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 wrote out two hundred notices of the funeral.
 * cía ēng chŵn-thiap a míen?
 * Should this note be a formal one of five folds or not?


 * cíu thiap;
 * a billet, an informal note.


 * pài thiap;
 * a visiting card.


 * kŭ mûeh kâi thiap;
 * a card sent with a gift.


 * hue-âng thiap;
 * pale red cards.


 * bâk-âng thiap;
 * deep red cards.


 * kim-hue thiap;
 * note of invitation to one who has just taken his degree.


 * thiap-âp;
 * a card-case.


 * síeⁿ thiap;
 * a notice of reward offered.


 * thiap nêk, thiap thàu;
 * the note itself and the envelope enclosing it.


 * thiap mīn, thiam chiam;
 * the outside of the note and the address thereon.


 * chut cie-thiap, cie nâng cò̤ kang;
 * issue a notice that laborers are wanted.


 * pàng thiap;
 * send out invitations.


 * khîeh thîap;
 * received written invitations.


 * To lay up in a pile; to stack on.
 * chin-chĭeⁿ tó̤ thîap châ kho pé;
 * like laying up bundles of fire-wood.
 * like laying up bundles of fire-wood.


 * cih lío thîap khí;
 * after folding them up, lay them in a pile.


 * thîap sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
 * pile them up evenly.


 * thîap khah kûiⁿ;
 * stacked too high.

thie


 * To pick out, up, or at; to provoke; to stir up; to select.
 * lṳ́ kio úa thie ki chuaⁿ;
 * you pick out this sliver for me.
 * you pick out this sliver for me.


 * ēng cam lâi thie phùa;
 * pick it open with a needle.


 * thie lô̤h khṳ̀ ŏi huehlâu a bŏi?
 * Does it bleed when you pick into it?


 * teng-sim thie khui cē;
 * pick up the wick of the lamp a little.


 * cū sĭ i tó̤ thie-so cìaⁿ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is through his mischief-making that this has come to pass.


 * i thie tîeh kuaⁿ;
 * he has been chosen for office.


 * thie-sẃn hó̤ kâi;
 * pick out a good one.


 * thie tit tîeh, a thie m̄ tîeh?
 * Did she pick it out, or did she fail to do so?


 * thie keng-ńng;
 * to select Manchu girls for the harem.


 * tōa kâi i soiⁿ thie khí;
 * the large ones have already been picked out by him.


 * thie-thek;
 * to cavil.


 * i ŏi thie hue chiah sìu;
 * she can do various sorts of fancy work.


 * i ŏi thie siah-pô̤h;
 * she can separate the sheets of tin-foil.


 * To sell grain; to dispose of breadstuffs.
 * thìe bí;
 * to sell rice.
 * to sell rice.


 * khui chng phêng thìe;
 * open the granaries and dispose of the contents at a fair price.

thien


 * The highest of things, heaven both physically and divinely; the ether, the sky, the firmament; Nature; Providence; celestial.
 * thien-cheⁿ;
 * a dark glossy gray, or purple.
 * a dark glossy gray, or purple.


 * thien-cṳ́;
 * the emprror.


 * thien kang;
 * the cycle of ten.


 * thien hūn;
 * natural endowments; native ability.


 * thien-seⁿ cṳ̆-jîen kâi;
 * what is natural.


 * i kâi thien-cṳ cū sĭ sĭang hó̤ kâi;
 * his natural gifts are of the highest order.


 * nâng tàⁿ i sĭ tit tîeh thien-cṳ cìaⁿ ŏi;
 * people say that he has received books from celestial regions and is therefore thus gifted.


 * mīn côiⁿ ŭ kâi thien-bé-ùaⁿ;
 * in front there is natural mound, shaped like a saddle laid on its side.


 * To supply a deficiency.
 * thîen mîaⁿ;
 * to add the name to something in which it is lacking.
 * to add the name to something in which it is lacking.


 * thîen cheh;
 * to supply something in a book.


 * thîen pó;
 * to supply enough.


 * thîen hâiⁿ;
 * to pay the remainder of a debt.


 * thîen kàu lío;
 * supplied the full amount.


 * thîen lí-lêh;
 * fill in the details of age parentage and residence.


 * thîen jît-cí;
 * write in the date.


 * tò̤ thîen nî-gûeh;
 * to antedate.


 * thîen kàu múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
 * fully supply the deficiency.


 * thîen chut jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
 * How much did he pay to make up the amount?


 * To make a clean copy; to transcribe.
 * thîen-lôk-seng;
 * a copyist.
 * a copyist.


 * íⁿ-keng thien sía cheng-chó̤ lío;
 * is already copied out fairly.

thiet


 * To remove from or to one; to send off; to recall; to set aside; to reject.
 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ci ki kun àiⁿ thiet, sĭ mē?
 * I hear that this regiment is to be recalled is it so?
 * I hear that this regiment is to be recalled is it so?


 * cí nŏ̤ īeⁿ chài lâi thiet;
 * remove these two dishes from the course.


 * thiet hûe khṳ̀;
 * has been recalled.


 * thiet jīm, tńg khṳ̀;
 * left his post and returned home.


 * cīeⁿ-si thiet i kâi úi;
 * his superior in office has withdrawn his appointment.


 * thiet tīo cí nŏ̤ náng lío àiⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ ēng nâng mē?
 * After having rejected these two men, do you wish to employ others?


 * Perspicacious; discerning; pervious; to penetrate; to go through.
 * i kâi tó lâi thong-thiet căi;
 * he is very discerning.
 * he is very discerning.


 * put lŭn sĭ cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭ tàⁿ ūe to sĭ thong-thong thiet-thiet;
 * whether in action or in speech he is very sure to get at the underlying motives and facts.


 * i sui-sĭ chó̤-lîak ŏi thong, thong lâi m̄ thiet;
 * although he understands this to some extent, he does not understand it thoroughly.


 * cí cak cṳ kâi tŏ̤-lí sueh lâi thàu-thiet căi;
 * the doctrine contained in this passage was very thoroughly explained.


 * cêk jī cêk kù to sueh kàu thàu-thàu thiet-thiet;
 * explains