acting male, and the other female parts.
a-n̂ng tó̤ cò̤ a-tòaⁿ;
a young man having the prettiness of a woman. 彈 tôaⁿ 852 57 12 To fillip; to thrum on stringed instruments; to snap; to mark as with a line. tôaⁿ khîm;
to play the lute.
tôaⁿ pî-pê;
to play the viol.
tôaⁿ phŭe-mîⁿ;
to bowstring raw cotton for coverlets.
mîⁿ tôaⁿ kàu sang-sang phòng-phòng;
the cotton has been bow-stringed till it is very light and fluffy.
gûeh-hîⁿ sĭ i tôaⁿ lâi ío hó̤;
he plays the guitar best.
tôaⁿ saⁿ-hîⁿ;
thrum the banjo.
tôaⁿ tîo bâk sùaⁿ;
make a line by snapping a cord blackened in ink.
tôaⁿ hún-sùaⁿ;
make a chalk line.
tôaⁿ tīo cek sái;
snuff the candle. 壇 tôaⁿ 854 32 12 An open altar on which to offer sacrifices; a terrace for worship. kĭen kâi tôaⁿ;
erect an altar.
siet kŭa cêk kâi tôaⁿ, jît mêⁿ tó̤ pài;
set up an altar and worship day and night.
tì tôaⁿ tŏ̤ i chù lăi;
set up the implements of worship in his house.
cí cêk tôaⁿ hût sṳ̄ siu jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much did they receive for officiating this time in the Buddhist rite?
cí cêk tôaⁿ cìe ēng sṳ́-hùi jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
What will be the expense of this religious performance?
khí-thâu-ē cū sie hû cĕng tôaⁿ;
the first thing is to burn charms to purify the altar.
cí kâi khàng-chn̂g àiⁿ cò̤ phû-tôaⁿ a m̆?
Do you want this divan made with a step to mount it by?
hùaⁿ nâng peh-cĭeⁿ phû-tôaⁿ téng kò̤ pài;
they all mounted upon the altar steps and worshipped. 團 tôaⁿ 938 31 11 An agglomeration; a globular mass; united; lump-like; to group; to dwell together; to round off. tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
full, as the moon; closely united, as husband and wife; grouped in one scene, as the actors in a play at the fall of the curtain; having the same pursuits, interests, and residence, as a harmonious family; lumping it; coalescing.
thóiⁿ hì ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
went to the performance just at the fall of the curtain.
hâp ke tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
the whole family dwell together in unity.
gûeh tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
the moon is full. 惰 tŏaⁿ 910 61 9 Nerveless; indolent; remiss. láng-tŏaⁿ;
lazy.
m̄-hó̤ tŏaⁿ;
don't be indolent.
tŏaⁿ kùe thâng;
slower than a slug.
i kâi nâng pāng-tŏaⁿ;
he is very languid.
lâk cîah, tŏaⁿ co̤h;
vigorous in eating, slothful in work.
àiⁿ khṳ̀ thit-thô, sĭeⁿ tîeh tŏaⁿ;
am indifferent about going out for
recreation.
i cìeⁿ tŏaⁿ thâk, căi tit pat?
Since he is so listless in study, how can he learn? 鐫 tōaⁿ 1012 167 13 To cut in stone. tōaⁿ tó̤ cîeh kò̤;
graven upon stone.
cí kò̤ cîeh-pi tōaⁿ lâi ngía căi;
this grave stone is beautifully cut.
sùaⁿ tōaⁿ kàu tît-tît;
the lines in the stone are cut very straight. 彈 tōaⁿ 852 57 12 To fillip; to snap; to accuse; to depreciate. i khṳt thâng-cí tōaⁿ tîeh;
he was hit by a pellet from a cross bow.
lîap thâng-cí khṳ̀ kàu tùi-tùi tōaⁿ tîeh i kâi cío-thâu;
the clay ball from the bow flew and hit the bird exactly on the head.
i khṳt gṳ̄-sṳ́ tōaⁿ tīo khṳ̀;
he was reported against by the censor. toah 喝 toah 216 30 9 To shout at; to scold. toah chái;
to applaud.
toah i kîaⁿ khui;
tell him to get out of the way.
toah cŭ i;
make them stop by reprimanding them.
u u toah toah;
to nag and scold.
cē toah i, i cĭu m̄ káⁿ;
if you would reprimand him, he would not dare do it.
toah lĕng cìe-seⁿ cò̤;
set him on to do so.
toah káu m̄ chut mn̂g;
weather that a dog would not go out in.
ṳ o̤ toah tău!
Clear the way there!
toah mn̄g;
crossly question.
hé toah;
shout at threateningly. toi 堤 toi 877 32 9 A dike; a bund; a causeway. thó̤ i khṳ̀ sak toi;
ask them to give him over to stop up a breach in tho dike with.
kak chù kâi toi-ngăi kien-kù;
the embankments everywhere are strong.
toi piⁿ;
beside the causeway.
toi kha;
the base of the causeway.
kîaⁿ tùe toi téng khṳ̀;
went along on the top of the dike.
co̤h toi;
make a dike.
phài nâng khṳ̀ tok toi;
depute some one to superintend the work on a dike.
pang toi;
the caving in of a dike.
siu toi;
repair the dike.
cúi pûaⁿ toi;
the water comes in over the dike. 襠 tói 858 145 13 The crotch of a pair of trowsers. làng tói khò;
a child's open trowsers.
cí kâi khò kâi khò-tói chēng lâi khah tau-pâk;
these trowsers are too tight in the crotch.
khò-tói màiⁿ ka khah thūi tó;
do not cut the trowsers so that they will be baggy in the crotch. 底 tói 878 53 5 The base; the bottom; below; underneath; to reach the bottom. 