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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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used for each person.

ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ kio i chíu tîap?
How much money is required to get from him a card to the god who is to be consulted?

tîe

  • tîe378512
  • The tides.
tîe cúi;
the tidal waves.
tîe ciu hú;
the Department of the Tides, the name of that in which Swatow is situated.
tîe tĭⁿ;
flood tide.
tîe khó̤;
ebb tide.
tîe cúi thò̤;
the tide recedes.
sŭn tîe cúi, ngêk tîe cúi;
to follow or oppose the tide.
  • tīe874644
  • To shudder; to shiver.
chìn kàu tó̤ tīe;
so cold that she shivered.
kiaⁿ kàu hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tīe;
shook with fear.
kûaⁿ kàu tó̤ tīe;
shivered with cold.
hṳ́ tói cheⁿ tīe chut lâi;
rigors beginning in the interior of the body.
khṳt pak huang cē chue tîeh cêk sin li-li tīe;
when the north wind blows upon me I shiver all over.
tīe m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
cannot stop shivering.
chìn kàu khí khap-khap tīe;
so cold his teeth chattered.
  • tīe8891576
  • To rebound; to bound.
tīe-tò̤ tńg lâi; tò̤-tīe tńg lâi;
to bound backward.
kîu cŭang tîeh chîeⁿ cū tīe khui lâi;
the ball hit the wall and bounded off.
lô̤h khṳ̀ tīe nang-uang kûiⁿ khí lâi;
fell and rebounded very high.

tieⁿ

  • tieⁿ1131457
  • To pretend; to affect; imitate.
tieⁿ īeⁿ tieⁿ sìeⁿ;
to imitate a style.
tieⁿ lâng, tieⁿ é, tieⁿ cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
pretend to be deaf, dumb, and blind.
tieⁿ kàu ńng-ńng;
to imitate exactly.
tieⁿ io tieⁿ jîo;
try to be fascinating.
tieⁿ kàu jîen-jîen;
imitate perfectly.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ tieⁿ io-kùai;
do not affect to be other than you are.
  • tieⁿ22578
  • A classifier of things in sheets; to spread out.
cêk tieⁿ cúa;
a sheet of paper.
cêk tieⁿ chn̂g;
a broad table.
cêk tieⁿ phûe;
a pelt.
àiⁿ cêk tieⁿ a àiⁿ nŏ̤ tieⁿ?
Do you want one sheet or two?
i tó̤ tieⁿ;
he is spreading it.
tieⁿ keng sīa cìⁿ;
draw the bow and send the arrow.
tieⁿ măng;
to spread a anet.
tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ;
speed the shaft.
tieⁿ saⁿ li sì;
John Doe and Richard Roe, names used in law papers.
  • tíeⁿ271680
  • A chosen head.
ke tíeⁿ;
the head of the family.
tíeⁿ pâng;
the family of the eldest brothers.
pâng tíeⁿ;
the head of the eldest family.
côk tíeⁿ;
the chief of a clan.
pâng côk tíeⁿ;
the head of the tribe.
lí tíeⁿ;
one who has control to a distance of one mile.
câp tíeⁿ;
the chief among ten.
peh tíeⁿ;
a centurion.
  • tìeⁿ8861678
  • A fish-hook; to fish with a hook; to bait.
tìeⁿ hṳ̂;
to fish with hook and line.
tìeⁿ so̤h, tìeⁿ ko̤;
lines and rods for fishing.
tìeⁿ kau;
hooks.
tìeⁿ tîeh kâi tōa hṳ̂;
hooked a big fish.
tìeⁿ-jī;
the bait.
cang pêh hê khṳ̀ tìeⁿ i kâi o-îu-mûaⁿ;
take white prawns to catch black eels.
tìeⁿ pho̤h tîm li m̄ cai chuah;
the bait sunk and I did not think to jerk it in.
i ŭ lâi cîah tìeⁿ a bô̤?
Does he take the bait?
sek căi, m̄ káⁿ lâi cîah tìeⁿ;
is very knowing, and does not venture to take the bait.
chin-chīeⁿ ngâu-hṳ̂ thut-chut kim kau-tìeⁿ;
like a grampus escaping a golden hook.
cîah tîeh tìeⁿ lío khṳt i kw̆n lut khṳ̀;
after swallowing the bait he broke off and got away.
  • tìeⁿ241548
  • An account; a debt; a claim; a charge; to reckon; to sum up.
tìeⁿ pâng;
a counting-room.
pàng tìeⁿ;
to shave notes; to let money.
pàng îeⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi, pàng suaⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi?
If you loan money taking a lien on shipping what is the interest, and if you loan it with a lien on real estate what is the interest?
i kâi hâng tó̤ tìeⁿ khṳ̀;
he has made an assignment of his warehouse.
i kâi tìeⁿ pàng khṳ̀ cōi căi: câp koiⁿ hâng phò, poih koiⁿ tŏ̤ i kò̤ khîeh ŭ tìeⁿ;
he has many claims for money lent on security: out of ten merchantile houses, eight have borrowed money from him, giving him a lien on their goods.
phài tī tîang tŏ̤ kẃn tìeⁿ?
Who has been deputed to keep the accounts of credit given?
  • tìeⁿ248511
  • An overflow; a freshet; to inundate; to wash over.
ún cí kò̤ ŏi tò̤-tìeⁿ cúi;
we are subject to freshets here, from the backwater.
hŏ cē lô̤h cúi cū tò̤-tìeⁿ;
whenever it rains the water overflows its banks.
  • tìeⁿ107394
  • To raise the head.
tìeⁿ khí thâu khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;
raise the head and look.
i kâi thâu hîn kàu tăng căi, cn̂g kâi tìeⁿ m̄ phû;
her head is very dizzy, so that she cannot raise it at all.
  • tìeⁿ22578
  • To open, as the mouth or eyes; to stretch open.
tìeⁿ khui mâk;
open the eyes.
chùi tìeⁿ kàu khuah-khuah;
open the mouth very wide.
mâk tìeⁿ m̄ khui;
cannot open his eyes.
mâk m̄ káⁿ tìeⁿ khui;
dare not open his eyes.
mâk siap căi, tìeⁿ m̄ khí;
so very sleep he can't hold his eyes open.
tìeⁿ khí mâk;
look upward.