Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cip

by Adele Marion Fielde

cip

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• To hold fast; to maintain; to retain.

cip ì àiⁿ kîaⁿ;

persisted in so doing.

cip kín;

hold fast to.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cip lṳ́ kâi ì;

do not obstinately maintain your own opinion.

hŭam sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ cip it;

in all things one should be open to conviction.

kù-cip;

pertinacious.

cip-áu;

obstinate.

cip huap;

abide by the rule.

kak cip cêk gōi;

let each keep to his own trade.

lṳ́ cip cí kâi chêng-lí, i li cip hṳ́ kâi chêng-lí;

you hold to this view of the case, and he to that.

kak cip cêk ì;

each retained his own opinion.

kak nâng cip kak nâng kâi ì;

each held to his own notion.

cip sṳ̄;

manager or trustee.

pái cip sṳ̄;

appoint managers.

úa kà lṳ́ cip pit kâi huap cak;

I teach you how to hold the pen.

pĕ cip;

a father's equal in age.

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• A paper properly folded, as an official document.

cip-cṳ́;

a document; an authoritative permit; a license, or order, issued by government.

khîeh cip-cṳ́ lâi kìⁿ;

brought a document for the government, and had an audience.

nín kâi toaⁿ khui lío, cò̤-nî m̄ hû úa kâi cip-cṳ́?

Why is it that your draft does not correspond with my letter of credit?

gūa kháu kàu-kwn to sĭ ēng cip-cṳ́;

in foreign trade bills of exchange are always used.

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• To collect; to flock together.

cîp côi;

to gather in one place.

cŭ-cîp;

to congregate.

cèng nâng côi-cîp;

all are assembled.