tiaⁿ

  • tiaⁿ801236
  • To touch slightly; to hit gently.
chíu tiaⁿ tîeh hūang-hūang kún;
it feels boiling hot to the hand.
m̄-hó tiaⁿ tîeh i;
do not touch it.
khi-khi nē, tiaⁿ tîeh cū tò̤ tīo;
it is tilted up so that it will be upset by the slightest touch.
  • tíaⁿ1471672
  • A caldron; a hemispherical boiler, without legs.
hîaⁿ cek̆ tíaⁿ cúi;
heat an iron pan full of water.
cang tíaⁿ ngâu chài;
take the iron pan to seethe the vegetables.
tíaⁿ-kám-tîeh khàm miⁿ;
put the kettle-cover on tightly.
kueh tíaⁿ;
scrape the soot off the bottom of the caldron.
chìu tíaⁿ;
scour the caldron.
tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
a small iron pan.
chá-tíaⁿ;
a frying pan.
cí kâi tíaⁿ sĭ seⁿ cù kâi a sĭ thih cù kâi?
Is this caldron made of steel or of iron?
tíaⁿ lĭu;
an iron shovel used with a caldron.
tíaⁿ bô;
the mould for casting a caldron.
pó tíaⁿ;
to mend a caldron.
tùi tíaⁿ; ūaⁿ tíaⁿ;
exchange a cracked caldron for a whole one.
tíaⁿ pit lío;
there is a crack in the caldron.
húe màiⁿ khah méⁿ, màiⁿ pek lîh tíaⁿ;
do not have your fire so hot as to crack the caldron.
màiⁿ táng kàu húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;
do not wait until the fire has heated the bottom of the caldron before you make ready to use it.
  • tìaⁿ801236
  • A final particle, following a verb and giving force to its meaning.
ût tìaⁿ luh;
drink it lying down.
lṳ́ khîeh tìaⁿ;
you take it.
m̄ tîeh cŏ̤ tìaⁿ cîah, màiⁿ khĭa pàng kò̤ cū tó̤ cîah;
why do you not sit down and eat, instead of standing round and eating.
hàm i thóiⁿ tìaⁿ;
tell him to look well at it.
a-nôⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ phŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
come, child, I will hold you.
hàm i khĭa tìaⁿ;
tell him to stand up.
lṳ́ hó̤ cŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
you should sit down.
lṳ́ tâh tìaⁿ;
you step on it.
cang kùa khàm tìaⁿ;
take the cover and set it on.
i tîeh hó̤ hû tìaⁿ;
he must pusli upward.
màiⁿ jît tìaⁿ;
do not press down upon it.
  • tîaⁿ26329
  • An area of level giound, set apart for special uses; an open plat; an arena used for special purposes, as drill, gaming, theatricals or executions.
hue-tîaⁿ;
a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.
i tó̤ cò̤ îam-tîaⁿ-kuaⁿ;
he is the salt commissioner.
phâk chek kâi chek-tîaⁿ;
an area made for drying paddy in the sun.
cêk tîaⁿ îam khṳt cúi lâu tīo khṳ̀;
the whole salt-pan of salt was washed away.
chù mīn-côiⁿ kâi tîaⁿ khuah-khuah;
the open court before the house is very spacious.
i kâi chù ŭ gūa-tîaⁿ a bô̤?
Is there an open court in their house?
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  • To state to a superior; to complain to; a plea, a state ment; to hand in a petition.
cò̤ tîaⁿ;
write a plea or complaint.
jîp tîaⁿ;
enter a complaint before an official.
i khṳ̀ sù tîaⁿ;
he has gone to defend himself against an accusation.
ngŵn tîaⁿ, pĭ tîaⁿ;
statement and counterstatement; complaint and rejoinder.
siu ŭ jîeh cōi tîaⁿ sṳ̂;
received a great number of formal accusations, and of counter-representations.
kuaⁿ ka-kī chut lâi siu tîaⁿ;
the magistrate himself came forth and took the written paper containing the complaint.
tîaⁿ bô̤ khap chok, m̄ cai ŭ siu a bô̤;
do not know whether a charge that has not a seal set upon it, will be taken in at the yamun or not.
âng tîaⁿ;
an accusation written on red paper and without a seal.
sek tîaⁿ;
a complaint written on ruled white paper and sealed.
thŵn tîaⁿ;
a written charge, forwarded through to the yamun on other than the regular days for receiving such papers.
hăng tîaⁿ;
a charge sent in to the yamun ou the regular days for receiving complaints.
phoiⁿ tîaⁿ;
to officially consider a formal complaint.
jîp ho̤h cōi tieⁿ tîaⁿ hŵn-lío m̄ cún;
have entered ever so many pleas at the yamun, and have as yet had no examination of my case granted me.
tŏ̤ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tîaⁿ khòng;
have formally appealed to the district magistrate.
tîaⁿ thâu siu, thâu thóiⁿ, thâu mn̄g;
entertained, inspected, and inquired into the complaint all at the same time.
chau tîaⁿ;
copy out a charge that has been entered at the yamun.
tîaⁿ kó̤;
draft of a petition.
tîaⁿ cúa;
paper on which pleas are written.
  • tĭaⁿ9051678
  • An ingot or shoe of bullion.
ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;
ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.
khîeh cêk tĭaⁿ ûang-pó̤ khṳ̀ táu;
take a shoe of silver and exchange it for small coin.
cêk kâi pit tĭaⁿ jû-ì kâi teng;
lanterns that resemble a pen, an ingot, and a brooch.
  • tīaⁿ905405
  • Fixed, secure, tranquil, steady; used after an expression to enforce it; really, certainly, absolutely; brought to a proper state; at rest, set; to fix, to settle on, to decide.
cêk tīaⁿ put êk kâi;
fixed beyond all possibility of change.
pit-tīaⁿ;
surely, positively.
kio i tīaⁿ kâi chin tŏ̤-kò̤;
has secured a wife for him.
tīaⁿ i saⁿ peh tàⁿ hue;
made a contract with him for three hundred piculs of lime.
khîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i siu tīaⁿ;
gave him two dollars to bind the bargain.
i ieh tīaⁿ móng jît àiⁿ lâi;
he promised positively to come ou a certain day.
tàⁿ khṳ̀ bô̤ tīaⁿ-cún;
did not say definitely.
bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
not exactly.
hŵn-lío būe tīaⁿ;
it is not yet decided.
cía m̄ tīaⁿ;
this is uncertain.
i àiⁿ khîeh-tńg tīaⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
he wishes to give back the money that was given him to bind the bargain.
chùn si ûi tīaⁿ;
every detail is fixed by contract.
cîah i kâi tīaⁿ-thâu-ngṳ̂n;
made off with the money given to bind the contract.
kâi ngṳ̂n cò̤ tīaⁿ;
a dollar paid as security.
hàm i thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;
tell him to look at it in such a way as to he sure about it.
thiaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
listen so carefully as to be certain what was said.
jīn m̄ tīaⁿ;
not sure that this is the one.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;
he acts in an irresolute way.
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  • A final particle, intensifying what goes before.
hṳ́ lăi nŏ̤ nâng tīaⁿ;
two persons were there and no more.
toaⁿ i tó̤ cŏ̤ tīaⁿ;
only he was sitting there.
cêk kù ūe tīaⁿ;
one word only.
cêk jît tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;
one day and no more.
chûn sì ngŏ nâng tīaⁿ;
there remained four or five persons only.
cêk tńg tīaⁿ;
once and no more.
cêk kâi tīaⁿ;
one alone.
chûn cêk kùe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
a half day only remains.
sĭang sĭm sĭ cièⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ;
this is the utmost.