Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cham
cham
- àiⁿ cham jîeh cōi lô̤h khṳ̀?
- How much do you wish to mix in with the other?
- m̄ hó̤ cham tîeh pât mûeh;
- do not put anything else in with it.
- màiⁿ cham lâi cham khṳ̀;
- do not intermingle them.
- cham ke tíam-kíaⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;
- mix in a little more of it.
- cham câu-câu;
- mingle them thoroughly.
- cham-jī;
- a circular, subscription paper or round-robin.
- cham mîaⁿ;
- to subscribe one's name.
- cham-cha, m̄ côi;
- unassorted.
- cham-cham cha-cha;
- incongruous.
- lṳ́ úa lâi cham-sîang;
- let us talk it over together.
- cham pài;
- visit a superior.
- cham tīo i kâi kuaⁿ;
- degraded him in office.
- càu cham;
- to memorialize upon.
- cham-kìⁿ; chîo-cham;
- go to a levee.
- cham-cìang; cham-hú;
- a colonel or post-captain.
- chíaⁿ cham;
- to request dismissal from office; to resign.
- pàng cham;
- to permit a visit.
- chi-chám;
- afflictive.
- chám căi;
- very greatly distressed.
- chám kêk;
- in the utmost distress.
- sĭm sĭ chám;
- in extreme misery.
- thiaⁿ i khàu khṳ̀ sĭm chám;
- heard him weeping bitterly.
- m̄ cai chám;
- unacquainted with sorrow.
- bŏi chám;
- not lacerated in feeling.
- chám chêng;
- inhuman.
- thóiⁿ tîeh chám;
- considered it distressing.
- khàu chám;
- to cry out because of suffering.
- chàm-chùi;
- odds and ends; miscellaneous bits; leavings; fractions; remainders; residue.
- chàm-chàm chùi-chùi kâi, bô̤ chieh-ìo;
- what is left over is of no consequence.
- ôiⁿ tiang-sî cò̤ chàm-chùi khang-khùe;
- do odd jobs when you have nothing else to do.
- chàm-chùi khieh ka-nng;
- fractions may be gathered up into a whole.
- i ŭ chàm-chùi bōi a bô̤?
- Does he sell any at retail.
- chàm gṳ́;
- a prophecy.
- hóng keng pài chàm;
- get prayers said for a long life.
- t̂o chàm;
- a diagram or picture indicating future events.
- chàm-hùe;
- to repent.
- pài chàm;
- make offerings in token of repentance, as do Buddhists.
- châm chîn;
- a disloyal noble.
- cí kâi nâng sĭ tong a châm?
- Is this person loyal or disloyal?
- châm kâi sĭ mîaⁿ-ke khi-phìen, kù ka-kī, hāi hó̤ nâng: tong kâi sĭ kio i siang hẃn;
- the treacherous are skilled in deceit, and through love of self injure the innocent: the honest are the opposites of such.
- kang châm;
- treacherous.
- châm-chin kúi;
- a traitor.
- châm-chin chùi; treacherous lips, cham-chin chìe;
- treacherous smiles.
- châm-khŭi;
- mortified.
- ka-kī châm-khŭi;
- conscious of one's own defects.
- sim lăi châm-khŭi;
- cherishing a sense of shame.
- cí cuang sṳ̄ châm-khŭi căi;
- am very much mortified about this.
- bŏi châm-khŭi;
- not at all abashed.
- míen ēng châm-khŭi;
- there is no occasion for your being ashamed.
- châm-ngâm;
- a cliff.
- châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;
- craggy.
- cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm căi; this mountain is very precipitous, i kâi mīn seⁿ lăi châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;
- his features are very sharp.
- mīn châm-châm;
- has a rugged face.
- kîaⁿ chăm-sia ío kṳ̆n, li ío o̤h kîaⁿ;
- to go across lots is nearer, and it is also more difficult walking.
- tùi cí-kò̤ chăm-sia chăm-sia kùe khṳ̀;
- cut across here diagonally.
- chăm-kah;
- diagonally opposite.
- 斜對chăm-chûah796
- Nearly but not quite opposite.
- cŏ̤ chăm-chûah tŏ̤ kò̤;
- sat facing but not in front of him.
- i kâi mn̂g kio i chăm-chûah;
- the two entrances are nearly opposite each other.
- chăm-chûah sie hìang;
- facing each other, but not quite in line.
- hṳ́ tîo hāng kio hṳ́ tîo koi chăm-chûah;
- the lane and the street are nearly but not quite conterminous.
- chām kàu hueh lāu;
- pecked him so that the blood ran.
- chām kàu phìu phûe;
- pecked off the skin.
- chām tîeh i kâi mâk;
- pecked him in the eye.
- khṳt i chin-chām nŏ̤ ē cĭu cîah khṳ̀;
- it was eaten up by him at two pecks.