Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/choih

by Adele Marion Fielde

choih

• 泣choih396855
• To weep silently, to sob, to catch the breath as in sobbing.

i choih mih sṳ̄?

What is she crying about?

khàu kàu choih;

wept so violently as to sob.

khàu hiah hŵn-lío tó̤ choih;

after he had stopped crying he still continued to sob.