# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chim
### chim

* 深chim736858
* Deep; profound; intimate; intense; very.

#### cúi bô̤ hìeⁿ chim;

    the water is not very deep.

#### cúi ho̤h chim;

    the water is quite deep.

#### tŏ̤-lí chim;

    this doctrine is deep.

#### i jī-bâk chim;

    he is a person of profound scholarship.

#### chim sek;

    deeply tinted.

#### chim ṳn;

    great kindness.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng ìo chim kau;

    the two are on excellent terms with each other.

#### chim-tîm;

    profound.

#### i kâi kòi-mông chim-tîm;

    his plot was a deep laid one.

#### keⁿ chim lío;

    it is past midnight.

#### chim kìu;

    deep research.

#### chim-chim chíu ip-că;

    a very low bow.

#### chim-au chim-au;

    concave.

#### chim hn̆g;

    far distant.

#### chim nâng bô̤ chíen gṳ́;

    deep thinkers do not make shallow speeches.

#### líu kàu chim-chim;

    dig it deep.

#### kût chim cē;

    dig deeper.

#### chim-àu;

    abstruse.

#### hó̤ li kau chim, m̄-hó̤ li kau chíen;

    be intimate with the good, and hold little intercourse with the bad.

#### chîu kak khṳ̀ chim căi;

    his enmity is very deep.

#### chim hṳ̆n i;

    dislike him greatly.

#### thn̄g chim;

    probe deeply.

#### chǹg ŭ cêk chùn chim;

    pierced to the depth of an inch.

#### chim kàu chah m̄ căi;

    so deep I cannot touch bottom.
* 寢chím9914011
* To sleep.

#### chím cîah m̄ uaⁿ;

    no comfort either in eating or in sleeping.

#### bûang chang hùi chím;

    loss of food and sleep.

#### cìaⁿ chím, lăi chím;

    the sleeping appartments for males and for females.
* 讖chìm94814917
* Sybiline; an omen.

#### chìm cṳ;

    a sybiline book.

#### khieh tîeh chìm-cṳ;

    choose an omen from a sybiline book.

#### chìm-cṳ tī;

    a plot of ground indicated by an omen found in a sybiline book.

#### jû khieh tîeh chìm cṳ khǹg kín-kín;

    keep it carefully as one would keep a hint from the book of fate.
* 尋chîm807419
* To search for; to explore; common.

#### chîm-chūe;

    to search for.

#### chîm-chūe m̄ tîeh;

    could not find it.

#### kṳn thâu chîm kṳn búe;

    to investigate thoroughly.

#### chîm pó̤;

    search for treasure.

#### chîm-sieⁿ kâi nâng;

    an ordinary person.

#### chîm-sîeⁿ kâi mûeh;

    a common article.

#### chîm-sîeⁿ kâi sṳ̄;

    a frequent occurrence.

#### chîm tī;

    to explore the country.

#### kàu ku-ā nî cìaⁿ chîm tîeh;

    found it after many years search.

#### chîm-chut ŭ ko̤h īeⁿ kâi ì chut lâi;

    found out another meaning for it.
* 侵chîm99197
* To invade; to usurp.

#### chîm-thun sìo-bâk;

    took illegal possession of the account books.

#### chîm-hŭam kéng-kài;

    invaded their boundaries.

#### chîm-cìam;

    to usurp.

#### chim hŵt;

    to invade and chastise.
* 搖chĭm10756410
* To take hold of for the purpose of moving; to lay hold of and sway; to joggle; to shake.

#### chĭm m̄ tin-tăng;

    cannot stir it from its position.

#### khṳt i khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ chĭm cū chĭm khí lâi;

    let him steadily lift at it and it will move.

#### nŏ̤ nâng khṳ̀ kio i sie-hŭ chǐm;

    two persons went to help him move it.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ suaⁿ-meⁿ chĭm cîeh-teng, chĭm tîeh bô̤ bī bô̤ sò;

    like a dragon fly laying hold of a stone half imbedded in the earth for the purpose of lifting it, the stone is not swayed at all thereby.

#### màiⁿ chĭm tîeh chn̂g;

    do not jog the table.