Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thoiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

thóiⁿ

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• To look at; to see; to regard carefully; aspect.

chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

see with one's own eyes.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ mē?

Do you see it?

khṳt úa thóiⁿ;

let me see it.

úa li thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

I do not see it.

hó̤ thóiⁿ căi;

presenting an admirable appearance.

thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ mâk;

the sight is repulsive.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ tîeh hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?

Do you consider it well to do so or not?

thóiⁿ kha thóiⁿ chíu;

to stare at one.

khṳt úa thóiⁿ phùa lío;

I have seen through it; the trick of it has been found out by me.

thóiⁿ m̄ chit;

cannot perceive it.

thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ pat tò̤ jīn;

do not recognize it.

i cheⁿ-mêⁿ, mâk-ciu thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

he is blind, and does not see.

híen khui lâi thóiⁿ;

turn over the leaves and see.

thóiⁿ cṳ;

to read silently.

thóiⁿ sìeⁿ kâi nâng;

a physiognomist.

i jī ke tó̤ sie thóiⁿ;

the two are looking at each other.

i cē thóiⁿ tŏ̤ i mâk cū tŏ̤ i chíu;

as soon as he takes a fancy to a thing he has it.

i cē thóiⁿ tŏ̤ i mâk cū tŏ̤ i tó;

as soon as it comes within the range of his eye, he takes it into his mind.

thóiⁿ khin;

look upon with contempt.

thóiⁿ tăng; thóiⁿ tŏng;

regard with respect.

cía sĭ cêk īeⁿ thóiⁿ huap;

this is his way of looking at things.

thóiⁿ mn̂g;

watch the house.

i thóiⁿ i, ithóiⁿ i;

looking at each other.

thóiⁿ kàu kông;

look till dazed.

thóiⁿ-síu sîaⁿ mn̂g;

guard the city gates.

m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

never saw.

lṳ́ phīⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;

you examine it by smelling it and see whether it is good.

cîah thóiⁿ hó̤ mē;

taste some and see if it is good.

chì thóiⁿ jîeh hó̤;

try it and see how good it is.

mông thòiⁿ jîeh kût;

feel and see how smooth it is.

thóiⁿ m̄ hīn;

do not see clearly.