Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiu
thiu
- 抽thiu50645
- To take out with the hand; to lift; to levy or assess, as taxes; to select or draw, as a lot; to expand, as plants in spring; to raise water; to receive one's portion; a tenth, a tithe; a fee.
- cía cĭ cò̤-nî thiu-thâu?
- What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?
- thiu tàⁿ-thâu;
- take the fees for porterage.
- câp hūn thiu cêk hūn;
- take a tithe of it.
- thiu khí lâi;
- take out a portion.
- pûah lío būe lă cò̤ thiu cúi;
- after gambling had not enough to pay the percentage charged as fees to the gambling house.
- thiu cúi;
- the portion kept as his fee by the one who holds the stakes in gaming.
- cêk sin thiu-thìaⁿ;
- had cramps all over me.
- kha thiu kṳn;
- had a cramp in the leg.
- thiu huang;
- cramps arising from a cold.
- ēng cúi-thiu lâi thiu cúi;
- take a syphon and draw off the water.
- thiu chut lâi lío, lêng-ūaⁿ jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;
- drew it out and then crowded it in again.
- i thiu kha cáu;
- he got up and went off.
- ke it thiu;
- another tenth.
- m̄ ôiⁿ căi, put lêng thiu sin;
- am very busy and can't get away.
- thiu sît ŭ jîeh cōi?
- What is the net gain?
- būe cêng tṳ̂ thiu;
- have not yet subtracted the expenses.
- sai thiu;
- illegal fees.
- thiu sim chut lâi;
- take out the core.
- thiu tîo lêng tŏa kùe khṳ̀;
- sent out a tendril to run over it.
- côih hô̤ sai thiu;
- cut off the passage of boats, and levy illegal taxes on the passengers.
- thiu tīo;
- to draw out and reject.
- sang pôiⁿ hĕ thiu;
- face the two edges.
- chíu-ńg àiⁿ hĕ thiu a m̆?
- Do you want to face the edge of the sleeve?
- ka lo̤h khṳ̀ tú-tú cûah thiu: tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ ka pò lâi có̤ thiu;
- in cutting it out, there lacks just the facing: you must buy another piece for the facing.
- ŭ thiu lí ío năi;
- it will last longer if faced.
- pi ke nŏ̤ kò̤ thiu, cêk pôiⁿ cêk kò̤;
- lay on two more facings, one on either side.
- thiu pang;
- to plane boards.
- khía ki thiu lâi thiu;
- take a plane and plane it.
- thiu cîh; thiu to̤;
- the blade of a plane.
- thiu kng-kng;
- plane very smooth.
- thiu-siah;
- to correct; to put in shape; to polish of.
- 丑thíu5213
- The second of the twelve horary characters or branches; the second hour of the day, from 1 to 3 o'clock A.M, or the fourth watch; it is denoted by the ox, and astrologers say that persons born at this hour are likely to be dull.
- thíu sî;
- from one to three o'clock A.M.
- thîu guêh;
- the second month in the cycle of twelve.
- thíu-kieh;
- the merry-andrews in a play.
- i tó̤ cò̤ thíu;
- he acts the part of buffoon.
- koi put lî thíu;
- the fowls will always crow in the fourth watch.
- 躊躇thîu-thû51
- Irresolute; undecided; unable to get on.
- i hŵn-lío thîu-thû, m̄ cêk-kwt;
- he is still wavering and uncertain.
- thîu-thû ku-ā jîthŵn būe chut m̂ng;
- has been able to make up his mind whether he would go during several days and has not yet started.
- i cò̤-nî cêk lō thîu-thû kàu cièⁿ kú hŵn būe lâi?
- How is it that he has delayed on the road so long and has not yet arrived?
- úa thóiⁿ i kâi ì sĭ thîu-thîu thû-thû, phah-sǹg būe tīaⁿ;
- I see that he intends to keep putting it off, his mind not being made up about it.
- thîu-ûeh;
- settle and arrange a way of action.
- ka-kī tó̤ thîu-mông kòi-cheh;
- he himself devised a plan of action.