# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiu
### thiu

* 抽thiu50645
* 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?

#### 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.
* 幅thiu150509
* A facing; an edge; a hem.

#### sang pôiⁿ hĕ thiu;

    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.
* 刨thiu665185
* A plane; to plane.

#### thiu pang;

    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.
* 丑thíu5213
* 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.

#### 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.
* 躊躇thîu-thû51
* Irresolute; undecided; unable to get on.

#### i hŵn-lío thîu-thû, m̄ cêk-kwt;

    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.
* 籌thîu5111814
* The calculate; to compute; to devise.

#### thîu-ûeh;

    settle and arrange a way of action.

#### ka-kī tó̤ thîu-mông kòi-cheh;

    he himself devised a plan of action.