Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tie

by Adele Marion Fielde

tîe

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• The tides.

tîe cúi;

the tidal waves.

tîe ciu hú;

the Department of the Tides, the name of that in which Swatow is situated.

tîe tĭⁿ;

flood tide.

tîe khó̤;

ebb tide.

tîe cúi thò̤;

the tide recedes.

sŭn tîe cúi, ngêk tîe cúi;

to follow or oppose the tide.

• 抖tīe874644
• To shudder; to shiver.

chìn kàu tó̤ tīe;

so cold that she shivered.

kiaⁿ kàu hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tīe;

shook with fear.

kûaⁿ kàu tó̤ tīe;

shivered with cold.

hṳ́ tói cheⁿ tīe chut lâi;

rigors beginning in the interior of the body.

khṳt pak huang cē chue tîeh cêk sin li-li tīe;

when the north wind blows upon me I shiver all over.

tīe m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

cannot stop shivering.

chìn kàu khí khap-khap tīe;

so cold his teeth chattered.

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• To rebound; to bound.

tīe-tò̤ tńg lâi; tò̤-tīe tńg lâi;

to bound backward.

kîu cŭang tîeh chîeⁿ cū tīe khui lâi;

the ball hit the wall and bounded off.

lô̤h khṳ̀ tīe nang-uang kûiⁿ khí lâi;

fell and rebounded very high.