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 * A tally; a tillot.
 * siah tîu;
 * whittle out tallies.


 * siu tîu;
 * take the tallies.


 * tek-tîu;
 * bamboo splints which serve as tallies.


 * cêk peh tàⁿ cò̤-nî káu-câp-káu ki-tîu?
 * How is it that there are but ninety nine tallies, when there have been a hundred loads brought?


 * Thin, soft silk.
 * tîu tn̄g phò;
 * a silk shop.
 * a silk shop.


 * húang tîu;
 * pongee.


 * mîⁿ tîu;
 * a stuff made of mixed cotton and silk.


 * kóiⁿ tîu;
 * coarse silk serge.


 * âng tîu;
 * plain thin red silk.


 * lêng tîu;
 * thick fine pongee.


 * pêh tîu;
 * plain white silk.


 * hîuⁿ àiⁿ kah sù-tîu lí;
 * am going to put a lining of plain silk in the wadded tunic.


 * China-grass, a plant like a nettle, a species of flax, from which grass-cloth is made.
 * úa àiⁿ ēng tĭu lâi cò̤ so̤h, màiⁿ ēng mûaⁿ;
 * I wish to have the rope made of China-grass, not of hemp.
 * I wish to have the rope made of China-grass, not of hemp.


 * ēng tĭu kṳn khṳ̀ pû cúi cîah;
 * take the roots of China-grass, steep them, and drink the infusion.


 * tîu-pò;
 * grass-cloth.


 * ìuⁿ tĭu, cho tĭu;
 * fine and coarse grass-cloth.


 * pêh tĭu, o tĭu, lâm tĭu;
 * white, black, and blue grass-cloth.


 * pńg sek tĭu;
 * unbleached grass-cloth, having its natural yellowish color.


 * tĭu hâng;
 * a ware-house where grass-cloth is bought and sold at wholesale.


 * cí cho̤h tĭu àiⁿ ceh cò̤ còi;
 * am going to splice these fibers, making them into thread ready for weaving.


 * keⁿ tĭu-pò;
 * weave grass cloth.


 * mîⁿ tĭu;
 * cotton and linen

Rice when growing in the field.
 * pò tĭu;
 * to transplant young rice.


 * kuah tĭu;
 * to harvest rice.


 * tĭu kó̤-cháu;
 * rice straw.


 * kū nî kâi cá tĭu îaⁿ kùe câp gûeh tang kâi tĭu;
 * last year the rice of the early crop was better than that harvested in the tenth month.


 * phah kâi tĭu tîaⁿ;
 * make an area for drying paddy.


 * tĭu-thâu;
 * stubble from the rice fields.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kâi tĭu-phîe ngía căi;
 * the growing rice everywhere is very beautiful.


 * nín kò̤ kâi tĭu kuah a būe?
 * Is the rice harvest gathered yet at your place?


 * tĭu-sūi;
 * heads of rice.


 * tĭu-kó̤;
 * rice stalks.


 * tĭu-sūi tōa kah pá, tĭu-kó̤ khṳt i thūi kàu ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the heads of the rice are large and full, so that the stalks are dragged down flat by their weight.


 * cía cúi ŏi cìm tīo náng kâi tĭu a bŏi?
 * Is it likely that this freshet will submerge and spoil our rice?


 * siu khí tĭu lío cū sṳ̆-lí lâi cèng bêh;
 * when the rice is gathered in, we prepare to plant the wheat.


 * Daytime.
 * pêh tĭu chíeⁿ-kiap;
 * carried it off in broad daylight.
 * carried it off in broad daylight.


 * i sĭ sît-căi pĭ tĭu cak mêⁿ;
 * he really turns day into night.

tng


 * What is suitable, opportune, convenient or just; adequate to; competent; to bear; to take the responsibility; to act as; to be; equal to; to match; to make; to stand in contrast; to meet or occur; at the time of, when, in which sense it is often a form of the present participle; to withstand.
 * úa tam tng;
 * I assume the responsibility.
 * I assume the responsibility.


 * m̄ káⁿ tng;
 * dare not assume it.


 * kâi ke cn̂g kâi sĭ i tó̤ tng;
 * she is taking the entire charge of the household.


 * i tó̤ tng piaⁿ;
 * he is a soldier.


 * cí kâi tó̤ tng cṳ-phōiⁿ;
 * this one takes charge of the dispatches.


 * hṳ́ kâi tó̤ tng che;
 * that one is a constable.


 * tng m̄ khí;
 * inadequate to.


 * i tng-sî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What did he say at the time?


 * tng-kimh kâi nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío cōi;
 * people now-a-days generally do thus.


 * tng thiⁿ táu-cok;
 * pray under the open sky.


 * nî-hùe sie tng;
 * of suitable age.


 * bô̤ nâng tng i tît cŭ;
 * no one could stand it.


 * tng i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not bear it.


 * lâng tng;
 * insupportable; irksome.


 * khó-chó̤ lâng tng;
 * the pain is hard to bear.


 * ŭ cŭe tâng tng;
 * if there be blame we will share it.


 * ŭ sṳ̄ tâng tng;
 * if trouble comes we will bear it together.


 * tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;
 * fit for this post.


 * khó tâng tng, hok tâng híang;
 * bear the trouble and share the enjoyment together.


 * sĭ i tng-cho̤ hàuⁿ kâi;
 * it was he who first consented.


 * sĭ i tng-cho̤ ìn úa kâi;
 * he was the first to answer me.


 * tng-cho̤ kâi nâng ío kang-khó;
 * pioneers have the hardest of the work to do.


 * tng thâu tùi mīn, cò̤-nî thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ?
 * It was right in front of you, why did you not see it?


 * sĭ i tng mīn kio úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * he told me so to my face.


 * i ŭ m̄-tîeh lṳ́ hó̤ tng-mīn tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-chng ău tàⁿ i;
 * if ho does wrong, tell him so to his face, and do not talk about him behind his back.


 * tng tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe i ŭ tàⁿ a bô̤?
 * Did she say anything about it at the time?


 * tng khî-sî i ŭ tàⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he said so at the time.


 * tng hṳ́ cêk jît i cū lâi;
 * he came that very day.


 * tng jît i îa m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa cū bô̤ ìn-tap i;
 * if he had not done so that very day, I should not have agreed to it.


 * tī-tîang lûn tîeh tng nî?
 * Whose turn was it that year?


 * nî tng it-jī-câp lío, bŏi sòi;
 * is getting on toward twenty, and is no longer a child.


 * kâi nâng tng cêk nî;
 * each person acts for one year.


 * i eng-tng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * he should do thus.


 * sĭ i tng-eng-kai kâi;
 * it is what he ought to do.


 * tng-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is very