Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiⁿ
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thiⁿ
- 天thiⁿ897871
- The highest of things, heaven both divinely and physicall;yv the sky, the air, the firmament; a day; a season; weather; ages of the world; celestial; the Power above; Nature, Providence, and though without definite personality is employed more than any term to indicate God; the emperor, who is Heaven's vicegerent.
- múaⁿ thiⁿ cn̂g kâi cheⁿ;
- the whole heavens are an unclouded azure.
- thiⁿ-khì thîo-hûa;
- the air is salubrious.
- hoó̤ thiⁿ;
- fine weather.
- thiⁿ-sî hó̤, ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ thiⁿ cū hó̤ kàu;
- if the weather is favorable, we may arrived there in two or three days.
- thiⁿ thī nâng kìe-cò̤ sam châi;
- heaven earth and man are called the three great powers.
- hek thiⁿ;
- dark days.
- thiⁿ só̤ khàm, tī só̤ cài;
- whatever heaven covers, or earth sustains.
- thiⁿ sîn;
- among the Buddhists used for gods, or inhabitants of the Brahma-lokas.
- cì thiⁿ;
- cí tī; offer sacrifice to the heavens and the earth.
- thong-thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kok?
- How many kingdoms are there under the whole heavens?
- pài thiⁿ tī pĕ-bó̤;
- worship of the Heavens and the Earth, as the origin of all things.
- thiⁿ ĕ bŵn kok;
- all nations under heaven, or the whole empire of China.
- i sĭ khí-thâu-ē tit thiⁿ-ĕ kâi hûang-tì;
- he was the first who became emperor of China.
- thiⁿ ŭ mâk;
- Heaven has means of seeing; the gods know it.
- cṳ̆ tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ ŭ cí kâi thiⁿ-tn̂g ti-gêk kâi sueh?
- Since what period has this doctrine of heaven and hell been propounded?
- thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;
- the thunder-god winks; it lightens.
- pue thiⁿ hŭa;
- unexpected casualty.
- pìn thiⁿ o-àm;
- the whole sky is dark.seng cĭeⁿ thiⁿ téng; ascend into heaven.
- hē-thiⁿ li khah jûah, tang-thiⁿ li khah chìn;
- summer is too hot and winter is too cold.
- chun-thiⁿ, chiu-thiⁿ;
- spring and autumn.
- tng-thiⁿtáu-cok;
- pray under the open sky.
- thiⁿ teng;
- lanterns hung aloft above roofs.
- tōa thiⁿ tōa mīn kâi nâng;
- a very estimable person.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío ŭ thiⁿ-mīn;
- that is more respectable.
- i hṳ́ khí nâng bô̤ thiⁿ bô̤ mīn;
- such people are of no repute.
- m̄ kù thiⁿ-mīn;
- does not consider what others think of him.
- thiⁿ ke cē;
- put in a little more.
- thiⁿ kàu tĭⁿ;
- add enough to fill it full.
- thiⁿ ke cho̤h húe-thùaⁿ;
- put on some more charcoal.
- màiⁿ thiⁿ khah câk;
- do not put in so much more as to make it too thick.
- îeh ā-sĭ cîah m̄ tùi cū àiⁿ jú-keǹ thiⁿ pēⁿ;
- if one takes medicine that is unsuitable he becomes the more ill.
- thiⁿ ke nŏ̤ kù ūe cū m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
- if you add anything to what you have already said it will not sound well.
- thiⁿ piaⁿ;
- additional troops.
- thīⁿ saⁿ;
- to sew upon clothing.
- thīⁿ saⁿ phò;
- a tailor's shop.
- i kâi saⁿ-khò thīⁿ khṳ̀ ngía;
- her clothes are well made.
- thīⁿ lâi khah ló̤-chó̤;
- too badly sewn.
- thīⁿ bâk cē, màiⁿ thīⁿ khah lang;
- sew it closer, do not take too long stitches.
- sùaⁿ cūe lêng-ūaⁿ thīⁿ hó̤;
- sew this seam over again.
- i kâi chùi tîeh thīⁿ miⁿ;
- sew up the mouth of it.
- lîe tó̤ cē, thīⁿ khí lâi cìaⁿ ka;
- trim it off a little shorter, then when it is sewn it will be just the right length.
- ēng sĭm-mih sùaⁿ lâi thīⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤?
- What sort of thread should it be sewed with?
- thīⁿ kau-cam;
- to backstitch.
- thīⁿ lío lâi n̂ng;
- sew it and then fell it down.
- chó̤-lîak thīⁿ tùe cū hó̤;
- to just catch it together will do.
- thīⁿ tîeh siap;
- hard to sew.
- cía pò ío kōi thīⁿ;
- this cloth is easier to sew.
- màiⁿ thīn tāⁿ;
- do not sew it wrongly.
- chng cam lío, sùaⁿ thám khah cìaⁿ hó̤ thīⁿ;
- when the needle is threaded, tie a knot in the thread and then sew.