Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thong
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- thong-cháu;
- the Aralia papyrifera*, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.
- châng-phàⁿ cū sĭ thong-cháu cò̤ kâi;
- pith-paper is made from this herbaceous plant.
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- To see clearly; to perceive; to make known to others; to have dealings or political relations with; to communicate.
- i kâi tó lăi nĕ thong-thong;
- he is very clear-headed.
- hṳ́ khí nâng cn̂g kâi m̄ thong;
- such people do not take in the meaning at all.
- i cn̂g kâi m̄ thong chêng;
- he does not at all understand the state of affairs.
- cí lăi tîeh khui khṳt i thong huang cē;
- this must be opened to let the air in.
- phīⁿ sak kín, m̄ thong khí;
- my nose is stopped up so that I cannot breathe through it.
- cē phah ka1-thì khì cū thong;
- as soon as you sneeze the passages will be opened.
- i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ phah thong khṳ̀;
- the two have an understanding with each other.
- àm-cĕⁿ soiⁿ thong pīn;
- secretly came to an understanding with each other beforehand.
- úa àm-cĕⁿ thong lṳ́, lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai ṳ̆-pĭ;
- I give you an inkling of it, that you may prepare for it.
- thong-sṳ̄;
- an interpreter.
- i cò̤ thong-sṳ̄;
- he is the linguist employed in the transaction of business.
- thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
- are generally designated as teachers.
- lō-mn̂g m̄ thong;
- the way is not open.
- sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi pìen thong;
- the thing must accommodate itself to circumstances.
- thong tâk sì-chêng;
- well versed in affairs.
- i khṳ̀ thong-tâng i;
- he went and informed then.
- sie thong;
- intercommunicating.
- thong cai;
- to notify.
- hṳ́ kâi sĭ i cùe thóng-ài kâi chiap;
- that is his favorite concubine.
- hṳ́ lăihùaⁿ nâng cū sĭ cí kâi sĭang tit thóng;
- of all those in there this is the one that is most beloved.
- bói cêk kò̤ tī cò̤ ngĭ-thóng;
- buy a piece of land for a potter's field.
- líu lô̤h khṳ̀ hṳ́ tói ŭ kháu kó thóng;
- in digging down we found an old tomb below.
- múaⁿ-tī kò̤ cǹng kàu kio ngĭ-thóng-po hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- graves are everywhere as thick as in a public cemetery.
- thóng-cái;
- the premier.
- thóng-cái cū sĭ cái-sìang;
- the premier is the prime minister.
- thiⁿ ĕ cêk thóng;
- the whole empire is under one sway.
- úa àiⁿ phah kàu kui thóng;
- I wish to get the monopoly of it.
- cóng-tok thóng-sôk bûn bṳ́;
- the governor controls both the civilians and military men.
- thói-thóng;
- one's character.
- màiⁿ bô̤ thói-thóng;
- do not disgrace yourself.
- thóng-kāng ŭ jîeh cōi?
- What is the sum total?
- ēng tī-tîang cò̤ cóng-thóng?
- Whom does he employ as factotum?
- pō-kun thóng-nía;
- the commander in chief of the infantry at Peking.
- thòng-khùai;
- to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.
- mēⁿ khṳ̀ thòng-khùai căi;
- scolded until he felt perfectly content.
- ūe tàⁿ kàu thòng-khùai căi;
- talked until she had talked herself out.
- i ín-keng thòng kói côiⁿ hui;
- he has sincerely repented of his past errors.
- thông-lâm;
- a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.
- thông-ńng;
- a virgin.
- thông-cṳ́;
- a boy.
- ke-thông;
- servants; young men, hired or bought, or born in the house.
- sîn thông;
- a bright lad.
- nín kùi kūiⁿ kháu-kà ŭ jîeh cōi thông-seng?
- How many youths attend the examinations in your district?
- i hieⁿ-lí chûn nŏ̤ kâi lău-thông tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- there are only two candidates for degrees, who have for a long time been such, remaining in their village.
- cṳ-thông;
- students.
- îeh-thông;
- medical students.
- bûn-thông, bú-thông;
- candidates for degrees, civil or military.
- i cîah kàu hô̤h hwt thông ngŵn;
- he has a rosy face and hoary hair.
- i cṳ̆ sòi síu thông-ceng;
- he took vows of chastity in his youth.
- i hŵn-lío sĭ hăi-thông khì;
- he is still youthful in his feelings.
- saⁿ-câp būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;
- one is a youth so long as he is not past thirty.
- i kâi mâk thìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi gāi tîeh thông-jîn a bŏi?
- Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?
- i kâi thông-jîn en̂g kâi bū;
- the pupils of his eyes have a cloudy look all over them.
- lêk cúi kẁn thông-jîn;
- a cataract has spread over the pupil.
- i kâi thông-jîn pêh-bū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;
- his pupil is an opaque white, and he cannot see at all.
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- Streamers; pendant screens; pendant scrolls of silk before a shrine.
- cêk sang thông-hwn hĭⁿ-kau;
- a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.
- tăi thông sío ĭ;
- the difference is less than the similarity.
- thông cṳ́;
- one born in the same year.
- i ío thōng-sek mîn-chêng;
- he understands human nature.
- cía tîeh ŭ thōng-sek cía sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi lí;
- this must be managed by someone who understands such business.