# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ti
### ti

* 的ti9001063
* Used by servants and inferiors to denote themselves; a final particle.

#### síe ti;

    I, your junior; I, your humble client.

#### peh-sèⁿ khṳ̀ kìⁿ kuaⁿ sĭ cheng ka-kī cò̤ "síe ti";

    common people who go before a magistrate speak of themselves as "humble selves." cí khí sṳ̄ sĭ ŭ ti; this is something that really happens.

#### sĭ ti;

    what is really so; just that.

#### sĭ ti pĭen sĭ, hui ti pĭen hui, bô̤ thèng tàⁿ;

    what is so state as being so, and what is not so state as not being so, and do not talk at random.
* 蜘蛛ti-tu53
* A spider.

#### ti-tu keⁿ si;

    the spider makes a web.

#### ti-tu tūi si;

    the spider lets himself down on a thread.

#### ēng ti-tu tūi si, tūi lô̤h lâi;

    came down by a rope.

#### ti-tu kit măng;

    the spider weaves a web.

#### ti-tu măng;

    a spider's web.

#### hó̤ lîah ti-tu khṳ̀ cuh tīo i kâi tâk;

    catch spiders and set them to suck the poison from it.

#### cuh tâk lío ti-tu tîeh pàng cúi kò̤ khṳt i thò tâk;

    after sucking out the poison the spiders must be put to the water that they may disgorge the poison.
* 低ti87795
* Low; to droop; to hang down.

#### ti siaⁿ;

    low tones.

#### ti thâu sòi sĭeⁿ;

    hang the head and ponder.

#### àiⁿ cū lâi kìⁿ cē kau-ti ce;

    if you like, let us see who is tallest.

#### kau ti;

    lofty and lowly.
* 喇叭ti-tâ498
* A trumpet.

#### pun ti-tâ;

    blow a trumpet.

#### chìe ti-tâ khek;

    play on a bugle.
* 氐ti878831
* The third zodiacal constellation.

#### ti sìu; tī cheⁿ;

    the stars of the third constellation.
* 徵tí746012
* One of the five musical notes.

#### ngŏ im, sĭ keng, siang, kak, tí, ú;

    the five musical notes are these.
* 祇tí746012
* Only, but, yet.

#### tí in múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŭ châk cìaⁿ cáu khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤ pī;

    as there were robbers every-where he fled there to avoid them.
* 底tí878585
* The base; the bottom; underneath.

#### tâu-tí sĭ cò̤-nî?

    In the end what does it amount to?

#### i kâi tí-cṳ́ hó̤;

    he is of good stock.

#### i sĭ sĭm-mih tí-cṳ́ chut sin?

    What were his circumstances in early life?

#### cí kâi kūiⁿ sĭ sìu-câi tí, hṳ́ kâi sĭ kṳ́-jîu tí;

    this district magistrate became such from the rank of Bachelor of Arts, and that one from the rank of Master of Arts.

#### cía mûeh bô̤ tí-cí;

    this is endless.
* 柢tí879755
* The bole of a tree; root, origin, foundation.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi ŭ kṳn-tì, m̄ pí thèng tàⁿ bô̤ kṳn bô̤ tí;

    what ho says is well founded, and it is not as if he talked at random and without reason for what he says.

#### côiⁿ mâiⁿ ŭ kâi kṳn-tí tŏ̤ kò̤;

    there was formerly a deep firm foundation laid underneath.
* 抵tí878645
* To atone for; to sustain; to bear; to get what one deserves; to compound for a money payment by a lien on property.

#### lîah i khṳ̀ tí cŭe;

    seize and take him to bear the penalty of his crime.

#### tí tit kùe a tí m̄ kùe?

    Will it sustain it, or will it give way under it?

#### cía ūe sĭ lâi tó̤ tí-thak kâi;

    he comes and says this in order to ward off the consequences.

#### cīeⁿ sìo tí cheng-chó̤ lío;

    the foregoing accounts are settled in full by a lien.

#### khíong-ui i tí-tng m̄ cŭ;

    fear he cannot bear up under it.

#### tí tīo jîet cōi?

    How much has the debt been reduced by the lien given?
* 致tì581333
* To cause to go, to give over to, to induce; to bring on; to hazard; to regulate; tending to; indicates causation; an end or aim.

#### tì-sái kàu i m̄ lâi;

    was the cause of his failure to come.

#### íⁿ-tì jû chṳ́;

    that is the occasion for its being thus.

#### in-ūi hìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it was in consequence of that, that this came to be so.

#### úa thóiⁿ i cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ tì-ì;

    I see that he has his mind fixed upon this.

#### i tì-ì tŏ̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    he is bent upon this.

#### i àiⁿ hó̤, hẃn tì-kàu m̄-hó̤;

    he meant well, but it turned out badly.

#### cieⁿ-seⁿ i cū tì mīaⁿ;

    in so doing he hazards his life.

#### tăi tì;

    a resume; in general.

#### tăi-tì ŏi cò̤ tit;

    it will do in a general way.

#### in-ūi i m̄ tŏ̤ cū tì gō;

    it was through his being absent that the project came to naught.

#### úa īa sĭ ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤, cū bŏi tì gō sṳ̄;

    if I had been there the thing would not have fallen through.

#### i tì ŭ sĭm mih pēⁿ-cèng?

    What disease has he?

#### i kâi pēⁿ sĭ tì kú kâi;

    his ailment is one that he has had a long time.

#### cía cṳ sĭ kàng-kìu kek mûeh tì cai kâi sṳ̄;

    this book inquires into the nature of things and applies the knowledge to final causes; this is a philosophy.

#### cí kò̤ kâi kéng-tì sĭm hó̤;

    the arrangement of things here is very fine.

#### sĭm ŭ ì-tì;

    ŭ ì ŭ tì; presents evidences of design.

#### cò̤ lâi ŭ ì-tì;

    is made according to a system.
* 置tì601228
* To establish; to make firm; to place; to constitute; to arrange; to determine; to decide; to buy; to lay in goods. ​

#### úa sìn kĭen-tì cêk koiⁿ chù;

    I have lately built a house.

#### cía tîeh cò̤-nî lâi chù-tì cìaⁿ hó̤?

    In what way should this be decided?

#### cheng tì-bói ke-si câp mûeh to cū ho̤h cōi cîⁿ;

    merely laying in all the things necessary for household use takes a deal of money.

#### khṳ̀ ka̤u, tì ŭ sĭm-mih hùe-mûeh lâi?

    On arriving, what goods did you buy to bring back with you?

#### i tì sin sṳ̄ gūa m̄ kẃn;

    he cares nothing about what does not pertain to his own personal affairs.

#### i cêng tì ke a būe?

    Has he taken a wife yet?

#### i cò̤-ni̤ m̄ tì kâi ke-ău?

    Why does he not get a wife?

#### keng i chíu tì ŭ ho̤h cōi súaⁿ-ngîap;

    bought in a large amount of real estate, using him as factor.

#### cía tī-hng sĭ i chàng-tì kâi;

    this place was founded by him.

#### hīn-khek kâi hûang-tì tì to sĭ tŏ̤ pak-kiaⁿ;

    the present emperor locates his capital at Peking.

#### uaⁿ-tì kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;

    located with the utmost regard to safety and order.
* 帝ti880506
* One who rules by his own power; a god; a divine being; a sovereign, a potentate

#### hûang tì;

    the emperor.

#### sĭang tì;

    the Supreme Ruler, the highest being in the heavenly pantheon.

#### gêk hûang sĭang tì;

    the august Shangti, whose throne is supposed to be in the Dipper.

#### hîen thien sĭang-tì;

    the Ruler of the Somber Heavens.

#### hîap thien tăi tì;

    the god Kwanti.

#### bûn-tì;

    the god of Letters.

#### bú-tì;

    the god of War.

#### cṳ̄ kó kâi tì ûang;

    the potentates of olden times.

#### hûang-tì cheⁿ;

    the star β in Ursa Major.

#### tì-ūi thŵn khuⁿt tī-tîang?

    To whom does the throne descend?
* 智tì58728
* Wisdom; prudence; shrewd.

#### tì-hŭi;

    discretion; understanding.

#### chong-mêng tì-hŭi kâi nâng;

    an intelligent, sagacious person.

#### i câp hun ŭ tì-hŭi;

    he has good judgment.

#### sĭ tì iong sang chŵn kâi nâng;

    is a person who is both brave and capable.
* 戴tì8446214
* To carry on the head.

#### tì bō̤;

    wear a cap.

#### tì lôih;

    wear a splint hat.

#### tì cang;

    to wear a high coiffure.

#### i ŭ tiè téng mē?

    Does he wear a button denoting official rank?

#### i s̆i tì tŏ̤ thâu-khak téng lâi;

    he brought it on his head.
* 池tî63853
* A pool, a pond, a tank, a fosse.

#### mn̂g kha líu kâi tî;

    a pool had been dug near the door.

#### hù̂ tî;

    a fish-pool.

#### sîaⁿ tî;

    the city moat.

#### nôiⁿ tî;

    a lotus pond.

#### èng-chài tî;

    a pool where endive grows.

#### īⁿ tî líu khah chíen;

    the pond made in the college grounds is too shallow.

#### phûn côiⁿ líu kâi tau-tî;

    made a curved slope before the grave.

#### gûeh keng tî;

    the pool around the examination hall in a Confucian temple.

#### tî-cúi tĭⁿ;

    the pool is full of water.

#### bói cē tî-thô lâi cèng hue;

    buy a little of the mud from the bottom of a pool to plant flowers in.

#### tî hṳ̂;

    fresh water fish.

#### tì hūaⁿ;

    the brink of the pool.

#### nán lâi tî tèng, kà úa ô̤h sîu;

    let us go to the pond and jou teach me to swim.

#### tî kîⁿ màiⁿ kîaⁿ khah lím;

    do not walk too near the edge of the pond.

#### tî-hūaⁿ pang khṳ̀;

    the side of the pool has caved in.

#### chia tî cúi;

    pump out the water from the pool.

#### nôiⁿ-kak tî;

    a pool where water caltrops grow.

#### pûah lô̤h tî;

    fell into the pool.

#### cí kò̤ kâi tî khut cōi;

    there are many pools hereabouts.
* 弟tĭ879574
* A younger brother; cousins, relatives, juniors.

#### hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;

    the two young brothers.

#### lṳ́ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng tĭ?

    How many younger brothers have you?

#### sìa tĭ saⁿ nâng;

    I have three younger brothers.

#### tĭ-cṳ́;

    pupils.

#### ngô̤ tĭ;

    síe tĭ; your humble servant.

#### hàm a-tĭ lâi;

    tell the little brother to come here.

#### cí kâi sĭ i kâi ĭ-bó̤ tĭ;

    this is his half-brother, having the same father, but not the same mother.

#### cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    be brethren.

#### tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

    men born in the same year.

#### píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

    cousins, whose mothers were sisters.

#### thâng hiaⁿ tĭ;

    male cousins whose fathers were brothers.

#### cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;

    second cousins of the same surname.

#### côk tĭ;

    a junior relative, of the same surname.

#### pau tĭ;

    own brother.

#### kit ngĭ kâi hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brothers by adoption.
* 隷tĭ5241718
* Official attendants; attached to; belonging to.

#### i tó̤ tng cau-tĭ kâi nâng;

    he is a lictor who precedes an officer's retinue.

#### tĭ cṳ;

    the square plain style of Chinese characters.

#### tît tĭ ciu;

    an inferior department whose magistrate is directly responsible to the provincial government, and not to the prefect.
* 第tĭ8791185
* A literary degree.

#### kîp tĭ;

    to get a degree.

#### i put tĭ tńg-khṳ̀;

    he returned without attaining a degree.

#### sĭ cin put tĭ, a sĭ ké put tĭ?

    Did he really fail to graduate higher, or is he concealing the fact of his promotion?
* 蝌蚪tī-gû424
* A tadpole.

#### tī gû cêk mêⁿ āiⁿ-āiⁿ-kìe;

    the tadpoles squeaked all night.
* 何tī21595
* What; an interrogative; whatever.

#### tī-tîang?

    Who?

#### tī-kò̤?

    Where?

#### tī-kâi? ​

    Which?

#### tī-sî?

    When?

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

    Where are you going.

#### pàng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where did you put it?

#### m̄ cai i pàng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤;

    do not know where he put it.

#### pun tī-tiâng?

    To whom did you give it?

#### lṳ́ tī tiang-sî àiⁿ lâi?

    At what time will you come?

#### tī kâi nâng tàⁿ?

    Which person said it?

#### tī cêk jît?

    Which day?

#### tī kâi sî-hāu?

    At what time?

#### tī-tîang tŏ̤?

    Who is there?

#### tī-kò̤ ŭ?

    Where may some be found?

#### i tŏ̤ tī cêk koiⁿ pâng?

    Which room is he in?

#### cí kò̤ kìe-cò̤ tī-kò̤?

    What is this place called?

#### tī jît lô̤h hŏ?

    Which day was it that it rained?

#### tī kĭaⁿ phīⁿ?

    Which sort is cheapest?

#### tī kâi ngía?

    Which one is prettiest?

#### táng kàu lṳ́ tī nî cìaⁿ àiⁿ lâi;

    wait till the year, whatever one it be, in which you come.

#### i tùi tī cêk tîo lō khṳ̀?

    By which road did he go?

#### i kâi phò tī cêk koiⁿ?

    Which shop is his?

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ tī īeⁿ?

    Which sort do you want?

#### àiⁿ pàng tī cêk pôiⁿ?

    Which side do you want to put it on?

#### i tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where is he?

#### tī kâi sĭ?

    Which one ia it?

#### m̄ cai tī kâi sĭ;

    I do not know which is the one.

#### put lŭn tī jît to hó̤;

    any day will suit.

#### àiⁿ tah tī ciah cûn?

    By which boat are you going?

#### cía sĭ tī-tîang kâi?

    Whose is this?

#### i bô̤ kāng úa tàⁿ tī kâi;

    he did not tell me which one.

#### cang tī ciah chíu khîeh?

    With which hand shall I take it?

#### tī ki to̤ ŏi lāi?

    Which knife is the sharper?

#### tī kâi ío tn̂g?

    Which is the longer?

#### sĭ tī khí?

    Which sort is it?

#### àiⁿ ēng tī cêk kò̤?

    Which piece will you use?
* 治tī59855
* To heal; to remedy; to oversee; to try, as a legal cause; to govern; to rule well.

#### tī cŭe;

    to try for crime; to sentence or condemn prisoners.

#### to tîeh chîaⁿ-tī kàu i chŵn-jú;

    must doctor him till he is well.

#### tī pēⁿ, tîeh tī tîeh i kâi pēⁿ ngŵn cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;

    in treating disease the source of the disease must be reached in order that the treatment be of use.

#### put lêng tī ke, ien lêng tī kok?

    If one cannot govern his own household, how can he govern the kingdom?

#### cṳ̆ cheng cò̤ tī ngô̤ tĭ;

    styled himself, your humble servant.

#### tī mîn;

    rule the people.

#### ui-tī;

    to cure.

#### cíaⁿ sît-căi bô̤ huap khó̤ tī;

    there is really no remedy for it.
* 遞tī88116210
* To transmit, to send; on, to convey from hand to hand, to hand in, as a report to a superior.

#### khṳ̀ ti-kūiⁿ kò̤ tī pín;

    went to the district magistrate to hand in a petition.

#### tī pín thiap;

    handed in a petition.

#### cí kâi bûn-cuⁿ sĭ àiⁿ tī kàu séⁿ-sîaⁿ;

    this dispatch is to be sent to Canton.
* 地tī879323
* The earth, the second of the three prime powers, worshipped as Queen Earth; a spot, a place; a territory; grounds; a space; terrestrial; earthly; in the ground; the base; the support.

#### tī ĕ;

    on the earth.

#### tī mīn;

    the surface of the earth.

#### tī-kha kien-kù;

    the foundations are firm.

#### tī-pó̤;

    aldermen; those who are responsible for good order in the wards of a city.

#### tī co;

    ground rent.

#### sim tī;

    the disposition.

#### kŭa tī phûe khí tīo;

    dig up even the crust of the earth; extirpate the last vestige of them.

#### i sĭ pńg tī nâng;

    he is a native.

#### pńg tī ūe;

    the vernacular.

#### pûah lô̤h thô-tī;

    fell to the ground.

#### hŵn ŭ û tī;

    there is still some room left.

#### būe kàu i kâi tī-pō;

    I have not yet attained his standing in this.

#### thien-bûn tī-lí;

    astronomy and physical geography.

#### cì kò̤ tùi-tùi sĭ tī sim;

    this is exactly in the centre of the ground.

#### pêh tī;

    a white background or groundwork.

#### pêh-tī kâi pò m̄-hó̤ cia-íam;

    cloth whose ground is white does not make a perfect screen.

#### châng tī;

    the rice fields.

#### tī tîeⁿ;

    the lay of the land.

#### kàu hṳ́ kâi tī ūi cē kú cū m̄ cai hó̤;

    when one has occupied a position for a long time he is not aware of its excellence.

#### bô̤ tī-hng hó̤ pàng;

    there is no space to set it in.

#### i ŭ cêk kò̤ hn̂g-tī àiⁿ bōi;

    he has a piece of unwatered ground that he wishes to sell.

#### bói kò̤ chù-tī lâi khí chù;

    buy a building spot to build a house upon.