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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
wrote out two hundred notices of the funeral.
- cía ēng chŵn-thiap a míen?
- Should this note be a formal one of five folds or not?
- cíu thiap;
- a billet, an informal note.
- pài thiap;
- a visiting card.
- kŭ mûeh kâi thiap;
- a card sent with a gift.
- hue-âng thiap;
- pale red cards.
- bâk-âng thiap;
- deep red cards.
- kim-hue thiap;
- an note of invitation to one who has just taken his degree.
- thiap-âp;
- a card-case.
- síeⁿ thiap;
- a notice of reward offered.
- thiap nêk, thiap thàu;
- the note itself and the envelope enclosing it.
- thiap mīn, thiam chiam;
- the outside of the note and the address thereon.
- chut cie-thiap, cie nâng cò̤ kang;
- issue a notice that laborers are wanted.
- pàng thiap;
- send out invitations.
- khîeh thîap;
- received written invitations.
- 㩹thîap8926422
- To lay up in a pile; to stack on.
- chin-chĭeⁿ tó̤ thîap châ kho pé;
- like laying up bundles of fire-wood.
- cih lío thîap khí;
- after folding them up, lay them in a pile.
- thîap sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
- pile them up evenly.
- thîap khah kûiⁿ;
- stacked too high.
thie
- 挑thie887646
- To pick out, up, or at; to provoke; to stir up; to select.
- lṳ́ kio úa thie ki chuaⁿ;
- you pick out this sliver for me.
- ēng cam lâi thie phùa;
- pick it open with a needle.
- thie lô̤h khṳ̀ ŏi huehlâu a bŏi?
- Does it bleed when you pick into it?
- teng-sim thie khui cē;
- pick up the wick of the lamp a little.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ thie-so cìaⁿ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is through his mischief-making that this has come to pass.
- i thie tîeh kuaⁿ;
- he has been chosen for office.
- thie-sẃn hó̤ kâi;
- pick out a good one.
- thie tit tîeh, a thie m̄ tîeh?
- Did she pick it out, or did she fail to do so?
- thie keng-ńng;
- to select Manchu girls for the harem.
- tōa kâi i soiⁿ thie khí;
- the large ones have already been picked out by him.
- thie-thek;
- to cavil.
- i ŏi thie hue chiah sìu;
- she can do various sorts of fancy work.
- i ŏi thie siah-pô̤h;
- she can separate the sheets of tin-foil.
- 糶thìe89011919
- To sell grain; to dispose of breadstuffs.
- thìe bí;
- to sell rice.
- khui chng phêng thìe;
- open the granaries and dispose of the contents at a fair price.
thien
- 天thien898371
- The highest of things, heaven both physically and divinely; the ether, the sky, the firmament; Nature; Providence; celestial.
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- thien-cheⁿ;
- a dark glossy gray, or purple.
- thien-cṳ́;
- the emprror.
- thien kang;
- the cycle of ten.
- thien hūn;
- natural endowments; native ability.
- thien-seⁿ cṳ̆-jîen kâi;
- what is natural.
- i kâi thien-cṳ cū sĭ sĭang hó̤ kâi;
- his natural gifts are of the highest order.
- nâng tàⁿ i sĭ tit tîeh thien-cṳ cìaⁿ ŏi;
- people say that he has received books from celestial regions and is therefore thus gifted.
- mīn côiⁿ ŭ kâi thien-bé-ùaⁿ;
- in front there is natural mound, shaped like a saddle laid on its side.
- 塡thîen8983210
- To supply a deficiency.
- thîen mîaⁿ;
- to add the name to something in which it is lacking.
- thîen cheh;
- to supply something in a book.
- thîen pó;
- to supply enough.
- thîen hâiⁿ;
- to pay the remainder of a debt.
- thîen kàu lío;
- supplied the full amount.
- thîen lí-lêh;
- fill in the details of age parentage and residence.
- thîen jît-cí;
- write in the date.
- tò̤ thîen nî-gûeh;
- to antedate.
- thîen kàu múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
- fully supply the deficiency.
- thîen chut jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
- How much did he pay to make up the amount?
- 謄thîen86514911
- To make a clean copy; to transcribe.
- thîen-lôk-seng;
- a copyist.
- íⁿ-keng thien sía cheng-chó̤ lío;
- is already copied out fairly.
thiet
- 撤thiet426412
- To remove from or to one; to send off; to recall; to set aside; to reject.
- thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ci ki kun àiⁿ thiet, sĭ mē?
- I hear that this regiment is to be recalled is it so?
- cí nŏ̤ īeⁿ chài lâi thiet;
- remove these two dishes from the course.
- thiet hûe khṳ̀;
- has been recalled.
- thiet jīm, tńg khṳ̀;
- left his post and returned home.
- cīeⁿ-si thiet i kâi úi;
- his superior in office has withdrawn his appointment.
- thiet tīo cí nŏ̤ náng lío àiⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ ēng nâng mē?
- After having rejected these two men, do you wish to employ others?
- 徹thiet426012
- Perspicacious; discerning; pervious; to penetrate; to go through.
- i kâi tó lâi thong-thiet căi;
- he is very discerning.
- put lŭn sĭ cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭ tàⁿ ūe to sĭ thong-thong thiet-thiet;
- whether in action or in speech he is very sure to get at the underlying motives and facts.
- i sui-sĭ chó̤-lîak ŏi thong, thong lâi m̄ thiet;
- although he understands this to some extent, he does not understand it thoroughly.
- cí cak cṳ kâi tŏ̤-lí sueh lâi thàu-thiet căi;
- the doctrine contained in this passage was very thoroughly explained.
- cêk jī cêk kù to sueh kàu thàu-thàu thiet-thiet;
- explains
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