Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cho̤
cho̤
- 葷cho̤2681409
- Strong smelling vegetables; all meats included among those forbidden to those who fast.
- lṳ́ cîah ce a cîah cho̤?
- Are you a vegetarian or do you eat all sorts of food?
- phīⁿ tîeh chàu cho̤;
- smelled a strong savour.
- cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a cho̤ kâi?
- Have these cakes any animal fat in them?
- i cîah ce, màiⁿ mak tîeh cho̤;
- he is a vegetarian, so do not put in what he cannot partake of.
- úa tâng hṳ́ cho̤-cho̤ cĭu kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
- I told you so in the very beginning.
- lṳ́ tng cho̤ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
- What did you say in the beginning?
- cho̤ hwt;
- at the opening.
- cho̤ lâi;
- the new comer.
- cho̤ ô̤h;
- the new scholar.
- cho̤ seⁿ;
- the first born.
- cho̤ khui po-thâu;
- a newly opened port.
- a cho̤ ko̤;
- this raw hand.
- cho̤ nî;
- in the first years.
- cho̤-thâu-ē;
- at the commencement.
- kîaⁿ lĕng cṳ cho̤;
- at the first promulgation of the order.
- sía chó̤ jī;
- write the running hand.
- ló̤-chó̤;
- rough, careless, slight.
- tîeh kang-hu cò̤, màiⁿ ló̤-chó̤;
- must do it neatly, and not slight it.
- i kâi khang-khùe ló̤-chó̤ căi;
- his work is done without pains.
- chó̤ kó;
- the rough draft.
- jêng cúa khí chó̤;
- the original draft of an essay or document.
- cin chó̤ put bú;
- the copy and the original do not agree.
- phah chó̤;
- make a rough draft.
- khó-chó̤;
- anguish.
- sĭu m tit cí kâi khó-chó̤;
- cannot endure this agony.
- cheng-chó̤;
- done.
- cheng-cheng chó̤-chó̤;
- all finished up.
- lí cheng chó̤;
- completely arranged.
- tâng soiⁿ tàⁿ cheng-chó̤;
- it was all talked over and settled beforehand.
- bô̤ chò̤;
- it is all right, there is no mistake.
- bô̤ cha-chò̤;
- without an error.
- bô̤ cha bô̤ chò̤;
- without a single mistake.
- thóiⁿ chò̤ nâng;
- made a mistake in the person.
- thiaⁿ chò̤ ūe;
- made a mistake in hearing.
- cò̤ chò̤ sṳ̄;
- erred in doing.
- kîaⁿ chò̤ lō;
- took the wrong road.
- khîeh chò̤ mûeh;
- took the wrong thing.
- tàⁿ chò̤;
- a slip of the tongue.
- cong-kú cò̤ chò̤;
- always doing the wrong thing.
- chò̤ chíu;
- a slip of the hand.
- chò̤ chíu phah sí i;
- killed him by accident.
- chò̤ chíu ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
- let it fall by a slip of the hand.
- chò̤-gō;
- to mismanage.
- chŵn m̄ jīn chò̤;
- wholly refuses to confess his error.
- cai jīn chò̤ cū hó̤;
- if you confess the fault it will be all right.
- lṳ́ chò̤ lío;
- you are already astray.
- sĭeⁿ chò̤;
- err in reasoning.
- chò̤-tāⁿ;
- in error.
- mông tîeh cho-cho chò̤-chò̤;
- it feels very rough.
- thóiⁿ tîeh chò̤-chò̤, m̄ kng-kût;
- it appears very rough and has no gloss on it.
- khîa ki chò̤ lâi chò̤;
- take a file and file it.
- chò̤ i kng;
- file it smooth.
- chò̤ kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
- file it down even.
- ēng chò̤-kíaⁿ chò̤ tn̆g;
- file it in two with a thin file.
- hóⁿ-cîh chò̤;
- an oval file.
- nêk chò̤-chò̤;
- the meat is very tender.
- àu chò̤;
- friable from decay.
- chò̤ kio jūn tùi-mīn;
- friable is the opposite of tough.
- chò̤ bí;
- unpounded rice.
- khah chò̤;
- too rough and rude.
- cho-chò̤;
- coarse and crude.
- chò̤ hùe;
- coarse goods.
- chô̤ i kâi i kâi jŭe-khì;
- brought down his bravado.
- cē chô̤ tîeh jŭe-khì cū bô̤ táⁿ;
- as soon as his courage is once outbraved, he will no longer dare bully people.
- hó̤ chō̤ cíu;
- it is good to keep spirits in.
- cí-kâi bŏi chō̤ cíe hṳ́-kâi;
- this does not hold less than that.
- cí kâi tōa úaⁿ chō̤ nŏ̤ seng bí;
- this large bowl holds two quarts of rice.
- khîeh kâi mûeh hó̤ chō̤;
- get something to put it in.
- khîeh ke nŏ̤ kâi pûaⁿ chō̤ cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
- get two more trays to put the fruit on.
- chō̤ m̄ tit;
- it will not hold them all.
- chō kàu cêk puah tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
- holds a pot full.
- chô̤ tê;
- it contains tea.