Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tieⁿ
tieⁿ
- tieⁿ īeⁿ tieⁿ sìeⁿ;
- to imitate a style.
- tieⁿ lâng, tieⁿ é, tieⁿ cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
- pretend to be deaf, dumb, and blind.
- tieⁿ kàu ńng-ńng;
- to imitate exactly.
- tieⁿ io tieⁿ jîo;
- try to be fascinating.
- tieⁿ kàu jîen-jîen;
- imitate perfectly.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ tieⁿ io-kùai;
- do not affect to be other than you are.
- cêk tieⁿ cúa;
- a sheet of paper.
- cêk tieⁿ chn̂g;
- a broad table.
- cêk tieⁿ phûe;
- a pelt.
- àiⁿ cêk tieⁿ a àiⁿ nŏ̤ tieⁿ?
- Do you want one sheet or two?
- i tó̤ tieⁿ;
- he is spreading it.
- tieⁿ keng sīa cìⁿ;
- draw the bow and send the arrow.
- tieⁿ măng;
- to spread a net.
- tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ;
- speed the shaft.
- tieⁿ saⁿ li sì;
- John Doe and Richard Roe, names used in law papers.
- ke tíeⁿ;
- the head of the family.
- tíeⁿ pâng;
- the family of the eldest brothers.
- pâng tíeⁿ;
- the head of the eldest family.
- côk tíeⁿ;
- the chief of a clan.
- pâng côk tíeⁿ;
- the head of the tribe.
- lí tíeⁿ;
- one who has control to a distance of one mile.
- câp tíeⁿ;
- the chief among ten.
- peh tíeⁿ;
- a centurion.
- tìeⁿ hṳ̂;
- to fish with hook and line.
- tìeⁿ so̤h, tìeⁿ ko̤;
- lines and rods for fishing.
- tìeⁿ kau;
- hooks.
- tìeⁿ tîeh kâi tōa hṳ̂;
- hooked a big fish.
- tìeⁿ-jī;
- the bait.
- cang pêh hê khṳ̀ tìeⁿ i kâi o-îu-mûaⁿ;
- take white prawns to catch black eels.
- tìeⁿ pho̤h tîm li m̄ cai chuah;
- the bait sunk and I did not think to jerk it in.
- i ŭ lâi cîah tìeⁿ a bô̤?
- Does he take the bait?
- sek căi, m̄ káⁿ lâi cîah tìeⁿ;
- is very knowing, and does not venture to take the bait.
- chin-chīeⁿ ngâu-hṳ̂ thut-chut kim kau-tìeⁿ;
- like a grampus escaping a golden hook.
- cîah tîeh tìeⁿ lío khṳt i kw̆n lut khṳ̀;
- after swallowing the bait he broke off and got away.
- tìeⁿ pâng;
- a counting-room.
- pàng tìeⁿ;
- to shave notes; to let money.
- pàng îeⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi, pàng suaⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi?
- If you loan money taking a lien on shipping what is the interest, and if you loan it with a lien on real estate what is the interest?
- i kâi hâng tó̤ tìeⁿ khṳ̀;
- he has made an assignment of his warehouse.
- i kâi tìeⁿ pàng khṳ̀ cōi căi: câp koiⁿ hâng phò, poih koiⁿ tŏ̤ i kò̤ khîeh ŭ tìeⁿ;
- he has many claims for money lent on security: out of ten merchantile houses, eight have borrowed money from him, giving him a lien on their goods.
- phài tī tîang tŏ̤ kẃn tìeⁿ?
- Who has been deputed to keep the accounts of credit given?
- ún cí kò̤ ŏi tò̤-tìeⁿ cúi;
- we are subject to freshets here, from the backwater.
- hŏ cē lô̤h cúi cū tò̤-tìeⁿ;
- whenever it rains the water overflows its banks.
- tìeⁿ khí thâu khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;
- raise the head and look.
- i kâi thâu hîn kàu tăng căi, cn̂g kâi tìeⁿ m̄ phû;
- her head is very dizzy, so that she cannot raise it at all.
- tìeⁿ khui mâk;
- open the eyes.
- chùi tìeⁿ kàu khuah-khuah;
- open the mouth very wide.
- mâk tìeⁿ m̄ khui;
- cannot open his eyes.
- mâk m̄ káⁿ tìeⁿ khui;
- dare not open his eyes.
- mâk siap căi, tìeⁿ m̄ khí;
- so very sleep he can't hold his eyes open.
- tìeⁿ khí mâk;
- look upward.
- céng tìeⁿ;
- swollen.
- pá tìeⁿ;
- puffed; a sense of fullness as from repletion.
- tìeⁿ múaⁿ;
- puffed up full.
- sio céng-tìeⁿ;
- relieve swelling.
- tìeⁿ kàu tōa-tōa ki;
- swelled up to a great size.
- tìeⁿ kàu thang-thang;
- swollen so as to be very tense.
- tó tìeⁿ kàu kuai-kuai;
- pot-bellied.
- tìeⁿ huang;
- puffed up with wind.
- tìeⁿ cúi;
- dropsical swelling.
- máng tìeⁿ;
- mosquito bar.
- tìeⁿ bâi;
- a valance at the top of a curtain.
- siet tìeⁿ;
- to pitch one's tent.
- máng-tìeⁿ téng;
- a tester.
- sîn tìeⁿ;
- a canopy over a god.
- tong-kun tìeⁿ;
- head-quarters.
- kah tîeⁿ;
- parade ground.
- cìen tîeⁿ;
- a battle field.
- huap tîeⁿ;
- execution ground.
- kàm tîeⁿ kuaⁿ;
- an overseer of examinations.
- bûn tîeⁿ, bú tîeⁿ;
- the arenas for the civil and the military examinations.
- kuaⁿ tîeⁿ;
- official quarters.
- tăi cìen cêk tîeⁿ;
- a great battle.
- chú tîeⁿ;
- a building lot.
- tĭ tîeⁿ;
- an open lot.
- bí tîeⁿ;
- a rice stall.
- hṳ̂ tîeⁿ;
- a fish stall.
- cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ tîeⁿ;
- a fruit stall.
- chài tîeⁿ;
- a green-grocer's stall.
- pāi tîeⁿ;
- a losing speculation.
- cò sih pńg kìe cò̤ pāi tîeⁿ;
- when you enter into some business in which you lose capital, that is called a losing speculation.
- thong tîeⁿ;
- the whole lot.
- tng tîeⁿ lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ tàⁿ;
- why did you not tell me at the time.
- cìn tîeⁿ; jîp tîeⁿ;
- to enter as a candidate at the examinations.
- tó tîeⁿ; puah cî tîeⁿ;
- a gambling hall.
- hŭam mûeh cŭ cò̤ cêk ē tó̤ bōi, hṳ́-kò̤ cū kìe-cò̤ móng mûeh kâi tîeⁿ;
- wherever things are brought together for sale, that place is called the arena for the sale of those things.
- kó̤ tĭeⁿ;
- father's sister's husband.
- chi î tĭeⁿ;
- a wife's sister's husband.
- bó̤ î tĭeⁿ;
- mother's sister's husband.
- lău tĭeⁿ;
- great aunt's husband.
- tĭen-nâng; tĭeⁿ-ḿ;
- wife's father and mother.
- a-tĭeⁿ;
- uncle by marriage.