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 tâp-tâp, tàⁿ bŏi tit ŵn;
 * chatted a whole half-day as fast as possible, and could not say half they wished to.


 * A small plate or saucer.
 * úaⁿ tîh khîeh khṳ̀ sói;
 * go and wash the dishes.
 * go and wash the dishes.


 * sī-îu tîh;
 * a dish to hold soy.


 * chò tîh;
 * a vinegar dish.


 * sek-līo tîh;
 * plates used by painters for mixing colors.

tim


 * To warm up food in a pot.
 * khîeh lô̤h lô khṳ̀ tim : tim sie-sie cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
 * put it on the stove and warm it up: make it very hot and then it will be delectable.
 * put it on the stove and warm it up: make it very hot and then it will be delectable.


 * cíu tim lío m̄ cai thóiⁿ, khṳt i ûak khṳ̀;
 * set the whiskey on to heat it, and it sprang ablaze when I was not looking to it.


 * cíu-pâng màiⁿ tim îeⁿ khṳ̀;
 * do not melt the wine pitcher when heating the wine.


 * tim chài;
 * to warm up food left from a previous meal.


 * A bird like the secretary falcon, with a long black neck and red bill; it eats snakes, and is supposed to be so noxious that fish die where it drinks, the grass withers around its nest, and its feathers steeped in spirits make a virulent poison.
 * i ka-kì hôk tim cíu cṳ̆-cĭn;
 * he drank a dose of deadly poison and killed himself.
 * he drank a dose of deadly poison and killed himself.


 * To sink; to quash; lost, destroyed; ruined.
 * cêk kâi tîm li, cêk kâi phû;
 * one sank and the other floated.
 * one sank and the other floated.


 * cûn tîm lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the boat sank.


 * pùaⁿ phû pùaⁿ tîm;
 * half in and half out of water.


 * i tîm-mût i kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * he made way with her things.


 * i kâi pēⁿ tîm tăng;
 * he is very sick.


 * tîm tŏ̤ cúi tói;
 * sank to the bottom.


 * cí kâi thim-hieⁿ ŏi tîm cúi kâi;
 * this garu-wood sinks in water.


 * The royal We, Ourself.
 * hûang-tì cheng i ka-kī cheng cò̤ tĭm;
 * the emperor in speaking of himself says We.
 * the emperor in speaking of himself says We.

tin


 * To jingle.
 * tin-tong-kìe; tin-tiang-kìe;
 * jingling.
 * jingling.


 * tin-tong tin-tiang kâi sĭ sĭm mûeh híang?
 * What is it that makes that jingling sound?


 * tin-tò̤;
 * upside down or end foremost; inverted.
 * upside down or end foremost; inverted.


 * sío lău-tia, khîa bé tin-tò̤ khîa;
 * a crazy god, riding with his face toward the tail of his horse.


 * tin-tò̤ pàng;
 * set it bottom upward.


 * màiⁿ tin-tò̤ khîeh;
 * do not take it by the wrong end.


 * tin-tò̤ tàⁿ;
 * reverse the clauses or words of a sentence when speaking.


 * tin-tò̤;
 * inverted from the proper order; placing last what ought to be first, or putting that above which should be below.


 * To keep in subjection; to keep in order; to protect and oversee; a mart, a great manufacturing place.
 * tìn-thâi;
 * brigadier general.
 * brigadier general.


 * cí cêk séⁿ ŭ kúi kâi tōa chĭ-tiu;
 * this province has several great trading marts.


 * ēng i tó̤ tìn-iap tī-hng;
 * employ him to keep the place in order.


 * chíaⁿ lâi tìn thêh;
 * invite to come and keep evil influences out of the house.


 * i cŏ̤-tìn úa kâi tī-hng;
 * he has taken possession of my land.


 * tìn phò;
 * protect and care for a shop.


 * i sĭ lâi tìn-síu tī-hng kâi;
 * they are those who have come to keep watch and ward over the spot.


 * tìn-tang;
 * centre.
 * centre.


 * pàng tŏ̤ tìn-tang;
 * put it in the centre.


 * khîeh tŏ̤ tìn-tang;
 * take it by the middle.


 * gūa tîaⁿ tìn-tang;
 * the middle of the onter court.


 * Creepers and trailing plants.
 * tîn-tîo;
 * rattans.
 * rattans.


 * tîn si;
 * rattan shavings.


 * tîn n̂g;
 * gamboge.


 * tîn pèⁿ;
 * a rattan handle.


 * khîeh ki khue-tîn phah;
 * get a rattan and whip him.


 * i kâi tîn tŏa kàu hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;
 * the creeper has crept a great way.


 * tîn tói kâi íⁿ;
 * cane bottom chairs.


 * cí cang hue khṳt tîn tŏa sí khṳ̀;
 * this shrub has been killed by a creeper twining around it.


 * hun-kuah tîn;
 * sweet potato vines.


 * kue tîn;
 * melon vine.


 * chng tîn hĭⁿ;
 * put a rattan bail on it.


 * tîn-pâi;
 * a rattan shield.


 * mŏng tîn-pâi;
 * to fence, or defend one's self with a shield.


 * Dust, small particles, exhalations; the dusty world; troublous days.
 * tîn-ai;
 * dust that floats in the air and settles on things; cobwebs and flying atoms.
 * dust that floats in the air and settles on things; cobwebs and flying atoms.


 * chù-téng kâi tîn-ai chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
 * sweep down all the dust from the roof-beams.


 * eng kàu cĕng-cĕng tîn-ai;
 * the dust has settled all over it.


 * seⁿ tîn-ai;
 * is dusty.


 * pŭaⁿ tīo tîn-ai;
 * brush off the dust.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ côiⁿ-mīn kâi tîn-thâu chong-khí-lâi;
 * saw a cloud of dust rising ahead of them.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ kâi sien ńng hĭa hûam tîn;
 * like a fairy descending into this vexatious world.


 * tn̆g tíam tîn;
 * spotless; not a speck of dust on it.