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

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請

• To invite; to request courteously

• chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;

  to invite company.

• khṳt nâng chíaⁿ;

  he has been invited.

• chíaⁿ i lâi cîah;

  invite him to partake of the meal.

• chíaⁿ i cîah pīu chài-pn̄g;

  ask him to take pot-luck with us.

• chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

  please be seated.

• chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ;

  to engage a teacher.

• chíaⁿ cí;

  ask for orders from the Throne.

• chíaⁿ tê;

  invite to take tea.

• chíaⁿ hun; to offer one’s pipe, chíaⁿ cíu;

  to offer wine.

• chíaⁿ ā, chíaⁿ ā;

  good-by.

• chíaⁿ, chíaⁿ;

  good-day.

• lṳ́ kio úa chíaⁿ i lâi tàⁿ ūe;

  you ask him for me to come and have a chat.

• chíaⁿ sî-jît;

  an invitation to fix the day.

• chíaⁿ mn̄g;

  inquire politely.

且

• Moreover; furthermore; indicates a copulative sentence.

• ko-chíaⁿ tīu sù-sî;

  put up with this domicile for a short time.

• úa tŏ̤-kò̤, lṳ́ sĭang chíaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa m̄ tŏ̤-kò̤ le m̄ cai lṳ́ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;

  if you do like this when I am here, I do not know what you would not do if I were absent.

• chíaⁿ cĭam pîet;

  so we are to separate for awhile.

• úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;

  I moreover ask you.

• chíaⁿ būe;

  not just yet; please delay an instant.

• lṳ́ chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

  sit still and do not disturb yourself.

• lṳ́ chíaⁿ táng úa;

  you remain here and wait for me.

• taⁿ chíaⁿ màiⁿ sĭeⁿ i;

  now don’t think about it any more.

• kuang-chíaⁿ hìeⁿ ngía i cò̤ m̄-àiⁿ?

  Since it is so pretty why does he not want it?

• lṳ́ chíaⁿ hûe khṳ̀;

  then you can go back.

• chíaⁿ lâi cîah;

  come now and eat.

• chíaⁿ cieh úa, ùaⁿ cē khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;

  lend it to me and I will bring it back to you after awhile.

• lṳ́ chíaⁿ khṳt úa, ē-jît úa-kâi le khṳt lṳ́;

  let me have it, and at another time I will let you have mine.

• i kâi lâu kûiⁿ, jṳ̂ chíaⁿ khuah;

  his chamber is lofty, and it is spacious as well.

• ko-chíaⁿ;

  it will do, it will answer temporarily.

• kó-chíaⁿ;

  done without any painstaking.

倩

• To serve an occasion; to borrow for a purpose.

• chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cò̤ bûn-cieⁿ;

  to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.

• kìm bô̤ nâng chíaⁿ thòi;

  forbid the employment of substitutes in writing for the examinations.

• chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ thòi;

  get a substitute to enter in one’s place at an examination.

成

• To finish.

• cò̤ kàu chîaⁿ;

  to bring to completion.

• cîah kàu chîaⁿ;

  finish the meal.

• àiⁿ lí tîeh lí kàu chîaⁿ;

  if you do it at all yon must finish it.

• cò̤ m̄ chîaⁿ;

  unfinished.

• cí kâi khang-khùe chîaⁿ kàu i hó̤;

  finish up this work.