Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciah

by Adele Marion Fielde

ciah

• 隻ciah691722
• A classifier applied to animals, boats, furniture, and to things in pairs or sets when one is individualized.

ciah koi, ciah gû, ciah nío-chṳ́;

a hen, an ox, and a mouse.

ciah cûn;

a boat.

ciah íⁿ, ciah chn̂g;

a chair and a table.

ciah ôi;

a shoe.

tok ciah bûeh;

a single stocking.

tok ciah mâk;

one-eyed.

toaⁿ ciah chíu;

single handed.

cêk ciah chíu-cńg-thâu;

one finger.

cêk ciah kha;

one leg.

sang ciah chíu kio i cih;

received it from him in both hands.

kuah tīo ciah hĭⁿ;

cut off an ear.

cêk ciah ku;

a tortoise.

cêk ciah pît-pô̤;

a bat.

cûn ciah cōi căi;

a great number of boats.

nŏ̤ ciah kha kîaⁿ kàu sng căi;

my feet ache badly from walking so far.

cêk ciah cúi-tháng;

a water bucket.

chûn bô̤ kúi ciah tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

have but very few left.

• 脊ciah9861306
• The spine.

ka-ciah;

the back.

ie-ciah-kut;

the back bone.

ie-ciah-kut cŏ̤ kú sng;

my back aches from sitting so long.

ka-ciah ău;

behind the back.

kîaⁿ tŏ̤ i ka-ciah ău;

walked behind him.

khĭa tŏ̤ i ka-ciah ău;

stood behind him.

hui-tńg ka-ciah ău khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;

turned back and looked.

pì tŏ̤ ka-ciah ău;

carried it tied upon his back.

hó̤ úa ka-ciah;

good to lean back upon.

piah ka-ciah ău;

skulk behind one.

sie úa ka-ciah;

leaning on each other, back to back.

• 迹ciah9851626
• A foot-mark; a trace; vestiges; effects.

kha-ciah;

footprints.

chŵn bô̤ hûn-ciah;

there is no trace of it.

bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah;

no evidences of it.

ŭ íaⁿ ciah;

there is circumstantial evidence of it.

hêng-ciah khó̤-gî;

a suspicious appearance.

pen̆g bô̤ cong ciah;

I can find out nothing about him.

màiⁿ mûeh seⁿ hûn-ciah;

do not get it scratched or stained.

lṳ́ kâi saⁿ cò̤ ŏi kâi ciah kâi ciah?

Why is your jacket spotted like that?

hóⁿ kha-ciah;

the tracks of a tiger.

sîn kâi sṳ̄ ciah;

evidences of supernatural power; miracles.

chut khî ko̤h īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ciah;

marvellously strange effects.

tâh i kâi kha-ciah;

tread in his footprints.

tùe i kâi kha-ciah;

follow in his steps.

bô̤ cong bô̤ ciah;

no clue to it.

bô̤ ciah hó̤ chūe;

nothing whereby to trace it.

chûn ŭ cêk īeⁿ kó ciah;

an old landmark remains.

mùa-khí-cá lâi thit-thô̤ hṳ́ kui kâi kó-ciah;

come to-morrow to play by those old ruins.

chûn kâi kū ciah;

a vestige remains.

khṳt hŏ lāu-tih lío seⁿ ciah;

worn by the dropping of the rain.

nâng kîaⁿ ŭ kha-ciah, cío pue ŭ lô̤h mô̤ⁿ;

a person passing by leaves tracks, a bird flying over drops a feather.

i kâi mīn cò̤-nî cêk kâi ciah cêk kâi ciah: sĭ àiⁿ thái-ko̤ a m̄ sĭ?

Why is his face blotched: he is going to have leprosy is he not?

tu si, bé ciah;

a concatenation.

thóiⁿ tîeh kâi ciah kâi ciah;

appears to be scarred.

• 雀ciah9971723
• A swallow.

mûaⁿ-ciah-cío;

a swallow.

lîah mûaⁿ-ciah su ēng khîm hóⁿ lâk;

in catching a swallow you have to use the same skill as in catching a wild beast.

• 鴣ciah-ko39
• A partridge or grouse.

kâi suaⁿ thâu cêk ciah ciah-ko;

each mountain has its champion partridge.

ciah-ko bô̤ nêk, kut īa so;

though a partridge have little meat, its bones are crisp.

• 食cîah7661840
• To eat; to consume; to live upon; to drink; to devour; to imbibe; to absorb.

cîah pn̄g, ciah píaⁿ, ciah kúe-cí;

eats rice, cakes, and fruit.

cîah cúi, cîah tê, cîah cíu;

drinks water, tea, and whiskey.

cîah ce, cîah cho̤;

to live on vegetables, or to eat animal food.

cîah hun;

to smoke tobacco.

cîah a-phìen;

to smoke opium.

cîah pá;

to eat a full meal.

cîah pá a būe?

Have you eaten enough yet?

cîah kàu pá-pá;

eat till the appetite craves no more.

ciah būe pá;

has not yet eaten a full meal.

i tó̤ cîah;

he is eating.

cîah hó̤ lio;

has finished his meal.

cîah pùaⁿ pak;

had eaten half a bellyfull.

cîah pùaⁿ kûeh cĭu ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;

when they were half through the meal, he happened to come.

màiⁿ cîah khah pá;

do not eat too much.

i ío sòi, sĭ cîah nĭ, bŏi cîah pn̄g;

he is rather small, and eats milk since he cannot eat rice.

i hŵn cîah nĭ;

he is not yet weaned.

cêk ceng cêk ceng cîah ho̤h cōi;

cup by cup he drank a great quantity.

m̄ kàu i cîah;

there is not as much as he wants to eat.

i m̄ kàu cîah;

she has not enough to eat.

chíaⁿ i cîah to̤h;

invite him to supper.

cîah phîⁿ-hun;

take snuff.

cîah cheⁿ hun;

smoke green tobacco.

cîah cúi-hun;

smokes strong tobacco.

mih hun to̤ cîah;

smokes any sort of tobacco.

i sĭ cîah hun-kuah;

he lives on sweet potatoes; he is very poor.

thâng cîah thâng;

tōa thâng cîah sòi thâng; animals live on animals, the larger eating the smaller.

lṳ́ sî cîah cú-nâng a sĭ cîah ka-kī?

Does your employer board you or do you board yourself?

khṳt nâng cîah tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ khṳ̀;

he had a large amount of money made away with by somebody.

kōi cîah húe;

it easily ignites.

cîah nâng cíu nêk, kāng nâng cò̤ hok;

be a comfort to those whose meat and wine sustain you.

bô̤ kong m̄ ká cîah lôk;

dare not partake of the imperial rations unworthily.

úa kwt m̄ cîah ngân;

I shall certainly not eat my own words.

tōa cîah, sòi cîah;

large and small eaters.

chùi siap bŏi cîah;

has no appetite for food.

chùi kût cîah ke;

has a good appetite.

ūi khui, ŏi cîah;

has a relish for food.

cîah tit lô̤h, sio tit khṳ̀;

if you can eat it you can digest it.

cîah m̄ lô̤h;

cannot eat it.

cîah lío màiⁿ kéⁿ tîeh;

do not let it stick in your throat when swallowing it.

cîah lío kṳ̆ tîeh;

choked in eating it.

hàuⁿ cîah;

fond of it.

ka-kī cîah ka-kī;

he feeds himself.

keh-cîah;

indigesttion.

hó̤ cîah a m̄ hó̤ cîah;

whether good to eat or not.

ŭ hó̤ cîah;

has food.

bô̤ hó̤ cîah;

has nothing to eat.

pn̄g cîah cîⁿ;

an allowance for food.

pêh cîah;

eats it out of hand.

thau cîah;

pilfers food.

cîah kàu pûi-pûi;

has become very stout.

cò̤-nî cîah kàu ìeⁿ sáng?

How is it that he has become so thin?

cîah li ŏi cîah, tōa li bŏi tōa;

he eats without growing.

sĭ cîah sieⁿ a m̄ sĭ?

He has marasmus has he not?

cêk sim àiⁿ tùe kíaⁿ cîah, cêk sim àiⁿ kha tâh chut;

her mind was divided between remaining with her children, and marrying again.

ŭ thang hó̤ cîah;

is provided with food.

bô̤ thang hó̤ cîah;

has nothing to eat.

cîah līo;

bread-stuffs; victuals.

cîah tû;

a food-safe.

cîah pn̄g chn̂g;

a dining table.

cîah sîah;

to feast.

cîah kúe-cí sṳ tîeh ki;

when you eat the fruit remember the branches.

cí cîah cûn cĭu cîah chim cúi;

this boat draws much water.

cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg;

eats three meals a day.

cîah lō cúi;

gets the dew upon it.

cîah i kâi khì;

takes in its exhalations.

só̤ cîah sĭ suaⁿ-tien hái-bī;

eats of the fat of the land.

ùi cîah îeh;

loathes medicine.

i m̄ cîah;

he does not eat it.

i m̆ cîah;

he will not eat it.

kò nâng lâi pa-lói cîah;

hire some to do the cooking.

i pa-lói kâi mûeh ío hó̤ cîah;

what she prepares is delicious.

cîah tíam sim;

to stay the stomach; to take a bite.

cîah píaⁿ tîeh nŭaⁿ ka-lio;

you can't eat biscuit without saliva to moisten it.

bói cho̤h mûeh-cîah;

buy something to eat.

bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ bói cîah;

there is no place in which one can buy victuals.

siu-sîp cîah;

prepare the meal.

lău cîah swt;

one who sponges his food.

cîah cúi m̄ ta;

got into hot water.