Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 斜對chăm-chûah796
- Nearly but not quite opposite.
- cŏ̤ chăm-chûah tŏ̤ kò̤;
- sat facing but not in front of him.
- i kâi mn̂g kio i chăm-chûah;
- the two entrances are nearly opposite each other.
- chăm-chûah sie hìang;
- facing each other, but not quite in line.
- hṳ́ tîo hāng kio hṳ́ tîo koi chăm-chûah;
- the lane and the street are nearly but not quite conterminous.
- 嗆chām9703010
- To peck, as a bird does.
- chām kàu hueh lāu;
- pecked him so that the blood ran.
- chām kàu phìu phûe;
- pecked off the skin.
- chām tîeh i kâi mâk;
- pecked him in the eye.
- khṳt i chin-chām nŏ̤ ē cĭu cîah khṳ̀;
- it was eaten up by him at two pecks.
chang
- chang-thâu;
- onions.
- chang pêh;
- the bulb of an onion.
- chang hîeh;
- onion tops.
- phang chang;
- strong onions.
- chang kṳn;
- the rootlets of the onion.
- chang hîeh hó̤ pun pi;
- an onion top makes a good flute.
- pak chang;
- northern onions.
- chang-cu;
- minced onion.
- chang-thâu peh cêk hah cêk hah;
- pick off the scales from an onion.
- cêk jît sam chang;
- three meals a day.
- mńg chang;
- supper.
- tăi chang;
- dinner.
- sìaⁿ chang;
- the Lord's Supper.
- sì keⁿ cău pn̄g, ngŏ keⁿ pá chang, thiⁿ-kng khí kîaⁿ;
- prepare the meal soon after midnight, eat before dawn, and start at daylight.
- jît bô̤ pá chang cêk tǹg, mêⁿ bô̤ ún sŭi saⁿ keⁿ;
- not one full meal during the day, nor six hours restful sleep during the night.
- lău chang thâu;
- hoary headed.
- thâu-mô̤ⁿ chang-pêh;
- hoary hair.
- chiu chang-pêh;
- hoary beard.
- tap-sīaⁿ chang thiⁿ;
- thank the hoary heavens.
- pò̤-tap sĭang chang;
- recompense the veterans.
- chang-hûang;
- flustered.
- chang-chang hûang-hûang;
- in trepidation.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ chang-hûang;
- don't be in a flurry.
- lṳ́ cìeⁿ chang-hûang sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
- Where are you going in such hot haste?
- chang chut kâi sî-hāu, tàⁿ m̄ cheng-chó̤;
- time is too pressing and so I cannot tell you the whole story.
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- i tó̤ chang;
- he is moaning.
- úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chang kàu hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe sĭ cò̤-nî?
- I hear a pitiful moaning, what is it?
- i cá mêⁿ bŏi ût, chang cêk mêⁿ;
- he could not sleep last night, and moaned all night.
- 滄chang9508510
- Vast, like the sea.
- chang hái;
- the ocean.
- 謒cháng96914910
- To speak harshly.
- úa lâi khṳ̀ cháng i;
- I am going to speak severely to him.
- i sĭ lâi cháng úa;
- he came and spoke harshly to me.
- khṳt úa cháng kàu i cn̂g kâi bô̤ ūe ìn;
- I spoke to him so sharply that he had not a word to answer.
- cháng kàu i bô̤ líen căi;
- spoke to him in such a way as to leave him completely abashed.
- lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu, màiⁿ cháng i khah thíam;
- when you get there, do not overbear him too completely.
- khṳt úa cháng nŏ̤ kù;
- was briefly reprimanded by me.
- 鏟cháng1416711
- A spokeshave for shaving iron; to shave with a spokeshave.
- cí ki to̤ būe cêng cháng;
- this knife has not yet been made smooth by being shaven.
- i tó̤ cò̤ cháng thì-to̤ kâi kang-hu;
- his work is that of smoothing razors with a spokeshave.
- kǹg-cúi m̄ ngĕ kâi cū m̄ hó̤ cò̤ cháng;
- steel that is not very hard will not do for making a shave to shave iron with.
- 創chàng1161810
- To make; to found; to begin.
- chàng-cău;
- to create.
- chàng-sí;
- to invent.
- chàng ke-ngîap;
- found an estate.
- chàng lîp;
- to institute.
- chàng có;
- the founder of a family.
- chàng cêk kò̤ seng-lí;
- to start a business in a place.
- cí cêk kò̤ tī-hng, sĭ úa khṳ̀ chàng kâi;
- it was I who first settled in this spot.
- chàng kâi sîaⁿ;
- found a city.
- chàng to;
- to establish a capital.
- chàng tit khí;
- succeeded in an attempt to establish.
- chàng m̄ khí;
- could not institute it.
- chàng hieⁿ;
- commenced a settlement or village.
- khui-chàng;
- to begin, as a settlement.
- chàng kàu taⁿ, cìaⁿ ío heng-sĕng;
- much time has elapsed since it was started and now it is just beginning to flourish.
- 儳chàng948917
- Perverse; ugly; mulish.
- chàng-thâu;
- a scamp.
- chàng-thâu căi;
- rascally.
- chàng căi;
- hateful.
- cí kâi nâng chàng căi;
- this is an ugly fellow.
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