Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thui
thui
- lô̤h lâu-thui;
- descend the stairs from the upper storey.
- úa thieⁿ thui tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
- lean a ladder against a wall.
- peh tùi thui tèng khí khṳ̀;
- mount up by a ladder.
- cí tieⁿ thui khah kĭa;
- the latter is too steep.
- thui keh;
- the divisions of a ladder.
- thui cí;
- the rungs of a ladder.
- ŭ jît káu cí, thui cò̤ cē lô̤h;
- some day the rung will come out and he will fall, ladder and all.
- i sĭ pûaⁿ thui chut khṳ̀;
- he traversed it and went out by means of ladders.
- cĭeⁿ to̤-thui;
- ascend a ladder of knives, as demoniacs do.
- tek-thui;
- a bamboo ladder.
- hûn thui;
- a long light ladder made for scaling high walls in a siege.
- so̤h thui;
- a rope ladder.
- kaⁿ-ná thui;
- a ladder used in gathering olives.
- thui-hūeⁿ;
- the hand-rail of a flight of stairs.
- taⁿ tieⁿ thui;
- carry a ladder.
- thui pàng pât nâng sin tèng;
- shirk it upon some one else.
- thui tīo ceh-sêng;
- shirk the responsibility.
- thui cò̤ m̄ cai;
- excused himself by pretending he did not know.
- thui tīo, m̄ ìn-tap;
- declined to answer.
- thui úi;
- to shirk one's duty.
- tṳ-thúi;
- a ham.
- i kâi kha-thúi tōa kí căi;
- he has very stout legs.
- phah tîeh i kâi ău-thúi;
- hit him on his hind leg.
- húe thúi;
- smoked hams.
- cit-thúi;
- salt hams.
- kîaⁿ lío kha-thúi sng căi;
- my legs ache from walking.
- thúi thâu thìaⁿ;
- my thighs ache.
- thúi sim nêk;
- meat from near the ham bone.
- îⁿ thúi;
- a round of ham.
- phŏ̤ tŏ̤ kha-thúi kò̤ cŏ̤;
- took him on her lap.
- khîeh ki lûi-thûi lâi lûi;
- take a drumstick and drum on it.
- cí hù kó-thûi khah tōa;
- this pair of drumsticks is too large.
- khà káu thûi;
- a cane.
- tâng-lô̤ thûi;
- a stick for beating a gong.
- sái thûi;
- wield a bludgeon.
- i kâi thûi hue mŏng-lâi hó̤ thóiⁿ;
- he brandishes his club very gracefully.
- cí kâi thûi khah tōa, m̄ kah khŭ;
- this pestle is too large and does not fit the mortar.
- thih thûi;
- iron hammers.
- tâng thûi;
- brass hammers.
- phah thih thûi;
- a sledge-hammer.
- lûi khòng thûi;
- a gilded hammer, carried in processions.
- châ chìn-thûi;
- a wooden weight on a steelyard bar.
- chìn-thûi m̄ kah chìn;
- the weight does not fit the steelyard.
- cang cîeh lâi thūi;
- put a stone in it to make it sag.
- khò ka lâi khah thūi tó;
- the trowsers are too baggy.
- sìⁿ thūi;
- an ornament depending from the sheath of a fan.
- màiⁿ thūi khah tăng;
- do not make it sag too much, by putting in too heavy a weight.
- în thūi;
- leaden weights suspended on a thing, to hold it down.
thūi ke kò̤ thih; attach another piece of iron to it to hold it down.