Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/toi
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toi
- thó̤ i khṳ̀ sak toi;
- ask them to give him over to stop up a breach in tho dike with.
- kak chù kâi toi-ngăi kien-kù;
- the embankments everywhere are strong.
- toi piⁿ;
- beside the causeway.
- toi kha;
- the base of the causeway.
- kîaⁿ tùe toi téng khṳ̀;
- went along on the top of the dike.
- co̤h toi;
- make a dike.
- phài nâng khṳ̀ tok toi;
- depute some one to superintend the work on a dike.
- pang toi;
- the caving in of a dike.
- siu toi;
- repair the dike.
- cúi pûaⁿ toi;
- the water comes in over the dike.
- làng tói khò;
- a child's open trowsers.
- cí kâi khò kâi khò-tói chēng lâi khah tau-pâk;
- these trowsers are too tight in the crotch.
- khò-tói màiⁿ ka khah thūi tó;
- do not cut the trowsers so that they will be baggy in the crotch.
- ūaⁿ kâi kha-tháng tói;
- put a new bottom in a wash tub.
- tîm tŏ̤ hái-tói;
- sink to the bottom of the sea.
- sṳ̄ àiⁿ lí kàu thiet-tói;
- will settle the affair thoroughly.
- úa cai i kâi tói-sòi;
- I know all its details.
- tói teh-thâp khṳ̀;
- the bottom has been crushed in by the weight above.
- tùe tŏ̤ úaⁿ tói kâi tîeh sói cheng-khih;
- you must wash out all that adheres to the bottom of the bowl.
- hṳ́ tói thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hīn-hīn;
- can see the bottom plainly.
- bô̤ tói;
- bottomless.
- thìo lô̤h khṳ̀ khĭa tŏ̤ céⁿ tói;
- jumped down and stood in the bottom of the well.
- ŏi cŏ̤ tói a bŏi?
- Has it sunk to the bottom?
- ôi-tói;
- the sole of a shoe.
- bûeh-tói tîeh chẁn bâk cē;
- the soles of the stockings must be darned to make them thick.
- mâk tói hó̤ căi;
- is sharp eyed.
- thn̄g m̄ kàu hṳ́ tói;
- did not probe to the bottom of it.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi ŭ áu tói siaⁿ;
- he speaks with a resonant voice.
- i kâi khek chìe lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ, ŭ âu tói;
- his ballads are well sung, with a fine volume of sound.
- i kâi cûn tói sĭ tèng tâng kâi;
- the bottom of the vessel is coppered.
- m̄ căi i sim tói cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;
- do not know what he thinks in his heart.
- khǹg tŏ̤ tû tói;
- put it away in the cupboard.
- hṳ́ tói tang m̄ cai iu-ŭi co̤-nî;
- do not know what is the matter with it inside; do not know what is the real trouble in the case.
- thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;
- probe it down to the inmost part.
- i tìam tŏ̤ khang tói;
- he hides in his hole.
- chùi tói kâm mih kâi?
- What has she got in her mouth?
- chíu tói tĕⁿ sĭm mûeh?
- What does he clasp in his hand?
- mng tŏ̤ cí tói;
- here it is in here.
- pàng tŏ̤ keh tói;
- put in in the drawer.
- tói tit cŭ a tói m̄ cŭ?
- Can you by pushing against it, stop it from falling?
- bô̤ mûeh hó̤ tói i;
- have nothing to oppose to its onset.
- tîn-pâi li hó̤ tói, to̤ li hó tok;
- ward off with the shield, and hack with the sword.
- b2 tôi, tṳ tôi;
- the hoofs of horses and of swine.
- cò̤ sang thih-ôi pâk pàng bé tôi kò̤;
- make a pair of iron shoes and fasten them on the horse's hoof.
- ah tôi kha;
- splay-footed.
- îeⁿ-tôi cháu;
- the dock, used as a vermifuge.
- 題tôi8831819
- A theme, a subject for writing upon; the title or argument of a book; an inscription; to subscribe; to write; to compose.
- kíaⁿ-jît chut sĭm-mih tôi?
- What is the subject given out to-day as the theme of the essays?
- tôi-mâk chut a būe?
- Has the list of themes been given out yet?
- tôi-thâu soiⁿ sía;
- write the title first.
- sì su tôi;
- common topics.
- kiaⁿ tôi;
- classical subjects.
- lūn tôi;
- argumentative themes.
- si tôi;
- subject of a poem.
- hù tôi;
- subject of an ode.
- cheh mn̄g tôi;
- subject of inquiry.
- tōa tôi, sòi tôi;
- an important or unimportant topic.
- cía cū sĭ síe tôi tōa cò̤;
- this is making much of a small matter.
- i cang cì kù ūe khîa cò̤ tōa tôi mâk;
- he is making a great deal out of these few words.
- cìa sĭ lâng tôi siang kháu kâi ūe;
- this is a hard problem to solve; it is a difficult job.
- tôi tîo si tŏ̤ piah-téng;
- write verses on a wall.
- tôi cîⁿ;
- to subscribe an amount of money.
- ŭ nâng tôi ke ŭ nâng tôi kíam;
- some subscribed more and some less.
- ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi tàⁿ hue, ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi ki sam;
- some subscribed a certain number of picals of lime, and some subscribed several sticks of timber.