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

針

A needle; a pin; a lancet; to puncture.
chng cam;

thread a needle.
bûa cam;

polish a needle.
cò̤ cam;

make needles.
tōa cam, jī cam, saⁿ cam, cam kíaⁿ;

large, medium sized, fine, and very fine needles.
tōa kong cam;

a darning needle.
hue cam;

an embroidery needle.
cam khang, cam búe;

the eye and the point of a needle.
cam phīⁿ;

the end of a needle opposite the point.
cam kha khah hi;

the stitches are too long.
tîeh bâk cam cē;

you must sew it more finely.
cí kâi hŭ-jîn hó̤ cam-cí;

this woman is a good sewer.
hâng-sú-cam;

a thermometer.
huang-hŏ-cam;

a barometer.
sî-ceng cam;

the hands of a clock.
pang-cam; thng-sî cam;

the pin used to fasten the coiffure.
jû cŏ̤ cam-ciⁿ;

as if sitting on needles.
ēng cam lâi thie tīo i kâi hueh;

get a lancet and bleed him.
cam huap;

the rules for acupuncture.
cêk cam kìⁿ hueh;

one puncture brought the blood.
cam kù;

to probe.
cam-tùi;

point to point.
cam-tùi móng nâng tàⁿ;

it refers to what a certain person said.
thih póiⁿ bûa cîaⁿ sìu-hue cam;

an iron ferule may be ground down into an embroidery needle.

簪

斬

To sever; to sunder; to chop off; to cut.
cám châ;

to cut wood.
cám khui;

to sunder.
cám tīo;

chop it off.
cám thâu;

to behead.
cám chīu lîah cío;

to cut down the tree in order to catch the bird.
cám cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

cut it in two.
ēng pó-thâu cìaⁿ hó̤ cám;

take an axe and then you can chop it off.
cám cháu tṳ̂ kṳn;

to cut down the weeds and extirpate their roots; to wholly exterminate; to cut off all one’s posterity.
cám teng côih thih;

to cut off a nail.
cám síu sī cèng;

to decapitate as a warning to others; to make an oxample of.
kìe cám cŭe;

a capital crime.
kam cám kuaⁿ;

a sheriff.
cám, ká, kun, lîu, thû, sĭ ngŏ īeⁿ hêng huap;

beheading, hanging, sending into the army, temporary banishment, and perpetual banishment, are the five methods of punishment.

譖

鏨

A fine chisel; a graving tool; to chisel out; to engrave.
căm kíaⁿ;

a graving tool.
căm hue;

to grave flowers.
căm khṳ̀ hue-cháu ngía căi;

the carving was beautifully done.
căm lâi hue-jī m̄ hīn;

the letters are are not plainly cut.
tîeh căm chim cē;

they must be cut deeper.
khah tōiⁿ, căm m̄ lô̤h;

the stuff is too hard, it cannot be chiseled out.
ngṳ̂n căm;

chasing on silver.
căm hue kâi nâng;

the graver.
màiⁿ căm khih khṳ̀;

do not break it in chiseling it.
cîeh căm;

a stone-cutter’s chisel.
cía khang tîeh căm khuah cē, cìaⁿ tàu tit lô̤h;

this hole must be cut larger, so the plug will go in.
căm chùi cē;

cut it more delicately.

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