# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chau
### chau

* 抄chau36644
* To transcribe; to write out.

#### chau-sía;

    to copy out.

#### chau pêh;

    make a fair copy.

#### chau ùaⁿ-kẁn;

    to write the records of a case.

#### chau phoi-gṳ́;

    copy an official decision.

#### chau chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;

    copy it for me to see.

#### cía jī sĭ chíu chau kâi, a sĭ ìn kâi?

    Is this written or printed?

#### ô̤h bîe, ô̤h sêk lío, cìaⁿ ô̤h chau;

    when you have learned to trace the letters well through thin paper, you may then learn to write from a copy.

#### lô̤h hieⁿ chau hùe;

    go to the hamlets begging, as a mendicant priest does.

#### chau ke;

    search and seal up a house, as when it is confiscated.

#### kiaⁿ-chau;

    the Peking Gazette.

#### chau-lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;

    transcribe into one volume.
* 操chau9556413
* To drill; to take in hand.

#### chau līen; chau în;

    to drill troops.

#### tōa chau;

    a grand review of troops.

#### thóiⁿ chau;

    to review the troops.

#### tìo chau;

    summon to a review.

#### cóng-tok chut sûn-thóiⁿ chau;

    the governor reviewed the army.

#### chau sim căi;

    careworn.

#### m̄ káⁿ chau lṳ́ kâi hûai;

    dare not put you to so much trouble.

#### màiⁿ khṳ̀ chau-jío i;

    do not trouble him about it.
* 草cháu9561406
* Grass; herbs; weeds.

#### cháu-bâk;

    vegetable productions.

#### cháu hue;

    flowering plants.

#### cháu-mo̤ⁿ;

    ferns.

#### cháu-po;

    a meadow.

#### hue-cháu;

    herbs.

#### cheⁿ-cháu;

    herbage.

#### kuah suaⁿ cháu;

    cut wild grass.

#### taⁿ bé cháu;

    carry fodder for horses.

#### cîah cháu;

    feeds on grass.

#### tĭu-kó̤-cháu;

    rice straw.

#### bêh-kó̤-cháu;

    wheat straw.

#### phò-kha seⁿ cháu;

    the grass grows on his shop steps.

#### cháu-phûeh;

    turf.

#### sin hue-cháu;

    fresh vegetation.

#### cháu sek;

    grass green.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cháu-cháu;

    do not consider his being in dishabille.

#### bōi cháu-chài;

    sells greens.

#### pun huang à-phah tîeh, bŏi seⁿ cháu;

    it is so exposed to the wind that the grass will not grow there.

#### cháu-thâu lío cò̤ kâi mâk jī: ci kâi jī sĭ tŏ̤ cháu pŏ, a sĭ tŏ̤ mâk pŏ?

    This character has the one for grass above and the one for eye below: which of the two is its radical?

#### seⁿ cháu;

    grassy.

#### cúi-cháu;

    rushes.

#### kîam cháu;

    salt marsh grass.

#### i kâi cháu-thâu cĭu hó̤, i kâi jī-nâng m̄-hó̤;

    his chief wife is an amiable person, but his inferior wife is not.

#### cháu-chîeh;

    straw matting.

#### mîaⁿ-ke ūe cháu-thâng;

    is skillful in the delineation of insects.

#### cháu-méⁿ;

    a grasshopper.

#### cháu chù;

    a thatched house.

#### cháu lîo;

    a straw wigwam.

#### cháu khṳn;

    a clump of grasses.

#### cháu-thâu kit-hwt;

    the chief wife.

#### gû tó̤ hwn cháu;

    the cattle are chewing the cud.

#### pâk kâi cháu nâng;

    make a scarecrow.
* 螳螂cháu-kau504
* An insect, the common mantis.

#### cháu-kâu phīⁿ;

    the point carved in the shape of a mantis.
* 藻cháu95314016
* Aquatic grasses; elegant, graceful, polished; fine composition.

#### hái cháu;

    sea-weed.

#### cúi cháu;

    aquatic weeds, such as duck-weed, pond-weed, and their like.

#### i kâi sṳ̀-cháu īam-lĭ;

    his expressions are apt and elegant.
* 臭chàu521324
* A bad odor; stench; stinking.

#### chàu căi;

    very ill smelling.

#### chùi chàu;

    a foul breath.

#### chàu mîaⁿ;

    disreputable.

#### m̄ cai phang chàu;

    does not know the difference between a sweet and an offensive odor.

#### i ka-kī m̄ cai gūa-kháu kâi mîaⁿ-sek chàu;

    he is not aware how bad a reputation he has abroad.

#### chàu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    ill smelling stuff.

#### chàu kùe sí-nâng;

    stinks worse than a dead carcase.

#### chàu ko̤h-tháng-ĕ hìen;

    an offensive odor from the armpits.

#### phīⁿ tîeh kâi chàu bī;

    smelled a bad smell.

#### chàu-cheⁿ;

    noisome.

#### chàu-khì;

    fumes.

#### chàu káu;

    a worthless dog.

#### chàu tong-si;

    a scamp.

#### chûn cêk cho̤h àu-àu chàu-chàu kâi mûeh;

    had some rotten ones left.

#### chàu kàu ūe koiⁿ;

    smells so as to scent the whole place.

#### tâng chiⁿ bōi kàu ien, tâng ien bōi kàu chàu;

    sells it from the time it is prime till it becomes tainted and from the time it becomes tainted till it is rotten.

#### màiⁿ thiaⁿ i kâi chàu ūe;

    do not listen to his obscene talk.

#### to ŭ cêk cho̤h chàu sṳ̄;

    there is always some nasty affair on hand.

#### bŏi phang bŏi chàu;

    it has no odor.

#### hó̤ ûn cē hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo chàu-khì;

    burn some incense to drive away the unpleasant odor.
* 操chàu9556413
* Principles; rules of conduct.

#### cak-chàu;

    fixed rules of conduct.

#### sêng-peh kâi cak-chàu;

    as firm as a pine tree.

#### piaⁿ-sng kâi cak-chàu;

    chaste as ice.
* 燥chàu95415713
* Dry, parched.

#### kang-chàu;

    dried up.

#### chùi kang-chàu;

    the mouth parched.

#### âu-lêng kang-chàu;

    the throat dry and husky.

#### chùi ko-chàu;

    the mouth dry.

#### chàu-jîet kâi mûeh m̄-hó̤ cîah;

    do not eat things which make the mouth dry.

#### chùi-lîm-phûe cio-chàu;

    parched lips.
* 躁chàu95415713
* Hasty; harsh.

#### kip-chàu;

    testy.

#### chàu-pău;

    prone to anger.

#### chàu-chàu pău-pău.

    hot tempered.

#### phû-chàu; hasty; touchy, phû-chêng chàu-khì;

    irrasible.

#### cêk-kṳ́ cêk-tŏng phû-phû chàu-chàu, chŵn m̄ thîm-cĕⁿ;

    at the least thing he flies into a rage and there is no pacifying him.

#### sim lăi cio-chàu;

    in a rage.

#### àu-chàu;

    quick-tempered; out of temper.
* 徙châu789608
* To shift; to move things.

#### m̄ cìaⁿ, tîeh châu i cìaⁿ;

    it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ châu-pàng hṳ́ kháu;

    shift it back and set it outside the door again.

#### íⁿ châu khṳ̀ cē;

    move the chair a little farther off.

#### chn̂g châu-bûa;

    move the table nearer.
* 漕châu9558511
* A canal; a channel.

#### châu un;

    a thoroughfare for boats.

#### châu hô̤;

    the Grand Canal.

#### châu cûn;

    a transport boat.

#### châu-un cóng-tok sĭ cóng kẃn châu-hô̤ tang kâi châu-cûn un-cài nîe-bí kâi sṳ̄, īa siet ŭ châu-tău hun lí;

    the Imperial Commissioner of grain controls the transport of grain through the Grand Canal, and appoints deputies who assist him in his office.
* 曹châu955727
* A revisory judge, or judge of appeals.

#### cía sĭ thíen-châu ŭ mĕng kâi;

    this is what the gods have commanded.
* 巢châu37478
* A haunt; a resort; a retreat.

#### cí kâi sĭ i kâi châu-hŵt;

    this is his lurking place.

#### châu-hŵt kien-kù căi;

    his den was very secure.

#### châk-châu;

    a robber's resort.

#### sĭang-kó châu-kṳ;

    an ancient haunt.
* 吵chāu37304
* A hubbub.

#### chāu-nău;

    clamor.

#### chāu-jíang;

    altercation.

#### tăi chāu-nău cêk tieⁿ;

    a great uproar.

#### i ke lāi m̄ hûa, ē-ē chāu-chāu nău-nău;

    they are not a harmonious family, they have a row every now and then.

#### kío-thà kàu i chāu-chāu nău-nău;

    incited them on till they came to have a regular brawl.

#### i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ nâng kà-so, cĭu chāu-chāu nău-nău;

    the brothers listened to those who would set them at variance, and so had a row.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu tì-kàu chāu-nău, m̄ hiah;

    thus it was that there was a continual rumpus.

#### khǹg-kòi i màiⁿ chāu-nău;

    advised him to make no disturbance.