Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciah

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ciah

  • ciah691722
  • A classifier applied to animals, boats, furniture, and to things in pairs or sets when one is individualized.
ciah koi, ciah gû, ciah nío-chṳ́;
a hen, an ox, and a mouse.
ciah cûn;
a boat.
ciah íⁿ, ciah chn̂g;
a chair and a table.
ciah ôi;
a shoe.
tok ciah bûeh;
a single stocking.
tok ciah mâk;
one-eyed.
toaⁿ ciah chíu;
single handed.
cêk ciah chíu-cńg-thâu;
one finger.
cêk ciah kha;
one leg.
sang ciah chíu kio i cih;
received it from him in both hands.
kuah tīo ciah hĭⁿ;
cut off an ear.
cêk ciah ku;
a tortoise.
cêk ciah pît-pô̤;
a bat.
cûn ciah cōi căi;
a great number of boats.
nŏ̤ ciah kha kîaⁿ kàu sng căi;
my feet ache badly from walking so far.
cêk ciah cúi-tháng;
a water bucket.
chûn bô̤ kúi ciah tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
have but very few left.
ka-ciah;
the back.
ie-ciah-kut;
the back bone.
ie-ciah-kut cŏ̤ kú sng;
my back aches from sitting so long.
ka-ciah ău;
behind the back.
kîaⁿ tŏ̤ i ka-ciah ău;
walked behind him.
khĭa tŏ̤ i ka-ciah ău;
stood behind him.
hui-tńg ka-ciah ău khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;
turned back and looked.
pì tŏ̤ ka-ciah ău;
carried it tied upon his back.
hó̤ úa ka-ciah;
good to lean back upon.
piah ka-ciah ău;
skulk behind one.
sie úa ka-ciah;
leaning on each other, back to back.
  • ciah9851626
  • A foot-mark; a trace; vestiges; effects.
kha-ciah;
footprints.
chŵn bô̤ hûn-ciah;
there is no trace of it.
bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah;
no evidences of it.
ŭ íaⁿ ciah;
there is circumstantial evidence of it.
hêng-ciah khó̤-gî;
a suspicious appearance.
pen̆g bô̤ cong ciah;
I can find out nothing about him.
màiⁿ mûeh seⁿ hûn-ciah;
do not get it scratched or stained.
lṳ́ kâi saⁿ cò̤ ŏi kâi ciah kâi ciah?
Why is your jacket spotted like that?
hóⁿ kha-ciah;
the tracks of a tiger.
sîn kâi sṳ̄ ciah;
evidences of supernatural power; miracles.
chut khî ko̤h īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ciah;
marvellously strange effects.
tâh i kâi kha-ciah;
tread in his footprints.
tùe i kâi kha-ciah;
follow in his steps.
bô̤ cong bô̤ ciah;
no clue to it.
bô̤ ciah hó̤ chūe;
nothing whereby to trace it.
chûn ŭ cêk īeⁿ kó ciah;
an old landmark remains.
mùa-khí-cá lâi thit-thô̤ hṳ́ kui kâi kó-ciah;
come to-morrow to play by those old ruins.
chûn kâi kū ciah;
a vestige remains.
khṳt hŏ lāu-tih lío seⁿ ciah;
worn by the dropping of the rain.
nâng kîaⁿ ŭ kha-ciah, cío pue ŭ lô̤h mô̤ⁿ;
a person passing by leaves tracks, a bird flying over drops a feather.
i kâi mīn cò̤-nî cêk kâi ciah cêk kâi ciah: sĭ àiⁿ thái-ko̤ a m̄ sĭ?
Why is his face blotched: he is going to have leprosy is he not?
tu si, bé ciah;
a concatenation.
thóiⁿ tîeh kâi ciah kâi ciah;
appears to be scarred.
mûaⁿ-ciah-cío;
a swallow.
lîah mûaⁿ-ciah su ēng khîm hóⁿ lâk;
in catching a swallow you have to use the same skill as in catching a wild beast.
  • ciah-ko39
  • A partridge or grouse.
kâi suaⁿ thâu cêk ciah ciah-ko;
each mountain has its champion partridge.
ciah-ko bô̤ nêk, kut īa so;
though a partridge have little meat, its bones are crisp.
  • cîah7661840
  • To eat; to consume; to live upon; to drink; to devour; to imbibe; to absorb.
cîah pn̄g, ciah píaⁿ, ciah kúe-cí;
eats rice, cakes, and fruit.
cîah cúi, cîah tê, cîah cíu;
drinks water, tea, and whiskey.
cîah ce, cîah cho̤;
to live on vegetables, or to eat animal food.
cîah hun;
to smoke tobacco.
cîah a-phìen;
to smoke opium.
cîah pá;
to eat a full meal.
cîah pá a būe?
Have you eaten enough yet?
cîah kàu pá-pá;
eat till the appetite craves no more.
ciah būe pá;
has not yet eaten a full meal.
i tó̤ cîah;
he is eating.
cîah hó̤ lio;
has finished his meal.
cîah pùaⁿ pak;
had eaten half a bellyfull.
cîah pùaⁿ kûeh cĭu ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;
when they were half through the meal, he happened to come.
màiⁿ cîah khah pá;
do not eat too much.
i ío sòi, sĭ cîah nĭ, bŏi cîah pn̄g;
he is rather small, and eats milk since he cannot eat rice.
i hŵn cîah nĭ;
he is not yet weaned.
cêk ceng cêk ceng cîah ho̤h cōi;
cup by cup he drank a great quantity.
m̄ kàu i cîah;
there is not as much as he wants to eat.
i m̄ kàu cîah;
she has not enough to eat.
chíaⁿ i cîah to̤h;
invite him to supper.
cîah phîⁿ-hun;
take snuff.
cîah cheⁿ hun;
smoke green tobacco.
cîah cúi-hun;
smokes strong tobacco.
mih hun to̤ cîah;
smokes any sort of tobacco.
i sĭ cîah hun-kuah;
he lives on sweet potatoes; he is very poor.
thâng cîah thâng;
tōa thâng cîah sòi thâng; animals live on animals, the larger eating the smaller.
lṳ́ sî cîah cú-nâng a sĭ cîah ka-kī?
Does your employer board you or do you board yourself?
khṳt nâng cîah tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ khṳ̀;
he had a large amount of money made away with by somebody.
kōi cîah húe;
it easily ignites.
cîah nâng cíu nêk, kāng nâng cò̤ hok;
be a comfort to those whose meat and wine sustain you.
bô̤ kong m̄ ká cîah lôk;
dare not partake of the imperial rations unworthily.
úa kwt m̄ cîah ngân;
I shall certainly not eat my own words.
tōa cîah, sòi cîah;
large and small eaters.
chùi siap bŏi cîah;
has no appetite for food.
chùi kût cîah ke;
has a good appetite.
ūi khui, ŏi cîah;
has a relish for food.
cîah tit lô̤h, sio tit khṳ̀;
if you can eat it you can digest it.
cîah m̄ lô̤h;
cannot eat it.
cîah lío màiⁿ kéⁿ tîeh;
do not let it stick in your throat when swallowing it.
cîah lío kṳ̆ tîeh;
choked in eating it.
hàuⁿ cîah;
fond of it.
ka-kī cîah ka-kī;
he feeds himself.
keh-cîah;
indigesttion.
hó̤ cîah a m̄ hó̤ cîah;
whether good to eat or not.
ŭ hó̤ cîah;
has food.
bô̤ hó̤ cîah;
has nothing to eat.
pn̄g cîah cîⁿ;
an allowance for food.
pêh cîah;
eats it out of hand.
thau cîah;
pilfers food.
cîah kàu pûi-pûi;
has become very stout.
cò̤-nî cîah kàu ìeⁿ sáng?
How is it that he has become so thin?
cîah li ŏi cîah, tōa li bŏi tōa;
he eats without growing.
sĭ cîah sieⁿ a m̄ sĭ?
He has marasmus has he not?
cêk sim àiⁿ tùe kíaⁿ cîah, cêk sim àiⁿ kha tâh chut;
her mind was divided between remaining with her children, and marrying again.
ŭ thang hó̤ cîah;
is provided with food.
bô̤ thang hó̤ cîah;
has nothing to eat.
cîah līo;
bread-stuffs; victuals.
cîah tû;
a food-safe.
cîah pn̄g chn̂g;
a dining table.
cîah sîah;
to feast.
cîah kúe-cí sṳ tîeh ki;
when you eat the fruit remember the branches.
cí cîah cûn cĭu cîah chim cúi;
this boat draws much water.
cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg;
eats three meals a day.
cîah lō cúi;
gets the dew upon it.
cîah i kâi khì;
takes in its exhalations.
só̤ cîah sĭ suaⁿ-tien hái-bī;
eats of the fat of the land.
ùi cîah îeh;
loathes medicine.
i m̄ cîah;
he does not eat it.
i m̆ cîah;
he will not eat it.
kò nâng lâi pa-lói cîah;
hire some to do the cooking.
i pa-lói kâi mûeh ío hó̤ cîah;
what she prepares is delicious.
cîah tíam sim;
to stay the stomach; to take a bite.
cîah píaⁿ tîeh nŭaⁿ ka-lio;
you can't eat biscuit without saliva to moisten it.
bói cho̤h mûeh-cîah;
buy something to eat.
bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ bói cîah;
there is no place in which one can buy victuals.
siu-sîp cîah;
prepare the meal.
lău cîah swt;
one who sponges his food.
cîah cúi m̄ ta;
got into hot water.