# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tin
### tin

* 丁tin90311
* To jingle.

#### tin-tong-kìe; tin-tiang-kìe;

    jingling.

#### tin-tong tin-tiang kâi sĭ sĭm mûeh híang?

    What is it that makes that jingling sound?
* 顚tin89418110

#### tin-tò̤;

    upside down or end foremost; inverted.

#### sío lău-tia, khîa bé tin-tò̤ khîa;

    a crazy god, riding with his face toward the tail of his horse.

#### tin-tò̤ pàng;

    set it bottom upward.

#### màiⁿ tin-tò̤ khîeh;

    do not take it by the wrong end.

#### tin-tò̤ tàⁿ;

    reverse the clauses or words of a sentence when speaking.

#### tin-tò̤;

    inverted from the proper order; placing last what ought to be first, or putting that above which should be below.
* 鎭tìn1716710
* To keep in subjection; to keep in order; to protect and oversee; a mart, a great manufacturing place.

#### tìn-thâi;

    brigadier general.

#### cí cêk séⁿ ŭ kúi kâi tōa chĭ-tiu;

    this province has several great trading marts.

#### ēng i tó̤ tìn-iap tī-hng;

    employ him to keep the place in order.

#### chíaⁿ lâi tìn thêh;

    invite to come and keep evil influences out of the house.

#### i cŏ̤-tìn úa kâi tī-hng;

    he has taken possession of my land.

#### tìn phò;

    protect and care for a shop.

#### i sĭ lâi tìn-síu tī-hng kâi;

    they are those who have come to keep watch and ward over the spot.
* 正tìn75771

#### tìn-tang;

    centre.

#### pàng tŏ̤ tìn-tang;

    put it in the centre.

#### khîeh tŏ̤ tìn-tang;

    take it by the middle.

#### gūa tîaⁿ tìn-tang;

    the middle of the onter court.
* 籐tîn86411815
* Creepers and trailing plants.

#### tîn-tîo;

    rattans.

#### tîn si;

    rattan shavings.

#### tîn n̂g;

    gamboge.

#### tîn pèⁿ;

    a rattan handle.

#### khîeh ki khue-tîn phah;

    get a rattan and whip him.

#### i kâi tîn tŏa kàu hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;

    the creeper has crept a great way.

#### tîn tói kâi íⁿ;

    cane bottom chairs.

#### cí cang hue khṳt tîn tŏa sí khṳ̀;

    this shrub has been killed by a creeper twining around it.

#### hun-kuah tîn;

    sweet potato vines.

#### kue tîn;

    melon vine.

#### chng tîn hĭⁿ;

    put a rattan bail on it.

#### tîn-pâi;

    a rattan shield.

#### mŏng tîn-pâi;

    to fence, or defend one's self with a shield.
* 塵tîn203211
* Dust, small particles, exhalations; the dusty world; troublous days.

#### tîn-ai;

    dust that floats in the air and settles on things; cobwebs and flying atoms.

#### chù-téng kâi tîn-ai chóiⁿ cheng-khih;

    sweep down all the dust from the roof-beams.

#### eng kàu cĕng-cĕng tîn-ai;

    the dust has settled all over it.

#### seⁿ tîn-ai;

    is dusty.

#### pŭaⁿ tīo tîn-ai;

    brush off the dust.

#### thóiⁿ-kìⁿ côiⁿ-mīn kâi tîn-thâu chong-khí-lâi;

    saw a cloud of dust rising ahead of them.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ kâi sien ńng hĭa hûam tîn;

    like a fairy descending into this vexatious world.

#### tn̆g tíam tîn;

    spotless; not a speck of dust on it. ​
* 謄tîn86514910
* To transcribe.

#### n̂g-tîn;

    a manifesto or address issued by the emperor himself, in times of trouble.

#### phang kîaⁿ n̂g-tîn;

    issue a manifesto.
* 陣tīn191707
* A rank or file of soldiers; a battalion; an army; troops, forces; to place in rank, to set in array, to marshal; as a classifier, used to denote a gust, blast, burst or time; a shower; a short space; transitory; a little while.

#### tīn cīeⁿ bô̤ nīe chieⁿ;

    in battle give no quarter.

#### cĭeⁿ tīn sie thâi;

    go into battle.

#### pái sĭm-mih tīn-sì?

    What show of force do they make?

#### i phah thâu-tīn soiⁿ khṳ̀;

    they lead the van.

#### pāi tīn;

    defeated in battle.

#### khîa bé khṳ̀ chong i kâi tīn;

    mounted their horses and rushed upon their ranks.

#### cêk pôiⁿ pái tīn, cêk pôiⁿ phah tīn;

    one side is posting the troops and the other side is breaking ranks.

#### chùang-jîp i kâi tīn-mn̂g;

    press through the opening in the ranks.

#### mîⁿ-hûn tīn;

    infatuated; besotted with.

#### cêk tīn cío pue tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;

    a flock of birds flew over here in line.

#### thàu cêk tīn tōa huang;

    a strong gust of wind came.

#### hía in cêk tīn cêk tīn cêk tīn lí-kẃn khí lâi;

    the smoke keeps rising up in puffs.

#### cêk tīn huang ,cêk tīn hŏ;

    each gust of wind is followed by a shower of rain.

#### húe-gû tīn;

    a file of oxen with knives on their horns and fire-brands on their tails (used in battle to break the ranks of the enemy).

#### chĭeⁿ tīn;

    elephants in file for battle.

#### chut cêk tīn kūaⁿ, pēⁿ cū hó;

    if he can be made to sweat freely he will be better.