Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thi

by Adele Marion Fielde

thi

• 黏thi6342025
• Viscid; sticky; bird-lime.

khô̤ kàu nĕ thi-thi;

simmer it till it is very gummy.

thi cío;

catch birds with bird-lime.

i kâi thi tîeh nĕ thi-thi cìaⁿ thi tit tîeh;

the bird-lime must be very adhesive then it will catch them.

thi căi;

very glutinous.

khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

is stuck fast in it.

• 奓thí3376
• To stretch open.

mn̂g thí khui;

set the door wide open.

khàu kàu chùi thí-thí;

crying with mouth wide stretched.

chìe kàu chùi thí-thí;

laughing with open mouth.

hûe-sīeⁿ chùi thí-thí, m̄ sĭ àiⁿ cîⁿ cū sĭ àiⁿ bí;

when a priest grins, he wants either money or rice.

thí kàu khuah-khuah;

stretch it wide open.

ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, thí m̄ khui;

the shears are so tight at the pivor that I cannot open them.

pó tō̤ chùi lṳ́ thí khui cē, úa cìaⁿ hó̤ khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀;

open the mouth of the bag more widely, so that I can put in the things.

hŏ-sùaⁿ thí khui khṳt i la ta;

open the umbrella and let it dry.

thí kha;

set the legs far apart.

hŏi, nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, i kâi kha thí kàu khuah-khuah;

when a crab is going to be caught, he opens his claws wide.

• 體thí88418813
• The body; the substance; the essentials; respectable; influential; to realize.

sì-thí;

the body; the human frame.

i kâi sì-thí mông tîeh cn̂g kâi ngân-ngân;

his whole body feels cold to the touch.

thí-mīn;

reputation; the respect in which one is held by others; honor and dignity.

i kìe-sĭ i sit tîeh i kâi thí-mīn;

he complained of her having diminished his importance in the eyes of others.

hīn-khek i thí-mīn căi;

he is now held in high esteem.

côiⁿ sĭ tó̤ cò̤ nâng kâi kang, hīn-căi thí-thí mīn-mīn kâi nâng;

formerly he was one who hired out to do other people's work, now he is an honored personage.

thí-thiap;

to accommodate; to consider the interest of a nother.

úa thí-thiap lṳ́, lṳ́ īa tîeh thí-thiap úa: jī-ke tîeh sie thí-thiap cìaⁿ hó̤;

I consider your wishes, and you must consider mine also: all will be well if both are accommodating.

to sĭ cêk thí;

it is all one thing.

to tîeh ŭ kâi thí-thóng;

in all things there must be regard to decorum.

cn̂g kâi bô̤ thí-thóng;

without regard to what is befitting.

• 剝thì708188
• To peel; to strip off.

thì tīo phûe;

strip off the bark.

thì mûaⁿ-phûe;

to peel off the bark used for ropes.

thì hṳ̂ phûe;

to flay fish.

khṳt châk thì kàu cêk sin cheng-khih cheng-khih;

stripped by a highwayman.

• 扯thì40644
• To tear apart, as in anger.

khì kàu thì tīo i kâi saⁿ;

so angry that he rent his clothes.

tng mīn thì tīo;

tore it up in his face.

thì kàu chùi-chùi;

tore it in pieces.

khîeh khí lâi thì cò̤ ku-ā-kò̤;

took it up and tore it in several pieces.

thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

tear it in two.

• 滯thì608511
• To obstruct, to stop; indigestible; disagreeing with one; a hindrance.

i kâi nâng thì căi;

he is very uncomfortable.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ khah thì;

in doing things do not make yourself too uncomfortable.

i phêng-sù sĭ thì kàu seⁿ si;

it was formerly impeded in its growth so that it became stringy.

i tó lăi sĭ ŭ cek-thi;

he has undigested food in his stomach; has indigestion.

có̤-thì;

hindered, impeded, stopped.

i cêk lō li bô̤ có̤ bô̤ thì;

he had no hindrance during the whole journey.

i li khṳ̀ kàu pùaⁿ lō ngŏ̤ hŏ cū có̤-thì ku-ā jît;

when he had gone half way there he encountered a storm and was prevented from going on for several days.

i cṳ̆ sòi bŏi thì, lí-lí tōa;

he has from his earliest childhood met with nothing that prevented his growth, and has grown steadily.

i kâi nâng khah thì;

he is too mulish.

thì căi;

harassed, hindered.

i sĭ thì-khìkâi pēⁿ;

he has a derangement of the system caused by stoppage of the fluids.

ūn khì có̤-thì ku-ā nî;

luck has been against him for several years.

thóiⁿ i kâi mêh lâi kàu li sĭ thì-siap;

her pulse is irregular as if the circulation were impeded.

thì-nĭ;

bigoted; set in one's way; opinionated.

• 搋thì1126410
• To pick in pieces with the hands.

thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

pull it apart.

cêk hah cêk hah thì chut lâi;

pick it apart section by section.

thì ho̤h cōi têng lâi;

have taken off ever so many layers.

àiⁿ thì, thì m̄ chut;

would pick it off but am unable.

thì cêk si cêk si;

pick it into shreds.

thì cêk phìen cêk phìen;

separate it into flakes.

• 褫thì6514510
• To take away official insignia.

i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ iⁿ-keng thì-keh kâi;

his office is already taken from him.

kuaⁿ ŏi thì lĭ a bŏi?

Is he deprived of all official rank?

thì-keh chûn kâi cìn-suŭ tīaⁿ;

has been deprived of his office and degraded in rank so that he retains only his literary degree of Docter of Laws.

• 剃thì884187
• To shave.

thì thâu;

to shave the head.

thì chiu;

shave off the beard.

kio i thì tîo mâk-bâi;

shave off her eyebrows for her.

thì tīo piⁿ;

shave off the queue.

• 隄thî8771709

To prepare against;

to oppose a barrier.

thî-hûang;

guard against.

m̄ cai thî-hûang cū khíong-ùi gō suū;

if you do not take care you will very likely quash the project.

• 提thî882649
• To bring into notice; to suggest; to bring before a magistrate; to attend to.

thî-kîp;

to speak of, or refer to.

i cē thî-kîp cí kâi nâng úa cū khì;

if he mentions this person I shall be vexec.

thî-khí;

to suggest.

màiⁿ khṳ́ thî-khí i;

do not say anything to bring it to mind.

thî-phŵt;

to put forward, to nominate.

sĭ úa thî-phŵt i;

it was I who nominated him.

thî-hûang;

awaken alarm; bring to notice a need of vigilance.

tîeh cai thî-hûang;

must be on the watch against it.

thî-tn̂g;

a courier of the government.

thî-chéⁿ;

to rouse to a sense of danger.

lṳ́ hó̤ cang cía ūe thî-chéⁿ i;

make use of these words to put him on his guard.

thî-hêng;

inflict the punishment decreed by the provincial judge.

mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ thî-hêng;

the sentence will be carried into execution to-morrow.

thî-lô̤ a-pún;

a keeper in the Board of Punishment.

cí ūi sĭ lêk lō thî-tok, hú ūi sĭ cúi-sṳ thî-tok;

this is a captain-general, a military officer of the highest grade, and that is a naval officer of the same grade.

thî-thîo;

a proctor or manager of colleges; the overseer of candidates at examinations.

kau toŏ thî-thîo-kuaⁿ kò̤;

handed over to the proctor.

pńg hú àiⁿ thî ùaⁿ khí lâi sím;

the prefect is going to take the case into his own hands and try it.

kṳ̆n-lâi sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ i;

lately he has been the one who helped him on.

màiⁿ thî-phû cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

do not introduce this topic.

m̄ hó̤ thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ;

do not mention her name.

• 苔thî8481405
• Moss, and small plants like liverwort, growing on rocks.

cheⁿ-thî;

mosses.

chîeⁿ-kha chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-thî lo̤-lo̤ tn̂g;

at the foot of the wall the moss is very thick.

cĕng-cĕng cheⁿ-thî;

all covered with moss.

• 持thî64646
• To direct with a firm hand.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî;

he has direction of this affair.

i cò̤ sṳ̆ ío ŭ pá-thî;

he acts with greater firmness in the management of affairs.

sĭ i hû-thî i;

it is she who abets him.

sît-căi lâng-ín ciⁿ-thî;

it is really very hard to withstand.

• 啼thî883809
• To howl and bewail; to scream and cry; to crow; to coo.

thî-khàu;

to weep and moan.

thî-thî khàu-khàu;

to sob and cry.

koi thî lío;

the cock crowed.

i koi-thî-cá cū lâi;

he came at cock-crow.

i sĭ tó̤ thî;

she is cackling.

• 雉thî601725
• A pheasant.

thî-koi;

the common pheasant.

khṳ̀ phah cío, phah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah thî-koi;

went out to shoot birds, and shot two pheasants.

thî-koi búe;

tail-feathers of the Argus pheasant.

• 痔thĭ601046
• The piles; ulcers in the rectum.

lăi thĭ, gūa thĭ;

internal and external piles.

seⁿ thĭ;

to have piles.

i kâi thĭ seⁿ kú, íⁿ-keng sen̂g cò̤ thĭ-lāu;

he has had piles a long time, and they have already ulcerated.

chwn tn̂g thĭ;

chwn chîang thĭ; a fistula in ano.