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

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抄

• To transcribe; to write out.

• chau-sía;

  to copy out.

• chau pêh;

  make a fair copy.

• chau ùaⁿ-kẁn;

  to write the records of a case.

• chau phoi-gṳ́;

  copy an official decision.

• chau chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;

  copy it for me to see.

• cía jī sĭ chíu chau kâi, a sĭ ìn kâi?

  Is this written or printed?

• ô̤h bîe, ô̤h sêk lío, cìaⁿ ô̤h chau;

  when you have learned to trace the letters well through thin paper, you may then learn to write from a copy.

• lô̤h hieⁿ chau hùe;

  go to the hamlets begging, as a mendicant priest does.

• chau ke;

  search and seal up a house, as when it is confiscated.

• kiaⁿ-chau;

  the Peking Gazette.

• chau-lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;

  transcribe into one volume.

操

• To drill; to take in hand.

• chau līen; chau în;

  to drill troops.

• tōa chau;

  a grand review of troops.

• thóiⁿ chau;

  to review the troops.

• tìo chau;

  summon to a review.

• cóng-tok chut sûn-thóiⁿ chau;

  the governor reviewed the army.

• chau sim căi;

  careworn.

• m̄ káⁿ chau lṳ́ kâi hûai;

  dare not put you to so much trouble.

• màiⁿ khṳ̀ chau-jío i;

  do not trouble him about it.

草

• Grass; herbs; weeds.

• cháu-bâk;

  vegetable productions.

• cháu hue;

  flowering plants.

• cháu-mo̤ⁿ;

  ferns.

• cháu-po;

  a meadow.

• hue-cháu;

  herbs.

• cheⁿ-cháu;

  herbage.

• kuah suaⁿ cháu;

  cut wild grass.

• taⁿ bé cháu;

  carry fodder for horses.

• cîah cháu;

  feeds on grass.

• tĭu-kó̤-cháu;

  rice straw.

• bêh-kó̤-cháu;

  wheat straw.

• phò-kha seⁿ cháu;

  the grass grows on his shop steps.

• cháu-phûeh;

  turf.

• sin hue-cháu;

  fresh vegetation.

• cháu sek;

  grass green.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cháu-cháu;

  do not consider his being in dishabille.

• bōi cháu-chài;

  sells greens.

• pun huang à-phah tîeh, bŏi seⁿ cháu;

  it is so exposed to the wind that the grass will not grow there.

• cháu-thâu lío cò̤ kâi mâk jī: ci kâi jī sĭ tŏ̤ cháu pŏ, a sĭ tŏ̤ mâk pŏ?

  This character has the one for grass above and the one for eye below: which of the two is its radical?

• seⁿ cháu;

  grassy.

• cúi-cháu;

  rushes.

• kîam cháu;

  salt marsh grass.

• i kâi cháu-thâu cĭu hó̤, i kâi jī-nâng m̄-hó̤;

  his chief wife is an amiable person, but his inferior wife is not.

• cháu-chîeh;

  straw matting.

• mîaⁿ-ke ūe cháu-thâng;

  is skillful in the delineation of insects.

• cháu-méⁿ;

  a grasshopper.

• cháu chù;

  a thatched house.

• cháu lîo;

  a straw wigwam.

• cháu khṳn;

  a clump of grasses.

• cháu-thâu kit-hwt;

  the chief wife.

• gû tó̤ hwn cháu;

  the cattle are chewing the cud.

• pâk kâi cháu nâng;

  make a scarecrow.

**螳螂](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/螳螂)cháu-kau504

• An insect, the common mantis.

• cháu-kâu phīⁿ;

  the point carved in the shape of a mantis.

藻

• Aquatic grasses; elegant, graceful, polished; fine composition.

• hái cháu;

  sea-weed.

• cúi cháu;

  aquatic weeds, such as duck-weed, pond-weed, and their like.

• i kâi sṳ̀-cháu īam-lĭ;

  his expressions are apt and elegant.

臭

• A bad odor; stench; stinking.

• chàu căi;

  very ill smelling.

• chùi chàu;

  a foul breath.

• chàu mîaⁿ;

  disreputable.

• m̄ cai phang chàu;

  does not know the difference between a sweet and an offensive odor.

• i ka-kī m̄ cai gūa-kháu kâi mîaⁿ-sek chàu;

  he is not aware how bad a reputation he has abroad.

• chàu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

  ill smelling stuff.

• chàu kùe sí-nâng;

  stinks worse than a dead carcase.

• chàu ko̤h-tháng-ĕ hìen;

  an offensive odor from the armpits.

• phīⁿ tîeh kâi chàu bī;

  smelled a bad smell.

• chàu-cheⁿ;

  noisome.

• chàu-khì;

  fumes.

• chàu káu;

  a worthless dog.

• chàu tong-si;

  a scamp.

• chûn cêk cho̤h àu-àu chàu-chàu kâi mûeh;

  had some rotten ones left.

• chàu kàu ūe koiⁿ;

  smells so as to scent the whole place.

• tâng chiⁿ bōi kàu ien, tâng ien bōi kàu chàu;

  sells it from the time it is prime till it becomes tainted and from the time it becomes tainted till it is rotten.

• màiⁿ thiaⁿ i kâi chàu ūe;

  do not listen to his obscene talk.

• to ŭ cêk cho̤h chàu sṳ̄;

  there is always some nasty affair on hand.

• bŏi phang bŏi chàu;

  it has no odor.

• hó̤ ûn cē hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo chàu-khì;

  burn some incense to drive away the unpleasant odor.

操

• Principles; rules of conduct.

• cak-chàu;

  fixed rules of conduct.

• sêng-peh kâi cak-chàu;

  as firm as a pine tree.

• piaⁿ-sng kâi cak-chàu;

  chaste as ice.

燥

• Dry, parched.

• kang-chàu;

  dried up.

• chùi kang-chàu;

  the mouth parched.

• âu-lêng kang-chàu;

  the throat dry and husky.

• chùi ko-chàu;

  the mouth dry.

• chàu-jîet kâi mûeh m̄-hó̤ cîah;

  do not eat things which make the mouth dry.

• chùi-lîm-phûe cio-chàu;

  parched lips.

躁

• Hasty; harsh.

• kip-chàu;

  testy.

• chàu-pău;

  prone to anger.

• chàu-chàu pău-pău.

  hot tempered.

• phû-chàu; hasty; touchy, phû-chêng chàu-khì;

  irrasible.

• cêk-kṳ́ cêk-tŏng phû-phû chàu-chàu, chŵn m̄ thîm-cĕⁿ;

  at the least thing he flies into a rage and there is no pacifying him.

• sim lăi cio-chàu;

  in a rage.

• àu-chàu;

  quick-tempered; out of temper.

徙

• To shift; to move things.

• m̄ cìaⁿ, tîeh châu i cìaⁿ;

  it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.

• lêng-ūaⁿ châu-pàng hṳ́ kháu;

  shift it back and set it outside the door again.

• íⁿ châu khṳ̀ cē;

  move the chair a little farther off.

• chn̂g châu-bûa;

  move the table nearer.

漕

• A canal; a channel.

• châu un;

  a thoroughfare for boats.

• châu hô̤;

  the Grand Canal.

• châu cûn;

  a transport boat.

• châu-un cóng-tok sĭ cóng kẃn châu-hô̤ tang kâi châu-cûn un-cài nîe-bí kâi sṳ̄, īa siet ŭ châu-tău hun lí;

  the Imperial Commissioner of grain controls the transport of grain through the Grand Canal, and appoints deputies who assist him in his office.

曹

• A revisory judge, or judge of appeals.

• cía sĭ thíen-châu ŭ mĕng kâi;

  this is what the gods have commanded.

巢

• A haunt; a resort; a retreat.

• cí kâi sĭ i kâi châu-hŵt;

  this is his lurking place.

• châu-hŵt kien-kù căi;

  his den was very secure.

• châk-châu;

  a robber’s resort.

• sĭang-kó châu-kṳ;

  an ancient haunt.

吵

• A hubbub.

• chāu-nău;

  clamor.

• chāu-jíang;

  altercation.

• tăi chāu-nău cêk tieⁿ;

  a great uproar.

• i ke lāi m̄ hûa, ē-ē chāu-chāu nău-nău;

  they are not a harmonious family, they have a row every now and then.

• kío-thà kàu i chāu-chāu nău-nău;

  incited them on till they came to have a regular brawl.

• i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ nâng kà-so, cĭu chāu-chāu nău-nău;

  the brothers listened to those who would set them at variance, and so had a row.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu tì-kàu chāu-nău, m̄ hiah;

  thus it was that there was a continual rumpus.

• khǹg-kòi i màiⁿ chāu-nău;

  advised him to make no disturbance.