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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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chit

  • chit98711
  • Seven.
chit-câp;
seventy.
câp-chit;
seventeen.
tŏiⁿ chit jît;
on the seventh day.
chit tien poih táu;
at sixes and sevens.
chit khá-tô;
a Chinese puzzle of seven pieces.
cò̤ chit;
to attend to the funeral rites of each seventh day till the forty-ninth day, after which the burial takes place.
  • chit768646
  • To wipe with a dry cloth.
chit ta;
wipe dry.
chit mâk-cap;
wipe away tears.
chit tīo eng-têng;
wipe off the dust.
chit phīⁿ;
wipe the nose.
thau cîah m̄ cai chit chùi;
purloin edibles and forget to wipe the mouth after eating them.
chit tīo nah-sap;
wipe off the dirt.
khîeh mīn-pò lâi chit;
get a towel and wipe it.
  • 彳亍chît-chôk73
  • The motion of walking.
chît-chôk-kìe;
the clatter of feet.
chît-chît chôk-chôk kìe tùi cí-kò̤ kùe;
went clattering past here.
màiⁿ kîaⁿ kàu chît-chôk-kìe;
do not walk noisily.
chît-chît chôk-chôk;
to scamper.

chiu

  • chiu10001154
  • The autumn.
chun, hē, chiu, tang;
spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
lîp chiu;
the first day of autumn.
chiu thiⁿ-sî;
in the autumn.
chiu khùi; the autumnal season, chiu lîang;
autumnal coolness.
chiu ău; the latter part of autumn, chiu sím;
the autumnal assizes.
chiu kuaⁿ;
the officers of the Board of Punishment.
cêk jît, sam chiu;
the day seemed as long as three years.
chiu-siu;
the late harvest.
chiu sng;
autumnal frosts.
  • chiu81819012
  • Beard; whiskers; tassels; fringes.
pêh chiu;
gray beard.
chiu chang-pêh;
his beard is hoary, o chiu; black bearded.
âng chiu;
red bearded.
lâu chiu; let the beard grow, thì chiu;
to shave off the beard, khoi chiu; to trim the beard.
so̤ chiu; to stroke the beard, jûe chiu;
to twirl the beard.
lût chiu;
to fondle the beard.
cīeⁿ tûn kâi chiu kìe-cò̤ cīeⁿ-lîam;
the beard on the upper lip is called a moustache.
hô-chiu;
whiskers.
ĕ pŏ chiu; the beard under the chin, nŏ̤ phuah chiu;
moustaches.
ngŏ pŏ chiu;
moustaches, side whiskers and goatee.
cèng chiu;
start a beard.
ní chiu; jíam chiu;
dye the beard.
chiu hi-hi;
his beard is very thin.
chiu khah
câk;
his beard is too thick.
chiu kùe lîam a m̄ kùe lîam?
Do the moustaches join in the middle of the upper lip or not?
chiu lâu khí lâi ngía căi, cheng-sìu cheng-sìu;
his beard is very handsome and of just the right thickness.
chiu lâu khí lâi khah seⁿ suah;
his beard gives him too fierce a look.
ngio ŭ chiu;
cats have whiskers.
cai chiu;
to put on a false beard.
hue-sim kâi chiu;
the stamens of a flower.
bêh-sui chiu;
the awn of wheat.
hêⁿ chiu;
the feelers of a prawn.
chuah tîeh i kâi chiu;
jerked his beard.
kúi tîo ka-cûah chiu;
has a few spears of beard, like a cockroach.
bō̤ chiu;
the tassel on a hat.
cêk phau chiu;
a tassel.
sì phau chiu kīe;
a sedan with tassels at its four corners.
nîe-sùaⁿ ài cò̤ cêk în chiu, a nŏ̤ în chiu?
Do you wish the parasol to have one row or two rows of fringe on it?
hṳ́ búe tùe cêk phau chiu;
there is a tassel on the end of it.
sang kha sang chiu côi kâi tek-sut;
a cricket with legs and antennæ of the same length.
chiu lă tîeh cū sie kă;
they joined their antennæ and fought.
  • chiu91185
  • The beginning of the month.
chiu it;
the first day of the month.
chiu sûn;
the first ten days of the month.
ău kâi gûeh chiu;
during the first third of month after next.
  • chíu78115415
  • To redeem; to take out of pawn; to ransom.
chíu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
to take a thing out of pawn.
chíu nâng;
ransom a person.
chíu-tńg cêk cho̤h châng-hn̂g;
lift a mortgage from fields.
cí koiⁿ chù úa àiⁿ kio i chíu, i m̄ hàuⁿ;
I wished to take up the mortgage on this house but he would not consent to it.
chíu khí lâi, ēng jîeh cōi lāi cîⁿ?
What will be the interest to be paid in taking up the mortgage?
khah māng khṳ̀ chíu cĭu tn̆g khṳ̀;
if you defer the redemption of the property too long, it will become the property of the occupant.
  • chíu4172092
  • To sneeze, as one does with a cold in the head.
úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ŏi phah ak-chíu, khì sĭ thong lío;
I hear him sneezing, and so he can now breath through his nose.
i chíu-chíu-kìe, cêk lîen cū phah ku-ā kâi ka-thì;
he kept sneezing, and sneezed several times in succession.
  • chíu5216410
  • Abominable.
măuⁿ-chíu;
ugly.
chíu-lŏ;
ill-looking.
chíu sṳ̄;
disgraceful conduct.