Page:An alphabetic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Foochow dialect.djvu/31



A raven with a white streak on its breast: the former is used in the term for opium:, or , (coll. ), a crow, a raven; , opium; , opium as prepared for smoking; , an opium shop; , crude opium, opium in balls;  confirmed in the habit of smoking opium; , dregs of opium, as adhering to the pipe in smoking.

Forked, a fork, a crotch: the parting, of two fingers, branches, or tines:, a slave-girl, a maid-servant; , a female slave; , a slave girl.

Read ; used for the coll. , as in, a cicada, a locust; , to chaffer, to haggle; , or  , a chafferer, a skin flint, a mean fellow.

A coll. word, as in, used for , dirty, foul, vile.

A coll. character, used for the disjunctive or, as in, is it so or not? also euphonic and emphatic, as in, yes, it is, right.

Inferior, second, next, junior; to esteem lightly; hunchbacked, ugly; used as a prefix to names:, not inferior; , , the second class of Küjin literary graduates, comprising from the sixth to the twelfth, as their names stand on the official list; a secondary sage, as Mencius;  another designation for Mencius.

Dumb, unable to speak; dull, faded; a cracked sound, as of a bell; confused noise of children; wheezing; the nape of the neck:, dumb, a