Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/coih

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coih

  • coih10328511
  • To sop up.
khîeh kò̤ pò khṳ̀ coih ta;
take a piece of cloth and sop it up dry.
ēng mîⁿ khṳ̀ coih kàu ta-ta;
take some raw cotton and sop it all up dry.
  • cioh9741189
  • A festival; a period of time.
coih khi;
coih hāu; stated times.
sî coih;
times; the terms.
poih coih;
the solstices, the equinoxes, and the beginnings of the four seasons.
cò̤ coih;
kùe coih; to keep holiday.
coih kôih;
the two or three days succeeding a festival.
ngŵn sio coih;
the 15th of the first month, called the feast of lanterns.
cheng-mêng coih;
clear bright weather; the time of worship at the graves of ancestors, in the second or third month.
ngŏ gûeh coih;
the fifth day of the fifth month, the the festival of dragon boats.
chit gûeh pùaⁿ coih;
the middle of the seventh month, when offerings are made to the childless spirits.
tong chiu coih;
the middle of the eighth month, when the moon is worshipped.
tang coih;
the winter solstice, in the eleventh month.
nî coih;
the annual festivals.
tōa coih;
the great festivals.
sàng coih;
make holiday presents.
coih lói;
the presents appropriate to the time; the compliments of the seasons.
  • côih9756210
  • To cut off; to intercept; to slice with a downward stroke of the knife; slices.
côih cò̤ kûeh;
cut in two.
màiⁿ côih tn̆g;
do not cut it off.
cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ côih;
make two or three cuts of it.
cīeⁿ côih ĕ côih;
the upper portion and the under portion.
côih lō chíeⁿ-kiap;
to waylay and plunder.
côih cŭ;
intercept.
pìn cí-kò̤ côih;
cut it off from this point.
côih cò̤ ku-ā tn̄g;
cut it into several regular pieces.
côih phìen;
cut it in flakes.
côih si;
cut it in shreds.
côih cêk cak cêk cak;
cut it in sections.
cí ki to̤ bŏi lāi, bô̤ mih hó̤ côih;
this knife is not sharp, and is not very good to cut with.
côih nêk, côih hṳ̂;
to slice meat or fish.
hóⁿ-thâu côih;
to guillotine.
côih tīo thâu;
to decapitate.
côih îeh;
cut up drugs.
cám côih;
chop up.
cêk to̤ côih;
one style of slicing.
àiⁿ côih sie tùi;
slice them so that the slice will be unbroken.
màiⁿ côih li;
do not break the slices in the cutting.
cíam-côih;
smoothly cut.
cíam-cíam côih-côih;
concise and accurate.
ūe tàⁿ lâi cíam-côih căi;
the language is terse and clear.
ka kàu cíam-côih cíam-côih;
clean cut, with shears.