Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cho
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cho
- cho ìuⁿ;
- coarse and fine.
- cho lîap;
- coarse grains.
- pò cho;
- the cloth is coarse.
- lṳ́ sĭ bōi cho pò a sĭ bōi ìuⁿ pò?
- Do you sell coarse or fine cloth?
- cho cîah;
- cho khau; coarse food.
- mô̤ⁿ cho tîo;
- its hair is coarse.
- cho-sôk nâng;
- a vulgar person.
- cho-máng;
- rude; unpolished.
- cho phûe;
- a coarse complexion.
- cho kang-hu;
- rudely constructed.
- cò̤ lâi khah cho;
- it is too roughly made.
- cho-chò̤ ūe;
- coarse language.
- cho cai tŏ̤-lí;
- partly understood doctrines.
- cho sim;
- heedless.
- cho sim, táⁿ tōa;
- rash and bold.
- îam kùi îam o, bí kùi bí cho;
- when salt is dear it is black, and when rice is dear it is coarse.
- chò-lí;
- the fiber or brawn.
- cí kâi pēⁿ tŏ̤ chò-lí, ío chíen;
- this disease is in the muscle, and is not deep-seated.
- i kâi chò-lí cē khui cū kōi kám tîeh huang sîa;
- when the pores are open one is more easily affected by harmful winds.
- cût-bí chò;
- vinegar made from glutinous rice.
- kieⁿ chò;
- spiced pickle.
- sng chò;
- sour pickle.
- îeh chò;
- medicated vinegar.
- hṳ̂-seⁿ chò;
- the pickle of mashed fish.
- chò tîh;
- a pickle dish.
- suah chò;
- season with vinegar.
- tham chò;
- add ingredients to make more vinegar.
- chò thē;
- the mother in vinegar.
- chò koi;
- animalcules in vinegar.
- cò̤ chò m sng;
- your vinegar has no sourness.
- cíu chò kiaⁿ, mín khùaⁿ mīaⁿ;
- one who can make good vinegar, need not cast horoscopes to ascertain his luck.
- chò khá; chò khío;
- a fortunate coincidence.
- chò kàu sìo;
- just enough for the occasion.
- chò-cîp cò̤ cêk ē;
- casually collected together.
- chò ngŏ̤ úa lâi;
- just as I was coming.
- chò m̄ kàu;
- happened to be insufficient.
- chò sìo;
- happened to be enough.
- khîeh lâi sie chò;
- bring it and put it in with the others.
- chò tîeh úa m̄ ôiⁿ;
- it happened that I was not just then at leisure.
- cí phàⁿ chò, m̄ phàⁿ tò;
- fear only a concurrence of circumstances other than what is expected.
- chò côi;
- accidentally assembled.
- chô bâi put tíen;
- lowering eyebrows.
- iu-chô;
- sorrowful.
- chô-būn;
- melancholy.
- sio chô;
- assuage grief.
- chô-îong múaⁿ mīⁿ;
- a rueful face.