Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

chiaⁿ

• 請chíaⁿ9961498
• To invite; to request courteously

chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;

to invite company.

khṳt nâng chíaⁿ;

he has been invited.

chíaⁿ i lâi cîah;

invite him to partake of the meal.

chíaⁿ i cîah pīu chài-pn̄g;

ask him to take pot-luck with us.

chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

please be seated.

chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ;

to engage a teacher.

chíaⁿ cí;

ask for orders from the Throne.

chíaⁿ tê;

invite to take tea.

chíaⁿ hun; to offer one's pipe, chíaⁿ cíu;

to offer wine.

chíaⁿ ā, chíaⁿ ā;

good-by.

chíaⁿ, chíaⁿ;

good-day.

lṳ́ kio úa chíaⁿ i lâi tàⁿ ūe;

you ask him for me to come and have a chat.

chíaⁿ sî-jît;

an invitation to fix the day.

chíaⁿ mn̄g;

inquire politely.

• 且chíaⁿ97414
• Moreover; furthermore; indicates a copulative sentence.

ko-chíaⁿ tīu sù-sî;

put up with this domicile for a short time.

úa tŏ̤-kò̤, lṳ́ sĭang chíaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa m̄ tŏ̤-kò̤ le m̄ cai lṳ́ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;

if you do like this when I am here, I do not know what you would not do if I were absent.

chíaⁿ cĭam pîet;

so we are to separate for awhile.

úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;

I moreover ask you.

chíaⁿ būe;

not just yet; please delay an instant.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

sit still and do not disturb yourself.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ táng úa;

you remain here and wait for me.

taⁿ chíaⁿ màiⁿ sĭeⁿ i;

now don't think about it any more.

kuang-chíaⁿ hìeⁿ ngía i cò̤ m̄-àiⁿ?

Since it is so pretty why does he not want it?

lṳ́ chíaⁿ hûe khṳ̀;

then you can go back.

chíaⁿ lâi cîah;

come now and eat.

chíaⁿ cieh úa, ùaⁿ cē khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;

lend it to me and I will bring it back to you after awhile.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ khṳt úa, ē-jît úa-kâi le khṳt lṳ́;

let me have it, and at another time I will let you have mine.

i kâi lâu kûiⁿ, jṳ̂ chíaⁿ khuah;

his chamber is lofty, and it is spacious as well.

ko-chíaⁿ;

it will do, it will answer temporarily.

kó-chíaⁿ;

done without any painstaking.

• 倩chíaⁿ98398
• To serve an occasion; to borrow for a purpose.

chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cò̤ bûn-cieⁿ;

to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.

kìm bô̤ nâng chíaⁿ thòi;

forbid the employment of substitutes in writing for the examinations.

chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ thòi;

get a substitute to enter in one's place at an examination.

• 成chîaⁿ77622
• To finish.

cò̤ kàu chîaⁿ;

to bring to completion.

cîah kàu chîaⁿ;

finish the meal.

àiⁿ lí tîeh lí kàu chîaⁿ;

if you do it at all yon must finish it.

cò̤ m̄ chîaⁿ;

unfinished.

cí kâi khang-khùe chîaⁿ kàu i hó̤;

finish up this work.