# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cho̤
### cho̤

* 葷cho̤2681409
* Strong smelling vegetables; all meats included among those forbidden to those who fast.

#### lṳ́ cîah ce a cîah cho̤?

    Are you a vegetarian or do you eat all sorts of food?

#### phīⁿ tîeh chàu cho̤;

    smelled a strong savour.

#### cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a cho̤ kâi?

    Have these cakes any animal fat in them?

#### i cîah ce, màiⁿ mak tîeh cho̤;

    he is a vegetarian, so do not put in what he cannot partake of.
* 初cho̤91185
* At the first; in the beginning.

#### úa tâng hṳ́ cho̤-cho̤ cĭu kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;

    I told you so in the very beginning.

#### lṳ́ tng cho̤ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What did you say in the beginning?

#### cho̤ hwt;

    at the opening.

#### cho̤ lâi;

    the new comer.

#### cho̤ ô̤h;

    the new scholar.

#### cho̤ seⁿ;

    the first born.

#### cho̤ khui po-thâu;

    a newly opened port.

#### a cho̤ ko̤;

    this raw hand.

#### cho̤ nî;

    in the first years.

#### cho̤-thâu-ē;

    at the commencement.

#### kîaⁿ lĕng cṳ cho̤;

    at the first promulgation of the order.
* 草chó̤9561406
* Rough, hasty, careless; the running hand; a rough copy or original draft.

#### sía chó̤ jī;

    write the running hand.

#### ló̤-chó̤;

    rough, careless, slight.

#### tîeh kang-hu cò̤, màiⁿ ló̤-chó̤;

    must do it neatly, and not slight it.

#### i kâi khang-khùe ló̤-chó̤ căi;

    his work is done without pains.

#### chó̤ kó;

    the rough draft.

#### jêng cúa khí chó̤;

    the original draft of an essay or document.

#### cin chó̤ put bú;

    the copy and the original do not agree.

#### phah chó̤;

    make a rough draft.
* 楚chó̤94759
* Distress; completed.

#### khó-chó̤;

    anguish.

#### sĭu m tit cí kâi khó-chó̤;

    cannot endure this agony.

#### cheng-chó̤;

    done.

#### cheng-cheng chó̤-chó̤;

    all finished up.

#### lí cheng chó̤;

    completely arranged.

#### tâng soiⁿ tàⁿ cheng-chó̤;

    it was all talked over and settled beforehand.
* 錯chò̤10041678
* To mistake; to err; wrong.

#### bô̤ chò̤;

    it is all right, there is no mistake.

#### bô̤ cha-chò̤;

    without an error.

#### bô̤ cha bô̤ chò̤;

    without a single mistake.

#### thóiⁿ chò̤ nâng;

    made a mistake in the person.

#### thiaⁿ chò̤ ūe;

    made a mistake in hearing.

#### cò̤ chò̤ sṳ̄;

    erred in doing.

#### kîaⁿ chò̤ lō;

    took the wrong road.

#### khîeh chò̤ mûeh;

    took the wrong thing.

#### tàⁿ chò̤;

    a slip of the tongue.

#### cong-kú cò̤ chò̤;

    always doing the wrong thing.

#### chò̤ chíu;

    a slip of the hand.

#### chò̤ chíu phah sí i;

    killed him by accident.

#### chò̤ chíu ka-lâuh khṳ̀;

    let it fall by a slip of the hand.

#### chò̤-gō;

    to mismanage.

#### chŵn m̄ jīn chò̤;

    wholly refuses to confess his error.

#### cai jīn chò̤ cū hó̤;

    if you confess the fault it will be all right.

#### lṳ́ chò̤ lío;

    you are already astray.

#### sĭeⁿ chò̤;

    err in reasoning.

#### chò̤-tāⁿ;

    in error.
* 儊chò̤95913
* Rough, hispid, not smooth.

#### mông tîeh cho-cho chò̤-chò̤;

    it feels very rough.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh chò̤-chò̤, m̄ kng-kût;

    it appears very rough and has no gloss on it.
* 銼chò̤10041677
* To file; to rasp; a file.

#### khîa ki chò̤ lâi chò̤;

    take a file and file it.

#### chò̤ i kng;

    file it smooth.

#### chò̤ kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ;

    file it down even.

#### ēng chò̤-kíaⁿ chò̤ tn̆g;

    file it in two with a thin file.

#### hóⁿ-cîh chò̤;

    an oval file.
* 脞chò̤10041307
* Tender; friable.

#### nêk chò̤-chò̤;

    the meat is very tender.

#### àu chò̤;

    friable from decay.

#### chò̤ kio jūn tùi-mīn;

    friable is the opposite of tough.
* 糙chò̤95611911
* Paddy which is hulled but not pounded; rude; rough.

#### chò̤ bí;

    unpounded rice.

#### khah chò̤;

    too rough and rude.

#### cho-chò̤;

    coarse and crude.

#### chò̤ hùe;

    coarse goods.
* 挫chô̤1004647
* To humble; to take down one's pride; to break the spirit; to cow.

#### chô̤ i kâi i kâi jŭe-khì;

    brought down his bravado.

#### cē chô̤ tîeh jŭe-khì cū bô̤ táⁿ;

    as soon as his courage is once outbraved, he will no longer dare bully people.
* 貯chō̤911545
* To contain, to hold; to receive.

#### hó̤ chō̤ cíu;

    it is good to keep spirits in.

#### cí-kâi bŏi chō̤ cíe hṳ́-kâi;

    this does not hold less than that.

#### cí kâi tōa úaⁿ chō̤ nŏ̤ seng bí;

    this large bowl holds two quarts of rice.

#### khîeh kâi mûeh hó̤ chō̤;

    get something to put it in.

#### khîeh ke nŏ̤ kâi pûaⁿ chō̤ cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

    get two more trays to put the fruit on.

#### chō̤ m̄ tit;

    it will not hold them all.

#### chō kàu cêk puah tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;

    holds a pot full.

#### chô̤ tê;

    it contains tea.