Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tieh
tieh
- tieh ì;
- give attention to.
- màiⁿ khak tieh ì;
- do not brood over it too persistently.
- i kâi nâng tieh sît căi;
- he is entirely right.
- tieh i méⁿ cē;
- do it rather faster.
- i khṳt i tieh tîeh cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
- she is displeased at being orderedabout by him.
- saⁿ câp lâk tîeh, cáu ûi sĭang tieh;
- among all the moves in chess, to move forward your men is the best.
- cía sṳ̄ hŵn bô̤ tieh lô̤h;
- no remedy has been found for this.
- kàu taⁿ bô̤ tieh bô̤ lô̤h;
- up to now no way out of the difficulty has been discovered.
- chūe khṳ̀ ŭ tieh mē?
- Could you find anything of it?
- thóiⁿ tîeh sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;
- it appears to me to be just the right move.
- tieh tŏ̤ i siu tèng;
- made him responsible for it.
- tîeh a m̄ tîeh?
- Is that so or not?
- tîeh mē?
- Is that right?
- tú tîeh mē?
- Does it abut upon the other?
- úa tō̤ lō tèng ngŏ̤ tîeh i;
- I came across him on the way.
- tīaⁿ-tîeh;
- certain, exact, fixed.
- bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
- not settled; uncertain.
- eng-kai tîeh; tng-eng-kai tîeh;
- ought to.
- m̄ cai ŏi tit tîeh a bŏi;
- do not know whether I can get it or not.
- chūe tîeh lío;
- have found it.
- i cí hûe tîeh kip tŏ̤ kò̤;
- she is very impatient now.
- jîh tîeh nap-nap;
- found by pressing upon it that it was very soft.