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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.

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

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• 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