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 which has been accumulated may be brought out and used.
 * sai-ĕ thiok cek;
 * secretly hoard.


 * thiok kàu kâi sì hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;
 * lay by till a very favorable time comes and then make it.


 * i sĭ tó̤ thiok sì kâi;
 * he is rallying his force.


 * A spasm or cramp of the tendons.
 * hut-jîen kâi kha chíu thiu-thiok;
 * suddently taken with cramp in the limbs.
 * suddently taken with cramp in the limbs.

thit


 * To roam for amusement or information; to saunter idly; to amuse one's self; to take recreation.
 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ thit-thô̤;
 * will go out for a walk.
 * will go out for a walk.


 * i thit-thô̤ kàu ùi;
 * he has rambled about till he is sick of it.


 * pun a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thOô;
 * give it to the children to play with.


 * thit-thô̤ mûeh;
 * playthings.


 * hàuⁿ thît-thô̤;
 * font of leisurely rambles; likes idling about.

thiu


 * To take out with the hand; to lift; to levy or assess, as taxes; to select or draw, as a lot; to expand, as plants in spring; to raise water; to receive one's portion; a tenth, a tithe; a fee.
 * cía cĭ cò̤-nî thiu-thâu?
 * What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?
 * What proportion of this is to be taken as fees?


 * thiu tàⁿ-thâu;
 * take the fees for porterage.


 * câp hūn thiu cêk hūn;
 * take a tithe of it.


 * thiu khí lâi;
 * take out a portion.


 * pûah lío būe lă cò̤ thiu cúi;
 * after gambling had not enough to pay the percentage charged as fees to the gambling house.


 * thiu cúi;
 * the portion kept as his fee by the one who holds the stakes in gaming.


 * cêk sin thiu-thìaⁿ;
 * had cramps all over me.


 * kha thiu kṳn;
 * had a cramp in the leg.


 * thiu huang;
 * cramps arising from a cold.


 * ēng cúi-thiu lâi thiu cúi;
 * take a syphon and draw off the water.


 * thiu chut lâi lío, lêng-ūaⁿ jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * drew it out and then crowded it in again.


 * i thiu kha cáu;
 * he got up and went off.


 * ke it thiu;
 * another tenth.


 * m̄ ôiⁿ căi, put lêng thiu sin;
 * am very busy and can't get away.


 * thiu sît ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * What is the net gain?


 * būe cêng tṳ̂ thiu;
 * have not yet subtracted the expenses.


 * sai thiu;
 * illegal fees.


 * thiu sim chut lâi;
 * take out the core.


 * thiu tîo lêng tŏa kùe khṳ̀;
 * sent out a tendril to run over it.


 * côih hô̤ sai thiu;
 * cut off the passage of boats, and levy illegal taxes on the passengers.


 * thiu tīo;
 * to draw out and reject.


 * A facing; an edge; a hem.
 * sang pôiⁿ hĕ thiu;
 * face the two edges.
 * face the two edges.


 * chíu-ńg àiⁿ hĕ thiu a m̆?
 * Do you want to face the edge of the sleeve?


 * ka lo̤h khṳ̀ tú-tú cûah thiu : tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ ka pò lâi có̤ thiu;
 * in cutting it out, there lacks just the facing : you must buy another piece for the facing.


 * ŭ thiu lí ío năi;
 * it will last longer if faced.


 * pi ke nŏ̤ kò̤ thiu, cêk pôiⁿ cêk kò̤;
 * lay on two more facings, one on either side.


 * A plane; to plane.
 * thiu pang;
 * to plane boards.
 * to plane boards.


 * khía ki thiu lâi thiu;
 * take a plane and plane it.


 * thiu cîh; thiu to̤;
 * the blade of a plane.


 * thiu kng-kng;
 * plane very smooth.


 * thiu-siah;
 * to correct; to put in shape; to polish of.


 * The second of the twelve horary characters or branches; the second hour of the day, from 1 to 3 o'clock A.M, or the fourth watch; it is denoted by the ox, and astrologers say that persons born at this hour are likely to be dull.
 * thíu sî;
 * from one to three o'clock A.M.
 * from one to three o'clock A.M.


 * thîu guêh;
 * the second month in the cycle of twelve.


 * thíu-kieh;
 * the merry-andrews in a play.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ thíu;
 * he acts the part of buffoon.


 * koi put lî thíu;
 * the fowls will always crow in the fourth watch.


 * Irresolute; undecided; unable to get on.
 * i hŵn-lío thîu-thû, m̄ cêk-kwt;
 * he is still wavering and uncertain.
 * he is still wavering and uncertain.


 * thîu-thû ku-ā jîthŵn būe chut m̂ng;
 * has been able to make up his mind whether he would go during several days and has not yet started.


 * i cò̤-nî cêk lō thîu-thû kàu cièⁿ kú hŵn būe lâi?
 * How is it that he has delayed on the road so long and has not yet arrived?


 * úa thóiⁿ i kâi ì sĭ thîu-thîu thû-thû, phah-sǹg būe tīaⁿ;
 * I see that he intends to keep putting it off, his mind not being made up about it.


 * The calculate; to compute; to devise.
 * thîu-ûeh;
 * settle and arrange a way of action.
 * settle and arrange a way of action.


 * ka-kī tó̤ thîu-mông kòi-cheh;
 * he himself devised a plan of action.

thng


 * Broth, soup, gravy; warm water.
 * gû-nêk-thng;
 * beef broth.
 * beef broth.


 * koi-thng;
 * chicken soup.


 * thng-sî;
 * a soup-spoon.


 * thng úaⁿ;
 * a soup-tureen.


 * thng cúi;
 * gravy.


 * sie thng;
 * hot soup.


 * luh thng;
 * to sip soup.


 * thō thng;
 * to gulp down soup.


 * íe thng;
 * dip out soup.


 * ngâu thng; pû thng; cṳ́ thng;
 * make soup.


 * tè tīo thng;
 * drain off the gravy.


 * chwn thng;