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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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gether in a day?
- i cêk jît cẁn lâi cẁn khṳ̀ to̤ cẁn ŭ saⁿ sì peh cîⁿ;
- by diligently hawking his wares here and there, he manages to earn three or four hundred cash a day.
- cí īeⁿ seng-lí o̤h chú-cẁn;
- it is difficult to find openings where this business may be made profitable.
- 撰cw̆n1186412
- To edit; to revise and publish.
- ka-kī tŏ-cw̆n;
- composed by himself.
- thó tŏ-cw̆n;
- revised thoroughly.
- sĭu-cw̆n;
- to indite.
cwt
- hṳ́ kâi cū sĭ úa kâi lăi cwt;
- that is my wife.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ châng-cwt;
- then it is best to keep mum.
- úa kâi seⁿ-cieh sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;
- I am naturally very stupid.
cha
- 差cha5487
- To diverge; a discrepancy; a mistake.
- cha-chò̤;
- to err.
- cha-m̄-to̤; cha-m̄-cōi;
- not much difference.
- cha khṳ̀ hn̆g;
- a great divergence.
- bŏi cha bŏi chak;
- there is no mistake in it.
- cêk-sî cha-chak;
- a momentary blunder.
- cham-cha;
- not uniform.
- cham-cha, m̄ côi;
- unassorted.
- cham-cham cha-cha, chŵn m̄ kui-it;
- very dissimilar, and not of one lot.
- 叉cha5291
- To place with the large and small ends alternating.
- cha chíu;
- to fold the arms.
- sie cha tŏ̤ kò̤;
- laid together heads and points.
- cha m̄ bûa;
- cannot pack them in snugly, with heads and points alternating.
- sie cha cĭu pàng tit lô̤h;
- you can put them in, if you lay them with the large and the small ends alternating.
- 炒chá37864
- To roast in a pan; to fry.
- kang chá;
- to parch in a dry pan.
- cheⁿ chá;
- to fry the raw material.
- chá bí-kam-tê;
- to parch rice for making coffee.
- cien chá;
- to fry in fat.
- chá sek;
- to fry till done.
- màiⁿ chá khah thíam;
- do not fry it too much.
- 鈔chà371674
- A voucher; a document; a receipt.
- cîⁿ-chà;
- paper money.
- ēng chà;
- use paper money.
- sái chà;
- send a draft.
- ngṳ̂n lâi ūaⁿ chà;
- exchange the money for a draft.
- 柴châ11755
- Wood; fuel; fire-wood.
- cám châ;
- to cut fire-wood.
- châ pé;
- fire-wood in bundles.
- ēng châ lâi cò̤ mûeh-hîaⁿ;
- use wood as fuel.
- nín sĭ hîaⁿ châ, a hîaⁿ thôaⁿ?
- Do you use wood or
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coal as fuel at your house?
- châ, kâi ngṳ̂n kúi tàⁿ?
- How many piculs of wood for a dollar?
- châ kâi ngṳ̂n chit-câp pé;
- seventy bundles of wood for a dollar.
- châ-thâu;
- a knotty stick.
- phùa châ;
- to split kindlings.
- phùa châ pó;
- a small axe.
- châ-húe ēng ke căi;
- used a great deal of fire-wood.
- châ sai;
- lumber; wood used in carpentry.
- ta châ m̄-hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;
- dry wood should not be laid close to a fire; do not put yourself in the way of temptation.
- nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;
- it is not well to lean on a rotten stick.
- khieh châ;
- waifs; drift-wood.
- kheh-cío kaⁿ châ;
- a stick in the bill of a magpie.
- kṳ̀ châ;
- to saw wood.
- châ kho;
- a wooden hoop.
- ôi tit châ khui, bŏi tit kṳ̀ ka-lânh;
- the wedge that rives, is itself nipped fast.
- cài châ kâi châ cûn;
- a boat used for carrying wood.
- châ ôi;
- wooden shoes.
- châ kîah;
- wooden clogs.
- châ kîe;
- a wooden bridge.
- châ pèⁿ;
- a wooden handle.
- cêk ki châ;
- a fagot.
- châ póiⁿ;
- a slab.
- cêk kò̤ châ;
- a piece of wood.
- châ chùi;
- chips of wood.
- hieⁿ châ;
- sandal wood.
- bâk châ;
- ebony.
- âng châ;
- redwood.
- cieⁿ châ;
- camphor wood.
- cieⁿ châ bô̤ mih ŏi cù;
- camphor wood is not often affected by dry rot.
- kheh kâi châ in;
- grave a wooden seal.
- tōiⁿ châ;
- hard wood.
- châ khah phàⁿ;
- this wood is too porous.
- khó-nōi châ ío jūn;
- the wood of the Persian lilac is tougher.
- châ thâu;
- a stump.
- châ phûe thiu;
- a shaving.
- 呆châ619753
- Witless; doltish; stupid.
- huaⁿ-hí i cìeⁿ tōa, châ-châ nē, cn̂g kâi bô̤ ēng;
- am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.
- i kâi châ kâi, m̄ hó̤ ǹg i;
- he is a dolt and no dependence can be placed on him.
- kuaⁿ-châ;
- a coffin.
- kuaⁿ-châ pang;
- lumber for coffins.
cháⁿ
- 耍cháⁿ7311263
- To loiter; to play; to jest.
- tît-tît khṳ̀, màiⁿ cháⁿ;
- go straight there and do not loiter.
- tàⁿ cháⁿ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
- accustomed to jesting.
- nŏ̤ ciah káu tó̤ cháⁿ;
- the two dogs were gamboling about.
- cháⁿ kàu îeⁿ; cháⁿ kàu tēng;
- exhausted in the sport.
- úa m̄ kāng lṳ́ cháⁿ;
- I am not jesting with you.
chah
- 插chah9649
- To insert; to stick in; to set in a socket.
- chah pie;
- to stick in a label.
- chah chíu;
- insert the hand.
- chah hue-bâk;
- to stick flowers into a crevice by their stems.
- chah hieⁿ;
- to
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