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

丁

To jingle.
tin-tong-kìe; tin-tiang-kìe;

jingling.
tin-tong tin-tiang kâi sĭ sĭm mûeh híang?

What is it that makes that jingling sound?

顚

tin-tò̤;

upside down or end foremost; inverted.
sío lău-tia, khîa bé tin-tò̤ khîa;

a crazy god, riding with his face toward the tail of his horse.
tin-tò̤ pàng;

set it bottom upward.
màiⁿ tin-tò̤ khîeh;

do not take it by the wrong end.
tin-tò̤ tàⁿ;

reverse the clauses or words of a sentence when speaking.
tin-tò̤;

inverted from the proper order; placing last what ought to be first, or putting that above which should be below.

鎭

To keep in subjection; to keep in order; to protect and oversee; a mart, a great manufacturing place.
tìn-thâi;

brigadier general.
cí cêk séⁿ ŭ kúi kâi tōa chĭ-tiu;

this province has several great trading marts.
ēng i tó̤ tìn-iap tī-hng;

employ him to keep the place in order.
chíaⁿ lâi tìn thêh;

invite to come and keep evil influences out of the house.
i cŏ̤-tìn úa kâi tī-hng;

he has taken possession of my land.
tìn phò;

protect and care for a shop.
i sĭ lâi tìn-síu tī-hng kâi;

they are those who have come to keep watch and ward over the spot.

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籐

Creepers and trailing plants.
tîn-tîo;

rattans.
tîn si;

rattan shavings.
tîn n̂g;

gamboge.
tîn pèⁿ;

a rattan handle.
khîeh ki khue-tîn phah;

get a rattan and whip him.
i kâi tîn tŏa kàu hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;

the creeper has crept a great way.
tîn tói kâi íⁿ;

cane bottom chairs.
cí cang hue khṳt tîn tŏa sí khṳ̀;

this shrub has been killed by a creeper twining around it.
hun-kuah tîn;

sweet potato vines.
kue tîn;

melon vine.
chng tîn hĭⁿ;

put a rattan bail on it.
tîn-pâi;

a rattan shield.
mŏng tîn-pâi;

to fence, or defend one’s self with a shield.

塵

Dust, small particles, exhalations; the dusty world; troublous days.
tîn-ai;

dust that floats in the air and settles on things; cobwebs and flying atoms.
chù-téng kâi tîn-ai chóiⁿ cheng-khih;

sweep down all the dust from the roof-beams.
eng kàu cĕng-cĕng tîn-ai;

the dust has settled all over it.
seⁿ tîn-ai;

is dusty.
pŭaⁿ tīo tîn-ai;

brush off the dust.
thóiⁿ-kìⁿ côiⁿ-mīn kâi tîn-thâu chong-khí-lâi;

saw a cloud of dust rising ahead of them.
chin-chĭeⁿ kâi sien ńng hĭa hûam tîn;

like a fairy descending into this vexatious world.
tn̆g tíam tîn;

spotless; not a speck of dust on it.

謄

To transcribe.
n̂g-tîn;

a manifesto or address issued by the emperor himself, in times of trouble.
phang kîaⁿ n̂g-tîn;

issue a manifesto.

陣

A rank or file of soldiers; a battalion; an army; troops, forces; to place in rank, to set in array, to marshal; as a classifier, used to denote a gust, blast, burst or time; a shower; a short space; transitory; a little while.
tīn cīeⁿ bô̤ nīe chieⁿ;

in battle give no quarter.
cĭeⁿ tīn sie thâi;

go into battle.
pái sĭm-mih tīn-sì?

What show of force do they make?
i phah thâu-tīn soiⁿ khṳ̀;

they lead the van.
pāi tīn;

defeated in battle.
khîa bé khṳ̀ chong i kâi tīn;

mounted their horses and rushed upon their ranks.
cêk pôiⁿ pái tīn, cêk pôiⁿ phah tīn;

one side is posting the troops and the other side is breaking ranks.
chùang-jîp i kâi tīn-mn̂g;

press through the opening in the ranks.
mîⁿ-hûn tīn;

infatuated; besotted with.
cêk tīn cío pue tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;

a flock of birds flew over here in line.
thàu cêk tīn tōa huang;

a strong gust of wind came.
hía in cêk tīn cêk tīn cêk tīn lí-kẃn khí lâi;

the smoke keeps rising up in puffs.
cêk tīn huang ,cêk tīn hŏ;

each gust of wind is followed by a shower of rain.
húe-gû tīn;

a file of oxen with knives on their horns and fire-brands on their tails (used in battle to break the ranks of the enemy).
chĭeⁿ tīn;

elephants in file for battle.
chut cêk tīn kūaⁿ, pēⁿ cū hó;

if he can be made to sweat freely he will be better.

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