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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • chì661244
  • Prepared fish fins.
hṳ̂ chì;
a kind of food made from the fins of fish.
chì kîu; hó̤-pau-chì;
fish fins made into pellets and cakes.
  • chì665012
  • A pennon or streamer.
kî-chì;
flags.
chah tōa-bó̤-mûeh kî-chì;
erect a great number of flags.
kî-chì chiⁿ-mêng;
flags new and bright.
  • chì765569
  • To murder a superior.
chì pĕ kâi nâng;
a parricide.
chì kun kâi nâng;
a regicide.
chì i kâi cú;
murdered his master.
  • chì9751098
  • Eye-lashes.
mâk-chì-mô̤ⁿ;
the eyelashes.
  • chì10351424
  • Hairy spines.
hô̤-tṳ chì;
porcupine quills.
  • chî6416211
  • * Dilatory; slow.
chî-gî;
irresolute.
chî-gî, put kwt;
undecided and unsettled in mind.
úa thiaⁿ tîeh chî-chî gî-gî;
on hearing this I was in great doubt what to do.
m̄-hó̤ chî-ĭen;
do not procrastinate.
chî-māng kúi jît;
delay a few days.
kàu taⁿ le khah chî lío;
it is now too late.
taⁿ khéng hûe-thâu pìⁿ hó̤ hŵn bŏ̤i chî;
if you are now willing to reform, it is not yet too late.
kong-mîaⁿ chî cá m̄ tâng;
fame comes at diverse times to different persons.
  • chî9662100
  • To arrange methodically.
chî-pĭ;
to prepare carefully.
mih mûeh chî-pĭ;
everything is ready.
put lêng chî ke, ien lêng tì kok?
If you cannot keep your family in order, how can you rule a kingdom?
chî-chŵn;
well regulated.
m̄ chî-chŵn;
not in complete order.
siu-sîp kàu chî-chî céng-céng;
arranged in perfect order.
bw̄n mûeh chî-pĭ, cí khìam tang huang;
all that is required is ready, excepting only a favorable wind.
lóng-cóng chî-chî pĭ-pĭ lìo;
all is methodically prepared.
  • chî641873
  • To spread abroad.
kak chù chî mîaⁿ;
its name is known everywhere.
chî-mîaⁿ kâi ko̤-îeh;
a renowned salve.
  • 巿chĭ762502
  • A market; to trade.
koi-chĭ;
the market.
sîaⁿ chĭ;
the city market.
po chĭ;
a mart.
pă chĭ;
to close a market.
hṳ-chĭ;
a country fair.
cĭeⁿ chĭ;
go to market.
hâng chĭ;
the exchange or bourse.
m̄ cai sĭm-mih hâng-chĭ;
do not know the current rate.
chĭ kè;
the market
price.
chĭ-céⁿ;
a market man.
tâng chĭ-thâu khṳ̀ kàu chĭ-búe jîeh hn̆g?
How far is it from one end of the market to the other?
tàu-chĭ;
to barter.
chĭ-tàu m̄ sêng;
did not accomplish the exchange.
tàu-chĭ tàu tit sêng;
effected the exchange.
chĭ têng;
elevated stalls.
chĭ-kè àiⁿ tăi-cíang;
the market price is rising.
hâng-chĭ tăi-tîet;
the current price is falling.
ún àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀ hù chĭ;
we are going to repair to the market.
chĭ tèng bōi sĭm-mih kè?
What does it sell for in the market?
tăi-kit lĭ-chĭ;
a good speculation.
lĭ-chĭ căi!
How profitable! (said derisively).
tŏ̤ chĭ khui phò;
open a shop in a business street.
cĭeⁿ chĭ bói chài;
go to market to buy food.
lṳ́ kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ kah koi-chĭ;
what you say is not in accordance with the recognized rules of trade here.
kè m̄ tùi chĭ;
the price is not such as is paid here.
phò m̄ tùi chĭ;
the shop is not on a business street.
cía hùe kah m̄ kùe hâng-chĭ;
these goods are not suited to this market.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi chĭ-chêng căi-seⁿ?
What is the present condition of the market?
koi-tn̂g mûaⁿ-ciah chĭ;
a small market street.
úa cí ki chìn kah koi-chĭ;
these scales of mine are in accordance with the standard of the market.
sìn-lâu hái-chĭ;
a mirage of cities in the sea.
khĭa tōa chĭ mīn kâi nâng;
one familiar with the market.
  • chī8381845
  • To feed; to nourish.
chī kàu i tōa;
to rear.
kò nâng lâi chī nĭ;
hire a wet nurse.
chī tṳ;
rears pigs.
chī ah;
rears ducks.
chī káu;
keeps a dog.
chī ciah eng-ko̤;
keeps a parrot.
màiⁿ chī khah pá;
do not overfeed him.
tîeh cai chī i;
you must remember to feed it.
chī káu ŏi ĭe búe;
even a dog will wag his tail when he sees the one that feeds him.
tâng sòi chī kàu tōa;
reared up from infancy.
chī lío khṳt it thau-cáu;
after it was domesticated, it ran away.
bô̤ thang hó̤ chī i;
have nothing to feed it on.
cang sĭm-mûeh chī i?
What do you feed it upon?
chī kú cĭu sêk;
keep it a long time and it will become tame.
cí kâi mûeh chī bô̤ iah;
it is of no use to keep this creature.
chī bŏi tōa;
it will never grow.
chī bŏi ṳ̂ah;
it will not live.
chī m̄ ûah;
it did not live.
chī m̄ sêk;
it cannot be domesticated.
i ío sòi tîeh ŭ nâng chī i;
it is very young; and some one must take care off and feed it.
m̄-hó̤ chī kâi;
what cannot be domesticated.
chī pĕ, chī bó̤;
to support one's parents.
chī bó̤ chī kíaⁿ;
support one's wife and children.
chī cío ke-húe lío: chī tṳ chī gû ke-húe phû;
keeping birds spends your substance: keeping cattle increases it.