Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thien
thien
- 天thien898371
- The highest of things, heaven both physically and divinely; the ether, the sky, the firmament; Nature; Providence; celestial.
- thien-cheⁿ;
- a dark glossy gray, or purple.
- thien-cṳ́;
- the emprror.
- thien kang;
- the cycle of ten.
- thien hūn;
- natural endowments; native ability.
- thien-seⁿ cṳ̆-jîen kâi;
- what is natural.
- i kâi thien-cṳ cū sĭ sĭang hó̤ kâi;
- his natural gifts are of the highest order.
- nâng tàⁿ i sĭ tit tîeh thien-cṳ cìaⁿ ŏi;
- people say that he has received books from celestial regions and is therefore thus gifted.
- mīn côiⁿ ŭ kâi thien-bé-ùaⁿ;
- in front there is natural mound, shaped like a saddle laid on its side.
- thîen mîaⁿ;
- to add the name to something in which it is lacking.
- thîen cheh;
- to supply something in a book.
- thîen pó;
- to supply enough.
- thîen hâiⁿ;
- to pay the remainder of a debt.
- thîen kàu lío;
- supplied the full amount.
- thîen lí-lêh;
- fill in the details of age parentage and residence.
- thîen jît-cí;
- write in the date.
- tò̤ thîen nî-gûeh;
- to antedate.
- thîen kàu múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
- fully supply the deficiency.
- thîen chut jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
- How much did he pay to make up the amount?
- thîen-lôk-seng;
- a copyist.
- íⁿ-keng thien sía cheng-chó̤ lío;
- is already copied out fairly.