chieh

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  • The Chinese foot.
bâk chieh;
a carpenter's foot rule.
pò chieh;
a foot in cloth measure.
cok chieh;
the measure used in shoes.
khek chieh ;
a carpenter's square.
châi chieh;
a tailor's measure.
chieh chùn ŭ tōa sòi;
feet and inches are of different lengths.
câp hun ûi cêk chùn, câp chùn ûi cêk chieh, câp chieh ûi cêk tn̆g;
ten tenths make an inch, ten inches make a foot, ten feet make an ell.
cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.
m̄ kàu chieh chùn;
not of full stature.
àiⁿ sĭm-mih chieh tō?
What are its dimensions to be?
nîe thiⁿ chieh;
a sextant.
saⁿ-chieh hai-thông;
a young lad.
thih-chieh;
an iron bludgeon.
i tó̤ bú thih-chieh khṳt nâng thoíⁿ;
he is wielding an iron bludgeon for people's amusement.
ŭ nâng khîa toaⁿ thih-chieh, ŭ nâng khîa sang thih-chieh;
some had single bludgeons, and others had one in each hand.
khóng-chieh;
peacocks.
khóng-chieh khui phîn;
the peacock spreads its tail.
khóng-chieh lêng;
peacock's feathers.
khóng-chieh ngán;
the eye in a peacock's feather.
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  • A mat; matting.
cháu chîeh;
straw matting.
tîn chîeh;
rattan matting.
tek chîeh;
bamboo matting.
lîang chîeh;
bed mats for hot weather.
ńng chîeh;
flexible matting, used for wrapping bundles.
chîeh pau; chîeh tō̤;
straw bags.
chṳ cháu-chîeh;
spread down a straw mat.
cŏ̤ chîeh;
sit on a mat.
sai chîeh;
an instructor. (In olden times a teacher sat on a mat on the west side of his school-room).