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 for receiving such papers.
 * hăng tîaⁿ;
 * a charge sent in to the yamun ou the regular days for receiving complaints.


 * phoiⁿ tîaⁿ;
 * to officially consider a formal complaint.


 * jîp ho̤h cōi tieⁿ tîaⁿ hŵn-lío m̄ cún;
 * have entered ever so many pleas at the yamun, and have as yet had no examination of my case granted me.


 * tŏ̤ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tîaⁿ khòng;
 * have formally appealed to the district magistrate.


 * tîaⁿ thâu siu, thâu thóiⁿ, thâu mn̄g;
 * entertained, inspected, and inquired into the complaint all at the same time.


 * chau tîaⁿ;
 * copy out a charge that has been entered at the yamun.


 * tîaⁿ kó̤;
 * draft of a petition.


 * tîaⁿ cúa;
 * paper on which pleas are written.


 * An ingot or shoe of bullion.
 * ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;
 * ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.
 * ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.


 * khîeh cêk tĭaⁿ ûang-pó̤ khṳ̀ táu;
 * take a shoe of silver and exchange it for small coin.


 * cêk kâi pit tĭaⁿ jû-ì kâi teng;
 * lanterns that resemble a pen, an ingot, and a brooch.


 * Fixed, secure, tranquil, steady; used after an expression to enforce it; really, certainly, absolutely; brought to a proper state; at rest, set; to fix, to settle on, to decide.
 * cêk tīaⁿ put êk kâi;
 * fixed beyond all possibility of change.
 * fixed beyond all possibility of change.


 * pit-tīaⁿ;
 * surely, positively.


 * kio i tīaⁿ kâi chin tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * has secured a wife for him.


 * tīaⁿ i saⁿ peh tàⁿ hue;
 * made a contract with him for three hundred piculs of lime.


 * khîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i siu tīaⁿ;
 * gave him two dollars to bind the bargain.


 * i ieh tīaⁿ móng jît àiⁿ lâi;
 * he promised positively to come ou a certain day.


 * tàⁿ khṳ̀ bô̤ tīaⁿ-cún;
 * did not say definitely.


 * bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
 * not exactly.


 * hŵn-lío būe tīaⁿ;
 * it is not yet decided.


 * cía m̄ tīaⁿ;
 * this is uncertain.


 * i àiⁿ khîeh-tńg tīaⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
 * he wishes to give back the money that was given him to bind the bargain.


 * chùn si ûi tīaⁿ;
 * every detail is fixed by contract.


 * cîah i kâi tīaⁿ-thâu-ngṳ̂n;
 * made off with the money given to bind the contract.


 * kâi ngṳ̂n cò̤ tīaⁿ;
 * a dollar paid as security.


 * hàm i thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * tell him to look at it in such a way as to he sure about it.


 * thiaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * listen so carefully as to be certain what was said.


 * jīn m̄ tīaⁿ;
 * not sure that this is the one.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;
 * he acts in an irresolute way.


 * A final particle, intensifying what goes before.
 * hṳ́ lăi nŏ̤ nâng tīaⁿ;
 * two persons were there and no more.
 * two persons were there and no more.


 * toaⁿ i tó̤ cŏ̤ tīaⁿ;
 * only he was sitting there.


 * cêk kù ūe tīaⁿ;
 * one word only.


 * cêk jît tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;
 * one day and no more.


 * chûn sì ngŏ nâng tīaⁿ;
 * there remained four or five persons only.


 * cêk tńg tīaⁿ;
 * once and no more.


 * cêk kâi tīaⁿ;
 * one alone.


 * chûn cêk kùe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * a half day only remains.


 * sĭang sĭm sĭ cièⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * this is the utmost.

tiah


 * To pluck, to pick, to pull, to lay hold of with the fingers, to deprive of.
 * tiah hue;
 * to cull flowers.
 * to cull flowers.


 * tiah kaⁿ-ná;
 * to gather olives.


 * tiah kúe-cí;
 * to pull fruit.


 * tiah nŏ̤ kâi sîeh-lîu khṳ̀ pun a-cé;
 * plucked two pomegranates and gave them to his sister.


 * cē tiah cū tîeh;
 * plucked it off at one pull.


 * tiah ìn;
 * deprive an officer of his seal, tiah teng; take away his button.


 * tiah lêng téng;
 * deprive of the insignia of rank.


 * To remove or suspend from office.
 * tiah khṳ̀ hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ cò̤ ti-kūiⁿ;
 * removed him to a distant place and made him district magistrate.
 * removed him to a distant place and made him district magistrate.


 * To baste together with long irregular stitches.
 * chó̤-lîak tiah cêk cūe, thīⁿ lío cìaⁿ bŏi cáu-it;
 * baste it slightly across once, then when yon sew it, it will not be out of line.
 * baste it slightly across once, then when yon sew it, it will not be out of line.


 * soiⁿ kâi i tiah tùe nŏ̤ cam;
 * catch it together with a couple of stitches.


 * After a verb gives force to the meaning, and indicates a transition or completed action; at, to, or in.
 * a-nôⁿ ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;
 * the child tags after her all day.
 * the child tags after her all day.


 * i kâi a-nôⁿ li m̄ hàuⁿ pì, ciu-jît phŏ̤ tiah chíu;
 * her baby does not like being carried in a scarf on her back, and is all day in her arms.


 * i ciu-jît cŏ̤ tiah íⁿ, tó̤ sía jī;
 * he sits in a chair writing all day long.


 * cē chut mn̂g cū tòa tiah sin-piⁿ;
 * whenever she goes out she takes him along with her.


 * i kâi ie-to̤ kùa tiah sin;
 * he had his dagger on his person.


 * kût-tîah;
 * facile; glib; running without friction.
 * facile; glib; running without friction.


 * i hâiⁿ tîeh m̄ kût-tîah;
 * it is not easy to get him to pay.


 * i kâi cṳ līam khṳ̀ kût-tîah kût-tîah;
 * he recites his lesson very glibly, without any hesitation.


 * i ciu jît kût-kût tîah-tîah, li-li cò̤;
 * he keeps on doing it all day long with the greatest facility.