Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiⁿ
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
tîⁿ
- tîⁿ tŏ̤ tī cêk tō?
- In what orbit does it move?
- tang-cì pí hē-cì muéⁿ jît thài-îang só̤ tîⁿ kâi tō ke kíam ho̤h cōi;
- the path which the sun daily follows is of very different length in winter from what it is in summer.
- tîⁿ kha;
- bind the feet.
- kha-tîⁿ;
- bandages for the feet.
- tîⁿ m̄ kín cū àiⁿ sùaⁿ;
- if you do not wrap them tightly, they will spread out.
- tîⁿ thâu pò;
- a turban, or head-cloth.
- tîⁿ cang-kíaⁿ-lô̤;
- twist the hair in a knot.
- tîⁿ tîeh tîo so̤h;
- get entangled in a rope.
- koi tîⁿ tîeh thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- the fowl has got its feet entangled in some hair.
- i ē-ē lâi kau-tîⁿ i;
- he is perpetually coming and bothering him.
- i kín-kín lâi kau-tîⁿ;
- he comes with urgent importunities.
- lâi kau-tîⁿ ku-ā hûe;
- came many times and hindered me.
- i tîⁿ kín-kín, kîaⁿ m̄ khui sin;
- he clings about me so that I cannot get away.
- tîn tîⁿ tŏ̤ chīu tèng;
- the creeper twines around the tree.
- i cong-kú lâi tîⁿ;
- he is always bothering one.
- kha tîⁿ chíu tîⁿ;
- hands and feet tied; hampered by circumstances.
- tîⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
- will not cease from molesting.
- cía ūe tàⁿ chut lâi tîⁿ sin;
- this which you have said will implicate you.
- lṳ́ cò̤ sṳ̄ mâiⁿ tîⁿ sin;
- do things in such a way as not to involve yourself.
- i sĭ tó̤ chòng-tîⁿ nâng;
- he is involving others.
- i tîⁿ kha cak chíu cò̤ ŏi kîaⁿ?
- How can he go on with hands tied and feet bound?
- màiⁿ tò̤ khah tĭⁿ;
- do not pour it too full.
- tò̤ kàu tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ cē kîaⁿ cū ùi àiⁿ lâu tīo;
- if you fill it too full there is danger that in walking it will spill over.
- chō̤ kàu tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
- put in as much as it will hold.
- lâu cúi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
- the tide is at the flood.
- cúi tĭⁿ; tĭe tĭⁿ;
- the tide is rising.
- lâu-cúi tĭⁿ a khó̤?
- Is the tide rising or falling?
- lâu cìaⁿ tó̤ tĭⁿ;
- the tide is just rising.
- tĭⁿ ke ku-ā chieh;
- it has risen several feet.
- tĭⁿ khṳ̀ căi lío;
- it is at the full.