Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chu

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  • chu101015610
  • To follow the fashion of the time.
chu sî;
follow the prevailing style.
chu sì;
cleave to the strong.
mîaⁿ-ke phun chu;
an expert sycophant.
tŏ̤ gê-mn̂g tèng phun-chu;
a hanger on at the yamun.
  • chu8211810
  • To prune; to lop off.
chu tīo chīu ki;
prune off the branches.
hía ki-īeⁿ tîeh chu tīo;
those small branches must be lopped off.
chu kàu cêk ki kng-kng;
pruned so as to leave a bare branch.
  • chú1011388
  • To take in marriage.
chú chi;
take a wife.
chú chiap; chú phien-pâng;
take a concubine.
kì chú;
a second marriage.
kè chú;
marry and give in marriage.
  • chú941415
  • To judge; to adjudge.
chú cám;
sentence to execution.
chú hun;
judge of one's fitness for a post.
kau pŏ ngí-chú;
hand him over to the Board for sentence.
chú sì kâi sṳ̄ kang-khó;
it is difficult to decide what is right in the affairs of this world.
chiaⁿ kong-chin thîo chú;
ask arbitrators to decide.
thiaⁿ nâng khǹg-chú;
act in accordance with the advice given.
  • chú1010296
  • To apply to one's own use; to select for use; to appropriate; to lay hold on.
khó̤-chú;
suitable.
ci kâi nâng khó̤-chú;
this person is very suitable.
tăi ŭ khó̤-chú; tōa-tōa hó̤-chù;
very appropriate.
bô̤ cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤-chú;
wholly unfit.
thóiⁿ tîeh tăi-tăi chú i;
consider him a very suitable person for the place.
chú-tèng;
promoted.
chú lâk;
to pursue pleasure.
chú chìe i;
got the laugh on him.
sīang chú, tong chú, chṳ̀ chú;
the highest on the list of graduates, those near them, and those lower down.
i kâi ūe hó̤ chú-sìn;
his report is trustworthy.
chŵn m̄ hó̤ chú-sìn;
it is not to be relied upon.
cṳ̆ chú khî hŭa;
he brought this misery upon himself.
cía sĭ i ka-kī cṳ̆ chú, m̄ sĭ nâng hāi i kâi;
he brought this upon himself, and no one else is responsible for the injury.
chú cêk ki chīu ki;
laid hold on a branch.
chú m̄ cĭeⁿ;
could not get up by holding on to it.
cí kâi chú cò̤ seng, cí kâi chú cò̤ tòaⁿ, cí kâi hó̤ chú cò̤ thíu;
that one will do for a male performer, that one can act the part of a female, and this one may be the clown.
pêng-toaⁿ chú ngṳ̂n cêk choiⁿ níe;
this draft is for a thousand taels.
lṳ́ chú cí kâi hó̤, úa lí chú hú kâi hó̤;
you take that one for your use and I will take this one for mine.
chú i cêk sang mâk hó̤;
consider his eyes the best.
àm chú;
make use of secretly.
chú cúi, chú tê;
choose water or tea for use.
chú khṳ̀ kûiⁿ chú khṳ̀ kĕ;
placed high or low on the list.
chú tŏ̤ kó-tóng;
ranked as a curiosity.

  • chú944648
  • To pluck, to pick, to gather.
cho̤h kúe-cí khṳt nâng chú kàu lío-lío;
the fruit has all been plucked by some one.
i khṳ̀ chú cháu-îeh;
she has gone to gather medicinal herbs.
khṳ̀ chú ki thô̤-ki líu-ki lâi;
go and pick a sprig of peach and one of willow, and bring them here.
chù-nâng;
a resident of the place; a native; the host.
chù-nâng sĭ tī-tîang?
Who is the resident manager?
úa sī chù-nâng lṳ́ sĭ nâng-khek;
I am a native, and you are an alien.
hâh tit chù-nâng ì pĭen-sĭ hó̤ kang-hu;
if it suits the notion of a resident of the place, it is certainly well made.
tŏ̤ ke ŭ nâng-kheh, chut gūa cìaⁿ ŭ chù-nâng;
if you have guests when at home, you will have hosts when you go abroad.
hṳ́ kò̤ ŭ chù-nâng-thâu a bô̤?
Is there any one there who exercises hospitality to new comers?
chíaⁿ i lâi cò̤ chù-nâng;
invite him to act as host and assist in entertaining the guests.
  • chù941415
  • A place; a spot; a condition.
sì chù;
on all sides.
kak chù;
everywhere.
chù-chù to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is just so in all places.
tŏ̤ pât chù;
elsewhere.
nŏ̤ chù tó̤ sie ceⁿ;
there is rivalry between the two places.
cí chù bô̤ hue, pât chù chái;
if there are no flowers in this spot, pick some elsewhere.
pât chù căi-seⁿ?
How is it elsewhere?
bô̤ sĭm-mih hó̤ chù;
there is nothing very good about it.
tŏ̤-lí sueh kàu hó̤ chù;
the doctrine was so explained as to benefit the hearers.
tàⁿ i kâi tó̤ chṳ̀;
spoke of his shortcomings.
cṳ̆ ŭ hó̤ chù;
it has good points.
kun-ki chù;
the General Council of State.
îa-bú chù;
the Military Council.
  • chù1064446
  • A house; a dwelling.
cêk cō̤ chù; cêk koiⁿ chù;
one house.
chù tī;
the building spot.
chù tîeⁿ;
a building lot.
chù-téng;
the roof of the house.
chù cú;
the owner of the house.
tōa chù;
a large house.
chù kíaⁿ;
a hut.
chù àiⁿ khí jîeh khuah?
How large a house are you going to build?
tó̤ khí sin chù;
is building a new house.
siu-sîp kū chù;
to repair an old house.
lău chù;
an old house.
lău chù-piⁿ;
an old neighbour.
tâng chù tīu;
live in the same house.
i tó̤ cíeⁿ chù;
he is guarding the house.
lṳ́ chù tŏ̤ tī kò̤?
Where is your home?
bô̤ chù bô̤ só̤;
without house or home.
tóiⁿ chù;
to mortgage a house.
chù sĭ tǹg kâi;
the house is taken on a mortgage.
chù-tŏiⁿ;
a tenant.
sùe chù;
to hire a house.
chù co;
house rent.
nâng sĭ chù thèⁿ;
people are the props of a house.
lṳ́ tī-tiang-sî àiⁿ khù chù?
When are you going home?
  • chù1008648
  • To put; to set in order.
chù-tì mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
to get things in order.
chù chíu put kîp;
put his hand to it too late.
  • chù10111568
  • Agreeable; attractive.
chù-bī;
amusing; queer; pretty.
chù-bī sí;
amusing beyond expression.
chù-chù bī-bī;
exceedingly interesting.
nĕ, chù-bī chù-bī;
very winsome.
sît căi ŭ chù-bī;
really agreeable.
bô̤ sĭm-mih chù-bī;
not particularly pleasing.
i sĭ tó̤ tàⁿ chù-bī kâi;
he is telling what amuses.
bô̤ chù bô̤ bī;
altogether uninteresting.
a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ chù-chù bī-bī;
the child is very winsome.
  • chû819607
  • Leisurely; with dignified slowness.
chu-chu nē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
be moderate and composed, do not be in a hurry.
chû-chû nē kîaⁿ;
move sedately along.