# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chieⁿ
### chieⁿ

* 鎗chieⁿ96816710
* A spear; a musket.

#### chieⁿ, to̤, kìam, kek;

    spears, knives, swords, and battle axes.

#### chieⁿ huap;

    a soldiers' manual.

#### hûe bé chieⁿ;

    give a back thrust when unhorsed.

#### lô̤h bé, kim chieⁿ;

    to pretend to be unhorsed in order to give a thrust.

#### chîang-chieⁿ;

    a long spear.

#### níoⁿ-chieⁿ;

    a fowling piece.

#### îeⁿ-chieⁿ;

    a pistol.

#### chieⁿ chíu;

    a substitute who enters the examination for the B. A. degree, or who writes themes for another.

#### mîaⁿ chieⁿ;

    a renowned scholar who acts as substitute.

#### cò̤ chieⁿ;

    to act as substitute.

#### kò chieⁿ;

    hire a substitute.
* 搶chíeⁿ9696410
* To take by force.

#### chíeⁿ-kiap kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;

    a case of plundering.

#### tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh i;

    took it away right before his face.

#### sĭ úa chíeⁿ thâu-soiⁿ;

    I take the liberty of going ahead.

#### i sĭ chĭeⁿ-lô̤h pât nâng kâi;

    he has seized upon what belongs to some other person.

#### lî mīn chíeⁿ;

    took it while his head was turned.

#### pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;

    robbed him of it in broad day​light.

#### pùaⁿ lō côih chíeⁿ; côih lō chieⁿ pak;

    waylay and plunder.

#### chíeⁿ m̄ kùe chíu;

    did not succeed in taking it by force.
* 牆chîeⁿ9699013
* A wall.

#### kih chîeⁿ;

    to lay up a wall.

#### ceng chîeⁿ;

    to pound up a wall.

#### chîeⁿ pang;

    pounding boards.

#### ceng chîeⁿ kâi thûi;

    pounders for pounding up walls.

#### ău-lio chîeⁿ;

    the back wall.

#### tōa pui chîeⁿ;

    the side walls.

#### cìe piah chîeⁿ;

    the front wall.

#### huang-ûi chîeⁿ;

    an enclosing wall.

#### sîaⁿ chîeⁿ;

    a city wall.

#### chîeⁿ-tún;

    a low wall.

#### thô chîeⁿ;

    a mud wall.

#### hue chîe;

    a chunam wall.

#### cng chîeⁿ;

    a brick wall.

#### chîeⁿ-thâu;

    the wall.

#### peh cĭeⁿ chîeⁿ-thâu;

    climbed up on the wall.

#### keh cêk pang chîeⁿ;

    separated by a wall.

#### chîeⁿ tû;

    a cupboard in a wall.

#### pàng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kha;

    set it near the wall.

#### cî tîo tìn tŏa kùe chîeⁿ;

    this creeper has run over the wall.

#### chîeⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hún kàu pêh-pêh;

    whitewash the wall till it is very white.

#### khîeh ki hue-sî lâi lîam chîeⁿ;

    get a trowel and plaster the wall.

#### chîeⁿ kih lâi m̄ cìaⁿ, thóiⁿ tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;

    the wall is not laid up perpendicularly, it appears to lean.

#### chîeⁿ loi-loi nē, hìaⁿ tùi koi-lō chut lâi;

    the wall leans, and leans outward toward the street.

#### cí pang chîeⁿ àiⁿ tó̤;

    this wall is about to fall.

#### tah-pàng chîeⁿ kò̤;

    stick it on the wall.

#### tèng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;

    nail it to the wall.

#### hàm kâi hue-kang lâi pó chîeⁿ khang;

    call a mason to mend the holes in the wall.

#### tī-kha líu chim cē, chîeⁿ cìaⁿ năi;

    dig the foundation deeper and then the wall will stand longer.

#### chîeⁿ pit cūe phāng;

    the wall has cracked.

#### chîeⁿ thût lò̤h lâi;

    the wall has tumbled down.

#### chîeⁿ hŵn;

    the wall is crumbling.

#### chîeⁿ phàⁿ;

    the wall is not solid.

#### hue sua sie cîah, chìeⁿ cìaⁿ kit tōiⁿ;

    when the lime and sand have formed a chemical union the wall will become hard.

#### chîeⁿ kak;

    an angle in a wall.
* 象chĭeⁿ7921525
* An elephant.

#### chĭeⁿ gê;

    ivory.

#### chĭeⁿ phûe;

    elephant's skin.

#### chĭeⁿ phīⁿ;

    the proboscis of an elephant.

#### chĭeⁿ nôⁿ;

    the elephant keeper.

#### chī chĭeⁿ;

    to keep elephants.

#### chĭeⁿ kî;

    a game played with thirty-two pips on a chess-board.
* 像chĭeⁿ793912
* To resemble; like; similar; so.

#### cí kâi chĭeⁿ pĕ īeⁿ, hṳ́ kâi chĭeⁿ bó̤ īeⁿ;

    this one resembles his father, and that one resembles his mother.

#### chĭeⁿ īeⁿ chĭeⁿ sìeⁿ;

    elegant and stylish; well arranged; comely; good looking.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ;

    like; similar; resembling.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ i tŏ̤ seⁿ tiang-sî hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    as it was when he was born.

#### ūe lâi kio ŭ pēⁿ tiang-sî cū chin-chĭeⁿ, kio phêng-sî tiang-sî cū m̄ chin-chĭeⁿ;

    it looks as he does when he is sick, but does not resemble him as he ordinarily looks.

#### i chin-chĭeⁿ i a-kong;

    he is like his grandfather.

#### hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ;

    the two boys look very much alike.

#### chĭeⁿ pĕ céng;

    like his father's family.
* 上chĭeⁿ74112
* To write in.

#### chĭeⁿ phŏ;

    enter it in the books.

#### chĭeⁿ sìo;

    enter in account.

#### íⁿ-keng chĭeⁿ-lô̤h sìo-phŏ;

    it is already entered in the account book.
* 照chīeⁿ35869
* To illuminate from a light held in the hand; to shed light upon; to dazzle.

#### chīeⁿ lō;

    light the path.

#### chīeⁿ lō sĭ húe-pé hó̤ a teng-nâng hó̤?

    Which is best for lighting the road, a torch or a lamp?

#### líam ki cúa-ang-teng lâi chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;

    light a paper taper to see it by.

#### khîa ki teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;

    take a lamp and go and see.

#### chīeⁿ-teng chīeⁿ-teng thóiⁿ tîeh ho̤h ngía;

    by lamplight it looks very pretty.

#### tò̤ chīeⁿ, màiⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    the light dazzles one, do not fall.

#### líam teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ cìaⁿ chūe tit tîeh;

    light a lamp and look for it then you will find it.

#### khîa ki húe-pé khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ ka-lâuh tó̤ lō tàng a bô̤;

    take a torch and see whether it has been dropped on the road.

#### húe sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ hn̆g;

    the light is dim and does not shine far.

#### húe khah sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    the light is so dim I cannot see by it.

#### jît-cam chīeⁿ-tîeh, mâk-ciu m̄ káⁿ peh khui;

    the rays from the sun dazzle my eyes so I dare not open them.

#### mâk chīeⁿ tîeh húe, thói-kìⁿ cĕng-cĕng cam;

    my eyes are dazzled by the light so that I see nothing but rays.
* 眇chīeⁿ5921094
* To sight; to take aim.

#### chīeⁿ thóiⁿ tùi mē;

    take a look along the edges and see if they are exact.

#### chīeⁿ tîeh m̄ tît;

    discovered by taking sight across it that it was not straight.

#### chīeⁿ tùi i kâi âng-sim;

    aimed at the bull's eye.

#### chīeⁿ tùi pá tìn-tang sīa khṳ̀;

    aimed at the center of the target and fired.
* 匠chīeⁿ968224
* An artizan; skilled workmen.

#### bâk-chīeⁿ;

    a wood-carver.

#### lîam-cúi-chīeⁿ;

    a bricklayer.

#### hue-chīeⁿ;

    a gardener.

#### ngûn-chīeⁿ;

    a silversmith.

#### tng sĭm-mih chīeⁿ?

    What work is he skilled in?

#### jī-chīeⁿ;

    a scribe.

#### jī sía lâi lô̤h chīeⁿ;

    the writing is done as if by a practised hand.