Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 長chîang271680
- A long time; to excel.
- chîang-kú;
- always; a long time.
- chîang seⁿ put láu;
- physical immortality.
- sĭ i só̤ chîang;
- it is what he excels in.
- cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;
- he excels in nothing.
- 鍫chîang9711679
- A crowbar; to dig with a crowbar.
- phûe-chîang;
- a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.
- thih chîang;
- an iron crowbar.
- chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;
- dig out a deep hole.
- chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;
- dig a hole to set a post in.
- 常chîang740508
- Common; ordinary; always.
- úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;
- it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.
- phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;
- it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.
- chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;
- I am always speaking about you.
- úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- he never did so before.
- lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;
- you must come oftener.
- chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;
- it is a common occurrence.
- chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;
- it is an ordinary thing.
- 踦chĭang3421578
- Having only one good leg; crippled; halt.
- chĭang kha-teⁿ;
- to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.
- kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?
- Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?
- kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;
- a cripple.
- i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;
- the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.
chiap
- 妾chiap977385
- A concubine.
- cêk chi cêk chiap;
- a wife and a concubine.
- bói chiap;
- buy a concubine.
- síe chiap;
- my concubine.
- ài chiap;
- your concubine.
- thóng chiap khì chi;
- divorce the wife for love of the concubine.
- 竊chiap97711617
- To pilfer, to steal.
- thau-chiap;
- to steal.
- pĭ chiap;
- stolen.
- chiap-châk;
- a petty thief.
chie
- 雄chie2141724
- Masculine; martial; virile; brave.
- chie gû-kó;
- a bull.
- nŏ̤ kâi kak chie-chie;
- two great horns.
- chie koi-ang;
- a fine cock.
- cí ciah koi chie căi;
- this is a rampant fowl.
- i chie-chie nē, àiⁿ kio i sie phah;
- he is very perk and wants to fight with them.
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- hó̤ chìe; khó̤ chìe;
- laughable.
- hí-chìe;
- to laugh at.
- chí-chìe; to deride, kìen-chìe;
- ridiculous.
- pun nâng chìe;
- was laughed at.
- thóiⁿ tîeh chìe sí;
- considered it unspeakably ludicrous.
- chìe-ūe căi;
- absurd.
- chìe hi-hi;
- to titter.
- khá-khá chìe;
- to giggle.
- chìe-but chìe-but;
- smiling.
- mûiⁿ chìe;
- to smile.
- né chìe;
- a forced laugh.
- tōa chìe tōa tàⁿ;
- loud laughing and talking.
- àm-cĕⁿ chìe;
- secretly laughed.
- chìe mīn hóⁿ;
- a deceitful smile.
- phīⁿ chìe, chùi chìe;
- to laugh all over one's face.
- hàuⁿ chìe căi;
- fond of fun.
- chìe chùi;
- smiling lips.
- hiong khûn phah m̄ tit chìe mīn;
- the most ruthless hand will not smite a smiling face.
- thau chìe thau khàu;
- half laughing and half crying.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ chìe khuah nâng kâi chùi;
- do not make yourself ridiculous.
- m̆ chìe nē;
- restrained his disposition to laugh.
- lún chìe;
- refrain from laughing.
- hah-hah chìe;
- a horse-laugh.
- hih-hih chìe;
- to laugh boisterously.
- hih-hih chìe;
- to snicker.
- chìe khek; chìe kua;
- to sing ballads.
- lṳ́ chìe chut khek úa thiaⁿ;
- you sing a ballad to me.
- cí chut khek chìe lâi hó̤ căi;
- this ballad was well sung.
- chìe khṳ̀ m̄ tùi páng;
- it was not sung according to the tune.
- chìe chut lâi, siaⁿ-im hó̤, âu-tói īa hó̤;
- the singing was good, and the voices were good.
chieⁿ
- 鎗chieⁿ96816710
- A spear; a musket.
- chieⁿ, to̤, kìam, kek;
- spears, knives, swords, and battle axes.
- chieⁿ huap;
- a soldiers' manual.
- hûe bé chieⁿ;
- give a back thrust when unhorsed.
- lô̤h bé, kim chieⁿ;
- to pretend to be unhorsed in order to give a thrust.
- chîang-chieⁿ;
- a long spear.
- níoⁿ-chieⁿ;
- a fowling piece.
- îeⁿ-chieⁿ;
- a pistol.
- chieⁿ chíu;
- a substitute who enters the examination for the B. A. degree, or who writes themes for another.
- mîaⁿ chieⁿ;
- a renowned scholar who acts as substitute.
- cò̤ chieⁿ;
- to act as substitute.
- kò chieⁿ;
- hire a substitute.
- 搶chíeⁿ9696410
- To take by force.
- chíeⁿ-kiap kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;
- a case of plundering.
- tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh i;
- took it away right before his face.
- sĭ úa chíeⁿ thâu-soiⁿ;
- I take the liberty of going ahead.
- i sĭ chĭeⁿ-lô̤h pât nâng kâi;
- he has seized upon what belongs to some other person.
- lî mīn chíeⁿ;
- took it while his head was turned.
- pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;
- robbed him of it in broad day-
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