Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

thiaⁿ

• 廳thiaⁿ9065322
• A hall; a parlor; a saloon; a court; a place where cases are heard; the officer in his court.

kheh thiaⁿ;

a reception room.

tōa thiaⁿ;

a drawing-room.

tōa thiaⁿ tn̂g;

the great hall.

cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;

the middle or main room of a house.

lâm-pak thiaⁿ;

the reception rooms of the south and north wings.

thiaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

a small parlor.

côiⁿ thiaⁿ, ău thiaⁿ;

the court in front, and the one behind.

lêng-cûn thiaⁿ;

a long narrow hall.

hue thiaⁿ;

a conservatory.

kuaⁿ-thiaⁿ;

a police station.

sîn-thiaⁿ;

the room for the oracle, or a shrine in a house.

có thiaⁿ;

the room in which ancestors are worshipped.

kong thiaⁿ;

the main room in a Chinese house.

khah thiaⁿ àiⁿ pho cò̤ âng-cng;

the main room is to be paved with red tiles.

pŭ-thiaⁿ;

superintendent of police.

kun thiaⁿ;

deputy district magistrate.

kîaⁿ bûn khṳ̀ kak séⁿ kâi hú ciu thiaⁿ kūiⁿ;

send a dispatch to the departments and districts in every province.

• 聽thiaⁿ90612816
• To hear, to listen, to understand, to give heed to, to hearken; hearing.

lṳ́ thiaⁿ úa tàⁿ;

listen to what I have to say.

úa tàⁿ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

I will tell you about it.

úa tàⁿ i m̄ thiaⁿ;

he pays no heed to what I tell him.

úa thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

I cannot understand what is said.

lṳ́ sòi-sim thiaⁿ;

listen attentively.

úa thiaⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

I cannot hear it.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ nâng tàⁿ;

heard some one say so.

thiaⁿ tit kìⁿ;

can hear or understand it.

thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤;

think it sounds pleasant.

thiaⁿ tîeh i kâi ūe cū khí;

was vexed on hearing what she said.

m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ;

unpleasant to hear, as obscene or indecent language.

chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

heard it with my own ears.

thiaⁿ m̄ jîp hĭⁿ;

did not plainly hear or did not fully understand.

thiaⁿ m̄ chut sĭ tī-kò̤;

did not, from what I heard, understand where it was.

kìⁿ tàⁿ kìⁿ thiaⁿ;

he hears everything that is said.

sûi tàⁿ sûi thiaⁿ;

obeys as soon as spoken to.

m̄ pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ kâi;

what I never heard before.

i ío thiaⁿ̀ nâng tàⁿ;

he is more obedient.

o̤h thiaⁿ;

painful to hear or unpleasant to comply with.

i m̄ thiaⁿ nâng khǹg-kòi;

he does not heed people's remonstrances.

thiaⁿ ke, thiaⁿ kíam, tîeh thiaⁿ tit lo̤ĥ hĭⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;

whether one hear more or less, it is only what is fixed in the mind that is of use.

ka-kī kâi sim cē ki kúi cū tó̤ thiaⁿ siaⁿ liah íaⁿ;

as soon as her suspicions are aroused she makes something out of every sound and shadow.

màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;

pay no heed to what she says.

m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ nâng tàⁿ chit tàⁿ poih;

pay no heed to people's gossip.

i kâi hîⁿ kṳ̀ lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ;

he plays his violin well.

• 痛thìaⁿ9361047
• A pain, au ache; soreness; disease that causes pain; acute feelings; heart-rending; distressing; to commiserate; with energy.

thâu-khak thìaⁿ;

headache.

mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;

sore eyes.

thìaⁿ khàu;

to weep bitterly.

i jiáng tó thìaⁿ;

he cries because he has a pain in his stomach.

kha thìaⁿ bŏi kîaⁿ;

has a sore leg and cannot walk.

sim-kuaⁿ-thâu thìaⁿ;

has a soreness of the chest.

sĭ cīeⁿ-tó thìaⁿ, a sĭ ĕ-tó thìaⁿ?

Is the pain in the upper or the lower part of the bowels?

phiaⁿ-lî thìaⁿ;

side-ache.

khí thìaⁿ;

toothache.

âu-lêng thìaⁿ;

sore throat.

tòng-thìaⁿ;

a dolorous pain.

thìaⁿ kàu kûak-kûak-chíeⁿ;

aches with a sharp throbbing pain.

cîh li seⁿ chṳ lío thìaⁿ;

has festers on the tongue which make it sore.

ie-ciah-kut thìaⁿ;

backache.

thong sin thìaⁿ;

ache all over.

sng-thìaⁿ;

lameness, as from overwork or rheumatism.

thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;

aches so I cannot stand it.

khak-khó ĺun thìaⁿ;

bear up under pain.

thìaⁿ sí;

aches intolerably.

i thìaⁿ tîeh i;

she pities him.

cía bô̤ kùe i tîeh thìaⁿ;

no wonder that it is so painful.

bô̤ kùai i hìen thìaⁿ;

no wonder it is so sore.

ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi?

Does it ache?

líu thìaⁿ;

a sharp pain.

ká thìaⁿ;

a griping pain.

ngûi thìaⁿ;

a bemumbing pain.

chíeⁿ thìaⁿ;

a throbbing pain.

tìeⁿ thìaⁿ;

pain with swelling.

jîeh thìaⁿ;

feverish pain.

chú cē ngṳ̂n khṳt i pó thìaⁿ;

took some money and gave it to him to heal the hurt.

khí-thàu-ē m̄ cai thìaⁿ, ùaⁿ cē jú-kèng thìaⁿ;

at first it did not ache, but it was more painful after awhile.

sim thìaⁿ;

heartache.

tâng ŏi thìaⁿ kù kàu bŏi thìaⁿ;

attended to it from the time it was hurt until it got well.

bŏi thìaⁿ kâi li tîeh kù kàu thìaⁿ;

where there is no soreness she keeps working at it till she produces one.

i sĭ thìaⁿ tîeh cîⁿ;

he is sorrowing over his money.

thìaⁿ kha kŭaⁿ kṳ̆n-côiⁿ;

urge the lame leg along.

i sĭang năi thìaⁿ;

she bears pain with the greatest fortitude.

i kâi nêk àiⁿ thìaⁿ ló!

He will get a beating for that!

• 程thîaⁿ791157
• A journey; a road; a post; to travel.

i sàng i cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n thîaⁿ-ngî;

she gave him a thousand dollars for his travelling expenses.

tī-tiang-sî khí thîaⁿ?

When do you start?

ŭ jîeh cōi lō thîaⁿ?

How long a journey is it?

hăng thîaⁿ hăng tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;

the time within which the journey is to be completed is exactly fixed.

kang-thîaⁿ ŭ jîeh tōa?

How big a job is it?

cêk thîaⁿ cêk thîaⁿ cū kîaⁿ cîaⁿ câp jît;

post by post we travelled for just ten days.

côiⁿ thîaⁿ cṳ̆ ŭ hó̤ chù;

the future holds preferment for you.