A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Chien

Chien.

1
Trembling with cold; the head inclined to one side.
1
A certain bird of prey.
1
To note down memorands.
2
To end; terminate; destroy.
2
A dike that serves as a path and a division of fields; to terminate; to announce.
2
A disease that breaks out in pustules with fever; pox.
2
Bent; perverse; to twist; single garments.
2
A black garment; single raiment; garments with flowers.
2
To examine; try or verify.
2
To walk briskly up to; to embrace an opportunity.
2
Shallow; thin; thin metal.
2
To tread upon; to talk in a certain path.
2
To present with food or drink; to make a present.
2
To cut with scissors; shear.
2
Even and regular; scissors; to cut with scissors.
2
The residue of what is consumed by fire; ashes.
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A rapid purturbed current.
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To fight; war; battle; to be struck with fear.