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

陟

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

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

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.

畜

飭

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 the matter.
hú-tău íⁿ-keng thek ti-kūiⁿ khṳ̀ phōiⁿ;

the prefect has already directed the district magistrate to take up the case and adjudicate it.
kuaⁿ-hú ngîam thek tī-pó̤ sòi-sim khṳ̀ chê-chip;

the officer strictly charged the alderman to carefully inquire into it.

騭

To cause to progress; to promote.
im-thek;

a good deed, springing from real love; unostentatious benevolence; a beneficient action secretly performed.
i sît-că hó̤ im-thek;

he is really philanthropic.
mâk ĕ īa-sĭ phû ŭ im-thek hûn cū hó̤ tói tīo cía cai-eh;

if a sign of real goodness appears it will debar the approaching evil from coming nearer.
im-thek bûu;

exhortations to benevolence.

禿

A law to one’s self; worth of promotion.
pí pât nâng lêng-gūa thek-tháng;

has a more distinguished appearance than other people.

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