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 * To stare vacantly; the eye fixed.
 * mâk thêng-thêng;
 * his eyes are fixed.


 * mâk li thêng, khì li chẃn;
 * the eyes fixed and the breath drawn with difficulty.


 * To wait for; to let.
 * thĕng úa lâi;
 * wait till I come.
 * wait till I come.


 * úa thĕng lṳ́ kú lío;
 * I have been waiting a long time for you.


 * cêk thĕng, nŏ̤ thĕng, hŵn būe lâi;
 * waited ever so long and he has not yet come.


 * thĕng úa kùe lío;
 * wait and let me pass.


 * i tó̤ thĕng cûn;
 * she is waiting for a boat to come along.


 * thĕng i ôiⁿ;
 * wait till he is at leisure.


 * khĭa tó̤ thĕng;
 * stands waiting.

thi


 * Viscid; sticky; bird-lime.
 * khô̤ kàu nĕ thi-thi;
 * simmer it till it is very gummy.
 * simmer it till it is very gummy.


 * thi cío;
 * catch birds with bird-lime.


 * i kâi thi tîeh nĕ thi-thi cìaⁿ thi tit tîeh;
 * the bird-lime must be very adhesive then it will catch them.


 * thi căi;
 * very glutinous.


 * khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * is stuck fast in it.


 * To stretch open.
 * mn̂g thí khui;
 * set the door wide open.
 * set the door wide open.


 * khàu kàu chùi thí-thí;
 * crying with mouth wide stretched.


 * chìe kàu chùi thí-thí;
 * laughing with open mouth.


 * hûe-sīeⁿ chùi thí-thí, m̄ sĭ àiⁿ cîⁿ cū sĭ àiⁿ bí;
 * when a priest grins, he wants either money or rice.


 * thí kàu khuah-khuah;
 * stretch it wide open.


 * ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, thí m̄ khui;
 * the shears are so tight at the pivor that I cannot open them.


 * pó tō̤ chùi lṳ́ thí khui cē, úa cìaⁿ hó̤ khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * open the mouth of the bag more widely, so that I can put in the things.


 * hŏ-sùaⁿ thí khui khṳt i la ta;
 * open the umbrella and let it dry.


 * thí kha;
 * set the legs far apart.


 * hŏi, nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, i kâi kha thí kàu khuah-khuah;
 * when a crab is going to be caught, he opens his claws wide.


 * The body; the substance; the essentials; respectable; influential; to realize.
 * sì-thí;
 * the body; the human frame.
 * the body; the human frame.


 * i kâi sì-thí mông tîeh cn̂g kâi ngân-ngân;
 * his whole body feels cold to the touch.


 * thí-mīn;
 * reputation; the respect in which one is held by others; honor and dignity.


 * i kìe-sĭ i sit tîeh i kâi thí-mīn;
 * he complained of her having diminished his importance in the eyes of others.


 * hīn-khek i thí-mīn căi;
 * he is now held in high esteem.


 * côiⁿ sĭ tó̤ cò̤ nâng kâi kang, hīn-căi thí-thí mīn-mīn kâi nâng;
 * formerly he was one who hired out to do other people's work, now he is an honored personage.


 * thí-thiap;
 * to accommodate; to consider the interest of a nother.


 * úa thí-thiap lṳ́, lṳ́ īa tîeh thí-thiap úa : jī-ke tîeh sie thí-thiap cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * I consider your wishes, and you must consider mine also : all will be well if both are accommodating.


 * to sĭ cêk thí;
 * it is all one thing.


 * to tîeh ŭ kâi thí-thóng;
 * in all things there must be regard to decorum.


 * cn̂g kâi bô̤ thí-thóng;
 * without regard to what is befitting.


 * To peel; to strip off.
 * thì tīo phûe;
 * strip off the bark.
 * strip off the bark.


 * thì mûaⁿ-phûe;
 * to peel off the bark used for ropes.


 * thì hṳ̂ phûe;
 * to flay fish.


 * khṳt châk thì kàu cêk sin cheng-khih cheng-khih;
 * stripped by a highwayman.


 * To tear apart, as in anger.
 * khì kàu thì tīo i kâi saⁿ;
 * so angry that he rent his clothes.
 * so angry that he rent his clothes.


 * tng mīn thì tīo;
 * tore it up in his face.


 * thì kàu chùi-chùi;
 * tore it in pieces.


 * khîeh khí lâi thì cò̤ ku-ā-kò̤;
 * took it up and tore it in several pieces.


 * thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * tear it in two.


 * To obstruct, to stop; indigestible; disagreeing with one; a hindrance.
 * i kâi nâng thì căi;
 * he is very uncomfortable.
 * he is very uncomfortable.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ khah thì;
 * in doing things do not make yourself too uncomfortable.


 * i phêng-sù sĭ thì kàu seⁿ si;
 * it was formerly impeded in its growth so that it became stringy.


 * i tó lăi sĭ ŭ cek-thi;
 * he has undigested food in his stomach; has indigestion.


 * có̤-thì;
 * hindered, impeded, stopped.


 * i cêk lō li bô̤ có̤ bô̤ thì;
 * he had no hindrance during the whole journey.


 * i li khṳ̀ kàu pùaⁿ lō ngŏ̤ hŏ cū có̤-thì ku-ā jît;
 * when he had gone half way there he encountered a storm and was prevented from going on for several days.


 * i cṳ̆ sòi bŏi thì, lí-lí tōa;
 * he has from his earliest childhood met with nothing that prevented his growth, and has grown steadily.


 * i kâi nâng khah thì;
 * he is too mulish.


 * thì căi;
 * harassed, hindered.


 * i sĭ thì-khìkâi pēⁿ;
 * he has a derangement of the system caused by stoppage of the fluids.


 * ūn khì có̤-thì ku-ā nî;
 * luck has been against him for several years.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi mêh lâi kàu li sĭ thì-siap;
 * her pulse is irregular as if the circulation were impeded.


 * thì-nĭ;
 * bigoted; set in one's way; opinionated.


 * To pick in pieces with the hands.
 * thì cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * pull it apart.
 * pull it apart.


 * cêk hah cêk hah