Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chak
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chak
- lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ îu a sĭ àiⁿ chak?
- Will you have it painted or have it varnished?
- chak-thóiⁿ;
- to scrutinize.
- chak tŵt;
- to inquire into and decide a case.
- chê-chak;
- examine into.
- sòi chak;
- examine minutely.
- kàm-chak;
- to criticise.
- sîn-mêng kàm-chak;
- the gods exercise a censorship.
- lṳ́ tîeh chak mêng-pêh;
- you must get at the truth of the matter.
- àng-chak-si;
- a provincial judge.
- chŵn bŏi cha-chak;
- there is no mistake in it.
- màiⁿ chak-câp;
- do not get it confused.
- lṳ́ cha úa chak;
- you are astray and so am I.
- châk-kíaⁿ;
- a chisel.
- châk kâi khang;
- to punch out a hole.
- chwn-châk;
- to bore out.
- châk sie-lîn-thàng;
- to dig through to the other side.
- khak-khak châk-châk ŭ cèng-kŭ;
- there is indisputable proof of it.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ khak-châk;
- this matter is thoroughly sifted.
- châk bŏi tit lô̤h;
- cannot dig into it.
- màiⁿ châk khah chim;
- do not chisel it too deeply.
- châk chim cē;
- chisel it deeper.
- châk khuah cē;
- dig it out a little wider with the punch.
- căm châk;
- to carve out with chisel and punch.
- i khṳt i kâi chíu-cńg-kah châk tîeh;
- she was clawed by his finger nails.
- i kâi chíu-cńg-kah châk kàu i hueh lāu;
- she dug her nails into him till the blood ran.
- cò̤ châk;
- to turn thief.
- lîah châk;
- to seize a thief.
- sàng châk;
- to conduct a thief to court.
- phah châk;
- to punish thieves.
- jīo châk;
- to pursue thieves.
- ûi châk;
- surround the thieves.
- huang châk;
- beware of thieves.
- ùi châk;
- afraid of thieves.
- cau châk;
- encounter robbers.
- cáu châk;
- to escape from thieves.
- ngŏ̤ tîeh châk;
- to fall among thieves.
- phùa châk;
- to disperse a band of robbers.
- jíang châk; toah châk;
- to call out “Thief, Thief.”
- péⁿ châk;
- to head off an escaping thief.
- khún châk;
- bind a thief.
- chau châk;
- extirpate thieves.
- châkⁿ-thâu; châk-síu;
- a rebel chieftain.
- châk-kíaⁿ;
- a rebel follower.
- cíⁿ châk-kíaⁿ;
- a young rebel.
- suaⁿ châk;
- banditti.
- hái châk;
- pirates.
- kiap châk;
- freebooters.
- chiap châk;
- a petty thief.
- hẃn châk;
- insurgents.
- pw̆n kut châk;
- rebels.
- híang-bé châk;
- mounted highwaymen.
- châk piaⁿ;
- the rebel force.
- chṳ́ châk;
- a sly thief.
- châk tun-ke;
- one who harbors thieves.
- châk-tàu;
- a den of thieves.
- châk sèⁿ;
- ungrateful.
- châk hĕng;
- rebellious.
- châk mâk;
- a sly expression of the eyes.
- châk sim-tn̂g;
- a reprobate.
- thong châk; ín châk;
- an accomplice of thieves.
- pun châk thau khṳ̀;
- stolen by a thief.
- kâi châk lâi thau i kâi mûeh, thau m̄ kùe chíu;
- a thief came to steal his things but did not get them.
- íⁿ châk kong châk;
- take a thief to catch a thief.
- châk cng;
- booty.
- lîah châk cĭu cng;
- when the robbers are caught their prey is not far off.
- cng cin, châk bīn;
- when the booty is discovered the thief is found.
- bói tîeh châk cng;
- buy stolen goods.
- gō bói châk cng;
- buy stolen goods unwittingly.
- tōa pang kâi châk lîen kuaⁿ-piaⁿ i to m̄ ùi, lîen kuaⁿ-hú kâi mûeh i káⁿ kiap;
- a great band of robbers is not afraid of the regular troops, and dare take even the magistrate's goods.
- tī-pó̤ kio sît cú khṳ̀ jīn thóiⁿ sĭ châk cng a m̄ sĭ;
- the person held responsible for the good order of the place, took the owner of the lost articles to see whether those were the stolen goods.
- kang châk;
- a harmful ruler.
- châk-sì sue;
- the strength of the insurgents is broken.
- châk cìen kuaⁿ-piaⁿ m̄ kùe;
- the rebels cannot withstand the loyal troops.
- châk pìⁿ-cò̤ hó̤ nâng;
- a reformed thief.
- khṳt châk thau khîeh;
- it was stolen.
- châk ce;
- a robber's hold.
- châk îaⁿ;
- the rebel camp.
- àu châk;
- a wretch.
- piaⁿ kau, châk īa kau;
- when the loyal meet, the disloyal are among them.
- châk cûn;
- a pirate ship.
- cí tîo lō seⁿ châk-bé;
- there are highwaymen along this route.
- bâk-châk;
- the scouring rush.
- phêng châk;
- to quiet the insurgents.
- lîah tîeh kâi châk, khún lío, tìo tŏ̤ chīu tèng;
- caught a thief and after binding him hung him to a tree.
- châk-sèⁿ bŏi kói;
- the ungrateful do not repent.
- kói-pìⁿ lío bô̤ cò̤ châk;
- after reformation he is no longer a thief.
- châk phûa;
- a female thief.
- châk sim-sṳ;
- thievish intentions.
- kok châk;
- an embezzler of the public funds.
- mîn châk;
- a defrauder of the people.
- châk châu;
- a retreat of brigands.
- châk tâu-sêng;
- the rebels return to allegiance.
- châk cie uaⁿ;
- the rebels sue for peace.
- châk kâi kî-hō̤;
- the rebel banner.
- lău châk ké cioh-mêⁿ;
- the old thief affects night blindness.
- cò̤ châk bŏi sí, tŏiⁿ ît seng-lí;
- successful rebellion is the most profitable business.
- châk tîeh chíu;
- ran it into my hand.
- châk phùa theng;
- broke the window by punching it.
- khîeh ki mûeh tŏ̤ hái tèng châk sĭ châk sĭm-mih hṳ̂?
- What sort of fish are they spearing there in the sea?
- châk phùa kâi khang;
- punched out a hole.
- châk kàu hueh lāu;
- thrust it in so that it made the blood run.
- màiⁿ châk tîeh mâk;
- do not thrust it in your eye.
- lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tîeh kŭa âu-lêng châk phùa khṳ̀;
- if you do like that you will drive it into your own throat.
- cang chieⁿ châk i;
- took a spear and drove it into him.
- âng-le châk tîeh;
- bruised by a potsherd.
- mīn khṳt chīu-ki châk kàu hûeh lāu;
- had his face barked by a branch so that it bled.
- khṳt ki tek-kíaⁿ châk tîeh kha-lîam;
- barked his shin on a small bamboo.
- híam-híam châk sie-lîn-thàng khṳ̀;
- came very near cutting it clear through by running against something.