# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiaⁿ
### tiaⁿ

* 着tiaⁿ801236
* To touch slightly; to hit gently.

#### chíu tiaⁿ tîeh hūang-hūang kún;

    it feels boiling hot to the hand.

#### m̄-hó tiaⁿ tîeh i;

    do not touch it.

#### khi-khi nē, tiaⁿ tîeh cū tò̤ tīo;

    it is tilted up so that it will be upset by the slightest touch.
* 釜tíaⁿ1471672
* A caldron; a hemispherical boiler, without legs.

#### hîaⁿ cek̆ tíaⁿ cúi;

    heat an iron pan full of water.

#### cang tíaⁿ ngâu chài;

    take the iron pan to seethe the vegetables.

#### tíaⁿ-kám-tîeh khàm miⁿ;

    put the kettle-cover on tightly.

#### kueh tíaⁿ;

    scrape the soot off the bottom of the caldron.

#### chìu tíaⁿ;

    scour the caldron.

#### tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

    a small iron pan.

#### chá-tíaⁿ;

    a frying pan.

#### cí kâi tíaⁿ sĭ seⁿ cù kâi a sĭ thih cù kâi?

    Is this caldron made of steel or of iron?

#### tíaⁿ lĭu;

    an iron shovel used with a caldron.

#### tíaⁿ bô;

    the mould for casting a caldron.

#### pó tíaⁿ;

    to mend a caldron.

#### tùi tíaⁿ; ūaⁿ tíaⁿ;

    exchange a cracked caldron for a whole one.

#### tíaⁿ pit lío;

    there is a crack in the caldron.

#### húe màiⁿ khah méⁿ, màiⁿ pek lîh tíaⁿ;

    do not have your fire so hot as to crack the caldron.

#### màiⁿ táng kàu húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak cìaⁿ lâi cò̤;

    do not wait until the fire has heated the bottom of the caldron before you make ready to use it.
* 着tìaⁿ801236
* A final particle, following a verb and giving force to its meaning.

#### ût tìaⁿ luh;

    drink it lying down.

#### lṳ́ khîeh tìaⁿ;

    you take it.

#### m̄ tîeh cŏ̤ tìaⁿ cîah, màiⁿ khĭa pàng kò̤ cū tó̤ cîah;

    why do you not sit down and eat, instead of standing round and eating.

#### hàm i thóiⁿ tìaⁿ;

    tell him to look well at it.

#### a-nôⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ phŏ̤ tìaⁿ;

    come, child, I will hold you.

#### hàm i khĭa tìaⁿ;

    tell him to stand up.

#### lṳ́ hó̤ cŏ̤ tìaⁿ;

    you should sit down.

#### lṳ́ tâh tìaⁿ;

    you step on it.

#### cang kùa khàm tìaⁿ;

    take the cover and set it on.

#### i tîeh hó̤ hû tìaⁿ;

    he must pusli upward.

#### màiⁿ jît tìaⁿ;

    do not press down upon it.
* 場tîaⁿ26329
* An area of level giound, set apart for special uses; an open plat; an arena used for special purposes, as drill, gaming, theatricals or executions.

#### hue-tîaⁿ;

    a area made hard by mixing lime with the earth, and pounding it level.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ îam-tîaⁿ-kuaⁿ;

    he is the salt commissioner.

#### phâk chek kâi chek-tîaⁿ;

    an area made for drying paddy in the sun.

#### cêk tîaⁿ îam khṳt cúi lâu tīo khṳ̀;

    the whole salt-pan of salt was washed away.

#### chù mīn-côiⁿ kâi tîaⁿ khuah-khuah;

    the open court before the house is very spacious.

#### i kâi chù ŭ gūa-tîaⁿ a bô̤?

    Is there an open court in their house?
* 呈tîaⁿ79304
* To state to a superior; to complain to; a plea, a state ment; to hand in a petition.

#### cò̤ tîaⁿ;

    write a plea or complaint.

#### jîp tîaⁿ;

    enter a complaint before an official.

#### i khṳ̀ sù tîaⁿ;

    he has gone to defend himself against an accusation.

#### ngŵn tîaⁿ, pĭ tîaⁿ;

    statement and counterstatement; complaint and rejoinder.

#### siu ŭ jîeh cōi tîaⁿ sṳ̂;

    received a great number of formal accusations, and of counter-representations.

#### kuaⁿ ka-kī chut lâi siu tîaⁿ;

    the magistrate himself came forth and took the written paper containing the complaint.

#### tîaⁿ bô̤ khap chok, m̄ cai ŭ siu a bô̤;

    do not know whether a charge that has not a seal set upon it, will be taken in at the yamun or not.

#### âng tîaⁿ;

    an accusation written on red paper and without a seal.

#### sek tîaⁿ;

    a complaint written on ruled white paper and sealed.

#### thŵn tîaⁿ;

    a written charge, forwarded through to the yamun on other than the regular days ​for receiving such papers.

#### hăng tîaⁿ;

    a charge sent in to the yamun ou the regular days for receiving complaints.

#### phoiⁿ tîaⁿ;

    to officially consider a formal complaint.

#### jîp ho̤h cōi tieⁿ tîaⁿ hŵn-lío m̄ cún;

    have entered ever so many pleas at the yamun, and have as yet had no examination of my case granted me.

#### tŏ̤ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tîaⁿ khòng;

    have formally appealed to the district magistrate.

#### tîaⁿ thâu siu, thâu thóiⁿ, thâu mn̄g;

    entertained, inspected, and inquired into the complaint all at the same time.

#### chau tîaⁿ;

    copy out a charge that has been entered at the yamun.

#### tîaⁿ kó̤;

    draft of a petition.

#### tîaⁿ cúa;

    paper on which pleas are written.
* 錠tĭaⁿ9051678
* An ingot or shoe of bullion.

#### ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;

    ingots of silver; imitations of ingots burned as offerings to idols.

#### khîeh cêk tĭaⁿ ûang-pó̤ khṳ̀ táu;

    take a shoe of silver and exchange it for small coin.

#### cêk kâi pit tĭaⁿ jû-ì kâi teng;

    lanterns that resemble a pen, an ingot, and a brooch.
* 定tīaⁿ905405
* Fixed, secure, tranquil, steady; used after an expression to enforce it; really, certainly, absolutely; brought to a proper state; at rest, set; to fix, to settle on, to decide.

#### cêk tīaⁿ put êk kâi;

    fixed beyond all possibility of change.

#### pit-tīaⁿ;

    surely, positively.

#### kio i tīaⁿ kâi chin tŏ̤-kò̤;

    has secured a wife for him.

#### tīaⁿ i saⁿ peh tàⁿ hue;

    made a contract with him for three hundred piculs of lime.

#### khîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i siu tīaⁿ;

    gave him two dollars to bind the bargain.

#### i ieh tīaⁿ móng jît àiⁿ lâi;

    he promised positively to come ou a certain day.

#### tàⁿ khṳ̀ bô̤ tīaⁿ-cún;

    did not say definitely.

#### bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    not exactly.

#### hŵn-lío būe tīaⁿ;

    it is not yet decided.

#### cía m̄ tīaⁿ;

    this is uncertain.

#### i àiⁿ khîeh-tńg tīaⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

    he wishes to give back the money that was given him to bind the bargain.

#### chùn si ûi tīaⁿ;

    every detail is fixed by contract.

#### cîah i kâi tīaⁿ-thâu-ngṳ̂n;

    made off with the money given to bind the contract.

#### kâi ngṳ̂n cò̤ tīaⁿ;

    a dollar paid as security.

#### hàm i thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;

    tell him to look at it in such a way as to he sure about it.

#### thiaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    listen so carefully as to be certain what was said.

#### jīn m̄ tīaⁿ;

    not sure that this is the one.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;

    he acts in an irresolute way.
* 耳tīaⁿ7201280
* A final particle, intensifying what goes before.

#### hṳ́ lăi nŏ̤ nâng tīaⁿ;

    two persons were there and no more.

#### toaⁿ i tó̤ cŏ̤ tīaⁿ;

    only he was sitting there.

#### cêk kù ūe tīaⁿ;

    one word only.

#### cêk jît tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;

    one day and no more.

#### chûn sì ngŏ nâng tīaⁿ;

    there remained four or five persons only.

#### cêk tńg tīaⁿ;

    once and no more.

#### cêk kâi tīaⁿ;

    one alone.

#### chûn cêk kùe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    a half day only remains.

#### sĭang sĭm sĭ cièⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ;

    this is the utmost.