# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/to
### to

* 都to9161639
* The place of the palace or imperial ancestral temple; the capital or metropolis; all, altogether, in general; probably.

#### kiaⁿ to;

    the capital.

#### to sîaⁿ;

    the capital city.

#### tì-to kâi tī-hng;

    the region in which the capital of the country is located.

#### to-sîaⁿ kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where is the capital?

#### to-khún; to-hú; to-si;

    a major in the army, or a commander in the navy; (there is one in each prefecture).

#### to-chak-īⁿ;

    the Censorate.

#### to-gṳ̄-sṳ́, hù to-gṳ̄-sṳ́;

    the President and Vice President of the Censorate.

#### hieⁿ to;

    feudal villages.

#### úa to m̄ khṳ̀;

    I do not go there.

#### i to àiⁿ;

    he wants it.

#### náng to m̄ cêng;

    we have not.

#### hùaⁿ nâng to m̄ hàuⁿ;

    they are all averse to it.

#### peh-sèⁿ hùe to kèng i;

    the common people revere him.
* 肚tó9171303
* The belly; the stomach; a bellyful; a great deal; the temper or mind.

#### tó khùn;

    hungry.

#### tó pá;

    appetite satisfied.

#### tó thìaⁿ;

    bellyache.

#### cīeⁿ tó, ĕ tó;

    the upper and lower portions of the belly.

#### tó-câi;

    the navel.

#### to pak;

    the paunch.

#### nńg-tó;

    the sides of the belly.

#### tó phîaⁿ;

    the portions of the belly near the navel.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh tn̂g-tó tĭⁿ;

    have heard quite as much as I wish to of that.

#### i bô̤ tó-lĭang;

    he is nrrow minded.

#### ŭ tó-lĭang;

    liberal minded.

#### pâk tó-phè;

    put on an apron.

#### kha-tn̂g-tó;

    the calf of the leg.

#### tó tói ŭ mûeh;

    has something in his stomach or his mind.

#### to tói ŭ mûeh cū cò̤ ŭ lâi;

    if there is anything in him he will be able to do it.

#### bô̤ ke kâi tó lâi cîah;

    am unable to eat any more.

#### tó lăi thong-thong;

    is very clear-headed.

#### hṳ́ kâi nâng cn̂g kâi bô̤ tó lăi;

    that fellow is wholly destitute of mental ability.

#### i lêh to khṳ̀ tùi i sí;

    he cut open his bowels and killed himself in order to call down vengeance on another.

#### thiaⁿ lío khì kàu cêk tó húe;

    on hearing it, was filled with burning rage.

#### cîah kàu tó kuai-kuai;

    eats till he can hold no more.

#### tó lak-lak;

    pot bellied.

#### i kâi sái-tó phû cheⁿ-kṳn;

    he has varicose veins on his ​paunch.

#### tìeⁿ tó;

    bloated bowels.

#### tó ngân, tîeh khîeh mûeh lâi thâh tó;

    his bowels feel cold, something must be laid over them.

#### tîeh cang eng, pue sie lío, lâi ù tó;

    must get a brick and heat it, and put it to his bowels to warm them.

#### i kâi tó-tn̂g chíen;

    he is shallow minded.

#### mih mûeh cîah cêk tó;

    he stuffs himself with all sorts of stuff.

#### tó céng-tìeⁿ;

    dropsy of the bowels.

#### thiaⁿ lío tīam-tīam khǹg tŏ̤ tó lăi;

    heard it, and kept it laid up carefully in his mind.

#### pháu-tó;

    colic.

#### sìa-tó;

    diarrhea.

#### tó-ká;

    gripes.

#### tó-ṳ́;

    feeling of distension in the bowls.
* 賭tó9161549
* To bet; to wager; to stake; to risk.

#### kìm tó;

    prohibit gaming.

#### kuaⁿ-hú chut kò̤-sī, àiⁿ lîah tó-kùn;

    the magistrate has issued a notice that gamblers will be seized.

#### khui tó tîeⁿ;

    keep a gambling hall.

#### i káⁿ kio i tó thâu;

    she would risk her head on it.

#### káⁿ cū jī-ke khṳ̀ sía tó-thâu cn̄g;

    if you dare do it, we will both go and write out and sign a document agreeing to do that for which the penalty is death.

#### i cṳ̆-lâi to sĭ o̤ chiang siet tó;

    he has hitherto harbored prostitutes and instituted games of chance.

#### àiⁿ tó mē?

    Will you bet?

#### àiⁿ to sĭm mûeh?

    What will you bet?
* 鬭tò87419114
* To wrangle; to contest; to fight; to contend for; to strive to excel.

#### hăi-tò;

    to fight.

#### kak hieⁿ íⁿ-keng m̄ káⁿ hăi-tò;

    the villages no longer dare engage in feuds.

#### líang-ke tì-kàu ceⁿ-tò;

    the two got into a quarrel.

#### jī-ke tó̤ tò-khì;

    they are having an angry dispute.

#### tò lâi tò khṳ̀ bô̤ su îaⁿ;

    had a sharp fight in which neither got the advantage.

#### tò thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi kéng chái lâi ngía;

    strive and see whose display shall be the most gorgeous.

#### líang hóⁿ sie tò;

    two tigers fighting.

#### nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tò lâk;

    the two are wrestling to see who is the stronger.

#### i tò i m̄ kùe;

    he cannot get the better of her.

#### tò-chîu;

    to compete.

#### tò sái cîⁿ;

    rival in expenditure.
* 屠tô918449
* To butcher.

#### kìm tô̤;

    to prohibit the slaughter of animals for food.

#### khui tô̤;

    remove the prohibition to slaughter animals.

#### tô̤ hŏ;

    butchers.

#### khui gû tô;

    open a butcher's shop.

#### tô thâu;

    the owner of a slaughter house.
* 圖tô9183111
* A plan, drawing, diagram or chart.

#### ūe tī-tô;

    draw maps.

#### cí pak tī-lí-tô ūe lâi mêng-pêh;

    this map of the roads is plainly drawn.

#### suaⁿ tô ŭ liam tŏ̤ tîaⁿ tói a bô̤?

    Is the map of the burial place pasted on the statement entered at the yamun or not?

#### kò kâi ŏi ūe kâi lâi kùai tô;

    hire some one who can draw to delineate a plan of it.

#### i kâi tô kùai lâi m̄ mêng-pêh;

    their chart is not drawn in such a way as to make the location of objects plain.

#### cía sĭ thiⁿ-ĕ kak kok kâi chŵn tô;

    this is a map of the whole world.

#### tong-kok kâi tī-tô;

    a map of China.

#### ūe tieⁿ chù-kêk kâi tô;

    draw up a plan of the house.
* 廚tô935312
* A kitchen.

#### tô pâng;

    a cook house.

#### tô cí;

    a cook.

#### tng tô pâng;

    act as cook for an official.

#### kẃn tô;

    head butler.

#### kuaⁿ gê lăi kâi kìe-cò̤ to-pâng, cíu-kẃn kâi kìe-cò̤ tô-cí, hâng-phò kẃn-thâu ēng kâi, kìe cò̤ húe-thâu;

    cooks have three different appellations, according as they are employed in a yamun, a restaurant, or in a private house.
* 螻蛄tŏ-kâu431
* The mole cricket.

#### tŏ-kâu m̄ cîah khang kháu cháu;

    the mole cricket does not eat the grass at the entrance to his own burrow.

#### cù tŏ-kâu;

    drive out mole crickets by leading water into their holes.

#### i sĭeⁿ khí lâi cē bô̤ cì, cū khṳ̀ phàu tŏ-kâu;

    he could not come to any fixed purpose by thinking, and so went and hung himself.
* 豆tŏ8741510
* A sacrificial dish; a charger.

#### úa àiⁿ phah ngŏ kâi siah tŏ;

    I want a set of sacrificial vessels made.

#### cieh cêk hù châ kâi tŏ lâi ēng;

    borrow a set of wooden platters to use.

#### tŏ-pîaⁿ;

    a trencher.

#### bói ke cêk īeⁿ cheⁿ-kúai lâi chò pái-tŏ;

    buy another sort of fruit to make up the full complement of dishes to set before a god.

#### chò ngŏ tŏ;

    fill the set of sacrificial dishes.
* 塗tŏ9183210

#### tŏ-pùn;

    rubbish; litter; dirt.

#### put tīo tŏ-pùn;

    clear away the litter.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ tah jī bô̤ nâng tò̤ tŏ-pùn;

    a placard is stuck up forbidding people to throw rubbish there.

#### tŏ-pùn táu;

    a dust-pan.
* 竇tŏ87511615

#### An error by which some one is disappointed;

    loss, waste, damage.

#### pī tŏ peh chut;

    a trifling error has many bad results.

#### sim seⁿ gî-tŏ;

    he entertains a distrust of it.

#### lâng pó̤ bô̤ gî-tŏ;

    cannot guarantee that there will be no remissness.
* 肚tŏ9171303
* A stomacher; tripe.

#### gû tŏ; îeⁿ tŏ, tṳ tŏ;

    tripe of oxen, sheep or swine.

#### pâk kâi âng ie-tŏ;

    wore a red stomacher. ​
* 渡tō917859
* A ferry.

#### kùe tō;

    cross the ferry.

#### tah tō-cûn;

    go on board a ferry-boat.

#### tō-cûn cîⁿ;

    ferriage.

#### kàu hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tō-cûn-thâu;

    arrived at the other end of the ferry.

#### pâi tō kùe khṳ̀;

    make a pontoon bridge across.

#### theⁿ tō kâi;

    a ferryman.

#### hìang tō;

    licensed ferry boats.

#### bô̤ tō cûn cū ĕ kùe khù;

    if there is no ferry we will wade across.
* 鍍tō9171679
* To wash with gold; gilded.

#### tō kim kâi thâu-chah;

    gilded head ornaments.

#### cí sang chíu-hŵn àiⁿ tō kim;

    want these bracelets washed with gold.

#### cí tîo ngṳ̂n-līen hó̤ tō kim mē?

    Can this silver chain be washed with gold?
* 度tō917536
* A measure, a test, a degree, a limit; a degree of latitude or longitude; an interval in music; a rule, a regulation; capacity, endurance; to bring under rule; to form by law; to pass, as time; to ford.

#### huap tō;

    regulations; by laws; restrictions.

#### tō jît jû nî;

    a day seems like a year in passing.

#### hùi-ēng m̄ hó̤ kùe tō;

    do not exceed the fixed allowance in your expenses.

#### ŏi tit tō seⁿ kùe jît cū hó̤;

    if I have enough to live on for the time being that is sufficient.

#### tō sìo;

    certain times, periods or distances.

#### ēng sĭm-mih tō sìo?

    What is the unit of measure?

#### bô̤ tō;

    without bounds; no restraint; lawless.

#### cîah kâi mûeh bô̤ tō;

    eat inordinately of a certain kind of food.

#### i kâi tō-lĭang khuah-tōa;

    he is very liberal.

#### cak-tō-sài;

    special officers in the Ming dynasty sent to look after the revenue of the provinces.

#### mih sṳ̄ tîeh ū kâi cak-tō;

    in all things there must be certain fixed limits.

#### ŭ jîeh cōi, kâi tō?

    About how many are there?

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ tùi-tùi kah-tō kah-tō;

    this is just exactly in accordance with the limit set.

#### cía m̄ kah úa kâi tō;

    this is not suited to my capacity.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ bói sĭm-mih cîⁿ tō?

    To what price do you wish to limit yourself in purchasing?

#### cí kò̤ kâi tō ío sòi;

    the limit here is narrower.

#### khah tó̤ tō;

    too short measure.

#### tîeh ka ío tn̂g tō cē;

    must give rather longer measure.

#### cí khí pò ío ôih tō;

    this cloth is narrower.

#### phit ŭ ôi tō khṳ̀ bói cìaⁿ kah;

    take the measure of her shoes when going to buy a new pair, and then they will fit.