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

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藉

• To bolster up.

• thoih kàu nĕ ńng-ńng;

  bolster it up very carefully.

• hṳ́ ĕ tîeh ŭ mûeh thoih, cìaⁿ bŏi tiaⁿ-cŭang tīo;

  there must be something soft put under it, then it will not be broken by a thump.

• hṳ́ ĕ thoih kò̤ tê-tĭen sĭ chiu-kue-phûe;

  the mat which is under the tea-pot is a vegetable sponge.

嘽

• To pant, as horses do.

• hía bé kiaⁿ kàu thôih;

  the horse pants from fright.

奄

• To gasp, as if in death.

• thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thôih-a-thôih, hŵn-lío cîah ke ku-ā nî;

  looked as if gasping his last breath and yet lived for many more years.

• khùn kàu tó̤ thôih;

  so nearly exhausted that he gasps.

• i khùn-jîak căi, tàⁿ bŏ̤ kù ūe, cū tó̤ thôih;

  he is very weak, and gasps if he speaks a word.