Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chit

by Adele Marion Fielde

chit

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• Seven.

chit-câp;

seventy.

câp-chit;

seventeen.

tŏiⁿ chit jît;

on the seventh day.

chit tien poih táu;

at sixes and sevens.

chit khá-tô;

a Chinese puzzle of seven pieces.

cò̤ chit;

to attend to the funeral rites of each seventh day till the forty-ninth day, after which the burial takes place.

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• To wipe with a dry cloth.

chit ta;

wipe dry.

chit mâk-cap;

wipe away tears.

chit tīo eng-têng;

wipe off the dust.

chit phīⁿ;

wipe the nose.

thau cîah m̄ cai chit chùi;

purloin edibles and forget to wipe the mouth after eating them.

chit tīo nah-sap;

wipe off the dirt.

khîeh mīn-pò lâi chit;

get a towel and wipe it.

• 彳亍chît-chôk73
• The motion of walking.

chît-chôk-kìe;

the clatter of feet.

chît-chît chôk-chôk kìe tùi cí-kò̤ kùe;

went clattering past here.

màiⁿ kîaⁿ kàu chît-chôk-kìe;

do not walk noisily.

chît-chît chôk-chôk;

to scamper.