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 make broth.
 * lâm tìeh thng;
 * pour the gravy over it.


 * thng khah cíaⁿ;
 * the soup is too fresh.


 * lâm cho̤h ngîam-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * pour in some "stock".


 * khah seⁿ thng;
 * it is too watery.


 * jîet kàu jû kún thng;
 * hot as boiling soup.


 * thng bŏi tîam;
 * the soup has no strength.


 * To scald with boiling water; scalding hot.
 * i khṳt kún cúi thǹg tîeh;
 * she scalded herself with boiling water.
 * she scalded herself with boiling water.


 * thǹg kàu kâi phă khí lâi;
 * scalded so that it blistered.


 * sie kàu ŏi thǹg chíu;
 * hot enough to scald the hand.


 * ceng kẁn tîeh thǹg sie-sie;
 * must rinse the cups and tea-pot in hot water and make them very hot.


 * thǹg-hû;
 * a chaffing dish.


 * sie kha thǹg chíu kâi sṳ̄, kang-khó cò̤;
 * that is very severe drudgery.


 * ham khîeh khṳ̀ thǹg;
 * take the scallops and pour boiling water over them.


 * thǹng būe sêk;
 * they are not yet scalded through.


 * To undress; to get out of; to strip off.
 * thǹg tīo saⁿ;
 * to take off one's tunic.
 * to take off one's tunic.


 * thǹg khui lâi thóiⁿ;
 * throw open your tunic and let me see.


 * pak tīo bō̤, thǹg tīo ôi bûeh;
 * take off yoru cap, and your shoes and stockings.


 * Sugar; sugared; prepared in or with sugar; candy.
 * pêh-thn̂g;
 * white or light colored sugar.
 * white or light colored sugar.


 * chiah sua thn̂g; îang thn̂g;
 * granulated brown sugar.


 * o thn̂g;
 * dark or uncleansed sugar.


 * piaⁿ thn̂g;
 * rock-candy.


 * thn̂g-kêk;
 * the Sugar Company.


 * thn̂g-lāu;
 * a sugar filter.


 * tĥng pâng;
 * a sugar-mill.


 * thn̂g-cúi;
 * molasses.


 * áng thn̂g hìeⁿ tîam;
 * as sweet as sugar.


 * lāu búe thn̂g;
 * sugar from the bottom of the filter.


 * ńng thn̂g;
 * soft wet sugar.


 * ká thn̂g;
 * press the juice from the cane and make sugar.


 * ngâu thn̂g; sêk thn̂g;
 * make sugar.


 * cía cap ngâu cò̤ thn̂g;
 * boil this juice into sugar.


 * thn̂g lîo;
 * a temporary shed under which sugar is boiled.


 * thn̂g-lîo tèng kâi cìa-ká;
 * the stones used to crush cane at the sugar-mill.


 * sâh thn̂g;
 * boil insugar.


 * khô̤h thn̂g;
 * make taffy.


 * mêng-thn̂g;
 * gum-drops.


 * thn̂g-îⁿ;
 * barley sugar.


 * so thn̂g;
 * crisp candy.


 * thn̂g-tāu;
 * pea-nut candy.


 * thn̂g sai;
 * sugar lions.


 * thn̂g-pang;
 * cakes made of parched rice and sugar.


 * kieⁿ-thn̂g;
 * spiced candy.


 * thn̂g kieⁿ;
 * preserved ginger.


 * thn̂g līo;
 * confectionery.


 * pêh-thn̂g kúe;
 * sweet pastry.


 * suah thn̂g;
 * sprinkle with sugar.


 * kit-hún thn̂g;
 * loaf sugar.


 * cheng thn̂g;
 * clarified sugar.


 * pôih thn̂g-chang;
 * pull molasses candy.


 * phûah thn̂g-îⁿ;
 * make barley sugar.


 * The elbow joint; to elbow.
 * chíu-thn̆g chut khŭ;
 * the elbow joint is dislocated.
 * the elbow joint is dislocated.


 * i cang chíu-thn̆g, thn̆g kàu i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * he hit him with his elbow till he fell down.


 * i àm-cĕⁿ thn̆g i, i cū cai;
 * when he privately nudged him with his elbow, he knew.


 * chíu-thn̆g hṳ́ tói sng-ńng-thìaⁿ;
 * my elbow is lame.


 * To poke at with a stick.
 * khîeh ki tek-ko̤ khṳ̀ thn̄g sái-kau;
 * take a stick and go set the sewer running.
 * take a stick and go set the sewer running.


 * kau lō tîeh soiⁿ thn̄g thong;
 * you must first open a passage for the water to flow in the drains.


 * ci ki khah ńng m̄ hó̤ thn̄g;
 * this is so flexible that it is not goot to use as a poker.


 * thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;
 * poke into the inside of it.


 * thn̄g sie-lîn-thàng;
 * poked a hole in it.

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 * Earth; ground; lands; territory; soil; a region.
 * i sĭ m̄ hôkcúithó;
 * the climate does not agree with him.
 * the climate does not agree with him.


 * tàⁿ cò̤ thó-ūe cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * How would you say this in common parlance?


 * tàⁿ lâi hŵn-lío kâⁿ thó-thâm;
 * what he says has still an admixture of words from the local dialect.


 * thó im sĭ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What is the local pronunciation of this word?


 * hṳ́-kò̤ kâi hong-thó nâng-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?
 * What are the manners and customs there?


 * cía sĭ in-kò̤ kâi thó súaⁿ;
 * these are the native products there.


 * kak chù to sāi ŭ thó-tī îa;
 * each place has its local deities.


 * i sĭ hŭam tîeh thó-sîn;
 * he has offended the god of the land.


 * ŭ hĕ thó tîeh sa thó;
 * if you make a vow to the divinity that presides over a particular spot, you must pay the vow thereto.


 * sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît tŏng thó?
 * What day has been selected as a lucky one for beginning the excavation?


 * i kâi pî-thó m̄-hó̤;
 * his appetite is not good.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó thó ken pî;
 * this medicine creates an appetite.


 * nâng sí cū àiⁿ kui thó;
 * when a dies he returns to dust.


 * i kâi thó-cheⁿ seⁿ lâi ngía căi;
 * the end of his nose is very exquisitely formed.


 * Bent on; inclined to; on one side.
 * i thó àiⁿ, úa thó m̆;
 * he is bent upon it, and I am determined not to do it.
 * he is bent upon it, and I am determined not to do it.


 * i li thó hĕng hṳ́ kâi nâng, úa li thó sieh hṳ́ kâi nâng;
 * he is inclined to dislike that person, and I am inclined to like him.


 * cêk nâng cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n thó cōi li bô̤ sì-lâk, cêk nâng sì-lâk thó tōa li bô̤ cíⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
 * one had money without influence and the other had great influence but no money.


 * i thó àiⁿ phah i;
 * she is determined to whip him.