Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thut

by Adele Marion Fielde

thut

• 脫thut9241307
• To slip out of; to escape from; to leave.

i kiaⁿ-ùi thut sin m̄ lī;

he fears he cannot get away.

cău-hùe thut-lī cí kâi lāng;

fortunately escaped this trouble.

bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ chut-thut;

have no way of getting out of it.

i sĭ ēng kim-sîen thut khah kâi kòi-cheh;

he is using the same device as that by which the spotted cicata gets rid of its skin; his plan is to leave altogether.

i cí hûe sît-căi bô̤ chut bô̤ thut;

there is now really no escape for him.

cò̤ chut lâi thut sôk căi;

is much above the common run in its style.

thut tīo kut;

take out the bones.

tîeh pû kàu i kâi kut ka-kī thut chut lâi;

boil it till its bones drop out of themselves.

ău-lâi i kâi chin khṳt i thut khṳ̀;

afterward the betrothal was broken by them.

• 黜thut982035
• To degrade, to dismiss from office.

thut-thek;

to degrade the inefficient.

kháu kàu cí búe m̄ cai ŭ sĭm-mih thut-thek a bó̤;

do not know whether any will be placed in other grades after the examination is over.