Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thio

by Adele Marion Fielde

thio

• 超thio361566
• To go before; to step over; to release from Purgatory, as Buddhists do.

thio-seng;

to promote over others, to overslaugh other officers.

peh-jît thio-seng;

promoted openly to a position above those who had been his superiors in office.

pàng i khṳ̀ thio seⁿ;

let him live on.

thio tō i kâi lêng-hûn míen jîp tī-gêk;

when released from purgatory, his soul need not enter hell.

• 挑thio887646
• To take the responsibility; to guarantee; to warrant.

i chíaⁿ tī-tîang chut lâi thio sṳ̄;

he asked some one to take the responsibility of the affair upon himself.

úa kio i thio-sêng;

I will stand sponsor for him.

i thio-sêng m̄ khí;

he is not able to give security to this amount.

sĭ cí koi phò thio jīn;

this is the shop which warranted the goods.

i sĭ koiⁿ-thio mòng-êk kâi nâng;

he is a huckster.

sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang thio kâi?

Who is the responsible party in the cast?

úa thio i jît ău m̄ káⁿ cū sĭ;

I will guarantee that he will not hereafter do so again.

• 迢thio8891625
• Far off; remote; cut off from constant intercourse.

khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò thio-thio lō thâu;

to go there is a very long journey.

lō tîo thio-thio, káng choiⁿ lí hn̆g;

a long journey, of fully a thousand miles.

cêk lō thio-thio;

a long road to travel.

• 𦨖thìo381374
• The tossing of a vessel on the water.

éng cē lâi cûn cū tó̤ thìo;

as soon as the waves rise the vessel pitches.

cûn iô-ît căi, cn̂g kâi tó̤ thìo;

the boat is very uneasy, and is all the time pitching and rolling.

• 超thìo361565
• To surpass; to excel; to go before.

i kâi châi-chêng sît-cāi thìo khûn;

his abilities are above the common run.

i chú tîeh thìo-téng;

he has taken a place in the first rank of graduates.

i ŏi khui thio hō̤ kâi keng;

he can draw bows that are above the regular degree of stiffness.

• 跳thìo8891576
• To leap, to jump, to skip, to dance, to hop about, to palpitate, to throb; to reach across.

thìo lô̤h lâi;

jump down.

thìo-mŏng;

to dance and gesture as an actor does.

tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùu khṳ̀;

rallied his force and jumped across.

thìo khí khṳ̀;

leaped up.

chíu mŏng, kha thìo;

brandish the arms and hop about.

huaⁿ-hí kàu tó̤ thìo;

skipped for joy.

sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pok-pok-thìo;

the heart palpitates.

kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ thìo;

does not go along, but keeps hopping about.

hṳ̂ thìo tŏ̤ cúi mīn;

the fish leap on the surface of the water.

i kâi phûn sĭ cò̤ cò̤ kap-pô̤ thìo;

his grave is made with a scalloped front, with an outline like the course of a leaping frog.

khṳt i thìo-cáu khṳ̀;

he bolted off.

thìo kùe kau;

spring across a ditch.

i khì kàu khṳ̀ thìo khoi;

she was so vexed that she went and jumped into the river.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ ûn-chāi, chûh-chûh thìo;

does not do things in a smooth and easy way but keeps skipping to and fro.

khì kàu tó̤ thìo;

jumped up and down from rage.

tò̤ thìo;

leap backwards.

cíaⁿ thìo;

leap forward.

i cē thìo cū cĭeⁿ chù-téng;

he mounts upon the roof at a leap.

thìo-pang;

a board laid as a foot-bridge from one point to another; a gangway from the shore to a boat.

tîeh phah thìo-pang cìaⁿ ŏi tit khí;

must lay a plank across and then we can get on boad.

phah thìo tîeh phah ún-ún;

if you lay a temporary foot-bridge you must make it firm.

• 條thîo888756
• To classify statements; to set down items in order; to arrange in sections.

Cía sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤-nî thîo-thîn?

How is this matter to be lucidly set forth?

íⁿ-keng soiⁿ thîo-thîn hó̤-hó̤ lío;

have already arranged the items, sections or statements in such order as to make the subject clear.

• 調thîo8881498
• To harmonize; to blend; to restore the peace; to adjust; to mix or compound; to tame; to temper; to regulate; to moderate; to tune; to find the tone of a character; to spell; to combine initials and finals according to tone, as in forming Chinese characters.

lṳ́ kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai thîo-íang;

you must nurse your health.

àiⁿ thîo-lí lâi tit huap;

will regulate it according to a system.

i tńg khṳ̀ chù tó̤ thîo-ui;

he has gone home for medical treatment.

i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài bŭ;

she is skillful in cookery.

chíaⁿ kong-chin lai thîo-chú;

invite arbitrators to decide on the matter of settling the affair.

thîo-hì;

lewd dalliance.

phêⁿ ceh m̄ thîo;

the tones do not harmonize.

thîo kàu i kâi hîⁿ hûa cìaⁿ hó̤ tôaⁿ;

tune the viols till they accord and then play.

i kâi khì-hueh m̄ thîo-hûa;

his system is generally deranged.

cía sĭ cîah lío m̄ sio kâi mâu-pēⁿ, tîeh cîah i sio-thîo;

this trouble arises from indigestion, and he must take something to assist digestion.

• 柱thĭo89155
• A pillar; a support.

cîeh thĭo;

a stone column.

thĭo kha;

the base of a pillar.

thĭo tún;

the plinth.

thĭo sin;

the shaft.

thĭo téng;

the capital.

ke thĭo;

a pillar of the family.

chù thĭo;

a pillar of a house.

m̄ hó̤ cò̤ êⁿ īa hó̤ cò̤ thĭo;

what will not do for a main beam, may do for a prop.

i kâi lâk ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;

his strength is such that he can raise the beam to change the supporting pillar.

sì thĭo;

the year, month, day and hour of birth.