Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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chieh
- 尺chieh71441
- The Chinese foot.
- bâk chieh;
- a carpenter's foot rule.
- pò chieh;
- a foot in cloth measure.
- cok chieh;
- the measure used in shoes.
- khek chieh ;
- a carpenter's square.
- châi chieh;
- a tailor's measure.
- chieh chùn ŭ tōa sòi;
- feet and inches are of different lengths.
- câp hun ûi cêk chùn, câp chùn ûi cêk chieh, câp chieh ûi cêk tn̆g;
- ten tenths make an inch, ten inches make a foot, ten feet make an ell.
- cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
- for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.
- m̄ kàu chieh chùn;
- not of full stature.
- àiⁿ sĭm-mih chieh tō?
- What are its dimensions to be?
- nîe thiⁿ chieh;
- a sextant.
- saⁿ-chieh hai-thông;
- a young lad.
- thih-chieh;
- an iron bludgeon.
- i tó̤ bú thih-chieh khṳt nâng thoíⁿ;
- he is wielding an iron bludgeon for people's amusement.
- ŭ nâng khîa toaⁿ thih-chieh, ŭ nâng khîa sang thih-chieh;
- some had single bludgeons, and others had one in each hand.
- 雀chieh9971723
- The peacock.
- khóng-chieh;
- peacocks.
- khóng-chieh khui phîn;
- the peacock spreads its tail.
- khóng-chieh lêng;
- peacock's feathers.
- khóng-chieh ngán;
- the eye in a peacock's feather.
- 席chîeh804507
- A mat; matting.
- cháu chîeh;
- straw matting.
- tîn chîeh;
- rattan matting.
- tek chîeh;
- bamboo matting.
- lîang chîeh;
- bed mats for hot weather.
- ńng chîeh;
- flexible matting, used for wrapping bundles.
- chîeh pau; chîeh tō̤;
- straw bags.
- chṳ cháu-chîeh;
- spread down a straw mat.
- cŏ̤ chîeh;
- sit on a mat.
- sai chîeh;
- an instructor. (In olden times a teacher sat on a mat on the west side of his school-room).
chien
- 千chien980241
- A thousand; many.
- m̄ cai li, so̤h cò̤ thàng bw̄n-chien;
- did not know, but supposed he would gain millions by it.
- 遷chien98016212
- To remove from one place to another.
- chien-îⁿ;
- go elsewhere to live.
- chien suaⁿ;
- to remove a grave.
- kói kùe, chien sĭen;
- to reform.
- chien-ĭen sî-jît;
- to postpone the day.
- ah-chien;
- to evict.
- pìen chien;
- much changed on account of removals.
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- 淺chíen982858
- Shallow; superficial.
- m̄ cai chim chíen;
- does not know the depth.
- hâk-mn̄g chíen;
- the questions were easy.
- chíen kṳ̆n;
- superficial.
- chíen sek;
- a pale color.
- sĭm chíen;
- the simplest.
- cĭu chíen-chíen nē, sueh khṳt nâng thiaⁿ;
- explain it in just the easiest way.
- hāi nâng put chíen;
- it was no slight injury.
- cúi chíen kàu hó̤ ĕ kùe khṳ̀;
- the water is so shallow that you can wade across.
- cúi khah chíen, cûn m̄-hó̤ kiaⁿ;
- the water is too shallow, and the boats cannot run.
- tó-tn̂g chíen;
- shallow minded.
- chíen mô̤ⁿ;
- short fur.
- 前chîen981187
- To advance; to progress.
- i kien ŭ chîen-thêng a bô̤?
- Did his contributions to the support of the government bring him promotion to office or not?
- i thàng kàu ŭ cîⁿ khṳ̀ kien chîen-thêng;
- he has gained so much that he has money wherewith to purchase an official position.
chiet
- 切chiet976182
- Important; urgent; the entire lot.
- chiet-ìo;
- important.
- bô̤ chiet-ìo;
- unimportant.
- bô̤ mih chiet-ìo;
- of no great importance.
- ŭ chiet-ìo;
- there is occasion for speed.
- sĭang chiet-ìo ;
- the most important.
- bô̤ mih kwn-chiet;
- not much interested in it.
- chiet-sît;
- wholly sincere.
- khap-chiet;
- irrevocable.
- i tàⁿ kàu chiet-chêng căi;
- he spoke in the most cordial manner.
- lṳ́ chiet-chiet tîeh lâi;
- you must not fail to come.
- sueh lâi khap-khap chiet-chiet;
- it is irrevocably set forth.
- cêk chiet kâi sṳ̄ lí tît lío;
- the whole matter is completely arranged.
- cì-chiet màiⁿ gō;
- it is of the utmost importance that it should not miscarry.
- chiet cò̤;
- act with urgency.
- tàⁿ kàu chiet căi;
- spoke with great earnestness.
- thó̤iⁿ tîeh bô̤ chiet bô̤ ìo;
- considered it of no importance at all.
- bô̤ kài-chiet;
- not urgent.
chih
- 㷟chih9268610
- To scald off the hair or feathers.
- khîeh lô̤h kún cui khṳ̀ chih, chih lío, mô̤ⁿ máng cheng-khih;
- take it and scald it in boiling water, and then pluck out all the feathers.
- 燃chih2858612
- To catch fire; to singe.
- húe chih tîeh;
- it ignited.
- thâu màiⁿ cang thâu-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chih húe;
- do not put your head so near that your hair will take fire.
- i kâi chiu khṳt húe chih tīo cêk pôiⁿ khṳ̀;
- his whiskers caught fire and burned off the whole of one side.
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