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sĭ ēng im húe îeⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;

it cannot be melted in other than a covered fire.

cí īeⁿ tîeh ēng îeh cìaⁿ hó̤ îeⁿ;

in order to melt this a chemical preparation must be used.

îeⁿ ka;

melt glue.

cía tîeh îeⁿ kò̤ hŵn lâi ún cìaⁿ hó̤;

this must have some melted alum to dip it in.

tŏ̤ huang-lô tīm kàu îeⁿ khṳ̀;

it has been heated in the furnace till it is melted.

• ‮楊‬îeⁿ1071759
• The arbutus.

îeⁿ-bûe;

the Chinese strawberry.

îeⁿ-bûe pó;

the dried fruit of the arbutus tree.

îeⁿ-bûe thien phàu; îeⁿ-bûe kak-tâk;

malignant red ulcers.

• ‮羊‬îeⁿ10721230
• A sheep or goat.

suaⁿ-îeⁿ;

goats.

mîⁿ-îeⁿ;

sheep.

îeⁿ kíaⁿ; îeⁿ ko̤;

kids or lambs.

îeⁿ kak;

a ram's horn.

îeⁿ kó, îeⁿ bó̤;

a ram and an ewe.

îeⁿ nêk;

mutton.

îeⁿ ău thúi;

a hind-quarter of mutton.

îeⁿ côiⁿ thúi;

a forequarter of mutton.

îeⁿ phiaⁿ;

a spare-rib of mutton.

chī îeⁿ;

to keep sheep.

cíeⁿ îeⁿ;

to watch sheep.

jīo îeⁿ;

to drive sheep.

îeⁿ khûn;

a flock of sheep.

cêk ciah îeⁿ;

one sheep.

cíeⁿ îeⁿ kâi nâng;

a shepherd.

pêh kau-phûe, o kau-phûe sĭ îeⁿ-kíaⁿ phûe;

black lamb-skin, and white lamb-skin are the pelts of lambs.

cháu-cieⁿ-sng sĭ būe chut sì kâi îeⁿ-kíaⁿ phûe;

Astrakhan fur is the skin of unborn lambs.

• ‮融‬îeⁿ114714210
• Blending; combining; harmonizing.

îeⁿ-hŭe tŏ̤-lí;

to collate doctrines.

i thóiⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ îeⁿ-hŭe;

he has not combined the results of his study.

cṳ thâk lío m̄ îeⁿ-hŭe;

he does not digest what he reads.

ūe tàⁿ lâi îeⁿ-cîap;

his speech was well connected in its parts.

• ‮洋‬îeⁿ1072856
• Foreign; the ocean; vast.

îeⁿ jîn;

foreigners.

îeⁿ hùe;

foreign goods.

îeⁿ cûn;

foreign shipping.

îeⁿ îeh; îeⁿ hun;

foreign opium.

îeⁿ cîⁿ;

foreign money.

kùe îeⁿ;

go to foreign parts.

châng-îeⁿ;

the open sea.

îeⁿ mīn;

the surface of the ocean.

îeⁿ pò;

an offing.

tōa sai îeⁿ;

Europe.

sĭ sai îeⁿ nâng, a sĭ tang îeⁿ nâng?

Is he a European or an Asiatic?

• ‮蘖‬ĭeⁿ108114017
• Sprouts, shoots.

hwt ki hwt ĭeⁿ;

sends forth branches and sprouts.

i khí-thâu-ĕ piuh ĭeⁿ;

it has begun to send out suckers.

• ‮樣‬īeⁿ10737511
• Manner; style; pattern; sort; shape.

cìe īeⁿ cò̤;

make it like the pattern.

sin īeⁿ;

a new style.

cang cí kâi cò̤ īeⁿ;

take this for a

sample.

lṳ́ àiⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?

What sort do you want?

cí cêk īeⁿ hó̤ mē?

Is this kind good?

cí kâi nâng ko̤h īeⁿ ko̤h sìeⁿ;

this is a queer looking person.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ;

do not follow his example.

i tó̤ ô̤h īeⁿ ô̤h sìeⁿ;

he is imitating them.

tang ieⁿ;

of the same kind.

m̄ tâng īeⁿ;

differing in kind.

chŵn bô̤ kâi īeⁿ;

is very unstylish.

cíe-cíe tîeh pōiⁿ ŭ sì īeⁿ khṳ̀ sàng i;

at the very least there must be four sorts made ready to present to him.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh cìaⁿ ŭ kâi īeⁿ;

it looks rather stylish.

cuang mô̤ⁿ cò̤ īeⁿ;

dress the hair fashionably.

i tó̤ tieⁿ īeⁿ;

he is putting on airs.

màiⁿ tó̤ cuang īeⁿ;

do not put on airs.

gūa mīn thóiⁿ tîeh īeⁿ-sìeⁿ li ho̤h hó̤;

the external appearance is very fine.

seⁿ lâi ŭ kâi īeⁿ;

has a style of its own.

īeⁿ-īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ i to pat;

he understands all sorts of business.

cí īeⁿ su kùe hṳ́ īeⁿ;

this sort is inferior to that.

cò̤-nî īeⁿ?

In what manner?

ĭ īeⁿ;

a rare species.

cí koiⁿ phò kâi ôi īeⁿ hó̤;

this shop has shoes of a good shape.

to sĭ cêk īeⁿ;

they are all of one style.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ īeⁿ;

the same sort.

pât īeⁿ;

another kind.

m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;

not the same.

khṳ̀ a-î kò̤ pàng kâi bō̤ īeⁿ;

go to aunt's and take the pattern of her hat.

pàng sang ôi īeⁿ;

take off the pattern of a pair of shoes.

tī cêk īeⁿ?

Which sort is it?

căi seⁿ īeⁿ?

What sort of thing is it?

ieh

• ‮約‬ieh11171203
• To bind by a contract; to form a treaty or compact; an agreement.

lîp hûa ieh;

establish a treaty of peace.

lîp hâp ieh;

make a contract.

sit ieh;

violate a contract.

ieh úa kio i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

agreed that I should go with him.

ieh tīaⁿ-tîeh;

made a definite agreement.

i kàu sî cū pŭe ieh;

when the time arrived he broke the compact.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ jû ieh;

not done according to contract.

ieh khî;

fix a time.

put ieh jṳ̂ tâng;

to agree undesignedly.

i ieh móng sî hâiⁿ úa;

he agreed to pay me at a certain time.

bô̤ tẁn bô̤ ieh;

no compact was made.

i nŏ̤ nâng ŭ tẁn ieh;

the two have made a compact.

i àm-cĕⁿ tẁn-ieh i;

he secretly promised him.

• ‮猜‬ieh942948
• To guess.

ieh m̄ tîeh;

did not guess rightly.

úa ieh m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

I do not know what to guess.

thèng ieh;

guess at random.

cò̤ kâi mīaⁿ lâi ieh;

guess at fates.

cía o̤h ieh;

this is hard to guess.

a noⁿ-kíaⁿ ieh sang a khia;

children guess at odds or evens.

cē ieh cū tîeh;

guessed it at once.

khṳt lṳ́ ieh;

let you guess at it.