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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

chiⁿ

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  • Fresh; just killed; clean; new.
chiⁿ hṳ̂;
fresh fish.
hṳ̂ chiⁿ kàu ûah;
the fish is as fresh as if alive.
cí kò̤ nêk chiⁿ-chiⁿ nē;
this flesh is from an animal that has just been killed.
hái chiⁿ;
shell-fish just out of the sea.
cí kâi hṳ̂ kàu káu-sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
this fish is nearly fresh.
mn̂g-khí kâi hṳ̂, àiⁿ ien li bŏi, àiⁿ chiⁿ li bô̤;
this morning's fish is not spoiled, and neither is it quite fresh.
cêk sin hôk-sek chiⁿ căi;
his garments are very new.
hue chiⁿ-chiⁿ;
newly opened flowers.
kî-chì chiⁿ-mêng căi;
the flags are quite new.
chiⁿ-īam;
spick and span.
chiⁿ kàu īam-īam;
glossy from newness.
chiⁿ kháu;
deliciously fresh.
chiⁿ-tîam;
fresh and sweet.
chiⁿ-nî căi;
very youthful.
saⁿ-khò chiⁿ-khīa chiⁿ-khīa;
his clothes are span new.
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  • Blue.
chíⁿ pò;
plain blue cotton cloth.
sĭ àiⁿ làm chíⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ ní chíⁿ?
Do you want to have it colored blue by a single immersion in blue dye, or by repeated dippings and airings?
chíⁿ tĭu;
blue grass-cloth.
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  • To measure by the outstretched arms; one reach of the arms.
chîⁿ tîeh saⁿ chîⁿ tn̂g;
measured it by the extended arms, and found it was three times as far as from the tip of one middle finger to the other.
cang chíu chîⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ kúi chîⁿ khuah;
measure it with outstretched arms and see how many such spans wide it is.
ŭ chîⁿ gūa tn̂g cū kàu;
a little more than the length covered by my extended arms will be sufficient.

chia

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  • Profuse; wasteful.
chia-chí;
lavish.
chia mō̤ⁿ;
wild hopes.
kio-chia îm-ît;
proud and prodigal.
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  • A wheeled vehicle; wheels; a machine having wheels.
bé-chia;
a wagon.
gû-chia;
an ox cart.
lín-chia;
a wheel-barrow.
chia-lín;
the wheel of a cart.
cŏ̤ chîa;
to go in a carriage.
thua chia;
to draw a cart.
kò cêk tieⁿ chia;
hired a carriage.
húe-lûn-chia;
a steam car.
cí ciah húe-lûn-cûn, sĭ àm chia a sĭ îang chia?
Is this steamboat a propeller or one with side wheels?
thīⁿ-saⁿ chia;
a sewing machine.
tâh chia;
to turn a pump with the feet.
lôi pê cúi-chia;
farming implements.
chia pêⁿ;
a carriage top.
chia sìⁿ;
the spokes of a wheel.
pháng se kâi chia;
a spinning wheel.
pue chia;
a flying machine.
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  • To buy or sell on credit.
chia sìo; enter in account, chia khṳt i;
sell to him on credit.
lṳ́ kio úa thòi chia;
have it charged in your account for me.
lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ chia a àiⁿ hīn?
Do you wish to trade on credit or for cash?
hīn kah chia, cêk jît sio ŭ cêk peh ngṳ̂n hùe;
for cash and on credit, he daily disposes of a hundred dollars worth of goods.
cĭam chia kúi jît;
let me have it on credit for a few days.
cía chia sìo sĭ àng gûeh siu a sĭ àng coih siu?
Are these bills collected monthly, or at other fixed periods?
peh chia m̄ jû ngŏ-câp hīn;
a hundred per cent acredited is not so good as fifty per cent paid down.
bô̤ chia put sêng tìam, lăm chia tìam put sêng;
without giving credit shops could not be opened, but if credit were carelessly given shops would soon have to be closed.
chia lâi, hâiⁿ khṳ̀;
you take something in when you buy on credit, but you pay something out when you settle the bill.
cêk kâi m̄ chia;
no credit given.
chia kâi cōi kùe hīu kâi;
those who buy on credit are more than those who pay cash.
phìen chia;
buy on credit without meaning to pay.
chia sin hâi kū;
to incure a new debt in order to settle an old one.
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  • Veined stone, used for the opaque white buttons of officers of the sixth rank.
i sĭ tì chia-khṳ téng, a sĭ tì cúi-ciaⁿ téng?
Does he wear a white stone button, or one of crystal?
lú kâi sìⁿ pèⁿ àiⁿ tàu chia-khṳ̂ hó̤ a tàu gê hó̤?
Which do you prefer having the handle of your fan made from, white stone or ivory?
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  • To invite; to request courteously
chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
to invite company.
khṳt nâng chíaⁿ;
he has been invited.
chíaⁿ i lâi cîah;
invite him to partake of the meal.
chíaⁿ i cîah pīu chài-pn̄g;
ask him to take pot-luck with us.
chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
please be seated.
chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ;
to engage a teacher.
chíaⁿ cí;
ask for orders from the Throne.
chíaⁿ tê;
invite to take tea.
chíaⁿ hun; to offer one's pipe, chíaⁿ cíu;
to offer wine.
chíaⁿ ā, chíaⁿ ā;
good-by.
chíaⁿ, chíaⁿ;
good-day.
lṳ́ kio úa chíaⁿ i lâi tàⁿ ūe;
you ask him for me to come and have a chat.
chíaⁿ sî-jît;
an invitation to fix the day.
chíaⁿ mn̄g;
inquire politely.