Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tin
tin
- tin-tong-kìe; tin-tiang-kìe;
- jingling.
- tin-tong tin-tiang kâi sĭ sĭm mûeh híang?
- What is it that makes that jingling sound?
- tin-tò̤;
- upside down or end foremost; inverted.
- sío lău-tia, khîa bé tin-tò̤ khîa;
- a crazy god, riding with his face toward the tail of his horse.
- tin-tò̤ pàng;
- set it bottom upward.
- màiⁿ tin-tò̤ khîeh;
- do not take it by the wrong end.
- tin-tò̤ tàⁿ;
- reverse the clauses or words of a sentence when speaking.
- tin-tò̤;
- inverted from the proper order; placing last what ought to be first, or putting that above which should be below.
- 鎭tìn1716710
- To keep in subjection; to keep in order; to protect and oversee; a mart, a great manufacturing place.
- tìn-thâi;
- brigadier general.
- cí cêk séⁿ ŭ kúi kâi tōa chĭ-tin;
- this province has several great trading marts.
- ēng i tó̤ tìn-iap tī-hng;
- employ him to keep the place in order.
- chíaⁿ lâi tìn thêh;
- invite to come and keep evil influences out of the house.
- i cŏ̤-tìn úa kâi tī-hng;
- he has taken possession of my land.
- tìn phò;
- protect and care for a shop.
- i sĭ lâi tìn-síu tī-hng kâi;
- they are those who have come to keep watch and ward over the spot.
- tìn-tang;
- centre.
- pàng tŏ̤ tìn-tang;
- put it in the centre.
- khîeh tŏ̤ tìn-tang;
- take it by the middle.
- gūa tîaⁿ tìn-tang;
- the middle of the onter court.
- tîn-tîo;
- rattans.
- tîn si;
- rattan shavings.
- tîn n̂g;
- gamboge.
- tîn pèⁿ;
- a rattan handle.
- khîeh ki khue-tîn phah;
- get a rattan and whip him.
- i kâi tîn tŏa kàu hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;
- the creeper has crept a great way.
- tîn tói kâi íⁿ;
- cane bottom chairs.
- cí cang hue khṳt tîn tŏa sí khṳ̀;
- this shrub has been killed by a creeper twining around it.
- hun-kuah tîn;
- sweet potato vines.
- kue tîn;
- melon vine.
- chng tîn hĭⁿ;
- put a rattan bail on it.
- tîn-pâi;
- a rattan shield.
- mŏng tîn-pâi;
- to fence, or defend one's self with a shield.
- tîn-ai;
- dust that floats in the air and settles on things; cobwebs and flying atoms.
- chù-téng kâi tîn-ai chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
- sweep down all the dust from the roof-beams.
- eng kàu cĕng-cĕng tîn-ai;
- the dust has settled all over it.
- seⁿ tîn-ai;
- is dusty.
- pŭaⁿ tīo tîn-ai;
- brush off the dust.
- thóiⁿ-kìⁿ côiⁿ-mīn kâi tîn-thâu chong-khí-lâi;
- saw a cloud of dust rising ahead of them.
- chin-chĭeⁿ kâi sien ńng hĭa hûam tîn;
- like a fairy descending into this vexatious world.
- tn̆g tíam tîn;
- spotless; not a speck of dust on it.
- n̂g-tîn;
- a manifesto or address issued by the emperor himself, in times of trouble.
- phang kîaⁿ n̂g-tîn;
- issue a manifesto.
- 陣tīn191707
- A rank or file of soldiers; a battalion; an army; troops, forces; to place in rank, to set in array, to marshal; as a classifier, used to denote a gust, blast, burst or time; a shower; a short space; transitory; a little while.
- tīn cīeⁿ bô̤ nīe chieⁿ;
- in battle give no quarter.
- cĭeⁿ tīn sie thâi;
- go into battle.
- pái sĭm-mih tīn-sì?
- What show of force do they make?
- i phah thâu-tīn soiⁿ khṳ̀;
- they lead the van.
- pāi tīn;
- defeated in battle.
- khîa bé khṳ̀ chong i kâi tīn;
- mounted their horses and rushed upon their ranks.
- cêk pôiⁿ pái tīn, cêk pôiⁿ phah tīn;
- one side is posting the troops and the other side is breaking ranks.
- chùang-jîp i kâi tīn-mn̂g;
- press through the opening in the ranks.
- mîⁿ-hûn tīn;
- infatuated; besotted with.
- cêk tīn cío pue tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;
- a flock of birds flew over here in line.
- thàu cêk tīn tōa huang;
- a strong gust of wind came.
- hía in cêk tīn cêk tīn cêk tīn lí-kẃn khí lâi;
- the smoke keeps rising up in puffs.
- cêk tīn huang, cêk tīn hŏ;
- each gust of wind is followed by a shower of rain.
- húe-gû tīn;
- a file of oxen with knives on their horns and fire-brands on their tails (used in battle to break the ranks of the enemy).
- chĭeⁿ tīn;
- elephants in file for battle.
- chut cêk tīn kūaⁿ, pēⁿ cū hó;
- if he can be made to sweat freely he will be better.