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  • íang10721846
  • To rear; to nourish; to bring up.
íang cṳ́ thăi láu;
bring up a son preparatory to old age.
íang sîn;
to refresh the spirits.
pĕ-bó̤ íang-îok kâi ṳn;
the kindness of our parents in nourishing us in childhood.
tâng sòi tŏ̤ i kò̤ íang tōa;
brought up from childhood by him.
cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ chin seⁿ kâi a sĭ íang kâi?
Is this an own or an adopted child?
sĭ íang kâi;
it is an adopted one.
taⁿ tîeh cai phûe-íang cē;
must now take care to nurse the health.
tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pó-íang;
must gradually invigorate the strength.
pó-íang sin-thói;
recuperate the physical strength.
cang îeh lâi pó-íang;
take medicine to increase the vigor.
hâm-íang;
placid.
chîo-thêng íang lău cun hîen;
the government pensions the aged and honors the wise.
  • ìang1108725
  • Glare; reflected light.
ìang so̤h thâk cṳ̄;
study by the light reflected from the snow.
ìang cúi;
the glare from water.
ìang-sìeⁿ;
a photograph.
  • îang10711049
  • An ulcer; a sore.
chng-îang;
bad sores, that destroy the skin.
chng-îang, cí cêk lūi pēⁿ to sĭ sôk gūa khue;
sores are reckoned among ailments which are subject to external treatment.
  • îang107296
  • To simulate; to feign.
îang-ûi put cai;
feigned not to know.
  • îang10711829
  • To fly; whirled off; sailing.
khṳt i îang khṳ̀;
it was whisked off by him.
chī ak nâng chin-chĭeⁿ chī eng, i tó khùn cū lâi, tó pá i cū îang khṳ̀;
to feed the wicked is like feeding hawks, when their bellies are empty they come, and when filled they fly off.
kiaⁿ kàu hûn-phek pue-îang;
so frightened that all my wits departed.
  • îang10711709
  • The superior or male principle in nature; the etherial parts of matter; virility; brightness, evident; open.
im îang;
the dual powers.
thài-îang;
the sun.
thài-îang-kong méⁿ căi;
the sun is very hot.
îang kang;
the land of the living.
thiⁿ-sî tîeh ŭ im ŭ îang cìaⁿ hó̤;
there must be both cloudy and bright weather then all is well.
îang sì;
this world.
îang-hṳ;
virility.
càng-îang îeh-cíu sĭ sái nâng îang-khì càng-kĭen;
a certain tonic strengthens the animal powers.
chông-îang coih;
the ninth of the ninth month.
îang sīu kâi cong;
long lives must come to an end.
  • îang1070649
  • To publish; to display; to spread abroad; to splash.
cí pō, îang siaⁿ;
halt and cry out.
pùa îang tŏ̤-lí;
publish abroad the correct doctrines.
sì hái îang mîaⁿ;
make known his name everywhere.
îang mîaⁿ ău sì;
make known his name to after ages.
hái put îang po̤;
the sea did not dash its waves.
îang piⁿ;
flourish a whip.
îang to̤;
brandish a knife.
îang chíu;
wave the arms.
lṳ́ màiⁿ ciang-ciang îang-îang;
do not you bruit it about.
gūa kháu ciang-îang;
noise abroad.
îang-îang tit ì;
everything to his liking.
ṳ̂n ak îang sĭen;
conceal the evil and publish the good.
  • ĭang10721866
  • To support or nourish a senior.
hŏng-ĭang pĕ-bó̤;
support one's parents.
lîu-ĭang;
diminish his punishment on account of his having to support aged parents.
kò̤ cong ĭang;
retire from office to spend one's days in quiet.
  • ĭang1074616
  • Carking care; low spirited.
bô̤ ĭang;
free from apprehension.
i cn̂g kâi bô̤ ĭang;
he is not at all anxious.
i bô̤ ĭang bô̤ ĭang nē;
he is quite free from solicitude.
i cò̤ i bô̤ ĭang bô̤ ĭang;
he keeps himself altogether placid.
  • ĭang107310415
  • To itch;
cía sĭ bô̤ kwn thòng-ĭang kâi sṳ̄;
this affair is of no importance whatever.
i kio i sĭ thòng-ĭang siang kwn;
they have the same sort of discomfort and can sympathize with each other; they are of the same ilk, and stand or fall together.
  • ĭang10737511
  • Style; mode; model.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi ĭang-cṳ́ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?
Do you consider his method good or bad?
sît căi hó̤ ĭang-cṳ́;
really an excellent way.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ i tieⁿ sĭm-mih mô̤ⁿ-ĭang;
see what example he sets.
to sĭ it ĭang;
it is all the same.

iap

  • iap10693214
  • To repress; to conquer.
m̄-hó̤ khi-iap nâng;
one must not oppress others.
chíaⁿ tieⁿ hû lâi tìn-iap;
ask for a charm to overcome it.
phài i khṳ̀ thâng-iap;
depute him to go and quell it.
pun i iap tó̤ khṳ̀;
was overthrown by him.
iap cam;
an awl.