# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tho̤
### tho̤

* 胎tho̤8471305
* The womb.

#### ŭ tho̤;

    pregnant.

#### sĭu tho̤;

    to conceive.

#### hía īeⁿ sĭ sĭu tho̤ kâi īeⁿ;

    that is the way it is with those who are pregnant.

#### tho̤ lô̤h tīo;

    had a miscarriage.

#### tŭi tho̤ îeh; cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤;

    medicine that will produce an abortion.

#### thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;

    the first-born son.

#### māng-kìⁿ sĭ i lâi tâu tho̤;

    dreamed that it took up its abode in her womb.

#### uaⁿ tho̤ îeh, pó̤ tho̤ hû;

    medicine or charms that will prevent miscarriage.

#### tho̤-ui;

    the placenta.

#### bō̤ tho̤;

    an official cap without any button or fringe.

#### thiⁿ ĕ kâi ûah-mûeh ŭ khí sĭ sĭ hùe seⁿ;

    of living creatures under the sun some are viviparous, some are oviparous, some are produced by moisture and some by metamotphosis.

#### nâng kio sìu sĭ tho̤ seⁿ kâi;

    men and beasts are viviparous.

#### tŏ̤ bó̤ tho̤ tèng cū cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

    blind from birth.

#### kùai tho̤;

    a womb that produces monstrosities.
* 妥thó̤912384
* Secure; safe; stable; firm; at ease; settled; quite; ready; prepared.

#### thó̤-thiap;

    well arranged; settled; properly done.

#### thó̤-tàng; thò̤-tǹg;

    secure; everything right.

#### thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng;

    as safe and correct as possible.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ thó̤-tǹg a m̄ thó̤-tǹng?

    Do you consider it all securely settled or not?

#### lí kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;

    have attended to it so thoroughly as to leave everything completely arranged.
* 討thó̤8711493
* To ask for; to seek; to dun.

#### thó̤ cè;

    to dun for the amount of a debt.

#### thó̤ sìo;

    ask what is due on a bill.

#### i lâi thó̤ îeh;

    he has come to get the medicine that was promised him.

#### m̄ thó̤ hó̤;

    I won't have it so.

#### in-ūi thó̤ cîⁿ sie-mēⁿ;

    were quarreling because one dunned the other.

#### i àiⁿ thó̤-tńg mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    he is going to demand a return of the articles.

#### thó̤ cîah;

    ask for food.

#### m̄ kio i thó̤;

    does not ask him to repay it.

#### thó̤ m̄ khí;

    cannot get him to repay it.
* 退thò̤9261626
* To retreat; to retire; to recede; to draw back; to decline; to back out of; to refuse; to excuse; to withdraw; to abate; to yield; to give up to; not to be forward.

#### sái bûe-nâng khṳ́ thò̤ chin;

    sent the go-between to break the betrothal.

#### cìn thò̤ líang lâng;

    to advance or retreat is equally difficult.

#### i ŭ cò̤ thò̤ hùe a bô̤?

    Does he loan goods to be sold at retail?

#### bōi m̄ khṳ̀ kâi hùe thò̤ tńg khṳ̀ hâiⁿ i;

    the goods that cannot be sold are taken back and returned to him.

#### hâiⁿ cîⁿ bô̤ thò̤ pō;

    do not diminish the price that has once been offered.

#### thò̤ sok;

    to shrink, as cloth does in washing; to draw in, as a snail into its shell; to show the white feather.

#### īa sĭ lîm tīn thò̤-sok kâi cū àiⁿ cám;

    any who draw back when face to face with the enemy will be beheaded.

#### thò̤-piaⁿ;

    to retreat.

#### sói lío cū àiⁿ thò̤ sek;

    it will face when washed.

#### thò̤ pō;

    to retire, to step back.

#### tò̤-thò̤;

    to back out, to withdraw.

#### tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;

    to walk backwards.

#### i kâi kun lĕng ngîam căi, ŭ cìn bô̤ thò̤;

    their military discipline is very strict, they may advance but not retreat.

#### cìn put lêng cìn, thò̤ put lêng thò̤;

    can neither advance nor retreat.

#### àiⁿ cìu put tit, àiⁿ thò̤ put lêng;

    can move neither one way nor the other.

#### khéng sĭeⁿ thò̤ cêk pō mih sṳ̄ to̤ bô̤;

    if willing to yield a step there would be no trouble.

#### îeh khṳt i thò̤ chìn cē cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;

    let the medicine cool a little and then take it.

#### kám pàng thô ĕ khṳt i thò̤ tīo húe-khì;

    set it down on the ground and let it cool off.

#### nâng cē ŭ nî-hùe cū thò̤ sèⁿ;

    as people ​grow older they become less irrascible.

#### i cîah kàu cìeⁿ lău-tōa, kâi sèⁿ hŵn-lío bŏi thò̤;

    he has lived to such age and yet his temper is no less quick.

#### cí cêk īeⁿ îeh ŏi thò̤ húe;

    this medicine will reduce inflammation.

#### i cêk sin kâi sie-jîet ŏi thò̤ a būe?

    Has his fever abated yet?

#### sie ío thò̤ lío;

    the fever is abating.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi thò̤ sie;

    this medicine diminishes fever.

#### i hīn-khek thò̤ khì lío;

    it has now lost its odor.

#### i kâi lâk thò̤ ho̤h cōi;

    her strength is much diminished.

#### thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi kìu-piaⁿ cē lâi cū lak-thò̤;

    when they saw the rescuing force, they retreated.

#### thò̤-hûe pńg tīn;

    withdrew into their own ranks.

#### àiⁿ cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ thò̤ pō;

    if you are going to do this, you must leave a way of retreat for yourself.

#### hŭam sṳ̄ àiⁿ cò̤ tîeh phah-sǹg cìn kàu tī-kò̤, thò̤ kàu tī-kò̤;

    in everything that one plans to do, one must make up his mind to what point he will press forward, and to what point he will yield.

#### īa sĭ bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ thò̤ pō, sṳ̄ cū būe hó̤ kîaⁿ;

    if there be no opportunity for withdrawal, it is not best to act yet.

#### khṳt i thò̤ kíam ho̤h cōi ngṳ̂n;

    had the price greatly diminished by him.

#### piaⁿ-bé cū thiu-thò̤;

    remanded the troops.

#### léng thò̤ cē;

    push it back a little.

#### ēng tîeh m̄ hó̤ i àiⁿ thò̤ cîⁿ;

    if in using it I find it is not good, he is to abate the price.

#### téng m̄ kàu li cìe thò̤;

    if it is not full weight, will diminish the price accordingly.
* 脫thò̤9131427
* Exuviæ, cast off skins.

#### cûa thò̤, sîam thò̤, sîen thò̤;

    the cast off skins of snakes or cicadas.
* 桃thô̤870756
* The peach.

#### phŵn thô̤; sien-thô̤;

    the peach which blossoms and bears fruit once in ten thousand years, and restores the youth of fairies.

#### thô̤-hue;

    a peach blossom.

#### thò̤ hût;

    peach stones.

#### thô̤ jîn;

    the kernel of peach stones.

#### thô̤-âng-sek;

    peach pink.

#### thô̤-ki lío-ki sĭ ēng lâi phek sîa phek kúi;

    peach and willow branches are used for driving out noxious influences and demons.

#### khó thô̤;

    the cling-stone peach.

#### pêh pn̄g thò̤;

    the free-stone peach.

#### cí lîap thô̤ sâuh kah tîam;

    this peach is firm-fleshed and sweet.

#### hût-thô;

    walnuts.

#### thô̤-âng cúa;

    pink paper.

#### thô̤ kúe;

    globular cakes.

#### cût-bí pn̄g thô̤;

    balls of glutinous rice.

#### thô̤ cúaⁿ;

    a small spherical lamp.

#### thô̤ ìn;

    a globular seal.

#### thô̤ mô̤ⁿ;

    the down on a peach.
* 酡thô̤9121645
* Rosy.

#### seⁿ lâi nĕ thô̤-thô̤;

    she has naturally a high color.

#### i cí hûe seⁿ lâi cìaⁿ sĭ thô̤-thô̤ kâi sî-hāu

    she is now in the flush of youth.