# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tu
### tu

* 堆tu924328
* A stack; a heap; a pile.

#### tun cò̤ cêk tu;

    pile them up in a heap.

#### tò̤ tò̤ cêk tu;

    pour them together in a pile.

#### m̄ cai, sah cò̤ câp-saⁿ choiⁿ kah nŏ̤ tōa tu;

    did not understand the matter, and mistakenly supposed he would get heaps of money.

#### sek-pàng tŏ-pùn tu;

    throw it into the rubbish heap.
* 㖅tu825306
* To pucker up the mouth; to pout out the lips.

#### i kâi chùi tu-tu, tó̤ pun húe;

    he has his mouth puckered to blow out the light.

#### i tó̤ pun húe-kńg, pun kàu chùi tu-tu;

    he is blowing the tinder, so that his mouth is puckered.

#### khí kàu chùi tu-tu;

    so vexed that she pouts.
* 株tu85756
* The trunk or bole of trees.

#### ŭ cêk tu chīu cèng tŏ̤ mn̂g-kha;

    a tree was planted by the door.

#### chīu lṳ́ sìo tîeh ŭ kúi tu;

    you count the trees and see how many there are.
* 誅tu861496
* To put to death; to eradicate.

#### tu-mît;

    to exterminate, to utterly destroy.

#### tu-lôk;

    cut off, extirpated.

#### tì-kàu i chŵn ke tu-lôk;

    lead to the destruction of the whole family.

#### tu-cô̤h;

    to do away with.
* 拄tú88645
* To prop; to shore up.

#### khîeh ki sam lâi tú;

    get a stick of timber and prop it up.

#### tú kàu nĕ khìang-khìang;

    propped it up very firmly. ​

#### i kâi kha bŏi kiaⁿ, àiⁿ chut mn̂g tîeh ēng nŏ̤ ki tú-thûi;

    he cannot walk and when he goes out he has to use two crutches.

#### lṳ́ khîa êⁿ to̤ bŏi, phah tú cū ŏi;

    you cannot raise the heavy beams, but you can put the props under.
* 堵tú916329
* To obstruct; to guard; to close; to shut or ward off; to fill in; to invest.

#### ŭ khí tîeh cai tú, ŭ khí tîeh cai sak;

    there are some that must be shut off, and some that must be stopped up.

#### íⁿ-keng thîo ŭ piaⁿ khṳ̀ hûang-tú lío;

    have already dispatched troops to defend it.

#### hṳ́ ki piaⁿ khíiong-ùi tú-gṳ̆ m̄ tîo, tîeh thîo ke cêk ki khṳ̀ tû-gṳ̆;

    if there be doubt whether those troops will be able to successfully resist them, another regiment must be dispatched to the defense.

#### hṳ́ tîo lō ŭ nâng khṳ̀ tú-cŭ i lío, īa sĭ khíong-ùi tú m̄ cŭ li phài ke cêk nâng khṳ̀ tú;

    some one has gone on that road to stop him, but if you fear he will not prevent his coming, then depute another one to go and do it.
* 着tú801236
* To abut; to impinge; to touch upon.

#### tú tîeh a tú m̄ tiêh?

    Does it abut upon it or not?

#### tú bùa-bûa;

    lay them so that they abut firmly.

#### tú tîeh cū bŏi kîan;

    if is hits upon that it cannot go on.
* 抵tú878645
* To oppose, to ward off; to abut; to compound for a money payment by a lien on property; to withstand; to offset; to brace.

#### tú sìo;

    to offset an account by an equivalent rendered.

#### sìo tú tit kàu mē?

    Is there enough property transferred to meet the full amount of the bill?

#### khîeh tú cîⁿ kâi cṳ̆-jîen ío kùi;

    if I take an equivalent in other than money, it will of course be dearer.

#### tú i m̄ cŭ;

    could not successfully oppose him.

#### tîeh thiⁿ ke cē piaⁿ-bé cìaⁿ tú i tit cŭ;

    must reinforce the troops and then we can successfully withstand him.

#### tú khṳ̀ khìang căi;

    withstood with great firmness.

#### chūe bô̤ ūe hó̤ tú tap i;

    could think of nothing to say in self-defense.

#### jī ke tú khṳ̀;

    it is a drawn battle; they are even with each other.

#### tú kín-kín;

    completely shut out by opposing force.

#### tú màiⁿ khṳt i jîp khṳ̀;

    stop his way and not let him enter.

#### nâng mīaⁿ tú nâng mīaⁿ tú tīo;

    forfeited his life in defense of another's.

#### tú lâi tú khṳ̀ hŵn khíam i ho̤h cōi;

    after compounding the debt by all possible means he still owes him a large amount.

#### jī ke sie tú tîeh;

    the two are in opposition to each other.

#### sie tú thâu;

    to bump heads together.

#### khîeh ki sam khṳ̀ tú;

    take a stick of timber and brace it up.

#### líang pôiⁿ kâi êⁿ tîeh síe tú tîeh;

    the roof beams on the two sides must abut upon each other.

#### jī ke chù-kak-thâu sie tú;

    the gables of the two houses abut upon each other.

#### tú m̄ tîo;

    am unequal to the attempt.

#### i tú khṳ̀ ngĕ căi, châk-piaⁿ jw̆n pìaⁿ, pìaⁿ m̄ kùe;

    they withstood them firmly, and the rebel troops, however much they strove, could make no headway against them.

#### tú lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam;

    it is just the right length to use as a brace.

#### khîeh hùe-mûeh tú lāi cîⁿ;

    took goods to offset the interest.
* 恰tú357616
* To the purpose; fitly; just; exactly.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ tú-tṳ́ kah;

    that is exactly enough to make it of.

#### bói lâi tú-tú hó̤ ēng;

    what I bought was just exactly as I needed to use.

#### úa sĭeⁿ lâi tú-tú kio lṳ́ cêk īeⁿ;

    what I had thought out agreed exactly with what you thought.

#### úa li àiⁿ khṳ̀ i kò̤, i li àiⁿ lâi úa kò̤, tú-tú tŏ̤ lō tèng phòng tîeh;

    I was going to his house, and he was coming to mine, so we came upon each other on the road.

#### úa àiⁿ méⁿ, tú-tú ngŏ̤ tîeh ŭ cûn àiⁿ khui;

    I was in haste, and very opportunely got there just as the boat was about to start.

#### kàu hṳ́ kò̤ bô̤ teng-nâng, cău-hùe tú-tú ŭ gûeh;

    when we reached there we had no lantern but it happened very opportunely that there was moonlight.
* 對tú9244111
* To pair; to match; agreeing with; suiting.

#### hó̤ kâi tú hó̤ kâi; hó̤ tṳ́ hó̤;

    put the good with the good.

#### piaⁿ tú piaⁿ, cìang tú cìang;

    soldier against soldier and leader against leader.

#### chíu tú chíu;

    hand to hand.

#### chíu tú chíu, lâi kah-tàu thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;

    let us have a hand to hand struggle and see who will come off victorious.

#### tĕng-tú tĕng;

    it has come out just as I foresaw; I told you so; that is what I supposed would happen.

#### tīaⁿ-tú-tīaⁿ;

    that is just as I said it would be.

#### tōa tú tōa, sòi tú sòi;

    pair off, the elder with the elder, and the younger with the younger.
* 值tú5998
* To occur; to happen; to meet.

#### tú tîeh i lâi;

    it so happened that he came.

#### tŏ̤ lō tèng sie tú tîeh;

    happened to meet each other on the way.

#### tú i m̄ tŏ̤;

    it chanced that he was just then absent.
* 楮tú93759
* A species of mulberry from whose bark the Coreans and Japanese make paper, which is used for garments.

#### chùn-tú;

    a small, folded, paper slate, used as a day-book.

#### kìⁿ lô̤h chùn-tú;

    set it down on the slate. ​
* 著tù901409
* To set forth; to publish; to manifest.

#### cí kâi nâng tù mîaⁿ căi;

    this man is becoming very famous.

#### hṳ́-kâi sĭ tù-mîaⁿ kâi ìo-hŭam;

    that is a celebrated state criminal.

#### i kâi mîaⁿ tù căi;

    his name is widely known.

#### cía cṳ sĭ tī-tîang tù kâi?

    By whom was this book published?

#### i tù ŭ cêk pang ui-cṳ;

    he published a series of medical books.

#### i kâi mîaⁿ jú m̄ khṳt nâng cai jú kèng tù;

    the more he tried to conceal his name, the more it became known.

#### hīn-khek tăi tù mîaⁿ;

    is now far famed.
* 廚tû935312
* A cupboard; a safe.

#### cîah tû;

    kîam sng tû; a food safe.

#### cṳ tû;

    bookcase.

#### phò tû;

    cases for goods in shops.

#### cí ciah tû àiⁿ keh saⁿ câng;

    I want to have three shelves put into this wardrobe.

#### pûaⁿ úaⁿ tû;

    a cupboard for dishes.
* 𡍨tŭ917329
* To stop up; to stuff up; to silt up; to prevent water from flowing from a sluice; to obstruct.

#### màiⁿ tŭ-sak tîeh;

    do not stop it up.

#### tŭ-sak pàng hṳ́ kâi khang-kháu kò̤;

    stuff it into that opening.

#### thô khah cíe, tŭ m̄ miⁿ;

    there is too little of the clay, and I cannot stop it up tightly.

#### cang cîeh kah thô kâi i tŭ kín tìaⁿ;

    take stones and mud and stop it up tight.

#### i cang hṳ́ kù ūe khṳ̀ tŭ i;

    he stopped his flow of talk with that saying.

#### i kâi tàⁿ ūe to sĭ tó̤ phah ūe tŭ, tŭ kàu nâng bŏi khui chùi;

    his talk is designed to stop other people's mouths, so that they will say nothing.

#### hía thô tŭ lío chíen căi, cûn bŏi tit kùe;

    the mud has silted in till it is very shallow, and boats cannot pass through.

#### tŭ hùaⁿ kâi làm thô tŏ̤ kò̤;

    a quantity of soft mud has settled in so as to obstruct the passage.

#### hía thô khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tŭ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cōi;

    the sediment, meeting with an opposing force, gradually accumulates and becomes considerable.
* 堵tŭ916329
* To stop the way; to shut or wary off; to close against; to obstruct; to guard.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ ŭ nâng tŏ̤ tŭ i a bô̤?

    Is there any one there to prevent his approach?

#### hṳ́ ki kun tŭ m̄ tùe, tîeh buah ke ki kun khṳ̀ tŭ;

    that force is not sufficient to resist them, and another body of troops must be dispatched to oppose their march.

#### tŭ tīam cē;

    stop its progress for a moment.

#### tŭ māng;

    obstruct its way and make it go slower.

#### chù tŭ lô̤h khṳ̀ cū ku-ā nî;

    the house has several years been prevented from tumbling down by having a prop against it.

#### cí ki êⁿ sĭ ciang-cĭu tŭ kâi;

    this roof-beam is prevented from falling by a temporary prop.
* 詬tŭ3301496
* To taunt; to speak angrily at.

#### sie tŭ;

    to scold each other.

#### cá mêⁿ, i ang cía tó̤ sie tŭ mih sṳ̄?

    What were they, the husband and wife, quarreling about last night?

#### ŭi cêk kĭaⁿ síe sṳ̄ cū sie tŭ bŏi tit hiah;

    on account of an unimportant matter, were bent upon mutual recrimination.

#### úa khǹg-kòi nín màiⁿ sie tŭ;

    I exhort you not to taunt each other.

#### sie tŭ lío cîaⁿ mih īeⁿ?

    What good do your mutual recriminations do?

#### sie tŭ lío cū sie mēⁿ, sie mēⁿ lío cū sie phah;

    having first taunted, they reviled each other, and then began to fight.
* 𠰍tŭ89305
* The sound made in calling fowls.

#### lău sím kho koi tŭ tŭ tŭ;

    the old woman is calling the fowls.