Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/iuⁿ

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ìuⁿ

  • ìuⁿ7901205
  • Fine; delicate.
ìuⁿ tĭu pò;
fine grass-cloth.
àiⁿ cho kâi a àiⁿ ìuⁿ kâi?
Do you want the coarse or the fine?
i kâi mô̤ⁿ ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
its fur is very fine.
cí khí khah ìuⁿ;
this sort is too fine.
cò̤ kàu ìuⁿ-sòi căi;
made very carefully.
i kâi nêk ìuⁿ-jī íuⁿ-jī;
its flesh is very delicate.
mīn phûe cē pô̤h, thóiⁿ tîeh cū ío ìuⁿ-jī;
when the skin is thin the complexion appears more delicate.
  • ìuⁿ1116522
  • Young; immature; of tender age.
ìuⁿ hâk;
young pupils.
hăm ke lău ìuⁿ lóng-lóng lâi;
the whole family, old and young, all came.
cíang ìuⁿ;
the eldest and the youngest.
ìuⁿ thông;
a young lad.
ìuⁿ ńng;
a young girl.
ìuⁿ nî;
in childhood.
ìuⁿ sòi;
small and young.
ìuⁿ cú;
a young monarch.
hŵn-lío ío ìuⁿ-nî;
he is still rather immature.
íuⁿ-cíⁿ;
not fully grown.