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  • thó892174
  • To bulge; protuberant.
mâk thó-thó;
protruding eyes.
i kâi tó-câi thó chut lâi;
he has rupture at the navel.
i kâi mâk sĭ thó-cu, m̄ hó̤ ui;
his eye has an extruded lens, an is incurable.
ŭ kò̤ thó chut li pó kò̤ nap jîp;
the places where it bulges out will make up for those where it juts in.
  • thò920106
  • A hare or rabbit.
phah cêk ciah thò;
shot a hare.
i sĭ sìe thò kâi;
he was born in the year of the hare.
thò hâu;
the hair of the rabbit, used for fine pencils or brushes.
  • thò920303
  • To vomit; to disgorge; to spit out; to disclose; to tell all.
cīeⁿ li thò, ĕ li sìa;
vomiting and purging simultaneously.
sĭ cŏ-jîen cū thò sìa kâi;
a sudden attack of vomiting with diarrhea.
cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū thò chut lâi;
threw it up as soon as he had taken it.
cîh thò kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
run your tongue out as far as possible.
úa thiaⁿ i sĭ pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò kâi ūe;
I think he kept back a part, and told a part.
hía ūe thun-thun thò-thò m̄ sĭ tît-tît cū tàⁿ;
that is concealing some of the facts and disclosing others, it is not telling a straight-forward story.
i hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cò̤ ŏi áu-thò?
How is it that he gags and vomits when there is no unusual cause for it?
thò hueh;
bleed at the lungs.
thò kàu kŭa táⁿ chut lâi;
threw up bile.
phīⁿ tîeh cū thò;
the smell of it makes me vomit.
i m̄ khéng thò cin chêng;
he is unwilling to disclose the real state of the case.
ūe-ūe thó;
retch and vomit.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí thò;
this medicine will stop the vomiting.
i kâi cîⁿ cîah m̄ lô̤h lêng-ūaⁿ thò chut lâi hâiⁿ nâng;
he could not make way with the money, and so disgorged and returned it.
cang îeh kẁn i thò;
take medicine to produce vomiting.
àiⁿ thò bŏi thò;
am nauseated but cannot vomit.
  • thô9183210
  • Earth; soil; mud; clods; dirt.
tàⁿ thô;
to carry earth in baskets slung at the ends of a pole over the shoulder.
chîeⁿ sĭ thô chîeⁿ;
the wall is a mud wall.
co̤h thô sîaⁿ;
build amud village.
thôu ûi;
an enclosing wall made of earth.
thô khò;
a cellar.
thô kang;
a sexton; to work in earth.
bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thô̤;
buy some clay dolls for the children to play with.
líu cĕ suaⁿ thô lâi tĭen hó̤ a sĭ líu hái thô̤ lâi tĭen hó̤?
Shall I dig the earth to fill it in with from the hills or from the shore?
cía suaⁿ kâi thô-sek hó̤;
the soil on these hills appears good.
cí kò̤ kâi thô kien-jŭn căi;
the soil here is very mellow.
thô-láng;
artificial mill-stones, made of earth, and used in hulling rice.
  • thō8321626
  • To send forward by the pressure of a liquid.
thō îeh-îⁿ, àiⁿ cang sĭm-mûeh thō?
What shall I take after the pills to send them down?
cá-sîn li cang tăⁿ-ĭam-thng thō;
when I took them before I rinsed them down with water that had been boiled and salted.
ēng kieⁿ-thng thō;
take ginger-tea to send it down with.
chong cho̤h nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;
make some broth to assist the rice in its course down the gullet.

thoa

  • thoa911645
  • To drag along; to haul after one; to pull along by the hand.
i sĭ khṳt i thoa-lŭi tîeh kâi;
she became involved in it through him.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío thoa nî tòa cúi;
he drags the subject of his speech through mud and water; he has a very turgid and verbose style of walking.
cêk ē khah tn̂g thoa-thoa tâh-tâh, to m̄-hó̤;
if it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome.
tṳ tó̤ thoa sim-mûeh?
What is the pig trailing after him?
  • thòa846508
  • To take along with one; to bring at the same time.
lṳ́ ín-thòa i khṳ̀ tī kò̤?
Whither are you leading him?
ŭ nâng ín-thòa i khṳ̀;
some one is conducting him away.
thòa-lîen-l̆ui tîeh pât nâng;
implicate others.
thòa chíu khîeh lâi;
bring it along when you come.
cí cêk thòa kâi chù lóng-cóng i kâi;
all these dwellings are his.
thòa tàⁿ ke kúi taⁿ lâi;
while you are about it bring a few more carries.
cûn àiⁿ lâi li kŭa hía hùe-mûeh thòa cài lâi;
when the boat is coming bring those goods along in it.

thoaⁿ

  • thóaⁿ91812710
  • To weed; to clear grounds of grass.
thóaⁿ cháu;
pull up the weeds.
cháu thóaⁿ cheng-khih lío;
the weeds are all pulled.
  • thô̤aⁿ8547513
  • Tough hard wood, resembling rosewood.
thôaⁿ-hieⁿ;
sandal wood.

thoah

  • thoah362649
  • To rub or grate an article on something below it.
thoah tīo i kâi phûe;
grate off its rind.
saⁿ khṳt i thoah phùa khṳ̀;
he has rubbed a hole through the garment in scrubbing it on the