A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / tai

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獃

• Silly; foolish.

• īu m̄ sĭ chi, īn m̄ sĭ tai, cò̤-nî ngà-ngà nē?

  Since you are neither a fool nor half witted, why do you act so silly?

• i kâi chi-tai;

  he is a dolt.

• thóiⁿ tîeh sông-tai sông-tai nē;

  appears very stupid.

• ai-tai;

  to pretend stupidity, for a selfish end.

• i hṳ́ khí nâng ai-tai khṳt cîah;

  he is one who sponges his living.

黍

• The panicled millet;

• tai mûeⁿ;

  gruel made from millet.

• tai cî;

  millet porridge.

歹

• Evil.

• m̄ cai hó̤ tái;

  does not know good and evil.

• tái sṳ̄;

  evil affair.

• sim lăi hûai tái ì;

  he harbours bad intentions.

• pĕng bô̤ tái ì;

  has no bad intention.

• châng kang cak tái;

  a nest of villainy.

滓

• Sediment, settlings.

• chò tái, cúi tái, în tái;

  sediment in vinegar, water, and oil.

• tè tīo tái;

  strain out the settlings.

貸

• To loan; to entrust to an other; to confer.

• i kâi cîⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ kàu-tài lâi kâi;

  his money is held on loan from other people.

• cí chṳ̀ kwt m̆ khwn-tài i;

  this time I will surely not let him off.

黛

• cheⁿ-tài;

  umber, used as a paint and in medicine.

臺

• A stand, a staging, a turret.

• cĕk tùi siah cek-tâi;

  a pair of pewter candlesticks.

• cía hue sĭ têng-tâi kâi;

  this flower blossoms in whorls.

埋

• To bury without rites; to put into a pit and cover.

• tâi tŏ̤ thô tói;

  buried in the earth.

• sí bé, hàm nâng kng khṳ̀ tâi;

  call some men to carry off the dead horse and bury it.

怠

• tăi-bw̆n;

  to treat rudely.i ŭ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i a bô̤? Did they treat him disrespectfully or not?

• iā sĭ bô̤ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i, i cò̤-nî hìeⁿ khì?

  If they were not supercilious toward him, why is he so angry?

大

• Great, noble, chief; distinguished; high, highly, very.

• tăi jîn;

  term used in speaking of or addressing those of higher rank; His Excellency; Your Honor.

• khì tăi piaⁿ;

  raise a great army.

• kàn tăi sṳ̄;

  quell a great disturbance.

• lîp tăi kong;

  get great credit.

• tăi kìe;

  a great outcry.

• tăi-lîak;

  in general; not far from that.

• tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;

  you must all be on friendly terms with each other.

• ēng tîeh tăi hó̤;

  use proves its excellence.

• cêk sin tăi song-khùai;

  exceedingly comfortable.

• hṳ́-kò̤ tăi lāu-jîet;

  they are having very lively times there.

• tăi hûang-húiⁿ cêk tîeⁿ;

  a great commotion.

• tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  that is about what it would be.

• tăi-khài cē;

  give a general estimate of it then.

• tăi tó̤ thâk cṳ;

  is generally reading.

• tăi m̄ hàuⁿ;

  is not at all willing.

• tăi hŭam;

  all at once.

• tăi ŭ chêng-lí;

  is very reasonable.

待

• kẃn-tăi;

  to treat; to behave toward; to entertain.

• i cò̤-nî kẃn-tăi lṳ́?

  How did she treat you?

• kẃn-tăi i m̄-hó̤;

  treated him rudely.

• cò̤ cíau-sîah kẃn-tăi i;

  entertained him by making a feast in his honor.

舵

• A rudder.

• tăi-kong;

  the helmsman.

• cûn tăi;

  the helm.