Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chin

by Adele Marion Fielde

chin

• 相似chin-chĭeⁿ837
• Like, similar, resembling; as if.

seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ;

they are much alike.

cò̤ lâi m̄ chin-chĭeⁿ;

they are very unlike.

i chin-chĭeⁿ i âi;

he resembles his mother.

thóiⁿ tîeh chin-chĭeⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ;

they appear very similar.

chin-chĭeⁿ m̄-hó̤, khî-sît hó̤;

it looks badly, but is really excellent.

chin-chĭeⁿ ngà kâi;

like a dunce.

chin-chĭeⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;

appeared unwilling.

• 親chin9911479
• One's own; akin; kith.

bó̤ chin;

own mother.

úa chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

I heard it with my own ears.

chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

saw it with his own eyes.

chin mīn kāng i tàⁿ;

tell him with your own mouth.

cía jī sĭ i chin pit sía kâi;

this was written by his own hand.

chin sin khṳ̀ cò̤;

went and did it himself.

àiⁿ cò̤ chin;

are going to marry.

sêng chin;

to consummate marriage.

kîaⁿ chin-ngêng kâi lói-sìo;

perform the marriage rites.

sì mâk bô̤

chin;

among entire strangers.

chin kṳ̆n;

near akin.

sang chin tŏ̤ tn̂g;

both parents are still alive.

i kio ún ŭ chin;

he is a relative of ours.

nín kio i chin phài mē?

Are you of the same blood as he?

lăi chin, gua chek;

relatives by blood and by marriage.

chin-ài;

close affection.

chin-jîet;

very intimate.

chin-kẁn;

relatives of another surname.

lâk chin;

the domestic relationships.

hn̆g chin m̄ jû kṳ̆n lîn;

a near neighbour is better than a remote relative.

chin cīeⁿ kia chin;

form a still closer relationship.

chin-cîa hùe;

one's kin.

chin ke;

one's own family.

chin kun;

our own sovereign.

chin piaⁿ; chin teng;

our own troops.

tho̤h i cò̤ cêk mn̂g chin;

entrust to him the business of procuring a wife for you.

chin nâng;

a cousin.

saⁿ hun chin kîeⁿ pât jîn;

one slightly akin is better than one who is not at all related.

• 草畧chìn-chái956
• Not exact; in general; not following any strict rule or pattern; not precise; slightly.

i sĭ chìn-chái cò̤;

he slights what he does.

chìn-chái sía to hó;

to write it off almost any way will do.

chìn-chái thiaⁿ;

listen in a haphazard way.

hó̤ chìn-chái i;

let him off easily; do not be exacting with him.

• 襯chìn2214516
• To give effect; to illustrate; to show off.

cí kù ūe sĭ khîeh lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn kâi ūe;

this sentence is put in merely for effect.

cang kâi nâng lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn;

bring a person along merely for effect.

cang cí kĭaⁿ sū chìn chut hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

make use of this to illustrate that.

cang cí kù ūe lâi pûe-chìn hṳ́ kù ūe;

use this sentence to add to the clearness of the other.

cang hía lâi pûe-chìn cía cū jú-kèng híen-hīn chut lâi;

bring that to the illustration of this, and then this will more plainly appear.

ēng lâi cò̤ pang-chìn;

use as a support or assistance.

• 秤chìn801155
• Steelyards.

cêk ki chìn;

the steelyard.

châ-chìn kau;

the hook on wooden steelyards.

lî-chìn;

money balances.

chìn-kuaⁿ;

the bar of a steelyard.

chìn nău-so̤h;

the cords by which the basin is suspended on a steelyard.

tōa kuaⁿ chìn;

large steelyards.

chìn-kíaⁿ;

small steelyards.

tâng pûaⁿ chìn;

scales having a brass basin.

châ-chìn thûi;

the counterpoise on a steeljard bar.

si-bé chìn;

standard scales.

hú chìn;

steelyards weighing sixteen ounces to the catty.

cam chìn;

eighteen ounces to the catty.

hâng chìn;

twelve ounces to the catty.

kak chù kâi chìn-sek bô̤ mih siang tâng;

the divisions of the steelyard bar differ in different places.

áu tōa chìn;

weigh more than full weight.

ēng síam chìn;

use light weights to sell by.

lṳ́ kâi chìn tîeh téng hó̤;

adjust your scales correctly.

cīeⁿ-jît kâi téng khṳ̀ ŭ chìn-thâu, kíaⁿ-jît kâi bô̤ chìn-thâu;

the other day the weight was a full one, but to-day there is no surplus.

lṳ́ téng khṳ̀ a sĭ bô̤, úa cí ki chìn khṳt lṳ́ á cîh;

if you weigh it and find it short weight you may break my steelyards.

lú sĭ bōi sĭm-mih chìn sek?

By what weight do you sell it?

• 掂chìn894648
• To weigh a thing in the hand.

toaⁿ ciah chíu chìn m̄ khí;

cannot lift it in one hand so as to guess the weight.

chìn m̄ phû;

cannot heft it.

chìn tîeh ŭ jîeh tăng?

How heavy do you find it to be when you heft it?

• 冷chìn506155
• Cold.

thiⁿ-sî chìn căi;

the weather is very cold.

chìn kàu kha-búe chíu-búe thìaⁿ;

so cold that it makes one's toes and fingers ache.

chìn huang;

cold wind.

ŏi chìn a bŏi?

Are you cold?

cí hûe ùi chìn;

I am chilly now.

pn̄g chìn chài chìn;

all the victuals are cold.

lṳ́ kâi sin-hun ngân, m̄ hó̤ cîah chìn cúi;

the temperature of your body is low, and you should not drink cold water.

chìn kùe piaⁿ-sng;

colder than ice.

thàu chìn cúi cîah;

take it in a little cold water.

la chìn;

let it cool by standing.

chìn cúi pûn chìn cîah;

blows cold water to make it cool before drinking it; excessively cautious.

cîah chìn pn̄g;

eat cold victuals.

thiⁿ-sî kûaⁿ-ngân so̤h-chìn;

the weather is terribly cold.

cîah cíu lún chìn;

take whiskey to fortify one's self against the cold.

cí kúi jît bŏi chìn;

these last few days it has not been so cold.

chìn kàu bô̤ si bô̤ hĕ;

so cold as to enforce idleness.

huang thàu lâi chìn căi;

the wind blows cold.

chìn kàu tó̤ khīu;

so cold that he shivers.

chìn kàu hṳ̄-lṳ̄-tie;

so cold that his teeth chatter.

chìn sí;

intolerably cold.

chìn jîp kut;

chilled to the bone.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói kò̤ chìn chut lâi;

the coldness arises from internal causes.

chìn tŏ̤ cí gūa phûe;

coldness of the surfaces.

chìn kàu koi-bó̤-phûe phû;

so cold that goose pimples appear.

pîaⁿ i khùe chìn;

cool it by pouring it to and fro.

tíam-kíaⁿ tíam-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ kōi chìn;

put it in little by little and then it will cool quickly.

phuah i chìn;

cool it by fanning it.

khah chìn tîeh khṳ̀ hip sie;

if it is too cold go and warm it up.

• 臣chîn201310
• A statesman; a vassal; a courtier who can speak to his sovereign.

kun chîn;

prince and ministers.

tong-chîn;

loyal courtiers.

châm-chîn;

disloyal courtiers.

kang-chîn;

a treacherous courtier.

khûn chîn;

the court.

tăi chîn;

a great noble.

mûiⁿ chîn;

a petty nobleman.

pw̆n chîn;

a rebelious noble.

lîang chîn;

an honorable nobleman.

hîen chîn;

a learned nobleman.

bûn chîn, bú chîn;

civil and military officers of very high rank.

îong chîn;

mediocre statesmen.

châi chîn; talented statesmen, bw̄n-kok chîn-hôk;

all nations submitted.

• 陳chîn191708
• Old; stale; dried up.

chîn-phûe;

dried orange peel.

chîn-phûe ko̤;

a medicinal paste made from orange peel.

cía sĭ chîn-kú kâi chng bí;

this is old rice out of a granary.