Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiet

by Adele Marion Fielde

chiet

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• Important; urgent; the entire lot.

chiet-ìo;

important.

bô̤ chiet-ìo;

unimportant.

bô̤ mih chiet-ìo;

of no great importance.

ŭ chiet-ìo;

there is occasion for speed.

sĭang chiet-ìo ;

the most important.

bô̤ mih kwn-chiet;

not much interested in it.

chiet-sît;

wholly sincere.

khap-chiet;

irrevocable.

i tàⁿ kàu chiet-chêng căi;

he spoke in the most cordial manner.

lṳ́ chiet-chiet tîeh lâi;

you must not fail to come.

sueh lâi khap-khap chiet-chiet;

it is irrevocably set forth.

cêk chiet kâi sṳ̄ lí tît lío;

the whole matter is completely arranged.

cì-chiet màiⁿ gō;

it is of the utmost importance that it should not miscarry.

chiet cò̤;

act with urgency.

tàⁿ kàu chiet căi;

spoke with great earnestness.

thó̤iⁿ tîeh bô̤ chiet bô̤ ìo;

considered it of no importance at all.

bô̤ kài-chiet;

not urgent.