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when he is once face to face with the enemy.

tùi-têk;
to oppose.
tùi i lí-kẃn hîam;
kept on blaming her.
i àiⁿ tùi i sí;
he will oppose him to the death.
i khì kàu àiⁿ tùi seⁿ nâng sí;
he is so angry that he wants either to kill or be killed by him.
tùi-tùi kah;
just exactly fits.
tùi sím;
examine judicially face to face.
nĕ tùi-tùi;
exactly corresponds.
jú ùi jú tùi;
the more afraid your are of a thing, the more apt your are to meet it.
  • tùi9241128
  • A foot-pestle, commonly used to hull rice; to pound in a mortar; one beat of the pestle.
i ŭ tùi li bô̤ khŭ, i ŭ khŭ lí bô̤ tùi;
the one had a pestle and no mortar, and the other a mortar and no pestle.
cía tùi khah khin, tùi thâu tîeh lâi teh kò̤ cîeh;
this pestle is too light, and a stone must be put on its upper end to make it heavier.
i kâi chíu khṳ̂ tùi hám tîeh;
her hand was hit by the descending pestle.
cí kâi tùi tăng căi, tâh bô̤ hìeⁿ phû;
this pestle is very heavy, and it does not rise much when tread upon.
cí kò̤ hó̤ lâi kek kâi cúi-tùi;
this is a good place to set up a rice-pounder worked by water-power.
  • tûi1026410
  • To beat; to pommel; to pound.
tûi mn̂g;
thump on the door.
tûi ie;
beat the loins to relieve pain.
i khì kàu tó̤ tûi sim-kuaⁿ;
he is so vexed that he beats his breast.
tûi kim-pô̤h;
beat out gold-leaf.
khîa ki thih-thûi lâi tûi;
bring an iron pstle and pound it.
tûi-saⁿ-thûi;
a pounder used in washing clothing.
  • tŭi9103212
  • Dilapidated; ruined; disused; decayed; effete; to fall.
hùi-tŭi;
spoiled from lack of care; worn out and useless.
ke-húe hùi-tŭi;
the tools are worn and shackly.
chù, bô̤ nâng tīu, mín kúi nî cū hùi-tŭi khṳ̀;
an uninhabited house becomes dilapitated in but a few years.
hue-hn̂g kâi chīu-bâk, bô̤ siu-sîp, hùi-hùi tŭi-tŭi;
the shrubs of the flower garden, not being cared for, are thin and sickly.
hṳ́ kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi kíaⁿ-tī;
that son of hers is a poor stick.
i kâi jī-sài sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi nâng;
her husband is a poor decrepid creature.
tŭi lô̤h thô-tī-ĕ;
toppled over on to the ground.
i kâi tho̤ tŭi tīo khṳ̀;
she has had a miscarriage.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤, m̄ hó̤ thèng cîah;
this medicine may produce a miscarriage and should not be taken carelessly.
  • tūi9103212
  • To fall; to dangle by a string; to hang at the end of a rope; to let down by a rope.
cêk lîap cheⁿ tūi lô̤h lâi;
a star is falling.
tūi
tho̤;
a miscarriage.
tūi lô̤h bé;
fell off his horse.
ti-tu tūi si, tūi lô̤h lâi;
the spider comes down on a thread of his own spinning.
cang so̤h tūi i lô̤h khṳ̀;
let it down by a rope.
cang so̤h pâk lío tūi i lô̤h sîaⁿ-chîeⁿ ĕ;
tied it to the end of a rope, and let it down over the city wall.
tūi tŏ̤ cúi tói;
lower it by a rope into the water.
i cŏ̤ tŏ̤ cûn-po̤-kîⁿ, i kâi piⁿ tūi tŏ̤ cúi mīn;
he sat on the edge of the boat and his queue dangled in the water.
  • tūi9251709
  • A noun of multitude, a squad, a company, a platoon.
nâng cîaⁿ khûn cîaⁿ tūi;
people in groups and squads.
cò̤ cêk tūi cêk tūi kîaⁿ;
go along in squads.
lîet cêk tūi cêk tūi;
ranged in squads.
àiⁿ pun cò̤ kúi tūi?
How many squads will they be divided into?
kak kui tūi-ngó;
each returned to his own file.
3aⁿ cē àiⁿ chut tūi;
a little later they will go forth to engage the foe.
cí tūi ke nâng, hṳ́ tūi cíe nâng;
there are more in this company than in that.
cang cía cò̤ thâu tūi;
make this the leading detatchment.
i tó̤ khîa cóng-tūi-kî;
he is the standard-bearer of the corps.
bé tūi;
cavalry regiments.
i kâi tūi-ngó cíaⁿ-côi căi;
their rank and file are uniformly disposed.
chŵn tūi-ngó chut khṳ̀ cap îaⁿ;
the whole army has gone into camp.

tun

  • tun924328
  • To heap up, to pile, to store; a mass, a crowd, a mound, an accumulation, a stack.
tun cò̤ cêk tun;
heap them up in a heap.
tun-cek kàu cōi căi;
amassed a great quantity.
tun nŏ̤ càng-pâng múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
filled two go-downs quite full.
cháu tun;
a straw stack.
sua tun;
a sand heap.
cí-hûe kâi bí hó̤ tun;
the rice is now fit for storing.
i cîeⁿ tńg tun bí cìaⁿ thàng tîeh;
he made a profit, the last time, on the rice that he stored up.
c5k tōa tun thùaⁿ;
a great pile of coal.
tun châ;
pile up wood.
nâng-mûeh tun kàu cōi-cōi;
there is a great crowd of people there.
tun lío ŏi sîh kṳn-níe a bŏi?
Does it lose in weight by being stored up?
  • tun9281674
  • Dull; obtuse; blunt.
tun to̤ kṳ̀ jîo īu;
like cutting a withered pumelo with a dull knife.
cí ki to̤ khah tun, tîeh khṳ̀ bûa lāi cē;
this knife is too dull, you must go sharpen it.
i kâi cieh tun căi;
his wits are very obtuse.
cí kâi ío tun, hṳ́ kâi ío lêng-lāi;
this one is rather dull, that one is more quick-witted.
i kâi chùi tun căi, bô̤ mih ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
he is very slow of speech, and not fluent in talking.