Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chih

by Adele Marion Fielde

chih

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• To scald off the hair or feathers.

khîeh lô̤h kún cui khṳ̀ chih, chih lío, mô̤ⁿ máng cheng-khih;

take it and scald it in boiling water, and then pluck out all the feathers.

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• To catch fire; to singe.

húe chih tîeh;

it ignited.

thâu màiⁿ cang thâu-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chih húe;

do not put your head so near that your hair will take fire.

i kâi chiu khṳt húe chih tīo cêk pôiⁿ khṳ̀;

his whiskers caught fire and burned off the whole of one side.

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• To plunge a thing into water for the purpose of cooling it.

chih húe-thòaⁿ;

extinguish cinders by plunging them in water.

khîeh khí lâi cū chih lô̤h cúi;

as soon as you lift it off plunge it into the water.

chih lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cī-cē-kìe;

when you plunge it in it hisses.

chih kàu cho̤h cúi sie-sie;

the water was heated by its being plunged in.

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• To brand; to burn in.

cang thih pû âng-âng lâi chih;

take an iron, heat it red hot, and brand it therewith.

chih mô̤ⁿ kâi ìn;

a branding iron for branding animals.

chih kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;

scorched it brown.