A black spot, a speck, a dot, a little, a mite; a comma; the stroke of a clock; in mechanics a point; the spot where the weight or ower acts or touches; a particle; speckled, starred, dotted; to mark for correction; to prick off; to soil or spot; to light, as a lamp; to nod in assent.
cêk tíam, cêk phuah;
a dot slanting toward the right, and a stroke slanting toward the left.
lṳ́ ci-tíam i thóiⁿ;
you point it out for him to look at.
i taⁿ tíam khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
he is now designated for office.
cí hûe kúi tíam ceng?
What time is it now by the clock?
câp-it tiám lío;
it is already eleven o'clock.
tiám-sim;
luncheon.
àiⁿ hiah cîah tiám-sim;
will stop and take lunch.
khim-tíam hâng-lîm;
designated as a member of the National Academy.
cêk tíam to bŏi chò̤;
there is not the least mistake in it.
úa thóiⁿ i kâi cṳ tíam tāⁿ khṳ̀;
I think there is an error in the punctuation.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ i tíam thâm cìaⁿ lôh;
so his gorge is settled.
ēng ke ŭ tíam cîⁿ;
used a little more money.
i pùaⁿ tíam bŏi lô̤h lāu;
it does not leak a bit.
chûn tíam-kíaⁿ tīaⁿ;
have but a little bit left.
cí pak ūe tíam-jíam lâi hó̤ thóiⁿ;
this scroll is tinted beautifully.
i kâi mīn tèng kúi tíam poiⁿ;
she has several small-pox marks on her face.
lîm-cîⁿ cúi tíam-tíam tih, bô̤ cha chî;
the drops fall one by one from the eaves, but do not fall outside the gutter below.
àiⁿ tíam tī-tîang khṳ̀?
Whom will you designate as the one to go?
tíam mîaⁿ;
to call the roll of names.
ĕ-kùa àiⁿ tíam íong-càng;
in the afternoon the roll of braves will be called.
sĭ àiⁿ tíam khṳ̀ sie thâi, a sĭ àiⁿ tíam khṳ̀ síu ìo-kháu;
are those whose names are marked to be sent off to fight, or to guard the passes?
hŏ tíam;
rain drops.
cêk tíam hŏ;
a drop of rain.
tíam teng;
light the lamp.
kio úa tíam húe;
light my light for me.
cêk tíam cêk ûeh;
a dot and a dash.
mâk-îeh tíam lô̤h khṳ̀ lîang-lîang;
when the eye-water is dropped in it makes my eye feel very cool.
