Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cih

by Adele Marion Fielde

cih

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• To receive; to welcome; to take in the hand.

ngêng-cih;

to meet and welcome.

cih tîeh sìn;

received a letter.

úa m̄ cêng cih tîeh lṳ́ kâi jī;

I have not received your letter.

cih ìn;

receive the seal.

cih jīm;

take office.

chut lâi cih i;

issue forth to receive him.

i bô̤ chut lâi cih úa;

he did not come out to welcome me.

cih sin kuaⁿ;

welcome a new official.

cih sìaⁿ cí;

receive the imperial orders.

tŏ̤ móng jît cih tîeh hûang-sĭang kâi cí;

on that day received the orders of the prime minister.

cih sîn;

welcome the gods.

kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cih i;

kneel to receive him.

cih i kâi tăng tàⁿ;

took upon him his heavy burden.

méⁿ-méⁿ kio i cih;

took it from him in haste.

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• To fold, to double together; a fold; a paper properly folded.

cih cúa;

to fold paper.

cih saⁿ khò;

to fold up clothes.

cih hó̤ lío, tháu tît;

after folding, straighten it again.

cúa tâm cih-bûa lío tháu m̄ khui;

the paper being wet I could not open it out again after folding it up.

cih lío tab cò̤ cêk ē;

after folding them, put them together in a pile.

cih ŭ kâi kak;

turn down a corner; to make dog's ears.

cih i tît;

fold it straight.

cih sì-cìaⁿ;

fold it squarely.

cih hûn;

to crease by folding.

cih cêk cūe hûn;

make a crease.

pêh cih;

paper used for official documents.

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• To compensate; to make amends for.

káu cih;

pay ninety per cent.

cih cò̤ kúi sîa?

What percentage will he pay in compensation?

cih cò̤ cîⁿ;

to compensate in money.

cih cîah;

to compensate for food which was due.

cok kè, bô̤ khàu, bô̤ cih;

exactly at cost price.

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• The tongue.

cîh thâu;

the tongue.

cîh búe;

the tip of the tongue.

cîh kṳn;

the root of the tongue.

cîh kṳn tau kín;

tongue-tied.

tōa cîh;

to stammer or stutter.

chùi cîh m̄ hó̤;

apt to speak evil.

chùi cîh khó-cíaⁿ;

have a bad taste in my mouth.

kuaⁿ hui kháu cîh;

to discuss politics and talk scandal.

ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;

to mimic.

chùi cîh màiⁿ khah kín;

do not be too eager to eat.

kuah cîh;

to slit the tongue.

cîh chun chut lâi khṳt úa thóiⁿ;

put out your tongue that I may see it.

lṳ́ kâi chùi peh khuah, úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ kâi cîh căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ;

open your mouth wide so that I can see the condition of your tongue.

lāng cîh;

to loll out the tongue.

lṳ́ màiⁿ chap chùi chap cîh;

do not you put in your gab.

cîh keⁿ;

tongue ploughing; i.e. teaching.

o̤-ló̤ kàu tiak cîh;

praising everything whether good or bad.

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kâi cîh ńng, ô̤h ūe ío kōi ô̤h, cē ío ŭ nî-hùe cîh-kṳn ío ngĕ, ūe cū o̤h ô̤h;

children's tongues are flexible and they easily learn to speak, but when they become older their tongues become stiffer, and languages are learned with greater difficulty.

húe-cîh;

flames.

úa thóiⁿ húe-cîh chut lâi;

I saw the flames coming out.

thó sua-cîh;

forms a sand-spit.

seⁿ cîh tái;

his tongue is coated.

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• To sunder; to snap in two.

á cîh;

to snap in two by bending between the hands.

kêh cîh;

to pry in two.

áu cîh;

to wrench in two.

thūi cîh;

to sag down so as to break.

kòng cîh;

to break by striking with a stick.

phah cîh kha-kut;

broke his leg by the blow.

cîh cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ kò̤;

broke into two or three pieces.

cîh cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

broke in two pieces.

tâh cîh;

broken by being trodden upon.

jūn căi, á bŏi cîh;

it is very tough, I cannot break it off, by bending it.

tăⁿ cîh;

broken by having something fall upon it.

cí kâi mûeh àu, pàng khah tōa lâk cĭu cîh;

this is decayed, so that if you set it down too forcibly it will break.

sek cîh;

break by throwing.

kōi cîh;

easily broken.

m̄ hó̤ ut cîh;

do not break it in the attempt to shape it.

chīu ki pun huang chue cîh;

the limb of the tree was broken off by the wind.

peⁿ cîh;

broke it by catching hold on it.

pûah cîh chíu-kut;

fell and broke his arm.

thìam cîh chn̂g-kha;

broke the leg of the table by kicking against it.

bái cîh íⁿ-kha;

broke the leg of the chair by tipping backward in it.

cìⁿ cîh bé-íⁿ;

broke the high bench by crowding upon it.

cŏ̤ cîh pho-pang;

broke the bed by sitting on it.

cí ki êⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh àiⁿ cîh àiⁿ cîh;

this beam looks as if it were about to break.

nâng-mûeh khah cōi pang-kîe kîaⁿ cîh;

there were too many people on the footbridge and it broke.

kiaⁿ-ùi i cîh, khîeh mûeh lâi ah;

if you fear it may break, get something and bind on it to strengthen it.

cŏ̤ khah kú ie-ciah-kut sng kàu cîh;

sitting too long makes my back ache as if it would break.

úai cîh kiah-kha;

twisted his foot so as to break off the heels of his wooden clog.

kò̤ cîh cíeⁿ;

broke an oar in rowing with it.

cŭang cîh tŏa;

broke the rudder by colliding with something.