# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cah
### cah

* 帶cah846508
* To take along with one, as if in the girdle.

#### i ŭ cah lâi a bô̤?

    Did she bring it with her?

#### sêng-pĭen cah lâi khṳt úa;

    bring it along and give it to me at your convenience.

#### i cah ŭ jîeh cōi lâi?

    How much did she bring with her?

#### ngŏ̤ i m̄ tîeh, cah khṳ̀ cah tńg lâi;

    did not meet him, and so took it there and then brought it back again.

#### àm-cĕⁿ cah ki to̤ tŏ̤ saⁿ tói;

    secretly carried along a knife inside his tunic.
* 揎cah821649
* To bare the arm.

#### cah chíu-ńg;

    to roll up the sleeves.

#### chíu-ńg cah phû cē;

    roll your sleeves somewhat higher.
* 栅câh42755
* Anything placed to impede progress; to bar, as by a gate or stile.

#### câh-mn̂g;

    a floodgate or turnstile.

#### kueⁿ câh-mn̂g;

    close the flood-gate.

#### khui câh-mn̂g;

    open the turnstile.

#### thóiⁿ-síu câh-mn̂g;

    to watch the gate.

#### cíeⁿ câh-mn̂g kâi nâng;

    the gate-keeper.

#### cúi-câh;

    a lock in a canal.

#### koi câh, hāng câh;

    barriers across streets or lanes.

#### cí tîo koi câh ku-ā kò̤;

    tlus street is barred in several places.

#### hāng-thâu câh, hāng-búe câh;

    both ends of the lane are barricaded.

#### ŭ kâi mn̂g câh tŏ̤ kò̤;

    there was a door in the way.

#### mn̂g-câh;

    a railing in a doorway.

#### câh cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

    divided by a partition.

#### àiⁿ câh cò̤ síam a câh cò̤ chîeⁿ?

    Will you partition it off by folding doors or by a wall?

#### kîe câh;

    a railing ​across a bridge.

#### kàu chùi-kháu cò̤ kâi câh lâi câh;

    made a palisade at the entrance, as a division or a defence.
* 蔽câh6771402
* To shut off the view; to intercept the rays of light.

#### gûeh pun hûn câh khṳ̀;

    the view of the moon is cut off by the clouds.

#### bô̤ mûeh hó̤ câh jît, jûah căi;

    there is nothing to keep off the sun, and it is very hot.

#### i kâi hieⁿ-lí puu tek câh miⁿ-miⁿ;

    the bamboos hide the village from view.

#### cí kâi mâk-kìaⁿ kùa lô̤h khṳ̀ tò̤-câk mâk;

    after putting on these spectacles, I see less plainly than before.

#### hṳ́ lăi thóng-thóng, bô̤ cia bô̤ câh;

    there is an unbroken view of the interior, with nothing to screen the objects nor to intercept the view.
* 炸câh8865
* To cook in grease.

#### câh lâ;

    to boil in fat.

#### câh îu;

    fry in oil.

#### câh kàu i chiah;

    fry brown.

#### câk kàu i so-so;

    fry it crisp.

#### câh sêk;

    fry it till it is well done.

#### câh hó̤ lío, lêng-ūaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi chá;

    after it is cooked in grease, fry it again on a dry pan.

#### kàu kò̤ khṳ̀ câh;

    fry it whole.

#### cn̂g kâi cang lâ khṳ̀ câh;

    cook the whole of it in lard.

#### m̄ hó̤ câh khah thíam;

    do not fry it too much.

#### tok chùi lâi câh;

    cut it up fine and fry it.
* 鋜câh821677
* Gyves for the feet.

#### cí kâi sĭ ìo hŭam, tîeh lô̤h kha-câh;

    this is a great offender and he must be put in fetters.

#### hṳ́ kâi sĭ mîaⁿ châk, tîeh lô̤h kha-câk;

    that is a famous robber, and he must be fettered.

#### hṳ́ kâi ŭ pûah nâng lâi tàⁿ màiⁿ lô̤h câk;

    that one sent some one to intercede for him asking that he need not be put in fetters.