Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cioh

by Adele Marion Fielde

cioh

• 雀cioh9971723
• Small birds.

cioh mêⁿ;

unable to see after nightfall, a condition which is supposed to cause the birds to go to roost at dark.

koi-cioh-mêⁿ;

night blindness.

cioh-mêⁿ, kàu jît-cē àm cū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

those who are night blind are unable to see at all after dark.