Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiu

by Adele Marion Fielde

thiu

• 抽thiu50645
• To take out with the hand; to lift; to levy or assess, as taxes; to select or draw, as a lot; to expand, as plants in spring; to raise water; to receive one's portion; a tenth, a tithe; a fee.

cía cĭ cò̤-nî thiu-thâu?

What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?

thiu tàⁿ-thâu;

take the fees for porterage.

câp hūn thiu cêk hūn;

take a tithe of it.

thiu khí lâi;

take out a portion.

pûah lío būe lă cò̤ thiu cúi;

after gambling had not enough to pay the percentage charged as fees to the gambling house.

thiu cúi;

the portion kept as his fee by the one who holds the stakes in gaming.

cêk sin thiu-thìaⁿ;

had cramps all over me.

kha thiu kṳn;

had a cramp in the leg.

thiu huang;

cramps arising from a cold.

ēng cúi-thiu lâi thiu cúi;

take a syphon and draw off the water.

thiu chut lâi lío, lêng-ūaⁿ jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;

drew it out and then crowded it in again.

i thiu kha cáu;

he got up and went off.

ke it thiu;

another tenth.

m̄ ôiⁿ căi, put lêng thiu sin;

am very busy and can't get away.

thiu sît ŭ jîeh cōi?

What is the net gain?

būe cêng tṳ̂ thiu;

have not yet subtracted the expenses.

sai thiu;

illegal fees.

thiu sim chut lâi;

take out the core.

thiu tîo lêng tŏa kùe khṳ̀;

sent out a tendril to run over it.

côih hô̤ sai thiu;

cut off the passage of boats, and levy illegal taxes on the passengers.

thiu tīo;

to draw out and reject.

• 幅thiu150509
• A facing; an edge; a hem.

sang pôiⁿ hĕ thiu;

face the two edges.

chíu-ńg àiⁿ hĕ thiu a m̆?

Do you want to face the edge of the sleeve?

ka lo̤h khṳ̀ tú-tú cûah thiu: tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ ka pò lâi có̤ thiu;

in cutting it out, there lacks just the facing: you must buy another piece for the facing.

ŭ thiu lí ío năi;

it will last longer if faced.

pi ke nŏ̤ kò̤ thiu, cêk pôiⁿ cêk kò̤;

lay on two more facings, one on either side.

• 刨thiu665185
• A plane; to plane.

thiu pang;

to plane boards.

khía ki thiu lâi thiu;

take a plane and plane it.

thiu cîh; thiu to̤;

the blade of a plane.

thiu kng-kng;

plane very smooth.

thiu-siah;

to correct; to put in shape; to polish of.

• 丑thíu5213
• The second of the twelve horary characters or branches; the second hour of the day, from 1 to 3 o'clock A.M, or the fourth watch; it is denoted by the ox, and astrologers say that persons born at this hour are likely to be dull.

thíu sî;

from one to three o'clock A.M.

thîu guêh;

the second month in the cycle of twelve.

thíu-kieh;

the merry-andrews in a play.

i tó̤ cò̤ thíu;

he acts the part of buffoon.

koi put lî thíu;

the fowls will always crow in the fourth watch.

• 躊躇thîu-thû51
• Irresolute; undecided; unable to get on.

i hŵn-lío thîu-thû, m̄ cêk-kwt;

he is still wavering and uncertain.

thîu-thû ku-ā jîthŵn būe chut m̂ng;

has been able to make up his mind whether he would go during several days and has not yet started.

i cò̤-nî cêk lō thîu-thû kàu cièⁿ kú hŵn būe lâi?

How is it that he has delayed on the road so long and has not yet arrived?

úa thóiⁿ i kâi ì sĭ thîu-thîu thû-thû, phah-sǹg būe tīaⁿ;

I see that he intends to keep putting it off, his mind not being made up about it.

• 籌thîu5111814
• The calculate; to compute; to devise.

thîu-ûeh;

settle and arrange a way of action.

ka-kī tó̤ thîu-mông kòi-cheh;

he himself devised a plan of action.