超
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To go before; to step over; to release from Purgatory, as Buddhists do.
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thio-seng;
to promote over others, to overslaugh other officers.
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peh-jît thio-seng;
promoted openly to a position above those who had been his superiors in office.
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pàng i khṳ̀ thio seⁿ;
let him live on.
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thio tō i kâi lêng-hûn míen jîp tī-gêk;
when released from purgatory, his soul need not enter hell.
挑
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To take the responsibility; to guarantee; to warrant.
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i chíaⁿ tī-tîang chut lâi thio sṳ̄;
he asked some one to take the responsibility of the affair upon himself.
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úa kio i thio-sêng;
I will stand sponsor for him.
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i thio-sêng m̄ khí;
he is not able to give security to this amount.
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sĭ cí koi phò thio jīn;
this is the shop which warranted the goods.
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i sĭ koiⁿ-thio mòng-êk kâi nâng;
he is a huckster.
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sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang thio kâi?
Who is the responsible party in the cast?
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úa thio i jît ău m̄ káⁿ cū sĭ;
I will guarantee that he will not hereafter do so again.
迢
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Far off; remote; cut off from constant intercourse.
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khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò thio-thio lō thâu;
to go there is a very long journey.
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lō tîo thio-thio, káng choiⁿ lí hn̆g;
a long journey, of fully a thousand miles.
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cêk lō thio-thio;
a long road to travel.
𦨖
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The tossing of a vessel on the water.
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éng cē lâi cûn cū tó̤ thìo;
as soon as the waves rise the vessel pitches.
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cûn iô-ît căi, cn̂g kâi tó̤ thìo;
the boat is very uneasy, and is all the time pitching and rolling.
超
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To surpass; to excel; to go before.
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i kâi châi-chêng sît-cāi thìo khûn;
his abilities are above the common run.
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i chú tîeh thìo-téng;
he has taken a place in the first rank of graduates.
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i ŏi khui thio hō̤ kâi keng;
he can draw bows that are above the regular degree of stiffness.
跳
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To leap, to jump, to skip, to dance, to hop about, to palpitate, to throb; to reach across.
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thìo lô̤h lâi;
jump down.
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thìo-mŏng;
to dance and gesture as an actor does.
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tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùu khṳ̀;
rallied his force and jumped across.
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thìo khí khṳ̀;
leaped up.
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chíu mŏng, kha thìo;
brandish the arms and hop about.
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huaⁿ-hí kàu tó̤ thìo;
skipped for joy.
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sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pok-pok-thìo;
the heart palpitates.
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kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ thìo;
does not go along, but keeps hopping about.
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hṳ̂ thìo tŏ̤ cúi mīn;
the fish leap on the surface of the water.
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i kâi phûn sĭ cò̤ cò̤ kap-pô̤ thìo;
his grave is made with a scalloped front, with an outline like the course of a leaping frog.
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khṳt i thìo-cáu khṳ̀;
he bolted off.
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thìo kùe kau;
spring across a ditch.
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i khì kàu khṳ̀ thìo khoi;
she was so vexed that she went and jumped into the river.
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cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ ûn-chāi, chûh-chûh thìo;
does not do things in a smooth and easy way but keeps skipping to and fro.
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khì kàu tó̤ thìo;
jumped up and down from rage.
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tò̤ thìo;
leap backwards.
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cíaⁿ thìo;
leap forward.
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i cē thìo cū cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
he mounts upon the roof at a leap.
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thìo-pang;
a board laid as a foot-bridge from one point to another; a gangway from the shore to a boat.
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tîeh phah thìo-pang cìaⁿ ŏi tit khí;
must lay a plank across and then we can get on boad.
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phah thìo tîeh phah ún-ún;
if you lay a temporary foot-bridge you must make it firm.
條
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To classify statements; to set down items in order; to arrange in sections.
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Cía sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤-nî thîo-thîn?
How is this matter to be lucidly set forth?
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íⁿ-keng soiⁿ thîo-thîn hó̤-hó̤ lío;
have already arranged the items, sections or statements in such order as to make the subject clear.
調
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To harmonize; to blend; to restore the peace; to adjust; to mix or compound; to tame; to temper; to regulate; to moderate; to tune; to find the tone of a character; to spell; to combine initials and finals according to tone, as in forming Chinese characters.
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lṳ́ kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai thîo-íang;
you must nurse your health.
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àiⁿ thîo-lí lâi tit huap;
will regulate it according to a system.
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i tńg khṳ̀ chù tó̤ thîo-ui;
he has gone home for medical treatment.
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i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài bŭ;
she is skillful in cookery.
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chíaⁿ kong-chin lai thîo-chú;
invite arbitrators to decide on the matter of settling the affair.
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thîo-hì;
lewd dalliance.
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phêⁿ ceh m̄ thîo;
the tones do not harmonize.
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thîo kàu i kâi hîⁿ hûa cìaⁿ hó̤ tôaⁿ;
tune the viols till they accord and then play.
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i kâi khì-hueh m̄ thîo-hûa;
his system is generally deranged.
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cía sĭ cîah lío m̄ sio kâi mâu-pēⁿ, tîeh cîah i sio-thîo;
this trouble arises from indigestion, and he must take something to assist digestion.
柱
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A pillar; a support.
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cîeh thĭo;
a stone column.
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thĭo kha;
the base of a pillar.
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thĭo tún;
the plinth.
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thĭo sin;
the shaft.
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thĭo téng;
the capital.
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ke thĭo;
a pillar of the family.
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chù thĭo;
a pillar of a house.
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m̄ hó̤ cò̤ êⁿ īa hó̤ cò̤ thĭo;
what will not do for a main beam, may do for a prop.
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i kâi lâk ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;
his strength is such that he can raise the beam to change the supporting pillar.
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sì thĭo;
the year, month, day and hour of birth.