The middle; the centre; the I heart or core of; in the middle; within; in; inner; medium in size or quality; to fill; to estimate a quantity; undeviating.
tìn-tang;
in the centre.
nĕ tìn-tang tìn-tang;
just exactly in the middle.
jît tùi tang;
the sun is at the zenith.
teng tìo tŏ̤ thiaⁿ tìn-tang;
the lamp hung in the centre of the hall.
lăi tang ŭ sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?
What is the exact meaning of it?
m̄ cai hṳ̀ tói tang sĭ cò̤-nî;
do not know what is the condition of things inside.
i chîo tang bô̤ gâu nâng;
there were no wise men in the government.
i kâi tŏ̤ pùaⁿ tìn-tang;
it is half way to the center.
mâk tang bô̤ nâng;
there is no one in view.
khíong-phàⁿ bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
fearful that the undesirable one among ten thousand may come to him.
cía peh tang sẃn bô̤ cêk;
not one in a hundred is chosen.
tang tó hṳ́ cêk chng ío khuah;
the main hatch is the widest.
m̄ cai i sim tang cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;
do not know what he thinks in his own mind.
cĭu hṳ́ tang lâi tô̤h;
pick one out from the middle.
khî-tang ŭ kúi kâi ŏi cò̤ tit;
among them there are some that will do.
pâng tang bô̤ cíu, lâng lâu kheh;
if there bo no wine in the pitcher, you cannot well urge a guest to stay.