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 tŵttwt [sic]


 * To criticise and expunge.
 * chak tŵt;
 * exmaine and lop off what is improper; a final phrase in petitions.
 * exmaine and lop off what is improper; a final phrase in petitions.


 * hāu i chak-tŵt;
 * wait until he thinks it over and suggests amendments.


 * ciak-tŵt;
 * to deliberate upon and then fix the points.


 * àiⁿ cò̤-nî ciak-tŵt?
 * What amendments would you suggest?


 * tīaⁿ-tŵt;
 * finally settle on.


 * táng i ka-kī lâi cìaⁿ ŭ tīaⁿ-tŵt;
 * wait until he himself comes, and then the exact form will be decided on.


 * ciak-tŵt kàu hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ-lâi tīaⁿ-tŵt;
 * give full consideration to the varions point, critising each, and then decide what shall be retained and what expunged.

tha


 * A personal pronoun, he, she, it, that, the other, another.
 * tha nâng;
 * the other person.
 * the other person.


 * màiⁿ kẃn tha;
 * pay no attention to it.


 * lṳ́ úa tha lâi sie kāng pun;
 * let us, you, me and him, divide it among us.


 * îu tha;
 * let him alone.


 * lîu kàu tha hng gūa lí;
 * wandered away into other countries.

 thaⁿ


 * Plain; level.
 * pêⁿ-tháⁿ;
 * level.
 * level.


 * tîeh chūe kò̤ pêⁿ-tháⁿ kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ pàng;
 * must seek a level spot in which to set it down.


 * siu-sîp kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ tháⁿ-tháⁿ, chŵn bŏi khi-khu;
 * made perfectly level, with no inequalities of surface.


 * To superimpose, so as to conceal what is underneath.
 * cí téng thăⁿ kâi tn̂g saⁿ;
 * covered his usual clothing with a long gown.
 * covered his usual clothing with a long gown.


 * hṳ́ tói phûe-tn̂g-nîu, cí téng thăⁿ kâi koih-tn̂g-nîu;
 * a long fur tunic on the inside, with a long, lined, unwaded tunic put on over that.

thah


 * A tower; a pagoda; a pile erected over a relic of Buddha.
 * lṳ́ káⁿ peh-cĭeⁿ thah téng mē?
 * Would you venture to climb to the top of the pagoda?
 * Would you venture to climb to the top of the pagoda?


 * kih kâi thah-kíaⁿ;
 * build a small tower.


 * khí kâi thah káu în kûiⁿ;
 * build a pagoda nine stories high.


 * thah téng téng;
 * the apex of the pagoda.


 * thah kîⁿ;
 * the balconies.


 * thah kha;
 * the base.


 * tùi thah chîeⁿ tói kâi tâh-pō-câng khí khṳ̀;
 * went up by the stairs in the wall of the pagoda.


 * To pile on; to put one upon another; a pile.
 * thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ thâh;
 * pile them up in two piles.
 * pile them up in two piles.


 * m̄-hó̤ tò̤ thâh;
 * do not pile them in a reversed order.


 * sie têng thâh tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * piled one above another.


 * thâh sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
 * pile them evenly and squarely.


 * têng-têng thâh-thâh;
 * piled range above range.

thai


 * hăi-thai;
 * the fetus, the embryo; the pregnant womb.
 * the fetus, the embryo; the pregnant womb.


 * i ū hâi-thai;
 * she is pregnant.


 * câp gûeh hăi-thai cêk tn̄g kâi sin-khó;
 * the tenth month of pregnancy is a continuous suffering.


 * A cyclone; a whirlwind.
 * huang-thai;
 * a typhon.
 * a typhon.


 * àiⁿ-cò̤ huang-thai;
 * there is going to be a gale.


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh tōa huang-thai;
 * met a typhoon.


 * A sieve; to sift.
 * thai bí;
 * to sift rice.
 * to sift rice.


 * bí-thai;
 * a sieve for sifting rice.


 * that khah lang;
 * the sieve is too coars.


 * thai khah bâk, thai m̄ chut;
 * the sieve is too fine, and does not sift it.


 * thai-táu;
 * a floud sieve.


 * thai-táu khuang, thai-táu se;
 * the rim, and the bottom of the sieve.


 * îeh thai;
 * a sieve to sift medicines.


 * tê thai;
 * a strainer in a tea-pot.


 * tŏ-pùn thai;
 * a sieve for sifting ashes.


 * thái-ko̤;
 * leprosy.
 * leprosy.


 * thái-ko̤ phûa;
 * a leprous crone.


 * thái-ko̤ lîo;
 * a lazar-house.


 * cía sĭ cù kut thái;
 * this is a leprosy that destroyes the bones.


 * Large, exalted.
 * thài-suaⁿ;
 * a lofty mountain in the west of Shantung, which gives fame to Tai-ngan-fu.
 * a lofty mountain in the west of Shantung, which gives fame to Tai-ngan-fu.


 * úa i cò̤ thài-suaⁿ;
 * depends on him to back him up.


 * An intensive adverb implying extreme; a term of respect.
 * thài-thài;
 * her ladyship.
 * her ladyship.


 * ŭ lău thài-thài a bô?
 * Has his Excellency a wife?


 * ṳ́ ŭ kìⁿ kùe a-thài mē?
 * Have you seen Madame?


 * thài hu-jîn tŏ̤ ke tèng;
 * her ladyship is at home.


 * thài-cṳ́;
 * the heir-apparent.


 * thài sṳ, thài hù;
 * the highest and the next the highest in rank among the teachers of the prince.


 * thài páu;
 * chief among statesmen.


 * hûang-tì kâi a-pĕ thò̤ ūi ău cheng-cò̤ thài-sĭang-ûang;
 * after the father of the emperor has resigned the throne he is called the Grand Duke.


 * m̄-hó̤ cò̤ khah thài kùe;
 * do not over do it.


 * kàu i sĭeⁿ hùe le thài chî ló;
 * when he had repented it was too late.


 * cí kâi li thài kùe, cí kâi li put kîp;
 * the one is too much by far, and the other is not sufficient.


 * kuaⁿ-hú kâi jī-nâng saⁿ-nâng