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garden.

chù tŏiⁿ;
the tenant of a house.
phò tŏiⁿ;
the one who rents and occupies a shop.
tŏiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang?
Who is the tenant?
hóⁿ tŏiⁿ;
a masterful tenant.
tío tŏiⁿ;
eject a tenant.
hŭo tŏiⁿ;
give information to tenants of a change of landlords.
kú tŏiⁿ sêng cieh;
and old tenant becomes an old settler.
  • tōiⁿ8971748
  • Indigo, or any of the blue dyes found in China.
cheⁿ-tōiⁿ sĭ cheⁿ cò̤ kâi;
indigo is made from the indigo plant.
îeⁿ tōiⁿ;
prussian blue.
lâm tōiⁿ;
indigo blue.
tōiⁿ kng;
a blue dye-pot.
tōiⁿ hue;
the indigo as it floats on the liquor.
tōiⁿ tái;
dregs in the bottom of the indigo vats.
cheⁿ cìm tŏ̤ hâk tói, àu kú, cū cò̤ tōiⁿ;
the indigo plant, leaves and stalks, after being put into lime water and long soaked, becomes indigo.
tōiⁿ tháng;
the vats in which indigo is made.
  • 殿tōiⁿ896799
  • A high and grand hall; a palace; the hall of audience; a main building in a temple.
cêk cō̤ keng-tōiⁿ; kim lŵn tōiⁿ;
a royal palace.
thài-cṳ́ ûang-îa cheng-cò̤ tōiⁿ-ĕ;
crown princes are address as "Your Highness."
tōa tōiⁿ; cìaⁿ tōiⁿ;
the main building in a temple.
côiⁿ tōiⁿ, ău tōiⁿ, phien tōiⁿ;
the building in the front, at the back, or on the side, in a temple.
  • tōiⁿ380328
  • Dense; compact; sound; solid; firm; hard; concrete; lasting.
cí īeⁿ pò ío tōiⁿ;
this sort of cloth wears better.
tōiⁿ châ;
hard wood.
cía sam tōiⁿ, hía sam phàⁿ;
this deal is of compact fiber, while that is light and porous.
tōiⁿ kùe thih;
more durable than iron.
kàⁿ-bó̤ phû būe kàu, khah tōiⁿ;
the yeast has not fermented in it sufficiently, and it is too heavy.
cí khí cîeh tōiⁿ căi;
this sort of stone is very hard.
chîeⁿ ceng lâi tōiⁿ-tōiⁿ;
the wall is pounded very hard.
i kâi chù khí lâi bŏi tōiⁿ;
his house is not strongly built.

toih

ôih-tôih;
narrow, contracted, cramped.
hṳ́ lăi ôih-tôih, cò̤ îong tit hìeⁿ cōi nâng?
Since there is very little room in there, how can it hold so many persons?

tok

  • tok3151124
  • To chop; to cut with a large knife and a downward stroke.
màiⁿ tok tîeh chíu;
do not chop your hand.
kĭen kàu tok khih to̤;
it is so hard as to break a piece out of the knife when chopping it.
  • tok9211098
  • An overseer; a superior; to oversee.
cóng-tok;
governor-general.
cí kâi thî-tok sĭ lêk lō kâi a sĭ cúi-su kâi?
Is this commander one who directs the military or the naval operations of the province?
thî-tok hâk-cèng;
the provincial director of examinations.
ŵt-hái-kwn kàm-tok;
the collector of customs at Canton.
hô̤-tok sĭ kẃn-lí n̂g-hô̤ kâi cóng-tok;
the River commissioner is one who attends to all matters connected with the navigation of the Yellow River.
châu-ūn cóng-tok;
the Commissioner in charge of the Grand Canal.
tok piaⁿ khṳ̀ kio i cìen;
lead the troops out to bat tle with him.
ka-kī chut lâi tok tīn;
himself came out to head the troops.
tī-tîang tó̤ tok kang?
Who superintends the work?
i kà-tok khṳ̀ ngîam căi;
he gave the strictest instruction concerning it.
tok-ceh kíaⁿ-tĭ hùe màiⁿ thèng cò̤;
admonish the children not to act carelessly.
ka-kī tok phōiⁿ hùe-mûeh;
himself looks after the goods.
phài nâng tó̤ tok-lí;
depute some one to attend to it.
  • tok92111810
  • Sincere; honest; to be important, real or great; to regard seriously.
i ío tok-sît;
he is the more reliable.
i phêng-sù tok sìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
he formerly had implicit confidence in that sort of thing.
kàu pēⁿ tok kâi sî-hāu cū khṳ̀ hàm i a-hiaⁿ lâi;
when his ailment became serious, they went and called his brother.
i kâi pēⁿ sĭ ngûi-tok;
his disease is eminently dangerous.
To chop fine;
to mince; to hash with a chopping knife; to cut up fine by chopping with two knives.
tok chùi cē;
hash it finer.
tok cò̤ nêk-chò̤;
chop it up into hash.
i khṳt cèng nâng tok cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;
he was hacked into mince-meat by the populace.
tok nêk îⁿ;
meat balls.
tok-nêk-chò̤;
hash.
cêk ē to̤ tok lô̤h khṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
chopped in two by one stroke of the knife.
  • tok961189
  • To beat down hard as a threshing floor; to ram down the earth; to erect.
tok bé-thâu;
make a jetty.
tok toi;
make a dike.
tok tîo cîeh lî;
to build a stone wall.
sin tok kâi phàu-thâi;
the newly made fort.
To work in gems;
to cut precious stones.
khuaⁿ nē tio khuaⁿ nē tok;
slowly cut and polish.
gêk put tok cū put sêng khì;
an unwrought gem is of no use.