Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cau

by Adele Marion Fielde

cau

• 遭cau95216211
• To encounter; to meet; to undergo; recurring; an occasion; a time.

cau eh;

to meet with obstacles.

cau lāng;

to encounter difficulties.

cau huang;

met with bad weather.

cau hŏ;

met with rain.

cau châk-kiap;

encountered robbers.

úa khṳ̀ cêk cau, khṳ̀ nŏ̤ cau;

I have been once and again.

úa tàⁿ cêk cau, tàⁿ nŏ̤ cau, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ khṳ̀ cò̤?

I have told you once and again, why do you not go and do it?

úa tàⁿ kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ cau lío, lṳ́ hŵn m̄ thiaⁿ;

I have told you repeatedly, but yet you do not heed it.

cau cau ngŏ̤ lṳ́ m̄ tîeh;

it repeatedly happened that I did not find you in.

ke cêk cau;

once more.

cau-thak;

to knock about and wear out uselessly.

• 糟cau95211911
• The grains left after distilling spirits; to corn, or pickle.

cíu cau;

sâh cíu kâi cau; distiller’s grains.

cwn cò̤ lâi cîah kâi cau;

malt made especially for food.

cau tṳ-nêk;

corned pork.

cau hṳ̂;

cured fish.

cau sie cíu;

a clear mild spirit made from rice.

úa khǹg ŭ cêk pău hó̤-hó̤ kâi cau;

I have a pot of the best malt put away.

cau kàu lok-lok;

left in the sediment of liquor till thoroughly corned.

tûi cíu-thâu-cau lâi tah;

put on a malt poultice.

• 找cau34644
• To pay a balance; to make up the full sum; to supply what is deficient.

chûn jîeh cōi cîⁿ kâi i cau tît?

How much cash remains for the making up of the full sum?

sīn kâi, cau cò̤ cîⁿ;

pay the remainder in cash.

sǹg lío, cau cheng-chó̤ hâiⁿ i;

reckon it up, and then pay him the balance in full.

• 走cáu9611560
• To run; to travel; to get away.

cáu méⁿ-méⁿ;

run quickly.

cáu khṳ̀;

run away.

cáu lâi cáu khṳ̀;

run to and fro.

cáu chut, cáu jîp;

run out and run in.

cáu îaⁿ i;

outrun him.

cáu su i;

was outrun by him.

cáu m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot run.

cáu kàu khang-khang; cáu lío-lío khṳ̀; khṳt i cáu pêh-pêh khṳ̀;

it has all run out.

cúi cŭ tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi cáu;

the water collects there, and cannot run off.

cáu cúi, tîeh cáu tit cheng;

the watershed must be such that the water will all be carried off.

cí ciah cáu khṳ̀ khùe, hṳ́ ciah cáu lâi méⁿ;

that one went quickest, and this one came soonest.

kîaⁿ hó̤, m̄ hó̤ cáu;

walk decorously along and do not run.

cáu khṳ̀ hêk;

tired from running.

cáu kàu pûah tîeh;

ran till he fell down.

cáu bī;

lose flavor.

cáu khì;

lost its strength.

khṳt i cáu thut khṳ̀;

allowed him to slip off.

pāi cáu;

beat a retreat.

phun-cáu;

a fugitive.

cáu kùe séⁿ;

went off to another province.

cáu kùe hwn;

went away to foreign parts.

lṳ́ cáu cĭeⁿ tŏa khṳ̀!

Where will you run to!

úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ cáu tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀!

I think I see you running away somewhere!

àiⁿ cáu, cáu m̄ lī;

wanted to escape but could not.

cáu choiⁿ lí bé;

send a swift courier.

cáu bûn-cṳ;

send a dispatch in haste.

cáu chiⁿ koi măng;

hasten to dispose of what will not keep.

cáu khṳ̀ jīo i;

run and overtake him.

chŵn bŏi cáu lāu;

it does not leak any.

cáu-lāu sie-sit;

the news leaked out.

cáu-sai;

a smuggler.

cáu hìang;

to smuggle.

cáu bŏi tit khí;

cannot run by.

síe cáu;

ran with short steps.

lāu-cáu ŵn khṳ̀;

all leaked out.

tàu cáu lîah;

to play tag.

pûi kâi nâng bô̤ mih ŏi cáu;

stout people cannot run well.

thìo cáu khṳ̀;

jumped away.

tùn cáu khṳ̀;

jerked and broke away.

cío pue cáu khṳ̀;

the bird flew off.

sîu cáu;

swam off.

cûa so̤ cáu;

the snake wriggled off.

pêⁿ cáu;

crept off.

peh khí cĭu cáu;

got up and ran off.

cáu tńg lâi;

ran back.

thò̤ cáu;

ran backwards.

cáu khui, pī i;

dodge aside and avoid it.

tô̤ cáu;

flee away.

thau cáu;

ran slyly away.

cáu khṳ̀ tìam;

ran and hid.

cáu kàu bô̤ hûn bô̤ ía;

gone and left no trace behind.

méⁿ-méⁿ phŏ̤ i cáu khui;

quickly caught him up in his arms and ran aside.

khek lâi cáu sîn;

carved off, so as to destroy its significance, (as in cutting letters).

cáu keh, tîeh cai mûeh hó̤;

the lines made have run over the limits, they must be readjusted.

taⁿ khí, pòng-pòng cáu;

just now got up and clattered off.

cáu khṳ̀, pīn-pòng-kìe;

ran off boisterously.

cáu kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;

ran till all out of breath.

bùn cáu;

got away through some interstice.

pûaⁿ chîeⁿ cáu;

got away by going over the wall.

bī cáu;

swam away under water.

cûn theⁿ cáu;

poled the boat quickly away.

mûeh cài cáu;

carried the things off in a boat.

thok i cáu;

maneuver so as to get him to go away.

jīo i cáu;

cŏng i cáu; drive him away.

kiaⁿ i cáu;

frighten him away.

thàu i cáu;

warn him away.

hàm i cáu;

call out to him to run.

jíang i cáu;

drive him away by screaming out at him.

sái i cáu;

make him run.

thua i cáu;

make him run by catching hold of him.

jīo i m̄ cáu;

he will not be driven off.

phah sí m̄ cáu;

will not be beaten off.

tn̆g cáu;

got away by breaking the rope.

lìu cáu;

clambered down and fled.

kw̆n cáu;

broke away and sped off.

phìu cáu;

slipped his fetters and escaped.

kng cáu;

carried off between two bearers, and thus escaped.

tn̄g cáu;

speedily passed from hand to hand on its way.

bih cáu;

went off, keeping in ambush meanwhile.

khah cáu;

rolled away.

khîⁿ cáu;

clambered off, holding on to something overhead.

ĭa cáu;

take it on his back and depart in haste.

liu cáu;

get away by slipping through one's hands.

phùn cáu;

got away by dodging through a crowd.

nùa cáu;

went off hastily sitting down and shoving himself along with his hands.

phah i m̄ cáu, io sĭ sí kâi;

fired at it and it did not run, so it was surely a dead one.

sie cêⁿ cáu;

striving for precedence in getting away.

cáu lío, tó-tn̂g thìaⁿ, bŏi cáu;

ran until his stomach ached so he could run no longer.

cáu kùe sì-úang kâi nâng;

a great traveller.

cáu kùe jîeh cōi séⁿ?

How many provinces has he travelled in?

cáu kang ô kâi nâng;

a tricky fellow.

cău hŭam;

an escaped criminal.

cáu kam;

an escaped prisoner.

cáu m̄ tit;

could not escape.

cáu châk;

escape from robbers.

ŏi pháu ŏi cáu;

very active.

cáu cêk séⁿ;

gad through the whole province.

cûn cáu, cûn khṳ̀ jīo;

a boat is required in chasing a boat; you must spend money in the recovery of money.

lṳ́ cáu khṳ̀ sí!

You ran hard enough to kill yourself! (said ironically to a slow person).

cáu sek;

to fade.

kîaⁿ cûn, cáu bé saⁿ hun mīaⁿ;

sailors and couriers live but three tenths as long as other people.

cáu bé khùaⁿ cin-cu;

discovering pearls when riding swiftly; speed does not permit careful scrutiny.

khṳt i cáu tīo cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;

lost a thousand dollars through his running away.

tau kíaⁿ, cáu kíaⁿ;

sons and daughters, (so called because the one goes away from home, and the other stays).

cáu-kúi kíaⁿ;

a young female slave.

bói cáu-kúi;

buy a female domestic.

cáu koi;

an agent in a shipping office.

cáu ît;

slip out of place.

cáu sîap;

ooze out.

jw̆n cáu;

run at random.

sīang cáu;

run very hard.

pìaⁿ cáu;

run fast.

li-li cáu;

run right on without stopping.

cheⁿ cáu;

rushes off.

• 笊cáu341184
• A bamboo skimmer.

cáu-lōi;

a splint ladle.

khîeh cáu-lōi khṳ̀ hô pn̄g;

take the bamboo skimmer and dip out the rice.

cang cáu-lōi lâi ko;

take the skimmer and skim it out.

• 灶càu954863
• A kitchen range; a place for cooking.

càu-ĕ;

the kitchen.

càu-suaⁿ-thâu;

the top of the range.

húe-càu;

a kitchen furnace.

co̤h càu;

build a range.

pun cò̤ kúi càu;

divided into several households.

cí kâi mn̂g-lâu lăi kúi húe-càu?

How many families are there in this building?

• 奏càu962376
• To report to the throne; to make known to the government; to celebrate.

càu hûang-tì; càu huâng-sĭang;

to make known to the emperor.

càu hûang-thài-hŏ;

to report to the empress dowager.

càu pńg; càu cieⁿ;

a memorial to the throne.

càu pńg pâng;

the office where memorials are prepared.

cĭeⁿ càu;

to send up a report.

mīn càu;

to state personally to the emperor.

mît càu;

a sealed memorial.

cún càu;

to assent to a memorial.

pó̤ càu;

a recommendation to mercy.

càu chíaⁿ;

a petition.

càu sìo;

a report of expenditures.

càu cih;

paper used in writing memorials.

càu gâuh;

to strike up the band; to play on musical instruments.

• 勻câu1142202
• Equal, even, alike; uniformly; to allot equally.

pun cng, pun m̄ câu;

the spoil was not equally divided.

cē pun lâi m̄ câu, cū àiⁿ sie ceⁿ;

if it is not divided equally they will wrangle over it.

i kong-tău cai, pun kàu câu-câu;

he is very just, and apportions it equally.

chio câu-câu;

mix it thoroughly.

lă kàu câu-câu;

stir it up till it is evenly mixed.

lok kàu câu-câu;

shake it up and down till is it of uniform consistency.

nŏ̤ īeⁿ cham câu;

mix the two ingredients fully.

chap khṳ̀ m̄ câu;

they do not mingle thoroughly.

câu-câu sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is the same all the way through.

hún lâi m̄ câu;

the whitewash is not laid on evenly.

kô m̄ câu, ŭ kâi ŭ, ŭ kâï bô̤;

the paste is not put on smoothly, in some places there is paste and in some there is none.

• 造cău9541627
• To form; to create; a party in a cause; to put on record.

chông bô̤ seⁿ-chut ŭ, kìe-cò̤ cău: chông ŭ pìⁿ-cò̤ bô̤ kìe-cò̤ hùe;

to form something out of nothing is called creating: to resolve something into nothing is called dissolution.

cău hùe;

the changes of nature, production and dissolution.

cău-hùe, cău-hùe!

How lucky!

hó̤ cău-hùe;

good luck.

thèng-cău-hùe;

as it chance.

úa thèng-cău-hùe lâi;

I chanced to come.

lṳ́ màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe cò;

do not do this hap-hazard.

cía sĭ bô̤ cău-hùe kâi, m̄ sĭ i cwn kâi;

this is an unlucky accident, it is not what he designed.

ūe màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe tàⁿ;

do not talk at random.

cău-hùe bŏi pûah tîeh;

happily you did not fall.

cău-hùe căi;

very fortunate.

sĭm sĭ cău-hùe;

exceedingly lucky.

bô̤ cău-hùe cĭu bô̤;

if there is no favorable chance it will not be done.

m̄ cai cò̤ hìeⁿ bô̤ cău-hùe, tùi-tùi i m̄ tŏ̤;

do not know why I should have been so luckless as to be there just when he was absent.

m̄ caí cò̤-nî hìeⁿ cău-hùe chūa lâi kàu hó̤;

do not know how it was that the fates were so propitious in the bringing home of the wife.

keh nî īu cău-hùe seⁿ kâi tau-kíaⁿ;

the next year she had, moreover, the good luck to bear a son.

cía sĭ thèng-cău-hùe;

this is fortuitous.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ thèng lṳ́ kâi cău-hùe;

let this matter be attended to whenever you have a favorable chance.

i thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ lâi;

he will come when chance favors.

i thèng-cău-hùe cò̤;

he makes some now and then whenever he happens to have the opportunity.

líang cău kâi kuaⁿ-si tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?

Of the two parties in the lawsuit, which is in the right?

cău cheh;

put on the records.

cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cău chṳ̀;

in transacting business do not be flurried.

cău ngân, cău gṳ́;

an entire fabrication.

khá cău hue-cam síu-sek;

skillfully made head ornaments.

sĭ i cău khí-thâu;

he was the inventor.

cí ciah thīⁿ-saⁿ-chia sĭ tī-tîang cău-khí kâi?

Who invented this sewing machine?

i chàng-cău thiⁿ-tī bw̄n mûeh;

he created all things.

tăi cău kâi sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî?

What is the gist of the matter?

khun caŭ;

a girl's horoscope.

khîen cău;

a boy's horoscope.

cău cǹg;

make arrangements for a funeral.

kùi cău;

your birth.

lṳ́ kâi kùi cău sĭ sĭm-mih sî jît, sĭm-mih nî gûeh?

When were you born?

cía sĭ phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe;

this is a run of luck.

phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe úa cĭu lâi;

when circumstances are propitious I will come.

pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău kâi;

made in our own shop; home manufactures.

lṳ́ kâi ūe sĭ pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău;

this is story which you yourself make up.

thèng-cău-hùe ēng;

to use as we may happen to want it.

thèng-cău-hùe bōi;

sells it whenever he happens to have a chance.

thèng-cău-hùe khṳ̀;

goes now and then according to circumstances.

thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ;

whenever it happens that it is wanted.

• 罩cău341228
• A protecting cover; to cover.

cău mīn kâi pò;

a vail for the face.

kīe cău;

a cover to keep the dust from a sedan.

teng cău;

a lamp shade.

ēng mûeh cău miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi chue tîeh huang, īa bŏi nah-sap;

take something and cover it up, then the wind will not blow upon it, and it will not become soiled.

• 皂cău9541062
• A black, or very dark gray color; lictors.

cău-hŵn;

copperas.

ní cău-hŵn;

color with copperas.

cău-kak;

legumes of the Gleditschia Sinensis^*, used in making coarse soap.

cău-pâng; cău tĭ;

lictors; criers in a cortege.

cău-cóng;

the chief lictor.

cău-thâu;

head lictors.

put hun cău pêh;

does not discriminate between black and white; unreasonable.