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

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鎗

• A spear; a musket.

• chieⁿ, to̤, kìam, kek;

  spears, knives, swords, and battle axes.

• chieⁿ huap;

  a soldiers’ manual.

• hûe bé chieⁿ;

  give a back thrust when unhorsed.

• lô̤h bé, kim chieⁿ;

  to pretend to be unhorsed in order to give a thrust.

• chîang-chieⁿ;

  a long spear.

• níoⁿ-chieⁿ;

  a fowling piece.

• îeⁿ-chieⁿ;

  a pistol.

• chieⁿ chíu;

  a substitute who enters the examination for the B. A. degree, or who writes themes for another.

• mîaⁿ chieⁿ;

  a renowned scholar who acts as substitute.

• cò̤ chieⁿ;

  to act as substitute.

• kò chieⁿ;

  hire a substitute.

搶

• To take by force.

• chíeⁿ-kiap kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;

  a case of plundering.

• tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh i;

  took it away right before his face.

• sĭ úa chíeⁿ thâu-soiⁿ;

  I take the liberty of going ahead.

• i sĭ chĭeⁿ-lô̤h pât nâng kâi;

  he has seized upon what belongs to some other person.

• lî mīn chíeⁿ;

  took it while his head was turned.

• pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;

  robbed him of it in broad daylight.

• pùaⁿ lō côih chíeⁿ; côih lō chieⁿ pak;

  waylay and plunder.

• chíeⁿ m̄ kùe chíu;

  did not succeed in taking it by force.

牆

• A wall.

• kih chîeⁿ;

  to lay up a wall.

• ceng chîeⁿ;

  to pound up a wall.

• chîeⁿ pang;

  pounding boards.

• ceng chîeⁿ kâi thûi;

  pounders for pounding up walls.

• ău-lio chîeⁿ;

  the back wall.

• tōa pui chîeⁿ;

  the side walls.

• cìe piah chîeⁿ;

  the front wall.

• huang-ûi chîeⁿ;

  an enclosing wall.

• sîaⁿ chîeⁿ;

  a city wall.

• chîeⁿ-tún;

  a low wall.

• thô chîeⁿ;

  a mud wall.

• hue chîe;

  a chunam wall.

• cng chîeⁿ;

  a brick wall.

• chîeⁿ-thâu;

  the wall.

• peh cĭeⁿ chîeⁿ-thâu;

  climbed up on the wall.

• keh cêk pang chîeⁿ;

  separated by a wall.

• chîeⁿ tû;

  a cupboard in a wall.

• pàng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kha;

  set it near the wall.

• cî tîo tìn tŏa kùe chîeⁿ;

  this creeper has run over the wall.

• chîeⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hún kàu pêh-pêh;

  whitewash the wall till it is very white.

• khîeh ki hue-sî lâi lîam chîeⁿ;

  get a trowel and plaster the wall.

• chîeⁿ kih lâi m̄ cìaⁿ, thóiⁿ tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;

  the wall is not laid up perpendicularly, it appears to lean.

• chîeⁿ loi-loi nē, hìaⁿ tùi koi-lō chut lâi;

  the wall leans, and leans outward toward the street.

• cí pang chîeⁿ àiⁿ tó̤;

  this wall is about to fall.

• tah-pàng chîeⁿ kò̤;

  stick it on the wall.

• tèng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;

  nail it to the wall.

• hàm kâi hue-kang lâi pó chîeⁿ khang;

  call a mason to mend the holes in the wall.

• tī-kha líu chim cē, chîeⁿ cìaⁿ năi;

  dig the foundation deeper and then the wall will stand longer.

• chîeⁿ pit cūe phāng;

  the wall has cracked.

• chîeⁿ thût lò̤h lâi;

  the wall has tumbled down.

• chîeⁿ hŵn;

  the wall is crumbling.

• chîeⁿ phàⁿ;

  the wall is not solid.

• hue sua sie cîah, chìeⁿ cìaⁿ kit tōiⁿ;

  when the lime and sand have formed a chemical union the wall will become hard.

• chîeⁿ kak;

  an angle in a wall.

象

• An elephant.

• chĭeⁿ gê;

  ivory.

• chĭeⁿ phûe;

  elephant’s skin.

• chĭeⁿ phīⁿ;

  the proboscis of an elephant.

• chĭeⁿ nôⁿ;

  the elephant keeper.

• chī chĭeⁿ;

  to keep elephants.

• chĭeⁿ kî;

  a game played with thirty-two pips on a chess-board.

像

• To resemble; like; similar; so.

• cí kâi chĭeⁿ pĕ īeⁿ, hṳ́ kâi chĭeⁿ bó̤ īeⁿ;

  this one resembles his father, and that one resembles his mother.

• chĭeⁿ īeⁿ chĭeⁿ sìeⁿ;

  elegant and stylish; well arranged; comely; good looking.

• chin-chĭeⁿ;

  like; similar; resembling.

• chin-chĭeⁿ i tŏ̤ seⁿ tiang-sî hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  as it was when he was born.

• ūe lâi kio ŭ pēⁿ tiang-sî cū chin-chĭeⁿ, kio phêng-sî tiang-sî cū m̄ chin-chĭeⁿ;

  it looks as he does when he is sick, but does not resemble him as he ordinarily looks.

• i chin-chĭeⁿ i a-kong;

  he is like his grandfather.

• hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ;

  the two boys look very much alike.

• chĭeⁿ pĕ céng;

  like his father’s family.

上

• To write in.

• chĭeⁿ phŏ;

  enter it in the books.

• chĭeⁿ sìo;

  enter in account.

• íⁿ-keng chĭeⁿ-lô̤h sìo-phŏ;

  it is already entered in the account book.

照

• To illuminate from a light held in the hand; to shed light upon; to dazzle.

• chīeⁿ lō;

  light the path.

• chīeⁿ lō sĭ húe-pé hó̤ a teng-nâng hó̤?

  Which is best for lighting the road, a torch or a lamp?

• líam ki cúa-ang-teng lâi chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;

  light a paper taper to see it by.

• khîa ki teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;

  take a lamp and go and see.

• chīeⁿ-teng chīeⁿ-teng thóiⁿ tîeh ho̤h ngía;

  by lamplight it looks very pretty.

• tò̤ chīeⁿ, màiⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

  the light dazzles one, do not fall.

• líam teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ cìaⁿ chūe tit tîeh;

  light a lamp and look for it then you will find it.

• khîa ki húe-pé khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ ka-lâuh tó̤ lō tàng a bô̤;

  take a torch and see whether it has been dropped on the road.

• húe sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ hn̆g;

  the light is dim and does not shine far.

• húe khah sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  the light is so dim I cannot see by it.

• jît-cam chīeⁿ-tîeh, mâk-ciu m̄ káⁿ peh khui;

  the rays from the sun dazzle my eyes so I dare not open them.

• mâk chīeⁿ tîeh húe, thói-kìⁿ cĕng-cĕng cam;

  my eyes are dazzled by the light so that I see nothing but rays.

眇

• To sight; to take aim.

• chīeⁿ thóiⁿ tùi mē;

  take a look along the edges and see if they are exact.

• chīeⁿ tîeh m̄ tît;

  discovered by taking sight across it that it was not straight.

• chīeⁿ tùi i kâi âng-sim;

  aimed at the bull’s eye.

• chīeⁿ tùi pá tìn-tang sīa khṳ̀;

  aimed at the center of the target and fired.

匠

• An artizan; skilled workmen.

• bâk-chīeⁿ;

  a wood-carver.

• lîam-cúi-chīeⁿ;

  a bricklayer.

• hue-chīeⁿ;

  a gardener.

• ngûn-chīeⁿ;

  a silversmith.

• tng sĭm-mih chīeⁿ?

  What work is he skilled in?

• jī-chīeⁿ;

  a scribe.

• jī sía lâi lô̤h chīeⁿ;

  the writing is done as if by a practised hand.