Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

thiⁿ

• 天thiⁿ897871
• The highest of things, heaven both divinely and physicall;yv the sky, the air, the firmament; a day; a season; weather; ages of the world; celestial; the Power above; Nature, Providence, and though without definite personality is employed more than any term to indicate God; the emperor, who is Heaven's vicegerent.

múaⁿ thiⁿ cn̂g kâi cheⁿ;

the whole heavens are an unclouded azure.

thiⁿ-khì thîo-hûa;

the air is salubrious.

hoó̤ thiⁿ;

fine weather.

thiⁿ-sî hó̤, ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ thiⁿ cū hó̤ kàu;

if the weather is favorable, we may arrived there in two or three days.

thiⁿ thī nâng kìe-cò̤ sam châi;

heaven earth and man are called the three great powers.

hek thiⁿ;

dark days.

thiⁿ só̤ khàm, tī só̤ cài;

whatever heaven covers, or earth sustains.

thiⁿ sîn;

among the Buddhists used for gods, or inhabitants of the Brahma-lokas.

cì thiⁿ;

cí tī; offer sacrifice to the heavens and the earth.

thong-thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kok?

How many kingdoms are there under the whole heavens?

pài thiⁿ tī pĕ-bó̤;

worship of the Heavens and the Earth, as the origin of all things.

thiⁿ ĕ bŵn kok;

all nations under heaven, or the whole empire of China.

i sĭ khí-thâu-ē tit thiⁿ-ĕ kâi hûang-tì;

he was the first who became emperor of China.

thiⁿ ŭ mâk;

Heaven has means of seeing; the gods know it.

cṳ̆ tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ ŭ cí kâi thiⁿ-tn̂g ti-gêk kâi sueh?

Since what period has this doctrine of heaven and hell been propounded?

thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;

the thunder-god winks; it lightens.

pue thiⁿ hŭa;

unexpected casualty.

pìn thiⁿ o-àm;

the whole sky is dark.seng cĭeⁿ thiⁿ téng; ascend into heaven.

hē-thiⁿ li khah jûah, tang-thiⁿ li khah chìn;

summer is too hot and winter is too cold.

chun-thiⁿ, chiu-thiⁿ;

spring and autumn.

tng-thiⁿtáu-cok;

pray under the open sky.

thiⁿ teng;

lanterns hung aloft above roofs.

• 體thiⁿ88418813
• Respectable; influential; decorous; becoming; befitting.

tōa thiⁿ tōa mīn kâi nâng;

a very estimable person.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío ŭ thiⁿ-mīn;

that is more respectable.

i hṳ́ khí nâng bô̤ thiⁿ bô̤ mīn;

such people are of no repute.

m̄ kù thiⁿ-mīn;

does not consider what others think of him.

• 添thiⁿ898858
• To add, to increase, to put in more, to throw in; extra, additional.

thiⁿ ke cē;

put in a little more.

thiⁿ kàu tĭⁿ;

add enough to fill it full.

thiⁿ ke cho̤h húe-thùaⁿ;

put on some more charcoal.

màiⁿ thiⁿ khah câk;

do not put in so much more as to make it too thick.

îeh ā-sĭ cîah m̄ tùi cū àiⁿ jú-keǹ thiⁿ pēⁿ;

if one takes medicine that is unsuitable he becomes the more ill.

thiⁿ ke nŏ̤ kù ūe cū m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ;

if you add anything to what you have already said it will not sound well.

thiⁿ piaⁿ;

additional troops.

• 縫thīⁿ15812011
• To sew.

thīⁿ saⁿ;

to sew upon clothing.

thīⁿ saⁿ phò;

a tailor's shop.

i kâi saⁿ-khò thīⁿ khṳ̀ ngía;

her clothes are well made.

thīⁿ lâi khah ló̤-chó̤;

too badly sewn.

thīⁿ bâk cē, màiⁿ thīⁿ khah lang;

sew it closer, do not take too long stitches.

sùaⁿ cūe lêng-ūaⁿ thīⁿ hó̤;

sew this seam over again.

i kâi chùi tîeh thīⁿ miⁿ;

sew up the mouth of it.

lîe tó̤ cē, thīⁿ khí lâi cìaⁿ ka;

trim it off a little shorter, then when it is sewn it will be just the right length.

ēng sĭm-mih sùaⁿ lâi thīⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤?

What sort of thread should it be sewed with?

thīⁿ kau-cam;

to backstitch.

thīⁿ lío lâi n̂ng;

sew it and then fell it down.

chó̤-lîak thīⁿ tùe cū hó̤;

to just catch it together will do.

thīⁿ tîeh siap;

hard to sew.

cía pò ío kōi thīⁿ;

this cloth is easier to sew.

màiⁿ thīn tāⁿ;

do not sew it wrongly.

chng cam lío, sùaⁿ thám khah cìaⁿ hó̤ thīⁿ;

when the needle is threaded, tie a knot in the thread and then sew.