To take out with the hand; to lift; to levy or assess, as taxes; to select or draw, as a lot; to expand, as plants in spring; to raise water; to receive one's portion; a tenth, a tithe; a fee.
cía cĭ cò̤-nî thiu-thâu?
What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?
thiu tàⁿ-thâu;
take the fees for porterage.
câp hūn thiu cêk hūn;
take a tithe of it.
thiu khí lâi;
take out a portion.
pûah lío būe lă cò̤ thiu cúi;
after gambling had not enough to pay the percentage charged as fees to the gambling house.
thiu cúi;
the portion kept as his fee by the one who holds the stakes in gaming.
cêk sin thiu-thìaⁿ;
had cramps all over me.
kha thiu kṳn;
had a cramp in the leg.
thiu huang;
cramps arising from a cold.
ēng cúi-thiu lâi thiu cúi;
take a syphon and draw off the water.
thiu chut lâi lío, lêng-ūaⁿ jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;
drew it out and then crowded it in again.
i thiu kha cáu;
he got up and went off.
ke it thiu;
another tenth.
m̄ ôiⁿ căi, put lêng thiu sin;
am very busy and can't get away.
thiu sît ŭ jîeh cōi?
What is the net gain?
būe cêng tṳ̂ thiu;
have not yet subtracted the expenses.
sai thiu;
illegal fees.
thiu sim chut lâi;
take out the core.
thiu tîo lêng tŏa kùe khṳ̀;
sent out a tendril to run over it.
côih hô̤ sai thiu;
cut off the passage of boats, and levy illegal taxes on the passengers.
The second of the twelve horary characters or branches; the second hour of the day, from 1 to 3 o'clock A.M, or the fourth watch; it is denoted by the ox, and astrologers say that persons born at this hour are likely to be dull.
