thì chut lâi;
pick it apart section by section.
thì ho̤h cōi têng lâi;
have taken off ever so many layers.
àiⁿ thì, thì m̄ chut;
would pick it off but am unable.
thì cêk si cêk si;
pick it into shreds.
thì cêk phìen cêk phìen;
separate it into flakes. 褫 thì 65 145 10 To take away official insignia. i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ iⁿ-keng thì-keh kâi;
his office is already taken from him.
kuaⁿ ŏi thì lĭ a bŏi?
Is he deprived of all official rank?
thì-keh chûn kâi cìn-suŭ tīaⁿ;
has been deprived of his office and degraded in rank so that he retains only his literary degree of Docter of Laws. thì thâu;
to shave the head.
thì chiu;
shave off the beard.
kio i thì tîo mâk-bâi;
shave off her eyebrows for her.
thì tīo piⁿ;
shave off the queue. To prepare against;
to oppose a barrier.
thî-hûang;
guard against.
m̄ cai thî-hûang cū khíong-ùi gō suū;
if you do not take care you will very likely quash the project. 提 thî 882 64 9 To bring into notice; to suggest; to bring before a magistrate; to attend to. thî-kîp;
to speak of, or refer to.
i cē thî-kîp cí kâi nâng úa cū khì;
if he mentions this person I shall be vexec.
thî-khí;
to suggest.
màiⁿ khṳ́ thî-khí i;
do not say anything to bring it to mind.
thî-phŵt;
to put forward, to nominate.
sĭ úa thî-phŵt i;
it was I who nominated him.
thî-hûang;
awaken alarm; bring to notice a need of vigilance.
tîeh cai thî-hûang;
must be on the watch against it.
thî-tn̂g;
a courier of the government.
thî-chéⁿ;
to rouse to a sense of danger.
lṳ́ hó̤ cang cía ūe thî-chéⁿ i;
make use of these words to put him on his guard.
thî-hêng;
inflict the punishment decreed by the provincial judge.
mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ thî-hêng;
the sentence will be carried into execution to-morrow.
thî-lô̤ a-pún;
a keeper in the Board of Punishment.
cí ūi sĭ lêk lō thî-tok, hú ūi sĭ cúi-sṳ thî-tok;
this is a captain-general, a military officer of the highest grade, and that is a naval officer of the same grade.
thî-thîo;
a proctor or manager of colleges; the overseer of candidates at examinations.
kau toŏ thî-thîo-kuaⁿ kò̤;
handed over to the proctor.
pńg hú àiⁿ thî ùaⁿ khí lâi sím;
the prefect is going to take the case into his own hands and try it.
kṳ̆n-lâi sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ i;
lately he has been the one
who helped him on.
màiⁿ thî-phû cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
do not introduce this topic.
m̄ hó̤ thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ;
do not mention her name. 苔 thî 848 140 5 Moss, and small plants like liverwort, growing on rocks. cheⁿ-thî;
mosses.
chîeⁿ-kha chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-thî lo̤-lo̤ tn̂g;
at the foot of the wall the moss is very thick.
cĕng-cĕng cheⁿ-thî;
all covered with moss. 持 thî 64 64 6 To direct with a firm hand. cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî;
he has direction of this affair.
i cò̤ sṳ̆ ío ŭ pá-thî;
he acts with greater firmness in the management of affairs.
sĭ i hû-thî i;
it is she who abets him.
sît-căi lâng-ín ciⁿ-thî;
it is really very hard to withstand. 啼 thî 883 80 9 To howl and bewail; to scream and cry; to crow; to coo. thî-khàu;
to weep and moan.
thî-thî khàu-khàu;
to sob and cry.
koi thî lío;
the cock crowed.
i koi-thî-cá cū lâi;
he came at cock-crow.
i sĭ tó̤ thî;
she is cackling. thî-koi;
the common pheasant.
khṳ̀ phah cío, phah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah thî-koi;
went out to shoot birds, and shot two pheasants.
thî-koi búe;
tail-feathers of the Argus pheasant. 痔 thĭ 60 104 6 The piles; ulcers in the rectum. lăi thĭ, gūa thĭ;
internal and external piles.
seⁿ thĭ;
to have piles.
i kâi thĭ seⁿ kú, íⁿ-keng sen̂g cò̤ thĭ-lāu;
he has had piles a long time, and they have already ulcerated.
chwn tn̂g thĭ;
chwn chîang thĭ; a fistula in ano.
天 thiⁿ 897 87 1 The highest of things, heaven both divinely and physicall;yv the sky, the air, the firmament; a day; a season; weather; ages of the world; celestial; the Power above; Nature, Providence, and though without definite personality is employed more than any term to indicate God; the emperor, who is Heaven's vicegerent. múaⁿ thiⁿ cn̂g kâi cheⁿ;
the whole heavens are an unclouded azure.
thiⁿ-khì thîo-hûa;
the air is salubrious.
hoó̤ thiⁿ;
fine weather.
thiⁿ-sî hó̤, ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ thiⁿ cū hó̤ kàu;
if the weather is favorable, we may arrived there in two or three days.
thiⁿ thī nâng kìe-cò̤ sam châi;
heaven earth and man are called the three great powers.
hek thiⁿ;
dark days.
thiⁿ só̤ khàm, 