着
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To touch slightly; to hit gently.
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chíu tiaⁿ tîeh hūang-hūang kún;
it feels boiling hot to the hand.
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m̄-hó tiaⁿ tîeh i;
do not touch it.
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khi-khi nē, tiaⁿ tîeh cū tò̤ tīo;
it is tilted up so that it will be upset by the slightest touch.
釜
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A caldron; a hemispherical boiler, without legs.
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hîaⁿ cek̆ tíaⁿ cúi;
heat an iron pan full of water.
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cang tíaⁿ ngâu chài;
take the iron pan to seethe the vegetables.
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tíaⁿ-kám-tîeh khàm miⁿ;
put the kettle-cover on tightly.
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kueh tíaⁿ;
scrape the soot off the bottom of the caldron.
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chìu tíaⁿ;
scour the caldron.
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tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
a small iron pan.
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chá-tíaⁿ;
a frying pan.
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cí kâi tíaⁿ sĭ seⁿ cù kâi a sĭ thih cù kâi?
Is this caldron made of steel or of iron?
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tíaⁿ lĭu;
an iron shovel used with a caldron.
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tíaⁿ bô;
the mould for casting a caldron.
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pó tíaⁿ;
to mend a caldron.
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tùi tíaⁿ; ūaⁿ tíaⁿ;
exchange a cracked caldron for a whole one.
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tíaⁿ pit lío;
there is a crack in the caldron.
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húe màiⁿ khah méⁿ, màiⁿ pek lîh tíaⁿ;
do not have your fire so hot as to crack the caldron.
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màiⁿ táng kàu húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;
do not wait until the fire has heated the bottom of the caldron before you make ready to use it.
着
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A final particle, following a verb and giving force to its meaning.
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ût tìaⁿ luh;
drink it lying down.
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lṳ́ khîeh tìaⁿ;
you take it.
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m̄ tîeh cŏ̤ tìaⁿ cîah, màiⁿ khĭa pàng kò̤ cū tó̤ cîah;
why do you not sit down and eat, instead of standing round and eating.
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hàm i thóiⁿ tìaⁿ;
tell him to look well at it.
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a-nôⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ phŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
come, child, I will hold you.
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hàm i khĭa tìaⁿ;
tell him to stand up.
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lṳ́ hó̤ cŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
you should sit down.
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lṳ́ tâh tìaⁿ;
you step on it.
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cang kùa khàm tìaⁿ;
take the cover and set it on.
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i tîeh hó̤ hû tìaⁿ;
he must pusli upward.
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màiⁿ jît tìaⁿ;
do not press down upon it.
場
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An area of level giound, set apart for special uses; an open plat; an arena used for special purposes, as drill, gaming, theatricals or executions.
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hue-tîaⁿ;
a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.
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i tó̤ cò̤ îam-tîaⁿ-kuaⁿ;
he is the salt commissioner.
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phâk chek kâi chek-tîaⁿ;
an area made for drying paddy in the sun.
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cêk tîaⁿ îam khṳt cúi lâu tīo khṳ̀;
the whole salt-pan of salt was washed away.
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chù mīn-côiⁿ kâi tîaⁿ khuah-khuah;
the open court before the house is very spacious.
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i kâi chù ŭ gūa-tîaⁿ a bô̤?
Is there an open court in their house?
呈
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To state to a superior; to complain to; a plea, a state ment; to hand in a petition.
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cò̤ tîaⁿ;
write a plea or complaint.
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jîp tîaⁿ;
enter a complaint before an official.
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i khṳ̀ sù tîaⁿ;
he has gone to defend himself against an accusation.
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ngŵn tîaⁿ, pĭ tîaⁿ;
statement and counterstatement; complaint and rejoinder.
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siu ŭ jîeh cōi tîaⁿ sṳ̂;
received a great number of formal accusations, and of counter-representations.
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kuaⁿ ka-kī chut lâi siu tîaⁿ;
the magistrate himself came forth and took the written paper containing the complaint.
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tîaⁿ bô̤ khap chok, m̄ cai ŭ siu a bô̤;
do not know whether a charge that has not a seal set upon it, will be taken in at the yamun or not.
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âng tîaⁿ;
an accusation written on red paper and without a seal.
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sek tîaⁿ;
a complaint written on ruled white paper and sealed.
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thŵn tîaⁿ;
a written charge, forwarded through to the yamun on other than the regular days for receiving such papers.
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hăng tîaⁿ;
a charge sent in to the yamun ou the regular days for receiving complaints.
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phoiⁿ tîaⁿ;
to officially consider a formal complaint.
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jîp ho̤h cōi tieⁿ tîaⁿ hŵn-lío m̄ cún;
have entered ever so many pleas at the yamun, and have as yet had no examination of my case granted me.
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tŏ̤ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tîaⁿ khòng;
have formally appealed to the district magistrate.
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tîaⁿ thâu siu, thâu thóiⁿ, thâu mn̄g;
entertained, inspected, and inquired into the complaint all at the same time.
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chau tîaⁿ;
copy out a charge that has been entered at the yamun.
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tîaⁿ kó̤;
draft of a petition.
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tîaⁿ cúa;
paper on which pleas are written.
錠
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An ingot or shoe of bullion.
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ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;
ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.
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khîeh cêk tĭaⁿ ûang-pó̤ khṳ̀ táu;
take a shoe of silver and exchange it for small coin.
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cêk kâi pit tĭaⁿ jû-ì kâi teng;
lanterns that resemble a pen, an ingot, and a brooch.
定
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Fixed, secure, tranquil, steady; used after an expression to enforce it; really, certainly, absolutely; brought to a proper state; at rest, set; to fix, to settle on, to decide.
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cêk tīaⁿ put êk kâi;
fixed beyond all possibility of change.
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pit-tīaⁿ;
surely, positively.
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kio i tīaⁿ kâi chin tŏ̤-kò̤;
has secured a wife for him.
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tīaⁿ i saⁿ peh tàⁿ hue;
made a contract with him for three hundred piculs of lime.
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khîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i siu tīaⁿ;
gave him two dollars to bind the bargain.
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i ieh tīaⁿ móng jît àiⁿ lâi;
he promised positively to come ou a certain day.
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tàⁿ khṳ̀ bô̤ tīaⁿ-cún;
did not say definitely.
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bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
not exactly.
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hŵn-lío būe tīaⁿ;
it is not yet decided.
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cía m̄ tīaⁿ;
this is uncertain.
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i àiⁿ khîeh-tńg tīaⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
he wishes to give back the money that was given him to bind the bargain.
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chùn si ûi tīaⁿ;
every detail is fixed by contract.
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cîah i kâi tīaⁿ-thâu-ngṳ̂n;
made off with the money given to bind the contract.
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kâi ngṳ̂n cò̤ tīaⁿ;
a dollar paid as security.
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hàm i thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;
tell him to look at it in such a way as to he sure about it.
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thiaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
listen so carefully as to be certain what was said.
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jīn m̄ tīaⁿ;
not sure that this is the one.
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i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;
he acts in an irresolute way.
耳
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A final particle, intensifying what goes before.
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hṳ́ lăi nŏ̤ nâng tīaⁿ;
two persons were there and no more.
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toaⁿ i tó̤ cŏ̤ tīaⁿ;
only he was sitting there.
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cêk kù ūe tīaⁿ;
one word only.
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cêk jît tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;
one day and no more.
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chûn sì ngŏ nâng tīaⁿ;
there remained four or five persons only.
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cêk tńg tīaⁿ;
once and no more.
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cêk kâi tīaⁿ;
one alone.
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chûn cêk kùe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
a half day only remains.
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sĭang sĭm sĭ cièⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ;
this is the utmost.