Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiam

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thiam

  • thiam43855
  • To take in by absorption; affected by.
thiam-jíam;
imbued with; tinged; corrupted by.
cn̂g kâi bô̤ khṳ̀ thiam-jíam i;
have nothing whatever to do with it.
ŭ thiam-jíam tîeh a bô̤?
Has it been tinged by absorbing anything from that?
  • thiam898858
  • To add, to increase, to put in more; extra, additional.
thiam pó;
add something to make enough.
thiam che khṳ̀ phōiⁿ;
send additional messengers to attend to the matter.
thian teng;
to have an increase in one's family.
thiam châi;
increase in wealth.
thiam hok;
added blessings.
thiam sīu;
added years.
thiam îu;
put in some more oil.
thiam piaⁿ;
increase the number of soldiers.
  • thíam738994
  • Excessively; violently; severely.
phah kàu thíam-thíam;
beat him very severely.
chîp khah thíam;
knead too hard.
mēⁿ thíam-thíam; i to m̄-ùi;
he does not care how much he is scolded.
tàⁿ khah thíam i cū khì;
if you say too much about it, he will be angry.
teh khah thíam cū pó khṳ̀;
if you put too much weight upon it, it will be permanently flattened.
lūn thíam-thíam;
trample down violently.
  • thíam471498
  • To flatter, to cajole; to fawn.
thíam-mĭⁿ;
to play the sycophant, to praise one in order to get hisfavor.
i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ thíam-mĭⁿ i;
he says this in order to curry favor with him.
thíam-mĭⁿ kâi nâng;
a lick-spittle.
  • thìam101515712
  • To stamp upon; to press down with the feet.
thìam kàu lok-lok;
tread them down till they are mashed soft.
khì kàu kŭa tī híam-híam khṳt i thìam thâp;
was so angry that he came near breaking a hole in the ground by stamping.
gê-kang cang kha kâi i thìam sí;
stamp on the centipede and kill it.
pàng hṳ́ kûiⁿ kĕ hám kò̤, cang kha thìam cĭu cîh;
if you put one end of it upon something and then stamp on the middle of it, you can break it.
  • thîam899616
  • Peaceful; contented; tranquil.
thîam-cĕⁿ;
undisturbed.
i kâi nâng thîam-cĕⁿ căi;
she passes her life very tranquilly.
huang éng thîam-cĕⁿ;
the winds and waves are quiet; the storm has subsided.
i sĭ kâi thîam-thîam cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ kâi kun-cṳ́ nâng;
she is a very retiring and refined person.