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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
- chíu-cńg-thâu; kha-cng-thâu;
- the fingers and toes.
- chíu-cńg-thâu chun chut lâi īa ŭ tn̂g tó̤;
- when the fingers are stretched forth they are not all of the same length.
- ŵn-sui thâh pûaⁿ thâu;
- crown the dish with coriander-seed.
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- 膪thē11213012
- Fat; like marrow; soft.
- pûi kàu thē-thē;
- stout and fat.
- cêk sin nêk thē-thē;
- fat in flesh.
- kâi tó thē-thē;
- pursy.
- 䖳thē61426
- The sea-blubber or jelly-fish.
- bói kò̤ thē lâi iam;
- buy a slice of jelly-fish and dress it with sugar and vinegar.
- thē-phûe;
- the flesh of the jelly-fish.
theⁿ
- 撑theⁿ306412
- To pole a boat.
- theⁿ cûn;
- to pole a boat.
- ā-sŭ ŭ huang cûn cū mín theⁿ;
- should there be wind we need not pole the boat.
- i tó̤ theⁿ tō-cûn;
- he is poling a ferry-boat.
- theⁿ m̄ kîaⁿ;
- it does not budge when I push upon the pole.
- theⁿ lâi;
- pole it nearer.
- 撑thèⁿ306412
- To prop up with a stick; to shore up; to fasten open, as with a stretcher.
- theng thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
- prop up the shutter a little higher.
- cía tîeh kìe kâi a-ói al5i thèⁿ;
- must call a dwarf to prop it on.
- saⁿ hó̤ thèⁿ pàng hṳ́ kháu khṳt i phâk jît;
- hang the jacket out on a propped pole and let it sun.
- khîa ki sam lâi thèⁿ cía bŏi tó̤;
- bring a stick of timber and prop it up, then it will not fall.
- thèⁿ m̄ phû;
- it will not stay up when braced.
- thèⁿ i khui;
- hold it open by a stretcher.
- bô̤ mûeh hó̤ thèⁿ;
- have nothing to shore it up with.
- ki thèⁿ khah sòi;
- the prop is too slight.
- khîeh ki thûi lâi cò̤ thèⁿ;
- take the mallet as a prop.
- theng-thèⁿ;
- the prop which holds a window-shutter open.
- 抬thêⁿ848645
- To push upward with the hands.
- thêⁿ kûi-kûiⁿ;
- lift it high by pushing upward.
- thêⁿ tit khí a thêⁿ m̄ khí?
- Can you raise it?
- kīe sie-hŭ thêⁿ phû;
- help lift the seadn over a high obstruction.
theh
- 赤theh721550
- Naked; stripped; denuded.
- thong sin thǹg kàu theh-theh, tó̤ sói-êk;
- completely undressed, bathing.
- khṳ̂ châk pak kàu teh-theh khṳ̀;
- stripped naked by robbers.
- to bŏi jûah, cò̤-nî pak kàu līo-līo-theh?
- As it is not hot why are you stripped stark naked?
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- 宅thêh959408
- A dwelling, a residence; a site.
- chù-thêh;
- dwelling houses.
- châng thêh;
- fields and dwellings.
- tô̤h tī kâi jit àiⁿ jîp theh?
- What day has been selected as a lucky one for moving into the house?
- ke-thêh phêng-ang;
- the household are all well.
- tìn thêh;
- protect the house, as a deity does.
- i chíaⁿ tieⁿ hû tó̤ tìn thêh;
- she asked for a charm to protect the house from evil influences.
thek
- 陟thek701707
- To mount, to ascend, to advance.
- thek cĭeⁿ suaⁿ-téng;
- to ascend a mountain.
- i thek kàu hṳ́ suaⁿ-téng téng;
- he went up to the topmost peak of the mountain.
- thek būe kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ cū bŏi kîaⁿ;
- before I had gone half way to the top of the hill I was unable to proceed.
- thek peh gūa keh tâh-pō-câng;
- mounted over a hundred steps on the stairway.
- thek tùi thui kò̤, thek cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
- go up on the roof by a ladder.
- kháu kàu cí cêk kùe hŵn ŭ sĭm-mih thut thek a bô̤?
- After passing this examination will he get promotion or not?
- 敕thek72667
- What is done by special command of the Emperor.
- thek cṳ;
- credentials; letters patent.
- cêk nâng pì ìu, cêk nâng pì thek-cṳ;
- one person bears the seals, and one the credentials.
- khí cêk kâi thek-cṳ lâu;
- build a charter house.
- tìn-tang sāi cêk kò̤ thek-hong-pâi;
- in the centre set a tablet allowed by special permission of the emperor.
- kài thek;
- royal prohibitions or precepts.
- thek kîaⁿ kak ciu-hú;
- promulgated by the Emperor's order, throughout all the Departments.
- thek mĕng;
- by Imperial com-mand.
- 檔thek8597513
- A run, brace or cross-piece.
- i kâi iⁿ-thek lut khṳ̀;
- the rung has fallen out of the chair.
- khĭa tŏ̤ kau-íⁿ thek;
- stand on the rung of the chair.
- chn̂g-thek tàu m̄ kín;
- the cross-pieces near the lower end of the legs of the table are not mortised in tightly.
- mîn-chn̂g thek;
- braces between the legs of a bed-stead.
- thek-seⁿ;
- domestic animals.
- thek-seⁿ kíaⁿ, m̄ hó̤ căi;
- a horrid little brute.
- àu thek-seⁿ!
- You nasty brute!
- 飭thek721844
- To enjoin on or instruct, as a superior does a subordinate; to command.
- chíaⁿ kuaⁿ thek che khṳ̀ khàm;
- ask the magistrate to dispatch a constable to examine into
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