# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thiaⁿ
### thiaⁿ

* 廳thiaⁿ9065322
* A hall; a parlor; a saloon; a court; a place where cases are heard; the officer in his court.

#### kheh thiaⁿ;

    a reception room.

#### tōa thiaⁿ;

    a drawing-room.

#### tōa thiaⁿ tn̂g;

    the great hall.

#### cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;

    the middle or main room of a house.

#### lâm-pak thiaⁿ;

    the reception rooms of the south and north wings.

#### thiaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

    a small parlor.

#### côiⁿ thiaⁿ, ău thiaⁿ;

    the court in front, and the one behind.

#### lêng-cûn thiaⁿ;

    a long narrow hall.

#### hue thiaⁿ;

    a conservatory.

#### kuaⁿ-thiaⁿ;

    a police station.

#### sîn-thiaⁿ;

    the room for the oracle, or a shrine in a house.

#### có thiaⁿ;

    the room in which ancestors are worshipped.

#### kong thiaⁿ;

    the main room in a Chinese house.

#### khah thiaⁿ àiⁿ pho cò̤ âng-cng;

    the main room is to be paved with red tiles.

#### pŭ-thiaⁿ;

    superintendent of police.

#### kun thiaⁿ;

    deputy district magistrate.

#### kîaⁿ bûn khṳ̀ kak séⁿ kâi hú ciu thiaⁿ kūiⁿ;

    send a dispatch to the departments and districts in every province.
* 聽thiaⁿ90612816
* To hear, to listen, to understand, to give heed to, to hearken; hearing.

#### lṳ́ thiaⁿ úa tàⁿ;

    listen to what I have to say.

#### úa tàⁿ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

    I will tell you about it.

#### úa tàⁿ i m̄ thiaⁿ;

    he pays no heed to what I tell him.

#### úa thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

    I cannot understand what is said.

#### lṳ́ sòi-sim thiaⁿ;

    listen attentively.

#### úa thiaⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

    I cannot hear it.

#### thiaⁿ-kìⁿ nâng tàⁿ;

    heard some one say so.

#### thiaⁿ tit kìⁿ;

    can hear or understand it.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤;

    think it sounds pleasant.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh i kâi ūe cū khí;

    was vexed on hearing what she said.

#### m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ;

    unpleasant to hear, as obscene or indecent language.

#### chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

    heard it with my own ears.

#### thiaⁿ m̄ jîp hĭⁿ;

    did not plainly hear or did not fully understand.

#### thiaⁿ m̄ chut sĭ tī-kò̤;

    did not, from what I heard, understand where it was.

#### kìⁿ tàⁿ kìⁿ thiaⁿ;

    he hears everything that is said. ​

#### sûi tàⁿ sûi thiaⁿ;

    obeys as soon as spoken to.

#### m̄ pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ kâi;

    what I never heard before.

#### i ío thiaⁿ̀ nâng tàⁿ;

    he is more obedient.

#### o̤h thiaⁿ;

    painful to hear or unpleasant to comply with.

#### i m̄ thiaⁿ nâng khǹg-kòi;

    he does not heed people's remonstrances.

#### thiaⁿ ke, thiaⁿ kíam, tîeh thiaⁿ tit lo̤ĥ hĭⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;

    whether one hear more or less, it is only what is fixed in the mind that is of use.

#### ka-kī kâi sim cē ki kúi cū tó̤ thiaⁿ siaⁿ liah íaⁿ;

    as soon as her suspicions are aroused she makes something out of every sound and shadow.

#### màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;

    pay no heed to what she says.

#### m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ nâng tàⁿ chit tàⁿ poih;

    pay no heed to people's gossip.

#### i kâi hîⁿ kṳ̀ lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ;

    he plays his violin well.
* 痛thìaⁿ9361047
* A pain, au ache; soreness; disease that causes pain; acute feelings; heart-rending; distressing; to commiserate; with energy.

#### thâu-khak thìaⁿ;

    headache.

#### mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;

    sore eyes.

#### thìaⁿ khàu;

    to weep bitterly.

#### i jiáng tó thìaⁿ;

    he cries because he has a pain in his stomach.

#### kha thìaⁿ bŏi kîaⁿ;

    has a sore leg and cannot walk.

#### sim-kuaⁿ-thâu thìaⁿ;

    has a soreness of the chest.

#### sĭ cīeⁿ-tó thìaⁿ, a sĭ ĕ-tó thìaⁿ?

    Is the pain in the upper or the lower part of the bowels?

#### phiaⁿ-lî thìaⁿ;

    side-ache.

#### khí thìaⁿ;

    toothache.

#### âu-lêng thìaⁿ;

    sore throat.

#### tòng-thìaⁿ;

    a dolorous pain.

#### thìaⁿ kàu kûak-kûak-chíeⁿ;

    aches with a sharp throbbing pain.

#### cîh li seⁿ chṳ lío thìaⁿ;

    has festers on the tongue which make it sore.

#### ie-ciah-kut thìaⁿ;

    backache.

#### thong sin thìaⁿ;

    ache all over.

#### sng-thìaⁿ;

    lameness, as from overwork or rheumatism.

#### thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;

    aches so I cannot stand it.

#### khak-khó ĺun thìaⁿ;

    bear up under pain.

#### thìaⁿ sí;

    aches intolerably.

#### i thìaⁿ tîeh i;

    she pities him.

#### cía bô̤ kùe i tîeh thìaⁿ;

    no wonder that it is so painful.

#### bô̤ kùai i hìen thìaⁿ;

    no wonder it is so sore.

#### ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi?

    Does it ache?

#### líu thìaⁿ;

    a sharp pain.

#### ká thìaⁿ;

    a griping pain.

#### ngûi thìaⁿ;

    a bemumbing pain.

#### chíeⁿ thìaⁿ;

    a throbbing pain.

#### tìeⁿ thìaⁿ;

    pain with swelling.

#### jîeh thìaⁿ;

    feverish pain.

#### chú cē ngṳ̂n khṳt i pó thìaⁿ;

    took some money and gave it to him to heal the hurt.

#### khí-thàu-ē m̄ cai thìaⁿ, ùaⁿ cē jú-kèng thìaⁿ;

    at first it did not ache, but it was more painful after awhile.

#### sim thìaⁿ;

    heartache.

#### tâng ŏi thìaⁿ kù kàu bŏi thìaⁿ;

    attended to it from the time it was hurt until it got well.

#### bŏi thìaⁿ kâi li tîeh kù kàu thìaⁿ;

    where there is no soreness she keeps working at it till she produces one.

#### i sĭ thìaⁿ tîeh cîⁿ;

    he is sorrowing over his money.

#### thìaⁿ kha kŭaⁿ kṳ̆n-côiⁿ;

    urge the lame leg along.

#### i sĭang năi thìaⁿ;

    she bears pain with the greatest fortitude.

#### i kâi nêk àiⁿ thìaⁿ ló!

    He will get a beating for that!
* 程thîaⁿ791157
* A journey; a road; a post; to travel.

#### i sàng i cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n thîaⁿ-ngî;

    she gave him a thousand dollars for his travelling expenses.

#### tī-tiang-sî khí thîaⁿ?

    When do you start?

#### ŭ jîeh cōi lō thîaⁿ?

    How long a journey is it?

#### hăng thîaⁿ hăng tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;

    the time within which the journey is to be completed is exactly fixed.

#### kang-thîaⁿ ŭ jîeh tōa?

    How big a job is it?

#### cêk thîaⁿ cêk thîaⁿ cū kîaⁿ cîaⁿ câp jît;

    post by post we travelled for just ten days.

#### côiⁿ thîaⁿ cṳ̆ ŭ hó̤ chù;

    the future holds preferment for you.