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garden.
- chù tŏiⁿ;
- the tenant of a house.
- phò tŏiⁿ;
- the one who rents and occupies a shop.
- tŏiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang?
- Who is the tenant?
- hóⁿ tŏiⁿ;
- a masterful tenant.
- tío tŏiⁿ;
- eject a tenant.
- hŭo tŏiⁿ;
- give information to tenants of a change of landlords.
- kú tŏiⁿ sêng cieh;
- and old tenant becomes an old settler.
- 靛tōiⁿ8971748
- Indigo, or any of the blue dyes found in China.
- cheⁿ-tōiⁿ sĭ cheⁿ cò̤ kâi;
- indigo is made from the indigo plant.
- îeⁿ tōiⁿ;
- prussian blue.
- lâm tōiⁿ;
- indigo blue.
- tōiⁿ kng;
- a blue dye-pot.
- tōiⁿ hue;
- the indigo as it floats on the liquor.
- tōiⁿ tái;
- dregs in the bottom of the indigo vats.
- cheⁿ cìm tŏ̤ hâk tói, àu kú, cū cò̤ tōiⁿ;
- the indigo plant, leaves and stalks, after being put into lime water and long soaked, becomes indigo.
- tōiⁿ tháng;
- the vats in which indigo is made.
- 殿tōiⁿ896799
- A high and grand hall; a palace; the hall of audience; a main building in a temple.
- cêk cō̤ keng-tōiⁿ; kim lŵn tōiⁿ;
- a royal palace.
- thài-cṳ́ ûang-îa cheng-cò̤ tōiⁿ-ĕ;
- crown princes are address as "Your Highness."
- tōa tōiⁿ; cìaⁿ tōiⁿ;
- the main building in a temple.
- côiⁿ tōiⁿ, ău tōiⁿ, phien tōiⁿ;
- the building in the front, at the back, or on the side, in a temple.
- 堅tōiⁿ380328
- Dense; compact; sound; solid; firm; hard; concrete; lasting.
- cí īeⁿ pò ío tōiⁿ;
- this sort of cloth wears better.
- tōiⁿ châ;
- hard wood.
- cía sam tōiⁿ, hía sam phàⁿ;
- this deal is of compact fiber, while that is light and porous.
- tōiⁿ kùe thih;
- more durable than iron.
- kàⁿ-bó̤ phû būe kàu, khah tōiⁿ;
- the yeast has not fermented in it sufficiently, and it is too heavy.
- cí khí cîeh tōiⁿ căi;
- this sort of stone is very hard.
- chîeⁿ ceng lâi tōiⁿ-tōiⁿ;
- the wall is pounded very hard.
- i kâi chù khí lâi bŏi tōiⁿ;
- his house is not strongly built.
toih
- ôih-tôih;
- narrow, contracted, cramped.
- hṳ́ lăi ôih-tôih, cò̤ îong tit hìeⁿ cōi nâng?
- Since there is very little room in there, how can it hold so many persons?
tok
- 砍tok3151124
- To chop; to cut with a large knife and a downward stroke.
- màiⁿ tok tîeh chíu;
- do not chop your hand.
- kĭen kàu tok khih to̤;
- it is so hard as to break a piece out of the knife when chopping it.
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- 督tok9211098
- An overseer; a superior; to oversee.
- cóng-tok;
- governor-general.
- cí kâi thî-tok sĭ lêk lō kâi a sĭ cúi-su kâi?
- Is this commander one who directs the military or the naval operations of the province?
- thî-tok hâk-cèng;
- the provincial director of examinations.
- ŵt-hái-kwn kàm-tok;
- the collector of customs at Canton.
- hô̤-tok sĭ kẃn-lí n̂g-hô̤ kâi cóng-tok;
- the River commissioner is one who attends to all matters connected with the navigation of the Yellow River.
- châu-ūn cóng-tok;
- the Commissioner in charge of the Grand Canal.
- tok piaⁿ khṳ̀ kio i cìen;
- lead the troops out to bat tle with him.
- ka-kī chut lâi tok tīn;
- himself came out to head the troops.
- tī-tîang tó̤ tok kang?
- Who superintends the work?
- i kà-tok khṳ̀ ngîam căi;
- he gave the strictest instruction concerning it.
- tok-ceh kíaⁿ-tĭ hùe màiⁿ thèng cò̤;
- admonish the children not to act carelessly.
- ka-kī tok phōiⁿ hùe-mûeh;
- himself looks after the goods.
- phài nâng tó̤ tok-lí;
- depute some one to attend to it.
- 篤tok92111810
- Sincere; honest; to be important, real or great; to regard seriously.
- i ío tok-sît;
- he is the more reliable.
- i phêng-sù tok sìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- he formerly had implicit confidence in that sort of thing.
- kàu pēⁿ tok kâi sî-hāu cū khṳ̀ hàm i a-hiaⁿ lâi;
- when his ailment became serious, they went and called his brother.
- i kâi pēⁿ sĭ ngûi-tok;
- his disease is eminently dangerous.
- 剁tok910186
- To chop fine; to mince; to hash with a chopping knife; to cut up fine by chopping with two knives.
- tok chùi cē;
- hash it finer.
- tok cò̤ nêk-chò̤;
- chop it up into hash.
- i khṳt cèng nâng tok cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;
- he was hacked into mince-meat by the populace.
- tok nêk îⁿ;
- meat balls.
- tok-nêk-chò̤;
- hash.
- cêk ē to̤ tok lô̤h khṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
- chopped in two by one stroke of the knife.
- 築tok961189
- To beat down hard as a threshing floor; to ram down the earth; to erect.
- tok bé-thâu;
- make a jetty.
- tok toi;
- make a dike.
- tok tîo cîeh lî;
- to build a stone wall.
- sin tok kâi phàu-thâi;
- the newly made fort.
- 琢tok82968
- To work in gems; to cut precious stones.
- khuaⁿ nē tio khuaⁿ nē tok;
- slowly cut and polish.
- gêk put tok cū put sêng khì;
- an unwrought gem is of no use.
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