Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cha

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cha

  • cha5487
  • To diverge; a discrepancy; a mistake.
cha-chò̤;
to err.
cha-m̄-to̤; cha-m̄-cōi;
not much difference.
cha khṳ̀ hn̆g;
a great divergence.
bŏi cha bŏi chak;
there is no mistake in it.
cêk-sî cha-chak;
a momentary blunder.
cham-cha;
not uniform.
cham-cha, m̄ côi;
unassorted.
cham-cham cha-cha, chŵn m̄ kui-it;
very dissimilar, and not of one lot.
  • cha5291
  • To place with the large and small ends alternating.
cha chíu;
to fold the arms.
sie cha tŏ̤ kò̤;
laid together heads and points.
cha m̄ bûa;
cannot pack them in snugly, with heads and points alternating.
sie cha cĭu pàng tit lô̤h;
you can put them in, if you lay them with the large and the small ends alternating.
  • chá37864
  • To roast in a pan; to fry.
kang chá;
to parch in a dry pan.
cheⁿ chá;
to fry the raw material.
chá bí-kam-tê;
to parch rice for making coffee.
cien chá;
to fry in fat.
chá sek;
to fry till done.
màiⁿ chá khah thíam;
do not fry it too much.
  • chà371674
  • A voucher; a document; a receipt.
cîⁿ-chà;
paper money.
ēng chà;
use paper money.
sái chà;
send a draft.
ngṳ̂n lâi ūaⁿ chà;
exchange the money for a draft.
  • châ11755
  • Wood; fuel; fire-wood.
cám châ;
to cut fire-wood.
châ pé;
fire-wood in bundles.
ēng châ lâi cò̤ mûeh-hîaⁿ;
use wood as fuel.
nín sĭ hîaⁿ châ, a hîaⁿ thôaⁿ?
Do you use wood or coal as fuel at your house?
châ, kâi ngṳ̂n kúi tàⁿ?
How many piculs of wood for a dollar?
châ kâi ngṳ̂n chit-câp pé;
seventy bundles of wood for a dollar.
châ-thâu;
a knotty stick.
phùa châ;
to split kindlings.
phùa châ pó;
a small axe.
châ-húe ēng ke căi;
used a great deal of fire-wood.
châ sai;
lumber; wood used in carpentry.
ta châ m̄-hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;
dry wood should not be laid close to a fire; do not put yourself in the way of temptation.
nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;
it is not well to lean on a rotten stick.
khieh châ;
waifs; drift-wood.
kheh-cío kaⁿ châ;
a stick in the bill of a magpie.
kṳ̀ châ;
to saw wood.
châ kho;
a wooden hoop.
ôi tit châ khui, bŏi tit kṳ̀ ka-lânh;
the wedge that rives, is itself nipped fast.
cài châ kâi châ cûn;
a boat used for carrying wood.
châ ôi;
wooden shoes.
châ kîah;
wooden clogs.
châ kîe;
a wooden bridge.
châ pèⁿ;
a wooden handle.
cêk ki châ;
a fagot.
châ póiⁿ;
a slab.
cêk kò̤ châ;
a piece of wood.
châ chùi;
chips of wood.
hieⁿ châ;
sandal wood.
bâk châ;
ebony.
âng châ;
redwood.
cieⁿ châ;
camphor wood.
cieⁿ châ bô̤ mih ŏi cù;
camphor wood is not often affected by dry rot.
kheh kâi châ in;
grave a wooden seal.
tōiⁿ châ;
hard wood.
châ khah phàⁿ;
this wood is too porous.
khó-nōi châ ío jūn;
the wood of the Persian lilac is tougher.
châ thâu;
a stump.
châ phûe thiu;
a shaving.
  • châ619753
  • Witless; doltish; stupid.
huaⁿ-hí i cìeⁿ tōa, châ-châ nē, cn̂g kâi bô̤ ēng;
am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.
i kâi châ kâi, m̄ hó̤ ǹg i;
he is a dolt and no dependence can be placed on him.
kuaⁿ-châ;
a coffin.
kuaⁿ-châ pang;
lumber for coffins.