Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thoih

by Adele Marion Fielde

thoih

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• To bolster up.

thoih kàu nĕ ńng-ńng;

bolster it up very carefully.

hṳ́ ĕ tîeh ŭ mûeh thoih, cìaⁿ bŏi tiaⁿ-cŭang tīo;

there must be something soft put under it, then it will not be broken by a thump.

hṳ́ ĕ thoih kò̤ tê-tĭen sĭ chiu-kue-phûe;

the mat which is under the tea-pot is a vegetable sponge.

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• To pant, as horses do.

hía bé kiaⁿ kàu thôih;

the horse pants from fright.

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• To gasp, as if in death.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thôih-a-thôih, hŵn-lío cîah ke ku-ā nî;

looked as if gasping his last breath and yet lived for many more years.

khùn kàu tó̤ thôih;

so nearly exhausted that he gasps.

i khùn-jîak căi, tàⁿ bŏ̤ kù ūe, cū tó̤ thôih;

he is very weak, and gasps if he speaks a word.