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 * i cong-kú lâi tîⁿ;
 * he is always bothering one.


 * kha tîⁿ chíu tîⁿ;
 * hands and feet tied; hampered by circumstances.


 * tîⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
 * will not cease from molesting.


 * cía ūe tàⁿ chut lâi tîⁿ sin;
 * this which you have said will implicate you.


 * lṳ́ cò̤ sṳ̄ mâiⁿ tîⁿ sin;
 * do things in such a way as not to involve yourself.


 * i sĭ tó̤ chòng-tîⁿ nâng;
 * he is involving others.


 * i tîⁿ kha cak chíu cò̤ ŏi kîaⁿ?
 * How can he go on with hands tied and feet bound?


 * Full; replete.
 * màiⁿ tò̤ khah tĭⁿ;
 * do not pour it too full.
 * do not pour it too full.


 * tò̤ kàu tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ cē kîaⁿ cū ùi àiⁿ lâu tīo;
 * if you fill it too full there is danger that in walking it will spill over.


 * chō̤ kàu tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
 * put in as much as it will hold.


 * lâu cúi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
 * the tide is at the flood.


 * To rise as the tide does.
 * cúi tĭⁿ; tĭe tĭⁿ;
 * the tide is rising.
 * the tide is rising.


 * lâu-cúi tĭⁿ a khó̤?
 * Is the tide rising or falling?


 * lâu cìaⁿ tó̤ tĭⁿ;
 * the tide is just rising.


 * tĭⁿ ke ku-ā chieh;
 * it has risen several feet.


 * tĭⁿ khṳ̀ căi lío;
 * it is at the full.

tia


 * A respectful appelation for a father.
 * sĭ úa kâi a tia;
 * it is my father.
 * it is my father.


 * lău tia;
 * the magistrate; the judge; a respectful term of address for elders or superiors.

 tiaⁿ


 * To touch slightly; to hit gently.
 * chíu tiaⁿ tîeh hūang-hūang kún;
 * it feels boiling hot to the hand.
 * it feels boiling hot to the hand.


 * m̄-hó tiaⁿ tîeh i;
 * do not touch it.


 * khi-khi nē, tiaⁿ tîeh cū tò̤ tīo;
 * it is tilted up so that it will be upset by the slightest touch.


 * A caldron; a hemispherical boiler, without legs.
 * hîaⁿ cek̆ tíaⁿ cúi;
 * heat an iron pan full of water.
 * heat an iron pan full of water.


 * cang tíaⁿ ngâu chài;
 * take the iron pan to seethe the vegetables.


 * tíaⁿ-kám-tîeh khàm miⁿ;
 * put the kettle-cover on tightly.


 * kueh tíaⁿ;
 * scrape the soot off the bottom of the caldron.


 * chìu tíaⁿ;
 * scour the caldron.


 * tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * a small iron pan.


 * chá-tíaⁿ;
 * a frying pan.


 * cí kâi tíaⁿ sĭ seⁿ cù kâi a sĭ thih cù kâi?
 * Is this caldron made of steel or of iron?


 * tíaⁿ lĭu;
 * an iron shovel used with a caldron.


 * tíaⁿ bô;
 * the mould for casting a caldron.


 * pó tíaⁿ;
 * to mend a caldron.


 * tùi tíaⁿ; ūaⁿ tíaⁿ;
 * exchange a cracked caldron for a whole one.


 * tíaⁿ pit lío;
 * there is a crack in the caldron.


 * húe màiⁿ khah méⁿ, màiⁿ pek lîh tíaⁿ;
 * do not have your fire so hot as to crack the caldron.


 * màiⁿ táng kàu húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;
 * do not wait until the fire has heated the bottom of the caldron before you make ready to use it.


 * A final particle, following a verb and giving force to its meaning.
 * ût tìaⁿ luh;
 * drink it lying down.
 * drink it lying down.


 * lṳ́ khîeh tìaⁿ;
 * you take it.


 * m̄ tîeh cŏ̤ tìaⁿ cîah, màiⁿ khĭa pàng kò̤ cū tó̤ cîah;
 * why do you not sit down and eat, instead of standing round and eating.


 * hàm i thóiⁿ tìaⁿ;
 * tell him to look well at it.


 * a-nôⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ phŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
 * come, child, I will hold you.


 * hàm i khĭa tìaⁿ;
 * tell him to stand up.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ cŏ̤ tìaⁿ;
 * you should sit down.


 * lṳ́ tâh tìaⁿ;
 * you step on it.


 * cang kùa khàm tìaⁿ;
 * take the cover and set it on.


 * i tîeh hó̤ hû tìaⁿ;
 * he must pusli upward.


 * màiⁿ jît tìaⁿ;
 * do not press down upon it.


 * An area of level giound, set apart for special uses; an open plat; an arena used for special purposes, as drill, gaming, theatricals or executions.
 * hue-tîaⁿ;
 * a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.
 * a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ îam-tîaⁿ-kuaⁿ;
 * he is the salt commissioner.


 * phâk chek kâi chek-tîaⁿ;
 * an area made for drying paddy in the sun.


 * cêk tîaⁿ îam khṳt cúi lâu tīo khṳ̀;
 * the whole salt-pan of salt was washed away.


 * chù mīn-côiⁿ kâi tîaⁿ khuah-khuah;
 * the open court before the house is very spacious.


 * i kâi chù ŭ gūa-tîaⁿ a bô̤?
 * Is there an open court in their house?


 * To state to a superior; to complain to; a plea, a state ment; to hand in a petition.
 * cò̤ tîaⁿ;
 * write a plea or complaint.
 * write a plea or complaint.


 * jîp tîaⁿ;
 * enter a complaint before an official.


 * i khṳ̀ sù tîaⁿ;
 * he has gone to defend himself against an accusation.


 * ngŵn tîaⁿ, pĭ tîaⁿ;
 * statement and counterstatement; complaint and rejoinder.


 * siu ŭ jîeh cōi tîaⁿ sṳ̂;
 * received a great number of formal accusations, and of counter-representations.


 * kuaⁿ ka-kī chut lâi siu tîaⁿ;
 * the magistrate himself came forth and took the written paper containing the complaint.


 * tîaⁿ bô̤ khap chok, m̄ cai ŭ siu a bô̤;
 * do not know whether a charge that has not a seal set upon it, will be taken in at the yamun or not.


 * âng tîaⁿ;
 * an accusation written on red paper and without a seal.


 * sek tîaⁿ;
 * a complaint written on ruled white paper and sealed.


 * thŵn tîaⁿ;
 * a written charge, forwarded through to the yamun on other than the regular days