# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cha
### cha

* 差cha5487
* To diverge; a discrepancy; a mistake.

#### cha-chò̤;

    to err.

#### cha-m̄-to̤; cha-m̄-cōi;

    not much difference.

#### cha khṳ̀ hn̆g;

    a great divergence.

#### bŏi cha bŏi chak;

    there is no mistake in it.

#### cêk-sî cha-chak;

    a momentary blunder.

#### cham-cha;

    not uniform.

#### cham-cha, m̄ côi;

    unassorted.

#### cham-cham cha-cha, chŵn m̄ kui-it;

    very dissimilar, and not of one lot.
* 叉cha5291
* To place with the large and small ends alternating.

#### cha chíu;

    to fold the arms.

#### sie cha tŏ̤ kò̤;

    laid together heads and points.

#### cha m̄ bûa;

    cannot pack them in snugly, with heads and points alternating.

#### sie cha cĭu pàng tit lô̤h;

    you can put them in, if you lay them with the large and the small ends alternating.
* 炒chá37864
* To roast in a pan; to fry.

#### kang chá;

    to parch in a dry pan.

#### cheⁿ chá;

    to fry the raw material.

#### chá bí-kam-tê;

    to parch rice for making coffee.

#### cien chá;

    to fry in fat.

#### chá sek;

    to fry till done.

#### màiⁿ chá khah thíam;

    do not fry it too much.
* 鈔chà371674
* A voucher; a document; a receipt.

#### cîⁿ-chà;

    paper money.

#### ēng chà;

    use paper money.

#### sái chà;

    send a draft.

#### ngṳ̂n lâi ūaⁿ chà;

    exchange the money for a draft.
* 柴châ11755
* Wood; fuel; fire-wood.

#### cám châ;

    to cut fire-wood.

#### châ pé;

    fire-wood in bundles.

#### ēng châ lâi cò̤ mûeh-hîaⁿ;

    use wood as fuel.

#### nín sĭ hîaⁿ châ, a hîaⁿ thôaⁿ?

    Do you use wood or coal as fuel at your house?

#### châ, kâi ngṳ̂n kúi tàⁿ?

    How many piculs of wood for a dollar?

#### châ kâi ngṳ̂n chit-câp pé;

    seventy bundles of wood for a dollar.

#### châ-thâu;

    a knotty stick.

#### phùa châ;

    to split kindlings.

#### phùa châ pó;

    a small axe.

#### châ-húe ēng ke căi;

    used a great deal of fire-wood.

#### châ sai;

    lumber; wood used in carpentry.

#### ta châ m̄-hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;

    dry wood should not be laid close to a fire; do not put yourself in the way of temptation.

#### nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;

    it is not well to lean on a rotten stick.

#### khieh châ;

    waifs; drift-wood.

#### kheh-cío kaⁿ châ;

    a stick in the bill of a magpie.

#### kṳ̀ châ;

    to saw wood.

#### châ kho;

    a wooden hoop.

#### ôi tit châ khui, bŏi tit kṳ̀ ka-lânh;

    the wedge that rives, is itself nipped fast.

#### cài châ kâi châ cûn;

    a boat used for carrying wood.

#### châ ôi;

    wooden shoes.

#### châ kîah;

    wooden clogs.

#### châ kîe;

    a wooden bridge.

#### châ pèⁿ;

    a wooden handle.

#### cêk ki châ;

    a fagot.

#### châ póiⁿ;

    a slab.

#### cêk kò̤ châ;

    a piece of wood.

#### châ chùi;

    chips of wood.

#### hieⁿ châ;

    sandal wood.

#### bâk châ;

    ebony.

#### âng châ;

    redwood.

#### cieⁿ châ;

    camphor wood.

#### cieⁿ châ bô̤ mih ŏi cù;

    camphor wood is not often affected by dry rot.

#### kheh kâi châ in;

    grave a wooden seal.

#### tōiⁿ châ;

    hard wood.

#### châ khah phàⁿ;

    this wood is too porous.

#### khó-nōi châ ío jūn;

    the wood of the Persian lilac is tougher.

#### châ thâu;

    a stump.

#### châ phûe thiu;

    a shaving.
* 呆châ619753
* Witless; doltish; stupid.

#### huaⁿ-hí i cìeⁿ tōa, châ-châ nē, cn̂g kâi bô̤ ēng;

    am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.

#### i kâi châ kâi, m̄ hó̤ ǹg i;

    he is a dolt and no dependence can be placed on him.
* 材châ942753

#### kuaⁿ-châ;

    a coffin.

#### kuaⁿ-châ pang;

    lumber for coffins.