Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 愁chô963619
- Mournful; grieved.
- chô bâi put tíen;
- lowering eyebrows.
- iu-chô;
- sorrowful.
- chô-būn;
- melancholy.
- sio chô;
- assuage grief.
- chô-îong múaⁿ mīⁿ;
- a rueful face.
choi
- ceng chòi;
- to make rice flour.
choiⁿ
- 千choiⁿ980241
- A thousand.
- câp peh kìe-cò̤ cêk choiⁿ;
- ten hundreds are called one thousand.
- choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi;
- over innumerable mountains and seas; very far off.
- khèng cok choiⁿ chiu;
- congratulate the empress on her birthday.
- choiⁿ lí bé;
- a swift courier.
- choiⁿ kim bói chù, bw̄n kim bói lîn;
- thousands of dollars may buy a house, but millions of dollars will not secure good neighbours.
- choiⁿ-bw̄n m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀;
- beyond all doubt, it is inexpedient to go.
- 筅chóiⁿ8011186
- A small broom; to scrub with a broom.
- tek-chóiⁿ;
- a bamboo broom.
- siu-chóiⁿ;
- a stiff broom.
- chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
- scrub it clean with a broom.
- koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;
- a feather brush.
- cang chóiⁿ;
- a coir broom.
- hĭⁿ chóiⁿ;
- an ear brush.
- chóiⁿ pn̄g-lōi;
- scour the skimmer.
- chóiⁿ thûn;
- the annual house-cleaning.
- 抓chóiⁿ32644
- To scratch for food.
- kio koi pêⁿ-īeⁿ, m̄ chóiⁿ cū bô̤ cîah;
- is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.
- koi tó̤ chóiⁿ thô-ĕ;
- the hen is scratching the ground for food.
- 慫chòiⁿ10236111
- To inspirit; to incite; to urge on; to stir up; to arouse.
- sĭ i chòiⁿ i khṳ̀ cò̤;
- it was he who put him up to do it.
- úa pńg-pńg m̄ lâi, sĭ khṳt i chòiⁿ kàu thíam cìaⁿ lâi;
- I should not have come of myself, but I was pestered so constantly by him that I came.
- lṳ́ hó̤ chòiⁿ i nā kò̤;
- you should urge him to stay there.
- 蠶chôiⁿ94714218
- Silk-worms.
- chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
- silk-worms spin silk.
- chôiⁿ si;
- the silk spun by silk-worms.
- chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
- cocoons.
- chôiⁿ tāu;
- the chrysalis.
- chôiⁿ îah;
- the moth.
- chôiⁿ n̆ng;
- the eggs.
- cí khí chôiⁿ ío tōa tîo;
- this sort of silk-worm is large.
- chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;
- silk-worms feed on mulberry leaves.
- chī chôiⁿ;
- to keep silk-worms.
- jû chôiⁿ cîah hîeh;
- like the consumption of mulberry leaves by silk-worms.
- ŏ̤ chôiⁿ bâi;
- beetling eyebrows.
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choih
- 泣choih396855
- To weep silently, to sob, to catch the breath as in sobbing.
- i choih mih sṳ̄?
- What is she crying about?
- khàu kàu choih;
- wept so violently as to sob.
- khàu hiah hŵn-lío tó̤ choih;
- after he had stopped crying he still continued to sob.
chok
- 觸chok9914813
- To excite; to stir up; to offend.
- chok tîeh i kâi nō̤;
- excited his wrath.
- chok tîeh i seⁿ khì;
- made him angry.
- chok mâk kiaⁿ sim;
- arouse the attention in such a way as to excite fear.
- chok-khí i kâi sĭeⁿ-thâu;
- arouse his attention.
- chok-kéng seⁿ-chêng;
- to irritate.
- chok hŭam;
- to sin willfully.
- chok tîeh cĭu khì;
- if you touch upon that he becomes angry.
- 戮chok846214
- A stamp; a die; a seal.
- khap chok;
- affix a stamp.
- kip cêk kâi chok pun i;
- gave him something to use as a stamp.
- tŏ̤ kuaⁿ kò̤ nía kâi chok;
- received a stamp at the magistrate's office.
- tîaⁿ ā-sĭ bô̤ khap chok, kuaⁿ m̄ khéng siu;
- the magistrate will not receive a paper which has no stamp upon it
- 捉chok82647
- To gripe; to seize.
- chok lîah;
- to gripe firmly.
- ûah chok;
- caught alive.
- 促chok101597
- To constrain; to urge.
- kek chok;
- to press urgently.
- pek chok;
- to hurry.
- kek-kek chok-chok;
- much straightened.
- kek-kek chok-chok to cò̤ bô̤ hó̤ mûeh;
- a fine piece of work cannot be done in haste.
- sî-hāu khah pek-chok;
- the time is too short.
- màiⁿ khah tó̤-chok cĭu hó̤;
- if not too hurried, it may be done.
- 蹙chok101415711
- To contract the brows.
- sang bâi cò̤-nî chok-chok?
- Why do you frown so?
- hẃn-ló̤ kàu sang bâi chok cò̤ cêk ē;
- so sad that his eyebrows were drawn together.
- bâi-thâu cē chok, sim lăi cĭu phah tīaⁿ cú-ì;
- with one contraction of the eyebrows, his mind is fully made up.
chong
- 聰chong102412811
- Intelligent; clear headed.
- chong-mêng, tì-hŭi;
- clear headed and sagacious.
- hĭⁿ chong, mâk m̄ mêng;
- has good hearing but dim eyesight.
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