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 * Water grasses.
 * lû-tîah;
 * bulrushes.


 * cí kúi phuah tîah ūe lâi hó̤;
 * these water plants, drawn with downward strokes of a pen, are well done.


 * To buy grain; to lay in grain.
 * tîah bí, tîah chek, tîah bêh;
 * buy rice, paddy, wheat and peas.
 * buy rice, paddy, wheat and peas.


 * tîah jîp, thìe chut;
 * buy in and sell out grain.

— tiak —


 * To sound the knocker; to rap with the knocker on a door.
 * tiak mn̂g;
 * knock at a door.
 * knock at a door.


 * màiⁿ tiak khah tōa ē;
 * do not rap too loudly.


 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ mn̂g tīak-tīak-kìe;
 * heard a knocking at the door.


 * hṳ́ kháu kâi mn̂g tī-tîang lí-kẃn tiak;
 * somebody is knocking away at the outside door.


 * To torture by beating.
 * i kâi ūe cē lô̤h tó̤, cū lîah lô̤h khṳ̀ tiak nŏ̤ peh ē;
 * if he fails to tell the thing correctly, they seize him and beat him two hundred blows.
 * if he fails to tell the thing correctly, they seize him and beat him two hundred blows.


 * cêh nâng tiak cêk peh ē, cek̂ nâng tiak sì-câp ē;
 * one was beaten a hundred, and the other forty blows.


 * To draw in the breath.
 * tiak cîh;
 * to smack the lips.
 * to smack the lips.


 * o̤-ló̤ kàu tiak cîh;
 * lauds it with audible smacking of the lips.

— tiam —


 * A block or anvil; a chopping-board; a meat-block.
 * cí kò̤ tiam hó̤, côih lío bŏi mih seⁿ tiam-sut;
 * this meat-block is a good one, and after you chop things on it, it has not chips of the wood on it.
 * this meat-block is a good one, and after you chop things on it, it has not chips of the wood on it.


 * tiam tîeh kueh cheng-khih;
 * you must scrape the meat-board clean.


 * seⁿ tiam;
 * an anvil.


 * i kâi mīn poiⁿ kàu kio níu-tiam hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * his face is pitted like a board on which buttons are made.


 * tu tiam;
 * a butcher's block.


 * To disgrace, to injure; a flaw or defect.
 * tiam jôk; to disgrace;
 * to debauch.
 * to debauch.


 * tiam u; to defile;
 * to deflower.


 * màiⁿ tiam tîeh; tiam tîeh cū kōi phùⁿ;
 * do not chip it, if chipped it will break easily.


 * tiam khih khṳ̀;
 * chipped as to break a piece out.


 * To be a recipient; to participate in.
 * i côiⁿ tiang-sî pat tiam kùe i kâi ṳn;
 * he had formerly experienced his kindness.
 * he had formerly experienced his kindness.


 * bò̤ khṳ̀ tiam-jíam i kâi sṳ̄;
 * did not get mixed up in his affairs.


 * kâi kâi to pat tiam tîeh i kâi hŭi;
 * each had been a recipient of his favor.


 * The upright post to which the oar of a Chinese boat is attached.
 * tàu cíeⁿ-tiam lâi kò̤;
 * put the post into its socket and row.
 * put the post into its socket and row.


 * A black spot, a speck, a dot, a little, a mite; a comma; the stroke of a clock; in mechanics a point; the spot where the weight or ower acts or touches; a particle; speckled, starred, dotted; to mark for correction; to prick off; to soil or spot; to light, as a lamp; to nod in assent.
 * cêk tíam, cêk phuah;
 * a dot slanting toward the right, and a stroke slanting toward the left.
 * a dot slanting toward the right, and a stroke slanting toward the left.


 * lṳ́ ci-tíam i thóiⁿ;
 * you point it out for him to look at.


 * i taⁿ tíam khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * he is now designated for office.


 * cí hûe kúi tíam ceng?
 * What time is it now by the clock?


 * câp-it tiám lío;
 * it is already eleven o'clock.


 * tiám-sim;
 * luncheon.


 * àiⁿ hiah cîah tiám-sim;
 * will stop and take lunch.


 * khim-tíam hâng-lîm;
 * designated as a member of the National Academy.


 * cêk tíam to bŏi chò̤;
 * there is not the least mistake in it.


 * úa thóiⁿ i kâi cṳ tíam tāⁿ khṳ̀;
 * I think there is an error in the punctuation.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ i tíam thâm cìaⁿ lôh;
 * so his gorge is settled.


 * ēng ke ŭ tíam cîⁿ;
 * used a little more money.


 * i pùaⁿ tíam bŏi lô̤h lāu;
 * it does not leak a bit.


 * chûn tíam-kíaⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * have but a little bit left.


 * cí pak ūe tíam-jíam lâi hó̤ thóiⁿ;
 * this scroll is tinted beautifully.


 * i kâi mīn tèng kúi tíam poiⁿ;
 * she has several small-pox marks on her face.


 * lîm-cîⁿ cúi tíam-tíam tih, bô̤ cha chî;
 * the drops fall one by one from the eaves, but do not fall outside the gutter below.


 * àiⁿ tíam tī-tîang khṳ̀?
 * Whom will you designate as the one to go?


 * tíam mîaⁿ;
 * to call the roll of names.


 * ĕ-kùa àiⁿ tíam íong-càng;
 * in the afternoon the roll of braves will be called.


 * sĭ àiⁿ tíam khṳ̀ sie thâi, a sĭ àiⁿ tíam khṳ̀ síu ìo-kháu;
 * are those whose names are marked to be sent off to fight, or to guard the passes?


 * hŏ tíam;
 * rain drops.


 * cêk tíam hŏ;
 * a drop of rain.


 * tíam teng;
 * light the lamp.


 * kio úa tíam húe;
 * light my light for me.


 * cêk tíam cêk ûeh;
 * a dot and a dash.


 * mâk-îeh tíam lô̤h khṳ̀ lîang-lîang;
 * when the eye-water is dropped in it makes my eye feel very cool.


 * ēng mâk-îeh tíam mâk;
 * take eyewater and drop it in the eye.


 * tíam cêk tíam îu;
 * drop a drop of oil on it.


 * cheng-khih căi bô̤ tíam nah-sap;
 * very clean, with no speck of dirt upon it.


 * bûe-hue-tíam; hue-tíam hue-tíam; flowered;
 * speckled.


 * poiⁿ tíam;
 * spotted.


 * hi-tíam hi-tíam;
 * slightly flecked.


 * buah hún, tíam in-nî;
 * pat on powder and rouge.


 * khîeh khṳ̀