# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tai
### tai

* 獃tai6199410
* Silly; foolish.

#### īu m̄ sĭ chi, īn m̄ sĭ tai, cò̤-nî ngà-ngà nē?

    Since you are neither a fool nor half witted, why do you act so silly?

#### i kâi chi-tai;

    he is a dolt.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh sông-tai sông-tai nē;

    appears very stupid.

#### ai-tai;

    to pretend stupidity, for a selfish end.

#### i hṳ́ khí nâng ai-tai khṳt cîah;

    he is one who sponges his living.
* 黍tai7762020
* The panicled millet;

#### tai mûeⁿ;

    gruel made from millet.

#### tai cî;

    millet porridge.
* 歹tái844780
* Evil.

#### m̄ cai hó̤ tái;

    does not know good and evil.

#### tái sṳ̄;

    evil affair.

#### sim lăi hûai tái ì;

    he harbours bad intentions.

#### pĕng bô̤ tái ì;

    has no bad intention.

#### châng kang cak tái;

    a nest of villainy.
* 滓tái10318510
* Sediment, settlings.

#### chò tái, cúi tái, în tái;

    sediment in vinegar, water, and oil.

#### tè tīo tái;

    strain out the settlings. ​
* 貸tài8451545
* To loan; to entrust to an other; to confer.

#### i kâi cîⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ kàu-tài lâi kâi;

    his money is held on loan from other people.

#### cí chṳ̀ kwt m̆ khwn-tài i;

    this time I will surely not let him off.
* 黛tài8452035

#### cheⁿ-tài;

    umber, used as a paint and in medicine.
* 臺tâi8471338
* A stand, a staging, a turret.

#### cĕk tùi siah cek-tâi;

    a pair of pewter candlesticks.

#### cía hue sĭ têng-tâi kâi;

    this flower blossoms in whorls.
* 埋tâi573327
* To bury without rites; to put into a pit and cover.

#### tâi tŏ̤ thô tói;

    buried in the earth.

#### sí bé, hàm nâng kng khṳ̀ tâi;

    call some men to carry off the dead horse and bury it.
* 怠tăi845615

#### tăi-bw̆n;

    to treat rudely.i ŭ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i a bô̤? Did they treat him disrespectfully or not?

#### iā sĭ bô̤ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i, i cò̤-nî hìeⁿ khì?

    If they were not supercilious toward him, why is he so angry?
* 大tăi839370
* Great, noble, chief; distinguished; high, highly, very.

#### tăi jîn;

    term used in speaking of or addressing those of higher rank; His Excellency; Your Honor.

#### khì tăi piaⁿ;

    raise a great army.

#### kàn tăi sṳ̄;

    quell a great disturbance.

#### lîp tăi kong;

    get great credit.

#### tăi kìe;

    a great outcry.

#### tăi-lîak;

    in general; not far from that.

#### tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;

    you must all be on friendly terms with each other.

#### ēng tîeh tăi hó̤;

    use proves its excellence.

#### cêk sin tăi song-khùai;

    exceedingly comfortable.

#### hṳ́-kò̤ tăi lāu-jîet;

    they are having very lively times there.

#### tăi hûang-húiⁿ cêk tîeⁿ;

    a great commotion.

#### tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is about what it would be.

#### tăi-khài cē;

    give a general estimate of it then.

#### tăi tó̤ thâk cṳ;

    is generally reading.

#### tăi m̄ hàuⁿ;

    is not at all willing.

#### tăi hŭam;

    all at once.

#### tăi ŭ chêng-lí;

    is very reasonable.
* 待tăi845606

#### kẃn-tăi;

    to treat; to behave toward; to entertain.

#### i cò̤-nî kẃn-tăi lṳ́?

    How did she treat you?

#### kẃn-tăi i m̄-hó̤;

    treated him rudely.

#### cò̤ cíau-sîah kẃn-tăi i;

    entertained him by making a feast in his honor.
* 舵tăi9101375
* A rudder.

#### tăi-kong;

    the helmsman.

#### cûn tăi;

    the helm.