Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thi

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thi

  • thi6342025
  • Viscid; sticky; bird-lime.
khô̤ kàu nĕ thi-thi;
simmer it till it is very gummy.
thi cío;
catch birds with bird-lime.
i kâi thi tîeh nĕ thi-thi cìaⁿ thi tit tîeh;
the bird-lime must be very adhesive then it will catch them.
thi căi;
very glutinous.
khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
is stuck fast in it.
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  • To stretch open.
mn̂g thí khui;
set the door wide open.
khàu kàu chùi thí-thí;
crying with mouth wide stretched.
chìe kàu chùi thí-thí;
laughing with open mouth.
hûe-sīeⁿ chùi thí-thí, m̄ sĭ àiⁿ cîⁿ cū sĭ àiⁿ bí;
when a priest grins, he wants either money or rice.
thí kàu khuah-khuah;
stretch it wide open.
ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, thí m̄ khui;
the shears are so tight at the pivor that I cannot open them.
pó tō̤ chùi lṳ́ thí khui cē, úa cìaⁿ hó̤ khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀;
open the mouth of the bag more widely, so that I can put in the things.
hŏ-sùaⁿ thí khui khṳt i la ta;
open the umbrella and let it dry.
thí kha;
set the legs far apart.
hŏi, nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, i kâi kha thí kàu khuah-khuah;
when a crab is going to be caught, he opens his claws wide.
  • thí88418813
  • The body; the substance; the essentials; respectable; influential; to realize.
sì-thí;
the body; the human frame.
i kâi sì-thí mông tîeh cn̂g kâi ngân-ngân;
his whole body feels cold to the touch.
thí-mīn;
reputation; the respect in which one is held by others; honor and dignity.
i kìe-sĭ i sit tîeh i kâi thí-mīn;
he complained of her having diminished his importance in the eyes of others.
hīn-khek i thí-mīn căi;
he is now held in high esteem.
côiⁿ sĭ tó̤ cò̤ nâng kâi kang, hīn-căi thí-thí mīn-mīn kâi nâng;
formerly he was one who hired out to do other people's work, now he is an honored personage.
thí-thiap;
to accommodate; to consider the interest of a nother.
úa thí-thiap lṳ́, lṳ́ īa tîeh thí-thiap úa: jī-ke tîeh sie thí-thiap cìaⁿ hó̤;
I consider your wishes, and you must consider mine also: all will be well if both are accommodating.
to sĭ cêk thí;
it is all one thing.
to tîeh ŭ kâi thí-thóng;
in all things there must be regard to decorum.
cn̂g kâi bô̤ thí-thóng;
without regard to what is befitting.
  • thì708188
  • To peel; to strip off.
thì tīo phûe;
strip off the bark.
thì mûaⁿ-phûe;
to peel off the bark used for ropes.
thì hṳ̂ phûe;
to flay fish.
khṳt châk thì kàu cêk sin cheng-khih cheng-khih;
stripped by a highwayman.
  • thì40644
  • To tear apart, as in anger.
khì kàu thì tīo i kâi saⁿ;
so angry that he rent his clothes.
tng mīn thì tīo;
tore it up in his face.
thì kàu chùi-chùi;
tore it in pieces.
khîeh khí lâi thì cò̤ ku-ā-kò̤;
took it up and tore it in several pieces.
thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
tear it in two.
  • thì608511
  • To obstruct, to stop; indigestible; disagreeing with one; a hindrance.
i kâi nâng thì căi;
he is very uncomfortable.
cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ khah thì;
in doing things do not make yourself too uncomfortable.
i phêng-sù sĭ thì kàu seⁿ si;
it was formerly impeded in its growth so that it became stringy.
i tó lăi sĭ ŭ cek-thi;
he has undigested food in his stomach; has indigestion.
có̤-thì;
hindered, impeded, stopped.
i cêk lō li bô̤ có̤ bô̤ thì;
he had no hindrance during the whole journey.
i li khṳ̀ kàu pùaⁿ lō ngŏ̤ hŏ cū có̤-thì ku-ā jît;
when he had gone half way there he encountered a storm and was prevented from going on for several days.
i cṳ̆ sòi bŏi thì, lí-lí tōa;
he has from his earliest childhood met with nothing that prevented his growth, and has grown steadily.
i kâi nâng khah thì;
he is too mulish.
thì căi;
harassed, hindered.
i sĭ thì-khìkâi pēⁿ;
he has a derangement of the system caused by stoppage of the fluids.
ūn khì có̤-thì ku-ā nî;
luck has been against him for several years.
thóiⁿ i kâi mêh lâi kàu li sĭ thì-siap;
her pulse is irregular as if the circulation were impeded.
thì-nĭ;
bigoted; set in one's way; opinionated.
  • thì1126410
  • To pick in pieces with the hands.
thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
pull it apart.
cêk hah cêk hah thì chut lâi;
pick it apart section by section.
thì ho̤h cōi têng lâi;
have taken off ever so many layers.
àiⁿ thì, thì m̄ chut;
would pick it off but am unable.
thì cêk si cêk si;
pick it into shreds.
thì cêk phìen cêk phìen;
separate it into flakes.
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  • To take away official insignia.
i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ iⁿ-keng thì-keh kâi;
his office is already taken from him.
kuaⁿ ŏi thì lĭ a bŏi?
Is he deprived of all official rank?
thì-keh chûn kâi cìn-suŭ tīaⁿ;
has been deprived of his office and degraded in rank so that he retains only his literary degree of Docter of Laws.
thì thâu;
to shave the head.
thì chiu;
shave off the beard.
kio i thì tîo mâk-bâi;
shave off her eyebrows for her.
thì tīo piⁿ;
shave off the queue.
To prepare against;
to oppose a barrier.
thî-hûang;
guard against.
m̄ cai thî-hûang cū khíong-ùi gō suū;
if you do not take care you will very likely quash the project.
  • thî882649
  • To bring into notice; to suggest; to bring before a magistrate; to attend to.
thî-kîp;
to speak of, or refer to.
i cē thî-kîp cí kâi nâng úa cū khì;
if he mentions this person I shall be vexec.
thî-khí;
to suggest.
màiⁿ khṳ́ thî-khí i;
do not say anything to bring it to mind.
thî-phŵt;
to put forward, to nominate.
sĭ úa thî-phŵt i;
it was I who nominated him.
thî-hûang;
awaken alarm; bring to notice a need of vigilance.
tîeh cai thî-hûang;
must be on the watch against it.
thî-tn̂g;
a courier of the government.
thî-chéⁿ;
to rouse to a sense of danger.
lṳ́ hó̤ cang cía ūe thî-chéⁿ i;
make use of these words to put him on his guard.
thî-hêng;
inflict the punishment decreed by the provincial judge.
mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ thî-hêng;
the sentence will be carried into execution to-morrow.
thî-lô̤ a-pún;
a keeper in the Board of Punishment.
cí ūi sĭ lêk lō thî-tok, hú ūi sĭ cúi-sṳ thî-tok;
this is a captain-general, a military officer of the highest grade, and that is a naval officer of the same grade.
thî-thîo;
a proctor or manager of colleges; the overseer of candidates at examinations.
kau toŏ thî-thîo-kuaⁿ kò̤;
handed over to the proctor.
pńg hú àiⁿ thî ùaⁿ khí lâi sím;
the prefect is going to take the case into his own hands and try it.
kṳ̆n-lâi sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ i;
lately he has been the one who helped him on.
màiⁿ thî-phû cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
do not introduce this topic.
m̄ hó̤ thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ;
do not mention her name.
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  • Moss, and small plants like liverwort, growing on rocks.
cheⁿ-thî;
mosses.
chîeⁿ-kha chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-thî lo̤-lo̤ tn̂g;
at the foot of the wall the moss is very thick.
cĕng-cĕng cheⁿ-thî;
all covered with moss.
  • thî64646
  • To direct with a firm hand.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî;
he has direction of this affair.
i cò̤ sṳ̆ ío ŭ pá-thî;
he acts with greater firmness in the management of affairs.
sĭ i hû-thî i;
it is she who abets him.
sît-căi lâng-ín ciⁿ-thî;
it is really very hard to withstand.
  • thî883809
  • To howl and bewail; to scream and cry; to crow; to coo.
thî-khàu;
to weep and moan.
thî-thî khàu-khàu;
to sob and cry.
koi thî lío;
the cock crowed.
i koi-thî-cá cū lâi;
he came at cock-crow.
i sĭ tó̤ thî;
she is cackling.
thî-koi;
the common pheasant.
khṳ̀ phah cío, phah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah thî-koi;
went out to shoot birds, and shot two pheasants.
thî-koi búe;
tail-feathers of the Argus pheasant.
  • thĭ601046
  • The piles; ulcers in the rectum.
lăi thĭ, gūa thĭ;
internal and external piles.
seⁿ thĭ;
to have piles.
i kâi thĭ seⁿ kú, íⁿ-keng sen̂g cò̤ thĭ-lāu;
he has had piles a long time, and they have already ulcerated.
chwn tn̂g thĭ;
chwn chîang thĭ; a fistula in ano.