# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tio
### tio

* 雕tio8851728
* To engrave; to carve; to cut.

#### tio-khek ìn-póiⁿ;

    to engrave the wooden blocks on which printing is done.

#### sûi i khṳ̀ tio-kuah;

    let him engrave it as he pleases.

#### tio hue thâh táu;

    adorned with carved ornamentation.

#### i kâi jī-ûeh tio lâi ngía;

    he carves beautifully.

#### tio to̤h;

    to grave or chase.

#### tio lâi bŏi sit cin;

    nothing has been lost from the pattern in transferring it to wood.

#### cía put kùe sĭ phû-phû nē tio;

    this is nothing more than a slight cutting into the wood.

#### tio ìn;

    to engrave a seal.

#### tio to̤;

    graving tools.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē tio, khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē câk;

    use the knife and the chisel very carefully in the cutting.
* 貂tio8851535
* The Siberian sable.

#### tio phûe;

    the fur of the sable.

#### tio-chṳ́;

    the sable.

#### i chen̄g kâi tio-chṳ́ bé-kùa;

    he wore a riding jacket of sable.

#### tio búe;

    sables' tails, worn by military men.

#### kim tio;

    undyed or reddish sable.
* 凋tio885158
* To wither and fade, as leaves do.

#### sng so̤h cē lô̤h cháu-bâk cū tio-lêng;

    when frost and snow come the herbage withers.

#### cía chīu kâi ki hîeh năi sng-so̤h bŏi tio;

    this tree does not lose its verdure even in winter.

#### ngô̤-thông sĭang-téng cá tio;

    the catalpa tree loses its leaves earliest of all.

#### hue-bâk tó̤ tio-châng lío;

    the foliage is already fading.
* 刁tio885181
* Unscrupulous and aggressive.

#### tio-sŏng;

    contentious; fond of litigation, and pressing the case without just cause; truculent.

#### tio-mâng;

    violent and barbarous.

#### cêk pùaⁿ tio cêk pùaⁿ mâng;

    a mixture of wickedness and barbarity.

#### i kâi a-pĕ sĭ chut mîaⁿ tio pit;

    his father is well known for his rabid writings.

#### tio ak cṳ cì;

    outrageous and wicked beyond endurance.

#### théng-tio;

    dictatorial and overbearing.

#### tio-phwt;

    willful.

#### tio-tio nē;

    ruthless.
* 䠷tio8891586
* Tall.

#### i kâi sin châi ío kûiⁿ-tio;

    he is of fine stature.

#### cêk kâi li kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio nē, cêk kâi li ói-kó ói-kó;

    one is tall and slender and the other short and sturdy.
* 窵tìo88711611
* Deep; to go far into a recess.

#### lî khah tìo-íen;

    is too in accessible.

#### cí kâi tī-hng khah tìo-íen;

    this place is too remote and difficult to reach.
* 弔tìo886571
* To condole with mourners; to wail or otherwise assist at a funeral.

#### i tiang-sî khui tìo?

    When are the funeral rites to be performed?

#### khui saⁿ jît tìo;

    will have the funeral rites performed for three days.

#### tăi-sì sĭ chit jît sêng hôk cū kui-tìo;

    generally, the funeral rites are performed after the mourning garments have been worn seven days.

#### khṳ̀ tìo-cì kâi nâng cōi căi;

    a great number of persons went to offer condolence.

#### tìo-hà;

    mourning.

#### tìo-sng;

    affliction.
* 吊tìo886303
* To suspend; to hang up; to demand; to ask for; to call for; to lift, as by a cord; a thousand cash.

#### lîah i lâi tìo;

    seize and hang him.

#### tìo pàng chīu-câng tèng;

    hang up on a tree.

#### tìo tùi-lîin;

    hang up scrolls.

#### tìo ki teng;

    suspend a lamp.

#### tìo kâi kìaⁿ;

    hang a picture.

#### tìo-pàng tû lăi;

    hang it up in the wardrobe.

#### saⁿ-tìo;

    a clothes rack.

#### ngṳn̂-tĭaⁿ ēng jîh cōi tìo?

    How many strings of paper ingots will be required?

#### cu tìo;

    strings of beads.

#### līo tìo ŭ kâi tn̆g khṳ̀;

    some of the strings of strass ​beads have broken.

#### cîⁿ chûn saⁿ sì tìo;

    have three or four strings of cash left.

#### cí kâi mueh bói câp gūa tìo cîⁿ;

    paid more than ten thousand cash for this article.

#### chíaⁿ tău-thâi tìo lâi ka-kī chin mn̄g;

    ask the Intendant of Circuit to call and cross-question them himself.

#### tìo-ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi ngīam thóiⁿ;

    call for and officially examine the records of the case.

#### tìo ŭ kúi peh kâi kheh khí lâi;

    ordered some hundreds of the passengers to disembark.

#### tìo ăm;

    to hang one's self.

#### i khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo-pàng;

    he went and asked for an order to set him at liberty.

#### tìo tit chut a tìo m̄ chut?

    Did he succeed in getting him set free on demanding it?

#### tìo-tháng;

    a pail with a high bail.

#### cang phìe tìo sio;

    remand and destroy the warrant, as when an affair is settled.

#### khṳ̀ kò̤ tìo tŏiⁿ;

    go and request an order for the eviction of a tenant.

#### tŏiⁿ m̄ khéng khṳt i tìo;

    the tenant would not allow him to remand it.

#### tìo-nâ;

    a basket with bulging sides and small neck.

#### tìo cie-pâi;

    a buletin board.

#### só̤-sî tìo tiah sin;

    has the key attached to his person.

#### hùe-mûehⁿ tìo cĭeⁿ lâu;

    the goods are lifted by ropes into the loft.
* 條tîo888756
* A strip; a slip; a twig; a spear; a section; a classifier of long and slender objects; anything long and slender.

#### i kâi mô̤ⁿ cho tîo;

    her hair is coarse.

#### cía li khah tōi tîo, hía li khah sòi tîo;

    this is too thick and that too slender.

#### khîeh tîo so̤h lâi pâk;

    take a rope and tie it up.

#### íⁿ-tîo;

    a trestle.

#### pang-tîo;

    bed boards.

#### cêk tîo si;

    a silken filament.

#### thih tîo;

    iron bars.

#### cí ki ki-tîo ío ńng;

    this twig is more flexible.

#### ēng nŏ̤ tîo tòa lâi pâk-bûa;

    take two girdles and tie them together.

#### kìm tîo;

    a prohibitory notice.

#### cêk tîo piⁿ;

    a queue.

#### cí tîo sĭ tōa lō;

    this is the main road.

#### cêk tîo si-sùaⁿ;

    a thread of sewing-silk.

#### cûah tîo thâu-mô̤ⁿ hûn;

    lacks a hair's breadth of it.

#### hṳ́ tói kâi tîo-lî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What is said in the rules of procedure?

#### che-thóiⁿ sìo-tîo ŏi chau tāⁿ mē;

    examine and see whether a mistake has been made in copying the bill.

#### tîo cûa so̤ cĭeⁿ chīu câng;

    a snake crawled up into the tree.

#### cí tîo kîe ngŏ tún;

    this bridge has five piers.

#### cêk tîo cháu cē kûe cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    if there be a spear of grass in his way he tumbles down.

#### sî-pie kâi huap-tîo tn̆g khṳ̀;

    the mainspring of the watch is broken.

#### tîo-līen sĭ kim kâi a sĭ tâng kâi?

    Is the chain gold or brass?

#### kim nî cí hâng lăi hwt ŭ kúi tîo cûn;

    this year the firm has sent out several vessels.

#### kúi tîo chiu hi-hi-;

    a few sparse whiskers.

#### tîn tîo;

    rattans.

#### ciⁿtîo;

    felt rugs.

#### tîo sùaⁿ chng m̄ kùe;

    I cannot string them upon this thread.

#### i kâi sío-bâk tîo-tîo tît-tît;

    his bills are all correct.

#### lō tîo hn̆g căi;

    it is a long journey.

#### bói tîo bâk;

    buy a stick of ink.

#### cêk tîo sìo;

    an account or bill.
* 調tîo8881498
* To bring into accord; to adjust; to regulate; to restore harmony.

#### àng-sok m̄ tîo;

    cannot bring into subjection.

#### ak-cí m̄ tîo;

    cannot succeed in curbing it.
* 棲tîo788758
* A roost; a perch.

#### koi-tîo;

    a hen roost.

#### koi cĭeⁿ tîo lío;

    the chickens have gone to roost.

#### koi-tîo bô̤ keh mêⁿ kau-ún;

    an earth worm does not pass the night on a hen roost.
* 兆tĭo34104
* An omen; a prognostic; a million.

#### soiⁿ tĭo;

    a forerunner.

#### kit tĭo;

    a good omen.

#### hiong tĭo;

    a bad omen.

#### khùe-tĭo;

    prognostication.

#### sue tĭo;

    an ominous sign; an indication of poverty or decadence.

#### sǹg lô̤h ŭ cêk tĭo kah câp ngŏ bw̄n;

    reckoned it up and made the amount to be a million and a hundred and fifty thousand.
* 召tĭo35302
* To summon; to cite.

#### tĭo i lâi;

    summon him.

#### suang-tĭo;

    called to court.

#### ŭ suang bô̤ tĭo;

    to give orders without summoning the recipient to Peking.
* 棄tīo349758
* To reject; to discard; to cast off.

#### sek tīo;

    to throw away.

#### tìu tīo;

    to fling away.

#### hìⁿ tīo;

    to shake off.

#### put tīo;

    to put aside.

#### tò̤ tīo;

    to pour out.

#### tok tīo;

    to chop off.
* 掉tīo887648
* Used as an auxiliary verb, following another, and denoting the accomplishment of the action.

#### thâi tīo;

    to slaughter.

#### kak tīo;

    to throw away.

#### mûeh tīo;

    to spoil by manipulation.

#### á tīo;

    to break of by a wrench.

#### sie tīo;

    to burn up.

#### cám tīo;

    to chop off.

#### pêⁿ tīo;

    to rake off.
* 調tīo8881498
* A tune.

#### àiⁿ ēng sĭm-mih tīo-thâu?

    What tune do you want it sung in?

#### cía sĭ sĭm-mih khieⁿ tīo?

    What air is this?

#### séⁿ sîaⁿ tīo;

    a Cantonese air.
* 拋tīo666644
* To toss; to fling.

#### tīo khí khṳ̀ khṳt i cih;

    toss it up and let him catch it.

#### tīo cĭeⁿ lâu-téng;

    toss it into the upper storey.

#### tīo ŭ lâk cìaⁿ tīo tit khui;

    fling it with force and then you can fling it off.

#### úa tīo, lṳ́ sah;

    I will throw it, and you catch it.

#### tīo kùe chîeⁿ;

    flung it over the wall.
* 投tīo876644
* To cast away; to throw away as useless.

#### tīo lô̤h hái;

    cast it into the sea.

#### khṳt i tīo tŏ̤ céⁿ tói khṳ̀ lío;

    it has been thrown into the tank by him.

#### tīo lô̤h húe-lô;

    throw it into the stove.