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

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天

• The highest of things, heaven both physically and divinely; the ether, the sky, the firmament; Nature; Providence; celestial.

• thien-cheⁿ;

  a dark glossy gray, or purple.

• thien-cṳ́;

  the emprror.

• thien kang;

  the cycle of ten.

• thien hūn;

  natural endowments; native ability.

• thien-seⁿ cṳ̆-jîen kâi;

  what is natural.

• i kâi thien-cṳ cū sĭ sĭang hó̤ kâi;

  his natural gifts are of the highest order.

• nâng tàⁿ i sĭ tit tîeh thien-cṳ cìaⁿ ŏi;

  people say that he has received books from celestial regions and is therefore thus gifted.

• mīn côiⁿ ŭ kâi thien-bé-ùaⁿ;

  in front there is natural mound, shaped like a saddle laid on its side.

塡

• To supply a deficiency.

• thîen mîaⁿ;

  to add the name to something in which it is lacking.

• thîen cheh;

  to supply something in a book.

• thîen pó;

  to supply enough.

• thîen hâiⁿ;

  to pay the remainder of a debt.

• thîen kàu lío;

  supplied the full amount.

• thîen lí-lêh;

  fill in the details of age parentage and residence.

• thîen jît-cí;

  write in the date.

• tò̤ thîen nî-gûeh;

  to antedate.

• thîen kàu múaⁿ-múaⁿ;

  fully supply the deficiency.

• thîen chut jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

  How much did he pay to make up the amount?

謄

• To make a clean copy; to transcribe.

• thîen-lôk-seng;

  a copyist.

• íⁿ-keng thien sía cheng-chó̤ lío;

  is already copied out fairly.