A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Chʽó

by Josiah Goddard

Chʽó.

剉^-1

To trim off; chop to pieces; a mode of punishment.

挫^-1

To push down; break in pieces; maltreat.

脞^-1

Minced meat; minute; small bits.

鋤^-1

A hoe or iron instrument for turning up the ground.

初¹

The first; beginning; to begin.

楚²

Brambles; a cluster of trees; sharp; painful.

礎²

The stone base of a pillar.

磋^3-

To rub and polish.

鎈^3-

Copper coin; money.

銼^3-

A file; to rub.

錯^3-

Mixed; confused; erroneous; mistaken.

𱗸⁴

A lump; small quantity.

撮⁴

To take with the fingers; to snatch; a small quantity.

蕞⁴

A bundle of reeds; to sprinkle wine in sacrifice, small.