# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cham
### cham

* 攙cham136417
* To mix; to mingle.

#### àiⁿ cham jîeh cōi lô̤h khṳ̀?

    How much do you wish to mix in with the other?

#### m̄ hó̤ cham tîeh pât mûeh;

    do not put anything else in with it.

#### màiⁿ cham lâi cham khṳ̀;

    do not intermingle them.

#### cham ke tíam-kíaⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;

    mix in a little more of it.

#### cham câu-câu;

    mingle them thoroughly.
* 簽cham98111813
* To write one's name; to sign; to subscribe.

#### cham-jī;

    a circular, subscription paper or round-robin.

#### cham mîaⁿ;

    to subscribe one's name.
* 參cham946289
* To join for consultation; to be admitted to an audience; confused; to report against.

#### cham-cha, m̄ côi;

    unassorted.

#### cham-cham cha-cha;

    incongruous.

#### lṳ́ úa lâi cham-sîang;

    let us talk it over together.

#### cham pài;

    visit a superior.

#### cham tīo i kâi kuaⁿ;

    degraded him in office.

#### càu cham;

    to memorialize upon.

#### cham-kìⁿ; chîo-cham;

    go to a levee.

#### cham-cìang; cham-hú;

    a colonel or post-captain.

#### chíaⁿ cham;

    to request dismissal from office; to resign.

#### pàng cham;

    to permit a visit.
* 慘chám9476111
* Distressing; miserable; excessive suffering.

#### chi-chám;

    afflictive.

#### chám căi;

    very greatly distressed.

#### chám kêk;

    in the utmost distress.

#### sĭm sĭ chám;

    in extreme misery.

#### thiaⁿ i khàu khṳ̀ sĭm chám;

    heard him weeping bitterly.

#### m̄ cai chám;

    unacquainted with sorrow.

#### bŏi chám;

    not lacerated in feeling.

#### chám chêng;

    inhuman.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh chám;

    considered it distressing.

#### khàu chám;

    to cry out because of suffering.
* 零chàm5451735
* The last drops of a shower.

#### chàm-chùi;

    odds and ends; miscellaneous bits; leavings; fractions; remainders; residue.

#### chàm-chàm chùi-chùi kâi, bô̤ chieh-ìo;

    what is left over is of no consequence.

#### ôiⁿ tiang-sî cò̤ chàm-chùi khang-khùe;

    do odd jobs when you have nothing else to do.

#### chàm-chùi khieh ka-nng;

    fractions may be gathered up into a whole.

#### i ŭ chàm-chùi bōi a bô̤?

    Does he sell any at retail.
* 讖chàm94814917
* A sybiline hint; an omen.

#### chàm gṳ́;

    a prophecy.

#### hóng keng pài chàm;

    get prayers said for a long life.

#### t̂o chàm;

    a diagram or picture indicating future events.
* 懺chàm146117
* To repent; to regret.

#### chàm-hùe;

    to repent.

#### pài chàm;

    make offerings in token of repentance, as do Buddhists.
* 讒châm1314917
* Treacherous; fawning.

#### châm chîn;

    a disloyal noble.

#### cí kâi nâng sĭ tong a châm?

    Is this person loyal or disloyal?

#### châm kâi sĭ mîaⁿ-ke khi-phìen, kù ka-kī, hāi hó̤ nâng: tong kâi sĭ kio i siang hẃn;

    the treacherous are skilled in deceit, and through love of self injure the innocent: the honest are the opposites of such.

#### kang châm;

    treacherous.

#### châm-chin kúi;

    a traitor.

#### châm-chin chùi; treacherous lips, cham-chin chìe;

    treacherous smiles.
* 慚châm9476111
* A feeling of shame.

#### châm-khŭi;

    mortified.

#### ka-kī châm-khŭi;

    conscious of one's own defects.

#### sim lăi châm-khŭi;

    cherishing a sense of shame.

#### cí cuang sṳ̄ châm-khŭi căi;

    am very much mortified about this.

#### bŏi châm-khŭi;

    not at all abashed.

#### míen ēng châm-khŭi;

    there is no occasion for your being ashamed.
* 巉châm144617
* A cliff; a high peak.

#### châm-ngâm;

    a cliff.

#### châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;

    craggy.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm căi; this mountain is very precipitous, i kâi mīn seⁿ lăi châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;

    his features are very sharp.

#### mīn châm-châm;

    has a rugged face.
* 迤chăm2741625
* To go off at the side; diagonally.

#### kîaⁿ chăm-sia ío kṳ̆n, li ío o̤h kîaⁿ;

    to go across lots is nearer, and it is also more difficult walking.

#### tùi cí-kò̤ chăm-sia chăm-sia kùe khṳ̀;

    cut across here diagonally.

#### chăm-kah;

    diagonally opposite.
* 斜對chăm-chûah796
* Nearly but not quite opposite.

#### cŏ̤ chăm-chûah tŏ̤ kò̤;

    sat facing but not in front of him.

#### i kâi mn̂g kio i chăm-chûah;

    the two entrances are nearly opposite each other.

#### chăm-chûah sie hìang;

    facing each other, but not quite in line.

#### hṳ́ tîo hāng kio hṳ́ tîo koi chăm-chûah;

    the lane and the street are nearly but not quite conterminous.
* 嗆chām9703010
* To peck, as a bird does.

#### chām kàu hueh lāu;

    pecked him so that the blood ran.

#### chām kàu phìu phûe;

    pecked off the skin.

#### chām tîeh i kâi mâk;

    pecked him in the eye.

#### khṳt i chin-chām nŏ̤ ē cĭu cîah khṳ̀;

    it was eaten up by him at two pecks.