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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
- smells so as to scent the whole place.
- tâng chiⁿ bōi kàu ien, tâng ien bōi kàu chàu;
- sells it from the time it is prime till it becomes tainted and from the time it becomes tainted till it is rotten.
- màiⁿ thiaⁿ i kâi chàu ūe;
- do not listen to his obscene talk.
- to ŭ cêk cho̤h chàu sṳ̄;
- there is always some nasty affair on hand.
- bŏi phang bŏi chàu;
- it has no odor.
- hó̤ ûn cē hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo chàu-khì;
- burn some incense to drive away the unpleasant odor.
- 操chàu9556413
- Principles; rules of conduct.
- cak-chàu;
- fixed rules of conduct.
- sêng-peh kâi cak-chàu;
- as firm as a pine tree.
- piaⁿ-sng kâi cak-chàu;
- chaste as ice.
- 燥chàu95415713
- Dry, parched.
- kang-chàu;
- dried up.
- chùi kang-chàu;
- the mouth parched.
- âu-lêng kang-chàu;
- the throat dry and husky.
- chùi ko-chàu;
- the mouth dry.
- chàu-jîet kâi mûeh m̄-hó̤ cîah;
- do not eat things which make the mouth dry.
- chùi-lîm-phûe cio-chàu;
- parched lips.
- 躁chàu95415713
- Hasty; harsh.
- kip-chàu;
- testy.
- chàu-pău;
- prone to anger.
- chàu-chàu pău-pău.
- hot tempered.
- phû-chàu; hasty; touchy, phû-chêng chàu-khì;
- irrasible.
- cêk-kṳ́ cêk-tŏng phû-phû chàu-chàu, chŵn m̄ thîm-cĕⁿ;
- at the least thing he flies into a rage and there is no pacifying him.
- sim lăi cio-chàu;
- in a rage.
- àu-chàu;
- quick-tempered; out of temper.
- 徙châu789608
- To shift; to move things.
- m̄ cìaⁿ, tîeh châu i cìaⁿ;
- it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.
- lêng-ūaⁿ châu-pàng hṳ́ kháu;
- shift it back and set it outside the door again.
- íⁿ châu khṳ̀ cē;
- move the chair a little farther off.
- chn̂g châu-bûa;
- move the table nearer.
- 漕châu9558511
- A canal; a channel.
- châu un;
- a thoroughfare for boats.
- châu hô̤;
- the Grand Canal.
- châu cûn;
- a transport boat.
- châu-un cóng-tok sĭ cóng kẃn châu-hô̤ tang kâi châu-cûn un-cài nîe-bí kâi sṳ̄, īa siet ŭ châu-tău hun lí;
- the Imperial Commissioner of grain controls the transport of grain through the Grand Canal, and appoints deputies who assist him in his office.
- 曹châu955727
- A revisory judge, or judge of appeals.
- cía sĭ thíen-châu ŭ mĕng kâi;
- this is what the gods have commanded.
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- 巢châu37478
- A haunt; a resort; a retreat.
- cí kâi sĭ i kâi châu-hŵt;
- this is his lurking place.
- châu-hŵt kien-kù căi;
- his den was very secure.
- châk-châu;
- a robber's resort.
- sĭang-kó châu-kṳ;
- an ancient haunt.
- chāu-nău;
- clamor.
- chāu-jíang;
- altercation.
- tăi chāu-nău cêk tieⁿ;
- a great uproar.
- i ke lāi m̄ hûa, ē-ē chāu-chāu nău-nău;
- they are not a harmonious family, they have a row every now and then.
- kío-thà kàu i chāu-chāu nău-nău;
- incited them on till they came to have a regular brawl.
- i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ nâng kà-so, cĭu chāu-chāu nău-nău;
- the brothers listened to those who would set them at variance, and so had a row.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu tì-kàu chāu-nău, m̄ hiah;
- thus it was that there was a continual rumpus.
- khǹg-kòi i màiⁿ chāu-nău;
- advised him to make no disturbance.
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- 义che5291
- A fork; to fork up.
- khîa che;
- to hold a fork.
- ngṳ̂n che;
- a silver fork.
- thih che;
- iron forks.
- sa gé che;
- a three tined fork.
- nŏ̤ gé che;
- a two pronged fork.
- cêk ki che;
- a fork.
- cêk hù to̤ che;
- a set of knives and forks.
- nĭaⁿ-hóⁿ che;
- a pitch fork.
- hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ ta i ûa;
- if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork, nothing can be done with him.
- cham che lō thâu;
- cross roads.
- mêⁿ che;
- mischievous sprites which roam at night.
- pue che;
- the play of throwing up tridents and catching them.
- che khí lâi;
- take up with a fork.
- che m̄ khí;
- could not take it up with the fork.
- che tōa kò̤ cē;
- fork up a bigger piece.
- che tîeh seⁿ-kut;
- stuck the prong into a bone.
- 差che5487
- To send as an envoy; an envoy.
- che-hîah;
- an official underling.
- tng che;
- to act as an envoy.
- che sṳ̄;
- the business on which one is sent.
- koi-che;
- a policeman.
- ngŵn che;
- the first constable sent.
- pháu kiaⁿ che;
- a commission to the capital.
- che sêng;
- official messengers.
- khim-che; an ambassador, khim-che tăi chîn;
- a legate.
- pàng tōa khim-che;
- to send an envoy.
- cwn che i khṳ̀;
- send him especially for this.
- pí che;
- a messenger under discipline.
- ché lâi ché khṳ̀;
- haul to and fro.
- la-la ché-ché;
- pull and haul.
- múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ théng la-ché;
- rake and scrape everywhere.
- la-ché m̄ lâi;
- could not rake and scrape enough
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