Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thai

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thai

  • 胎thai8471305
hăi-thai;
the fetus, the embryo; the pregnant womb.
i ū hâi-thai;
she is pregnant.
câp gûeh hăi-thai cêk tn̄g kâi sin-khó;
the tenth month of pregnancy is a continuous suffering.
  • 颶thai401828
  • A cyclone; a whirlwind.
huang-thai;
a typhon.
àiⁿ-cò̤ huang-thai;
there is going to be a gale.
ngŏ̤ tîeh tōa huang-thai;
met a typhoon.
  • 篩thai73211810
  • A sieve; to sift.
thai bí;
to sift rice.
bí-thai;
a sieve for sifting rice.
that khah lang;
the sieve is too coars.
thai khah bâk, thai m̄ chut;
the sieve is too fine, and does not sift it.
thai-táu;
a floud sieve.
thai-táu khuang, thai-táu se;
the rim, and the bottom of the sieve.
îeh thai;
a sieve to sift medicines.
tê thai;
a strainer in a tea-pot.
tŏ-pùn thai;
a sieve for sifting ashes.
thái-ko̤;
leprosy.
thái-ko̤ phûa;
a leprous crone.
thái-ko̤ lîo;
a lazar-house.
cía sĭ cù kut thái;
this is a leprosy that destroyes the bones.
  • 泰thài848855
  • Large, exalted.
thài-suaⁿ;
a lofty mountain in the west of Shantung, which gives fame to Tai-ngan-fu.
úa i cò̤ thài-suaⁿ;
depends on him to back him up.
  • 太thài848371
  • An intensive adverb implying extreme; a term of respect.
thài-thài;
her ladyship.
ŭ lău thài-thài a bô?
Has his Excellency a wife?
ṳ́ ŭ kìⁿ kùe a-thài mē?
Have you seen Madame?
thài hu-jîn tŏ̤ ke tèng;
her ladyship is at home.
thài-cṳ́;
the heir-apparent.
thài sṳ, thài hù;
the highest and the next the highest in rank among the teachers of the prince.
thài páu;
chief among statesmen.
hûang-tì kâi a-pĕ thò̤ ūi ău cheng-cò̤ thài-sĭang-ûang;
after the father of the emperor has resigned the throne he is called the Grand Duke.
m̄-hó̤ cò̤ khah thài kùe;
do not over do it.
kàu i sĭeⁿ hùe le thài chî ló;
when he had repented it was too late.
cí kâi li thài kùe, cí kâi li put kîp;
the one is too much by far, and the other is not sufficient.
kuaⁿ-hú kâi jī-nâng saⁿ-nâng ​
nâng cheng-hu i cò̤ î-thài;
the second and third wives of officers are addressed as Madame.
thài kong, thài phûa;
lău thài îa, thài má; are appelations of the parents of men of repute.
thài sĭang láu kun;
an honorable name for the founder of Tauism.
  • 抬thâ848645
  • To carry between two or more persons on a pole; to put forward.
poih thâi kīe;
a sedan with eight bearers.
cò̤ kàu poih-thâi;
promoted to an office which permits one to be carried by eight chair-bearers.
kau-thâi chĭ-kè;
raise the current price.
thâi kṳ́;
to reccommend.
i cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ úa thâi-kṳ́ i kâi;
it was I who recommended him for this.
put sek thâi-kṳ́;
ignore his sponsor.
cí kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ thâi-kṳ́;
it is not best to nominate this person.
thâi-kṳ́ m̄ khí;
not equal to the recommendation.
  • 臺thâi8471338
  • A lookout; an observatory; a fort; a staging; a stand; a watchman's post over a gate; a title of respect to officers.
tok kâi phàu-thâi;
build a fort.
khí hì-thâi;
put up a platform for theatrical performances.
hì tiang-sî khai thâi?
When does the performance begin?
cía sĭ sin khai thâi kâi;
this is newly opened.
cì-thâi, bú-thâi, hŵn-thâi, ngîak-thâi, tău-thâi;
the five highest civil officers of a province.
thî-thâi, tìn-thâi, hîap-thâi;
the three highest military officers in a province.
hìen thâi;
the high provincial officers.
láu-hiaⁿ-thâi, láu-cek-thâi;
a respectful form of adress to a middle-aged or old man.
  • 枱thâi846755
  • A theatre; a stage; a table.
sin khai-thâi kâi hì;
a newly formed company in a theatre.
tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-thâi?
When is the grand opening to take place?
i khai-thâi tōa căi;
his outlays are immense.
  • 殺thâi71796
  • To slaughter; to kill; to put to death; to cut in pieces; to fight.
thâi nâng;
to commit murder.
sie thâi;
fight with intent to kill each other.
thâi thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
fight and see who will conquer.
thâi i m̄ kùe;
could not overcome him in fighting.
i khṳt i thâi sí khṳ̀;
she was slain byhim.
thâi sí nâng tîeh sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
must make compensation for a life destroyed.
thâi pĕ suah bó̤ cṳ chîu;
a mortal enemy.
thâi gû;
to butcher cattle.
thâi koi;
kill a fowl.
thâi thâu cŭe;
a crime whose punishment is decaptitation.
kìⁿ nâng cū thâi;
killed every one he saw.
thâi m̄ lô̤h chíu; chíu ńng, thâi m̄ lô̤h;
could not bring myself to kill it.
  • 台thâi847302
  • Eminent; exalted; your honor.
lău thâi;
Great Sir.
lău hiaⁿ thâi;
Exalted Sir.
thâi ké;
Your Honor.
sam thâi;
three stars in the feet of the Great Bear.
thâi-phó būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;
His Excellency has not yet announced the time for the Examinations.
  • 待thăi845606
  • To wait for or upon; to await; to expect; to treat; to behave toward.
thăi úa lâi;
wait till I come.
chíaⁿ thăi úa;
please wait for me.
thăi kàu mùaⁿ-khí;
wait till to-morrow.
kẃn-thăi;
to treat well or ill; to behave to.
kẃn-thăi i cò̤ nâng-khek;
treat him as if he were a guest.
lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤ sie thăi;
wait for each other at the rendezvous.
thăi khah hú, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
had too long to wait, and went off.
  • 態thāi8496110
  • Air, gait, bearing.
hṳ́ kâi thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kâi mĭⁿ-thāi;
that one appears to have seductive ways.
sío-jîn kâi thāi;
the manners of a boor.
sío-jîn hṳ̀ kio-ngău kâi thāi;
the hauteur of a plebeian; the air of a parvenu.
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