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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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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.
  • îeⁿ1071759
  • The arbutus.
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.
  • îeⁿ10721230
  • A sheep or goat.
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.
  • îeⁿ114714210
  • Blending; combining; harmonizing.
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.
  • îeⁿ1072856
  • Foreign; the ocean; vast.
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?
  • ĭeⁿ108114017
  • Sprouts, shoots.
hwt ki hwt ĭeⁿ;
sends forth branches and sprouts.
i khí-thâu-ĕ piuh ĭeⁿ;
it has begun to send out suckers.
  • īeⁿ10737511
  • Manner; style; pattern; sort; shape.
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?

ieh

  • ieh11171203
  • To bind by a contract; to form a treaty or compact; an agreement.
lîp hûa ieh;
establish a treaty of peace.
lîp hâp ieh;
make a contract.
sit ieh;
violate a contract.
ieh úa kio i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
agreed that I should go with him.
ieh tīaⁿ-tîeh;
made a definite agreement.
i kàu sî cū pŭe ieh;
when the time arrived he broke the compact.
cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ jû ieh;
not done according to contract.
ieh khî;
fix a time.
put ieh jṳ̂ tâng;
to agree undesignedly.
i ieh móng sî hâiⁿ úa;
he agreed to pay me at a certain time.
bô̤ tẁn bô̤ ieh;
no compact was made.
i nŏ̤ nâng ŭ tẁn ieh;
the two have made a compact.
i àm-cĕⁿ tẁn-ieh i;
he secretly promised him.
  • ieh942948
  • To guess.
ieh m̄ tîeh;
did not guess rightly.
úa ieh m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
I do not know what to guess.
thèng ieh;
guess at random.
cò̤ kâi mīaⁿ lâi ieh;
guess at fates.
cía o̤h ieh;
this is hard to guess.
a noⁿ-kíaⁿ ieh sang a khia;
children guess at odds or evens.
cē ieh cū tîeh;
guessed it at once.
khṳt lṳ́ ieh;
let you guess at it.