Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thng
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thng
- gû-nêk-thng;
- beef broth.
- koi-thng;
- chicken soup.
- thng-sî;
- a soup-spoon.
- thng úaⁿ;
- a soup-tureen.
- thng cúi;
- gravy.
- sie thng;
- hot soup.
- luh thng;
- to sip soup.
- thō thng;
- to gulp down soup.
- íe thng;
- dip out soup.
- ngâu thng; pû thng; cṳ́ thng;
- make soup.
- tè tīo thng;
- drain off the gravy.
- chwn thng; make broth.
- lâm tìeh thng;
- pour the gravy over it.
- thng khah cíaⁿ;
- the soup is too fresh.
- lâm cho̤h ngîam-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;
- pour in some "stock".
- khah seⁿ thng;
- it is too watery.
- jîet kàu jû kún thng;
- hot as boiling soup.
- thng bŏi tîam;
- the soup has no strength.
- i khṳt kún cúi thǹg tîeh;
- she scalded herself with boiling water.
- thǹg kàu kâi phă khí lâi;
- scalded so that it blistered.
- sie kàu ŏi thǹg chíu;
- hot enough to scald the hand.
- ceng kẁn tîeh thǹg sie-sie;
- must rinse the cups and tea-pot in hot water and make them very hot.
- thǹg-hû;
- a chaffing dish.
- sie kha thǹg chíu kâi sṳ̄, kang-khó cò̤;
- that is very severe drudgery.
- ham khîeh khṳ̀ thǹg;
- take the scallops and pour boiling water over them.
- thǹng būe sêk;
- they are not yet scalded through.
- thǹg tīo saⁿ;
- to take off one's tunic.
- thǹg khui lâi thóiⁿ;
- throw open your tunic and let me see.
- pak tīo bō̤, thǹg tīo ôi bûeh;
- take off yoru cap, and your shoes and stockings.
- pêh-thn̂g;
- white or light colored sugar.
- chiah sua thn̂g; îang thn̂g;
- granulated brown sugar.
- o thn̂g;
- dark or uncleansed sugar.
- piaⁿ thn̂g;
- rock-candy.
- thn̂g-kêk;
- the Sugar Company.
- thn̂g-lāu;
- a sugar filter.
- tĥng pâng;
- a sugar-mill.
- thn̂g-cúi;
- molasses.
- áng thn̂g hìeⁿ tîam;
- as sweet as sugar.
- lāu búe thn̂g;
- sugar from the bottom of the filter.
- ńng thn̂g;
- soft wet sugar.
- ká thn̂g;
- press the juice from the cane and make sugar.
- ngâu thn̂g; sêk thn̂g;
- make sugar.
- cía cap ngâu cò̤ thn̂g;
- boil this juice into sugar.
- thn̂g lîo;
- a temporary shed under which sugar is boiled.
- thn̂g-lîo tèng kâi cìa-ká;
- the stones used to crush cane at the sugar-mill.
- sâh thn̂g;
- boil insugar.
- khô̤h thn̂g;
- make taffy.
- mêng-thn̂g;
- gum-drops.
- thn̂g-îⁿ;
- barley sugar.
- so thn̂g;
- crisp candy.
- thn̂g-tāu;
- pea-nut candy.
- thn̂g sai;
- sugar lions.
- thn̂g-pang;
- cakes made of parched rice and sugar.
- kieⁿ-thn̂g;
- spiced candy.
- thn̂g kieⁿ;
- preserved ginger.
- thn̂g līo;
- confectionery.
- pêh-thn̂g kúe;
- sweet pastry.
- suah thn̂g;
- sprinkle with sugar.
- kit-hún thn̂g;
- loaf sugar.
- cheng thn̂g;
- clarified sugar.
- pôih thn̂g-chang;
- pull molasses candy.
- phûah thn̂g-îⁿ;
- make barley sugar.
- chíu-thn̆g chut khŭ;
- the elbow joint is dislocated.
- i cang chíu-thn̆g, thn̆g kàu i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- he hit him with his elbow till he fell down.
- i àm-cĕⁿ thn̆g i, i cū cai;
- when he privately nudged him with his elbow, he knew.
- chíu-thn̆g hṳ́ tói sng-ńng-thìaⁿ;
- my elbow is lame.
- khîeh ki tek-ko̤ khṳ̀ thn̄g sái-kau;
- take a stick and go set the sewer running.
- kau lō tîeh soiⁿ thn̄g thong;
- you must first open a passage for the water to flow in the drains.
- ci ki khah ńng m̄ hó̤ thn̄g;
- this is so flexible that it is not goot to use as a poker.
- thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;
- poke into the inside of it.
- thn̄g sie-lîn-thàng;
- poked a hole in it.