Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ceh

by Adele Marion Fielde

ceh

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• To splice threads.

pháng ceh;

to spin and splice threads.

ceh còi;

to join the fibers used in weaving cloth.

ceh ŭ jîeh cōi còi?

How much thread have you prepared?

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• To reprove; to reprimand; to be responsible for; a duty; a charge; a fault.

cṳ̆ ceh;

self reproach.

ceh-hŵt;

to punish.

ceh-pĭ;

to reprimand.

ceh-mn̄g;

to interrogate reprovingly.

kùe-ceh;

faults.

khin ceh;

a duty of easy performance.

tăng ceh;

a heavy responsibility.

ceh sêng;

to carry through.

cía sĭ úa kâi ceh sêng;

this duty devolves upon me.

ceh-jĭm tăng căi;

a very weighty responsibility.

tōa ceh-jĭm;

important duties.

pô̤h-pô̤h ceh cē;

to reprove slightly.

tăng ceh sì-câp póiⁿ;

a punishment of forty blows with a heavy bamboo.

ceh-mēⁿ;

to reproach in violent terms.

cí kâi ceh-jĭm m̄-hó̤ tho̤;

this responsibility cannot not be evaded.

tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;

bear this responsibility.

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• Official duty; title; office.

ceh-jĭm;

an office and its duties.

ceh hūn;

the duties of an office.

kuaⁿ ceh;

official title.

ceh ŵn;

a functionary of any grade under a red button.

sip ceh;

a hereditary office.

keh ceh;

deprive of office.

ùi sṳ̄ keh ceh;

throw up an office through fear of it difficulties.

tòa ceh hûe ke;

retire from office, retaining the official titles.

sĭu ceh;

to receive office.

ceh sṳ̄;

the business connected with an office.

tíen-sṳ́ put lêng sî tit ceh;

an inferior justice cannot take leave of his official duties.

hong sĭm-mih kuaⁿ ceh?

What official title has been conferred upon him?

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• Oblique or inclined, (used in reference to the eight tones).

phêⁿ ceh;

the even and the inclined tones.

ceh siaⁿ;

the other than the two even tones.

ceh ūn;

rhymes in the inclined tones.

cí kâi jī sĭ phêⁿ a sĭ ceh?

Has this letter an even or an inclined tone?