# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tui
### tui

* 鎚tui92418410
* Dumpling made from flour and steamed.

#### îu tui;

    globular hollow cakes.
* 追tui1001626
* To pursue after, to chase; to follow to its source; to trace out; retrospective.

#### tui-kúaⁿ i peh gūa lí, cìaⁿ tńg lâi;

    chased him over a hundred miles and then returned.

#### khṳ̀ tui i tńg lâi;

    go after her and bring her back.

#### tui m̄ tîeh;

    could not overtake.

#### tui kàu pùaⁿ lō cìaⁿ tui tîeh;

    followed him half way there and then overtook him.

#### phah bé tui m̄ tîeh;

    a hard-driven horse could not catch up with them.

#### sái nâng khṳ̀ tui thó̤;

    send some one after them to demand it back.

#### chíaⁿ kuaⁿ tui-kiu;

    ask the magistrate to sift it to the bototm.

#### tui hong i kâi pĕ-bó̤;

    obtained posthumous honors for his parents.

#### cí pak sìeⁿ sĭ tui sṳ kâi;

    this portait is drawn from memory.

#### tui hûe lâi;

    pursue after and bring back.

#### tui kàu kín căi;

    followed very closely upon.

#### tui khṳ̀ m̄ kam sía tīo;

    was unwilling to relinquish the pursuit.

#### tui-piaⁿ tui khṳ̀ kṳ̆n;

    the pursuing force followed close upon them.
* 捽túi1014648
* To grasp and pull upward.

#### i pûah lô̤h cúi, méⁿ-méⁿ kio i túi khí lâi;

    he has fallen into the water, pull him out quickly.

#### cêk nâng peⁿ kha, cêk nâng túi piⁿ;

    one of them pulled his legs, and the other dragged at his queue.

#### túi m̄ phû;

    cannot raise it by pulling upward upon it.
* 挽túi1039647
* To pull in, to grasp and pull at.

#### so̤h túi kín-kín;

    haul the rope taut.

#### cûn túi m̄ bûa, hám nâng lâi sie-hŭ túi;

    if you cannot pull the boat up, call some one to help do it.
* 扯túi40644
* To hold on to; to pull by holding.

#### túi saⁿ kṳ;

    hold on to the flaps of his tunic.

#### túi chíu;

    held on to his hand.

#### túi i nā kò̤;

    helf on to him to make him stay.

#### túi m̄ khui;

    could not pull it off.

#### túi bûa sin-piⁿ;

    pulled it up to him.

#### saⁿ túi lîh khṳ̀;

    pulled so hard as to tear his jacket.

#### túi kín-kín;

    hold fast.
* 對tùi9244111
* Parallel sentences on scrolls, hung in Chinese houses as ornaments; to front; to correspond to; to suit; to pair; to answer; to respond to; consistent with; agreeing; opposite; inimical.

#### i sĭ tng mīn tùi úi tàⁿ kùe kâi;

    it is what he told me to my face.

#### i īa-sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tùi úa m̄ cŭ;

    if he does that he cannot successfully oppose me.

#### hàm i tng mīn lâi tùi;

    tell them to come and confront each other.

#### tùi tîeh īa sĭ ŭ, cū sĭ i m̄ tîeh;

    if in confronting each other it is shown to be so, then he is in the wrong.

#### tī-tîang cò̤ tùi cèng?

    Who are the witnesses for the defense?

#### i àiⁿ chut lâi kio i cò̤ tùi-thâu;

    he is going to appear as his opponent.

#### nŏ̤ nâng sī tùi-thâu kâi wn-ke;

    the two are rivals of each other.

#### cêk tùi tùi-lîn;

    a pair of matched scrolls.

#### lṳ́ hó̤ tùi i tàⁿ;

    you should tell him.

#### i líang ke tiang-sî tùi chin?

    When were the parties betrothed?

#### hàm châi-hù khṳ̀ tùi sìo;

    tell the bookkeeper to go and verify the accounts.

#### sìang-kong kâi sío soiⁿ tùi cheng-chó̤;

    the accountant had beforehand verified the accounts by comparision, item by item.

#### cêk tùi huń-cío;

    a pair of pigeons.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ bŏi tùi m̄ cŭ nâng;

    shall rot in so doing fall behind other people.

#### sît-câi tùi nâng tit cŭ;

    really equal to other people.

#### tùi a m̄ tùi?

    Does it suit or not?

#### kàu sang kàu tùi;

    matches so as to make a pair.

#### tìo tùi siu kâi teng-nâng;

    hang up a pair of new lanterns.

#### tùi cieh;

    to confront.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ lâi tùi-ūaⁿ ēng tit cîⁿ a míen?

    In thus exchanging one for the other will any money be required to boot?

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ teng-tùi;

    he acts inconsistently.

#### jit tùi tang;

    the sun is on the meridian.

#### hîhⁿ m̄ tùi hâuhⁿ;

    the parts do not match; its parts do not fit each other.

#### cìⁿ sīa tùi tong-sim;

    the arrow was shot at the center of the target.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ cū tùi;

    he spoke to the point.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ tùi tī cêk tîo lō khṳ̀?

    By which road are you going?

#### hàm i tùu úa kò̤ lâi;

    tell him to come along by my house.

#### úa àiⁿ tùi i kâi chù keng kùe;

    I am going past his house.

#### tîeh mn̂g-huang siang-tùi kâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤ chin;

    those who enter in to conjugal relationship should be of the same rank in life.

#### pái bé-tùi;

    ride forth in pairs.

#### nŏ̤ nâng lâi tùi thâk kùe cū bô̤ mih tāⁿ;

    if two persons read it together, the one reading the copy aloud and the other seeing whether what is read agrees with the original, then there will not be many arrors.

#### tùi thâk kuaⁿ;

    an officer who at an examination compares the copies of essays with their originals.

#### tùi suaⁿ-kha keng-kùe;

    go along by the foot of the hill.

#### tùi cûn lâi a tùi lō lâi?

    Did you come by boat, or by the road?

#### teng tùi teng, cìang tùi cìang;

    the common soldiers oppose the common soldiers, and the generals oppose the generals.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ tùi chíu chin ke;

    these two are the parents of the married pair.

#### tùi chíu li phah i m̄ kùe;

    cannot overcome him single-handed.

#### kàu cêk ē tùi tīn kâi sî-hāu i sĭang káⁿ cìen;

    he is not at all afraid to fight ​when he is once face to face with the enemy.

#### tùi-têk;

    to oppose.

#### tùi i lí-kẃn hîam;

    kept on blaming her.

#### i àiⁿ tùi i sí;

    he will oppose him to the death.

#### i khì kàu àiⁿ tùi seⁿ nâng sí;

    he is so angry that he wants either to kill or be killed by him.

#### tùi-tùi kah;

    just exactly fits.

#### tùi sím;

    examine judicially face to face.

#### nĕ tùi-tùi;

    exactly corresponds.

#### jú ùi jú tùi;

    the more afraid your are of a thing, the more apt your are to meet it.
* 碓tùi9241128
* A foot-pestle, commonly used to hull rice; to pound in a mortar; one beat of the pestle.

#### i ŭ tùi li bô̤ khŭ, i ŭ khŭ lí bô̤ tùi;

    the one had a pestle and no mortar, and the other a mortar and no pestle.

#### cía tùi khah khin, tùi thâu tîeh lâi teh kò̤ cîeh;

    this pestle is too light, and a stone must be put on its upper end to make it heavier.

#### i kâi chíu khṳ̂ tùi hám tîeh;

    her hand was hit by the descending pestle.

#### cí kâi tùi tăng căi, tâh bô̤ hìeⁿ phû;

    this pestle is very heavy, and it does not rise much when tread upon.

#### cí kò̤ hó̤ lâi kek kâi cúi-tùi;

    this is a good place to set up a rice-pounder worked by water-power.
* 搥tûi1026410
* To beat; to pommel; to pound.

#### tûi mn̂g;

    thump on the door.

#### tûi ie;

    beat the loins to relieve pain.

#### i khì kàu tó̤ tûi sim-kuaⁿ;

    he is so vexed that he beats his breast.

#### tûi kim-pô̤h;

    beat out gold-leaf.

#### khîa ki thih-thûi lâi tûi;

    bring an iron pstle and pound it.

#### tûi-saⁿ-thûi;

    a pounder used in washing clothing.
* 墮tŭi9103212
* Dilapidated; ruined; disused; decayed; effete; to fall.

#### hùi-tŭi;

    spoiled from lack of care; worn out and useless.

#### ke-húe hùi-tŭi;

    the tools are worn and shackly.

#### chù, bô̤ nâng tīu, mín kúi nî cū hùi-tŭi khṳ̀;

    an uninhabited house becomes dilapitated in but a few years.

#### hue-hn̂g kâi chīu-bâk, bô̤ siu-sîp, hùi-hùi tŭi-tŭi;

    the shrubs of the flower garden, not being cared for, are thin and sickly.

#### hṳ́ kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi kíaⁿ-tī;

    that son of hers is a poor stick.

#### i kâi jī-sài sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi nâng;

    her husband is a poor decrepid creature.

#### tŭi lô̤h thô-tī-ĕ;

    toppled over on to the ground.

#### i kâi tho̤ tŭi tīo khṳ̀;

    she has had a miscarriage.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤, m̄ hó̤ thèng cîah;

    this medicine may produce a miscarriage and should not be taken carelessly.
* 墮tūi9103212
* To fall; to dangle by a string; to hang at the end of a rope; to let down by a rope.

#### cêk lîap cheⁿ tūi lô̤h lâi;

    a star is falling.

#### tūi tho̤;

    a miscarriage.

#### tūi lô̤h bé;

    fell off his horse.

#### ti-tu tūi si, tūi lô̤h lâi;

    the spider comes down on a thread of his own spinning.

#### cang so̤h tūi i lô̤h khṳ̀;

    let it down by a rope.

#### cang so̤h pâk lío tūi i lô̤h sîaⁿ-chîeⁿ ĕ;

    tied it to the end of a rope, and let it down over the city wall.

#### tūi tŏ̤ cúi tói;

    lower it by a rope into the water.

#### i cŏ̤ tŏ̤ cûn-po̤-kîⁿ, i kâi piⁿ tūi tŏ̤ cúi mīn;

    he sat on the edge of the boat and his queue dangled in the water.
* 隊tūi9251709
* A noun of multitude, a squad, a company, a platoon.

#### nâng cîaⁿ khûn cîaⁿ tūi;

    people in groups and squads.

#### cò̤ cêk tūi cêk tūi kîaⁿ;

    go along in squads.

#### lîet cêk tūi cêk tūi;

    ranged in squads.

#### àiⁿ pun cò̤ kúi tūi?

    How many squads will they be divided into?

#### kak kui tūi-ngó;

    each returned to his own file.

#### 3aⁿ cē àiⁿ chut tūi;

    a little later they will go forth to engage the foe.

#### cí tūi ke nâng, hṳ́ tūi cíe nâng;

    there are more in this company than in that.

#### cang cía cò̤ thâu tūi;

    make this the leading detatchment.

#### i tó̤ khîa cóng-tūi-kî;

    he is the standard-bearer of the corps.

#### bé tūi;

    cavalry regiments.

#### i kâi tūi-ngó cíaⁿ-côi căi;

    their rank and file are uniformly disposed.

#### chŵn tūi-ngó chut khṳ̀ cap îaⁿ;

    the whole army has gone into camp.