Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jih

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jîh

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.