# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tieⁿ
### tieⁿ

* 裝tieⁿ1131457
* To pretend; to affect; imitate.

#### tieⁿ īeⁿ tieⁿ sìeⁿ;

    to imitate a style.

#### tieⁿ lâng, tieⁿ é, tieⁿ cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

    pretend to be deaf, dumb, and blind.

#### tieⁿ kàu ńng-ńng;

    to imitate exactly.

#### tieⁿ io tieⁿ jîo;

    try to be fascinating.

#### tieⁿ kàu jîen-jîen;

    imitate perfectly.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ tieⁿ io-kùai;

    do not affect to be other than you are.
* 張tieⁿ22578
* A classifier of things in sheets; to spread out.

#### cêk tieⁿ cúa;

    a sheet of paper.

#### cêk tieⁿ chn̂g;

    a broad table.

#### cêk tieⁿ phûe;

    a pelt.

#### àiⁿ cêk tieⁿ a àiⁿ nŏ̤ tieⁿ?

    Do you want one sheet or two?

#### i tó̤ tieⁿ;

    he is spreading it.

#### tieⁿ keng sīa cìⁿ;

    draw the bow and send the arrow.

#### tieⁿ măng;

    to spread a anet.

#### tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ;

    speed the shaft.

#### tieⁿ saⁿ li sì;

    John Doe and Richard Roe, names used in law papers.
* 長tíeⁿ271680
* A chosen head.

#### ke tíeⁿ;

    the head of the family.

#### tíeⁿ pâng;

    the family of the eldest brothers.

#### pâng tíeⁿ;

    the head of the eldest family.

#### côk tíeⁿ;

    the chief of a clan.

#### pâng côk tíeⁿ;

    the head of the tribe.

#### lí tíeⁿ;

    one who has control to a distance of one mile.

#### câp tíeⁿ;

    the chief among ten.

#### peh tíeⁿ;

    a centurion.
* 釣tìeⁿ8861678
* A fish-hook; to fish with a hook; to bait.

#### tìeⁿ hṳ̂;

    to fish with hook and line.

#### tìeⁿ so̤h, tìeⁿ ko̤;

    lines and rods for fishing.

#### tìeⁿ kau;

    hooks.

#### tìeⁿ tîeh kâi tōa hṳ̂;

    hooked a big fish.

#### tìeⁿ-jī;

    the bait.

#### cang pêh hê khṳ̀ tìeⁿ i kâi o-îu-mûaⁿ;

    take white prawns to catch black eels.

#### tìeⁿ pho̤h tîm li m̄ cai chuah;

    the bait sunk and I did not think to jerk it in.

#### i ŭ lâi cîah tìeⁿ a bô̤?

    Does he take the bait?

#### sek căi, m̄ káⁿ lâi cîah tìeⁿ;

    is very knowing, and does not venture to take the bait.

#### chin-chīeⁿ ngâu-hṳ̂ thut-chut kim kau-tìeⁿ;

    like a grampus escaping a golden hook.

#### cîah tîeh tìeⁿ lío khṳt i kw̆n lut khṳ̀;

    after swallowing the bait he broke off and got away.
* 賬tìeⁿ241548
* An account; a debt; a claim; a charge; to reckon; to sum up.

#### tìeⁿ pâng;

    a counting-room.

#### pàng tìeⁿ;

    to shave notes; to let money.

#### pàng îeⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi, pàng suaⁿ tìeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih lāi?

    If you loan money taking a lien on shipping what is the interest, and if you loan it with a lien on real estate what is the interest?

#### i kâi hâng tó̤ tìeⁿ khṳ̀;

    he has made an assignment of his warehouse.

#### i kâi tìeⁿ pàng khṳ̀ cōi căi: câp koiⁿ hâng phò, poih koiⁿ tŏ̤ i kò̤ khîeh ŭ tìeⁿ;

    he has many claims for money lent on security: out of ten merchantile houses, eight have borrowed money from him, giving him a lien on their goods.

#### phài tī tîang tŏ̤ kẃn tìeⁿ?

    Who has been deputed to keep the accounts of credit given?
* 漲tìeⁿ248511
* An overflow; a freshet; to inundate; to wash over.

#### ún cí kò̤ ŏi tò̤-tìeⁿ cúi;

    we are subject to freshets here, from the backwater.

#### hŏ cē lô̤h cúi cū tò̤-tìeⁿ;

    whenever it rains the water overflows its banks.
* 仰tìeⁿ107394
* To raise the head.

#### tìeⁿ khí thâu khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

    raise the head and look.

#### i kâi thâu hîn kàu tăng căi, cn̂g kâi tìeⁿ m̄ phû;

    her head is very dizzy, so that she cannot raise it at all.
* 張tìeⁿ22578
* To open, as the mouth or eyes; to stretch open.

#### tìeⁿ khui mâk;

    open the eyes.

#### chùi tìeⁿ kàu khuah-khuah;

    open the mouth very wide.

#### mâk tìeⁿ m̄ khui;

    cannot open his eyes.

#### mâk m̄ káⁿ tìeⁿ khui;

    dare not open his eyes.

#### mâk siap căi, tìeⁿ m̄ khí;

    so very sleep he can't hold his eyes open.

#### tìeⁿ khí mâk;

    look upward. ​
* 脹tìeⁿ241308
* A tumefaction; puffed up.

#### céng tìeⁿ;

    swollen.

#### pá tìeⁿ;

    puffed; a sense of fullness as from repletion.

#### tìeⁿ múaⁿ;

    puffed up full.

#### sio céng-tìeⁿ;

    relieve swelling.

#### tìeⁿ kàu tōa -tōa ki;

    swelled up to a great size.

#### tìeⁿ kàu thang-thang;

    swollen so as to be very tense.

#### tó tìeⁿ kàu kuai-kuai;

    pot-bellied.

#### tìeⁿ huang;

    puffed up with wind.

#### tìeⁿ cúi;

    dropsical swelling.
* 帳tìeⁿ24508
* A canopy; a curtain.

#### máng tìeⁿ;

    mosquito bar.

#### tìeⁿ bâi;

    a valance at the top of a curtain.

#### siet tìeⁿ;

    to pitch one's tent.

#### máng-tìeⁿ téng;

    a tester.

#### sîn tìeⁿ;

    a canopy over a god.

#### tong-kun tìeⁿ;

    head-quarters.
* 塲tîeⁿ268211
* An area of level ground; a lot.

#### kah tîeⁿ;

    parade ground.

#### cìen tîeⁿ;

    a battle field.

#### huap tîeⁿ;

    execution ground.

#### kàm tîeⁿ kuaⁿ;

    an overseer of examinations.

#### bûn tîeⁿ, bú tîeⁿ;

    the arenas for the civil and the military examinations.

#### kuaⁿ tîeⁿ;

    official quarters.

#### tăi cìen cêk tîeⁿ;

    a great battle.

#### chú tîeⁿ;

    a building lot.

#### tĭ tîeⁿ;

    an open lot.

#### bí tîeⁿ;

    a rice stall.

#### hṳ̂ tîeⁿ;

    a fish stall.

#### cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ tîeⁿ;

    a fruit stall.

#### chài tîeⁿ;

    a green-grocer's stall.

#### pāi tîeⁿ;

    a losing speculation.

#### cò sih pńg kìe cò̤ pāi tîeⁿ;

    when you enter into some business in which you lose capital, that is called a losing speculation.

#### thong tîeⁿ;

    the whole lot.

#### tng tîeⁿ lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ tàⁿ;

    why did you not tell me at the time.

#### cìn tîeⁿ; jîp tîeⁿ;

    to enter as a candidate at the examinations.

#### tó tîeⁿ; puah cî tîeⁿ;

    a gambling hall.

#### hŭam mûeh cŭ cò̤ cêk ē tó̤ bōi, hṳ́-kò̤ cū kìe-cò̤ móng mûeh kâi tîeⁿ;

    wherever things are brought together for sale, that place is called the arena for the sale of those things.
* 丈tĭeⁿ2512
* An elder; a senior.

#### kó̤ tĭeⁿ;

    father's sister's husband.

#### chi î tĭeⁿ;

    a wife's sister's husband.

#### bó̤ î tĭeⁿ;

    mother's sister's husband.

#### lău tĭeⁿ;

    great aunt's husband.

#### tĭen-nâng; tĭeⁿ-ḿ;

    wife's father and mother.

#### a-tĭeⁿ;

    uncle by marriage.