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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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interior portions.

chông hṳ́ tói khí lâi;
comes up from the bottom of it.
chông cṳ-ce lâi;
came from school.
chông sòi ŭ tōa;
great results from small beginnings.
chông-côiⁿ sĭ cò̤-nî?
How was it formerly?
chông-kó būe ŭ kâi;
there never before was any such thing.
chông-kó m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
never saw it before.
chông kûiⁿ thóiⁿ kĕ;
look down from a great height.
tùe chông i kâi īeⁿ;
follow his example.
chì mn̄g lṳ́ kâi sin chông tī-kò̤ lâi;
ask you to consider whether you are doing your duty to those who bore you.
chông-lâi bô̤ kâi;
there has been none such hitherto.
chông-lâi;
heretofore.
chông-côiⁿ;
aforetime.
chông kó;
from olden times.
chông kim íⁿ ău lṳ́ tîeh ô̤h hó̤;
henceforth you must learn to do well.
chông lṳ́ cĭu sĭ;
that is what I will do, I will comply with your wishes.
bó̤ chông cṳ́ kùi;
the mother is ennobled through her son.
chông sĭen jû lîu;
follows righteousness as water its channel.
chông pùe-ău khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;
looking backward.
  • cho̤2681409
  • Strong smelling vegetables; all meats included among those forbidden to those who fast.
lṳ́ cîah ce a cîah cho̤?
Are you a vegetarian or do you eat all sorts of food?
phīⁿ tîeh chàu cho̤;
smelled a strong savour.
cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a cho̤ kâi?
Have these cakes any animal fat in them?
i cîah ce, màiⁿ mak tîeh cho̤;
he is a vegetarian, so do not put in what he cannot partake of.
  • cho̤91185
  • At the first; in the beginning.
úa tâng hṳ́ cho̤-cho̤ cĭu kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
I told you so in the very beginning.
lṳ́ tng cho̤ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What did you say in the beginning?
cho̤ hwt;
at the opening.
cho̤ lâi;
the new comer.
cho̤ ô̤h;
the new scholar.
cho̤ seⁿ;
the first born.
cho̤ khui po-thâu;
a newly opened port.
a cho̤ ko̤;
this raw hand.
cho̤ nî;
in the first years.
cho̤-thâu-ē;
at the commencement.
kîaⁿ lĕng cṳ cho̤;
at the first promulgation of the order.
  • chó̤9561406
  • Rough, hasty, careless; the running hand; a rough copy or original draft.
sía chó̤ jī;
write the running hand.
ló̤-chó̤;
rough, careless, slight.
tîeh kang-hu cò̤, màiⁿ ló̤-chó̤;
must do it neatly, and not slight it.
i kâi khang-khùe ló̤-chó̤ căi;
his work is done without pains.
chó̤ kó;
the rough draft.
jêng cúa khí chó̤;
the original draft of an essay or document.
cin chó̤ put ;
the copy and the original do not agree.
phah chó̤;
make a rough draft.
  • chó̤94759
  • Distress; completed.
khó-chó̤;
anguish.
sĭu m tit cí kâi khó-chó̤;
cannot endure this agony.
cheng-chó̤;
done.
cheng-cheng chó̤-chó̤;
all finished up.
lí cheng chó̤;
completely arranged.
tâng soiⁿ tàⁿ cheng-chó̤;
it was all talked over and settled beforehand.
  • chò̤10041678
  • To mistake; to err; wrong.
bô̤ chò̤;
it is all right, there is no mistake.
bô̤ cha-chò̤;
without an error.
bô̤ cha bô̤ chò̤;
without a single mistake.
thóiⁿ chò̤ nâng;
made a mistake in the person.
thiaⁿ chò̤ ūe;
made a mistake in hearing.
cò̤ chò̤ sṳ̄;
erred in doing.
kîaⁿ chò̤ lō;
took the wrong road.
khîeh chò̤ mûeh;
took the wrong thing.
tàⁿ chò̤;
a slip of the tongue.
cong-kú cò̤ chò̤;
always doing the wrong thing.
chò̤ chíu;
a slip of the hand.
chò̤ chíu phah sí i;
killed him by accident.
chò̤ chíu ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
let it fall by a slip of the hand.
chò̤-gō;
to mismanage.
chŵn m̄ jīn chò̤;
wholly refuses to confess his error.
cai jīn chò̤ cū hó̤;
if you confess the fault it will be all right.
lṳ́ chò̤ lío;
you are already astray.
sĭeⁿ chò̤;
err in reasoning.
chò̤-tāⁿ;
in error.
  • chò̤95913
  • Rough, hispid, not smooth.
mông tîeh cho-cho chò̤-chò̤;
it feels very rough.
thóiⁿ tîeh chò̤-chò̤, m̄ kng-kût;
it appears very rough and has no gloss on it.
  • chò̤10041677
  • To file; to rasp; a file.
khîa ki chò̤ lâi chò̤;
take a file and file it.
chò̤ i kng;
file it smooth.
chò̤ kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
file it down even.
ēng chò̤-kíaⁿ chò̤ tn̆g;
file it in two with a thin file.
hóⁿ-cîh chò̤;
an oval file.
  • chò̤10041307
  • Tender; friable.
nêk chò̤-chò̤;
the meat is very tender.
àu chò̤;
friable from decay.
chò̤ kio jūn tùi-mīn;
friable is the opposite of tough.
  • chò̤95611911
  • Paddy which is hulled but not pounded; rude; rough.
chò̤ bí;
unpounded rice.
khah chò̤;
too rough and rude.
cho-chò̤;
coarse and crude.
chò̤ hùe;
coarse goods.
  • chô̤1004647
  • To humble; to take down one's pride; to break the spirit; to cow.
chô̤ i kâi i kâi jŭe-khì;
brought down his bravado.
cē chô̤ tîeh jŭe-khì cū bô̤ táⁿ;
as soon as his courage is once outbraved, he will no longer dare bully people.