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

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蓪

• thong-cháu;

  the Aralia papyrifera*, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.

• châng-phàⁿ cū sĭ thong-cháu cò̤ kâi;

  pith-paper is made from this herbaceous plant.

通

• To see clearly; to perceive; to make known to others; to have dealings or political relations with; to communicate.

• i kâi tó lăi nĕ thong-thong;

  he is very clear-headed.

• hṳ́ khí nâng cn̂g kâi m̄ thong;

  such people do not take in the meaning at all.

• i cn̂g kâi m̄ thong chêng;

  he does not at all understand the state of affairs.

• cí lăi tîeh khui khṳt i thong huang cē;

  this must be opened to let the air in.

• phīⁿ sak kín, m̄ thong khí;

  my nose is stopped up so that I cannot breathe through it.

• cē phah ka1-thì khì cū thong;

  as soon as you sneeze the passages will be opened.

• i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ phah thong khṳ̀;

  the two have an understanding with each other.

• àm-cĕⁿ soiⁿ thong pīn;

  secretly came to an understanding with each other beforehand.

• úa àm-cĕⁿ thong lṳ́, lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai ṳ̆-pĭ;

  I give you an inkling of it, that you may prepare for it.

• thong-sṳ̄;

  an interpreter.

• i cò̤ thong-sṳ̄;

  he is the linguist employed in the transaction of business.

• thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;

  are generally designated as teachers.

• lō-mn̂g m̄ thong;

  the way is not open.

• sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi pìen thong;

  the thing must accommodate itself to circumstances.

• thong tâk sì-chêng;

  well versed in affairs.

• i khṳ̀ thong-tâng i;

  he went and informed then.

• sie thong;

  intercommunicating.

• thong cai;

  to notify.

寵

• To think much of.

• hṳ́ kâi sĭ i cùe thóng-ài kâi chiap;

  that is his favorite concubine.

• hṳ́ lăihùaⁿ nâng cū sĭ cí kâi sĭang tit thóng;

  of all those in there this is the one that is most beloved.

塚

• A sepulcher.

• bói cêk kò̤ tī cò̤ ngĭ-thóng;

  buy a piece of land for a potter’s field.

• líu lô̤h khṳ̀ hṳ́ tói ŭ kháu kó thóng;

  in digging down we found an old tomb below.

• múaⁿ-tī kò̤ cǹng kàu kio ngĭ-thóng-po hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  graves are everywhere as thick as in a public cemetery.

冡

• Eminent; honorable.

• thóng-cái;

  the premier.

• thóng-cái cū sĭ cái-sìang;

  the premier is the prime minister.

統

• Total, entire, general, all under one head; to control, to rule.

• thiⁿ ĕ cêk thóng;

  the whole empire is under one sway.

• úa àiⁿ phah kàu kui thóng;

  I wish to get the monopoly of it.

• cóng-tok thóng-sôk bûn bṳ́;

  the governor controls both the civilians and military men.

• thói-thóng;

  one’s character.

• màiⁿ bô̤ thói-thóng;

  do not disgrace yourself.

• thóng-kāng ŭ jîeh cōi?

  What is the sum total?

• ēng tī-tîang cò̤ cóng-thóng?

  Whom does he employ as factotum?

• pō-kun thóng-nía;

  the commander in chief of the infantry at Peking.

痛

• Heart-rending; distressing; with energy; extremely; painfully.

• thòng-khùai;

  to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.

• mēⁿ khṳ̀ thòng-khùai căi;

  scolded until he felt perfectly content.

• ūe tàⁿ kàu thòng-khùai căi;

  talked until she had talked herself out.

• i ín-keng thòng kói côiⁿ hui;

  he has sincerely repented of his past errors.

童

• A youth, a lad, a student; boyish, youthful; undefiled, pure.

• thông-lâm;

  a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.

• thông-ńng;

  a virgin.

• thông-cṳ́;

  a boy.

• ke-thông;

  servants; young men, hired or bought, or born in the house.

• sîn thông;

  a bright lad.

• nín kùi kūiⁿ kháu-kà ŭ jîeh cōi thông-seng?

  How many youths attend the examinations in your district?

• i hieⁿ-lí chûn nŏ̤ kâi lău-thông tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  there are only two candidates for degrees, who have for a long time been such, remaining in their village.

• cṳ-thông;

  students.

• îeh-thông;

  medical students.

• bûn-thông, bú-thông;

  candidates for degrees, civil or military.

• i cîah kàu hô̤h hwt thông ngŵn;

  he has a rosy face and hoary hair.

• i cṳ̆ sòi síu thông-ceng;

  he took vows of chastity in his youth.

• i hŵn-lío sĭ hăi-thông khì;

  he is still youthful in his feelings.

• saⁿ-câp būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;

  one is a youth so long as he is not past thirty.

瞳

• The pupil of the eye.

• i kâi mâk thìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi gāi tîeh thông-jîn a bŏi?

  Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?

• i kâi thông-jîn en̂g kâi bū;

  the pupils of his eyes have a cloudy look all over them.

• lêk cúi kẁn thông-jîn;

  a cataract has spread over the pupil.

• i kâi thông-jîn pêh-bū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

  his pupil is an opaque white, and he cannot see at all.

**幢幡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/幢幡)thông-hwn116

• Streamers; pendant screens; pendant scrolls of silk before a shrine.

• cêk sang thông-hwn hĭⁿ-kau;

  a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.

同

• Alike; identical; matched.

• tăi thông sío ĭ;

  the difference is less than the similarity.

• thông cṳ́;

  one born in the same year.

洞

• To understand thoroughly; to see through a subject; acquainted with.

• i ío thōng-sek mîn-chêng;

  he understands human nature.

• cía tîeh ŭ thōng-sek cía sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi lí;

  this must be managed by someone who understands such business.