jîn

  • jîn28690
  • The human race; man; mankind; personal; human.
hŭ-jîn nâng;
women.
lông jîn;
farmers.
lâm-jîn, ńng-jîn;
men and women.
kang jîn;
workmen.
hŭam jîn;
criminals.
sôk jîn;
common people.
îeⁿ jîn;
foreigners.
jîn-mîn;
the people.
jîn chîn;
the nobility.
hŭam cŭe kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ cŭe jîn;
those who sin, are called sinners.
hó̤ kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ sĭen jîn;
the good are called the righteous.
cun hŭ-jîn;
your wife.
tăi-jîn;
the great man; exalted sir.
sío jîn;
the rude, the unlearned.
sêng jîn lío;
he is of age.
hŭ-jîn kâi pín-khip sĭ hu-jîn, sok jîn, kiong-jîn, ngî-jîn, ang-jîn, jû-jîn, lâk khí;
the titles given to women are six, depending on the rank of the husband, whether he be of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth rank.
chîu-jîn; têk-jîn;
an enemy.
ṳn jîn; tōa ṳn jîn;
a benefactor.
ûi jîn-kun kâi nâng;
the Emperor.
ûi jîn-cú tîeh kîaⁿ-hàu pĕ-bó̤;
the crown-prince even must obey his parents.
kiaⁿ ùi m̄ sêng jîn;
fear he is not going to be much of a man.
seⁿ lâi cū sĭ kâi múiⁿ jîn;
is a well-made man.
sĭang jîn;
the head of the house.
jîn-mûeh;
folk.
ko̤h īeⁿ kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ ĭ jîn;
people who are unlike other people are called queer.
seng jîn put cṳ̆-căi, cŭ-căi put seng jîn;
successful people are not those who live at ease, and those who live at ease are not successful.
  • jîn28792
  • Charity; humanity; benevolence; humane; a kernel, a pit, a small seed.
jîn-ngĭ;
just.
i sĭ kîaⁿ jîn-tek kâi nâng;
he is one who acts with regard to the welfare of others.
i kâi sim jîn-chṳ̂;
he is tender-hearted.
i sĭm sĭ jîn-ài peh-sèⁿ;
he is very regardful of the weal of the people.
cí kâi nâng put jîn;
this person has no regard for others.
i bô̤ jîn bô̤ ngĭ;
he has no sense of justice.
hĕng-jîn;
almonds.
tī-tāu jîn;
the meat of peanuts.
kúe-cí jîn;
the pit of fruits.
mâk-ciu jîn;
the eyeball.
thông jîn;
the pupil of the eye.
ìⁿ-bí-jîn;
maize.
  • jīn2891497
  • To confess; to recognize.
m̄ jīn, phah kàu i jīn;
if he will not own up to it, beat him till he does.
i m̄ khéng jīn cŭe;
he will not confess his sin.
i jīn cŭe lío;
he has already confessed his fault.
jīn m̄ chut;
does not recognize it.
jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀; m̄ pat tò̤ jīn;
have no mark by which to know it.
úa jīn tîeh i;
I recognized it.
khṳt úa jīn tîeh;
it was recognized by me.
chíaⁿ nâng lâi tam jīn;
ask some one to spy out whether it is the same one.
i keh-pîet kú, jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
they have been long separated, and do not recognize each other.
i m̄ jīn úa;
he does not recognize me.
i sĭ lâi măuⁿ jīn kâi;
he has come to lay claim to it, on the ground of recognizng it as his own.
i m̄ sêng jīn;
he did not feel wholly sure that it was the same one.
jīn m̄ cheng-chó̤;
not certain that it was the same one.
i ang cía sie jīn;
the husband and wife recognized each other.
jīn-cin;
scrupulous.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ jīn cin;
he acts with scrupulous regard to truth.