Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiah

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chiah

  • chiah98398
  • To borrow for a purpose; to employ for a special object.
i kâi bûn-cieⁿ sĭ ka-kī cò̤ kâi a sĭ chiah nâng cò̤ kâi?
Did he compose his essay himself or did he employ some one to do it for him?
nŏ̤ pang lóng-cóng chiah kieh lâi sie tàu;
the two parties each engaged workmen and rivaled each the other in the display made.
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  • Flesh color; reddish.
chiah sek;
Chinese flesh color.
chiah pò;
nankeen.
chiah kim;
red gold.
kim chiah, ngṳ̂n pêh;
gold is red and silver white.
chiah tì;
the god of fire.
chiah cṳ́;
a young infant.
chiah tău;
the equator.
pak chiah kha;
barefoot.
chiah sin;
nude.
chiah sin lò thói;
stark naked.
pak-chiah ka-lit;
stripped to the waist.
chiah-kwt chiah-kwt;
red in the face.
chiah mâk tih;
sallow eyed.
chiah kha cheⁿ chíu;
barefooted and brown handed.
mīu seⁿ lâi chiah-khng chiah-khng;
has a brunette complexion.
mīn âng-kòng-chiah;
blushed deeply.
o pûi chiah tōiⁿ;
tough and strong from exposure.
chiah sim ūi kok;
a guileless monarch.
chiah kháu jît;
days marked in the calendar by red mouthed animals.
kíaⁿ-jît chiah kháu;
this is a day apt to be unlucky.
chiah tī choiⁿ-lí;
unoccupied wastes.
cîeh-chiah;
umber.
cí kâi pò seⁿ chiah khoih;
this cloth has unbleached threads in it.
chiah hŏi;
pickled crabs.
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  • To prick; to stab; to tattoo.
khṳt chì chiah tîeh;
wounded by a thorn.
kha chiah tîeh chì;
got a thorn in his foot.
tîeh kîaⁿ cṳ́-sòi, màiⁿ chiah tîeh àng-le;
must walk carefully and not get cut by the potsherds.
i kâi chíu tèng chiah ŭ jī;
he has letters tattooed on his arm.