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
- 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.
- 抖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.
- 跳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
- 裝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.
- 張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.
- 長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.
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- 釣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.
- 賬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?
- 漲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.
- 仰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.
- 張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.
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