Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

tiaⁿ

• 着tiaⁿ801236
• To touch slightly; to hit gently.

chíu tiaⁿ tîeh hūang-hūang kún;

it feels boiling hot to the hand.

m̄-hó tiaⁿ tîeh i;

do not touch it.

khi-khi nē, tiaⁿ tîeh cū tò̤ tīo;

it is tilted up so that it will be upset by the slightest touch.

• 釜tíaⁿ1471672
• A caldron; a hemispherical boiler, without legs.

hîaⁿ cek̆ tíaⁿ cúi;

heat an iron pan full of water.

cang tíaⁿ ngâu chài;

take the iron pan to seethe the vegetables.

tíaⁿ-kám-tîeh khàm miⁿ;

put the kettle-cover on tightly.

kueh tíaⁿ;

scrape the soot off the bottom of the caldron.

chìu tíaⁿ;

scour the caldron.

tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

a small iron pan.

chá-tíaⁿ;

a frying pan.

cí kâi tíaⁿ sĭ seⁿ cù kâi a sĭ thih cù kâi?

Is this caldron made of steel or of iron?

tíaⁿ lĭu;

an iron shovel used with a caldron.

tíaⁿ bô;

the mould for casting a caldron.

pó tíaⁿ;

to mend a caldron.

tùi tíaⁿ; ūaⁿ tíaⁿ;

exchange a cracked caldron for a whole one.

tíaⁿ pit lío;

there is a crack in the caldron.

húe màiⁿ khah méⁿ, màiⁿ pek lîh tíaⁿ;

do not have your fire so hot as to crack the caldron.

màiⁿ táng kàu húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;

do not wait until the fire has heated the bottom of the caldron before you make ready to use it.

• 着tìaⁿ801236
• A final particle, following a verb and giving force to its meaning.

ût tìaⁿ luh;

drink it lying down.

lṳ́ khîeh tìaⁿ;

you take it.

m̄ tîeh cŏ̤ tìaⁿ cîah, màiⁿ khĭa pàng kò̤ cū tó̤ cîah;

why do you not sit down and eat, instead of standing round and eating.

hàm i thóiⁿ tìaⁿ;

tell him to look well at it.

a-nôⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ phŏ̤ tìaⁿ;

come, child, I will hold you.

hàm i khĭa tìaⁿ;

tell him to stand up.

lṳ́ hó̤ cŏ̤ tìaⁿ;

you should sit down.

lṳ́ tâh tìaⁿ;

you step on it.

cang kùa khàm tìaⁿ;

take the cover and set it on.

i tîeh hó̤ hû tìaⁿ;

he must push upward.

màiⁿ jît tìaⁿ;

do not press down upon it.

• 場tîaⁿ26329
• An area of level ground, set apart for special uses; an open plat; an arena used for special purposes, as drill, gaming, theatricals or executions.

hue-tîaⁿ;

a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.

i tó̤ cò̤ îam-tîaⁿ-kuaⁿ;

he is the salt commissioner.

phâk chek kâi chek-tîaⁿ;

an area made for drying paddy in the sun.

cêk tîaⁿ îam khṳt cúi lâu tīo khṳ̀;

the whole salt-pan of salt was washed away.

chù mīn-côiⁿ kâi tîaⁿ khuah-khuah;

the open court before the house is very spacious.

i kâi chù ŭ gūa-tîaⁿ a bô̤?

Is there an open court in their house?

• 呈tîaⁿ79304
• To state to a superior; to complain to; a plea, a state ment; to hand in a petition.

cò̤ tîaⁿ;

write a plea or complaint.

jîp tîaⁿ;

enter a complaint before an official.

i khṳ̀ sù tîaⁿ;

he has gone to defend himself against an accusation.

ngŵn tîaⁿ, pĭ tîaⁿ;

statement and counterstatement; complaint and rejoinder.

siu ŭ jîeh cōi tîaⁿ sṳ̂;

received a great number of formal accusations, and of counter-representations.

kuaⁿ ka-kī chut lâi siu tîaⁿ;

the magistrate himself came forth and took the written paper containing the complaint.

tîaⁿ bô̤ khap chok, m̄ cai ŭ siu a bô̤;

do not know whether a charge that has not a seal set upon it, will be taken in at the yamun or not.

âng tîaⁿ;

an accusation written on red paper and without a seal.

sek tîaⁿ;

a complaint written on ruled white paper and sealed.

thŵn tîaⁿ;

a written charge, forwarded through to the yamun on other than the regular days for receiving such papers.

hăng tîaⁿ;

a charge sent in to the yamun ou the regular days for receiving complaints.

phoiⁿ tîaⁿ;

to officially consider a formal complaint.

jîp ho̤h cōi tieⁿ tîaⁿ hŵn-lío m̄ cún;

have entered ever so many pleas at the yamun, and have as yet had no examination of my case granted me.

tŏ̤ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tîaⁿ khòng;

have formally appealed to the district magistrate.

tîaⁿ thâu siu, thâu thóiⁿ, thâu mn̄g;

entertained, inspected, and inquired into the complaint all at the same time.

chau tîaⁿ;

copy out a charge that has been entered at the yamun.

tîaⁿ kó̤;

draft of a petition.

tîaⁿ cúa;

paper on which pleas are written.

• 錠tĭaⁿ9051678
• An ingot or shoe of bullion.

ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;

ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.

khîeh cêk tĭaⁿ ûang-pó̤ khṳ̀ táu;

take a shoe of silver and exchange it for small coin.

cêk kâi pit tĭaⁿ jû-ì kâi teng;

lanterns that resemble a pen, an ingot, and a brooch.

• 定tīaⁿ905405
• Fixed, secure, tranquil, steady; used after an expression to enforce it; really, certainly, absolutely; brought to a proper state; at rest, set; to fix, to settle on, to decide.

cêk tīaⁿ put êk kâi;

fixed beyond all possibility of change.

pit-tīaⁿ;

surely, positively.

kio i tīaⁿ kâi chin tŏ̤-kò̤;

has secured a wife for him.

tīaⁿ i saⁿ peh tàⁿ hue;

made a contract with him for three hundred piculs of lime.

khîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i siu tīaⁿ;

gave him two dollars to bind the bargain.

i ieh tīaⁿ móng jît àiⁿ lâi;

he promised positively to come on a certain day.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ bô̤ tīaⁿ-cún;

did not say definitely.

bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

not exactly.

hŵn-lío būe tīaⁿ;

it is not yet decided.

cía m̄ tīaⁿ;

this is uncertain.

i àiⁿ khîeh-tńg tīaⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

he wishes to give back the money that was given him to bind the bargain.

chùn si ûi tīaⁿ;

every detail is fixed by contract.

cîah i kâi tīaⁿ-thâu-ngṳ̂n;

made off with the money given to bind the contract.

kâi ngṳ̂n cò̤ tīaⁿ;

a dollar paid as security.

hàm i thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;

tell him to look at it in such a way as to he sure about it.

thiaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

listen so carefully as to be certain what was said.

jīn m̄ tīaⁿ;

not sure that this is the one.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;

he acts in an irresolute way.

• 耳tīaⁿ7201280
• A final particle, intensifying what goes before.

hṳ́ lăi nŏ̤ nâng tīaⁿ;

two persons were there and no more.

toaⁿ i tó̤ cŏ̤ tīaⁿ;

only he was sitting there.

cêk kù ūe tīaⁿ;

one word only.

cêk jît tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;

one day and no more.

chûn sì ngŏ nâng tīaⁿ;

there remained four or five persons only.

cêk tńg tīaⁿ;

once and no more.

cêk kâi tīaⁿ;

one alone.

chûn cêk kùe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

a half day only remains.

sĭang sĭm sĭ cièⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ;

this is the utmost.