Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chip

by Adele Marion Fielde

chip

• 輯chip9851599

chip-ìo;

to bring together the most important; to arrange the best parts; an abridged form of an extensive work.

úa ŭ cêk pang chip-ìo;

I have an abridged edition.

• 緝chip9881209
• To pursue; to search after.

chip ûak;

pursue and seize.

chip sai;

pursue smugglers.

chip-sai cûn;

revenue-cutters.

chip-sai kẃn;

a custom house.

chip tit tîeh, a chip m̄ tîeh?

Did you get them or did you not?

chê-chip;

on the search.

sûn chip;

get on the trail.

mît-mît nē chip;

secretly follow and watch.

chip châk;

in pursuit of a thief.

chíaⁿ thek-chip;

ask for a search warrant.

jîp thek-chip tîaⁿ;

enter a complaint asking an investigation.

chip-lîah;

the seizure.