úa?
- He is all the time taking in ever so much money, so why will he not pay me?
- íⁿ-keng lâi jîeh kú lío hẃn-lío tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
- came ever so long ago and is still unable to talk.
- úa bô̤ jîeh cōi;
- I have no great number.
- téng thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
- weigh it and see how heavy it is.
jîen
- 然jîen285868
- An adverbial particle, implying it is so.
- cṳ̆-jîen;
- of course; naturally; certainly.
- cṳ̆-cṳ̆ jîen-jîen;
- just so; to be sure.
- kúaⁿ-jîen;
- really; truly.
- cṳ̆ jîen jṳ̂ jîen;
- self-existent; underived; it comes of itself.
- cò̤ lâi cṳ̆-jîen căi;
- it is made so as to look very natural.
- hut-jîen cū bô̤ khṳ̀;
- suddenly disappeared.
- cŏ-jîen cū lâi;
- came abruptly or unexpectedly.
- cí kâi sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh būe jîen;
- I look upon this as still uncertain.
- i kâi ūe to m̄ jîen li;
- what he says is very improbable.
- put khî-jîen jṳ̂-jîen;
- it came quite unexpectedly.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ lṳ́ thoiⁿ jîen a m̄ jîen?
- Do you consider what he says about this probable or improbable?
- i kà i jîen-ău cìaⁿ ŏi;
- after she has taught him he will be able.
- só̤-íⁿ-jîen kâi tŏ̤-lí;
- a necessary doctrine.
- i tháng-jîen cū khṳ̀;
- he went understandingly.
- pêh kang bô̤ jîen;
- without any apparent reason for it.
- 肖jîen7951303
- Resembling; like.
- i seⁿ lâi jîen i a bó̤, m̄ jîen i a pĕ;
- he looks like his mother, not like his father.
- hṳ́ kâi ta-po kâi cū jîen i a pĕ;
- the boy is like his father.
- nŏ̤ kâi seⁿ lâi jîen căi;
- the two look much alike.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ ūe lâi jîen mē?
- Do you think the portrait good?
- úa thóiⁿ lí jîen;
- I think the likeness good.
- cía ūe lâi cn̂g kâi m̄ jîen;
- this drawing bears no resemblance to the original.
- i kâi khẃn jîen-jîen i a-kong;
- his looks and ways are just like his grandfather's.
- nĕ jîen-jîen;
- an exact counterpart.
jîet
- 熱jîet2938611
- Heat; fever; warm; ardent.
- jîet căi;
- feverish; restless.
- thiⁿ-sî íam-jîet;
- the weather is very hot.
- sú-jîet kâi sî-hāu;
- in the hot season.
- hṳ́ kò̤ lāu-jîet;
- there is much bustle there.
- lāu-lāu jîet-jîet kâi sî-hāu;
- in times of great excitement and activity.
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭm sĭ jîet-lāu;
- that place is one where there is a great deal going on.
- lāu-lāu jîet-jîet, bŏi ko-cio;
- many people coming and going, and no quietude.
- màiⁿ kúaⁿ nâng tó̤ lāu-jîet;
- do not mix yourself up in their affairs.
- i nŏ̤ nâng sĭm sĭ chin-jîet;
- the two are ardently attached to each other.
- i ŏi hwt jîet a bŏi?
- Does he have fever?
- cak
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sie-jîet;
- has a fever.
- hŵn-lío ŭ jîet-khì;
- there is still warmth in it.
- huang-lô tó̤ jîet;
- the earthen stove is heated.
- tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ cîah i jîet thò̤;
- must quickly take something to reduce the fever.
- úa mông tîeh i kâi chíu-tói ŏi jîet;
- I find his hands very hot in the palm.
- chàu-jîet kâi mûeh, m̄-hó̤ cîah;
- do not eat what is heating.
- i kâi tn̂g thìaⁿ, tó jîet;
- he has pain and inflammation in his bowels.
jîh
- 掗jîh1068648
- To urge one to accept.
- jîh kàu nâ-pn̄g-kùa ka-lâuh;
- press a gift upon one, till the cover of the basket falls off.
- jîh i siu, i to m̄ khéng siu;
- urged him to accept it, but he would not.
- lṳ́ mín-ēng cài-saⁿ jîh, úa íⁿ-keng siu lío;
- you need not urge me again and again to accept some, I have already accepted some.
- 按jîh622646
- To press upon with the hand.
- jîh kíu;
- press it tightly.
- jîh m̄ lô̤h;
- I cannot press it in.
- jîh i jîp khṳ̀;
- press it in.
- lṳ́ kâi chíu cai jîh, màiⁿ pun huang chue cáu;
- press your hand upon it, and do not let the wind blow it away.
- chíu jîh tŏ̤ i thâu-khak;
- pressed his hand upon his head.
- i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu jîh tîeh pok-pok kìe;
- when you lay your hand on his chest you can feel it throb.
- jîh lô̤h cē;
- press it down a little.
- m̄-hó̤ jîh khah thíam;
- do not press it too hard.
- jîh cŭ;
- stop it by pressing the hand upon it.
- 卄jîh300241
- Twenty; a score.
- jîh gūa nâng;
- more than a score of people.
- lṳ́ táng jîh sûn cìaⁿ lâi;
- wait till the last ten days of the month, then come.
- jîh-sì ngŏ kâi pang-bó̤;
- about the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth of the month.
- jîh gūa hùe lío;
- over twenty years old.
jím
- 忍jím287613
- Fortitude; patience; to bear with; to repress; to give way to.
- jím-năi;
- endure.
- khak-khó jím-năi;
- to persistently bear up under.
- jím-sèⁿ;
- patient.
- jím khì thun siaⁿ;
- restrain anger, by not speaking.
- é jím bô̤ ngân;
- silently endure.
- jím m̄ cŭ;
- unendurable.
- jím sim hāi lí;
- harshly violate propriety.
- i kâi sim châng-jím căi;
- his spirit is undisciplined.
- jím jôk pò̤ chîu;
- bear the disgrace in order to avenge it.
- lṳ́ tîeh ŏi kien jím;
- you have unflinching fortitude.
- i mîaⁿ-ke jím căi;
- he exercised admirable patience.
- cía sĭ i cìaⁿ ŏi jím;
- this what she has to put up with.
- pât nâng jím m̄ khṳ̀;
- other people would not bear it.
- jím-khì seⁿ châi;
- patience begets riches.
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