Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cih
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cih
- ngêng-cih;
- to meet and welcome.
- cih tîeh sìn;
- received a letter.
- úa m̄ cêng cih tîeh lṳ́ kâi jī;
- I have not received your letter.
- cih ìn;
- receive the seal.
- cih jīm;
- take office.
- chut lâi cih i;
- issue forth to receive him.
- i bô̤ chut lâi cih úa;
- he did not come out to welcome me.
- cih sin kuaⁿ;
- welcome a new official.
- cih sìaⁿ cí;
- receive the imperial orders.
- tŏ̤ móng jît cih tîeh hûang-sĭang kâi cí;
- on that day received the orders of the prime minister.
- cih sîn;
- welcome the gods.
- kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cih i;
- kneel to receive him.
- cih i kâi tăng tàⁿ;
- took upon him his heavy burden.
- méⁿ-méⁿ kio i cih;
- took it from him in haste.
- cih cúa;
- to fold paper.
- cih saⁿ khò;
- to fold up clothes.
- cih hó̤ lío, tháu tît;
- after folding, straighten it again.
- cúa tâm cih-bûa lío tháu m̄ khui;
- the paper being wet I could not open it out again after folding it up.
- cih lío tab cò̤ cêk ē;
- after folding them, put them together in a pile.
- cih ŭ kâi kak;
- turn down a corner; to make dog's ears.
- cih i tît;
- fold it straight.
- cih sì-cìaⁿ;
- fold it squarely.
- cih hûn;
- to crease by folding.
- cih cêk cūe hûn;
- make a crease.
- pêh cih;
- paper used for official documents.
- káu cih;
- pay ninety per cent.
- cih cò̤ kúi sîa?
- What percentage will he pay in compensation?
- cih cò̤ cîⁿ;
- to compensate in money.
- cih cîah;
- to compensate for food which was due.
- cok kè, bô̤ khàu, bô̤ cih;
- exactly at cost price.
- cîh thâu;
- the tongue.
- cîh búe;
- the tip of the tongue.
- cîh kṳn;
- the root of the tongue.
- cîh kṳn tau kín;
- tongue-tied.
- tōa cîh;
- to stammer or stutter.
- chùi cîh m̄ hó̤;
- apt to speak evil.
- chùi cîh khó-cíaⁿ;
- have a bad taste in my mouth.
- kuaⁿ hui kháu cîh;
- to discuss politics and talk scandal.
- ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;
- to mimic.
- chùi cîh màiⁿ khah kín;
- do not be too eager to eat.
- kuah cîh;
- to slit the tongue.
- cîh chun chut lâi khṳt úa thóiⁿ;
- put out your tongue that I may see it.
- lṳ́ kâi chùi peh khuah, úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ kâi cîh căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ;
- open your mouth wide so that I can see the condition of your tongue.
- lāng cîh;
- to loll out the tongue.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ chap chùi chap cîh;
- do not you put in your gab.
- cîh keⁿ;
- tongue ploughing; i.e. teaching.
- o̤-ló̤ kàu tiak cîh;
- praising everything whether good or bad.
- a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kâi cîh ńng, ô̤h ūe ío kōi ô̤h, cē ío ŭ nî-hùe cîh-kṳn ío ngĕ, ūe cū o̤h ô̤h;
- children's tongues are flexible and they easily learn to speak, but when they become older their tongues become stiffer, and languages are learned with greater difficulty.
- húe-cîh;
- flames.
- úa thóiⁿ húe-cîh chut lâi;
- I saw the flames coming out.
- thó sua-cîh;
- forms a sand-spit.
- seⁿ cîh tái;
- his tongue is coated.
- á cîh;
- to snap in two by bending between the hands.
- kêh cîh;
- to pry in two.
- áu cîh;
- to wrench in two.
- thūi cîh;
- to sag down so as to break.
- kòng cîh;
- to break by striking with a stick.
- phah cîh kha-kut;
- broke his leg by the blow.
- cîh cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ kò̤;
- broke into two or three pieces.
- cîh cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
- broke in two pieces.
- tâh cîh;
- broken by being trodden upon.
- jūn căi, á bŏi cîh;
- it is very tough, I cannot break it off, by bending it.
- tăⁿ cîh;
- broken by having something fall upon it.
- cí kâi mûeh àu, pàng khah tōa lâk cĭu cîh;
- this is decayed, so that if you set it down too forcibly it will break.
- sek cîh;
- break by throwing.
- kōi cîh;
- easily broken.
- m̄ hó̤ ut cîh;
- do not break it in the attempt to shape it.
- chīu ki pun huang chue cîh;
- the limb of the tree was broken off by the wind.
- peⁿ cîh;
- broke it by catching hold on it.
- pûah cîh chíu-kut;
- fell and broke his arm.
- thìam cîh chn̂g-kha;
- broke the leg of the table by kicking against it.
- bái cîh íⁿ-kha;
- broke the leg of the chair by tipping backward in it.
- cìⁿ cîh bé-íⁿ;
- broke the high bench by crowding upon it.
- cŏ̤ cîh pho-pang;
- broke the bed by sitting on it.
- cí ki êⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh àiⁿ cîh àiⁿ cîh;
- this beam looks as if it were about to break.
- nâng-mûeh khah cōi pang-kîe kîaⁿ cîh;
- there were too many people on the footbridge and it broke.
- kiaⁿ-ùi i cîh, khîeh mûeh lâi ah;
- if you fear it may break, get something and bind on it to strengthen it.
- cŏ̤ khah kú ie-ciah-kut sng kàu cîh;
- sitting too long makes my back ache as if it would break.
- úai cîh kiah-kha;
- twisted his foot so as to break off the heels of his wooden clog.
- kò̤ cîh cíeⁿ;
- broke an oar in rowing with it.
- cŭang cîh tŏa;
- broke the rudder by colliding with something.