Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tho̤
tho̤
- ŭ tho̤;
- pregnant.
- sĭu tho̤;
- to conceive.
- hía īeⁿ sĭ sĭu tho̤ kâi īeⁿ;
- that is the way it is with those who are pregnant.
- tho̤ lô̤h tīo;
- had a miscarriage.
- tŭi tho̤ îeh; cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤;
- medicine that will produce an abortion.
- thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
- the first-born son.
- māng-kìⁿ sĭ i lâi tâu tho̤;
- dreamed that it took up its abode in her womb.
- uaⁿ tho̤ îeh, pó̤ tho̤ hû;
- medicine or charms that will prevent miscarriage.
- tho̤-ui;
- the placenta.
- bō̤ tho̤;
- an official cap without any button or fringe.
- thiⁿ ĕ kâi ûah-mûeh ŭ khí sĭ sĭ hùe seⁿ;
- of living creatures under the sun some are viviparous, some are oviparous, some are produced by moisture and some by metamotphosis.
- nâng kio sìu sĭ tho̤ seⁿ kâi;
- men and beasts are viviparous.
- tŏ̤ bó̤ tho̤ tèng cū cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
- blind from birth.
- kùai tho̤;
- a womb that produces monstrosities.
- thó̤-thiap;
- well arranged; settled; properly done.
- thó̤-tàng; thò̤-tǹg;
- secure; everything right.
- thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng;
- as safe and correct as possible.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ thó̤-tǹg a m̄ thó̤-tǹng?
- Do you consider it all securely settled or not?
- lí kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
- have attended to it so thoroughly as to leave everything completely arranged.
- thó̤ cè;
- to dun for the amount of a debt.
- thó̤ sìo;
- ask what is due on a bill.
- i lâi thó̤ îeh;
- he has come to get the medicine that was promised him.
- m̄ thó̤ hó̤;
- I won't have it so.
- in-ūi thó̤ cîⁿ sie-mēⁿ;
- were quarreling because one dunned the other.
- i àiⁿ thó̤-tńg mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- he is going to demand a return of the articles.
- thó̤ cîah;
- ask for food.
- m̄ kio i thó̤;
- does not ask him to repay it.
- thó̤ m̄ khí;
- cannot get him to repay it.
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- To retreat; to retire; to recede; to draw back; to decline; to back out of; to refuse; to excuse; to withdraw; to abate; to yield; to give up to; not to be forward.
- sái bûe-nâng khṳ́ thò̤ chin;
- sent the go-between to break the betrothal.
- cìn thò̤ líang lâng;
- to advance or retreat is equally difficult.
- i ŭ cò̤ thò̤ hùe a bô̤?
- Does he loan goods to be sold at retail?
- bōi m̄ khṳ̀ kâi hùe thò̤ tńg khṳ̀ hâiⁿ i;
- the goods that cannot be sold are taken back and returned to him.
- hâiⁿ cîⁿ bô̤ thò̤ pō;
- do not diminish the price that has once been offered.
- thò̤ sok;
- to shrink, as cloth does in washing; to draw in, as a snail into its shell; to show the white feather.
- īa sĭ lîm tīn thò̤-sok kâi cū àiⁿ cám;
- any who draw back when face to face with the enemy will be beheaded.
- thò̤-piaⁿ;
- to retreat.
- sói lío cū àiⁿ thò̤ sek;
- it will face when washed.
- thò̤ pō;
- to retire, to step back.
- tò̤-thò̤;
- to back out, to withdraw.
- tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;
- to walk backwards.
- i kâi kun lĕng ngîam căi, ŭ cìn bô̤ thò̤;
- their military discipline is very strict, they may advance but not retreat.
- cìn put lêng cìn, thò̤ put lêng thò̤;
- can neither advance nor retreat.
- àiⁿ cìu put tit, àiⁿ thò̤ put lêng;
- can move neither one way nor the other.
- khéng sĭeⁿ thò̤ cêk pō mih sṳ̄ to̤ bô̤;
- if willing to yield a step there would be no trouble.
- îeh khṳt i thò̤ chìn cē cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
- let the medicine cool a little and then take it.
- kám pàng thô ĕ khṳt i thò̤ tīo húe-khì;
- set it down on the ground and let it cool off.
- nâng cē ŭ nî-hùe cū thò̤ sèⁿ;
- as people grow older they become less irrascible.
- i cîah kàu cìeⁿ lău-tōa, kâi sèⁿ hŵn-lío bŏi thò̤;
- he has lived to such age and yet his temper is no less quick.
- cí cêk īeⁿ îeh ŏi thò̤ húe;
- this medicine will reduce inflammation.
- i cêk sin kâi sie-jîet ŏi thò̤ a būe?
- Has his fever abated yet?
- sie ío thò̤ lío;
- the fever is abating.
- cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi thò̤ sie;
- this medicine diminishes fever.
- i hīn-khek thò̤ khì lío;
- it has now lost its odor.
- i kâi lâk thò̤ ho̤h cōi;
- her strength is much diminished.
- thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi kìu-piaⁿ cē lâi cū lak-thò̤;
- when they saw the rescuing force, they retreated.
- thò̤-hûe pńg tīn;
- withdrew into their own ranks.
- àiⁿ cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ thò̤ pō;
- if you are going to do this, you must leave a way of retreat for yourself.
- hŭam sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤ tîeh phah-sǹg cìn kàu tī-kò̤, thò̤ kàu tī-kò̤;
- in everything that one plans to do, one must make up his mind to what point he will press forward, and to what point he will yield.
- īa sĭ bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ thò̤ pō, sṳ̄ cū būe hó̤ kîaⁿ;
- if there be no opportunity for withdrawal, it is not best to act yet.
- khṳt i thò̤ kíam ho̤h cōi ngṳ̂n;
- had the price greatly diminished by him.
- piaⁿ-bé cū thiu-thò̤;
- remanded the troops.
- léng thò̤ cē;
- push it back a little.
- ēng tîeh m̄ hó̤ i àiⁿ thò̤ cîⁿ;
- if in using it I find it is not good, he is to abate the price.
- téng m̄ kàu li cìe thò̤;
- if it is not full weight, will diminish the price accordingly.
- cûa thò̤, sîam thò̤, sîen thò̤;
- the cast off skins of snakes or cicadas.
- phŵn thô̤; sien-thô̤;
- the peach which blossoms and bears fruit once in ten thousand years, and restores the youth of fairies.
- thô̤-hue;
- a peach blossom.
- thò̤ hût;
- peach stones.
- thô̤ jîn;
- the kernel of peach stones.
- thô̤-âng-sek;
- peach pink.
- thô̤-ki lío-ki sĭ ēng lâi phek sîa phek kúi;
- peach and willow branches are used for driving out noxious influences and demons.
- khó thô̤;
- the cling-stone peach.
- pêh pn̄g thò̤;
- the free-stone peach.
- cí lîap thô̤ sâuh kah tîam;
- this peach is firm-fleshed and sweet.
- hût-thô;
- walnuts.
- thô̤-âng cúa;
- pink paper.
- thô̤ kúe;
- globular cakes.
- cût-bí pn̄g thô̤;
- balls of glutinous rice.
- thô̤ cúaⁿ;
- a small spherical lamp.
- thô̤ ìn;
- a globular seal.
- thô̤ mô̤ⁿ;
- the down on a peach.
- seⁿ lâi nĕ thô̤-thô̤;
- she has naturally a high color.
- i cí hûe seⁿ lâi cìaⁿ sĭ thô̤-thô̤ kâi sî-hāu
- she is now in the flush of youth.