托
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To uphold on the palm.
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cang chíu kâi i tho̤h tīaⁿ;
take your hand and hold it steady, pushing upward.
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i bo̤ mih lâk, tho̤h m tîo;
she is not very strong, and cannot hold it up over her head.
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i kâi chíu tèng tho̤h kâi thah;
he holds a pagoda on his palm.
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i kâi lâk tōa căi, ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;
he has great strength, and can support a roof-beam while the pillar below is being replaced.
託
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To charge with; to commission; to intrust to; to engage one to do; to trust in; to ask; to use as a pretext.
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tho̤h hok;
I am well, thank you, a contraction of tho̤h lṳ́ lâu-nâng-ke kâi hok, I have availed myself of your favor to be happy.
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tho̤h pì;
by your auspices.
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m̄-hó̤ tho̤h i;
do not entrust it to him.
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i lâi tho̤h nâng-chêng;
he has come to ask a favor.
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cí kâi phêng-íu sĭ hó̤ tho̤h chi kìa cṳ́ kâi;
this friend is one to whose care one might commit his wife and children.
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tho̤h-kù m̄ khṳ̀;
that will not answer as a a pretext.
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sĭu nâng só̤ tho̤h;
have a commission to attend to.
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úa ŭ cêk huang sìn àiⁿ pài tho̤h lṳ́ kìa;
I have a letter that I wish to commit to your care.
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cía sṳ̄ lṳ́ thóiⁿ hó̤ hù-tho̤h i a m̄-hó̤?
Do you think it would be will to entrust this business to him?
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tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa bói;
commission you to buy some for me.
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àiⁿ tho̤h nâng lí;
will put it into the hands of some one who will attend to it.
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i to bŏi tàⁿ ūa lṳ́ cò̤ hó̤ tho̤h i tàⁿ ūe;
as he si no talker, why do you entrust the negotiation to him.
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bŏi hŭ só̤ tho̤h cū hó̤;
if he does not neglect to do whath e was charged with all will be well.
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i sĭ tho̤h ko kâi tăi chîn;
he is a nobleman who might be trusted as the guardian of an orphan prince.
鴕
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tho̤h-cío;
the ostrich, or cassowary of the Indian Archipelago.