A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / chih | 閩南語書寫

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

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  • To scald off the hair or feathers.

  • khîeh lô̤h kún cui khṳ̀ chih, chih lío, mô̤ⁿ máng cheng-khih;

    take it and scald it in boiling water, and then pluck out all the feathers.

  • To catch fire; to singe.

  • húe chih tîeh;

    it ignited.

  • thâu màiⁿ cang thâu-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chih húe;

    do not put your head so near that your hair will take fire.

  • i kâi chiu khṳt húe chih tīo cêk pôiⁿ khṳ̀;

    his whiskers caught fire and burned off the whole of one side.

  • To plunge a thing into water for the purpose of cooling it.

  • chih húe-thòaⁿ;

    extinguish cinders by plunging them in water.

  • khîeh khí lâi cū chih lô̤h cúi;

    as soon as you lift it off plunge it into the water.

  • chih lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cī-cē-kìe;

    when you plunge it in it hisses.

  • chih kàu cho̤h cúi sie-sie;

    the water was heated by its being plunged in.

  • To brand; to burn in.

  • cang thih pû âng-âng lâi chih;

    take an iron, heat it red hot, and brand it therewith.

  • chih mô̤ⁿ kâi ìn;

    a branding iron for branding animals.

  • chih kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;

    scorched it brown.