Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tio

by Adele Marion Fielde

tio

• 雕tio8851728
• To engrave; to carve; to cut.

tio-khek ìn-póiⁿ;

to engrave the wooden blocks on which printing is done.

sûi i khṳ̀ tio-kuah;

let him engrave it as he pleases.

tio hue thâh táu;

adorned with carved ornamentation.

i kâi jī-ûeh tio lâi ngía;

he carves beautifully.

tio to̤h;

to grave or chase.

tio lâi bŏi sit cin;

nothing has been lost from the pattern in transferring it to wood.

cía put kùe sĭ phû-phû nē tio;

this is nothing more than a slight cutting into the wood.

tio ìn;

to engrave a seal.

tio to̤;

graving tools.

khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē tio, khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē câk;

use the knife and the chisel very carefully in the cutting.

• 貂tio8851535
• The Siberian sable.

tio phûe;

the fur of the sable.

tio-chṳ́;

the sable.

i chen̄g kâi tio-chṳ́ bé-kùa;

he wore a riding jacket of sable.

tio búe;

sables' tails, worn by military men.

kim tio;

undyed or reddish sable.

• 凋tio885158
• To wither and fade, as leaves do.

sng so̤h cē lô̤h cháu-bâk cū tio-lêng;

when frost and snow come the herbage withers.

cía chīu kâi ki hîeh năi sng-so̤h bŏi tio;

this tree does not lose its verdure even in winter.

ngô̤-thông sĭang-téng cá tio;

the catalpa tree loses its leaves earliest of all.

hue-bâk tó̤ tio-châng lío;

the foliage is already fading.

• 刁tio885181
• Unscrupulous and aggressive.

tio-sŏng;

contentious; fond of litigation, and pressing the case without just cause; truculent.

tio-mâng;

violent and barbarous.

cêk pùaⁿ tio cêk pùaⁿ mâng;

a mixture of wickedness and barbarity.

i kâi a-pĕ sĭ chut mîaⁿ tio pit;

his father is well known for his rabid writings.

tio ak cṳ cì;

outrageous and wicked beyond endurance.

théng-tio;

dictatorial and overbearing.

tio-phwt;

willful.

tio-tio nē;

ruthless.

• 䠷tio8891586
• Tall.

i kâi sin châi ío kûiⁿ-tio;

he is of fine stature.

cêk kâi li kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio nē, cêk kâi li ói-kó ói-kó;

one is tall and slender and the other short and sturdy.

• 窵tìo88711611
• Deep; to go far into a recess.

lî khah tìo-íen;

is too in accessible.

cí kâi tī-hng khah tìo-íen;

this place is too remote and difficult to reach.

• 弔tìo886571
• To condole with mourners; to wail or otherwise assist at a funeral.

i tiang-sî khui tìo?

When are the funeral rites to be performed?

khui saⁿ jît tìo;

will have the funeral rites performed for three days.

tăi-sì sĭ chit jît sêng hôk cū kui-tìo;

generally, the funeral rites are performed after the mourning garments have been worn seven days.

khṳ̀ tìo-cì kâi nâng cōi căi;

a great number of persons went to offer condolence.

tìo-hà;

mourning.

tìo-sng;

affliction.

• 吊tìo886303
• To suspend; to hang up; to demand; to ask for; to call for; to lift, as by a cord; a thousand cash.

lîah i lâi tìo;

seize and hang him.

tìo pàng chīu-câng tèng;

hang up on a tree.

tìo tùi-lîin;

hang up scrolls.

tìo ki teng;

suspend a lamp.

tìo kâi kìaⁿ;

hang a picture.

tìo-pàng tû lăi;

hang it up in the wardrobe.

saⁿ-tìo;

a clothes rack.

ngṳn̂-tĭaⁿ ēng jîh cōi tìo?

How many strings of paper ingots will be required?

cu tìo;

strings of beads.

līo tìo ŭ kâi tn̆g khṳ̀;

some of the strings of strass beads have broken.

cîⁿ chûn saⁿ sì tìo;

have three or four strings of cash left.

cí kâi mueh bói câp gūa tìo cîⁿ;

paid more than ten thousand cash for this article.

chíaⁿ tău-thâi tìo lâi ka-kī chin mn̄g;

ask the Intendant of Circuit to call and cross-question them himself.

tìo-ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi ngīam thóiⁿ;

call for and officially examine the records of the case.

tìo ŭ kúi peh kâi kheh khí lâi;

ordered some hundreds of the passengers to disembark.

tìo ăm;

to hang one's self.

i khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo-pàng;

he went and asked for an order to set him at liberty.

tìo tit chut a tìo m̄ chut?

Did he succeed in getting him set free on demanding it?

tìo-tháng;

a pail with a high bail.

cang phìe tìo sio;

remand and destroy the warrant, as when an affair is settled.

khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo tŏiⁿ;

go and request an order for the eviction of a tenant.

tŏiⁿ m̄ khéng khṳt i tìo;

the tenant would not allow him to remand it.

tìo-nâ;

a basket with bulging sides and small neck.

tìo cie-pâi;

a buletin board.

só̤-sî tìo tiah sin;

has the key attached to his person.

hùe-mûehⁿ tìo cĭeⁿ lâu;

the goods are lifted by ropes into the loft.

• 條tîo888756
• A strip; a slip; a twig; a spear; a section; a classifier of long and slender objects; anything long and slender.

i kâi mô̤ⁿ cho tîo;

her hair is coarse.

cía li khah tōi tîo, hía li khah sòi tîo;

this is too thick and that too slender.

khîeh tîo so̤h lâi pâk;

take a rope and tie it up.

íⁿ-tîo;

a trestle.

pang-tîo;

bed boards.

cêk tîo si;

a silken filament.

thih tîo;

iron bars.

cí ki ki-tîo ío ńng;

this twig is more flexible.

ēng nŏ̤ tîo tòa lâi pâk-bûa;

take two girdles and tie them together.

kìm tîo;

a prohibitory notice.

cêk tîo piⁿ;

a queue.

cí tîo sĭ tōa lō;

this is the main road.

cêk tîo si-sùaⁿ;

a thread of sewing-silk.

cûah tîo thâu-mô̤ⁿ hûn;

lacks a hair's breadth of it.

hṳ́ tói kâi tîo-lî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What is said in the rules of procedure?

che-thóiⁿ sìo-tîo ŏi chau tāⁿ mē;

examine and see whether a mistake has been made in copying the bill.

tîo cûa so̤ cĭeⁿ chīu câng;

a snake crawled up into the tree.

cí tîo kîe ngŏ tún;

this bridge has five piers.

cêk tîo cháu cē kûe cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

if there be a spear of grass in his way he tumbles down.

sî-pie kâi huap-tîo tn̆g khṳ̀;

the mainspring of the watch is broken.

tîo-līen sĭ kim kâi a sĭ tâng kâi?

Is the chain gold or brass?

kim nî cí hâng lăi hwt ŭ kúi tîo cûn;

this year the firm has sent out several vessels.

kúi tîo chiu hi-hi-;

a few sparse whiskers.

tîn tîo;

rattans.

ciⁿtîo;

felt rugs.

tîo sùaⁿ chng m̄ kùe;

I cannot string them upon this thread.

i kâi sío-bâk tîo-tîo tît-tît;

his bills are all correct.

lō tîo hn̆g căi;

it is a long journey.

bói tîo bâk;

buy a stick of ink.

cêk tîo sìo;

an account or bill.

• 調tîo8881498
• To bring into accord; to adjust; to regulate; to restore harmony.

àng-sok m̄ tîo;

cannot bring into subjection.

ak-cí m̄ tîo;

cannot succeed in curbing it.

• 棲tîo788758
• A roost; a perch.

koi-tîo;

a hen roost.

koi cĭeⁿ tîo lío;

the chickens have gone to roost.

koi-tîo bô̤ keh mêⁿ kau-ún;

an earth worm does not pass the night on a hen roost.

• 兆tĭo34104
• An omen; a prognostic; a million.

soiⁿ tĭo;

a forerunner.

kit tĭo;

a good omen.

hiong tĭo;

a bad omen.

khùe-tĭo;

prognostication.

sue tĭo;

an ominous sign; an indication of poverty or decadence.

sǹg lô̤h ŭ cêk tĭo kah câp ngŏ bw̄n;

reckoned it up and made the amount to be a million and a hundred and fifty thousand.

• 召tĭo35302
• To summon; to cite.

tĭo i lâi;

summon him.

suang-tĭo;

called to court.

ŭ suang bô̤ tĭo;

to give orders without summoning the recipient to Peking.

• 棄tīo349758
• To reject; to discard; to cast off.

sek tīo;

to throw away.

tìu tīo;

to fling away.

hìⁿ tīo;

to shake off.

put tīo;

to put aside.

tò̤ tīo;

to pour out.

tok tīo;

to chop off.

• 掉tīo887648
• Used as an auxiliary verb, following another, and denoting the accomplishment of the action.

thâi tīo;

to slaughter.

kak tīo;

to throw away.

mûeh tīo;

to spoil by manipulation.

á tīo;

to break of by a wrench.

sie tīo;

to burn up.

cám tīo;

to chop off.

pêⁿ tīo;

to rake off.

• 調tīo8881498
• A tune.

àiⁿ ēng sĭm-mih tīo-thâu?

What tune do you want it sung in?

cía sĭ sĭm-mih khieⁿ tīo?

What air is this?

séⁿ sîaⁿ tīo;

a Cantonese air.

• 拋tīo666644
• To toss; to fling.

tīo khí khṳ̀ khṳt i cih;

toss it up and let him catch it.

tīo cĭeⁿ lâu-téng;

toss it into the upper storey.

tīo m̄ khui; cannot toss it off.

tīo ŭ lâk cìaⁿ tīo tit khui;

fling it with force and then you can fling it off.

úa tīo, lṳ́ sah;

I will throw it, and you catch it.

tīo kùe chîeⁿ;

flung it over the wall.

• 投tīo876644
• To cast away; to throw away as useless.

tīo lô̤h hái;

cast it into the sea.

khṳt i tīo tŏ̤ céⁿ tói khṳ̀ lío;

it has been thrown into the tank by him.

tīo lô̤h húe-lô;

throw it into the stove.