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 on which the play was enacted.
 * cí kâi mîn-chn̂g hó̤ thiah kâi;
 * this bedstead is one that can be taken apart and put together at needs.

thiam


 * To take in by absorption; affected by.
 * thiam-jíam;
 * imbued with; tinged; corrupted by.
 * imbued with; tinged; corrupted by.


 * cn̂g kâi bô̤ khṳ̀ thiam-jíam i;
 * have nothing whatever to do with it.


 * ŭ thiam-jíam tîeh a bô̤?
 * Has it been tinged by absorbing anything from that?


 * To add, to increase, to put in more; extra, additional.
 * thiam pó;
 * add something to make enough.
 * add something to make enough.


 * thiam che khṳ̀ phōiⁿ;
 * send additional messengers to attend to the matter.


 * thian teng;
 * to have an increase in one's family.


 * thiam châi;
 * increase in wealth.


 * thiam hok;
 * added blessings.


 * thiam sīu;
 * added years.


 * thiam îu;
 * put in some more oil.


 * thiam piaⁿ;
 * increase the number of soldiers.


 * Excessively; violently; severely.
 * phah kàu thíam-thíam;
 * beat him very severely.
 * beat him very severely.


 * chîp khah thíam;
 * knead too hard.


 * mēⁿ thíam-thíam; i to m̄-ùi;
 * he does not care how much he is scolded.


 * tàⁿ khah thíam i cū khì;
 * if you say too much about it, he will be angry.


 * teh khah thíam cū pó khṳ̀;
 * if you put too much weight upon it, it will be permanently flattened.


 * lūn thíam-thíam;
 * trample down violently.


 * To flatter, to cajole; to fawn.
 * thíam-mĭⁿ;
 * to play the sycophant, to praise one in order to get hisfavor.
 * to play the sycophant, to praise one in order to get hisfavor.


 * i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ thíam-mĭⁿ i;
 * he says this in order to curry favor with him.


 * thíam-mĭⁿ kâi nâng;
 * a lick-spittle.


 * To stamp upon; to press down with the feet.
 * thìam kàu lok-lok;
 * tread them down till they are mashed soft.
 * tread them down till they are mashed soft.


 * khì kàu kŭa tī híam-híam khṳt i thìam thâp;
 * was so angry that he came near breaking a hole in the ground by stamping.


 * gê-kang cang kha kâi i thìam sí;
 * stamp on the centipede and kill it.


 * pàng hṳ́ kûiⁿ kĕ hám kò̤, cang kha thìam cĭu cîh;
 * if you put one end of it upon something and then stamp on the middle of it, you can break it.


 * Peaceful; contented; tranquil.
 * thîam-cĕⁿ;
 * undisturbed.
 * undisturbed.


 * i kâi nâng thîam-cĕⁿ căi;
 * she passes her life very tranquilly.


 * huang éng thîam-cĕⁿ;
 * the winds and waves are quiet; the storm has subsided.


 * i sĭ kâi thîam-thîam cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ kâi kun-cṳ́ nâng;
 * she is a very retiring and refined person.

thiang


 * The inner qualities developing.
 * mêⁿ-hng lài thìang ím;
 * come and take a social glass in the evening.
 * come and take a social glass in the evening.


 * ūe tàⁿ lâi thìang-tâk;
 * it was said in a very perspicuous style.


 * thìang-khùai căi;
 * very delightsome or pleasurable.

thiap


 * To supply; to make up.
 * thó̤-thiap;
 * well adjusted; properly arranged; well managed; nicely put together.
 * well adjusted; properly arranged; well managed; nicely put together.


 * i kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi thó̤-thiapcăi;
 * his affairs are very thoroughly settled.


 * sṳ̆-lí kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
 * put in most perfect order.


 * thó̤i-thiap; thí-thiap;
 * to take up another's cause; to act in behalf of another; to patronize; to accommodate another.


 * i ío thói-thiap nâng;
 * he is more accommodating.


 * úa īa m̄ sĭ thói-thiap i, cū m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * I should not do thus if I did not consider his interests in the case.


 * i mih sṳ̄ thí-thiap căi, m̄ pí hía bô̤ thí-thiap nâng kâi;
 * he is very accommodating about everything, and not like those who will yield nothing to others.


 * iap-thiap;
 * neat, orderly, nicely adjusted.


 * siu-sîp kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
 * very nicely arranged.


 * i tá-pàng kàu hìeⁿ iap-thiap sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ nâng-kheh a m̄ sĭ?
 * It is because she is going to pay a visit that she is so carefully attired is it not?


 * cí kâi sĭ i thiap sin kâi hia-thâu;
 * this is her waiting maid.


 * pó-thiap;
 * to make up a loss or supply a deficiency; to meet an exigency by a donation; to help, as by giving alms.


 * ēng pó-thiap i jîeh cōi cíⁿ?
 * How much should be given him to make up what is wanting?


 * thiap i saⁿ kâi ngṳ̂n hŵn būe kàu;
 * if you help him to the amount of three dollars, he will then not have enough.


 * Written scrolls, writings, documents, manuscripts; a billet; visiting-cards, of which there are many sorts; a placard.
 * i lâi cò̤ nŏ̤ peh kâi pêh-thiap;
 * he came and
 * he came and