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him.

îaⁿ i tōa-bó̤-mûeh;

greatly superior to him.

cáu îaⁿ;

to outrun.

à îaⁿ;

get the better of in an argument.

i póiⁿ-pĭen khṳ̀ îaⁿ;

he had the best of it in the debate.

phah îaⁿ;

won the battle.

i sĭ thâi îaⁿ a sĭ thâi su?

Did he win or lose the battle?

pûah îaⁿ;

to win in gambling.

• ‮營‬îaⁿ11078613
• A camp; military; a corps of an army.

bú îaⁿ;

a military camp.

îaⁿ ngó; kun îaⁿ;

the army.

jîp îaⁿ;

to enlist as a soldier.

îaⁿ pûaⁿ;

a camp.

chin kun-îaⁿ;

the household guards.

tōa îaⁿ;

the head-quarters of an army.

gṳ̄ îaⁿ;

the Emperor's head-quarters.

îaⁿ cú;

the commandant of a intrenchment.

cí kâi tìn kẃn ŭ jîeh cōi îaⁿ?

How many corps has this general under his command?

kîaⁿ îaⁿ; î îaⁿ;

move the camp.

kîaⁿ kun cap îaⁿ;

to encamp in another place.

chàng îaⁿ, chàng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where have they intrenched themselves?

huang nâng lâi thau îaⁿ;

dispatch some one to surprise the camp.

sêng mêⁿ khṳ̀ kiap îaⁿ;

went and plundered the camp by night.

khí piaⁿ khṳ̀ phah i kâi îaⁿ;

raise troops to attack their camp.

lâu i tó̤ síu îaⁿ;

leave them to guard the camp.

îaⁿ cē;

the enclosure around a camp.

îaⁿ mn̂g;

the entrance to a camp.

iah

• ‮吐‬iah920303
• To vomit; to spew out.

a-nôⁿ cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-sî àiⁿ iah nĭ?

Why does the baby throw up its milk lately?

cîah lío iah chut lâi;

threw it up after swallowing it.

i cí nŏ̤ jît iah hueh;

he has vomited blood these last two days.

• ‮益‬iah10921085
• To benefit; to advance the interests.

bô̤ iah;

of no benefit.

ŭ sún, bô̤ iah;

it is all loss, and no profit.

bô̤ lĭ-iah;

not advantageous.

ŭ sĭm-mih iah chù nē?

Of what advantage is it?

tăi ŭ iah;

very beneficial.

pó-iah sin-hun;

good for the health.

khiam sĭ ŭ iah;

humility advances one's interests.

iah-bó̤-cháu;

boneset.

chap cí kâi phêng-íu cū ŭ iah;

to associate with this friend will promote your interests.

• ‮驛‬îah109418713
• A government post; a station.

îah căm;

a post-station.

kàu îah-căm cū ūaⁿ;

change at the post-station.

îah-sêng sòi-sòi sĭ láu-tiaⁿ;

the governor of a post-station, be it ever so small, is still a governor.

îah bé;

post horses.

• ‮易‬îah281724
• The sixty-four diagrams.

mîaⁿ-ke phok îah;

expert in divining by diagrams.

cí hûe khṳ̀ phok kâi îah-khùe;

now went and had his fortune told by diagrams.

îah lí sĭ chim kâi;

the doctrine of the diagrams is a deep one.

cang îah-khùe cē chui-sǹg būe lâi kâi sṳ̄ cū ŏi soiⁿ cai;

by reckoning from the diagrams one may know the future.

îah-kiaⁿ;

The Book of Changes.

• ‮招‬îah31645
• To beckon.

îah i lâi;

beckon to him to approach.

cang chíu îah i;

beckon to him.

thoiⁿ i cang sìⁿ tó̤ îah úa;

saw him motioning to me with his fan.

îah i bûa lâi tàⁿ ūe;

beckon to him to come and speak with me.

• ‮蝶‬îah8901429
• A general name for moths, millers, and sphinges.

bói-îah;

brilliant moths or butterflies.

bói-îah tó̤ chái hue;

the butterflies flit from flower to flower.

cí kâi bói-îah pàng lâi kûiⁿ căi;

this kite, made in imitation of a butterfly, has been sent up very high.

cang cúa kô kâi bói-îah;

make a butterfly kite of paper.

thái-ko̤ îah;

a large gray moth.

îah-thâu kâi ôi;

shoes having butterfly shaped ornaments on the toes.

teng khṳt teng-îah phah kùe;

the lamp has been extinguished by a small gray moth's flying into it.

chôiⁿ pìⁿ tāu-jîn ău cū pìⁿ cò̤ îah;

the silk-worm changes into a grub and afterward into a moth.

tōa cúi îah;

moths that are numerous in floods and heavy rains.

iak

• ‮約‬iak11171203
• To bind, to restrict; to retrench; about; nearly.

iak-lîak; iak lĭang;

about that; thereabouts;

iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?

About how much is there?

cía sĭ put kùe iak kâi tăi-lîak;

this is nothing more that an approximate estimate.

tăi-iak;

for the most part; on the whole; in a general way.

tăi-iak kàu cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n kâi tō;

aproximately calculated, it would amount to about a thousand dollars.

iak-sok;

to restrain; to repress; to keep in subjection.

i iak-sok hṳ́ lăi kâi nâng, iak-sok kàu ngîam căi;

he keeps those who are within, in very complete subjection.

m̄ pí hía bô̤ iak bô̤ sok hùe;

not like those who are under no restrain.

khĭam-iak;

frugal.

iak kâi pāng-bó̤;

fix a limit.

• ‮躍‬iak111815714
• To skip, to caper, to leap.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ íong- iak căi;

he does things with effusion.

cèng nâng lóng-cóng íong-iak;

all were eager.

i iak-iak nē;

he is