Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiet

by Adele Marion Fielde

thiet

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• To remove from or to one; to send off; to recall; to set aside; to reject.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ci ki kun àiⁿ thiet, sĭ mē?

I hear that this regiment is to be recalled is it so?

cí nŏ̤ īeⁿ chài lâi thiet;

remove these two dishes from the course.

thiet hûe khṳ̀;

has been recalled.

thiet jīm, tńg khṳ̀;

left his post and returned home.

cīeⁿ-si thiet i kâi úi;

his superior in office has withdrawn his appointment.

thiet tīo cí nŏ̤ náng lío àiⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ ēng nâng mē?

After having rejected these two men, do you wish to employ others?

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• Perspicacious; discerning; pervious; to penetrate; to go through.

i kâi tó lâi thong-thiet căi;

he is very discerning.

put lŭn sĭ cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭ tàⁿ ūe to sĭ thong-thong thiet-thiet;

whether in action or in speech he is very sure to get at the underlying motives and facts.

i sui-sĭ chó̤-lîak ŏi thong, thong lâi m̄ thiet;

although he understands this to some extent, he does not understand it thoroughly.

cí cak cṳ kâi tŏ̤-lí sueh lâi thàu-thiet căi;

the doctrine contained in this passage was very thoroughly explained.

cêk jī cêk kù to sueh kàu thàu-thàu thiet-thiet;

explains every word and sentence most thoroughly.

sái nâng khṳ̀ thiet-tói cheng chê;

send some one to the very bottom to make an exhaustive investigation.

ūe tàⁿ lâi hŵn-lío būe thiet-tói;

has not yet touched upon the bottom facts in what he has said.