Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cheⁿ
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cheⁿ
- cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
- fresh fruits.
- cheⁿ nêk;
- raw meat.
- cheⁿ hṳ̂ⁿ;
- uncooked fish.
- cheⁿ mīn;
- the plain surface.
- nâng-mīn cheⁿ-so̤;
- an unfamiliar face.
- pùaⁿ cheⁿ sek;
- half cooked; half ripe.
- tâng cheⁿ cîah kàu sêk;
- eat from it all the time while it is being cooked.
- cheⁿ îeh;
- drugs not yet prepared for use.
- i ío cheⁿ chíu;
- he is a raw hand at it.
- cí īeⁿ sṳ̄ i ío cheⁿ;
- he is not very familiar with this business.
- khí-thâu-ĕ lâi, cheⁿ ĭaⁿ-ĭaⁿ;
- has just come, and everytlung is new and strange to him.
- cheⁿ cîah;
- eats it raw.
- cheⁿ mâk, thóiⁿ-m̄-chut;
- the eyes being unaccustomed to it, do not discern it.
- i mêⁿ-kùa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chái cheⁿ;
- he goes about everywhere in the night picking fresh vegetables and fruits.
- ke ki cheⁿ-lâk kun lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cìen îaⁿ;
- if a fresh body of troops join them they will conquer in the fight.
- cheⁿ-hūn;
- bashful.
- cheⁿ-cheⁿ hūn-hūn;
- very diffident.
- khṳ̀ kàu cheⁿ thâu m̄ pat mīn;
- did not know each other when they met.
- 瞎眼cheⁿ-mêⁿ185
- Blind.
- cheⁿ-mêⁿ kíaⁿ;
- a blind fellow.
- cêk cîah mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
- blind in one eye.
- i kâi mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;
- she has become blind.
- cheⁿ-mêⁿ lăi-cìang;
- blind, with no appearance of disease in the eye.
- kìe cheⁿ-mêⁿ sin-seⁿ lâi phok khùe;
- call a blind fortune-teller to cast a horoscope.
- khang cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
- lead a blind man.
- cêk kâi tok ciah mâk kâi khang cêk khûn cheⁿ-mêⁿ kâi;
- a one-eyed one, leading a flock of blind ones.
- cheⁿ-mêⁿ koi to̤h tîeh sí nío-chṳ́;
- a blind fowl pecked into a dead rat; he got it by good luck, not by ability.
- cêk lîap cheⁿ;
- a star.
- ngŏ cheⁿ;
- the five planets.
- kim cheⁿ; Venus, húe cheⁿ;
- Mars.
- cúi cheⁿ;
- Mercury.
- bâk cheⁿ;
- Jupiter.
- thó cheⁿ;
- Saturn.
- cheⁿ hi-hi; the stars are far apart thiⁿ tèng kâi cheⁿ;
- the stars of heaven.
- thien-bûn-seng múi-mêⁿ lûn-lîu thóiⁿ cheⁿ;
- the royal astronomers take turns in watching the stars every night.
- cău-hùe ŭ kìu cheⁿ;
- there was timely deliverance.
- hô̤-khoi tói kâi cheⁿ īa ho̤h cōi;
- there are also many stars in the milky way.
- cheⁿ-sìu;
- the starry hosts.
- cí lîap cheⁿ ciu nî tŏ̤ kò̤, bô̤ kîaⁿ;
- this star stays all the year round and does not move.
- cheⁿ ŭ khí kîaⁿ méⁿ, ŭ khí kîaⁿ māng;
- some of the stars move faster than others.
- cheⁿ-tō;
- an astronomical atlas.
- cheⁿ-sîn kùe tō;
- a star moving from its place.
- jît gûeh cheⁿ kìe-cò̤ saⁿ sîn, īa kìe-cò̤ sam kuang;
- the sun moon and stars are called the heavenly bodies and are also called the three great lights.
- cheⁿ tùi lô̤h lâi;
- a star fell.
- cheⁿ mêⁿ khṳ̀ pò̤;
- went by starlight to inform him.
- cham siang nŏ̤ cheⁿ;
- two stars in opposition.
- cheⁿ cŭ-hŭe;
- stars in conjunction.
- bô̤ hîeⁿ àm, ŭ cheⁿ, khó̤-íⁿ hó̤ kîaⁿ lō;
- it is not very dark, the stars are out, and we can go by their light.
- cheⁿ kun;
- the star that rules the year.
- khue-cheⁿ-lâu;
- an observatory.
- sàu-soi-cheⁿ;
- a comet with a flaring train.
- chîang-cheⁿ;
- a comet with a long straight tail.
- lô̤h ngŏ cheⁿ;
- consult the stars.
- cheⁿ iap-iap-sih;
- stars twinkle.
- cheⁿ tōa lîap sòi lîap;
- stars are of different magnitudes.
- tī-tîang sìo tit thiⁿ cĭeⁿ kâi cheⁿ?
- Who can count the number of the stars?
- ngŵu cheⁿ;
- deep green.
- koi-nn̆g cheⁿ;
- very pale green.
- cheⁿ phûe ah-nn̆g;
- green shelled duck's eggs.
- hŏi cheⁿ;
- bright green.
- cheⁿ nêk o-tāu;
- black beans with green centres.
- cheⁿ-chun sìo nî;
- in one's teens.
- tâh cheⁿ;
- juvenile.
- thien cheⁿ sek;
- azure.
- sam kang cheⁿ;
- bottle green.
- mīn-sek cheⁿ-n̂g;
- sallow visaged.
- seⁿ lâi kâi mīn cheⁿ-pêh cheⁿ-pêh;
- he is naturally of a sallow complexion.
- mīn tèng kâi cheⁿ-kṳn hīn-hīn;
- the veins in his face are very plainly seen.
- cŭang kàu o-cheⁿ;
- bumped it so that it is black and blue.
- tâng-cheⁿ;
- verdigris.
- cheⁿ-kim-cîeh;
- lapis-lazuli.
- tàng cheⁿ saⁿ;
- a dark green tunic.
- cheⁿ-hŵn;
- copperas.
- cheⁿ-mīn lîo-gê;
- demonlike ugliness.
- cheⁿ-kúai;
- green fruits.
- hîeh cheⁿ;
- the foliage is verdant.
- cheⁿ mīn;
- easily offended.
- lṳ́ kâi cheⁿ mīn căk;
- you are very easily offended.
- tàⁿ kàu mīn cheⁿ mīn lêk;
- kept on talking till he was green with wrath.
- cheⁿ thiⁿ pêh jît;
- in broad daylight.
- sie cheⁿ; pek cheⁿ;
- to bronze the surface of metals by heat.
- cheⁿ bī;
- frouzy.
- phiⁿ̄ tîeh chàu-cheⁿ căi;
- it smelled very rancid.
- i cò̤-nî cheⁿ jíang?
- Why is he screaming so wildly?
- huaⁿ-hí kàu cheⁿ thìo, cheⁿ mŏng;
- so delighted that he danced madly about.
- cheⁿ kìe, cheⁿ soi;
- shouted wildly and rushed forward pell-mell.
- cheⁿ bā;
- galloped madly on.
- chéⁿ khí lâi;
- to wake up.
- màiⁿ kiaⁿ chéⁿ i;
- do not waken him by startling him.
- màiⁿ lŏng i chéⁿ;
- do not waken him by giving him a jog.
- hó̤ kìe i chéⁿ khí lâi;
- tell him to wake up.
- jw̆n khai-tău, i kài sim m̄ chéⁿ;
- whatever reasons you bring before him, he is not aroused by them.
- ût kàu cùi, hàm thàng kùaⁿ i hŵn-lío bŏi chéⁿ;
- he is sound asleep, and though you call for half a day he will not wake up.
- māng kàu hṳ́-kò̤, cĭu kiaⁿ chéⁿ khí lâi;
- having dreamed thus far, I woke up in affright.
- kàu keh jît kâi cíu cìaⁿ chéⁿ;
- after sleeping off his intoxication he will awaken.
- cía sĭ chéⁿ sì kâi ūe;
- this is startling language.
- úa hṳ́ hûe hŵn-lío chéⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;
- I was then still awake.
- ût m̄ kàu, kàu ùaⁿ-ùaⁿ cìaⁿ chéⁿ;
- I did not sleep enough, and woke up very late.
- thiaⁿ úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ i kâi sim cìaⁿ céⁿ-ngŏ̤;
- when he heard me say this he became aroused.
- ût būe chéⁿ;
- has not yet wakened.
- i chéⁿ a būe?
- Is he awake yet?
- hàm i m̄ hàuⁿ chéⁿ;
- he will not wake up when he is called.
- cak chéⁿ i;
- woke him up by making a noise.
- i lêng căi, tī-kò̤ nîoh-cē-sih, khin-khin, i cĭu chéⁿ;
- he is a very light sleeper, and the least little movement wakens him.
- léng i chéⁿ;
- waken him by shaking him.
- tiaⁿ tîeh cĭu chéⁿ;
- if you touch him he wakes.
- ût kàu m̄ cai chéⁿ;
- overslept.
- i mêng-mêng chéⁿ lío, tèⁿ cò̤ ût;
- he is wide awake and is pretending to be asleep.
- thiⁿ būe kng cĭu ché;
- woke before daylight.
- cá cē ût, cìaⁿ cai chéⁿ;
- go to bed early then you will wake early.
- phah chĕⁿ;
- to sound a timbrel.
- chĕⁿ-chĕⁿ-kìe;
- the clang of a timbrel.