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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
i kâi kha bŏi kiaⁿ, àiⁿ chut mn̂g tîeh ēng nŏ̤ ki tú-thûi;
he cannot walk and when he goes out he has to use two crutches.
lṳ́ khîa êⁿ to̤ bŏi, phah tú cū ŏi;
you cannot raise the heavy beams, but you can put the props under.
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  • To obstruct; to guard; to close; to shut or ward off; to fill in; to invest.
ŭ khí tîeh cai tú, ŭ khí tîeh cai sak;
there are some that must be shut off, and some that must be stopped up.
íⁿ-keng thîo ŭ piaⁿ khṳ̀ hûang-tú lío;
have already dispatched troops to defend it.
hṳ́ ki piaⁿ khíiong-ùi tú-gṳ̆ m̄ tîo, tîeh thîo ke cêk ki khṳ̀ tû-gṳ̆;
if there be doubt whether those troops will be able to successfully resist them, another regiment must be dispatched to the defense.
hṳ́ tîo lō ŭ nâng khṳ̀ tú-cŭ i lío, īa sĭ khíong-ùi tú m̄ cŭ li phài ke cêk nâng khṳ̀ tú;
some one has gone on that road to stop him, but if you fear he will not prevent his coming, then depute another one to go and do it.
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  • To abut; to impinge; to touch upon.
tú tîeh a tú m̄ tiêh?
Does it abut upon it or not?
tú bùa-bûa;
lay them so that they abut firmly.
tú tîeh cū bŏi kîan;
if is hits upon that it cannot go on.
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  • To oppose, to ward off; to abut; to compound for a money payment by a lien on property; to withstand; to offset; to brace.
tú sìo;
to offset an account by an equivalent rendered.
sìo tú tit kàu mē?
Is there enough property transferred to meet the full amount of the bill?
khîeh tú cîⁿ kâi cṳ̆-jîen ío kùi;
if I take an equivalent in other than money, it will of course be dearer.
tú i m̄ cŭ;
could not successfully oppose him.
tîeh thiⁿ ke cē piaⁿ-bé cìaⁿ tú i tit cŭ;
must reinforce the troops and then we can successfully withstand him.
tú khṳ̀ khìang căi;
withstood with great firmness.
chūe bô̤ ūe hó̤ tú tap i;
could think of nothing to say in self-defense.
jī ke tú khṳ̀;
it is a drawn battle; they are even with each other.
tú kín-kín;
completely shut out by opposing force.
tú màiⁿ khṳt i jîp khṳ̀;
stop his way and not let him enter.
nâng mīaⁿ tú nâng mīaⁿ tú tīo;
forfeited his life in defense of another's.
tú lâi tú khṳ̀ hŵn khíam i ho̤h cōi;
after compounding the debt by all possible means he still owes him a large amount.
jī ke sie tú tîeh;
the two are in opposition to each other.
sie tú thâu;
to bump heads together.
khîeh ki sam khṳ̀ tú;
take a stick of timber and brace it up.
líang pôiⁿ kâi êⁿ tîeh síe tú tîeh;
the roof beams on the two sides must abut upon each other.
jī ke chù-kak-thâu sie tú;
the gables of the two houses abut upon each other.
tú m̄ tîo;
am unequal to the attempt.
i tú khṳ̀ ngĕ căi, châk-piaⁿ jw̆n pìaⁿ, pìaⁿ m̄ kùe;
they withstood them firmly, and the rebel troops, however much they strove, could make no headway against them.
tú lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam;
it is just the right length to use as a brace.
khîeh hùe-mûeh tú lāi cîⁿ;
took goods to offset the interest.
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  • To the purpose; fitly; just; exactly.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ tú-tṳ́ kah;
that is exactly enough to make it of.
bói lâi tú-tú hó̤ ēng;
what I bought was just exactly as I needed to use.
úa sĭeⁿ lâi tú-tú kio lṳ́ cêk īeⁿ;
what I had thought out agreed exactly with what you thought.
úa li àiⁿ khṳ̀ i kò̤, i li àiⁿ lâi úa kò̤, tú-tú tŏ̤ lō tèng phòng tîeh;
I was going to his house, and he was coming to mine, so we came upon each other on the road.
úa àiⁿ méⁿ, tú-tú ngŏ̤ tîeh ŭ cûn àiⁿ khui;
I was in haste, and very opportunely got there just as the boat was about to start.
kàu hṳ́ kò̤ bô̤ teng-nâng, cău-hùe tú-tú ŭ gûeh;
when we reached there we had no lantern but it happened very opportunely that there was moonlight.
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  • To pair; to match; agreeing with; suiting.
hó̤ kâi tú hó̤ kâi; hó̤ tṳ́ hó̤;
put the good with the good.
piaⁿ tú piaⁿ, cìang tú cìang;
soldier against soldier and leader against leader.
chíu tú chíu;
hand to hand.
chíu tú chíu, lâi kah-tàu thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
let us have a hand to hand struggle and see who will come off victorious.
tĕng-tú tĕng;
it has come out just as I foresaw; I told you so; that is what I supposed would happen.
tīaⁿ-tú-tīaⁿ;
that is just as I said it would be.
tōa tú tōa, sòi tú sòi;
pair off, the elder with the elder, and the younger with the younger.
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  • To occur; to happen; to meet.
tú tîeh i lâi;
it so happened that he came.
tŏ̤ lō tèng sie tú tîeh;
happened to meet each other on the way.
tú i m̄ tŏ̤;
it chanced that he was just then absent.
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  • A species of mulberry from whose bark the Coreans and Japanese make paper, which is used for garments.
chùn-tú;
a small, folded, paper slate, used as a day-book.
kìⁿ lô̤h chùn-tú;
set it down on the slate.