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cîⁿ?

What is the amount to be paid by each as his share?
àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi hun thang?
Into how mnay shares is it to be apportioned?
thang pô̤h-pô̤h, màiⁿ thang khah kău;
spread it thin, do not spread it too thick.
ko̤-îeh tîeh thang câu-câu;
the ointment must be spread evenly.
  • thang171833
  • The wherewithal; the means wherewith.
i to ŭ thang cîah, ŭ thang chēng;
she has enough to eat and to wear.
bô̤ thang hâiⁿ i;
have not the wherewithal to pay him.
nêk ŭ thang khṳt nâng cîah, kut bô̤ thang khṳ̂t nâng khòi;
have meat that I can let people eat, but no bones to let them gnaw; will stand some imposition, but not an unlimited amount of it.
  • thang9321627
  • To intercommunicate; perspicuous, clear, thorough.
kâi tó lăi nĕ thang-thang;
his mind is very clear.
i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa tó lăi to m̄ thang;
although he is so large, his perceptions are not quick.
thang-lâng;
well ventilated; free and open.
  • thang839370
  • Entirely; very; highly.
i bô̤ thang pat;
he does not know much about it.
hŵn ío sin, bô̤ thang hìeⁿ lău;
it is still rather new, and not much worn.
sueh khṳ̀ bô̤ thang tùi;
the explanation was not wholly to the point.
bô̤ thang ŏi;
not very competent.
  • tháng10781455
  • The leg of a stocking.
buêh tháng;
bûeh àng; the leg of a stocking.
khuah tháng, ôih tháng;
wide and narrow legs.
cí sang bûeh tháng ío tn̂g;
the legs of this pair of stockings are longer.
  • tháng10781775
  • The leg of a boot.
hĭa tháng; hĭa àng;
a boot leg.
  • tháng935757
  • A tub; a bucket; a cask.
tìo-tháng;
a small wooden pail, with a high bail.
pûah-tháng;
a small bucket used in drawing water from a well.
cúi-tháng;
water-buckets.
kha-tháng;
a wash-tub.
mīn-tháng;
a wooden wash-basin.
úaⁿ-tháng;
a tub used in washing dishes.
pn̄g tháng;
a wooden dish used to hold cooked rice.
bí-tháng;
a rice-tub.
khàm-tháng;
a cask with a cover.
nŏ̤ hĭⁿ tháng;
a large bucket with ears.
tháng nîe;
the cross-piece in a water-bucket.
tháng chîeⁿ, tháng tói, tháng kho, tháng hĭⁿ;
the sides, bottom, hoops, and bail of a bucket.
ūaⁿ thang tói;
put a new
bottom in a bucket.
ni tháng;
mend buckets.
hàm kâi ūaⁿ-tháng-tói-kâi lâi kho tháng;
call a bucket-mender to come and put new hoops on the buckets.
  • tháng856325
  • A plain; level; to level.
cí tìo lō tháng-pêⁿ căi;
this road is very level.
tháng-tháng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kâi tōa lō, kōi kîaⁿ;
a level highway, easily travelled.
i kâi suaⁿ-sì kàu cí-kò̤ cū tháng kâi pêⁿ po;
the mountain here subsites into a plain.
úa kâi ūe sĭ tháng-tháng pêh-pêh kio lṳ́ tàⁿ, chŵn bô̤ cia-íam;
I tell you this plainly and without the least concealment.
cí kâi tī-hng ío pêⁿ-tháng, bŏi sia-kĭa;
this place is level, not inclined.
hía tī-hng pêng-pêng tháng-tháng, cek mōⁿ bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;
that region is very level, with neither mountains nor headlands in sight.
  • tháng8561455
  • To bare the arm in order to do something.
tháng-cìam;
to help one who is in the wrong; to aid in an underhand way.
sĭu i kâi ĭu lío cū tháng-ciàm i;
takes his bribe and helps him therefor.
úa thóiⁿ li i sĭ tháng-cìam kàu chut mĭn;
I consider it evident that he has rendered underhanded assistance.
kong-tău căi, chŵn bô̤ tháng-cìam pùaⁿ lî;
it is all very fair and honorable, and not the least support has been given in what was wrong.
  • tháng86298
  • If, perhaps, supposing, may, should; unexpectedly.
tháng-jîak;
if; premising that.
tháng-jîak sĭ àiⁿ li tîeh soiⁿ tàⁿ;
should you want it you must say so beforehand.
tháng-hôk bô̤ lâi cū tîeh cwn khṳ̀ bói;
supposing that it does not arrive, you must make an especial journey to buy one.
tháng ŏi so̤-ngô̤ le cò̤-nî?
If you should mect with any accident, then what?
tháng īa sĭ cò̤ m̄ lâi cū màiⁿ khṳ̀ tàⁿ i;
if he is unable to do it, then say nothing about it.
tháng hó̤ cá cē li cá cē;
if you can come earlier then do so.
  • tháng85613013
  • The sternal region.
tháng-tong;
the centre of the thorax, which Chinese physicians say is the seat of the breath; they probably intend to describe the membrane that separates the lungs.
tháng-tong kâi mêh khah phû;
the pulsations of the heart are too violent.
  • tháng861862
  • An unforeseen thing; accidental.
thâng lâi cṳ mûeh;
a thing which came unexpectedly to hand.
thek-tháng;
unusual; distinguished.
i cŏ̤ pàng ko̤ thóiⁿ tîeh lêng-gūa