Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiok
thiok
- i cí nŏ̤ nî cek-thiok ŭ kúi choiⁿ ngṳ̂n tŏ̤-kò̤;
- he has laid up several thousands of dollars these last two years.
- i cía chîu-hṳ̆n sĭ cek-thiok kú kâi;
- this enmity has been gradually accumulating through a long period.
- phêng-sî tîeh ŏi cek-cek thiok-thiok, hông tîeh cúi ŭaⁿ, hôk-sĭ ki-hng, cí kâi cek-thiok kâi cū hó̤ khîeh chut lâi ēng;
- it must be collected and hoarded up in ordinary times, and when there is drought or famine, that which has been accumulated may be brought out and used.
- sai-ĕ thiok cek;
- secretly hoard.
- thiok kàu kâi sì hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;
- lay by till a very favorable time comes and then make it.
- i sĭ tó̤ thiok sì kâi;
- he is rallying his force.
- hut-jîen kâi kha chíu thiu-thiok;
- suddently taken with cramp in the limbs.