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

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多

• Excessive; very; mostly; many, much, numerous.

• to̤ sṳ̄;

  officious; many affairs on hand.

• to̤ ūe;

  loquacious.

• put kùe to̤ sío;

  no great quantity.

• chûn kàu to̤ kúaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  have only a small amount left.

• to̤ mông lṳ́ àiⁿ-sieh;

  hope for your kind favor.

• to̤ sīa;

  many thanks.

• cha put to̤;

  no great difference; nearly the same.

• i sĭang téng to̤ sim to̤ sṳ̄;

  he is full of schemes.

• sam to̤;

  sons, wealth, and years.

• i kâi sṳ̄ sĭang to̤ twn;

  his business is of numerous sorts.

刀

• A knife; a cleaver; a cimeter.

• cêk ki to̤;

  one knife.

• to̤ kìam;

  swords.

• to̤ thap;

  a sheath for a knife.

• to̤ pèⁿ;

  knife handle.

• to̤ nêk;

  the blade.

• to̤ pù;

  the blunt edge of the blade.

• to̤ búe;

  the point.

• to̤ tun;

  the knife is dull.

• to̤ lāi;

  the knife is sharp.

• côih chài to̤;

  a chopping-knife.

• ie-to̤;

  a dagger.

• sang to̤;

  a pair of knives.

• tōa kwn to̤;

  a claymore.

• to̤ tiam;

  a knife and chopping-block.

• kău to̤;

  a thick knife used is splitting fire-wood.

• cám bé to̤;

  a cleaver used in war to disable horses.

• mŏng to̤ hue;

  exercise with a broadsword.

• tek hîeh to̤;

  a two edged sword.

• ka-to̤;

  shears.

• ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;

  scissors.

• lîam to̤;

  a sickle or bill-hook.

都

• In general; altogether; probably.

• i to̤ àiⁿ;

  le; he wants it.

• úa to̤ m̄ khṳ̀;

  I am not going.

• i to̤ lău lío;

  he is already old.

• i pâi tńg to̤ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  that is the way it was before.

• i to̤ bô̤ le;

  he has none.

短

• Short; brief; contracted; short-comings.

• àiⁿ tn̂g kâi a tó̤ kâi?

  Do you want a long one or a short one?

• tó̤ mīaⁿ;

  short-lived.

• thiⁿ tn̂g, mīaⁿ tó̤;

  time is long and life short.

• tang thiⁿ-sî jît tó̤;

  the days are short in winder.

• bŏi khah tn̂g bŏi khah tó̤;

  neither too long nor too short.

• m̄ tn̂g m̄ tó̤, kah kah;

  neither longer nor shorter, but just the right length.

• cí khí li tn̂g, hṳ́ khí li tó̤;

  the one is too short, the other too long.

• tó̤-tó̤ kâi;

  a very short one.

• jú tó̤ jú hó̤;

  the short the better.

• cía kang-hu ío tó̤ lō;

  this is a short job.

• tó̤ căm;

  by short stages.

• khùi tó̤;

  short winded.

• i khṳ̀ tàⁿ i kâi tó̤ chù;

  he went and told of his short-comings.

臥

• To lie down.

• i tŏ̤ mîn-chn̂g kò̤ tó̤ tó̤;

  he is lying down on the bed.

• tín-tó̤ khùn-kíaⁿ-ni;

  lie down and rest a little while.

• lô̤h khṳ̀ tó̤;

  take a rest lying down.

• liêk căi, tîeh lâi tó̤ siap-sî;

  very weary, and must lie down a few moments.

**在彼](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/在彼)tó̤941

A contraction of tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ or tŏ̤ cí kò̤. It gives the accompanying verb a participial form.

• i tó̤ ciu;

  she is making her toilet.

• i tó̤ cáu;

  he is running away.

• i tó̤ ût;

  he is lying down.

• i tó̤ khàu;

  he is crying.

倒

• To fall over; to prostrate; to throw one’s self down.

• lèng i tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

  pushed it over.

• lâi tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ût cē;

  lie down and take a nap.

• phah tó̤;

  knock over.

• kâi tó̤ tang, kâi tó̤ sai, īa m̄ gût hó̤;

  laid first one way and then the other and could not sleep in any position.

• jṳ́ kàu mih mûeh tó̤-lî-tien-táu;

  knocked things about till they were all topsy-turvy.

• i kâi chù tó̤ kàn lī-lī;

  his house has tumbled down flat.

• i pēⁿ kàu tó̤ chn̂g;

  she is sick abed.

• tó̤ tī bûe;

  plums that have fallen to the ground.

• tó̤ lô̤h cháu-po cū ût khṳ̀;

  threw himself upon the turf and went to sleep.

• tó̤ lô̤h cū ût;

  as soon as I threw myself down I went to sleep.

• tī-tîang káⁿ khṳ̀ tó̤ i kâi tâng-kî?

  Who dare throw down the gauntlet?

• i cêk seⁿ nâng khí tó̤ ūn;

  he has had fluctuating luck all his life.

• chīu khṳt huang phah tó̤ khṳ̀;

  the tree has been blown down by the wind.

• cang kha thak tó̤;

  kicked it over.

• lô̤h kú hŏ, chîeⁿ tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

  the wall fell after a long rain.

• pûah-tó̤ tŏ̤ thô-tī;

  fell prostrate upon the ground.

• kîaⁿ lío lŏi-lŏi tó̤;

  staggered as if about to fall.

• tîeh lâi tú cìaⁿ bo̤ĭ tó̤;

  must brace it up then it won’t fall.

• kâi lâu lōi-lōi, àiⁿ tó̤ àiⁿ tó̤;

  the tower is toppling and about to fall.

• khṳt i tiak tó̤ khṳ̀;

  was hit and knocked down by him.

• lîah-tó̤ cū phah;

  seized, threw down, and beat.

• hì-pêⁿ tó̤ lío tăⁿ sieⁿ nŏ̤ nâng;

  the stage fell and injured two persous by crushing them.

**屋地](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/屋地)tò̤879

• The ground which forms the floor of a house.

• sàu tò̤;

  sweep the floor.

• sie lûn sàu tò̤;

  take turns in cleaning the floor.

得

• Can; may; able to do.

• úa thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  I do not understand it when I hear it.

• úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  I do not know what to say.

• i cò̤ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  he does not know how to do it.

• jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  cannot identify it.

倒

• To turn over, or upside down; to pour out; to invert; to subvert; on the contrary.

• tò̤ cho̤h tê lâi;

  pour out some tea.

• sieh nâng tò̤ chin-chĭeⁿ hēng nâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  loves people and appears as it he hated them.

• màiⁿ tin-tò̤ pàng;

  do not set it upside down.

• i tŏ chù téng tin-tò̤-thâu sût-lô̤h lâi;

  he fell head foremost from the roof.

• sua-pà kîaⁿ lío tò̤-thām tò̤-thām nē;

  kept slipping backward when walking on the sand bank.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ tò̤ m̄-hó̤;

  it is all spoilt again.

• tò̤ cín, tò̤ în;

  to buy wine and oil.

• tōa kâi tin-tò̤ m̄ pat, sòi kâi tin-tò̤ pat;

  the eldest did not know it, while on the contrary the younger one did.

• tò̤-póiⁿ kùe lâi;

  invert it.

• tò̤-thâh khṳ̀;

  piled them in reverse order.

• tin-tò̤ tàⁿ; tò̤ tàⁿ;

  reversed the order of the words in speaking.

• tò̤ kîaⁿ;

  went backward.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ tin-tò̤ kîaⁿ hn̆g;

  that is retrograding very much.

• tò̤ khap lô̤h khṳ̀;

  made the imprint bottom upward.

• i tò̤-thò̤;

  he drew back.

• i tò̤-thò̤ jîp khṳ̀;

  she withdrew into the house.

• kè tò̤-thût;

  he came down in the price.

• tò̤ cíe;

  came down to less.

• tò̤ kíam;

  diminish the amount demanded.

• hó̤ kâi li kè tò̤ kíam, m̄-hó̤ kâi li kè tò̤ kûiⁿ;

  fixed the lower price on the best ones, and the higher price on the poor ones.

• tò̤ chah jîp khṳ̀;

  stuck it in wrong end first.

• kîu tò̤-tīe khui lâi;

  the ball rebounded.

• mn̂g sĭ tò̤-khui chut khṳ̀;

  the door swung outward instead of inward.

• i tó̤ tò̤-khô̤;

  she declines to take it at the price she brought him to accept.

• khṳt i tò̤ hîam;

  was reproved by him in return.

• tò̤-kiu;

  to draw back.

• tò̤ tńg;

  to turn back.

• tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;

  to walk backwards.

• tò̤-wn khṳ̀;

  went by a round-about way.

• khîeh khṳ̀ tò̤ tīo;

  take it and pour it off.

• lîah lâi tò̤-tìo;

  seize him, and hang him head downwards.

• hùe-mûeh taⁿ tò̤ lâi pôih khṳ̀;

  the goods are now being taken back to the place they were brought from.

• tah lío tò̤-céng;

  after putting it on the swelling still increased.

• buah lío tò̤-thìaⁿ;

  after anointing it, the pain began again.

• i kâi tùi-lîn tin-tò̤ tìo;

  his scrolls are hung wrong end upward.

• tò̤-sáng khṳ̀;

  grew thin again.

• hŏ cheⁿ tò̤;

  the rain is falling heavily again.

• hŏ li cheⁿ-khûang tò̤;

  the rain is again falling in torrents.

• saⁿ táu kaⁿ-ná tò̤ bô̤ lîap jîp hĭⁿ;

  of his three pecks of olives, I do not put one in my ear; I do not believe one word in a hundred of all that he speaks.

• cē tò̤ cek cū cai;

  reckon backwards and you will know; calculate what is gone by and you will see what is to come.

• jī màiⁿ tò̤-sía;

  do not write the letters in a reversed order.

• i kâi cṳ sêk kàu ŏi tin-tò̤-thâu līam;

  his lesson is so well learned that he can recite it backwards.

• màiⁿ tò̤ cêk-koiⁿ cúi;

  do not spill the water all over everything.

左

• The left.

• tò̤ kha;

  the left foot.

• tò̤ mâk;

  the left eye.

• tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ;

  on the left hand.

• si1a tò̤ chíu jī;

  write left-handed.

• lîm tò̤ chíu tṳ̄;

  use the chopsticks in the left hand.

• tò̤ chíu phiang;

  left-handed.

• tò̤ chíu sng, ūaⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu, cìaⁿ chíu sng, ūaⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu;

  when one hand aches change it to the other.

躱

• To conceal one’s self; to hide away; to skulk; to escape; to shun.

• tô̤-síam put kîp, khṳ̄t i sīa tîeh;

  did not dodge quickly enough, and was hit by his arrow.

• tô̤-pī m̄ lī, khṳt i thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  could not dodge out of sight and was seen by him.

• i ka-kī tô̤-bûa, cang pât nâng kio i tàⁿ ūe;

  he himself kept out of sight, and had some one else conduct the negociation.

• tô̤-pī tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

  slipped away to one side.

• tô̤-pī m̄ khṳ̀;

  could not escape it.

• tô̤ cè;

  to evade one’s creditors; take leg bail.

逃

• To abscond; to elude search; to desert; to flee; to escape; to hide; skulking.

• tô̤-cáu;

  to run away.

• i cêng kúai-tô̤ nâng kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;

  she has abducred people’s children.

• i tô̤ kun lío, m̆ káⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chṳ̀;

  after deserting from the army he dare not return home.

• i àiⁿ tô̤-cáu, tô̤ bŏi tit chut;

  he wished to flee, but could not get away.

• tô̤ jîp chim suanⁿ nâ lăi;

  fled into the recesses of the mountains.

• tô̤ kùe gūa kok;

  fled to another country.

• tô̤-pī;

  to escape, to evade.

• ŭ kúi kâi khṳt i tô̤ thut khṳ̀;

  several of them skulked off and escaped.

朶

• A cluster, a bunch.

• cêk tô̤ phû-thô̤;

  a bunch of grapes.

• ńng ki, ńng tô̤;

  felxible branches bearing succulent clusters.

• hīⁿ tô̤;

  the lobe of the ear.

• i khui lâi cék tô̤ cek tô̤;

  it grows in clusters.

鉈

• tô̤-cí;

  the weights of steelyards or balances.

• cí ki-chìn kâi tô̤-cí m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;

  the weight of this steelyard is missing.

道

• tŏ̤-lí;

  a doctrine which the mind approves; the path in which one ought to go.

• thŵn tŏ̤-lí;

  to preach; to promulgate the truth.

• hâh tŏ̤-lí;

  in accordance with correct principles.

• i ŭ tŏ̤-lí;

  he has correct reason on his side.

在

• To consist in; to exist; to dwell; to be; to be in.

• tŏ̤ mē?

  Is it there?

• tŏ̤;

  it is here.

• tŏ̤ a m̄ tŏ̤?

  Is he here or not?

• bô̤ tŏ̤;

  is absent.

• tŏ̤ cí kò̤;

  in this place.

• pàng tŏ̤ cí kò̤;

  put it here.

• i tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

  Where is he?

• àiⁿ pàng tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

  Where do you want it put?

• tŏ̤ tī kò̤ nē?

  Where?

• bô̤ nâng bŏ̤;

  there is nobody there.

• tī-tîang tŏ̤?

  Who si there?

• thâu-ke tŏ̤ mē?

  Is the master in?

• thâu-ke-nîe bô̤ tŏ̤;

  the mistress is not at home.

• sim m̄ tŏ̤;

  his thoughts are elsewhere.

• sĭ tŏ̤ ŭ sì, m̄ sĭ tŏ̤ ŭ lâk;

  it lies in practice, not in strength.

• tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng;

  on the hill-top.

• cē tŏ̤ i mâk cū tŏ̤ i chùi;

  he at once has everything he fancies.

• tŏ̤ lâu téng;

  up stairs.

• sî-sî tŏ̤;

  ever present.

• kò̤-kò̤ tŏ̤;

  omnipresent.

• tŏ̤ lṳ́;

  it is your affair; do as you please.

• sĭ tŏ̤ sim lăi, m̄ sĭ tŏ̤ gūa mīn;

  it is internal and not external.

• thóiⁿ m̄ tŏ̤ ngán-kài;

  does not give him any consideration.

• lṳ́ tīu tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

  Where do you reside?

• cêk ciah kha tâh tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ, cêk ciah kha tâh tŏ̤ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

  place one foot on this side and one on that side.

• cêk sim īu kù tŏ̤ cí, cêk sim īu kù tŏ̤ hṳ́;

  his mind was divided between this and that.

• tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤, tŏ̤ cí kò̤,

  are often contracted in speaking into *tó̤,* and have the effect of ing on the verb.

• i tó̤ cŏ;

  he is sitting.

• i tó̤ cîah;

  he is eating.

• i tó̤ thâk cṳ;

  he is reading.

• lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

  What are you doing?

• i pâk tŏ̤ kò̤;

  he is tied up.

• i só̤ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it was locked up.

• i cŏ̤ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  he was sitting down.

• i ût tŏ̤ kò̤;

  he is lying down.

• i pēⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  he was sick.

• tĭⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it is quite full.

• bô̤ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it is not there.

• ŭ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  what there is.

• cèng tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it is planted.

• tùe tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it is adhering to it.

• chah tŏ̤ kò̤;

  it is sticking in there.

• cōi tŏ̤ kò̤;

  there are many.

• cíe tŏ̤ kò̤;

  there are few.

• tŏ̤ i sin piⁿ kò̤;

  upon his person.

• tŏ̤ hái kîⁿ;

  on the sea shore.

• tŏ̤ suaⁿ kha;

  at the foot of the hill.

• tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;

  under the table.

• tŏ̤ lṳ́ kò̤;

  where you are.

• tŏ̤ úa kò̤;

  by me.

• tŏ̤ lō phâng;

  by the roadside.

• tŏ̤ koi chĭ;

  in the market.

• tŏ̤ thiⁿ;

  in the heavens.

• tŏ̤ tī;

  on the earth.

• tŏ̤ hìeⁿ-pôiⁿ;

  on the other side.

• tŏ̤ hṳ́ gūa mīn kò̤;

  on the outside there.

袋

• A bag, a sack, a pouch, a pocket, a purse, a case, a covering; to inclose and protect things.

• saⁿ tō̤;

  a pocket in a dress.

• khǹg tŏ̤ saⁿ-tō̤ tói;

  put it into his pocket.

• cṳ-cheh tō̤;

  a satchel for books.

• pò-tō̤;

  a cloth bag.

• hun-tō̤;

  a tobacco pouch.

• ngṳ̂n tō̤;

  a purse.

• kńg chō̤ lô̤h kńg-tō̤;

  put the essay into the satchel carried by candidates at an examination.

• sìⁿ-tō̤ kò̤ cîam ki sìⁿ chut lâi;

  took a fan out of a fan-case.

• cía kè-cîⁿ cū kah pin tō̤;

  this price just suits my purse.

• keng-tō̤;

  a quiver.

• ang-chun tō̤;

  a bag in which fighting quails are carried.

• âk-kìaⁿ tō̤;

  a spectacle-case.

• în-cí tō̤;

  a cartridge-box.

• mîⁿ-tō̤;

  cotton bales.

• lâi ŭ kúi choiⁿ tō̤ bí;

  several thousand bags of rice have arrived.

• ēng chûn pùaⁿ tō̤;

  have half a bag of it remaining.

• cháu-tō̤;

  gunny bags.

**代](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/代)tō̤845

• A generation; a reign.

• nî tō̤ kú-ẃn;

  endures forever.

• ngŏ tō̤ tâng tn̂g;

  five generations living at one time.

• nín tâng sí-có kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi tō̤?

  How many generations have there been between the founter of your family and yourselves?

• puaⁿ tŏ̤ cí-kò̤ chàng hieⁿ kàu taⁿ ŭ kúi tō̤?

  How many generations have elapsed since they moved here and founded this village?

嗛

• The pouch of a monkey or marmot; to hold in the pouch or chops.

• i nŏ̤ kâi kâu-tō̤ cū tō̤ hô̤h cōi mûeh;

  he can hold a great many things in his cops at once.

• i thau cîah lío, hŵn-lío tō̤ nŏ̤ tō̤ tŏ̤ chùi-tèng;

  after eating it in on the sly, he still has two chops full in his chops.