Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/che
che
- khîa che;
- to hold a fork.
- ngṳ̂n che;
- a silver fork.
- thih che;
- iron forks.
- sa gé che;
- a three tined fork.
- nŏ̤ gé che;
- a two pronged fork.
- cêk ki che;
- a fork.
- cêk hù to̤ che;
- a set of knives and forks.
- nĭaⁿ-hóⁿ che;
- a pitch fork.
- hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ ta i ûa;
- if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork, nothing can be done with him.
- cham che lō thâu;
- cross roads.
- mêⁿ che;
- mischievous sprites which roam at night.
- pue che;
- the play of throwing up tridents and catching them.
- che khí lâi;
- take up with a fork.
- che m̄ khí;
- could not take it up with the fork.
- che tōa kò̤ cē;
- fork up a bigger piece.
- che tîeh seⁿ-kut;
- stuck the prong into a bone.
- che-hîah;
- an official underling.
- tng che;
- to act as an envoy.
- che sṳ̄;
- the business on which one is sent.
- koi-che;
- a policeman.
- ngŵn che;
- the first constable sent.
- pháu kiaⁿ che;
- a commission to the capital.
- che sêng;
- official messengers.
- khim-che; an ambassador, khim-che tăi chîn;
- a legate.
- pàng tōa khim-che;
- to send an envoy.
- cwn che i khṳ̀;
- send him especially for this.
- pí che;
- a messenger under discipline.
- ché lâi ché khṳ̀;
- haul to and fro.
- la-la ché-ché;
- pull and haul.
- múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ théng la-ché;
- rake and scrape everywhere.
- la-ché m̄ lâi;
- could not rake and scrape enough together to answer the purpose.
- tī-kò̤ tó̤ la-ché tit ŭ?
- Where can enough be raked and scraped together for it?
- ché chùi;
- haul so as to break in pieces.
- ché m̄ khui;
- cannot haul it off.
- ché cŭ;
- haul fast.
- thoa-thoa ché-ché;
- drag along.
- cĭeⁿ chè;
- to go to stool.
- chè-tî; chè-kng;
- a well for holding nightsoil.
- chê cêk tōa tu;
- took up a big lump.
- bô̤ nŏ̤ ē chê cĭu ŵn khṳ̀;
- it was all gone before we had taken two mouthfuls.
- cîah mûeh tîeh ŭ kui-kṳ́, màiⁿ chê khah tōa chùi;
- in eating, one must behave properly and not take too big mouthfuls.
- m̄-hó̤ lí-lí chê;
- do not eat too fast.
- chê cêk pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu;
- take up a tid-bit for the top of the bowl.
- chê sìo;
- to audit accounts.
- chê siu;
- examined and found it had been received.
- chê-mêⁿ-kuaⁿ;
- night guards.
- chê koi;
- patrol the streets.
- chê hô̤;
- patrol the river.
- chê-chak;
- to scrutinize.
- sûn chê;
- to inquire into.
- lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ chê;
- you go and look it over carefully.
- lṳ́ cài khṳ̀ chê tīaⁿ cē;
- you go again and look it over with a view to making it more correct.
- úa chê kùe lío;
- I have already looked it over carefully.
- chê m̄ chut;
- cannot discover it.
- chê tîeh, ío sĭ cîeⁿ-seⁿ;
- have looked it over, and it remains the same.
- chê tîeh m̄ tùi;
- looked it over and came to a different result.
- chê ke kah;
- take a census.
- oi ke-mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;
- take the domiciles in order, and inquire at each.
- chê to bô̤;
- examined and found none.
- chê lîah kang-sòi;
- search for spies.
- cang chíu chê i kâi ăm;
- throttled him.
- i kâi lâk tōa căi: ciah hóⁿ khṳt i kâi chíu chê tŏ̤ thô-ĕ;
- his strength is enormous: the tiger was pinned down to the ground by his thumb and fore-finger.
- i kâi nâng híam-híam khṳt i kâi chíu chê sí khṳ̀;
- he was very near being throttled and killed by him.