íeⁿ
- íeⁿ che khṳ̀ chê;
- send a constable to examine.
- íeⁿ kūiⁿ pín-hôk;
- order the district magistrate to respond.
- íeⁿ cêk khûn îeⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- rear a flock of kids.
- cía tńg-kùe íeⁿ tṳ-cai;
- this is like rearing little pigs.
- cieⁿ-íeⁿ;
- to nurse one's health; to nourish and care for.
- tńg khṳ̀ chù cieⁿ-íeⁿ sì kâi gûeh cìaⁿ hôk-ngŵn;
- went home and nursed his health for four months, after which he regained his usual strength.
- tâng sòi-sòi sĭ i cieⁿ-íeⁿ kàu tōa;
- it was she who brought him up from his infancy.
- i lăi bô̤ nâng cieⁿ-íeⁿ i;
- he has no one in his home to take care of him.
- îeⁿ kim, îeⁿ ngṳ̂n, îeⁿ siak, îeⁿ tâng;
- fuse gold, silver, pewter or brass.
- m̄ sĭ ēng im húe îeⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;
- it cannot be melted in other than a covered fire.
- cí īeⁿ tîeh ēng îeh cìaⁿ hó̤ îeⁿ;
- in order to melt this a chemical preparation must be used.
- îeⁿ ka;
- melt glue.
- cía tîeh îeⁿ kò̤ hŵn lâi ún cìaⁿ hó̤;
- this must have some melted alum to dip it in.
- tŏ̤ huang-lô tīm kàu îeⁿ khṳ̀;
- it has been heated in the furnace till it is melted.
- îeⁿ-bûe;
- the Chinese strawberry.
- îeⁿ-bûe pó;
- the dried fruit of the arbutus tree.
- îeⁿ-bûe thien phàu; îeⁿ-bûe kak-tâk;
- malignant red ulcers.
- suaⁿ-îeⁿ;
- goats.
- mîⁿ-îeⁿ;
- sheep.
- îeⁿ kíaⁿ; îeⁿ ko̤;
- kids or lambs.
- îeⁿ kak;
- a ram's horn.
- îeⁿ kó, îeⁿ bó̤;
- a ram and an ewe.
- îeⁿ nêk;
- mutton.
- îeⁿ ău thúi;
- a hind-quarter of mutton.
- îeⁿ côiⁿ thúi;
- a forequarter of mutton.
- îeⁿ phiaⁿ;
- a spare-rib of mutton.
- chī îeⁿ;
- to keep sheep.
- cíeⁿ îeⁿ;
- to watch sheep.
- jīo îeⁿ;
- to drive sheep.
- îeⁿ khûn;
- a flock of sheep.
- cêk ciah îeⁿ;
- one sheep.
- cíeⁿ îeⁿ kâi nâng;
- a shepherd.
- pêh kau-phûe, o kau-phûe sĭ îeⁿ-kíaⁿ phûe;
- black lamb-skin, and white lamb-skin are the pelts of lambs.
- cháu-cieⁿ-sng sĭ būe chut sì kâi îeⁿ-kíaⁿ phûe;
- Astrakhan fur is the skin of unborn lambs.
- îeⁿ-hŭe tŏ̤-lí;
- to collate doctrines.
- i thóiⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ îeⁿ-hŭe;
- he has not combined the results of his study.
- cṳ thâk lío m̄ îeⁿ-hŭe;
- he does not digest what he reads.
- ūe tàⁿ lâi îeⁿ-cîap;
- his speech was well connected in its parts.
- îeⁿ jîn;
- foreigners.
- îeⁿ hùe;
- foreign goods.
- îeⁿ cûn;
- foreign shipping.
- îeⁿ îeh; îeⁿ hun;
- foreign opium.
- îeⁿ cîⁿ;
- foreign money.
- kùe îeⁿ;
- go to foreign parts.
- châng-îeⁿ;
- the open sea.
- îeⁿ mīn;
- the surface of the ocean.
- îeⁿ pò;
- an offing.
- tōa sai îeⁿ;
- Europe.
- sĭ sai îeⁿ nâng, a sĭ tang îeⁿ nâng?
- Is he a European or an Asiatic?
- hwt ki hwt ĭeⁿ;
- sends forth branches and sprouts.
- i khí-thâu-ĕ piuh ĭeⁿ;
- it has begun to send out suckers.
- cìe īeⁿ cò̤;
- make it like the pattern.
- sin īeⁿ;
- a new style.
- cang cí kâi cò̤ īeⁿ;
- take this for a sample.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?
- What sort do you want?
- cí cêk īeⁿ hó̤ mē?
- Is this kind good?
- cí kâi nâng ko̤h īeⁿ ko̤h sìeⁿ;
- this is a queer looking person.
- màiⁿ khṳ̀ ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ;
- do not follow his example.
- i tó̤ ô̤h īeⁿ ô̤h sìeⁿ;
- he is imitating them.
- tang ieⁿ;
- of the same kind.
- m̄ tâng īeⁿ;
- differing in kind.
- chŵn bô̤ kâi īeⁿ;
- is very unstylish.
- cíe-cíe tîeh pōiⁿ ŭ sì īeⁿ khṳ̀ sàng i;
- at the very least there must be four sorts made ready to present to him.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh cìaⁿ ŭ kâi īeⁿ;
- it looks rather stylish.
- cuang mô̤ⁿ cò̤ īeⁿ;
- dress the hair fashionably.
- i tó̤ tieⁿ īeⁿ;
- he is putting on airs.
- màiⁿ tó̤ cuang īeⁿ;
- do not put on airs.
- gūa mīn thóiⁿ tîeh īeⁿ-sìeⁿ li ho̤h hó̤;
- the external appearance is very fine.
- seⁿ lâi ŭ kâi īeⁿ;
- has a style of its own.
- īeⁿ-īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ i to pat;
- he understands all sorts of business.
- cí īeⁿ su kùe hṳ́ īeⁿ;
- this sort is inferior to that.
- cò̤-nî īeⁿ?
- In what manner?
- ĭ īeⁿ;
- a rare species.
- cí koiⁿ phò kâi ôi īeⁿ hó̤;
- this shop has shoes of a good shape.
- to sĭ cêk īeⁿ;
- they are all of one style.
- pêⁿ-pêⁿ īeⁿ;
- the same sort.
- pât īeⁿ;
- another kind.
- m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;
- not the same.
- khṳ̀ a-î kò̤ pàng kâi bō̤ īeⁿ;
- go to aunt's and take the pattern of her hat.
- pàng sang ôi īeⁿ;
- take off the pattern of a pair of shoes.
- tī cêk īeⁿ?
- Which sort is it?
- căi seⁿ īeⁿ?
- What sort of thing is it?