Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thai
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thai
- hăi-thai;
- the fetus, the embryo; the pregnant womb.
- i ū hâi-thai;
- she is pregnant.
- câp gûeh hăi-thai cêk tn̄g kâi sin-khó;
- the tenth month of pregnancy is a continuous suffering.
- huang-thai;
- a typhon.
- àiⁿ-cò̤ huang-thai;
- there is going to be a gale.
- ngŏ̤ tîeh tōa huang-thai;
- met a typhoon.
- thai bí;
- to sift rice.
- bí-thai;
- a sieve for sifting rice.
- that khah lang;
- the sieve is too coars.
- thai khah bâk, thai m̄ chut;
- the sieve is too fine, and does not sift it.
- thai-táu;
- a floud sieve.
- thai-táu khuang, thai-táu se;
- the rim, and the bottom of the sieve.
- îeh thai;
- a sieve to sift medicines.
- tê thai;
- a strainer in a tea-pot.
- tŏ-pùn thai;
- a sieve for sifting ashes.
- thái-ko̤;
- leprosy.
- thái-ko̤ phûa;
- a leprous crone.
- thái-ko̤ lîo;
- a lazar-house.
- cía sĭ cù kut thái;
- this is a leprosy that destroyes the bones.
- thài-suaⁿ;
- a lofty mountain in the west of Shantung, which gives fame to Tai-ngan-fu.
- úa i cò̤ thài-suaⁿ;
- depends on him to back him up.
- thài-thài;
- her ladyship.
- ŭ lău thài-thài a bô?
- Has his Excellency a wife?
- ṳ́ ŭ kìⁿ kùe a-thài mē?
- Have you seen Madame?
- thài hu-jîn tŏ̤ ke tèng;
- her ladyship is at home.
- thài-cṳ́;
- the heir-apparent.
- thài sṳ, thài hù;
- the highest and the next the highest in rank among the teachers of the prince.
- thài páu;
- chief among statesmen.
- hûang-tì kâi a-pĕ thò̤ ūi ău cheng-cò̤ thài-sĭang-ûang;
- after the father of the emperor has resigned the throne he is called the Grand Duke.
- m̄-hó̤ cò̤ khah thài kùe;
- do not over do it.
- kàu i sĭeⁿ hùe le thài chî ló;
- when he had repented it was too late.
- cí kâi li thài kùe, cí kâi li put kîp;
- the one is too much by far, and the other is not sufficient.
- kuaⁿ-hú kâi jī-nâng saⁿ-nâng
- nâng cheng-hu i cò̤ î-thài;
- the second and third wives of officers are addressed as Madame.
- thài kong, thài phûa;
- lău thài îa, thài má; are appelations of the parents of men of repute.
- thài sĭang láu kun;
- an honorable name for the founder of Tauism.
- poih thâi kīe;
- a sedan with eight bearers.
- cò̤ kàu poih-thâi;
- promoted to an office which permits one to be carried by eight chair-bearers.
- kau-thâi chĭ-kè;
- raise the current price.
- thâi kṳ́;
- to reccommend.
- i cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ úa thâi-kṳ́ i kâi;
- it was I who recommended him for this.
- put sek thâi-kṳ́;
- ignore his sponsor.
- cí kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ thâi-kṳ́;
- it is not best to nominate this person.
- thâi-kṳ́ m̄ khí;
- not equal to the recommendation.
- 臺thâi8471338
- A lookout; an observatory; a fort; a staging; a stand; a watchman's post over a gate; a title of respect to officers.
- tok kâi phàu-thâi;
- build a fort.
- khí hì-thâi;
- put up a platform for theatrical performances.
- hì tiang-sî khai thâi?
- When does the performance begin?
- cía sĭ sin khai thâi kâi;
- this is newly opened.
- cì-thâi, bú-thâi, hŵn-thâi, ngîak-thâi, tău-thâi;
- the five highest civil officers of a province.
- thî-thâi, tìn-thâi, hîap-thâi;
- the three highest military officers in a province.
- hìen thâi;
- the high provincial officers.
- láu-hiaⁿ-thâi, láu-cek-thâi;
- a respectful form of adress to a middle-aged or old man.
- sin khai-thâi kâi hì;
- a newly formed company in a theatre.
- tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-thâi?
- When is the grand opening to take place?
- i khai-thâi tōa căi;
- his outlays are immense.
- thâi nâng;
- to commit murder.
- sie thâi;
- fight with intent to kill each other.
- thâi thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
- fight and see who will conquer.
- thâi i m̄ kùe;
- could not overcome him in fighting.
- i khṳt i thâi sí khṳ̀;
- she was slain byhim.
- thâi sí nâng tîeh sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
- must make compensation for a life destroyed.
- thâi pĕ suah bó̤ cṳ chîu;
- a mortal enemy.
- thâi gû;
- to butcher cattle.
- thâi koi;
- kill a fowl.
- thâi thâu cŭe;
- a crime whose punishment is decaptitation.
- kìⁿ nâng cū thâi;
- killed every one he saw.
- thâi m̄ lô̤h chíu; chíu ńng, thâi m̄ lô̤h;
- could not bring myself to kill it.
- lău thâi;
- Great Sir.
- lău hiaⁿ thâi;
- Exalted Sir.
- thâi ké;
- Your Honor.
- sam thâi;
- three stars in the feet of the Great Bear.
- thâi-phó būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;
- His Excellency has not yet announced the time for the Examinations.
- thăi úa lâi;
- wait till I come.
- chíaⁿ thăi úa;
- please wait for me.
- thăi kàu mùaⁿ-khí;
- wait till to-morrow.
- kẃn-thăi;
- to treat well or ill; to behave to.
- kẃn-thăi i cò̤ nâng-khek;
- treat him as if he were a guest.
- lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤ sie thăi;
- wait for each other at the rendezvous.
- thăi khah hú, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
- had too long to wait, and went off.
- hṳ́ kâi thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kâi mĭⁿ-thāi;
- that one appears to have seductive ways.
- sío-jîn kâi thāi;
- the manners of a boor.
- sío-jîn hṳ̀ kio-ngău kâi thāi;
- the hauteur of a plebeian; the air of a parvenu.