A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / thiah | 閩南語書寫

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

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  • To take to pieces; to pull apart; to unrip; to break up or open by external force; to undo or disjoint.

  • thiah sìn;

    to open a letter.

  • thiah thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói jîeh cōi;

    undo it and see how many there are inside.

  • tī cêk jît thiah sìa?

    On what day is the house to be demolished?

  • thiah huang;

    open a sealed package.

  • thiah khui;

    to tear open, as a parcel.

  • thiah tīo phŭe;

    unrip a coverlet.

  • thiah tīo lío lêng-ūaⁿ cò̤;

    take it to pieces and make it over again.

  • àiⁿ cò̤-nî khui thiah?

    How shall I take it apart?

  • i m̄ kam thiah-sùaⁿ;

    he is averse to breaking it up, and scattering it.

  • i kâi hùe ŭ chùi-thiah a bô̤?

    Does he open out his goods to dispose of at retail or not?

  • thiah bōi;

    sell piecemeal.

  • tó̤ thiah bōi cêk tàⁿ thiah sîh ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ kṳn;

    in dividing it up and selling it at retail we lose two or three catties to the picul.

  • thiah chù téng;

    thiah chù hĭa; tear up a roof.

  • cûn cò̤ cē thiahtīo lêng-ūaⁿ cŏ̤;

    tear the boat to pieces and remodel it.

  • chìn thâu ŏi thiah sîh mē?

    In selling it piecemeal did its weight fall short of that which you bought it for?

  • i kâi phò íⁿ-keng thiah sìo;

    they have dissolved partnership.

  • thiah húe;

    to break up the mess.

  • chîeⁿ thiah kĕ ŭ nŏ̤ chieh;

    they have lowered the wall two feet by taking off the top.

  • thiah lău-pang;

    take up flooring.

  • cí sang ôi chēng kú-kú to bŏi thiah hah;

    have worn this pair of shoes a very long time and the layers of the soles have never parted.

  • sùaⁿ thiah chut lâi ēng;

    pick out the thread to use again.

  • sî-ceng thiah lâi thóiⁿ lío cū ŏi cò̤;

    after taking a clock to pieces and looking at it, he can make one.

  • thiah hì-pêⁿ;

    take down the platform on which the play was enacted.

  • cí kâi mîn-chn̂g hó̤ thiah kâi;

    this bedstead is one that can be taken apart and put together at needs.