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

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兜

• To retain; to detain.

• tau-lâu i nā kò̤;

  press him to stay, as a guest.

• tau-kíaⁿ;

  a son, a child who remains, in contradistinction to a daughter, who eventually leaves her father’s family.

• tau-kíaⁿ kah cáu-kíaⁿ lóng-cóng poih nâng;

  there are eight of them, including both sons and daughters.

• i kâi mûeh kio i tau pàng kò̤;

  kept his things in order to make him stay.

• tau-lâu i m̄ cŭ;

  could not persuade her to stay.

斗

• A dry measure of ten quarts; the Chinese peck; a simile of size; a wine vessel.

• nŏ̤ tâng cêk seng, câp seng cêk táu, câp táu cêk cîeh;

  two pints make a quart, ten quarts a peck, and ten pecks a chaldron.

• nîe cêk táu bí;

  measure out a peck of rice.

• bí táu;

  a peck measure.

• sĭ tōa táu a sĭ síam táu?

  Are the pecks full or short measure?

• cía sĭ cìaⁿ-hú táu;

  this is the standard peck.

• cí khí táu lâi phah hṳ́ khí táu cêk táu cìaⁿ câp-sì tâng;

  if these pecks were measured out in pecks of that size, there would be about seven-tenths as many.

• cí koiⁿ phò kâi táu-sek hó̤ mē?

  Do they measure out good sized pecks at this shop?

• i cí koiⁿ kâi táu nîe khṳ̀ ío ŭ táu-thâu;

  they give fuller measure at this stop.

• táu-kài;

  a rod used to level off measures of rice.

• táu-kài kài hó̤-hó̤;

  level it off level with the leveler.

• pak-táu;

  a constellation containing four stars in Ursa Major.

• bâk-táu;

  a carpenter’s marking-cup and line.

• ut-táu;

  a sad-iron.

倒

• To turn upside down, or end foremost; to subvert order.

• cîah lău, cū tien-táu;

  when one becomes old he is apt to get things confused.

• i cē lāu cū-lău-tien-táu;

  in growing old he has grown forgetful.

• táu tì;

  bottom upward.

• tien-tien táu-táu;

  all at loose ends.

• tien-táu sĭ hui;

  confound truth and error.

• chṳ́ sŭ màiⁿ táu-tì;

  do not mislay them from their place in the series.

找

• To barter; to exchange.

• táu cîⁿ;

  to exchange silver for cash.

• táu cîⁿ phò;

  a money-changer’s office.

• táu ūaⁿ kim ngṳ̂n;

  exchange of gold and silver.

• hīn-khek kâi ngṳ̂n táu sĭm-mih kè?

  For how much does a dollar now exchange?

• táu cêk kâi ûant-pó̤ cìaⁿ ēng cò̤ kâi gûeh;

  get a bar of silver exchanged for small coin, and it is spent in a month.

• cìaⁿ chiah kim li jîh-ngŏ táu;

  pure gold exchanges for twenty-five dollars per ounce.

• cía kim ío kĕ, táu kàu jī-câp ngṳ̂n;

  this gold has more alloy in it and exchanges for twenty dollars per ounce.

• hīn-khek kâi cìaⁿ siam sa-peh táu hŵn-l2io bói bô̤;

  now-a-days real ginseng cannot be bought although you give three hundred times its weight in silver for it.

• táu to̤h-kūiⁿ;

  the table of a money-changer.

腦

• The brain; the head.

• ău-táu;

  the back of the head.

• i ău-táu-búe siu lâi ngía;

  her back hair is done up beautifully.

• i cêng pàng ău-táu-búe a būe?

  Has she yet added the Ningpo coiffure to her own hair?

• i kâi ău-táu píen-píen;

  the back of his head is very peaked.

臀

• The seat; the nates.

• i sīa khṳ̀ kâi táu khah khìo;

  he bends his body too much when he bends his bow.

搗

• To pound or crush in a mortar.

• táu chùi;

  break it up by pounding it in a mortar.

• kieⁿ li phoi tàⁿ àiⁿ táu cap;

  the directions say that the ginger-root is to be pounded and its juice taken.

島

• An island out at sea.

• hái-táu;

  an islet; a high rock in the sea.

• suaⁿ-táu;

  a mountainous island.

• tàu-sṳ̆;

  islands.

禱

• To supplicate the gods; to pray.

• khî-táu;

  to pray.

• táu-cok;

  to ask divine blessing.

• tng thiⁿ táu-cok;

  pray under the open sky.

巢

• A nest; a resort.

• cío tàu;

  a bird’s nest.

• koi tàu;

  a fowl’s nest.

• tṳ tàu;

  a pig’s bed.

• kâⁿ chīu-ki khṳ̀ co̤h tàu;

  took a twig in his mouth for the building of his nest.

• tìam tŏ̤ tàu tói pū kíaⁿ;

  stayed in the nest hovering her brood.

• kui lîo kui tàu;

  return to their accustomed haunts.

• mûeh tīo i kâi tàu;

  spoiled their nests.

• cìam tàu;

  usurp a nest.

• phah phùa i kâi châk-tàu;

  destroy a retreat of robbers.

• i bô̤ tàu cū bŏi cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;

  if they have no lurking place they cannot assemble.

• bô̤ tàu cū bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ châng sin;

  if they have no haunt, they will have no place to conceal themselves.

• kheh-cío tàu;

  a magpie’s nest.

• hĭa tàu;

  ants’ nests.

• bô̤ lîo bô̤ tàu;

  without house or home.

競

• To struggle for; to contend; to rival in zeal for; to emulate; to do vigorously.

• tàu thóiⁿ tī-tîang méⁿ;

  see who will be quickest.

• tàu phĕ cûn;

  paddle a race in boats.

• tàu sái cûn;

  a regatta.

• tàu cáu;

  run a race.

• sie tàu hì;

  rival theatres.

• hàm nŏ̤ pang lâi sie tàu;

  call two companies of performers to emulate each other.

• taù thâk cṳ;

  strive to excel each other in study.

到

• To reach to; to attain; complete.

• tàu-tí sĭ cò̤-nî?

  After all, what does it amount to?

• kẃn-thăi i kâi lói-sìo sĭm sĭ ciu-tàu;

  the courtesy with which he treated him was perfect.

• sṳ̆-lí kàu ciu-ciu tàu-tàu;

  arranged in the most complete manner.

倒

• After all; well then; indicating the end of the matter.

• tàu put jû hìe-seⁿ kèng hó̤;

  the other way is not so good as that one after all.

• cía tàu īa pă lío;

  well then, let it pass, (a sufficient error has already occurred).

鬭

• To mortise in; to set a tenon.

• tàu sún;

  to mortise in a tenon.

• cí kâi sún tàu khṳ̀ khah khùaⁿ;

  this tenon does not fit tightly in the mortise.

骰

• Dice.

• i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ pûah tâu;

  the two are throwing dice.

• ĭe tâu;

  shake the dice.

• lok tâu;

  rattle the dice in the box.

• khah tâu;

  gamble with dice.

投

• To take or go to; to deliver; to give one’s self up to; to have recourse to; to agree on; to consort with.

• tâu bûn-cṳ;

  deliver a dispatch.

• íⁿ-keng tau mêng i kâi côk tíeⁿ;

  have already sought out and informed the head of his clan.

• jît cē àm cío cū khṳ̀ tâu nâ;

  as soon as it is dusk the birds seek retirement among the trees.

• tâu khî só̤ hàuⁿ;

  agrees with whatever one likes; sycophantic.

• i ka-kī cṳ̆ tâu lô̤-măng;

  he let himself fall into the snare.

• i soiⁿ sĭ châk lâi tâu-sêng kâi;

  he is a rebel who has returned to his allegiance.

• i tòa kúi peh nâng lâi tâu hâng;

  he led several hundred to return to allegiance.

• i khṳ̀ tâu kun;

  he has enlisted in the army.

• i lâi tâu tŏ̤ úa kò̤;

  he came to stop at my house, as a casual visitor.

• tâu seⁿ bô̤ tâu sí;

  hospitality forbids the delivering over of a refugee to death.

道

• A road, path or way; a circuit; the officer who oversees a circuit or region; a principle, a doctrine, that which the mind approves; rectitude or right reason; the Reason or Logos of the Rationalists, denoting an emanation, the unknown factor or principle of nature, the way it acts in matter and mind; to lead, to direct, to follow out, to go in a designated path; a classifier of courses at a feast, edicts, dispatches, gateways, walls, rivers, and bridges.

• tău-thâi;

  the Intendant of Circuit.

• cí cêk tău kong bûn àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

  Where is this dispatch to be sent?

• i sǹg sĭ tng tău kuaⁿ;

  he is exercising the power of an official.

• tău-lí;

  reason, propriety, what is evidently right.

• ŭ tău-lí;

  has reason on his side.

• bô̤ tău-lí;

  is in the wrong.

• cìaⁿ-tău kâi nâng;

  an upright man.

• hŭam sṳ tîeh chông cìaⁿ tău;

  in all things correct principles must be acted upon.

• tău kà;

  Tauism.

• tău-sṳ̆;

  tău jîn; Tauists.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ ûang-tău;

  he acts with rectitude.

• bô̤ tău hun kun tì-kàu kok pāi;

  an unreasoning, stupid monarch brings national destruction.

• lō-tău tōa tîo;

  a wide road.

• tău thû îo-íen;

  the way is long.

• tău-lō tèng bô̤ có bô̤ keh;

  there are no obstacles in the way.

• tŏ̤ chim suaⁿ tèng siu tău;

  in the recesses of the moun tains practising austerities.

• chiah tău;

  the equator.

• i khṳ̀ chim sṳ ó̤h tău;

  he has gone in search of teachers in order to study Tauism.

盜

• A robber; one who robs openly; to take by fraud or force; to plunder.

• khîang-tău;

  a bandit.

• tău-châk;

  a highwayman.

• i pak thau-tău nâng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ mē?

  Has he ever appropriated other people’s things, either slyly or forcibly?

• phêng hái-tău ŭ kong;

  to subdue pirates is meritorious.

• tău-kūaⁿ;

  night-sweats.

導

• To lead, to conduct, to point out the way; to induce to do right.

• lṳ́ hó̤ khai-tău i;

  you should show him the right way.

• khai-tău kàu mêng-pêh mêng-pêh khṳ̂t i thiaⁿ;

  set the correct method plainly before him.

• hùn-tău;

  a district instructor.

荳

• Pulse, peas, beans, legumes.

• tāu khoih;

  peas-cods.

• tāu-jîn;

  the beans or peas tliemselves; the meat of pea-nuts.

• tī-tāu;

  pea-nuts; ground-nuts.

• tī-tāu mô̤h;

  the thin brown coating on the kernel of pea-nuts.

• tī-tāu khak;

  the shells of pea-nuts.

• tī-tāu îu;

  pea-nut oil.

• lêk tāu, chiah tāu, o tāu, pêh tāu, n̂g tāu;

  green, red, black, white and yellow peas.

• tāu hū;

  bean-curd.

• tāu-āⁿ;

  a filling or stuffing of mashed peas.

• lêk-tāu ko̤;

  dumplings containing green peas.

• tāu-seⁿ; tāu-gê;

  bean-sprouts.

痘

• Small-pox.

• chut tāu;

  have small-pox.

• cèng tāu;

  to vaccinate.

• tān céng;

  vaccine virus.

• tāu cieⁿ;

  small-pox pustules.

• cèng îeⁿ tāu, cèng gû tāu;

  vaccinate with virus from a sheep or a cow.

• tāu tâk;

  the matter contained in the pustules.

• cí ău ŭ cí īeⁿ céng-tāu kâi huap sĭm hó̤;

  in modern times there is this excellent method of vaccination.

• i kâi mīn pōiⁿ-pōiⁿ sĭ chut tāu, peh tīo tāu phí;

  his face is pock-marked, because he picked off the scabs when he had small-pox.

讀

• A clause; a phrase.

• thâk lâi ŭ kù ŭ tāu;

  read with attention to the pauses.

• thâk khṳ̀ bô̤ kù bô̤ tāu;

  read with no regard to the punctuation.

• kù tāu hó̤;

  the clauses are of proper length; the style is pleasant.