Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thut

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thut

  • thut9241307
  • To slip out of; to escape from; to leave.
i kiaⁿ-ùi thut sin m̄ lī;
he fears he cannot get away.
cău-hùe thut-lī cí kâi lāng;
fortunately escaped this trouble.
bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ chut-thut;
have no way of getting out of it.
i sĭ ēng kim-sîen thut khah kâi kòi-cheh;
he is using the same device as that by which the spotted cicata gets rid of its skin; his plan is to leave altogether.
i cí hûe sît-căi bô̤ chut bô̤ thut;
there is now really no escape for him.
cò̤ chut lâi thut sôk căi;
is much above the common run in its style.
thut tīo kut;
take out the bones.
tîeh pû kàu i kâi kut ka-kī thut chut lâi;
boil it till its bones drop out of themselves.
ău-lâi i kâi chin khṳt i thut khṳ̀;
afterward the betrothal was broken by them.
  • thut982035
  • To degrade, to dismiss from office.
thut-thek;
to degrade the inefficient.
kháu kàu cí búe m̄ cai ŭ sĭm-mih thut-thek a bó̤;
do not know whether any will be placed in other grades after the examination is over.