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 * Far off; remote; cut off from constant intercourse.
 * khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò thio-thio lō thâu;
 * to go there is a very long journey.


 * lō tîo thio-thio, káng choiⁿ lí hn̆g;
 * a long journey, of fully a thousand miles.


 * cêk lō thio-thio;
 * a long road to travel.


 * The tossing of a vessel on the water.
 * éng cē lâi cûn cū tó̤ thìo;
 * as soon as the waves rise the vessel pitches.
 * as soon as the waves rise the vessel pitches.


 * cûn iô-ît căi, cn̂g kâi tó̤ thìo;
 * the boat is very uneasy, and is all the time pitching and rolling.


 * To surpass; to excel; to go before.
 * i kâi châi-chêng sît-cāi thìo khûn;
 * his abilities are above the common run.
 * his abilities are above the common run.


 * i chú tîeh thìo-téng;
 * he has taken a place in the first rank of graduates.


 * i ŏi khui thio hō̤ kâi keng;
 * he can draw bows that are above the regular degree of stiffness.


 * To leap, to jump, to skip, to dance, to hop about, to palpitate, to throb; to reach across.
 * thìo lô̤h lâi;
 * jump down.
 * jump down.


 * thìo-mŏng;
 * to dance and gesture as an actor does.


 * tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùu khṳ̀;
 * rallied his force and jumped across.


 * thìo khí khṳ̀;
 * leaped up.


 * chíu mŏng, kha thìo;
 * brandish the arms and hop about.


 * huaⁿ-hí kàu tó̤ thìo;
 * skipped for joy.


 * sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pok-pok-thìo;
 * the heart palpitates.


 * kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ thìo;
 * does not go along, but keeps hopping about.


 * hṳ̂ thìo tŏ̤ cúi mīn;
 * the fish leap on the surface of the water.


 * i kâi phûn sĭ cò̤ cò̤ kap-pô̤ thìo;
 * his grave is made with a scalloped front, with an outline like the course of a leaping frog.


 * khṳt i thìo-cáu khṳ̀;
 * he bolted off.


 * thìo kùe kau;
 * spring across a ditch.


 * i khì kàu khṳ̀ thìo khoi;
 * she was so vexed that she went and jumped into the river.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ ûn-chāi, chûh-chûh thìo;
 * does not do things in a smooth and easy way but keeps skipping to and fro.


 * khì kàu tó̤ thìo;
 * jumped up and down from rage.


 * tò̤ thìo;
 * leap backwards.


 * cíaⁿ thìo;
 * leap forward.


 * i cē thìo cū cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
 * he mounts upon the roof at a leap.


 * thìo-pang;
 * a board laid as a foot-bridge from one point to another; a gangway from the shore to a boat.


 * tîeh phah thìo-pang cìaⁿ ŏi tit khí;
 * must lay a plank across and then we can get on boad.


 * phah thìo tîeh phah ún-ún;
 * if you lay a temporary foot-bridge you must make it firm.


 * To classify statements; to set down items in order; to arrange in sections.
 * Cía sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤-nî thîo-thîn?
 * How is this matter to be lucidly set forth?
 * How is this matter to be lucidly set forth?


 * íⁿ-keng soiⁿ thîo-thîn hó̤-hó̤ lío;
 * have already arranged the items, sections or statements in such order as to make the subject clear.


 * To harmonize; to blend; to restore the peace; to adjust; to mix or compound; to tame; to temper; to regulate; to moderate; to tune; to find the tone of a character; to spell; to combine initials and finals according to tone, as in forming Chinese characters.
 * lṳ́ kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai thîo-íang;
 * you must nurse your health.
 * you must nurse your health.


 * àiⁿ thîo-lí lâi tit huap;
 * will regulate it according to a system.


 * i tńg khṳ̀ chù tó̤ thîo-ui;
 * he has gone home for medical treatment.


 * i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài bŭ;
 * she is skillful in cookery.


 * chíaⁿ kong-chin lai thîo-chú;
 * invite arbitrators to decide on the matter of settling the affair.


 * thîo-hì;
 * lewd dalliance.


 * phêⁿ ceh m̄ thîo;
 * the tones do not harmonize.


 * thîo kàu i kâi hîⁿ hûa cìaⁿ hó̤ tôaⁿ;
 * tune the viols till they accord and then play.


 * i kâi khì-hueh m̄ thîo-hûa;
 * his system is generally deranged.


 * cía sĭ cîah lío m̄ sio kâi mâu-pēⁿ, tîeh cîah i sio-thîo;
 * this trouble arises from indigestion, and he must take something to assist digestion.


 * A pillar; a support.
 * cîeh thĭo;
 * a stone column.
 * a stone column.


 * thĭo kha;
 * the base of a pillar.


 * thĭo tún;
 * the plinth.


 * thĭo sin;
 * the shaft.


 * thĭo téng;
 * the capital.


 * ke thĭo;
 * a pillar of the family.


 * chù thĭo;
 * a pillar of a house.


 * m̄ hó̤ cò̤ êⁿ īa hó̤ cò̤ thĭo;
 * what will not do for a main beam, may do for a prop.


 * i kâi lâk ŏi tho̤h êⁿ ūaⁿ thĭo;
 * his strength is such that he can raise the beam to change the supporting pillar.


 * sì thĭo;
 * the year, month, day and hour of birth.

thiok


 * To lay up in store.
 * i cí nŏ̤ nî cek-thiok ŭ kúi choiⁿ ngṳ̂n tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * he has laid up several thousands of dollars these last two years.
 * he has laid up several thousands of dollars these last two years.


 * i cía chîu-hṳ̆n sĭ cek-thiok kú kâi;
 * this enmity has been gradually accumulating through a long period.


 * phêng-sî tîeh ŏi cek-cek thiok-thiok, hông tîeh cúi ŭaⁿ, hôk-sĭ ki-hng, cí kâi cek-thiok kâi cū hó̤ khîeh chut lâi ēng;
 * it must be collected and hoarded up in ordinary times, and when there is drought or famine, that