Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chieh
chieh
- bâk chieh;
- a carpenter's foot rule.
- pò chieh;
- a foot in cloth measure.
- cok chieh;
- the measure used in shoes.
- khek chieh ;
- a carpenter's square.
- châi chieh;
- a tailor's measure.
- chieh chùn ŭ tōa sòi;
- feet and inches are of different lengths.
- câp hun ûi cêk chùn, câp chùn ûi cêk chieh, câp chieh ûi cêk tn̆g;
- ten tenths make an inch, ten inches make a foot, ten feet make an ell.
- cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
- for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.
- m̄ kàu chieh chùn;
- not of full stature.
- àiⁿ sĭm-mih chieh tō?
- What are its dimensions to be?
- nîe thiⁿ chieh;
- a sextant.
- saⁿ-chieh hai-thông;
- a young lad.
- thih-chieh;
- an iron bludgeon.
- i tó̤ bú thih-chieh khṳt nâng thoíⁿ;
- he is wielding an iron bludgeon for people's amusement.
- ŭ nâng khîa toaⁿ thih-chieh, ŭ nâng khîa sang thih-chieh;
- some had single bludgeons, and others had one in each hand.
- khóng-chieh;
- peacocks.
- khóng-chieh khui phîn;
- the peacock spreads its tail.
- khóng-chieh lêng;
- peacock's feathers.
- khóng-chieh ngán;
- the eye in a peacock's feather.
- cháu chîeh;
- straw matting.
- tîn chîeh;
- rattan matting.
- tek chîeh;
- bamboo matting.
- lîang chîeh;
- bed mats for hot weather.
- ńng chîeh;
- flexible matting, used for wrapping bundles.
- chîeh pau; chîeh tō̤;
- straw bags.
- chṳ cháu-chîeh;
- spread down a straw mat.
- cŏ̤ chîeh;
- sit on a mat.
- sai chîeh;
- an instructor. (In olden times a teacher sat on a mat on the west side of his school-room).