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

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堤

• A dike; a bund; a causeway.

• thó̤ i khṳ̀ sak toi;

  ask them to give him over to stop up a breach in tho dike with.

• kak chù kâi toi-ngăi kien-kù;

  the embankments everywhere are strong.

• toi piⁿ;

  beside the causeway.

• toi kha;

  the base of the causeway.

• kîaⁿ tùe toi téng khṳ̀;

  went along on the top of the dike.

• co̤h toi;

  make a dike.

• phài nâng khṳ̀ tok toi;

  depute some one to superintend the work on a dike.

• pang toi;

  the caving in of a dike.

• siu toi;

  repair the dike.

• cúi pûaⁿ toi;

  the water comes in over the dike.

襠

• The crotch of a pair of trowsers.

• làng tói khò;

  a child’s open trowsers.

• cí kâi khò kâi khò-tói chēng lâi khah tau-pâk;

  these trowsers are too tight in the crotch.

• khò-tói màiⁿ ka khah thūi tó;

  do not cut the trowsers so that they will be baggy in the crotch.

底

• The base; the bottom; below; underneath; to reach the bottom.

• ūaⁿ kâi kha-tháng tói;

  put a new bottom in a wash tub.

• tîm tŏ̤ hái-tói;

  sink to the bottom of the sea.

• sṳ̄ àiⁿ lí kàu thiet-tói;

  will settle the affair thoroughly.

• úa cai i kâi tói-sòi;

  I know all its details.

• tói teh-thâp khṳ̀;

  the bottom has been crushed in by the weight above.

• tùe tŏ̤ úaⁿ tói kâi tîeh sói cheng-khih;

  you must wash out all that adheres to the bottom of the bowl.

• hṳ́ tói thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hīn-hīn;

  can see the bottom plainly.

• bô̤ tói;

  bottomless.

• thìo lô̤h khṳ̀ khĭa tŏ̤ céⁿ tói;

  jumped down and stood in the bottom of the well.

• ŏi cŏ̤ tói a bŏi?

  Has it sunk to the bottom?

• ôi-tói;

  the sole of a shoe.

• bûeh-tói tîeh chẁn bâk cē;

  the soles of the stockings must be darned to make them thick.

• mâk tói hó̤ căi;

  is sharp eyed.

• thn̄g m̄ kàu hṳ́ tói;

  did not probe to the bottom of it.

• i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi ŭ áu tói siaⁿ;

  he speaks with a resonant voice.

• i kâi khek chìe lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ, ŭ âu tói;

  his ballads are well sung, with a fine volume of sound.

• i kâi cûn tói sĭ tèng tâng kâi;

  the bottom of the vessel is coppered.

裏

• The inside; inner; within.

• m̄ căi i sim tói cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;

  do not know what he thinks in his heart.

• khǹg tŏ̤ tû tói;

  put it away in the cupboard.

• hṳ́ tói tang m̄ cai iu-ŭi co̤-nî;

  do not know what is the matter with it inside; do not know what is the real trouble in the case.

• thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;

  probe it down to the inmost part.

• i tìam tŏ̤ khang tói;

  he hides in his hole.

• chùi tói kâm mih kâi?

  What has she got in her mouth?

• chíu tói tĕⁿ sĭm mûeh?

  What does he clasp in his hand?

• mng tŏ̤ cí tói;

  here it is in here.

• pàng tŏ̤ keh tói;

  put in in the drawer.

抵

• To stay up; to hold away; to ward off.

• tói tit cŭ a tói m̄ cŭ?

  Can you by pushing against it, stop it from falling?

• bô̤ mûeh hó̤ tói i;

  have nothing to oppose to its onset.

• tîn-pâi li hó̤ tói, to̤ li hó tok;

  ward off with the shield, and hack with the sword.

蹄

• A hoof, solid or cleft.

• b2 tôi, tṳ tôi;

  the hoofs of horses and of swine.

• cò̤ sang thih-ôi pâk pàng bé tôi kò̤;

  make a pair of iron shoes and fasten them on the horse’s hoof.

• ah tôi kha;

  splay-footed.

• îeⁿ-tôi cháu;

  the dock, used as a vermifuge.

題

• A theme, a subject for writing upon; the title or argument of a book; an inscription; to subscribe; to write; to compose.

• kíaⁿ-jît chut sĭm-mih tôi?

  What is the subject given out to-day as the theme of the essays?

• tôi-mâk chut a būe?

  Has the list of themes been given out yet?

• tôi-thâu soiⁿ sía;

  write the title first.

• sì su tôi;

  common topics.

• kiaⁿ tôi;

  classical subjects.

• lūn tôi;

  argumentative themes.

• si tôi;

  subject of a poem.

• hù tôi;

  subject of an ode.

• cheh mn̄g tôi;

  subject of inquiry.

• tōa tôi, sòi tôi;

  an important or unimportant topic.

• cía cū sĭ síe tôi tōa cò̤;

  this is making much of a small matter.

• i cang cì kù ūe khîa cò̤ tōa tôi mâk;

  he is making a great deal out of these few words.

• cìa sĭ lâng tôi siang kháu kâi ūe;

  this is a hard problem to solve; it is a difficult job.

• tôi tîo si tŏ̤ piah-téng;

  write verses on a wall.

• tôi cîⁿ;

  to subscribe an amount of money.

• ŭ nâng tôi ke ŭ nâng tôi kíam;

  some subscribed more and some less.

• ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi tàⁿ hue, ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi ki sam;

  some subscribed a certain number of picals of lime, and some subscribed several sticks of timber.