Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cak

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cak

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  • A joint, a section; a period or regular interval; a set way of doing a thing; temperance, continence; to keep within limits; to economize; to maintain dignity; an emergency.
cí ki tek lṳ́ thóiⁿ kúi cak?
How many joints do you think there are in this bamboo?
bói kúi cak hó̤-hó̤ kâi cìa lâi cîah;
buy a few joints of the best sugar-cane to eat.
cí cuang sṳ̄ lṳ́ cêk cak cêk cak tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
give me an account of the whole affair seriatim.
cak mâk;
the point where meshes join, or sections unite.
cīeⁿ cak, ĕ cak;
the upper and lower sections.
cêk cak cṳ;
one verse.
cak lîak;
a summary.
pun cò̤ kúi cak;
divided into several paragraphs.
chíu-cóiⁿ saⁿ cak, tōa cóiⁿ nŏ̤ cak;
the fingers have three joints and the thumb two.
kha cak, chíu cak;
the joints in the toes and fingers.
kut cak sng-thìaⁿ;
my bones ache,
pûah kàu chíu-cak chut thn̆g;
fell and dislocated his finger joint.
chẁn kùe cak;
runs across the joints.
cak ím cîah;
live temperately.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cak cíe;
gradually diminish.
cak khĭam;
be frugal.
cak ēng;
use sparingly.
lṳ́ màiⁿ seⁿ ki cak;
do not branch off into other subjects.
cak hŭ;
a dignified woman.
siu cak;
maintain dignity.
sit cak;
to lose dignity.
cak hàu;
dignified obedience.
khîa cak-hàu têng;
raise an honorary portal.
cak-lîet;
self-restrained.
bói kwn cak;
to get degrees by bribery.
sòi cak, tōa cak;
a small matter, or an important matter.
tăi cak;
a great emergency.
cí kâi nâng ŭ khì cak;
this man is self-restrained.
ū cak-ngĭ;
is temperate.
bô̤ cak bô̤ co̤h;
not kept within limits.
cîh tùi cak;
to disjoint.
cîh cak thăi hîen;
go outside the rules of etiquette in the entertainment of a scholar.
cak cak kàu;
come on at regular intervals.
cak-lô̤;
a whitlow, a felon on a joint.
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  • To make a din; to stun with noise; distracting.
hàm i màiⁿ cak nâng;
tell him not to disturb people by making a noise.
hĭⁿ-khang khṳt i cak kàu ōng-ōng-kìe;
my ears rang with the din that he made.
i kâi ūe cōi căi, ciu jît khṳt i cak sí khṳ̀;
he is a great talker, and keeps up his clack all day long.
khṳt i cak lío bŏi ût;
was disturbed by his noise so that I could not sleep.
lṳ́ màiⁿ cak tîeh úa;
do not distract me by your noise.
  • cak100595
  • To act, do, or make; to become, to appear; to stimulate, to arouse; operations, work.
i kâi pēⁿ hwt cak;
his ailment has returned.
khì lêng-ūaⁿ cín-cak;
his anger is again roused.
lṳ́ kâi kia cak khîeh lâi khṳt úa pài thâk cē;
bring your elegant composition and allow me to respectfully read it.
i hṳ́-kò̤ to sĭ tó̤ châng kang, cak tái;
he is there harboring evil doers and encouraging wickedness.
kúaⁿ i būe hwt-cak lâi tī, ío kōi;
to hasten and set it right before there is a relapse will be easiest.
cak-tong;
to act asassistants to the host.
kíaⁿ-jît kâi sîah sĭ tī-tîang cak-tong?
Who supports the host at to-day's feast?
àiⁿ chíaⁿ i cak-tong, tîeh kôih tieⁿ cak-tong kâi toaⁿ-phìen;
if you are going to invite him to assist the host you must enclose a card to this effect.
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  • To bind up; to make secure.
cak kha;
to tie the feet.
tĭⁿ kha, cak chíu, cò̤ ŏi kîaⁿ nē?
With you hampering all my movements, how can I do anything?
cak kín-kín;
bound up closely.
ēng tòa khṳ̀ cak;
take a band and bind it securely.
cak kúi ki hue;
tie up a nosegay.
cak-cang-so̤h;
a hair-string.
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  • Solid; full; compact; the opposite of hollow.
sĭ khang-khak kâi a sĭ câk-thâu kâi?
Is it hollow or is it solid?
cí cêk khí sĭ câk-nn̂g kâi;
this sort is dense.
câk-thâu-nn̂g kâi tek;
a species of bamboo that is not hollow.
câk nêk kâi;
full of meat.