Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tho̤h
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tho̤h
- cang chíu kâi i tho̤h tīaⁿ;
- take your hand and hold it steady, pushing upward.
- i bo̤ mih lâk, tho̤h m tîo;
- she is not very strong, and cannot hold it up over her head.
- i kâi chíu tèng tho̤h kâi thah;
- he holds a pagoda on his palm.
- i kâi lâk tōa căi, ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;
- he has great strength, and can support a roof-beam while the pillar below is being replaced.
- 託tho̤h9151498
- To charge with; to commission; to intrust to; to engage one to do; to trust in; to ask; to use as a pretext.
- tho̤h hok;
- I am well, thank you, a contraction of tho̤h lṳ́ lâu-nâng-ke kâi hok, I have availed myself of your favor to be happy.
- tho̤h pì;
- by your auspices.
- m̄-hó̤ tho̤h i;
- do not entrust it to him.
- i lâi tho̤h nâng-chêng;
- he has come to ask a favor.
- cí kâi phêng-íu sĭ hó̤ tho̤h chi kìa cṳ́ kâi;
- this friend is one to whose care one might commit his wife and children.
- tho̤h-kù m̄ khṳ̀;
- that will not answer as a a pretext.
- sĭu nâng só̤ tho̤h;
- have a commission to attend to.
- úa ŭ cêk huang sìn àiⁿ pài tho̤h lṳ́ kìa;
- I have a letter that I wish to commit to your care.
- cía sṳ̄ lṳ́ thóiⁿ hó̤ hù-tho̤h i a m̄-hó̤?
- Do you think it would be will to entrust this business to him?
- tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa bói;
- commission you to buy some for me.
- àiⁿ tho̤h nâng lí;
- will put it into the hands of some one who will attend to it.
- i to bŏi tàⁿ ūa lṳ́ cò̤ hó̤ tho̤h i tàⁿ ūe;
- as he si no talker, why do you entrust the negotiation to him.
- bŏi hŭ só̤ tho̤h cū hó̤;
- if he does not neglect to do whath e was charged with all will be well.
- i sĭ tho̤h ko kâi tăi chîn;
- he is a nobleman who might be trusted as the guardian of an orphan prince.
- tho̤h-cío;
- the ostrich, or cassowary of the Indian Archipelago.