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Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chin

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chin

  • 相似chin-chĭeⁿ837
  • Like, similar, resembling; as if.
seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ;
they are much alike.
cò̤ lâi m̄ chin-chĭeⁿ;
they are very unlike.
i chin-chĭeⁿ i âi;
he resembles his mother.
thóiⁿ tîeh chin-chĭeⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ;
they appear very similar.
chin-chĭeⁿ m̄-hó̤, khî-sît hó̤;
it looks badly, but is really excellent.
chin-chĭeⁿ ngà kâi;
like a dunce.
chin-chĭeⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;
appeared unwilling.
  • 親chin9911479
  • One's own; akin; kith.
bó̤ chin;
own mother.
úa chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
I heard it with my own ears.
chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
saw it with his own eyes.
chin mīn kāng i tàⁿ;
tell him with your own mouth.
cía jī sĭ i chin pit sía kâi;
this was written by his own hand.
chin sin khṳ̀ cò̤;
went and did it himself.
àiⁿ cò̤ chin;
are going to marry.
sêng chin;
to consummate marriage.
kîaⁿ chin-ngêng kâi lói-sìo;
perform the marriage rites.
sì mâk bô̤ ​
chin;
among entire strangers.
chin kṳ̆n;
near akin.
sang chin tŏ̤ tn̂g;
both parents are still alive.
i kio ún ŭ chin;
he is a relative of ours.
nín kio i chin phài mē?
Are you of the same blood as he?
lăi chin, gua chek;
relatives by blood and by marriage.
chin-ài;
close affection.
chin-jîet;
very intimate.
chin-kẁn;
relatives of another surname.
lâk chin;
the domestic relationships.
hn̆g chin m̄ jû kṳ̆n lîn;
a near neighbour is better than a remote relative.
chin cīeⁿ kia chin;
form a still closer relationship.
chin-cîa hùe;
one's kin.
chin ke;
one's own family.
chin kun;
our own sovereign.
chin piaⁿ;
chin teng; our own troops.
tlo̤h i cò̤ cêk mn̂g chin;
entrust to him the business of procuring a wife for you.
chin nâng;
a cousin.
saⁿ hun chin kîeⁿ pât jîn;
one slightly akin is better than one who is not at all related.
  • 草畧chìn-chái956
  • Not exact; in general; not following any strict rule or pattern; not precise; slightly.
i sĭ chìn-chái cò̤;
he slights what he does.
chìn-chái sía to hó;
to write it off almost any way will do.
chìn-chái thiaⁿ;
listen in a haphazard way.
hó̤ chìn-chái i;
let him off easily; do not be exacting with him.
  • 襯chìn2214516
  • To give effect; to illustrate; to show off.
cí kù ūe sĭ khîeh lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn kâi ūe;
this sentence is put in merely for effect.
cang kâi nâng lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn;
bring a person along merely for effect.
cang cí kĭaⁿ sū chìn chut hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
make use of this to illustrate that.
cang cí kù ūe lâi pûe-chìn hṳ́ kù ūe;
use this sentence to add to the clearness of the other.
cang hía lâi pûe-chìn cía cū jú-kèng híen-hīn chut lâi;
bring that to the illustration of this, and then this will more plainly appear.
ēng lâi cò̤ pang-chìn;
use as a support or assistance.
cêk ki chìn;
the steelyard.
châ-chìn kau;
the hook on wooden steelyards.
lî-chìn;
money balances.
chìn-kuaⁿ;
the bar of a steelyard.
chìn nău-so̤h;
the cords by which the basin is suspended on a steelyard.
tōa kuaⁿ chìn;
large steelyards.
chìn-kíaⁿ;
small steelyards.
tâng pûaⁿ chìn;
scales having a brass basin.
châ-chìn thûi;
the counterpoise on a steeljard bar.
si-bé chìn;
standard scales.
hú chìn;
steelyards weighing sixteen ounces to the catty.
cam chìn;
eighteen ounces to the catty.
hâng chìn;
twelve ounces to the catty.
kak chù kâi chìn-sek bô̤ mih siang tâng;
the divisions of the steelyard bar differ in different places.
áu tōa chìn;
weigh more than full weight.
ēng síam chìn;
use light weights to sell by.
lṳ́ kâi chìn tîeh téng hó̤;
adjust your scales correctly.
cīeⁿ-jît kâi téng khṳ̀ ŭ chìn-thâu, kíaⁿ-jît kâi bô̤ chìn-thâu;
the other day the weight was a full one, but to-day there is no surplus.
lṳ́ téng khṳ̀ a sĭ bô̤, úa cí ki chìn khṳt lṳ́ á cîh;
if you weigh it and find it short weight you may break my steelyards.
lú sĭ bōi sĭm-mih chìn sek?
By what weight do you sell it?
  • 掂chìn894648
  • To weigh a thing in the hand.
toaⁿ ciah chíu chìn m̄ khí;
cannot lift it in one hand so as to guess the weight.
chìn m̄ phû;
cannot heft it.
chìn tîeh ŭ jîeh tăng?
How heavy do you find it to be when you heft it?
thiⁿ-sî chìn căi;
the weather is very cold.
chìn kàu kha-búe chíu-búe thìaⁿ;
so cold that it makes one's toes and fingers ache.
chìn huang;
cold wind.
ŏi chìn a bŏi?
Are you cold?
cí hûe ùi chìn;
I am chilly now.
pn̄g chìn chài chìn;
all the victuals are cold.
lṳ́ kâi sin-hun ngân, m̄ hó̤ cîah chìn cúi;
the temperature of your body is low, and you should not drink cold water.
chìn kùe piaⁿ-sng;
colder than ice.
thàu chìn cúi cîah;
take it in a little cold water.
la chìn;
let it cool by standing.
chìn cúi pûn chìn cîah;
blows cold water to make it cool before drinking it; excessively cautious.
cîah chìn pn̄g;
eat cold victuals.
thiⁿ-sî kûaⁿ-ngân so̤h-chìn;
the weather is terribly cold.
cîah cíu lún chìn;
take whiskey to fortify one's self against the cold.
cí kúi jît bŏi chìn;
these last few days it has not been so cold.
chìn kàu bô̤ si bô̤ hĕ;
so cold as to enforce idleness.
huang thàu lâi chìn căi;
the wind blows cold.
chìn kàu tó̤ khīu;
so cold that he shivers.
chìn kàu hṳ̄-lṳ̄-tie;
so cold that his teeth chatter.
chìn sí;
intolerably cold.
chìn jîp kut;
chilled to the bone.
tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói kò̤ chìn chut lâi;
the coldness arises from internal causes.
chìn tŏ̤ cí gūa phûe;
coldness of the surfaces.
chìn kàu koi-bó̤-phûe phû;
so cold that goose pimples appear.
pîaⁿ i khùe chìn;
cool it by pouring it to and fro.
tíam-kíaⁿ tíam-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ kōi chìn;
put it in little by little and then it will cool quickly.
phuah i chìn;
cool it by fanning it.
khah chìn tîeh khṳ̀ hip sie;
if it is too cold go and warm it up.

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  • 臣chîn201310
  • A statesman; a vassal; a courtier who can speak to his sovereign.
kun chîn;
prince and ministers.
tong-chîn;
loyal courtiers.
châm-chîn;
disloyal courtiers.
kang-chîn;
a treacherous courtier.
khûn chîn;
the court.
tăi chîn;
a great noble.
mûiⁿ chîn;
a petty nobleman.
pw̆n chîn;
a rebelious noble.
lîang chîn;
an honorable nobleman.
hîen chîn;
a learned nobleman.
bûn chîn, bú chîn;
civil and military officers of very high rank.
îong chîn;
mediocre statesmen.
châi chîn; talented statesmen, bw̄n-kok chîn-hôk;
all nations submitted.
  • 陳chîn191708
  • Old; stale; dried up.
chîn-phûe;
dried orange peel.
chîn-phûe ko̤;
a medicinal paste made from orange peel.
cía sĭ chîn-kú kâi chng bí;
this is old rice out of a granary.
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