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nâng;

disturbed a great many people.
ín-tŏng i kâi sim;
brought on a disturbance of mind.
ín-íu i khṳ̀ cò̤ m̄-hó̤ kâi sṳ̄;
deluded him into evil doing.
màiⁿ ín-íu i khṳ̀ thit-thô̤;
do not induce him to go off for amusement.
ín lō;
conduct on the way.
lō-ín;
a guide-post.
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  • To answer; to respond.
úa mn̄g lṳ́, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ ìn-tap?
Why do you not answer when I speak to you?
úa mn̄g i, i ìn-tap m̄ lâi;
I asked him but he could not answer.
mēⁿ lío, i m̄ káⁿ ìn;
he dare not answer back when he is berated.
cêk kìe cêk ìn;
a call and response.
tī-kò̤ i to ìn ŭ lâi;
he can answer wherever you question him.
i cīeⁿ jît íⁿ-keng ìn-sêng úaⁿ;
he promised it to me, some days ago.
ŭ nâng kìe-ìn;
some one stands as security.
cí pit sìo sĭ úa kio i kìe-ìn kâi;
in this bill I will stand as security for him.
  • ìn1103264
  • A seal; to seal; to print; to imprint.
gêk ìn, ngṳ̂n ìn, cúi-ciaⁿ ìn, châ ìn, kak ìn, tàng-cîeh ìn;
seals made of jade, silver, crystal, wood, horn, and pebble.
ìn cṳ;
to print books.
kuah ìn phò;
a shop where seals are cut.
khek ìn;
engrave a seal.
tio ìn;
carve a seal.
khap ìn;
to impress with a seal.
ēng ìn;
used stamps.
kuaⁿ ìn;
official seal.
huang ìn, khui ìn;
to shut and open the seals, as at the end and beginning of the year.
mn̂g ìn;
the door and the seal keepers in a yamun.
ìn sek;
sealing wax, or ink.
ìn-tn̂g;
the frontal sinus.
khùa sùe-ìn;
act as generalissimo.
ìn sìn;
stamp a letter.
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  • To wind around; to go about; to environ; to make a circuit of; to compass.
în cêk khuang lō;
made a circuit.
în cêk ûi miⁿ-miⁿ;
encompass closely.
cí tîo sùaⁿ hó̤ în-bûa;
wind up this thread.
so̤h în cêk kho cêk kho, în khí;
coil up the rope in coils.
lí-kẃn în, lí-kẃn în;
winding round and round.
în lô̤h ho̤h cōi;
wound on a great quantity.
în cò̤ kâi kîu;
wind it up into a ball.
în kâi kîu khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thô̤;
wind a ball for the children to play with.
în cúa-īe so̤h;
wind up the tail of the kite.
cêk nâng tháu cêk nâng în;
one person winds, and the other unwinds.
úa în lío khṳt i tháu tīo;
after I had wound it, he went and unwound it.
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  • To practice a calling.
în sîp;
learn by practice.
în bú;
practice military exercises.
în hì jîeh cōi
thâi?
How many plays has he learned to perform?
in-sîp bú gōi;
drill as a soldier.
în ngĭ;
exercise justice.
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  • The third of the twelve branches, symbolized by a tiger, and connected with wood.
în-sî;
from 3 to 5 o'clock A.M.
thiⁿ-kng în, jît-chut báu;
from dawn to sunrise.
tâng-în kâi nâng;
a colleague.
tâng-în cí mūe;
female friends.
tâng-în kâi kuaⁿ;
a fellow officer.
în pin kẃn;
a reception room.
în nî, în gûeh, în jît;
the third year, month, or day in the cycle of twelve.
în kúaiⁿ;
lead ore.
în tîo;
pigs of lead.
în kẃn;
lead canisters.
în hún;
white lead.
în cí;
leaden bullets.
în siu;
a lead comb.
swn în teng;
put in a plug of lead.
în thūi;
leaden weights.
în pit;
lead pencils.
în póiⁿ;
lead type.
cù în;
to cast lead.
în cù lô̤h bô;
pour the lead into the mold.
màiⁿ cham în;
do not mix in lead with it.
cí kâi ngṳ̂n kẁn în kâi;
this silver is adulterated with lead.
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  • To be leagued with; a money girdle.
în-ŵn;
to give bribes; to have secret relationships with officials; to intrigue for office.
în-ŵn khṳ̀ nâng mīn khuah căi;
has secret relationships with a very extensive constituency.
i to sĭ tó̤ cí gūa în-ŵn;
he is always out here intriguing.
mîaⁿ-ke în-ŵn căi;
skilled in political intrigue.
tī-kò̤ i to în-ŵn tit kàu;
he can bribe to any extent.
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  • To follow a course; to perpetuate.
în thû ciu-kūiⁿ;
go through the districts in order.
în lō hŭ-sàng;
to go along as escort.
cí kò̤ hong-sôk siang-în sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
the customs handed down here are thus.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ siang-în kúi peh nî to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
this sort of business has been done in this way for several hundred years in succession.
în hái cêk tōa kâi tī-hng;
all along the coast.
siang-în chò̤-gō;
error crept in, in the perpetuation.
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  • To bind the edges of such things as seives and baskets.
cí kîⁿ chūe tîo pò̤ lâi în cìaⁿ bŏi hāi;
get a strip of cloth and bind the brim, then it will not spoil.
kûe sìⁿ în tîo o pò lô̤h khṳ̀;
bind the edge of the palm-leaf fan with black cloth.
în ŭ cêk khuang;
have put a binding around the edge.