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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

beads have broken.

cîⁿ chûn saⁿ sì tìo;
have three or four strings of cash left.
cí kâi mueh bói câp gūa tìo cîⁿ;
paid more than ten thousand cash for this article.
chíaⁿ tău-thâi tìo lâi ka-kī chin mn̄g;
ask the Intendant of Circuit to call and cross-question them himself.
tìo-ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi ngīam thóiⁿ;
call for and officially examine the records of the case.
tìo ŭ kúi peh kâi kheh khí lâi;
ordered some hundreds of the passengers to disembark.
tìo ăm;
to hang one's self.
i khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo-pàng;
he went and asked for an order to set him at liberty.
tìo tit chut a tìo m̄ chut?
Did he succeed in getting him set free on demanding it?
tìo-tháng;
a pail with a high bail.
cang phìe tìo sio;
remand and destroy the warrant, as when an affair is settled.
khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo tŏiⁿ;
go and request an order for the eviction of a tenant.
tŏiⁿ m̄ khéng khṳt i tìo;
the tenant would not allow him to remand it.
tìo-nâ;
a basket with bulging sides and small neck.
tìo cie-pâi;
a buletin board.
só̤-sî tìo tiah sin;
has the key attached to his person.
hùe-mûehⁿ tìo cĭeⁿ lâu;
the goods are lifted by ropes into the loft.
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  • A strip; a slip; a twig; a spear; a section; a classifier of long and slender objects; anything long and slender.
i kâi mô̤ⁿ cho tîo;
her hair is coarse.
cía li khah tōi tîo, hía li khah sòi tîo;
this is too thick and that too slender.
khîeh tîo so̤h lâi pâk;
take a rope and tie it up.
íⁿ-tîo;
a trestle.
pang-tîo;
bed boards.
cêk tîo si;
a silken filament.
thih tîo;
iron bars.
cí ki ki-tîo ío ńng;
this twig is more flexible.
ēng nŏ̤ tîo tòa lâi pâk-bûa;
take two girdles and tie them together.
kìm tîo;
a prohibitory notice.
cêk tîo piⁿ;
a queue.
cí tîo sĭ tōa lō;
this is the main road.
cêk tîo si-sùaⁿ;
a thread of sewing-silk.
cûah tîo thâu-mô̤ⁿ hûn;
lacks a hair's breadth of it.
hṳ́ tói kâi tîo-lî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What is said in the rules of procedure?
che-thóiⁿ sìo-tîo ŏi chau tāⁿ mē;
examine and see whether a mistake has been made in copying the bill.
tîo cûa so̤ cĭeⁿ chīu câng;
a snake crawled up into the tree.
cí tîo kîe ngŏ tún;
this bridge has five piers.
cêk tîo cháu cē kûe cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
if there be a spear of grass in his way he tumbles down.
sî-pie kâi huap-tîo tn̆g khṳ̀;
the mainspring of the watch is broken.
tîo-līen sĭ kim kâi a sĭ tâng kâi?
Is the chain gold or brass?
kim nî cí hâng lăi hwt ŭ kúi tîo cûn;
this year the firm has sent out several vessels.
kúi tîo chiu hi-hi-;
a few sparse whiskers.
tîn tîo;
rattans.
ciⁿ
tîo;
felt rugs.
tîo sùaⁿ chng m̄ kùe;
I cannot string them upon this thread.
i kâi sío-bâk tîo-tîo tît-tît;
his bills are all correct.
lō tîo hn̆g căi;
it is a long journey.
bói tîo bâk;
buy a stick of ink.
cêk tîo sìo;
an account or bill.
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  • To bring into accord; to adjust; to regulate; to restore harmony.
àng-sok m̄ tîo;
cannot bring into subjection.
ak-cí m̄ tîo;
cannot succeed in curbing it.
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  • A roost; a perch.
koi-tîo;
a hen roost.
koi cĭeⁿ tîo lío;
the chickens have gone to roost.
koi-tîo bô̤ keh mêⁿ kau-ún;
an earth worm does not pass the night on a hen roost.
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  • An omen; a prognostic; a million.
soiⁿ tĭo;
a forerunner.
kit tĭo;
a good omen.
hiong tĭo;
a bad omen.
khùe-tĭo;
prognostication.
sue tĭo;
an ominous sign; an indication of poverty or decadence.
sǹg lô̤h ŭ cêk tĭo kah câp ngŏ bw̄n;
reckoned it up and made the amount to be a million and a hundred and fifty thousand.
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  • To summon; to cite.
tĭo i lâi;
summon him.
suang-tĭo;
called to court.
ŭ suang bô̤ tĭo;
to give orders without summoning the recipient to Peking.
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  • To reject; to discard; to cast off.
sek tīo;
to throw away.
tìu tīo;
to fling away.
hìⁿ tīo;
to shake off.
put tīo;
to put aside.
tò̤ tīo;
to pour out.
tok tīo;
to chop off.
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  • Used as an auxiliary verb, following another, and denoting the accomplishment of the action.
thâi tīo;
to slaughter.
kak tīo;
to throw away.
mûeh tīo;
to spoil by manipulation.
á tīo;
to break of by a wrench.
sie tīo;
to burn up.
cám tīo;
to chop off.
pêⁿ tīo;
to rake off.
àiⁿ ēng sĭm-mih tīo-thâu?
What tune do you want it sung in?
cía sĭ sĭm-mih khieⁿ tīo?
What air is this?
séⁿ sîaⁿ tīo;
a Cantonese air.
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  • To toss; to fling.
tīo khí khṳ̀ khṳt i cih;
toss it up and let him catch it.
tīo cĭeⁿ lâu-téng;
toss it into the upper storey.
tīo m̄ khui;