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

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义

• A fork; to fork up.

• khîa che;

  to hold a fork.

• ngṳ̂n che;

  a silver fork.

• thih che;

  iron forks.

• sa gé che;

  a three tined fork.

• nŏ̤ gé che;

  a two pronged fork.

• cêk ki che;

  a fork.

• cêk hù to̤ che;

  a set of knives and forks.

• nĭaⁿ-hóⁿ che;

  a pitch fork.

• hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ ta i ûa;

  if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork, nothing can be done with him.

• cham che lō thâu;

  cross roads.

• mêⁿ che;

  mischievous sprites which roam at night.

• pue che;

  the play of throwing up tridents and catching them.

• che khí lâi;

  take up with a fork.

• che m̄ khí;

  could not take it up with the fork.

• che tōa kò̤ cē;

  fork up a bigger piece.

• che tîeh seⁿ-kut;

  stuck the prong into a bone.

差

• To send as an envoy; an envoy.

• che-hîah;

  an official underling.

• tng che;

  to act as an envoy.

• che sṳ̄;

  the business on which one is sent.

• koi-che;

  a policeman.

• ngŵn che;

  the first constable sent.

• pháu kiaⁿ che;

  a commission to the capital.

• che sêng;

  official messengers.

• khim-che; an ambassador, khim-che tăi chîn;

  a legate.

• pàng tōa khim-che;

  to send an envoy.

• cwn che i khṳ̀;

  send him especially for this.

• pí che;

  a messenger under discipline.

扯

• To haul.

• ché lâi ché khṳ̀;

  haul to and fro.

• la-la ché-ché;

  pull and haul.

• múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ théng la-ché;

  rake and scrape everywhere.

• la-ché m̄ lâi;

  could not rake and scrape enough together to answer the purpose.

• tī-kò̤ tó̤ la-ché tit ŭ?

  Where can enough be raked and scraped together for it?

• ché chùi;

  haul so as to break in pieces.

• ché m̄ khui;

  cannot haul it off.

• ché cŭ;

  haul fast.

• thoa-thoa ché-ché;

  drag along.

厠

• A privy.

• cĭeⁿ chè;

  to go to stool.

• chè-tî; chè-kng;

  a well for holding nightsoil.

扠

• To take up between two chop-sticks.

• chê cêk tōa tu;

  took up a big lump.

• bô̤ nŏ̤ ē chê cĭu ŵn khṳ̀;

  it was all gone before we had taken two mouthfuls.

• cîah mûeh tîeh ŭ kui-kṳ́, màiⁿ chê khah tōa chùi;

  in eating, one must behave properly and not take too big mouthfuls.

• m̄-hó̤ lí-lí chê;

  do not eat too fast.

• chê cêk pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu;

  take up a tid-bit for the top of the bowl.

查

• To examine; to scrutinize.

• chê sìo;

  to audit accounts.

• chê siu;

  examined and found it had been received.

• chê-mêⁿ-kuaⁿ;

  night guards.

• chê koi;

  patrol the streets.

• chê hô̤;

  patrol the river.

• chê-chak;

  to scrutinize.

• sûn chê;

  to inquire into.

• lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ chê;

  you go and look it over carefully.

• lṳ́ cài khṳ̀ chê tīaⁿ cē;

  you go again and look it over with a view to making it more correct.

• úa chê kùe lío;

  I have already looked it over carefully.

• chê m̄ chut;

  cannot discover it.

• chê tîeh, ío sĭ cîeⁿ-seⁿ;

  have looked it over, and it remains the same.

• chê tîeh m̄ tùi;

  looked it over and came to a different result.

• chê ke kah;

  take a census.

• oi ke-mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;

  take the domiciles in order, and inquire at each.

• chê to bô̤;

  examined and found none.

• chê lîah kang-sòi;

  search for spies.

扼

• To press down as in throttling.

• cang chíu chê i kâi ăm;

  throttled him.

• i kâi lâk tōa căi: ciah hóⁿ khṳt i kâi chíu chê tŏ̤ thô-ĕ;

  his strength is enormous: the tiger was pinned down to the ground by his thumb and fore-finger.

• i kâi nâng híam-híam khṳt i kâi chíu chê sí khṳ̀;

  he was very near being throttled and killed by him.