Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thie

by Adele Marion Fielde

thie

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• To pick out, up, or at; to provoke; to stir up; to select.

lṳ́ kio úa thie ki chuaⁿ;

you pick out this sliver for me.

ēng cam lâi thie phùa;

pick it open with a needle.

thie lô̤h khṳ̀ ŏi huehlâu a bŏi?

Does it bleed when you pick into it?

teng-sim thie khui cē;

pick up the wick of the lamp a little.

cū sĭ i tó̤ thie-so cìaⁿ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is through his mischief-making that this has come to pass.

i thie tîeh kuaⁿ;

he has been chosen for office.

thie-sẃn hó̤ kâi;

pick out a good one.

thie tit tîeh, a thie m̄ tîeh?

Did she pick it out, or did she fail to do so?

thie keng-ńng;

to select Manchu girls for the harem.

tōa kâi i soiⁿ thie khí;

the large ones have already been picked out by him.

thie-thek;

to cavil.

i ŏi thie hue chiah sìu;

she can do various sorts of fancy work.

i ŏi thie siah-pô̤h;

she can separate the sheets of tin-foil.

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• To sell grain; to dispose of breadstuffs.

thìe bí;

to sell rice.

khui chng phêng thìe;

open the granaries and dispose of the contents at a fair price.