Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chim
chim
- cúi bô̤ hìeⁿ chim;
- the water is not very deep.
- cúi ho̤h chim;
- the water is quite deep.
- tŏ̤-lí chim;
- this doctrine is deep.
- i jī-bâk chim;
- he is a person of profound scholarship.
- chim sek;
- deeply tinted.
- chim ṳn;
- great kindness.
- i nŏ̤ nâng ìo chim kau;
- the two are on excellent terms with each other.
- chim-tîm;
- profound.
- i kâi kòi-mông chim-tîm;
- his plot was a deep laid one.
- keⁿ chim lío;
- it is past midnight.
- chim kìu;
- deep research.
- chim-chim chíu ip-că;
- a very low bow.
- chim-au chim-au;
- concave.
- chim hn̆g;
- far distant.
- chim nâng bô̤ chíen gṳ́;
- deep thinkers do not make shallow speeches.
- líu kàu chim-chim;
- dig it deep.
- kût chim cē;
- dig deeper.
- chim-àu;
- abstruse.
- hó̤ li kau chim, m̄-hó̤ li kau chíen;
- be intimate with the good, and hold little intercourse with the bad.
- chîu kak khṳ̀ chim căi;
- his enmity is very deep.
- chim hṳ̆n i;
- dislike him greatly.
- thn̄g chim;
- probe deeply.
- chǹg ŭ cêk chùn chim;
- pierced to the depth of an inch.
- chim kàu chah m̄ căi;
- so deep I cannot touch bottom.
- chím cîah m̄ uaⁿ;
- no comfort either in eating or in sleeping.
- bûang chang hùi chím;
- loss of food and sleep.
- cìaⁿ chím, lăi chím;
- the sleeping appartments for males and for females.
- chìm cṳ;
- a sybiline book.
- khieh tîeh chìm-cṳ;
- choose an omen from a sybiline book.
- chìm-cṳ tī;
- a plot of ground indicated by an omen found in a sybiline book.
- jû khieh tîeh chìm cṳ khǹg kín-kín;
- keep it carefully as one would keep a hint from the book of fate.
- chîm-chūe;
- to search for.
- chîm-chūe m̄ tîeh;
- could not find it.
- kṳn thâu chîm kṳn búe;
- to investigate thoroughly.
- chîm pó̤;
- search for treasure.
- chîm-sieⁿ kâi nâng;
- an ordinary person.
- chîm-sîeⁿ kâi mûeh;
- a common article.
- chîm-sîeⁿ kâi sṳ̄;
- a frequent occurrence.
- chîm tī;
- to explore the country.
- kàu ku-ā nî cìaⁿ chîm tîeh;
- found it after many years search.
- chîm-chut ŭ ko̤h īeⁿ kâi ì chut lâi;
- found out another meaning for it.
- chîm-thun sìo-bâk;
- took illegal possession of the account books.
- chîm-hŭam kéng-kài;
- invaded their boundaries.
- chîm-cìam;
- to usurp.
- chim hŵt;
- to invade and chastise.
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- To take hold of for the purpose of moving; to lay hold of and sway; to joggle; to shake.
- chĭm m̄ tin-tăng;
- cannot stir it from its position.
- khṳt i khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ chĭm cū chĭm khí lâi;
- let him steadily lift at it and it will move.
- nŏ̤ nâng khṳ̀ kio i sie-hŭ chǐm;
- two persons went to help him move it.
- chin-chĭeⁿ suaⁿ-meⁿ chĭm cîeh-teng, chĭm tîeh bô̤ bī bô̤ sò;
- like a dragon fly laying hold of a stone half imbedded in the earth for the purpose of lifting it, the stone is not swayed at all thereby.
- màiⁿ chĭm tîeh chn̂g;
- do not jog the table.