# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thui
### thui

* 梯thui882757
* A ladder; movable steps; stairs.

#### lô̤h lâu-thui;

    descend the stairs from the upper storey.

#### úa thieⁿ thui tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;

    lean a ladder against a wall.

#### peh tùi thui tèng khí khṳ̀;

    mount up by a ladder.

#### cí tieⁿ thui khah kĭa;

    the latter is too steep.

#### thui keh;

    the divisions of a ladder.

#### thui cí;

    the rungs of a ladder.

#### ŭ jît káu cí, thui cò̤ cē lô̤h;

    some day the rung will come out and he will fall, ladder and all.

#### i sĭ pûaⁿ thui chut khṳ̀;

    he traversed it and went out by means of ladders.

#### cĭeⁿ to̤-thui;

    ascend a ladder of knives, as demoniacs do.

#### tek-thui;

    a bamboo ladder.

#### hûn thui;

    a long light ladder made for scaling high walls in a siege.

#### so̤h thui;

    a rope ladder.

#### kaⁿ-ná thui;

    a ladder used in gathering olives.

#### thui-hūeⁿ;

    the hand-rail of a flight of stairs.

#### taⁿ tieⁿ thui;

    carry a ladder.
* 推thui926648
* To shirk; to evade.

#### thui pàng pât nâng sin tèng;

    shirk it upon some one else.

#### thui tīo ceh-sêng;

    shirk the responsibility.

#### thui cò̤ m̄ cai;

    excused himself by pretending he did not know.

#### thui tīo, m̄ ìn-tap;

    declined to answer.

#### thui úi;

    to shirk one's duty.
* 腿thúi92613010
* The thigh, the ham, the leg.

#### tṳ-thúi;

    a ham.

#### i kâi kha-thúi tōa kí căi;

    he has very stout legs.

#### phah tîeh i kâi ău-thúi;

    hit him on his hind leg. ​

#### húe thúi;

    smoked hams.

#### cit-thúi;

    salt hams.

#### kîaⁿ lío kha-thúi sng căi;

    my legs ache from walking.

#### thúi thâu thìaⁿ;

    my thighs ache.

#### thúi sim nêk;

    meat from near the ham bone.

#### îⁿ thúi;

    a round of ham.

#### phŏ̤ tŏ̤ kha-thúi kò̤ cŏ̤;

    took him on her lap.
* 槌thûi1027510
* A mallet, a beetle, a bludgeon, a beater, a club.

#### khîeh ki lûi-thûi lâi lûi;

    take a drumstick and drum on it.

#### cí hù kó-thûi khah tōa;

    this pair of drumsticks is too large.

#### khà káu thûi;

    a cane.

#### tâng-lô̤ thûi;

    a stick for beating a gong.

#### sái thûi;

    wield a bludgeon.

#### i kâi thûi hue mŏng-lâi hó̤ thóiⁿ;

    he brandishes his club very gracefully.

#### cí kâi thûi khah tōa, m̄ kah khŭ;

    this pestle is too large and does not fit the mortar.
* 鎚thûi10216710
* A mallet; a hammer.

#### thih thûi;

    iron hammers.

#### tâng thûi;

    brass hammers.

#### phah thih thûi;

    a sledge-hammer.

#### lûi khòng thûi;

    a gilded hammer, carried in processions.
* 錘thûi1021678
* The weight on a steelyard on in a clock.

#### châ chìn-thûi;

    a wooden weight on a steelyard bar.

#### chìn-thûi m̄ kah chìn;

    the weight does not fit the steelyard.
* 硾thūi1011128
* To sag; to cause to sag.

#### cang cîeh lâi thūi;

    put a stone in it to make it sag.

#### khò ka lâi khah thūi tó;

    the trowsers are too baggy.

#### sìⁿ thūi;

    an ornament depending from the sheath of a fan.

#### màiⁿ thūi khah tăng;

    do not make it sag too much, by putting in too heavy a weight.

#### în thūi;

    leaden weights suspended on a thing, to hold it down.
thūi ke kò̤ thih; attach another piece of iron to it to hold it down.