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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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form on which the play was enacted.

cí kâi mîn-chn̂g hó̤ thiah kâi;
this bedstead is one that can be taken apart and put together at needs.

thiam

  • thiam43855
  • To take in by absorption; affected by.
thiam-jíam;
imbued with; tinged; corrupted by.
cn̂g kâi bô̤ khṳ̀ thiam-jíam i;
have nothing whatever to do with it.
ŭ thiam-jíam tîeh a bô̤?
Has it been tinged by absorbing anything from that?
  • thiam898858
  • To add, to increase, to put in more; extra, additional.
thiam pó;
add something to make enough.
thiam che khṳ̀ phōiⁿ;
send additional messengers to attend to the matter.
thian teng;
to have an increase in one's family.
thiam châi;
increase in wealth.
thiam hok;
added blessings.
thiam sīu;
added years.
thiam îu;
put in some more oil.
thiam piaⁿ;
increase the number of soldiers.
  • thíam738994
  • Excessively; violently; severely.
phah kàu thíam-thíam;
beat him very severely.
chîp khah thíam;
knead too hard.
mēⁿ thíam-thíam; i to m̄-ùi;
he does not care how much he is scolded.
tàⁿ khah thíam i cū khì;
if you say too much about it, he will be angry.
teh khah thíam cū pó khṳ̀;
if you put too much weight upon it, it will be permanently flattened.
lūn thíam-thíam;
trample down violently.
  • thíam471498
  • To flatter, to cajole; to fawn.
thíam-mĭⁿ;
to play the sycophant, to praise one in order to get hisfavor.
i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ thíam-mĭⁿ i;
he says this in order to curry favor with him.
thíam-mĭⁿ kâi nâng;
a lick-spittle.
  • thìam101515712
  • To stamp upon; to press down with the feet.
thìam kàu lok-lok;
tread them down till they are mashed soft.
khì kàu kŭa tī híam-híam khṳt i thìam thâp;
was so angry that he came near breaking a hole in the ground by stamping.
gê-kang cang kha kâi i thìam sí;
stamp on the centipede and kill it.
pàng hṳ́ kûiⁿ kĕ hám
kò̤, cang kha thìam cĭu cîh;
if you put one end of it upon something and then stamp on the middle of it, you can break it.
  • thîam899616
  • Peaceful; contented; tranquil.
thîam-cĕⁿ;
undisturbed.
i kâi nâng thîam-cĕⁿ căi;
she passes her life very tranquilly.
huang éng thîam-cĕⁿ;
the winds and waves are quiet; the storm has subsided.
i sĭ kâi thîam-thîam cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ kâi kun-cṳ́ nâng;
she is a very retiring and refined person.

thiang

  • thìang297210
  • The inner qualities developing.
mêⁿ-hng lài thìang ím;
come and take a social glass in the evening.
ūe tàⁿ lâi thìang-tâk;
it was said in a very perspicuous style.
thìang-khùai căi;
very delightsome or pleasurable.

thiap

  • thiap8931545
  • To supply; to make up.
thó̤-thiap;
well adjusted; properly arranged; well managed; nicely put together.
i kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi thó̤-thiapcăi;
his affairs are very thoroughly settled.
sṳ̆-lí kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
put in most perfect order.
thó̤i-thiap; thí-thiap;
to take up another's cause; to act in behalf of another; to patronize; to accommodate another.
i ío thói-thiap nâng;
he is more accommodating.
úa īa m̄ sĭ thói-thiap i, cū m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
I should not do thus if I did not consider his interests in the case.
i mih sṳ̄ thí-thiap căi, m̄ pí hía bô̤ thí-thiap nâng kâi;
he is very accommodating about everything, and not like those who will yield nothing to others.
iap-thiap;
neat, orderly, nicely adjusted.
siu-sîp kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
very nicely arranged.
i tá-pàng kàu hìeⁿ iap-thiap sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ nâng-kheh a m̄ sĭ?
It is because she is going to pay a visit that she is so carefully attired is it not?
cí kâi sĭ i thiap sin kâi hia-thâu;
this is her waiting maid.
pó-thiap;
to make up a loss or supply a deficiency; to meet an exigency by a donation; to help, as by giving alms.
ēng pó-thiap i jîeh cōi cíⁿ?
How much should be given him to make up what is wanting?
thiap i saⁿ kâi ngṳ̂n hŵn būe kàu;
if you help him to the amount of three dollars, he will then not have enough.
  • thiap893505
  • Written scrolls, writings, documents, manuscripts; a billet; visiting-cards, of which there are many sorts; a placard.
i lâi cò̤ nŏ̤ peh kâi pêh-thiap;
he came and