Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chia
chia
- chia-chí;
- lavish.
- chia mō̤ⁿ;
- wild hopes.
- kio-chia îm-ît;
- proud and prodigal.
- bé-chia;
- a wagon.
- gû-chia;
- an ox cart.
- lín-chia;
- a wheel-barrow.
- chia-lín;
- the wheel of a cart.
- cŏ̤ chîa;
- to go in a carriage.
- thua chia;
- to draw a cart.
- kò cêk tieⁿ chia;
- hired a carriage.
- húe-lûn-chia;
- a steam car.
- cí ciah húe-lûn-cûn, sĭ àm chia a sĭ îang chia?
- Is this steamboat a propeller or one with side wheels?
- thīⁿ-saⁿ chia;
- a sewing machine.
- tâh chia;
- to turn a pump with the feet.
- lôi pê cúi-chia;
- farming implements.
- chia pêⁿ;
- a carriage top.
- chia sìⁿ;
- the spokes of a wheel.
- pháng se kâi chia;
- a spinning wheel.
- pue chia;
- a flying machine.
- chia sìo; enter in account, chia khṳt i;
- sell to him on credit.
- lṳ́ kio úa thòi chia;
- have it charged in your account for me.
- lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ chia a àiⁿ hīn?
- Do you wish to trade on credit or for cash?
- hīn kah chia, cêk jît sio ŭ cêk peh ngṳ̂n hùe;
- for cash and on credit, he daily disposes of a hundred dollars worth of goods.
- cĭam chia kúi jît;
- let me have it on credit for a few days.
- cía chia sìo sĭ àng gûeh siu a sĭ àng coih siu?
- Are these bills collected monthly, or at other fixed periods?
- peh chia m̄ jû ngŏ-câp hīn;
- a hundred per cent acredited is not so good as fifty per cent paid down.
- bô̤ chia put sêng tìam, lăm chia tìam put sêng;
- without giving credit shops could not be opened, but if credit were carelessly given shops would soon have to be closed.
- chia lâi, hâiⁿ khṳ̀;
- you take something in when you buy on credit, but you pay something out when you settle the bill.
- cêk kâi m̄ chia;
- no credit given.
- chia kâi cōi kùe hīu kâi;
- those who buy on credit are more than those who pay cash.
- phìen chia;
- buy on credit without meaning to pay.
- chia sin hâi kū;
- to incure a new debt in order to settle an old one.
- 硨磲chia-khṳ̂444
- Veined stone, used for the opaque white buttons of officers of the sixth rank.
- i sĭ tì chia-khṳ téng, a sĭ tì cúi-ciaⁿ téng?
- Does he wear a white stone button, or one of crystal?
- lú kâi sìⁿ pèⁿ àiⁿ tàu chia-khṳ̂ hó̤ a tàu gê hó̤?
- Which do you prefer having the handle of your fan made from, white stone or ivory?