Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/taⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

taⁿ

• 擔taⁿ8506413
• To carry at the two ends of a pole over the shoulder; to bear, to sustain, to undertake, to be responsible for.

i taⁿ mûeh khṳ̀;

he has gone to carry some things.

khin kâi tàⁿ i taⁿ tit phû, tăng kâi tàⁿ i taⁿ m̄ phû;

he can carry a light burden, but not a heavy one.

phoi-taⁿ taⁿ kàu îo-îo;

the carrying-pole has been used till it is very flexible.

taⁿ khṳ̀ tăng thâu áu;

does not balance the pole on the shoulder so as to keep it level when carrying the loads.

taⁿ tăng tàⁿ;

bear heavy burdens.

tàⁿ-thâu hìeⁿ tăng, bô̤ pún-nía hùe m̄ káⁿ lâi taⁿ cía tàⁿ;

the burden is so heavy that no one who is not strong would dare undertake to carry it.

lṳ́ taⁿ tit khí mē?

Can you carry it?

i taⁿ cĭeⁿ koiⁿ li-li cáu;

he hoisted it on to his shoulder and ran off with it.

khîeh pùn-ki khṳ̀ taⁿ thô;

take rubbish baskets and go and bring earth.

khṳ̀ taⁿ hue lâi chio;

go and bring the lime and mix it in.

taⁿ tng m̄ khí;

am not adequate to it.

khak-taⁿ;

a red carrying-pole, used in carrying wedding presents.

• 今taⁿ39892
• Now; at this time.

bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?

How long since you bought it?

taⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ cōi kâi;

at present there are not so many.

taⁿ m̄ sĭ cìen-seⁿ;

it is not now so.

• 膽táⁿ85113013
• The gall; the gall-bladder; courage, bravery, because it is supposed to be connected with this organ; fortitude; endurance.

ŭ táⁿ;

courageous.

bô̤ táⁿ;

timorous.

cí kâi táⁿ tōa căi;

this one is very brave.

ŭ táⁿ-lĭang kâi nâng cū káⁿ cò̤;

a person of great courage would dare do it.

bô̤ táⁿ-lĭang, căi tit káⁿ cìn-côiⁿ?

Without courage, how could he venture forward?

sim hṳ, táⁿ cìen;

cowed and craven.

kiaⁿ kàu i mâng hûn sàng táⁿ;

so scared that he lost all wit and courage.

táⁿ-cap;

the bile.

kiaⁿ phùa taⁿ;

dreadfully frightened.

pau thiⁿ taⁿ; i kâi táⁿ tōa kàu pau thiⁿ;

he is afraid of nothing under the heavens.

i taⁿ-khì tōa căi;

he is very valiant.

i ŭ táⁿ-khì;

he has moral courage.

lêng-táⁿ-cháu;

a bitter plant, used in rheumatism.

táⁿ-cháu;

very bitter herbs.

khó kùe tṳ-táⁿ;

more bitter than swine's gall.

hṳ̂ m̄-hó̤ thâi phùa táⁿ;

do not cut the gall bladder in dressing the fish.

cía sĭ kuaⁿ-táⁿ kâi ūe;

this is the expression of his real feelings.

i kâi, bun táⁿ;

his gall is that of a gnat; he is a perfect coward.

íⁿ-keng thó̤ kò̤ hîm táⁿ cîah lô̤h khṳ̀;

has demanded a piece of bear's gall to take as medicine; has asked those who wounded him for money to buy expensive remedies.

thâi nâng pàng húe táⁿ;

has the audacity of a murderer and incendiary.

phah tîeh tìo táⁿ;

hit him where the gall is hung; struck his vitals.

• 擔tàⁿ8506413
• A burden, a load; a picul.

cêk tàⁿ cêk peh kṳn;

a picul is a hundred catties.

cí tàⁿ kàu poih káu câp kṳn, hṳ́ tàⁿ peh gūa kṳn;

this load is eighty or ninety catties in weight, and that one is over a hundred.

cía cûn cài ŭ jîeh cōi tàⁿ hue?

How many loads of lime does this boat carry?

cái ŭ saⁿ bw̄n tàⁿ;

it carries thirty thousand piculs.

tàⁿ màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;

do not carry too heavy loads.

jîh cò̤ cêk tōa tàⁿ;

press it down and make one large load of it.

màiⁿ khṳt taⁿ-tàⁿ hùe cŭang tîeh;

do not let the burden bearers come in collision with it.

• 講tàⁿ36314910
• To speak, to converse, to say, to talk.

tàⁿ ūe;

to talk.

i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What does she say?

i tàⁿ m̄-hó̤;

she dissents.

nâng-nâng tàⁿ hó̤;

every one assents to it.

úa li tàⁿ sĭ, i li tàⁿ m̄ sĭ;

I said it was so and she said it was not.

i tàⁿ mih ūe?

What language does he speak?

ŏi tàⁿ ūe a bŏi?

Can he talk?

úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

I do not know what to say about it.

cía ūe sĭ i tàⁿ kâi;

this is what he said.

tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;

use obscene language.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ áu m̄ tńg;

cannot pronounce it.

tàⁿ lâi tōa cîh;

stutters in talking.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ thîh-thîh-kìe;

speaks stammeringly.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ im m̄ cìaⁿ;

does not speak plainly.

tàⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;

did not say exactly.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi kōi thiaⁿ;

it is easy to understand what he says.

mih ūe i to ŏi tàⁿ;

he can speak every language.

sĭ tàⁿ sńg kâi a sĭ tàⁿ cin kâi?

Is it spoken in jest or in earnest?

têng tàⁿ;

reiterate.

lêng-ūaⁿ tàⁿ;

say it over again.

cài tàⁿ;

repeat it.

cài saⁿ tàⁿ;

told him again and again.

hŵn-lío tàⁿ;

keeps on telling it.

tàⁿ pêh-cíaⁿ; tàⁿ pêh-lô̤h;

to tell lies.

• 淡tăⁿ853858
• Insipid; dull; indifferent; flat.

i kâi bī khah tăⁿ;

it tastes too flat.

i kâi ke ío cheng-tăⁿ;

his family is poor.

i khĭam-phok căi, cêk seⁿ to sĭ cho i tăⁿ pn̄g;

they live very plainly, and always wear coarse clothing and eat simple food.

tāⁿ-tăⁿ nē kau-chap cū hó̤;

to be merely civil in intercourse with them is all that is desirable.

cí pak ūe lâi khah tăⁿ, hṳ́ pak ūe lâi khah lông;

this scroll is painted in too pale colors, and that one in too bright ones.

tăⁿ-pô̤h kâi ke;

of obscure family.

i cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí né-tăⁿ căi;

his business is very dull lately.

kâi koi-chĭ cn̂g kâi né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;

trade is now exceedingly dull; nothing is going on in the markets.

• 搗tăⁿ8666410
• To ram down, to beat down with a pestle.

cang khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi tăⁿ mîⁿ, cìaⁿ tah tit tùe;

crush it with the pestle and then it will adhere when you stick it on.

cí kúi kâi kaⁿ-ná khîeh khṳ̀ tăⁿ phùa;

take these few olives and break them by crushing them.

tăⁿ chùi;

beat and break under a pestle.

îeⁿ-bûe khîeh lâi tăⁿ phùa hût lío cò̤ îeⁿ-bûe sám;

break the pits of the arbutus fruit and make a jam of them.

• 擲tăⁿ716415
• To discard; to pitch.

khîeh kò̤ cîeh tăⁿ i;

pitched a stone at it.

tăⁿ hôiⁿ;

to return a discarded article.

tăⁿ sìu-kîu;

toss the embroidered ball.

tú-tú tăⁿ tîeh;

just hit it.

tăⁿ tîeh thâu-khak;

hit him on the head.

• 差tāⁿ5487
• To err; to mistake; to blunder.

i tàⁿ tāⁿ;

he made a mistake in speaking.

i cò̤ tāⁿ;

he made a mistake in doing it.

sĭ úa thóiⁿ tāⁿ;

it was I who made a mistake in the inspection.

sĭeⁿ tāⁿ cú-ì;

an error of thought leading to error in choice.

chíu khîeh tāⁿ;

a slip of the hand, in taking.

lí tāⁿ;

made a mistake in regulating it.

kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;

went by the wrong road.

cîah tāⁿ mûeh;

ate the wrong thing.

thóiⁿ tāⁿ nâng;

mistook his man.

chŵn bŏi tāⁿ;

no mistake about it.

còng tāⁿ īa m̄ hn̆g;

the error is not great.

tāⁿ kàu m̄ cai;

went astray so far as to be completely unaware of it.

thâk tāⁿ im, sía tāⁿ jī, sueh tāⁿ cṳ;

read, write and explain the wrong letters.