# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thong
### thong

* 蓪thong99314011

#### thong-cháu;

    the Aralia papyrifera$^*$, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.

#### châng-phàⁿ cū sĭ thong-cháu cò̤ kâi;

    pith-paper is made from this herbaceous plant.
* 通thong9321627
* To see clearly; to perceive; to make known to others; to have dealings or political relations with; to communicate.

#### i kâi tó lăi nĕ thong-thong;

    he is very clear-headed.

#### hṳ́ khí nâng cn̂g kâi m̄ thong;

    such people do not take in the meaning at all.

#### i cn̂g kâi m̄ thong chêng;

    he does not at all understand the state of affairs.

#### cí lăi tîeh khui khṳt i thong huang cē;

    this must be opened to let the air in.

#### phīⁿ sak kín, m̄ thong khí;

    my nose is stopped up so that I cannot breathe through it.

#### cē phah ka1-thì khì cū thong;

    as soon as you sneeze the passages will be opened.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ phah thong khṳ̀;

    the two have an understanding with each other.

#### àm-cĕⁿ soiⁿ thong pīn;

    secretly came to an understanding with each other beforehand.

#### úa àm-cĕⁿ thong lṳ́, lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai ṳ̆-pĭ;

    I give you an inkling of it, that you may prepare for it.

#### thong-sṳ̄;

    an interpreter.

#### i cò̤ thong-sṳ̄;

    he is the linguist employed in the transaction of business.

#### thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;

    are generally designated as teachers.

#### lō-mn̂g m̄ thong;

    the way is not open.

#### sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi pìen thong;

    the thing must accommodate itself to circumstances.

#### thong tâk sì-chêng;

    well versed in affairs.

#### i khṳ̀ thong-tâng i;

    he went and informed then.

#### sie thong;

    intercommunicating.

#### thong cai;

    to notify.
* 寵thóng1104016
* To think much of.

#### hṳ́ kâi sĭ i cùe thóng-ài kâi chiap;

    that is his favorite concubine.

#### hṳ́ lăihùaⁿ nâng cū sĭ cí kâi sĭang tit thóng;

    of all those in there this is the one that is most beloved.
* 塚thóng1073210
* A sepulcher.

#### bói cêk kò̤ tī cò̤ ngĭ-thóng;

    buy a piece of land for a potter's field.

#### líu lô̤h khṳ̀ hṳ́ tói ŭ kháu kó thóng;

    in digging down we found an old tomb below.

#### múaⁿ-tī kò̤ cǹng kàu kio ngĭ-thóng-po hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    graves are everywhere as thick as in a public cemetery.
* 冡thóng107148
* Eminent; honorable.

#### thóng-cái;

    the premier.

#### thóng-cái cū sĭ cái-sìang;

    the premier is the prime minister.
* 統thóng9631206
* Total, entire, general, all under one head; to control, to rule.

#### thiⁿ ĕ cêk thóng;

    the whole empire is under one sway.

#### úa àiⁿ phah kàu kui thóng;

    I wish to get the monopoly of it.

#### cóng-tok thóng-sôk bûn bṳ́;

    the governor controls both the civilians and military men.

#### thói-thóng;

    one's character.

#### màiⁿ bô̤ thói-thóng;

    do not disgrace yourself.

#### thóng-kāng ŭ jîeh cōi?

    What is the sum total?

#### ēng tī-tîang cò̤ cóng-thóng?

    Whom does he employ as factotum?

#### pō-kun thóng-nía;

    the commander in chief of the infantry at Peking.
* 痛thòng9361047
* Heart-rending; distressing; with energy; extremely; painfully.

#### thòng-khùai;

    to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.

#### mēⁿ khṳ̀ thòng-khùai căi;

    scolded until he felt perfectly content.

#### ūe tàⁿ kàu thòng-khùai căi;

    talked until she had talked herself out.

#### i ín-keng thòng kói côiⁿ hui;

    he has sincerely repented of his past errors.
* 童thông9341177
* A youth, a lad, a student; boyish, youthful; undefiled, pure.

#### thông-lâm;

    a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.

#### thông-ńng;

    a virgin.

#### thông-cṳ́;

    a boy.

#### ke-thông;

    servants; young men, hired or bought, or born in the house.

#### sîn thông;

    a bright lad.

#### nín kùi kūiⁿ kháu-kà ŭ jîeh cōi thông-seng?

    How many youths attend the examinations in your district?

#### i hieⁿ-lí chûn nŏ̤ kâi lău-thông tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    there are only two candidates for degrees, who have for a long time been such, remaining in their village.

#### cṳ-thông;

    students.

#### îeh-thông;

    medical students.

#### bûn-thông, bú-thông;

    candidates for degrees, ​civil or military.

#### i cîah kàu hô̤h hwt thông ngŵn;

    he has a rosy face and hoary hair.

#### i cṳ̆ sòi síu thông-ceng;

    he took vows of chastity in his youth.

#### i hŵn-lío sĭ hăi-thông khì;

    he is still youthful in his feelings.

#### saⁿ-câp būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;

    one is a youth so long as he is not past thirty.
* 瞳thông93510912
* The pupil of the eye.

#### i kâi mâk thìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi gāi tîeh thông-jîn a bŏi?

    Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?

#### i kâi thông-jîn en̂g kâi bū;

    the pupils of his eyes have a cloudy look all over them.

#### lêk cúi kẁn thông-jîn;

    a cataract has spread over the pupil.

#### i kâi thông-jîn pêh-bū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

    his pupil is an opaque white, and he cannot see at all.
* 幢幡thông-hwn116
* Streamers; pendant screens; pendant scrolls of silk before a shrine.

#### cêk sang thông-hwn hĭⁿ-kau;

    a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.
* 同thông933303
* Alike; identical; matched.

#### tăi thông sío ĭ;

    the difference is less than the similarity.

#### thông cṳ́;

    one born in the same year.
* 洞thōng931856
* To understand thoroughly; to see through a subject; acquainted with.

#### i ío thōng-sek mîn-chêng;

    he understands human nature.

#### cía tîeh ŭ thōng-sek cía sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi lí;

    this must be managed by someone who understands such business.