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• ‮籌‬tîu5111814
• A tally; a tillot.

siah tîu;

whittle out tallies.

siu tîu;

take the tallies.

tek-tîu;

bamboo splints which serve as tallies.

cêk peh tàⁿ cò̤-nî káu-câp-káu ki-tîu?

How is it that there are but ninety nine tallies, when there have been a hundred loads brought?

• ‮綢‬tîu511208
• Thin, soft silk.

tîu tn̄g phò;

a silk shop.

húang tîu;

pongee.

mîⁿ tîu;

a stuff made of mixed cotton and silk.

kóiⁿ tîu;

coarse silk serge.

âng tîu;

plain thin red silk.

lêng tîu;

thick fine pongee.

pêh tîu;

plain white silk.

hîuⁿ àiⁿ kah sù-tîu lí;

am going to put a lining of plain silk in the wadded tunic.

• ‮苧‬tĭu941405
• China-grass, a plant like a nettle, a species of flax, from which grass-cloth is made.

úa àiⁿ ēng tĭu lâi cò̤ so̤h, màiⁿ ēng mûaⁿ;

I wish to have the rope made of China-grass, not of hemp.

ēng tĭu kṳn khṳ̀ pû cúi cîah;

take the roots of China-grass, steep them, and drink the infusion.

tîu-pò;

grass-cloth.

ìuⁿ tĭu, cho tĭu;

fine and coarse grass-cloth.

pêh tĭu, o tĭu, lâm tĭu;

white, black, and blue grass-cloth.

pńg sek tĭu;

unbleached grass-cloth, having its natural yellowish color.

tĭu hâng;

a ware-house where grass-cloth is bought and sold at wholesale.

cí cho̤h tĭu àiⁿ ceh cò̤ còi;

am going to splice these fibers, making them into thread ready for weaving.

keⁿ tĭu-pò;

weave grass cloth.

mîⁿ tĭu;

cotton and linen

• ‮稻‬tĭu86811510

Rice when growing in the field.

pò tĭu;

to transplant young rice.

kuah tĭu;

to harvest rice.

tĭu kó̤-cháu;

rice straw.

kū nî kâi cá tĭu îaⁿ kùe câp gûeh tang kâi tĭu;

last year the rice of the early crop was better than that harvested in the tenth month.

phah kâi tĭu tîaⁿ;

make an area for drying paddy.

tĭu-thâu;

stubble from the rice fields.

múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kâi tĭu-phîe ngía căi;

the growing rice everywhere is very beautiful.

nín kò̤ kâi tĭu kuah a būe?

Is the rice harvest gathered yet at your place?

tĭu-sūi;

heads of rice.

tĭu-kó̤;

rice stalks.

tĭu-sūi tōa kah pá, tĭu-kó̤ khṳt i thūi kàu ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

the heads of the rice are large and full, so that the stalks are dragged down flat by their weight.

cía cúi ŏi cìm tīo náng kâi tĭu a bŏi?

Is it likely that this freshet will submerge and spoil our rice?

siu khí tĭu lío cū sṳ̆-lí lâi cèng bêh;

when the rice is gathered in, we prepare to plant the wheat.

• ‮晝‬tĭu50727
• Daytime.

pêh tĭu chíeⁿ-kiap;

carried it off in broad daylight.

i sĭ sît-căi pĭ tĭu cak mêⁿ;

he really turns day into night.

tng

• ‮當‬tng8571028
• What is suitable, opportune, convenient or just; adequate to; competent; to bear; to take the responsibility; to act as; to be; equal to; to match; to make; to stand in contrast; to meet or occur; at the time of, when, in which sense it is often a form of the present participle; to withstand.

úa tam tng;

I assume the responsibility.

m̄ káⁿ tng;

dare not assume it.

kâi ke cn̂g kâi sĭ i tó̤ tng;

she is taking the entire charge of the household.

i tó̤ tng piaⁿ;

he is a soldier.

cí kâi tó̤ tng cṳ-phōiⁿ;

this one takes charge of the dispatches.

hṳ́ kâi tó̤ tng che;

that one is a constable.

tng m̄ khí;

inadequate to.

i tng-sî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What did he say at the time?

tng-kimh kâi nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío cōi;

people now-a-days generally do thus.

tng thiⁿ táu-cok;

pray under the open sky.

nî-hùe sie tng;

of suitable age.

bô̤ nâng tng i tît cŭ;

no one could stand it.

tng i m̄ cŭ;

could not bear it.

lâng tng;

insupportable; irksome.

khó-chó̤ lâng tng;

the pain is hard to bear.

ŭ cŭe tâng tng;

if there be blame we will share it.

ŭ sṳ̄ tâng tng;

if trouble comes we will bear it together.

tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;

fit for this post.

khó tâng tng, hok tâng híang;

bear the trouble and share the enjoyment together.

sĭ i tng-cho̤ hàuⁿ kâi;

it was he who first consented.

sĭ i tng-cho̤ ìn úa kâi;

he was the first to answer me.

tng-cho̤ kâi nâng ío kang-khó;

pioneers have the hardest of the work to do.

tng thâu tùi mīn, cò̤-nî thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ?

It was right in front of you, why did you not see it?

sĭ i tng mīn kio úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

he told me so to my face.

i ŭ m̄-tîeh lṳ́ hó̤ tng-mīn tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-chng ău tàⁿ i;

if ho does wrong, tell him so to his face, and do not talk about him behind his back.

tng tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe i ŭ tàⁿ a bô̤?

Did she say anything about it at the time?

tng khî-sî i ŭ tàⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he said so at the time.

tng hṳ́ cêk jît i cū lâi;

he came that very day.

tng jît i îa m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa cū bô̤ ìn-tap i;

if he had not done so that very day, I should not have agreed to it.

tī-tîang lûn tîeh tng nî?

Whose turn was it that year?

nî tng it-jī-câp lío, bŏi sòi;

is getting on toward twenty, and is no longer a child.

kâi nâng tng cêk nî;

each person acts for one year.

i eng-tng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

he should do thus.

sĭ i tng-eng-kai kâi;

it is what he ought to do.

tng-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is very