Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jwn

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jẃn

  • jẃn102612013
  • To compile; to edit.
cía sĭ sin jẃn kâi cṳ;
this is a new edition.
cí pang cṳ sǹg sĭ gṳ̄ jẃn kâi;
this set of books is probably an imperial edition.
jẃn lío cîp cò̤ cêk pńg;
collate, and then compile in one volume.
chíu jẃn kâi cheh;
a book made by hand; a home-made book.
ka-kī jẃn kâi;
compiled it myself.
jẃn siu;
to revise.
  • jw̆n570512
  • Without method; at random; heedlessly.
i káⁿ jw̆n cò̤;
he dare act without regard to other people's rights or feelings.
jw̆n cŏ̤;
sit in a slouching attitude.
jw̆n sía;
write it almost any way.
būe cêng tiaⁿ tîeh, i jw̆n jíang;
before he was touched he bawled out.
pn̄g m̄ hó̤ jw̆n cîah;
rice should not be eaten without regard to rule.
ūe m̄ hó̤ jw̆n tàⁿ;
words should not be spoken at random.
lîah lío jw̆n phah;
seized and beat him letting the the blows fall wherever they might.
  • jw̆n28994
  • However; whatever; in whatever way.
jw̆n thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
whatever effort I make in looking, I cannot see it.
jw̆n sĭeⁿ, sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
however much I cogitate, I cannnot think it out.
jw̆n ēng, ēng m̄ lío;
however freely you use it, you cannot use it all up.
jw̆n ieh m̄ tîeh;
can't guess it any way.
jw̆n tàⁿ, m̄ thiaⁿ;
whatever I say he pays no heed to it.
  • 便jw̆n68897
  • Whichever way you please; suit yourself; either will do; when you like.
sûi-jw̆n cò̤ to hó̤;
almost any way will do.
nŏ̤ saⁿ tîo lō cêk īeⁿ, lṳ́ sûi-jw̆n kîaⁿ;
the roads are all alike, take whichever you please.
i sieh i, sûi-jw̆n tàⁿ i to thiaⁿ;
he is fond of her, and heeds whatever she says.