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 ; úa sìn kĭen-tì cêk koiⁿ chù;
 * I have lately built a house.


 * cía tîeh cò̤-nî lâi chù-tì cìaⁿ hó̤?
 * In what way should this be decided?


 * cheng tì-bói ke-si câp mûeh to cū ho̤h cōi cîⁿ;
 * merely laying in all the things necessary for household use takes a deal of money.


 * khṳ̀ ka̤u, tì ŭ sĭm-mih hùe-mûeh lâi?
 * On arriving, what goods did you buy to bring back with you?


 * i tì sin sṳ̄ gūa m̄ kẃn;
 * he cares nothing about what does not pertain to his own personal affairs.


 * i cêng tì ke a būe?
 * Has he taken a wife yet?


 * i cò̤-ni̤ m̄ tì kâi ke-ău?
 * Why does he not get a wife?


 * keng i chíu tì ŭ ho̤h cōi súaⁿ-ngîap;
 * bought in a large amount of real estate, using him as factor.


 * cía tī-hng sĭ i chàng-tì kâi;
 * this place was founded by him.


 * hīn-khek kâi hûang-tì tì to sĭ tŏ̤ pak-kiaⁿ;
 * the present emperor locates his capital at Peking.


 * uaⁿ-tì kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
 * located with the utmost regard to safety and order.


 * One who rules by his own power; a god; a divine being; a sovereign, a potentate
 * hûang tì;
 * the emperor.
 * the emperor.


 * sĭang tì;
 * the Supreme Ruler, the highest being in the heavenly pantheon.


 * gêk hûang sĭang tì;
 * the august Shangti, whose throne is supposed to be in the Dipper.


 * hîen thien sĭang-tì;
 * the Ruler of the Somber Heavens.


 * hîap thien tăi tì;
 * the god Kwanti.


 * bûn-tì;
 * the god of Letters.


 * bú-tì;
 * the god of War.


 * cṳ̄ kó kâi tì ûang;
 * the potentates of olden times.


 * hûang-tì cheⁿ;
 * the star &beta; in Ursa Major.


 * tì-ūi thŵn khuⁿt tī-tîang?
 * To whom does the throne descend?


 * Wisdom; prudence; shrewd.
 * tì-hŭi;
 * discretion; understanding.
 * discretion; understanding.


 * chong-mêng tì-hŭi kâi nâng;
 * an intelligent, sagacious person.


 * i câp hun ŭ tì-hŭi;
 * he has good judgment.


 * sĭ tì iong sang chŵn kâi nâng;
 * is a person who is both brave and capable.


 * To carry on the head.
 * tì bō̤;
 * wear a cap.
 * wear a cap.


 * tì lôih;
 * wear a splint hat.


 * tì cang;
 * to wear a high coiffure.


 * i ŭ tiè téng mē?
 * Does he wear a button denoting official rank?


 * i s̆i tì tŏ̤ thâu-khak téng lâi;
 * he brought it on his head.


 * A pool, a pond, a tank, a fosse.
 * mn̂g kha líu kâi tî;
 * a pool had been dug near the door.
 * a pool had been dug near the door.


 * hù̂ tî;
 * a fish-pool.


 * sîaⁿ tî;
 * the city moat.


 * nôiⁿ tî;
 * a lotus pond.


 * èng-chài tî;
 * a pool where endive grows.


 * īⁿ tî líu khah chíen;
 * the pond made in the college grounds is too shallow.


 * phûn côiⁿ líu kâi tau-tî;
 * made a curved slope before the grave.


 * gûeh keng tî;
 * the pool around the examination hall in a Confucian temple.


 * tî-cúi tĭⁿ;
 * the pool is full of water.


 * bói cē tî-thô lâi cèng hue;
 * buy a little of the mud from the bottom of a pool to plant flowers in.


 * tî hṳ̂;
 * fresh water fish.


 * tì hūaⁿ;
 * the brink of the pool.


 * nán lâi tî tèng, kà úa ô̤h sîu;
 * let us go to the pond and jou teach me to swim.


 * tî kîⁿ màiⁿ kîaⁿ khah lím;
 * do not walk too near the edge of the pond.


 * tî-hūaⁿ pang khṳ̀;
 * the side of the pool has caved in.


 * chia tî cúi;
 * pump out the water from the pool.


 * nôiⁿ-kak tî;
 * a pool where water caltrops grow.


 * pûah lô̤h tî;
 * fell into the pool.


 * cí kò̤ kâi tî khut cōi;
 * there are many pools hereabouts.


 * A younger brother; cousins, relatives, juniors.
 * hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;
 * the two young brothers.
 * the two young brothers.


 * lṳ́ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng tĭ?
 * How many younger brothers have you?


 * sìa tĭ saⁿ nâng;
 * I have three younger brothers.


 * tĭ-cṳ́;
 * pupils.


 * ngô̤ tĭ;
 * síe tĭ; your humble servant.


 * hàm a-tĭ lâi;
 * tell the little brother to come here.


 * cí kâi sĭ i kâi ĭ-bó̤ tĭ;
 * this is his half-brother, having the same father, but not the same mother.


 * cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * be brethren.


 * tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * men born in the same year.


 * píe hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * cousins, whose mothers were sisters.


 * thâng hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * male cousins whose fathers were brothers.


 * cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * second cousins of the same surname.


 * côk tĭ;
 * a junior relative, of the same surname.


 * pau tĭ;
 * own brother.


 * kit ngĭ kâi hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * brothers by adoption.


 * Official attendants; attached to; belonging to.
 * i tó̤ tng cau-tĭ kâi nâng;
 * he is a lictor who precedes an officer's retinue.
 * he is a lictor who precedes an officer's retinue.


 * tĭ cṳ;
 * the square plain style of Chinese characters.


 * tît tĭ ciu;
 * an inferior department whose magistrate is directly responsible to the provincial government, and not to the prefect.


 * A literary degree.
 * kîp tĭ;
 * to get a degree.
 * to get a degree.


 * i put tĭ tńg-khṳ̀;
 * he returned without attaining a degree.


 * sĭ cin put tĭ, a sĭ ké put tĭ?
 * Did he really fail to graduate higher, or is he concealing the fact of his promotion?


 * A tadpole.
 * tī gû cêk mêⁿ āiⁿ-āiⁿ-kìe;
 * the tadpoles squeaked all night.
 * the tadpoles squeaked all night.


 * What; an interrogative; whatever.
 * tī-tîang?
 * Who?
 * Who?


 * tī-kò̤?
 * Where?


 * tī-kâi?