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

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尺

• The Chinese foot.

• bâk chieh;

  a carpenter’s foot rule.

• pò chieh;

  a foot in cloth measure.

• cok chieh;

  the measure used in shoes.

• khek chieh ;

  a carpenter’s square.

• châi chieh;

  a tailor’s measure.

• chieh chùn ŭ tōa sòi;

  feet and inches are of different lengths.

• câp hun ûi cêk chùn, câp chùn ûi cêk chieh, câp chieh ûi cêk tn̆g;

  ten tenths make an inch, ten inches make a foot, ten feet make an ell.

• cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;

  for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.

• m̄ kàu chieh chùn;

  not of full stature.

• àiⁿ sĭm-mih chieh tō?

  What are its dimensions to be?

• nîe thiⁿ chieh;

  a sextant.

• saⁿ-chieh hai-thông;

  a young lad.

鞭

• thih-chieh;

  an iron bludgeon.

• i tó̤ bú thih-chieh khṳt nâng thoíⁿ;

  he is wielding an iron bludgeon for people’s amusement.

• ŭ nâng khîa toaⁿ thih-chieh, ŭ nâng khîa sang thih-chieh;

  some had single bludgeons, and others had one in each hand.

雀

• The peacock.

• khóng-chieh;

  peacocks.

• khóng-chieh khui phîn;

  the peacock spreads its tail.

• khóng-chieh lêng;

  peacock’s feathers.

• khóng-chieh ngán;

  the eye in a peacock’s feather.

席

• A mat; matting.

• cháu chîeh;

  straw matting.

• tîn chîeh;

  rattan matting.

• tek chîeh;

  bamboo matting.

• lîang chîeh;

  bed mats for hot weather.

• ńng chîeh;

  flexible matting, used for wrapping bundles.

• chîeh pau; chîeh tō̤;

  straw bags.

• chṳ cháu-chîeh;

  spread down a straw mat.

• cŏ̤ chîeh;

  sit on a mat.

• sai chîeh;

  an instructor. (In olden times a teacher sat on a mat on the west side of his school-room).