Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiah

by Adele Marion Fielde

thiah

• 拆thiah960645
• To take to pieces; to pull apart; to unrip; to break up or open by external force; to undo or disjoint.

thiah sìn;

to open a letter.

thiah thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói jîeh cōi;

undo it and see how many there are inside.

tī cêk jît thiah sìa?

On what day is the house to be demolished?

thiah huang;

open a sealed package.

thiah khui;

to tear open, as a parcel.

thiah tīo phŭe;

unrip a coverlet.

thiah tīo lío lêng-ūaⁿ cò̤;

take it to pieces and make it over again.

àiⁿ cò̤-nî khui thiah?

How shall I take it apart?

i m̄ kam thiah-sùaⁿ;

he is averse to breaking it up, and scattering it.

i kâi hùe ŭ chùi-thiah a bô̤?

Does he open out his goods to dispose of at retail or not?

thiah bōi;

sell piecemeal.

tó̤ thiah bōi cêk tàⁿ thiah sîh ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ kṳn;

in dividing it up and selling it at retail we lose two or three catties to the picul.

thiah chù téng;

thiah chù hĭa; tear up a roof.

cûn cò̤ cē thiahtīo lêng-ūaⁿ cŏ̤;

tear the boat to pieces and remodel it.

chìn thâu ŏi thiah sîh mē?

In selling it piecemeal did its weight fall short of that which you bought it for?

i kâi phò íⁿ-keng thiah sìo;

they have dissolved partnership.

thiah húe;

to break up the mess.

chîeⁿ thiah kĕ ŭ nŏ̤ chieh;

they have lowered the wall two feet by taking off the top.

thiah lău-pang;

take up flooring.

cí sang ôi chēng kú-kú to bŏi thiah hah;

have worn this pair of shoes a very long time and the layers of the soles have never parted.

sùaⁿ thiah chut lâi ēng;

pick out the thread to use again.

sî-ceng thiah lâi thóiⁿ lío cū ŏi cò̤;

after taking a clock to pieces and looking at it, he can make one.

thiah hì-pêⁿ;

take down the platform on which the play was enacted.

cí kâi mîn-chn̂g hó̤ thiah kâi;

this bedstead is one that can be taken apart and put together at needs.