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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
smells so as to scent the whole place.
tâng chiⁿ bōi kàu ien, tâng ien bōi kàu chàu;
sells it from the time it is prime till it becomes tainted and from the time it becomes tainted till it is rotten.
màiⁿ thiaⁿ i kâi chàu ūe;
do not listen to his obscene talk.
to ŭ cêk cho̤h chàu sṳ̄;
there is always some nasty affair on hand.
bŏi phang bŏi chàu;
it has no odor.
hó̤ ûn cē hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo chàu-khì;
burn some incense to drive away the unpleasant odor.
  • chàu9556413
  • Principles; rules of conduct.
cak-chàu;
fixed rules of conduct.
sêng-peh kâi cak-chàu;
as firm as a pine tree.
piaⁿ-sng kâi cak-chàu;
chaste as ice.
  • chàu95415713
  • Dry, parched.
kang-chàu;
dried up.
chùi kang-chàu;
the mouth parched.
âu-lêng kang-chàu;
the throat dry and husky.
chùi ko-chàu;
the mouth dry.
chàu-jîet kâi mûeh m̄-hó̤ cîah;
do not eat things which make the mouth dry.
chùi-lîm-phûe cio-chàu;
parched lips.
  • chàu95415713
  • Hasty; harsh.
kip-chàu;
testy.
chàu-pău;
prone to anger.
chàu-chàu pău-pău.
hot tempered.
phû-chàu; hasty; touchy, phû-chêng chàu-khì;
irrasible.
cêk-kṳ́ cêk-tŏng phû-phû chàu-chàu, chŵn m̄ thîm-cĕⁿ;
at the least thing he flies into a rage and there is no pacifying him.
sim lăi cio-chàu;
in a rage.
àu-chàu;
quick-tempered; out of temper.
  • châu789608
  • To shift; to move things.
m̄ cìaⁿ, tîeh châu i cìaⁿ;
it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.
lêng-ūaⁿ châu-pàng hṳ́ kháu;
shift it back and set it outside the door again.
íⁿ châu khṳ̀ cē;
move the chair a little farther off.
chn̂g châu-bûa;
move the table nearer.
  • châu9558511
  • A canal; a channel.
châu un;
a thoroughfare for boats.
châu hô̤;
the Grand Canal.
châu cûn;
a transport boat.
châu-un cóng-tok sĭ cóng kẃn châu-hô̤ tang kâi châu-cûn un-cài nîe-bí kâi sṳ̄, īa siet ŭ châu-tău hun lí;
the Imperial Commissioner of grain controls the transport of grain through the Grand Canal, and appoints deputies who assist him in his office.
  • châu955727
  • A revisory judge, or judge of appeals.
cía sĭ thíen-châu ŭ mĕng kâi;
this is what the gods have commanded.
  • châu37478
  • A haunt; a resort; a retreat.
cí kâi sĭ i kâi châu-hŵt;
this is his lurking place.
châu-hŵt kien-kù căi;
his den was very secure.
châk-châu;
a robber's resort.
sĭang-kó châu-kṳ;
an ancient haunt.
  • chāu37304
  • A hubbub.
chāu-nău;
clamor.
chāu-jíang;
altercation.
tăi chāu-nău cêk tieⁿ;
a great uproar.
i ke lāi m̄ hûa, ē-ē chāu-chāu nău-nău;
they are not a harmonious family, they have a row every now and then.
kío-thà kàu i chāu-chāu nău-nău;
incited them on till they came to have a regular brawl.
i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ nâng kà-so, cĭu chāu-chāu nău-nău;
the brothers listened to those who would set them at variance, and so had a row.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu tì-kàu chāu-nău, m̄ hiah;
thus it was that there was a continual rumpus.
khǹg-kòi i màiⁿ chāu-nău;
advised him to make no disturbance.

che

  • che5291
  • A fork; to fork up.
khîa che;
to hold a fork.
ngṳ̂n che;
a silver fork.
thih che;
iron forks.
sa gé che;
a three tined fork.
nŏ̤ gé che;
a two pronged fork.
cêk ki che;
a fork.
cêk hù to̤ che;
a set of knives and forks.
nĭaⁿ-hóⁿ che;
a pitch fork.
hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ ta i ûa;
if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork, nothing can be done with him.
cham che lō thâu;
cross roads.
mêⁿ che;
mischievous sprites which roam at night.
pue che;
the play of throwing up tridents and catching them.
che khí lâi;
take up with a fork.
che m̄ khí;
could not take it up with the fork.
che tōa kò̤ cē;
fork up a bigger piece.
che tîeh seⁿ-kut;
stuck the prong into a bone.
  • che5487
  • To send as an envoy; an envoy.
che-hîah;
an official underling.
tng che;
to act as an envoy.
che sṳ̄;
the business on which one is sent.
koi-che;
a policeman.
ngŵn che;
the first constable sent.
pháu kiaⁿ che;
a commission to the capital.
che sêng;
official messengers.
khim-che; an ambassador, khim-che tăi chîn;
a legate.
pàng tōa khim-che;
to send an envoy.
cwn che i khṳ̀;
send him especially for this.
pí che;
a messenger under discipline.
  • ché40644
  • To haul.
ché lâi ché khṳ̀;
haul to and fro.
la-la ché-ché;
pull and haul.
múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ théng la-ché;
rake and scrape everywhere.
la-ché m̄ lâi;
could not rake and scrape enough