Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cio
cio
- i m̄ khéng cio-jīn;
- he is unwilling to own to it.
- cêk pôiⁿ li cē phah cĭu cio, cêk pôiⁿ
- li phah sí m̄ khéng cio;
- one party owned it on being beaten, the other party would not own it though beaten to death.
- cio-îo cŭang-phìen;
- to beguile.
- mín mn̄g cṳ̆ cio;
- confessed it unquestioned.
- cio châi îa;
- the god of weath.
- cio-kè m̄ cŭ;
- unequal to resist.
- cio-hu;
- to wait upon.
- khut phah sêng cio;
- criminate one's self falsely because of being beaten.
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- Imaginary organs or passages which are supposed to encircle the cavities of the thorax and abdomen, and connect the viscera. Chinese physiologists have used them as a convenient force to explain the obscure operations of digestion and secretion, and say they have no form.
- cīeⁿ cio, tong cio, ĕ cio, kìe-cò̤ sam cio;
- the upper, middle, and lower portions of the body between the heart and the groin, are thus called.
- cêk cio;
- in a trice.
- cêk cio cē pù-kùi;
- grew suddenly rich.
- mêng-cio;
- to-morrow morning; by and by.
- a-nôⁿ sam cio sói-êk;
- infants are bathed on the third day.
- cèng mâk cio-cio;
- every eye beheld it.
- thiⁿ lí cio ciang;
- heaven's laws are evident.
- cio kun thàu; cio kun ûi;
- a fillet worn by Chinese women.
- cio-hu;
- a woodman.
- sì pak ūe, ūe cò̤ hṳ̂, cio, keⁿ, mok;
- paint four scrolls representing a fisherman, a woodcutter, a plowman, and a shepherd.
- chá cio;
- fried brown.
- chá kàu cio-cio;
- fried very brown.
- sim cio;
- greatly distressed.
- chùi cio-chàu;
- the mouth parched.
- âu-lêng cio-chàu;
- the throat hot and dry.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ cio-chàu;
- do not be vexed.
- sim lăi cio-chàu;
- anxious and worried.
- cío bó̤, cío kak, cío kíaⁿ;
- the mother bird, the male bird, and the birdlings.
- hún-cío;
- a dove.
- kheh-cío;
- a magpie.
- mûaⁿ-ciah cío;
- a sparrow.
- kŭ-ku cío;
- the wood pigeon.
- teng-hieⁿ cío;
- the clove bird.
- phû-îong cío;
- a canary.
- ngio-thâu cío;
- an owl.
- hṳ̂-tèng cío;
- cormorants.
- lĭo-eng-pô̤ cío;
- hawks.
- līo-ko̤ cío;
- a minor, a small black bird that can be taught to talk.
- pùn-cē cío;
- blackbirds.
- ìⁿ-cío;
- martins.
- pue cío;
- birds.
- khîm cío;
- the feathered tribes.
- cío tàu;
- a bird's nest.
- cío-lâng;
- a bird cage.
- chī cío;
- to keep birds.
- i chī ciah phû-îong cío;
- she keeps a canary.
- phah cío;
- to shoot birds; to fight birds.
- phah pue cío;
- to shoot a bird on the wing.
- to̤h cío khùe;
- fortunes told by trained birds.
- cío-bûe;
- a stool-pigeon.
- lô̤h cío kuang kà cío;
- to train birds in a bird pen.
- cío hiah tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
- birds perch there.
- cío tó̤ phîah sît;
- the bird is flapping his wings.
- cío tó̤ phêh;
- the bird is soaring.
- cío kâⁿ ki chīu ki;
- the bird has a twig in its bill.
- cío tó̤ to̤h sĭm-mûeh?
- What is the bird pecking at?
- cío tó̤ pū kíaⁿ;
- the bird is covering its young.
- thi cío;
- to catch birds with bird lime.
- cío gṳ́;
- incoherent chatter.
- cío tó̤ cĭ i kâi mô̤ⁿ;
- the bird is oiling its feathers.
- cìo-kù;
- to regard; to patronize; to look after.
- cìo-kù m̄ kàu;
- did not take sufficient care of her.
- cìo-kẃn;
- to oversee.
- cìo cṳ;
- go according to the written directions.
- m̄ cìo cṳ;
- go contrary to the book.
- chŵn m̄ cìo cṳ;
- wholly unprecedented.
- cìo kàu thiⁿ ĕ;
- proclaim throughout the earth.
- hŏng cìo;
- received the announcement.
- hâng-lîm īⁿ thăi cìo;
- an officer in the National Academy.
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- Lictors; criers in a cortege; underlings; official attendants; runners, who accompany the retinue of an official.
- sang pôiⁿ kâi cío-lĭ îa;
- the attendant images standing on either side of an idol.
- cí hûe tó lăi cīo-cīo-kìe, bŏi khṳ̀ lí pât sṳ̄;
- am now full of this affair, and cannot go and attend to any thing else.
- sim cīo-cīo-kìe, bŏi tit cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ méⁿ-méⁿ lí kàu sêng;
- have my mind engrossed in it, and am eager to bring this matter to a speedy consummation.