Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- cía sĭ i kâi ì hō̤;
- this is the title conferred on him since his death.
- ì huap sĭ cṳ̆ ciu chîo cìaⁿ ŭ kâi;
- the custom of conferring posthumous titles existed from the time of the Chau dynasty.
- i sí ău ì-cò̤ mih mîaⁿ?
- What was the name which was conferred upon him by the emperor after his death?
- 意ì282619
- Idea; intention; thought; motive.
- úa m̄ cai i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
- I do not know what it means.
- sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?
- What does it mean?
- kak nâng kak nâng cip cêk kâi ì;
- each held to his own purpose.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ cip ka-kī kâi ì;
- do not be tenacious of your own notions.
- thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;
- it appears nonsensical.
- m̄-hó̤ ì-sṳ̀;
- disreputable; a bad idea.
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ cú bô̤ ì;
- he acts without any fixed purpose.
- i ío ŏi, tîeh chíaⁿ i lâi cú-ì;
- he is clever, and we must ask him to come and determine what shall be done.
- lṳ́ kio úa cú-ì;
- you decide for me.
- úa m̄ káⁿ cú-ì kâi ì;
- I dare not decide upon any design.
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ tōa cú tōa ì;
- he acts with great decision.
- i tōa cú tōa ì khṳ̀ cò̤;
- he went and did it with great determination.
- m̄ tèng i kâi ì;
- not according to his notions.
- ké-ì m̄ hàuⁿ;
- pretended to be averse to it.
- tèⁿ ì;
- pretended to be of that mind.
- úa hó̤ chêng hó̤ ì kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
- I told you with a good motive.
- tàⁿ ūe bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;
- talks nonsense.
- jû-ì;
- as you desire; a woman's head ornaments.
- bw̄n sṳ̄ jû-ì;
- may everything be to your liking.
- chah jû-ì;
- wear ornaments in the hair.
- jû-ì păng;
- an aigrette worn in the hair.
- cē m̄ jû i-kâi ìcū khì;
- if everything is not just as he wishes he gets angry.
- chut nâng ì gūa;
- beyond all human expectation.
- ì gūa, līo m̄ kàu kâi sṳ̄;
- something unexpected, and beyond all that had been calculated upon.
- m̄ kùe ì;
- not more than was expected.
- thóiⁿ tîeh cí hûe kùe ì căi;
- it appears that this time there is more than we had thought of.
- i m̄ sĭ kù ì cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- he did not do so intentionally.
- kù-ì;
- of deliberate purpose.
- i ŭ sim ŭ ì lâi sàng lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh siu;
- he has thoughtfully and purposely brought them for you, and you must accept them.
- tit ì căi;
- happily chanced.
- cieh ì cieh ì nē;
- ironical; a double meaning.
- m̄ hó̤ khah tîeh ì;
- it is not well to have your mind too strongly set upon it.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ i sĭ sĭm-mih ì-kìen?
- What do you think his opinion to be?
- hô̤ ì?
- What does it mean?
- put ì;
- unintentional.
- úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́ bô̤ ì àiⁿ bói;
- I perceive that you have no intention of buying it.
- bô̤ ì àiⁿ bōi;
- does not intend to sell.
- tâng sim tâng ì;
- of the same mind.
- sía ì;
- make a rough draught.
- cía m̄ sĭ kong pit, sĭ ì pit;
- this is not the clean
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copy, it is the first draught.
- ì pit ío o̤h ūe;
- the rough sketch is the more difficult to draw.
- hâh lṳ́ kâi ì mē?
- Is it in accordance with your wishes?
- thóiⁿ tîeh hâh ì căi;
- it appears to be just what I want.
- hâh úa kâi ì īu tîeh hâh lṳ́ kâi ì;
- it suits me and must also suit you.
- nín nŏ̤ nâng jī ke hŭe ì;
- you two understand each other.
- i sǹg sĭ ŭ sṳ ì;
- he has private ends.
- m̄ hó̤ cang ì chek-tâk;
- do not make it up out of your own head.
- chŵn bô̤ seⁿ ì;
- has no business capacity.
- nín màiⁿ seⁿ ì khì, tîeh hûa-hûa;
- you must not get cross with each other, you must be good friends.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí ì?
- Who was it that started this idea?
- i mâiⁿ kâi ì tŏ̤ kò̤;
- it has a hidden meaning.
- i cwn sim cwn ì cò̤;
- he does it heartily.
- lṳ́ kâi ì sĭ àiⁿ cò̤-nî?
- What is your idea about it?
- lṳ́ ì àiⁿ hô̤ ûi?
- What would you have?
- thóiⁿ chut i ŭ hẃn ì;
- perceive that he has changed his mind.
- híen-híen chut i kâi cìaⁿ ì;
- shows his real motives.
- i chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;
- he has no two minds about it.
- cē tàⁿ i cū hío ì;
- as soon as you speak he will catch the idea.
- kim khue tit ì nâng, īa sĭ côiⁿ khue sit ì nâng;
- those who at this examination attain their wish, are those who at former examinations failed to attain their wish.
- sĭ kam chêng, ì ngw̆n;
- it is done cordially.
- ì bé sim ŵn;
- his will is like a horse's and his heart like an ape's; he is strong and inconstant.
- cn̂g kâi bô̤ pit ì;
- there is no meaning in the strokes of the pen.
- lîp ì;
- to make up the mind; to determine.
- 飴î2751845
- Comfits; tidbits.
- î-thn̂g;
- barley sugar; sweet-meats.
- 夷î276373
- Barbarians; to kill.
- î-jîn;
- barbarians.
- î káu-côk;
- slay the whole race.
- î-pang;
- foreigners.
- î-têk;
- northern savages.
- mâng-î;
- southern savages.
- 移î2741156
- To transpose; to shift; to move; to change the place or direction of.
- î khui khṳ̀;
- to move off.
- î-súa ío kṳ̆n cē;
- move it up a little nearer.
- î bûn khṳ̀ i kò̤;
- sent off a dispatch to him.
- î khua cĭu kín;
- to accommodate with a timely loan.
- î-nô̤ ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ peh ngṳ̂n cieh i ēng;
- borrow two or three hundred dollars in order to lend it to him.
- cía sĭ thòi i î-nô̤ kâi;
- this borrowed from another and lent to him.
- î lâi, cieh khṳ̀;
- borrow and lend.
- chùn pō lâng î;
- it is very difficult for me to get away a single step.
- put lêng î-êk;
- it cannot be altered.
- î hue ciap bâk;
- to graft flowers on a tree.
- î hŭa tha nâng; î hŭa
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