Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thak
thak
- thak tó̤;
- kick over.
- cang kha khṳ̀ thak i;
- kicked him.
- khṳt bé thak tîeh;
- kicked by a horse.
- i kâi ău kha ŏi thak nâng;
- he is apt to kick at people with his hind legs.
- ìn íⁿ-keng ka-lâuh, khṳt i kâi kha cē thak cū khí lâi;
- when the shuttle-cock had fallen, he sent it up again by a kick.
- i khṳt i thak sí khṳ̀;
- she was killed by a kick from him.
- htak kîu;
- play foot-ball.
- i kìⁿ tîeh i tîeh thak hia;
- whenever she sees him she must bend the knee.
- i nŏ̤ nâng thâk kha lío khuang-phìen i;
- the one gave the other a hint by a little kick and both combined to befool him.
- thak m̄ khui sin;
- could not kick it away.
- chūe kò̤ cháu-cúa kio i thak tìaⁿ;
- get a piece of brown paper and plug it up.
- hṳ́ kâi khang tîeh chūe kò̤ cîeh lâi thak cìaⁿ thak tit cŭ;
- must get a stone to stop up that hole with and then it will remain stopped.
- cúi lâk li tōa, hía-suaⁿ-thô thak lô̤h khṳ̀ cū khṳt i pûn tīo;
- the force of the stream is considerable, and if you stop it up with earth it will be swept away.
- kò̤ mîⁿ ùn îeh thak-pàng hĭⁿ-khang-kháu;
- a bit of cotton dipped in medicine and put in the ear.
- jûe kò̤ cháu-cúa thak i kâi phīⁿ-khang;
- rolled up a paper pellet and plugged up his nostril.
- thak khí;
- pick the teeth.
- khí-thak;
- a tooth-pick.
- khîeh ki mûeh khṳ̀ thak, cē thak i cū chut lâi;
- take something and pick at it and as soon as you give it a dig it will come out.
- sĭ i thie-thak kàu i seⁿ khì;
- he has kept picking at her till she is vexed.
- i īa màiⁿ thie-thie thak-thak to bŏi seⁿ sṳ̄;
- if he were not always harping on it, no disturbance would have risen.
- cau-thak;
- to knock about; to waste uselessly; to treat carelessly; to fail in showing proper respect towards.
- màiⁿ cau-thak tīo mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- do not put things under useless wear and tear.
- i to sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ cau-thak i;
- that is the way he knocks it about.
- tŏng-put-tŏng, cū cau-thak nâng;
- whatever else he does not do, he gives people occasion to be vexed with him.
- cûn cē thak khui cū ŭ huang;
- as soon as the boat is shoved off there will be wind.
- tîeh khîeh ki cíeⁿ khṳ̀ thak cìaⁿ ŭ lâk;
- must take an oar to thrust into the mud, then you can make your strength effective.
- thak-kíaⁿ;
- a term of contempt for the Mongols.
- chìo kùe thak-kíaⁿ, màiⁿ thīn i;
- they are more powerful than Mongols, do not molest them.
- cun-thak;
- a bottle-stopper.
- câng cúi-mîⁿ-châ lâi thak cìaⁿ bŏi sîap khì;
- stop it up with a cork, then it won't lose its strength.
- kò̤ thak, thak lío, pôih m̄ chut;
- having put in the stopper, I cannot pull it out.
- chūe kò̤ lâi thak;
- get something to stop it up with.
- thâk cṳ, thâk si, thâk keng;
- to read essays, poems, and rituals.
- cwn sim thâk cū kōi pat;
- give your whole mind to the study of it, and you will easily learn it.
- sim cù-cù lâi thâk cū khùe-khùe pat;
- if you study intently you will learn quickly.
- cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ tīam-tīam thâk;
- study uninterruptedly.
- thâk khah kùe cū àiⁿ seⁿ mâuⁿ-pēⁿ;
- if you study too hard you will be ill.
- àm-cĕⁿ thâk;
- read in retirement.
- thâk sòin siaⁿ;
- read in a low tone.
- thâk tōa siaⁿ cē;
- read louder.
- thâk sêk-sêk;
- read it till it is thoroughly learned.
- tùe i kâi chùi búe thâk;
- read it after him.
- tùi thâk kùe lío;
- have already compared it with the other copy, by following this with the eye while the other was read aloud.
- kin-nî tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ thâk?
- What are you studying this year?
- khṳt i thâk ta cē;
- let it drip dry.
- bí cìm lío khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ khṳt i thâk tīo cúi;
- after soaking the rice let it gradually drip till all the water drips out.