Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mien

by Adele Marion Fielde

mien

• 免míen594105
• To free from; to dispense with; no need of.

kùa míen-cìen pâi;

bear a flag of truce.

būe míen khut tîeh i;

spares no opportunity to oppress him.

sìa-míen i kâi cŭe;

forgive his offense.

sái i míen sĭu khó;

arrange things so that she need not suffer.

• 勉míen594197
• To force one’s self to do; compelled by circumstances; to put forth effort.

míen lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;

forced himself to go and do it.

lṳ́ màiⁿ míen-kíang i;

do not compel him to it.

míen-kíang i khṳ̀ cò̤;

constrained him to go and do it.

khí-thâu-ē sĭ míen-kíang cò̤, míen-kíang kú cū cṳ̆-jîen;

in the beginning it is done by constraint, after long constraint it is done as a matter of course.

• 鮸míen5941957

míen-hṳ̂;

a yellow fish, found in the sea near Corea; its sound is fit for making glue.

míen-hṳ̂ phĭe;

the sound of the yellow fish.

míen-hṳ̂ ka;

glue made from the sound of the yellow fish.

• 敏míen598667
• Active; prompt; clever; witty.

i kâi châi-chêng míen-cîap căi;

he is very active in both body and mind.

īu míen-cîap cò̤ lâi īu hó̤;

the more promptly it is done, the better.

• 憫míen5976112
• To commiserate.

lîen-míen;

have compassion upon.

lîen-míen tîeh i;

took pity on him.

• 緜mîen5931208
• Prolonged ; enduring ; lasting; uninterrupted.

mîen-íen;

enduring, lasting.

kiaⁿ-ùi m̄ mîen-íen;

fear it will not be permanent.

hok sīu mîen-chîang;

may your prosperity and your life be prolonged.