Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thie
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thie
- lṳ́ kio úa thie ki chuaⁿ;
- you pick out this sliver for me.
- ēng cam lâi thie phùa;
- pick it open with a needle.
- thie lô̤h khṳ̀ ŏi huehlâu a bŏi?
- Does it bleed when you pick into it?
- teng-sim thie khui cē;
- pick up the wick of the lamp a little.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ thie-so cìaⁿ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is through his mischief-making that this has come to pass.
- i thie tîeh kuaⁿ;
- he has been chosen for office.
- thie-sẃn hó̤ kâi;
- pick out a good one.
- thie tit tîeh, a thie m̄ tîeh?
- Did she pick it out, or did she fail to do so?
- thie keng-ńng;
- to select Manchu girls for the harem.
- tōa kâi i soiⁿ thie khí;
- the large ones have already been picked out by him.
- thie-thek;
- to cavil.
- i ŏi thie hue chiah sìu;
- she can do various sorts of fancy work.
- i ŏi thie siah-pô̤h;
- she can separate the sheets of tin-foil.
- thìe bí;
- to sell rice.
- khui chng phêng thìe;
- open the granaries and dispose of the contents at a fair price.