# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/toaⁿ
### toaⁿ

* 丹toaⁿ84133
* A carnation or cinnabar color.

#### bó-toaⁿ;

    the peony.

#### i kâi síam sĭ îu kok-toaⁿ;

    their folding doors are painted with red lead.
* 單toaⁿ349309
* Single, alone, isolated, by itself; a single garment; odd; an individual; credible; that which is surety of belief, a bill, check, or receipt; to surround or wrap; only, but, nothing but.

#### toaⁿ kâi;

    a single one.

#### toaⁿ nâng;

    a single individual.

#### toaⁿ ciah cûn;

    but one boat.

#### toaⁿ tieⁿ chn̂g;

    one solitary table.

#### toaⁿ kha tôk chíu;

    single-handed.

#### toaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is all there is to be said about it.

#### toaⁿ saⁿ tôk tah ciah;

    had nothing on but one short jacket.

#### toaⁿ piⁿ kheh o̤h chìe;

    it is hard to sing with out accompaniment.

#### toaⁿ piⁿ phit bé;

    a solitary horseman; all alone.

#### toaⁿ sin;

    by one's self; one alone.

#### phŭe toaⁿ;

    the cover of a Chinese coverlet.

#### ngṳ̂n toaⁿ;

    a draft, a bill of exchange.

#### siu toaⁿ;

    a receipt.

#### ieh toaⁿ;

    a promisory note.

#### cng toaⁿ;

    list of missing articles.

#### cng toaⁿ; kè cng toaⁿ;

    a list of articles forming a bride's dowry.

#### nêk toaⁿ;

    an order for pork.

#### kúe taⁿ, cíu toaⁿ;

    an order for cakes and for wine.

#### khui toaⁿ;

    write an order.

#### khui cêk tieⁿ toaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

    wrote out a permit.

#### hùe toaⁿ;

    a bill of lading, an invoice.

#### mûeh toaⁿ;

    a written order for articles.
* 旦tòaⁿ851721
* Actors who take the female parts in a play.

#### hue-tòaⁿ, lâm-saⁿ-tòaⁿ, o-saⁿ-tòaⁿ;

    those acting the part of young, of middle aged, and of old women.

#### bú tòaⁿ;

    Amazons.

#### cêk tùi hó̤ seng tòaⁿ;

    a couple of excellent performers, one ​acting male, and the other female parts.

#### a-n̂ng tó̤ cò̤ a-tòaⁿ;

    a young man having the prettiness of a woman.
* 彈tôaⁿ8525712
* To fillip; to thrum on stringed instruments; to snap; to mark as with a line.

#### tôaⁿ khîm;

    to play the lute.

#### tôaⁿ pî-pê;

    to play the viol.

#### tôaⁿ phŭe-mîⁿ;

    to bowstring raw cotton for coverlets.

#### mîⁿ tôaⁿ kàu sang-sang phòng-phòng;

    the cotton has been bow-stringed till it is very light and fluffy.

#### gûeh-hîⁿ sĭ i tôaⁿ lâi ío hó̤;

    he plays the guitar best.

#### tôaⁿ saⁿ-hîⁿ;

    thrum the banjo.

#### tôaⁿ tîo bâk sùaⁿ;

    make a line by snapping a cord blackened in ink.

#### tôaⁿ hún-sùaⁿ;

    make a chalk line.

#### tôaⁿ tīo cek sái;

    snuff the candle.
* 壇tôaⁿ8543212
* An open altar on which to offer sacrifices; a terrace for worship.

#### kĭen kâi tôaⁿ;

    erect an altar.

#### siet kŭa cêk kâi tôaⁿ, jît mêⁿ tó̤ pài;

    set up an altar and worship day and night.

#### tì tôaⁿ tŏ̤ i chù lăi;

    set up the implements of worship in his house.

#### cí cêk tôaⁿ hût sṳ̄ siu jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

    How much did they receive for officiating this time in the Buddhist rite?

#### cí cêk tôaⁿ cìe ēng sṳ́-hùi jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

    What will be the expense of this religious performance?

#### khí-thâu-ē cū sie hû cĕng tôaⁿ;

    the first thing is to burn charms to purify the altar.

#### cí kâi khàng-chn̂g àiⁿ cò̤ phû-tôaⁿ a m̆?

    Do you want this divan made with a step to mount it by?

#### hùaⁿ nâng peh-cĭeⁿ phû-tôaⁿ téng kò̤ pài;

    they all mounted upon the altar steps and worshipped.
* 團tôaⁿ9383111
* An agglomeration; a globular mass; united; lump-like; to group; to dwell together; to round off.

#### tôaⁿ-îⁿ;

    full, as the moon; closely united, as husband and wife; grouped in one scene, as the actors in a play at the fall of the curtain; having the same pursuits, interests, and residence, as a harmonious family; lumping it; coalescing.

#### thóiⁿ hì ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng tôaⁿ-îⁿ;

    went to the performance just at the fall of the curtain.

#### hâp ke tôaⁿ-îⁿ;

    the whole family dwell together in unity.

#### gûeh tôaⁿ-îⁿ;

    the moon is full.
* 惰tŏaⁿ910619
* Nerveless; indolent; remiss.

#### láng-tŏaⁿ;

    lazy.

#### m̄-hó̤ tŏaⁿ;

    don't be indolent.

#### tŏaⁿ kùe thâng;

    slower than a slug.

#### i kâi nâng pāng-tŏaⁿ;

    he is very languid.

#### lâk cîah, tŏaⁿ co̤h;

    vigorous in eating, slothful in work.

#### àiⁿ khṳ̀ thit-thô, sĭeⁿ tîeh tŏaⁿ;

    am indifferent about going out for recreation.

#### i cìeⁿ tŏaⁿ thâk, căi tit pat?

    Since he is so listless in study, how can he learn?
* 鐫tōaⁿ101216713
* To cut in stone.

#### tōaⁿ tó̤ cîeh kò̤;

    graven upon stone.

#### cí kò̤ cîeh-pi tōaⁿ lâi ngía căi;

    this grave stone is beautifully cut.

#### sùaⁿ tōaⁿ kàu tît-tît;

    the lines in the stone are cut very straight.
* 彈tōaⁿ8525712
* To fillip; to snap; to accuse; to depreciate.

#### i khṳt thâng-cí tōaⁿ tîeh;

    he was hit by a pellet from a cross bow.

#### lîap thâng-cí khṳ̀ kàu tùi-tùi tōaⁿ tîeh i kâi cío-thâu;

    the clay ball from the bow flew and hit the bird exactly on the head.

#### i khṳt gṳ̄-sṳ́ tōaⁿ tīo khṳ̀;

    he was reported against by the censor.