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cū hó̤;

to dip the paper very gently in and wet it through will suffice.

mīn-pò khîeh lô̤h cúi tèng tàm i tâm;

dip the towel in water and dampen it.

• ‮腫脹‬tàm-tè107
• To swell slightly; puffy.

i kâi mīn cò̤ ŏi tàm-tè tàm-tè?

Why is her face so puffy?

lîen phiaⁿ-lî múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŏi tàm-tè;

his whole trunk is puffy.

• ‮啖‬tăm853308
• To swallow in morsels; to eat slowly; to suck upon.

i thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;

seeing it makes his mouth water.

màiⁿ hāi i àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;

do not make his mouth water for it, since it is something he cannot have.

kò̤-kíaⁿ kò̤-kíaⁿ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tăm;

eat it little by little.

khîeh kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni i tăm;

give him a little bit to suck upon.

kó̤ ko̤ mng khṳt i tăm cêk ûe khṳ̀ lío;

she has sucked down the half of the cake.

tang

• ‮中‬tang10523
• 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.

i ke tang ŭ kâi lău bó̤ tŏ̤-kò̤;

he has an old mother at home.

lăi tang;

on the inside.

• ‮單‬tang849309
• Alone; isolated; by itself.

tang-hâng căi, cêk nâng tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

lone and solitary.

khah kùe tang-hâng;

too great isolation.

tang tang sĭ i tŏ̤ kò̤ tīaⁿ;

he is there all alone by himself.

tang jîn, tôk bé, a solitary horseman;

single handed; unaccompanied.

• ‮東‬tang930754
• The east; eastern; the place whence light arises.

tang pôiⁿ;

on the east.

tang hái;

the eastern sea.

tang-hng;

the east.

cŏ̤ sai hìang tang;

sit with the back to the westward facing the east.

tang-lâm;

southeast.

tang-pak;

northeast.

thàu cheⁿ tang;

blows straight from the east.

tang huang;

east wind.

chut jîp to sĭ kîaⁿ tang kak mn̂g;

they always go out and in at the eastern gate.

tang pôiⁿ chut, sai pôiⁿ lô̤h;

rises in the east and sets in the west.

mō̤ⁿ kìⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh lío;

see the dawn of daylight in the east.

cí kúi kâi sĭ tang-îeⁿ ceng;

these few are cups from southern Asia.

cíu-cùi kàu tang tó̤ sai chúa;

so drunk that he sees double.

i tīu tŏ̤ tang mīn pôiⁿ;

he lives on the east side.

tang kîe-thâu ŏi cĭeⁿ cúi a bŏi?

Is the east bridge overflown?

• ‮冬‬tang931153
• The last or winter season the close, the end; to store up; to fall into winter torpor; wintry.

tang thiⁿ-sî;

winter weather.

tang thiⁿ kâi i-hôk;

winter clothing.

tang cì;

the winter solstice.

tang-coih;

the festival of the winter solstice.

cá tang hó̤ a sĭ mńg tang hó̤?

Which was the better the early or the late crop?

ún tang jú-kèng hó̤;

the last crop of the year was the best.

nŏ̤ kùe tang-thâu siu ŭ jîeh cōi chek?

How much paddy did you harvest in both crops?

cêk kùe tang siu ŭ cîaⁿ choiⁿ tàⁿ;

at each harvest I gathered about a thousand piculs of paddy.

cí-hûe hŭam tang, bô̤ mih seng-lí;

it is now the dull part of the year, and there is but little traffic.

• ‮當‬tang8571028
• As; then; to decide; to manage.

cía sĭ síang tang-jîen kâi ūe;

this is speaking of what must naturally happen.

hṳ́ am tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ tang-ke?

Who is the abbot in that monastery.

i sĭ tó̤ síang tang-jîen kâi;

he is considering the probabilities.

hṳ́ tang-sî ŭ kâi nâng sĭang ŏi;

at that time there was a very competent person there.

• ‮丹‬tang84133
• A carnation or cinnabar color; loyal, sincere; medicines decocted or distilled; before a metal, answers to an oxide of it.

bw̄n-èng-tang;

cinnabar.

līentang līen sêng-lío;

the decoction is already distilled.

sien-tang;

the liquor of immortality of the rationalists.

i tàⁿ ūe ŭ tang châng lâk;

he speaks with the utmost sincerity.