Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciap
ciap
- sie ciap;
- to join by splicing.
- ciap tit khí, ciap m̄ khí;
- can or cannot connect them.
- sêng ciap;
- take orders for work.
- ciap chíu sĭ tī-tîang?
- Who is his successor?
- ciap-nâp;
- to welcome.
- ciap-cò̤ cêk kò̤;
- join into one piece.
- saⁿ ki ciap cò̤ cêk ki;
- join the three pieces lengthwise into one.
- ciap kîah-thô̤;
- splice the wooden heel of a woman's shoe.
- ciap châ ôi-tói;
- mend a wooden sole.
- ciap chīu;
- to graft trees.
- ciap kut;
- to set a bone.
- kaⁿ ciap kit kâi;
- oranges that are grafted upon limes.
- ciap chùi;
- to take up the tale.
- ĕ kúi kù ūe i ciap lô̤h khṳ̀ tàⁿ;
- he continued with the few following sentences.
- ciap saⁿ-ńg;
- piece down the sleeves.
- nâng cōi căi, sie ciap sie ciap;
- there are many people present, so that they are as many as have standing room.
- cúi kuang ciap thiⁿ;
- the water seems to join the sky.
- ciap cáng;
- wear a false queue.
- piⁿ búe so̤h àiⁿ ciap kûiⁿ a àiⁿ ciap kĕ?
- Will you have the silk that forms the end of the queue braided in high up or low down?
- khîeh ke tîo so̤h khṳ̀ ciap tn̂g cē;
- take another rope and splice it on.
- thih sĭ ēng sĭm-mih huap-cak cìaⁿ ŏi ciap tit tùe?
- In what way can iron be welded together?
- cûn thâu ciap tîeh cûn búe;
- the bow of one boat was tied to the stern of the other.
- bô̤ thang ciap sôk;
- there is no successor.
- ciap ke cêk chieh;
- lengthen it a foot more by splicing.
- tī-hng sie ciap;
- their lands are contiguous.
- khùe cîap;
- spry.
- lîen cîap;
- to attain degrees at successive examinations.
- tît cîap;
- prompt.
- cîap pò̤;
- an announcement of victory.
- cîap-cîap tàⁿ; cîap-cîap li-li tàⁿ;
- loquacious.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ cîap-kwt;
- acts with promptness and decision.