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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
  • thio8891625
  • Far off; remote; cut off from constant intercourse.
khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò thio-thio lō thâu;
to go there is a very long journey.
lō tîo thio-thio, káng choiⁿ lí hn̆g;
a long journey, of fully a thousand miles.
cêk lō thio-thio;
a long road to travel.
  • 𦨖thìo381374
  • The tossing of a vessel on the water.
éng cē lâi cûn cū tó̤ thìo;
as soon as the waves rise the vessel pitches.
cûn iô-ît căi, cn̂g kâi tó̤ thìo;
the boat is very uneasy, and is all the time pitching and rolling.
  • thìo361565
  • To surpass; to excel; to go before.
i kâi châi-chêng sît-cāi thìo khûn;
his abilities are above the common run.
i chú tîeh thìo-téng;
he has taken a place in the first rank of graduates.
i ŏi khui thio hō̤ kâi keng;
he can draw bows that are above the regular degree of stiffness.
  • thìo8891576
  • To leap, to jump, to skip, to dance, to hop about, to palpitate, to throb; to reach across.
thìo lô̤h lâi;
jump down.
thìo-mŏng;
to dance and gesture as an actor does.
tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùu khṳ̀;
rallied his force and jumped across.
thìo khí khṳ̀;
leaped up.
chíu mŏng, kha thìo;
brandish the arms and hop about.
huaⁿ-hí kàu tó̤ thìo;
skipped for joy.
sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pok-pok-thìo;
the heart palpitates.
kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ thìo;
does not go along, but keeps hopping about.
hṳ̂ thìo tŏ̤ cúi mīn;
the fish leap on the surface of the water.
i kâi phûn sĭ cò̤ cò̤ kap-pô̤ thìo;
his grave is made with a scalloped front, with an outline like the course of a leaping frog.
khṳt i thìo-cáu khṳ̀;
he bolted off.
thìo kùe kau;
spring across a ditch.
i khì kàu khṳ̀ thìo khoi;
she was so vexed that she went and jumped into the river.
cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ ûn-chāi, chûh-chûh thìo;
does not do things in a smooth and easy way but keeps skipping to and fro.
khì kàu tó̤ thìo;
jumped up and down from rage.
tò̤ thìo;
leap backwards.
cíaⁿ thìo;
leap forward.
i cē thìo cū cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
he mounts upon the roof at a leap.
thìo-pang;
a board laid as a foot-bridge from one point to another; a gangway from the shore to a boat.
tîeh phah thìo-pang cìaⁿ ŏi tit khí;
must lay a plank across and then we can get on boad.
phah thìo tîeh phah ún-ún;
if you lay a temporary foot-bridge you must make it firm.

  • thîo888756
  • To classify statements; to set down items in order; to arrange in sections.
Cía sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤-nî thîo-thîn?
How is this matter to be lucidly set forth?
íⁿ-keng soiⁿ thîo-thîn hó̤-hó̤ lío;
have already arranged the items, sections or statements in such order as to make the subject clear.
  • 調thîo8881498
  • To harmonize; to blend; to restore the peace; to adjust; to mix or compound; to tame; to temper; to regulate; to moderate; to tune; to find the tone of a character; to spell; to combine initials and finals according to tone, as in forming Chinese characters.
lṳ́ kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai thîo-íang;
you must nurse your health.
àiⁿ thîo-lí lâi tit huap;
will regulate it according to a system.
i tńg khṳ̀ chù tó̤ thîo-ui;
he has gone home for medical treatment.
i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài bŭ;
she is skillful in cookery.
chíaⁿ kong-chin lai thîo-chú;
invite arbitrators to decide on the matter of settling the affair.
thîo-hì;
lewd dalliance.
phêⁿ ceh m̄ thîo;
the tones do not harmonize.
thîo kàu i kâi hîⁿ hûa cìaⁿ hó̤ tôaⁿ;
tune the viols till they accord and then play.
i kâi khì-hueh m̄ thîo-hûa;
his system is generally deranged.
cía sĭ cîah lío m̄ sio kâi mâu-pēⁿ, tîeh cîah i sio-thîo;
this trouble arises from indigestion, and he must take something to assist digestion.
  • thĭo89155
  • A pillar; a support.
cîeh thĭo;
a stone column.
thĭo kha;
the base of a pillar.
thĭo tún;
the plinth.
thĭo sin;
the shaft.
thĭo téng;
the capital.
ke thĭo;
a pillar of the family.
chù thĭo;
a pillar of a house.
m̄ hó̤ cò̤ êⁿ īa hó̤ cò̤ thĭo;
what will not do for a main beam, may do for a prop.
i kâi lâk ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;
his strength is such that he can raise the beam to change the supporting pillar.
sì thĭo;
the year, month, day and hour of birth.

thiok

  • thiok9914010
  • To lay up in store.
i cí nŏ̤ nî cek-thiok ŭ kúi choiⁿ ngṳ̂n tŏ̤-kò̤;
he has laid up several thousands of dollars these last two years.
i cía chîu-hṳ̆n sĭ cek-thiok kú kâi;
this enmity has been gradually accumulating through a long period.
phêng-sî tîeh ŏi cek-cek thiok-thiok, hông tîeh cúi ŭaⁿ, hôk-sĭ ki-hng, cí kâi cek-thiok kâi cū hó̤ khîeh chut lâi ēng;
it must be collected and hoarded up in ordinary times, and when there is drought or famine, that