Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/gi

by Adele Marion Fielde

gî

• 疑gî2751039
• Doubt; suspect.

ēng cía màiⁿ gî, gî cía màiⁿ ēng;

do not suspect those whom you employ, nor employ those whom you suspect.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh gî-sṳ̄;

I consider this very suspicious.

i sim lăi hû-gî;

he is doubtful in his own mind.

i thóiⁿ tîeh hû-hû gî-gî, m̄ cêk kwt;

he considered it very doubtful, and was unable to decide.

sim gî seⁿ àm kúi;

the imagination produces ghosts.

gî-hôk; sim lăi gî-hôk;

in great doubt.

pī hîam-gî;

avoid what is suspicious.

bô̤ gî;

without doubt.

chai-gî;

to doubt.

cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ gî pēⁿ;

this ailment is hypochondriacal.

in-ûi cìeⁿ-seⁿ tì-kàu i gî;

in this way he was lead to doubt.

pĭ nâng gî;

suspected.

cí kâi nâng sĭ hó̤ gî;

this person may well be suspected.

i tó̤ gî sîn gî kúi;

he suspects everybody and everything.

chî-gî put kwt;

irresolute and uncertain.

chî-chî gî-gî;

apprehensive.

i kâi nâng to̤ gî;

he is a doubter.