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

抽

To take out with the hand; to lift; to levy or assess, as taxes; to select or draw, as a lot; to expand, as plants in spring; to raise water; to receive one’s portion; a tenth, a tithe; a fee.
cía cĭ cò̤-nî thiu-thâu?

What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?
thiu tàⁿ-thâu;

take the fees for porterage.
câp hūn thiu cêk hūn;

take a tithe of it.
thiu khí lâi;

take out a portion.
pûah lío būe lă cò̤ thiu cúi;

after gambling had not enough to pay the percentage charged as fees to the gambling house.
thiu cúi;

the portion kept as his fee by the one who holds the stakes in gaming.
cêk sin thiu-thìaⁿ;

had cramps all over me.
kha thiu kṳn;

had a cramp in the leg.
thiu huang;

cramps arising from a cold.
ēng cúi-thiu lâi thiu cúi;

take a syphon and draw off the water.
thiu chut lâi lío, lêng-ūaⁿ jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;

drew it out and then crowded it in again.
i thiu kha cáu;

he got up and went off.
ke it thiu;

another tenth.
m̄ ôiⁿ căi, put lêng thiu sin;

am very busy and can’t get away.
thiu sît ŭ jîeh cōi?

What is the net gain?
būe cêng tṳ̂ thiu;

have not yet subtracted the expenses.
sai thiu;

illegal fees.
thiu sim chut lâi;

take out the core.
thiu tîo lêng tŏa kùe khṳ̀;

sent out a tendril to run over it.
côih hô̤ sai thiu;

cut off the passage of boats, and levy illegal taxes on the passengers.
thiu tīo;

to draw out and reject.

幅

A facing; an edge; a hem.
sang pôiⁿ hĕ thiu;

face the two edges.
chíu-ńg àiⁿ hĕ thiu a m̆?

Do you want to face the edge of the sleeve?
ka lo̤h khṳ̀ tú-tú cûah thiu: tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ ka pò lâi có̤ thiu;

in cutting it out, there lacks just the facing: you must buy another piece for the facing.
ŭ thiu lí ío năi;

it will last longer if faced.
pi ke nŏ̤ kò̤ thiu, cêk pôiⁿ cêk kò̤;

lay on two more facings, one on either side.

刨

丑

The second of the twelve horary characters or branches; the second hour of the day, from 1 to 3 o’clock A.M, or the fourth watch; it is denoted by the ox, and astrologers say that persons born at this hour are likely to be dull.
thíu sî;

from one to three o’clock A.M.
thîu guêh;

the second month in the cycle of twelve.
thíu-kieh;

the merry-andrews in a play.
i tó̤ cò̤ thíu;

he acts the part of buffoon.
koi put lî thíu;

the fowls will always crow in the fourth watch.

Irresolute; undecided; unable to get on.
i hŵn-lío thîu-thû, m̄ cêk-kwt;

he is still wavering and uncertain.
thîu-thû ku-ā jîthŵn būe chut m̂ng;

has been able to make up his mind whether he would go during several days and has not yet started.
i cò̤-nî cêk lō thîu-thû kàu cièⁿ kú hŵn būe lâi?

How is it that he has delayed on the road so long and has not yet arrived?
úa thóiⁿ i kâi ì sĭ thîu-thîu thû-thû, phah-sǹg būe tīaⁿ;

I see that he intends to keep putting it off, his mind not being made up about it.

籌

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