A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / cah

帶

To take along with one, as if in the girdle.
i ŭ cah lâi a bô̤?

Did she bring it with her?
sêng-pĭen cah lâi khṳt úa;

bring it along and give it to me at your convenience.
i cah ŭ jîeh cōi lâi?

How much did she bring with her?
ngŏ̤ i m̄ tîeh, cah khṳ̀ cah tńg lâi;

did not meet him, and so took it there and then brought it back again.
àm-cĕⁿ cah ki to̤ tŏ̤ saⁿ tói;

secretly carried along a knife inside his tunic.

揎

栅

Anything placed to impede progress; to bar, as by a gate or stile.
câh-mn̂g;

a floodgate or turnstile.
kueⁿ câh-mn̂g;

close the flood-gate.
khui câh-mn̂g;

open the turnstile.
thóiⁿ-síu câh-mn̂g;

to watch the gate.
cíeⁿ câh-mn̂g kâi nâng;

the gate-keeper.
cúi-câh;

a lock in a canal.
koi câh, hāng câh;

barriers across streets or lanes.
cí tîo koi câh ku-ā kò̤;

tlus street is barred in several places.
hāng-thâu câh, hāng-búe câh;

both ends of the lane are barricaded.
ŭ kâi mn̂g câh tŏ̤ kò̤;

there was a door in the way.
mn̂g-câh;

a railing in a doorway.
câh cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

divided by a partition.
àiⁿ câh cò̤ síam a câh cò̤ chîeⁿ?

Will you partition it off by folding doors or by a wall?
kîe câh;

a railing across a bridge.
kàu chùi-kháu cò̤ kâi câh lâi câh;

made a palisade at the entrance, as a division or a defence.

蔽

To shut off the view; to intercept the rays of light.
gûeh pun hûn câh khṳ̀;

the view of the moon is cut off by the clouds.
bô̤ mûeh hó̤ câh jît, jûah căi;

there is nothing to keep off the sun, and it is very hot.
i kâi hieⁿ-lí puu tek câh miⁿ-miⁿ;

the bamboos hide the village from view.
cí kâi mâk-kìaⁿ kùa lô̤h khṳ̀ tò̤-câk mâk;

after putting on these spectacles, I see less plainly than before.
hṳ́ lăi thóng-thóng, bô̤ cia bô̤ câh;

there is an unbroken view of the interior, with nothing to screen the objects nor to intercept the view.

炸

To cook in grease.
câh lâ;

to boil in fat.
câh îu;

fry in oil.
câh kàu i chiah;

fry brown.
câk kàu i so-so;

fry it crisp.
câh sêk;

fry it till it is well done.
câh hó̤ lío, lêng-ūaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi chá;

after it is cooked in grease, fry it again on a dry pan.
kàu kò̤ khṳ̀ câh;

fry it whole.
cn̂g kâi cang lâ khṳ̀ câh;

cook the whole of it in lard.
m̄ hó̤ câh khah thíam;

do not fry it too much.
tok chùi lâi câh;

cut it up fine and fry it.

鋜

Gyves for the feet.
cí kâi sĭ ìo hŭam, tîeh lô̤h kha-câh;

this is a great offender and he must be put in fetters.
hṳ́ kâi sĭ mîaⁿ châk, tîeh lô̤h kha-câk;

that is a famous robber, and he must be fettered.
hṳ́ kâi ŭ pûah nâng lâi tàⁿ màiⁿ lô̤h câk;

that one sent some one to intercede for him asking that he need not be put in fetters.

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