Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thih
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
thih
- thih khì;
- ironware.
- phah thih kâi nâng;
- a blacksmith.
- thih sùaⁿ;
- iron wire.
- thih seⁿ sang;
- iron rusts.
- pêh-thih;
- tin.
- cheⁿ thih;
- iron ore.
- būe sĭ lâm seⁿ-thih kâi;
- is not plated with iron.
- bé káu thih;
- tin in sheets.
- thih tîo;
- iron rods.
- thih pó̤h;
- sheet iron.
- thih kah;
- iron armor.
- thih thûi;
- a hammer.
- thih-tiam;
- anvils.
- thih-tiam cêk ē, thih-thûi cêk ē;
- the anvil strikes the hammer as often as the hammer strikes the anvil.
- thih kho;
- iron hoops.
- thih sái;
- iron filings.
- oi thih lâng, ceng thih tùi;
- work at hard labor in the Buddhist hell.
- cū sĭthih cîeh sim-tn̂g thóiⁿ tîeh ĭa put jím;
- though one's feelings were hard as rock, one could not endure the sight.
- i cē phoiⁿ phêng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū sĭ thih pit bô î;
- when he has once rendered a decision it is unchangeable.
- i sĭ thih mīn, bô̤ nâng-chêng kâi;
- he is a hard man, with no humanity.
- cí kò̤ mûeh tōiⁿ kùe thih;
- this is harder than iron.
- cía tîeh ēng thih-teng lâi tèng;
- this must be nailed with a nail.
- sĭ bûa chwn-thih-īⁿ;
- is rubbing down an inkstone of the highest quality; is very slow work.
- kù tōa bó to m̄ thih, īu àiⁿ kù sòi kâi bó;
- have not the means to provide adequately for the chief wife, and then there is the inferior wife to provide for.
- àiⁿ kù cîah to kiaⁿ-ùi m̄ thih ā, cò̤ ŭ cîⁿ khṳ̀ sái tīo?
- Fearing there is not the wherewith to supply sufficient food even, how can I have money to spend in something else?
- kù cìeⁿ pôiⁿ m̄ thih, īn àiⁿ kù hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
- am unable to give this side as much attention as it requires, and there is the other side to be attended to.
- táng cí kâi kù tit thih cìaⁿ khṳ̀ kù hṳ́ kâi;
- wait tull you can do as much as is needful for this one, before you go and look after that one.