Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thong

by Adele Marion Fielde

thong

• 蓪thong99314011

thong-cháu;

the Aralia papyrifera^*, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.

châng-phàⁿ cū sĭ thong-cháu cò̤ kâi;

pith-paper is made from this herbaceous plant.

• 通thong9321627
• To see clearly; to perceive; to make known to others; to have dealings or political relations with; to communicate.

i kâi tó lăi nĕ thong-thong;

he is very clear-headed.

hṳ́ khí nâng cn̂g kâi m̄ thong;

such people do not take in the meaning at all.

i cn̂g kâi m̄ thong chêng;

he does not at all understand the state of affairs.

cí lăi tîeh khui khṳt i thong huang cē;

this must be opened to let the air in.

phīⁿ sak kín, m̄ thong khí;

my nose is stopped up so that I cannot breathe through it.

cē phah ka1-thì khì cū thong;

as soon as you sneeze the passages will be opened.

i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ phah thong khṳ̀;

the two have an understanding with each other.

àm-cĕⁿ soiⁿ thong pīn;

secretly came to an understanding with each other beforehand.

úa àm-cĕⁿ thong lṳ́, lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai ṳ̆-pĭ;

I give you an inkling of it, that you may prepare for it.

thong-sṳ̄;

an interpreter.

i cò̤ thong-sṳ̄;

he is the linguist employed in the transaction of business.

thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;

are generally designated as teachers.

lō-mn̂g m̄ thong;

the way is not open.

sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi pìen thong;

the thing must accommodate itself to circumstances.

thong tâk sì-chêng;

well versed in affairs.

i khṳ̀ thong-tâng i;

he went and informed then.

sie thong;

intercommunicating.

thong cai;

to notify.

• 寵thóng1104016
• To think much of.

hṳ́ kâi sĭ i cùe thóng-ài kâi chiap;

that is his favorite concubine.

hṳ́ lăihùaⁿ nâng cū sĭ cí kâi sĭang tit thóng;

of all those in there this is the one that is most beloved.

• 塚thóng1073210
• A sepulcher.

bói cêk kò̤ tī cò̤ ngĭ-thóng;

buy a piece of land for a potter's field.

líu lô̤h khṳ̀ hṳ́ tói ŭ kháu kó thóng;

in digging down we found an old tomb below.

múaⁿ-tī kò̤ cǹng kàu kio ngĭ-thóng-po hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

graves are everywhere as thick as in a public cemetery.

• 冡thóng107148
• Eminent; honorable.

thóng-cái;

the premier.

thóng-cái cū sĭ cái-sìang;

the premier is the prime minister.

• 統thóng9631206
• Total, entire, general, all under one head; to control, to rule.

thiⁿ ĕ cêk thóng;

the whole empire is under one sway.

úa àiⁿ phah kàu kui thóng;

I wish to get the monopoly of it.

cóng-tok thóng-sôk bûn bṳ́;

the governor controls both the civilians and military men.

thói-thóng;

one's character.

màiⁿ bô̤ thói-thóng;

do not disgrace yourself.

thóng-kāng ŭ jîeh cōi?

What is the sum total?

ēng tī-tîang cò̤ cóng-thóng?

Whom does he employ as factotum?

pō-kun thóng-nía;

the commander in chief of the infantry at Peking.

• 痛thòng9361047
• Heart-rending; distressing; with energy; extremely; painfully.

thòng-khùai;

to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.

mēⁿ khṳ̀ thòng-khùai căi;

scolded until he felt perfectly content.

ūe tàⁿ kàu thòng-khùai căi;

talked until she had talked herself out.

i ín-keng thòng kói côiⁿ hui;

he has sincerely repented of his past errors.

• 童thông9341177
• A youth, a lad, a student; boyish, youthful; undefiled, pure.

thông-lâm;

a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.

thông-ńng;

a virgin.

thông-cṳ́;

a boy.

ke-thông;

servants; young men, hired or bought, or born in the house.

sîn thông;

a bright lad.

nín kùi kūiⁿ kháu-kà ŭ jîeh cōi thông-seng?

How many youths attend the examinations in your district?

i hieⁿ-lí chûn nŏ̤ kâi lău-thông tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

there are only two candidates for degrees, who have for a long time been such, remaining in their village.

cṳ-thông;

students.

îeh-thông;

medical students.

bûn-thông, bú-thông;

candidates for degrees, civil or military.

i cîah kàu hô̤h hwt thông ngŵn;

he has a rosy face and hoary hair.

i cṳ̆ sòi síu thông-ceng;

he took vows of chastity in his youth.

i hŵn-lío sĭ hăi-thông khì;

he is still youthful in his feelings.

saⁿ-câp būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;

one is a youth so long as he is not past thirty.

• 瞳thông93510912
• The pupil of the eye.

i kâi mâk thìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi gāi tîeh thông-jîn a bŏi?

Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?

i kâi thông-jîn en̂g kâi bū;

the pupils of his eyes have a cloudy look all over them.

lêk cúi kẁn thông-jîn;

a cataract has spread over the pupil.

i kâi thông-jîn pêh-bū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

his pupil is an opaque white, and he cannot see at all.

• 幢幡thông-hwn116
• Streamers; pendant screens; pendant scrolls of silk before a shrine.

cêk sang thông-hwn hĭⁿ-kau;

a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.

• 同thông933303
• Alike; identical; matched.

tăi thông sío ĭ;

the difference is less than the similarity.

thông cṳ́;

one born in the same year.

• 洞thōng931856
• To understand thoroughly; to see through a subject; acquainted with.

i ío thōng-sek mîn-chêng;

he understands human nature.

cía tîeh ŭ thōng-sek cía sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi lí;

this must be managed by someone who understands such business.