Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chah

by Adele Marion Fielde

chah

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• To insert; to stick in; to set in a socket.

chah pie;

to stick in a label.

chah chíu;

insert the hand.

chah hue-bâk;

to stick flowers into a crevice by their stems.

chah hieⁿ;

to

set the lower end of incense sticks into the ashes of the incense pot; to worship the gods.

chah cháu ûi pie;

to stick in a spear of grass as a label.

chah kî;

to set up a flag.

chah hĭⁿ cìⁿ;

put an arrow through the ear, as a punishment.

ŏi chah jîp khṳ̀, bŏi pôih chut lâi;

can stick it in, but cannot pull it out.

chah m̄ jîp;

cannot insert it.

chah sit pue khṳ̀;

put on some wings and fly off.

chah cò̤ hō̤;

insert something as a mark.

chah ki thâu-chah;

insert an ornamental hair pin.

chah ki hue;

wear a spray of flowers in the hair.

• 攙chah136417
• To support and lead.

chah i khí lâi;

put the hand under his arm and lift him up.

lṳ́ tîeh chah i;

you must support him by the arm.

chah bŏi tit khí;

cannot pull him up.

chah tŏ̤ i ko̤h-tháng-ĕ, kiaⁿ-ùi pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

upheld him by putting the hand under his arm, fearing that he would fall.

i kâi chíu méⁿ-méⁿ cū lâi chah;

his hand was quickly extended to support her.

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• Confused; mixed; heterogeneous.

jṳ̂ châh-châh; châh-châh jṳ̂;

all in a tangle; mingled with no regard to order; in the utmost confusion.

cêk koiⁿ jṳ̂-jṳ̂ châh-châh, cn̂g kâi m̄ tît;

the whole place is turned upside down, and nothing is in order there.