemble | v. | yəulɛhɛhɛ | |
very short | adj. | ’mudʐitsɛi | |
very slowly | adv. | hɐmɐhɐmɐtsɛi | |
very strong | v. | simukɔdzɐn | |
very thin | adj. | g’uɐndʐig’uɐndʐitsɛi | |
vicinity | n. | ɲiɛ; niɛ | |
village | n. | dʐuɐŋmə | |
village | n. | huŋtsʰu | |
vine | n. | tɐntɐŋ | |
vinegar | n. | dz’u | cf. Chinese Cù 醋 |
viscera | n. | bɛitɐŋ’nɐŋʐi | |
voice | n. | sɐni | |
voice, sound | n. | sɐ | |
vole | n. | dzĩguŋ’luŋ | |
vomited | v. | ʁ’ɐlɛ | |
vulture | n. | ʥiɔgui | |
wag the tail | v. | mikuɛ ɬɐɬɐ | |
wag | v. | ɬɐɬɐ | |
waist of a mountain | n. | bəlibətɐ | |
waistband | n. | ʐɔku | |
wait a long time | vpr. | gɐlhɐ lɐŋ | |
wait | v. | lɐŋ | |
wake somebody up | vpr. | sɐʨʰyɐnlɛwudɔku | |
wake up | v. | wuʂidɔ | |
walk | v. | ʨʰy | |
wall | n. | tsipə | |
a crack in the wall | n. | tsipəkʰəʐi | |
wall-eye | n. | niɐ̃ɕiɛ | |
walnut bloom | n. | ɛ’mɛ’mɛtsɛi | |
walnut | n. | g’uŋluŋ | |
wander, loaf | v. | tʂʰiʨʰiupʰɔ’wu | |
wanderer | n. | tʂĩʨʰiu | |
want to burp | v. | ʁ’ əgibɛimu | |
want | v. | ʥiɐn | |
war | n. | ’mɐ | |
warm | adj. | jo | |
warm and hot season | n. | ’jukʰu | |
wash one’s face and rinse the mouth | v. | kʰəɕiʥi | |
wash | v. | jɐ | |
washy | adj. | tʰɐŋtʰɐŋ; tʰɐŋtʰɐŋtsɛi | |
wasp | n. | wuiduŋ | |
waste | n. | ʨiɐʨiɐpɐpɐ | |
waste | v. | tʂʰuɐlɐbɛi | |
watch over | v. | ʁ’ɐ | |
watchdog | n. | ʥ’iɐŋʥiɔmɛkʰu | |
water bird | n. | tʂʰiʥiɔʐɔ | |
water bucket | n. | χə | |
a bucket of | n:qual. | dəχə | |
water dripping from the eaves | n. | dzɐtʂʰi | |
water flows | v. | tʂiju | |
water | n. | tʂi | |
water pipe | n. | tʂiφu | |
water springs up (e.g. when drilling a well) | v. | tʂibɔ | |
water vat | n. | tʂiŋə | |
water-bound animals | n. | tʂini | |
waterfall | n. | dʐɐtʂʰi | |
waterfall | n. | tʂĩdɛi | |
waterhole | n. | tʂũ’mu | |
waterlogging | adj. | tʂʰitsupʰɔ | |
waterside | n. | tʂʰidzo | |
wave | n. | tʂʰiɖə | |
wave | v. | ɖə̃ɖə̃ | |
way out | n. | tsʰolu | |
wayward | adj. | ’nɐŋʑɔsĩʑɔ | |
wayward | adj. | ʑo | |
we (the exclusive first person plural pronoun) | pron. | ŋəgu | |
we (the exclusive first person plural pronoun) | pron. | zogəu | |
we (the inclusive first person plural pronoun) | pron. | ŋətsɛi | |
wear | v. | wɛ | |
wear-resisting | adj. | ’liŋ; ’liŋlũhɐŋ | |
weasel, Mustela sibirica | n. | wuidzi | |
weather | n. | mɐŋ | |
weather | n. | nɐŋtʰə | |
weave cloth | v. | ʐɛitʰɐ̃ | |
weave | v. | tʰɐ̃ | |
web | n. | sĩtʰɐ̃ | |
weed grows exuberantly | v. | bɔɖəu | |
weed | n. | bɔ | |
weed the land | v. | ʥiɐ̃ ’wui | |
weep aloud | vpr. | ɐʐəməʐəbɛilɛgɔ | |
weigh | v. | jĩkuɐn | |
weigh | v. | kuɐn | |
well-arranged | adj. | dʐɛidʐɛi | |
well-cooked | adj. | ’mɛi | |
well-cooked | adj. | ’mɛi; ’min | |
well-known | adj. | ’miŋtʰuʥiɐŋtʂɐ | |
well-rounded and healthy | adj. | ’wɔ’muɖo | |
well-rounded | n. | niɐntɐŋ | |
wellspring | n. | tʂũ’mu | |
west | n. | no | |
wet | adj. | tʰɐŋ | |
wet | adj. | tʰɐŋtʰɐŋ; tʰɐŋtʰɐŋtsɛi | |
what | pron. | ʨiu | |
whatever | pron. | dɐndɐn | |
whatever | pron. | ʨiuʐiʐi | |
whatsoever | adv. | mɐŋtsʰɐn | |
wheat | n. | ’jɐŋ | |
a grain of wheat | npr. | ’jɐŋdɐ’jɐŋ | |
dark-flour wheat | n. | dʐimu’jɐŋ | |
blighted wheat | n. | ’jɐŋniɐ̃kɔ | |
awn-less wheat | n. | ’jɐŋɕiɐn | |
reap the wheat | v. | ’jɐŋkɐ | |
wheat flour | n. | ’jɐŋpʰɛ | |
wheat flour bread | n. | ’jɐŋzɐŋb’ɔlɔ; ’jɐŋb’ɔlɔ; ’jɐŋpʰɛb’ɔlɔ | |
wheat plant with long pointed awn | n. | gɐn’jɐŋtsɛi | |
when | conj. | gɐŋ | |
when one was younger | npr. adv. | lɛ̃sĩ ’nĩgɐŋ | |
when | pron. | ɛ’liwuəjɔ | |
when there is no other choice | adv. | lumɛ̃sɐŋ | |
where | adv. | ’ələ | |
where | pron. | ɛ’liniɛ | |
wherever | adv. | ’ələdʐidʐi | |
which direction | pron. | ɛ’liniɛ | |
which person | pron. | ɛ’lipɛi | |
which storey | pron. | ɛ’li tsɐ | |
whip | n. | dɐ̃pʰu | |
whipping top | n. | kʰu’lutsɛi | |
whirlpool | n. | tʂʰĩkʰu | |
whisper | n. | pʰisɛipʰusu | |
whistle | n. | gəluŋtsɛi | |
whistle | n. | lhɐsui | |
white | n. adj. | ʂɔ’mɐ | |
white paper | n. | ʂo’wu ʂɔ’mɐ | |
white pepper | n. | ɬəɕiɐn | |
who | pron. | su | Ancient Chinese Shú 孰, Latter-day Chinese Shuí 谁 |
who is it? | int. | sujɔ | |
whoever | pron. | suʐiʐi | |
whole body | n. | ’wɔ’muʨiɐ | |
whole hand | n. | kodəpʰə’wu | |
whole lifetime | n. | mɛiʐəʨiɐŋ | |
whorl (fingerprint) | n. | tsʰo | |
whose family | pron. | sugu | |
why | adv. | ʨibə | |
why | pron. adv. | ʨiutsi; ʨiu tsilɛ | |
wicked | adj. | sɐnni gɔdʐu | |
wicked man | n. | gɔdʐu | |
wide | adj. | lɐŋ | |
wife | n. | guʥ’y | |
wife | n. | guiʥ’i; guʥ’y; guig’i | |
wild beast | n. | nɐŋgəumɛsɔʨʰiɐ | |
wild boar | n. | pʰɐgui | |
wild cat | n. | tuŋ | |
wild dog, Cuon alpinus | n. | pu’ wu | |
wild goat | n. | ’lo’wu | |
wild mulberry | n. | χuisi | |
wild ox | n. | ’jɐ | |
wild wind | n. | ’luŋtʰɔ; muhi ’luŋtʰɔ | |
willow | n. | ʥiɐŋʥiɐŋ sɐnpu | |
win a battle | v. | ’mɐkɔ | |
win | v. | dz’ĩ | |
win | v. | kɔ | |
wind | n. | muhi; muju | |
wind | v. | jilulu | |
windless | adj. | muhimɛ̃ | |
window | n. | tɐku | |
window-like opening in the wall which cannot be opened | n. | putʂo | |
wing | n. | tsɛiko | |
winter | n. | guɐnkʰu | |
winter | n. | guɐntə | |
wipe | v. | wutʂʰibɛi | |
wise | adj. | dʐuɐnɕiɐnjɐn | |
with | adv. | nyɐŋ’ mɔ; nyɐŋmu | |
with considerable stature | adj. | dzətʰɐŋgɛ | |
with ear | n. | nɔgu | |
wither | v. | gu | |
within the land | n. | ʥiɐ̃wuə | |
within this vicinity | adv. | dɛilɔlɔgəu | |
without | n. | tuŋpu | |
wok | n. | wuŋ | |
wolf | n. | ʨiɐŋkɛi | |
woman | n. | dz’imɛi | |
a woman | npr. | dz’imɛidɛpɛi | |
women | npr. | dz’imɛiɲiɐ | |
wood knife | n. | ʂɐŋtu | |
wood | n. | sɐn | |
wooden bench or stool | n. | pɐntəŋ | cf. Chinese Bǎndèng 板凳 |
wooden bowl | n. | kʰəpu | |
wooden cup | n. | tʂuŋtʂuŋ | |
wooden ladle | n. | mɐlhi | |
wooden meal scoop | n. | tʰəkɛi | |
woodpecker | n. | sɐnputʰɔtʰɔ | |
wool | n. | bɛ | |
wool | n. | tsʰɐŋ | |
word | cl. | nɐŋ | |
words | n. | ɕiɛ ’wu | |
words | n. | dzɐŋɕiɛ | |
work harder | v. | sɐnʨiɛ | |
work | n. | li | |
work | n. | ligə | |
worried | adj. | ʑɔsi | |
worry | n. | ʑosi | |
worry | v. | du | |
worth doing | v. | -bɛijɐn | |
wound | n. | tsʰɐn | |
wrap | v. | ’lɔ’lɔ | |
wriggle | v. | tʂʰotʂʰomu | |
wring dry | v. | dʐ’i | |
wring | v. | ʐui | |
wrinkled | adj. | kɔtsɔmɔtsɔ | |
wrist | n. | lɐtsʰo | |
write a letter | n. | dɐŋdəbɛi | |
write again and again | v. | ʨiɔʂuʨiɔbɔbɛi | |
write | v. | ʨiɔ | |
wrong doings | n. | mɐdʐuɐŋ’wu | |
Yǎ’ān 雅安 | name. | jɐtʂu | |
yak | n. | dzɔ | |
yamen | n. | pʰudʐuɐŋ | cf. yámen 衙门, government offices |
yamen, government office in feudal China | n. | jɐ’mɛn | cf. Chinese Yámen 衙门 |
yard | n. | gɔli; gɔʐɛi | |
year | n. | ’ŋɐŋ | |
every year | adv. | dɐ’ŋɐŋdɛisi | |
a year | npr. | dɐ’ŋɐŋ | |
yeast | n. | dʐitsɛi | |
yell | v. | ʁɐ; sɐʨʰyɐn | |
yellow | n. adj. | ’wuʂɐ | |
yes | int. | o’jɐ | |
yesterday | adv. | ʨʰiuŋʨiuŋ | |
yesterday | n. adv. | ʨʰiɐŋ’nu | |
the whole day yesterday | n. | ʨʰiuŋtʂiuŋdɛni | |
Yí languages | name. | lɔlɔmũkɛ | |
Yí language | name. | lɔlɔpɛimɛ kɛʨʰiɛ | |
Yí person | name. | lɔlɔmũ | |
Yí the language | name. | lɔlɔmũkɛʨʰiɛ | |
yon | adv. | hɔŋniniɛ | |
yonder, yon (distal demonstrative) | adv. | hɔŋni; hɐŋni | |
you (the exclusive plural second person pronoun) | pron. | nuŋgu | |
you (the inclusive plural second person pronoun) | pron. | nuŋtsɛi | |
you (the singular second person pronoun) | pron. | nuŋ | |
You're welcome (used to reply to people’s thanks) | vpr. | ʐuɐnmɛ̃ | |
young | adj. | loni | |
young and ignorant | n. | kʰymɛ’wu | |
young man or woman | npr. | lɛ̃sĩ ’nĩ’wu | |
younger | adj. | loni; mini | |
the young, the younger, the youngest | n. | ni’wu | |
younger sister | n. | mɛimɛi | |
younger sister | n. | χɐŋtsɛi; nɐŋtsɛi | |
(Chǎngmǎ) Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Sichuan pepper) | n. | tʂʰuipu | |
zodiac animal sign | n. | lõkʰuʨiuni | |
zongzi | n. | ʥiɐʂi | cf. Chinese zòngzi 粽子 |
zongzi | n. | ʥiɐʂi | cf. Chinese zòngzi 粽子 |
References
[edit]- Lì, Jiāng. 2015. A Grammar of Guìqióng: A language of Sichuan. Leiden: Brill.