Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiⁿ
chiⁿ
- chiⁿ hṳ̂;
- fresh fish.
- hṳ̂ chiⁿ kàu ûah;
- the fish is as fresh as if alive.
- cí kò̤ nêk chiⁿ-chiⁿ nē;
- this flesh is from an animal that has just been killed.
- hái chiⁿ;
- shell-fish just out of the sea.
- cí kâi hṳ̂ kàu káu-sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
- this fish is nearly fresh.
- mn̂g-khí kâi hṳ̂, àiⁿ ien li bŏi, àiⁿ chiⁿ li bô̤;
- this morning's fish is not spoiled, and neither is it quite fresh.
- cêk sin hôk-sek chiⁿ căi;
- his garments are very new.
- hue chiⁿ-chiⁿ;
- newly opened flowers.
- kî-chì chiⁿ-mêng căi;
- the flags are quite new.
- chiⁿ-īam;
- spick and span.
- chiⁿ kàu īam-īam;
- glossy from newness.
- chiⁿ kháu;
- deliciously fresh.
- chiⁿ-tîam;
- fresh and sweet.
- chiⁿ-nî căi;
- very youthful.
- saⁿ-khò chiⁿ-khīa chiⁿ-khīa;
- his clothes are span new.
- chíⁿ pò;
- plain blue cotton cloth.
- sĭ àiⁿ làm chíⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ ní chíⁿ?
- Do you want to have it colored blue by a single immersion in blue dye, or by repeated dippings and airings?
- chíⁿ tĭu;
- blue grass-cloth.
- chîⁿ tîeh saⁿ chîⁿ tn̂g;
- measured it by the extended arms, and found it was three times as far as from the tip of one middle finger to the other.
- cang chíu chîⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ kúi chîⁿ khuah;
- measure it with outstretched arms and see how many such spans wide it is.
- ŭ chîⁿ gūa tn̂g cū kàu;
- a little more than the length covered by my extended arms will be sufficient.