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

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黏

• Viscid; sticky; bird-lime.

• khô̤ kàu nĕ thi-thi;

  simmer it till it is very gummy.

• thi cío;

  catch birds with bird-lime.

• i kâi thi tîeh nĕ thi-thi cìaⁿ thi tit tîeh;

  the bird-lime must be very adhesive then it will catch them.

• thi căi;

  very glutinous.

• khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

  is stuck fast in it.

奓

• To stretch open.

• mn̂g thí khui;

  set the door wide open.

• khàu kàu chùi thí-thí;

  crying with mouth wide stretched.

• chìe kàu chùi thí-thí;

  laughing with open mouth.

• hûe-sīeⁿ chùi thí-thí, m̄ sĭ àiⁿ cîⁿ cū sĭ àiⁿ bí;

  when a priest grins, he wants either money or rice.

• thí kàu khuah-khuah;

  stretch it wide open.

• ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, thí m̄ khui;

  the shears are so tight at the pivor that I cannot open them.

• pó tō̤ chùi lṳ́ thí khui cē, úa cìaⁿ hó̤ khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀;

  open the mouth of the bag more widely, so that I can put in the things.

• hŏ-sùaⁿ thí khui khṳt i la ta;

  open the umbrella and let it dry.

• thí kha;

  set the legs far apart.

• hŏi, nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, i kâi kha thí kàu khuah-khuah;

  when a crab is going to be caught, he opens his claws wide.

體

• The body; the substance; the essentials; respectable; influential; to realize.

• sì-thí;

  the body; the human frame.

• i kâi sì-thí mông tîeh cn̂g kâi ngân-ngân;

  his whole body feels cold to the touch.

• thí-mīn;

  reputation; the respect in which one is held by others; honor and dignity.

• i kìe-sĭ i sit tîeh i kâi thí-mīn;

  he complained of her having diminished his importance in the eyes of others.

• hīn-khek i thí-mīn căi;

  he is now held in high esteem.

• côiⁿ sĭ tó̤ cò̤ nâng kâi kang, hīn-căi thí-thí mīn-mīn kâi nâng;

  formerly he was one who hired out to do other people’s work, now he is an honored personage.

• thí-thiap;

  to accommodate; to consider the interest of a nother.

• úa thí-thiap lṳ́, lṳ́ īa tîeh thí-thiap úa: jī-ke tîeh sie thí-thiap cìaⁿ hó̤;

  I consider your wishes, and you must consider mine also: all will be well if both are accommodating.

• to sĭ cêk thí;

  it is all one thing.

• to tîeh ŭ kâi thí-thóng;

  in all things there must be regard to decorum.

• cn̂g kâi bô̤ thí-thóng;

  without regard to what is befitting.

剝

• To peel; to strip off.

• thì tīo phûe;

  strip off the bark.

• thì mûaⁿ-phûe;

  to peel off the bark used for ropes.

• thì hṳ̂ phûe;

  to flay fish.

• khṳt châk thì kàu cêk sin cheng-khih cheng-khih;

  stripped by a highwayman.

扯

• To tear apart, as in anger.

• khì kàu thì tīo i kâi saⁿ;

  so angry that he rent his clothes.

• tng mīn thì tīo;

  tore it up in his face.

• thì kàu chùi-chùi;

  tore it in pieces.

• khîeh khí lâi thì cò̤ ku-ā-kò̤;

  took it up and tore it in several pieces.

• thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

  tear it in two.

滯

• To obstruct, to stop; indigestible; disagreeing with one; a hindrance.

• i kâi nâng thì căi;

  he is very uncomfortable.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ khah thì;

  in doing things do not make yourself too uncomfortable.

• i phêng-sù sĭ thì kàu seⁿ si;

  it was formerly impeded in its growth so that it became stringy.

• i tó lăi sĭ ŭ cek-thi;

  he has undigested food in his stomach; has indigestion.

• có̤-thì;

  hindered, impeded, stopped.

• i cêk lō li bô̤ có̤ bô̤ thì;

  he had no hindrance during the whole journey.

• i li khṳ̀ kàu pùaⁿ lō ngŏ̤ hŏ cū có̤-thì ku-ā jît;

  when he had gone half way there he encountered a storm and was prevented from going on for several days.

• i cṳ̆ sòi bŏi thì, lí-lí tōa;

  he has from his earliest childhood met with nothing that prevented his growth, and has grown steadily.

• i kâi nâng khah thì;

  he is too mulish.

• thì căi;

  harassed, hindered.

• i sĭ thì-khìkâi pēⁿ;

  he has a derangement of the system caused by stoppage of the fluids.

• ūn khì có̤-thì ku-ā nî;

  luck has been against him for several years.

• thóiⁿ i kâi mêh lâi kàu li sĭ thì-siap;

  her pulse is irregular as if the circulation were impeded.

• thì-nĭ;

  bigoted; set in one’s way; opinionated.

搋

• To pick in pieces with the hands.

• thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

  pull it apart.

• cêk hah cêk hah thì chut lâi;

  pick it apart section by section.

• thì ho̤h cōi têng lâi;

  have taken off ever so many layers.

• àiⁿ thì, thì m̄ chut;

  would pick it off but am unable.

• thì cêk si cêk si;

  pick it into shreds.

• thì cêk phìen cêk phìen;

  separate it into flakes.

褫

• To take away official insignia.

• i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ iⁿ-keng thì-keh kâi;

  his office is already taken from him.

• kuaⁿ ŏi thì lĭ a bŏi?

  Is he deprived of all official rank?

• thì-keh chûn kâi cìn-suŭ tīaⁿ;

  has been deprived of his office and degraded in rank so that he retains only his literary degree of Docter of Laws.

剃

• To shave.

• thì thâu;

  to shave the head.

• thì chiu;

  shave off the beard.

• kio i thì tîo mâk-bâi;

  shave off her eyebrows for her.

• thì tīo piⁿ;

  shave off the queue.

隄

• To prepare against;

  to oppose a barrier.

• thî-hûang;

  guard against.

• m̄ cai thî-hûang cū khíong-ùi gō suū;

  if you do not take care you will very likely quash the project.

提

• To bring into notice; to suggest; to bring before a magistrate; to attend to.

• thî-kîp;

  to speak of, or refer to.

• i cē thî-kîp cí kâi nâng úa cū khì;

  if he mentions this person I shall be vexec.

• thî-khí;

  to suggest.

• màiⁿ khṳ́ thî-khí i;

  do not say anything to bring it to mind.

• thî-phŵt;

  to put forward, to nominate.

• sĭ úa thî-phŵt i;

  it was I who nominated him.

• thî-hûang;

  awaken alarm; bring to notice a need of vigilance.

• tîeh cai thî-hûang;

  must be on the watch against it.

• thî-tn̂g;

  a courier of the government.

• thî-chéⁿ;

  to rouse to a sense of danger.

• lṳ́ hó̤ cang cía ūe thî-chéⁿ i;

  make use of these words to put him on his guard.

• thî-hêng;

  inflict the punishment decreed by the provincial judge.

• mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ thî-hêng;

  the sentence will be carried into execution to-morrow.

• thî-lô̤ a-pún;

  a keeper in the Board of Punishment.

• cí ūi sĭ lêk lō thî-tok, hú ūi sĭ cúi-sṳ thî-tok;

  this is a captain-general, a military officer of the highest grade, and that is a naval officer of the same grade.

• thî-thîo;

  a proctor or manager of colleges; the overseer of candidates at examinations.

• kau toŏ thî-thîo-kuaⁿ kò̤;

  handed over to the proctor.

• pńg hú àiⁿ thî ùaⁿ khí lâi sím;

  the prefect is going to take the case into his own hands and try it.

• kṳ̆n-lâi sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ i;

  lately he has been the one who helped him on.

• màiⁿ thî-phû cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  do not introduce this topic.

• m̄ hó̤ thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ;

  do not mention her name.

苔

• Moss, and small plants like liverwort, growing on rocks.

• cheⁿ-thî;

  mosses.

• chîeⁿ-kha chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-thî lo̤-lo̤ tn̂g;

  at the foot of the wall the moss is very thick.

• cĕng-cĕng cheⁿ-thî;

  all covered with moss.

持

• To direct with a firm hand.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî;

  he has direction of this affair.

• i cò̤ sṳ̆ ío ŭ pá-thî;

  he acts with greater firmness in the management of affairs.

• sĭ i hû-thî i;

  it is she who abets him.

• sît-căi lâng-ín ciⁿ-thî;

  it is really very hard to withstand.

啼

• To howl and bewail; to scream and cry; to crow; to coo.

• thî-khàu;

  to weep and moan.

• thî-thî khàu-khàu;

  to sob and cry.

• koi thî lío;

  the cock crowed.

• i koi-thî-cá cū lâi;

  he came at cock-crow.

• i sĭ tó̤ thî;

  she is cackling.

雉

• A pheasant.

• thî-koi;

  the common pheasant.

• khṳ̀ phah cío, phah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah thî-koi;

  went out to shoot birds, and shot two pheasants.

• thî-koi búe;

  tail-feathers of the Argus pheasant.

痔

• The piles; ulcers in the rectum.

• lăi thĭ, gūa thĭ;

  internal and external piles.

• seⁿ thĭ;

  to have piles.

• i kâi thĭ seⁿ kú, íⁿ-keng sen̂g cò̤ thĭ-lāu;

  he has had piles a long time, and they have already ulcerated.

• chwn tn̂g thĭ;

  chwn chîang thĭ; a fistula in ano.