# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tit
### tit

* 得tit872608
* To attain; to get the object of one's wishes; may, can, able to be done; after another verb it often expresses the potential mood, or a form of the past tense; to become; to gain.

#### tit tîeh;

    gained; got.

#### bŏi tit tîeh;

    unable to get.

#### àiⁿ, kâi àiⁿ, bŏi tit tîeh;

    as for wanting it, I want it, but I can't get it.

#### cí-hûe tit ì căi;

    just now things are quite to my mind.

#### i cē tit cîⁿ cū bōi-pàng;

    if he can gain money by it he will let the culprit escape.

#### put tit;

    unattainable; very difficult.

#### pa pat tit;

    greatly and vainly desire.

#### úa pa put tit ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    there is nothing I so much desire.

#### cò̤ tit lâi;

    it can be done.

#### cò̤ m̄ tit;

    it is not feasible.

#### ŏi cò̤ tit; ŏi nîn cò̤ tit;

    it will do.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ cò̤ tit;

    that will not answer the purpose.

#### kîaⁿ tit-khṳ̀, a kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀?

    Can you walk thus far or not?

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ ŭ só̤ tit a m̄ sĭ?

    He gets something thereby does he not?

#### cía pēⁿ ni ŏi tit hó̤ mē?

    Is this disease curable?

#### cí tîo lō ŏi tit kùe a bŏi tit kùe?

    Is this road passable or not?

#### put lêng tit;

    is not to be done.

#### put tit íⁿ;

    will he, nill he; no other way; cannot do otherwise.

#### sĭ put tit íⁿ cò̤ kâi;

    did thus because no other course was open to him.

#### cí kâi tàⁿ tit ūe, hṳ́ kâi tàⁿ m̄ tit ūe;

    this is something worth hearing, while that is not.

#### có̤ khṳ̀ tit chíu căi;

    made so as to be very handy or very easily wielded.

#### căi tit ŏi?

    How can I?

#### bŏi tit táng;

    cannot wait.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng sĭm sĭ siang tit;

    the two agree very well together.

#### lío m̄ tit;

    there is no end to it.

#### i jím tit cŭ a jím m̄ cŭ?

    Can he endure it or not?

#### cía to bŏi nîn năi tit;

    this is not to be borne.

#### tit tîeh i kâi sìn;

    got his letter.

#### m̄ kìⁿ tit; m̄ it-tit;

    forgot.

#### lṳ́ it-tit mē? kìⁿ-tit mē?

    Do you recollect it?

#### cîah m̄ tit cìeⁿ cōi;

    cannot eat so much.

#### kio tit tîeh pó̤-pùe hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    like getting a treasure.

#### sùe put tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    must infallibly do this.

#### sìo bŏi tit ŵn;

    innumerable.

#### cîah bŏi tit lío;

    more then can be eaten.

#### cí kâi sĭ tit sim kâi nâng;

    this is one who wins regard.

#### tit hok;

    to obtain good.

#### tit tîeh tōa hok-khì;

    attain great happiness.

#### How can he say that sueh tit khu mei uaⁿ tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ?

    Can you explain it?

#### peh tit khui;

    can open it.

#### cò̤ tit lô̤h;

    can do it.

#### taⁿ tit khí;

    can carry it.

#### teh i tit tîo;

    can hold it down.
* 直tît701093

#### Straight;

    direct; upright; outspoken; true; just; exactly; in writing, a perpendicular stroke.

#### tît tău;

    self-evident doctrines.

#### chông tît tău kîaⁿ;

    act according to what is manifestly right.

#### i sĭ tong-tît kâi nâng;

    he is an honest man.

#### tît tàⁿ bô̤ pau-châng;

    tell it in a straight forward way, without any concealment.

#### tît-tît tàⁿ chut lâi;

    told it bluntly.

#### hun-pîet sĭ hui khiok tît;

    discriminate between fact and fable, the devious and the straight.

#### i kâi sim cìaⁿ-tît;

    he is honest hearted.

#### cêk tît jîp khṳ̀;

    go straight in.

#### tît-tît kîaⁿ khṳ̀;

    go straight on.

#### cêk tît cū lâi kàu cí-kò̤;

    came directly here.

#### hâng tît cûah ŭ cêk ûe lō;

    by coming straight across, the journey is shortened by one half.

#### tît kau pàng tît cúi;

    a straight ditch discharges a straight stream of water.

#### pêh tît, bŏi wn-khien;

    perfectly straight and without crooks.

#### pêh tît nâng tàⁿ pêh tît ūe;

    a straight forward person uses plain speech.

#### thó tît kâi nâng;

    a blunt person.

#### khĭa pàng kò̤ kha tît chíu tît;

    stand with your legs and arms straight.

#### chun tît kha;

    straighten your leg.

#### pàng tît chíu;

    straighten your arm.

#### ngĕ tît kâi nâng;

    a sturdy, honest person.

#### tît-kùe cìⁿ, ngĕ kùe thih;

    straighter than an arrow, and stiffer than iron.

#### tît lô̤h;

    directly down.

#### tît khṳ̀;

    went by the shortest cut.

#### tît khí;

    straight up.

#### siu tît;

    comb out straight.

#### tô̤h tît;

    disentangle.

#### thîap tît;

    pile up perpendicularly.

#### ut tît;

    iron out smooth.

#### kîap tît-tît;

    smooth it out straight.