A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Tʽau

by Josiah Goddard

Tʽau.

淘^-1洮^-1

To wash; to stir about; to excite.

鼗^-1

A small drum to be twirled in the fingers; a toy.

頭^-1

The head; front; top; end; a numeral of affairs.

濤^-1

Large waves; billows dashing on the shore.

偷¹

To steal; by stealth; clandestine; careless; a weak.

幬^-3

Canopy; the heavens; the sky, a curtain; a vail.

慆¹

Joy; indulgence; excess; doubt; suspicion.

滔¹

Water flowing rapidly and rising higher and higher.

焰¹燄¹

The flame of fire; hot; burning; luminous.

鞱¹

A sheath; a case or covering; broad; equitable.

叨¹

Inordinate desire; addicted to; ambitious; affected humility.

討²

To direct; investigate; search; to rail at; mix; eject; kill.

套^3-

A snare; a covering or case; large; wide.

⿰衤套^3-

An outer garment or cloak.

透^3-

To run away; pass over; to penetrate; to comprehend; alarmed.

逗^3-

To stop; delay; dwell; remain; go circuitously.