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

丢

To cast away or throw aside.
tiu tīo i;

throw it away.
tiu tīo pàng kò̤ lío cò̤ i khṳ̀;

threw it down and went off leaving it there.
màiⁿ khṳ̀ tiu i kâi líen;

do not go and blast his reputation.
táng i khṳt pât nâng tiu líen;

wait for his reputation to be blasted by some one else.
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tiu tīo bó, tiu tīo kíaⁿ, kio căi;

his thus casting off his wife and children is most unjustifiable.
tiu tit khui;

can discard it.

抶

To flog; to chastise; to whip.
cang khue-tîn tíu kàu i kìe m̄ káⁿ;

take a rattan and whip him till he says he won’t do so again.

籌

A tally; a tillot.
siah tîu;

whittle out tallies.
siu tîu;

take the tallies.
tek-tîu;

bamboo splints which serve as tallies.
cêk peh tàⁿ cò̤-nî káu-câp-káu ki-tîu?

How is it that there are but ninety nine tallies, when there have been a hundred loads brought?

綢

Thin, soft silk.
tîu tn̄g phò;

a silk shop.
húang tîu;

pongee.
mîⁿ tîu;

a stuff made of mixed cotton and silk.
kóiⁿ tîu;

coarse silk serge.
âng tîu;

plain thin red silk.
lêng tîu;

thick fine pongee.
pêh tîu;

plain white silk.
hîuⁿ àiⁿ kah sù-tîu lí;

am going to put a lining of plain silk in the wadded tunic.

苧

China-grass, a plant like a nettle, a species of flax, from which grass-cloth is made.
úa àiⁿ ēng tĭu lâi cò̤ so̤h, màiⁿ ēng mûaⁿ;

I wish to have the rope made of China-grass, not of hemp.
ēng tĭu kṳn khṳ̀ pû cúi cîah;

take the roots of China-grass, steep them, and drink the infusion.
tîu-pò;

grass-cloth.
ìuⁿ tĭu, cho tĭu;

fine and coarse grass-cloth.
pêh tĭu, o tĭu, lâm tĭu;

white, black, and blue grass-cloth.
pńg sek tĭu;

unbleached grass-cloth, having its natural yellowish color.
tĭu hâng;

a ware-house where grass-cloth is bought and sold at wholesale.
cí cho̤h tĭu àiⁿ ceh cò̤ còi;

am going to splice these fibers, making them into thread ready for weaving.
keⁿ tĭu-pò;

weave grass cloth.
mîⁿ tĭu;

cotton and linen

稻

Rice when growing in the field.

pò tĭu;

to transplant young rice.
kuah tĭu;

to harvest rice.
tĭu kó̤-cháu;

rice straw.
kū nî kâi cá tĭu îaⁿ kùe câp gûeh tang kâi tĭu;

last year the rice of the early crop was better than that harvested in the tenth month.
phah kâi tĭu tîaⁿ;

make an area for drying paddy.
tĭu-thâu;

stubble from the rice fields.
múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kâi tĭu-phîe ngía căi;

the growing rice everywhere is very beautiful.
nín kò̤ kâi tĭu kuah a būe?

Is the rice harvest gathered yet at your place?
tĭu-sūi;

heads of rice.
tĭu-kó̤;

rice stalks.
tĭu-sūi tōa kah pá, tĭu-kó̤ khṳt i thūi kàu ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

the heads of the rice are large and full, so that the stalks are dragged down flat by their weight.
cía cúi ŏi cìm tīo náng kâi tĭu a bŏi?

Is it likely that this freshet will submerge and spoil our rice?
siu khí tĭu lío cū sṳ̆-lí lâi cèng bêh;

when the rice is gathered in, we prepare to plant the wheat.

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