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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • îeh8881428
îeh-po-sûn;
the cicada, the scissors-grinder.
îeh-po-sûn tó̤ kìe;
the cicadas are piping.
  • îeh111614015
  • Medicine; chemical preparations.
îeh îⁿ;
pills.
îeh súaⁿ;
medicinal powders.
îeh bûah;
medicine in the form of powder.
îeh-ko̤;
salve.
ko̤-îeh;
ointment.
îeh phìen;
medicine in flakes.
îeh chùi;
medicine in chips, or fragments.
îeh thâu îeh búe;
the residuum of drugs.
îeh tû;
a medicine case.
îeh phò; îeh chài phò;
a drug-shop.
îeh līo;
drugs.
îeh côih;
an instrument for shaving up drugs.
îeh to̤;
a knife for cutting up drugs.
îeh cúi;
fluid medicines.
îeh thng;
viscid medicines.
îeh ca; îeh pho̤h;
dregs of medicines.
cêk thiap îeh;
the medicine prescribed.
îeh-hng;
a prescription.
cêk hôk îeh;
the medicine taken in one dose.
cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ío hó̤;
after taking this course of medicine he was better.
cía îeh sĭ cîah kâi a sĭ buah kâi?
Is this medicine to be taken internally or to be applied externally?
cía îeh hó̤ pû cúi khṳ̀ sói;
boil this medicine in water, and use it as a wash.
îeh-cìⁿ, sĭ cìⁿ-thâu khṳ̀ cṳ́ tâk-îeh kâi;
poisoned arrows, are those whose points have been steeped in poison.
pû îeh;
to steep drugs quickly in boiling water.
cien îeh;
to steep drugs a long time, boiling slowly.
tŭn îeh;
to heat medicines in a dish surrounded by boiling water.
ngâu ko̤-îeh;
make salve.
cì îeh;
to prepare medicines.
hûa îeh;
to concoct remedies.
kap îeh;
to compound medicines.
ngói îeh bûah;
triturate medicinal powders.
ceng îeh-îⁿ;
pound up the component parts of pills.
hôk tâk îeh;
an antidote for poison.
cheⁿ îeh, sêk îeh;
crude drugs and prepared drugs.
chèng îeh;
gunpowder.
húe îeh;
explosive powders.
jîp îeh;
put in a chemical preparation.
sìa îeh;
cathartics.

ien

nêk ien;
the meat is spoiled.
cía hṳ̂ mng ien ló;
this fish is just on the verge of becoming tainted.
  • ien1082867
  • Why; how is it that.
lṳ́ ien cai úa m̄-àiⁿ?
How do you know that I do not want it?
i ien lêng hāi úa?
How can he harm me?
i ien tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
How can he do thus?
  • íen113716210
  • Remote; distant.
íong-íen;
everlastingly.
îo-íen;
in the far distance.
lō-tîo îo-íen;
the way is interminable.
íen kṳ̆u thŵn mîaⁿ;
famed far and near.
ìen-khì;
irritated; vexed.
cē ìen-khì cū màiⁿ i;
as soon as he gets out of temper he won't take it.
khṳt i cē ìen-khì cū sek tīo;
if he gets out of patience with it, he will throw it away.
i cē ìen-khì cū lîah i khṳ̀ cio-cò̤;
whenever she gets vexed she takes him and punishes him.
  • ìen1090862
  • The nest of the cliff swallow.
ìen-o̤;
edible bird's-nest.
kuaⁿ ìen; kuaⁿ ien-o̤;
the finest sort of edible bird's-nest.
ìen-pâi;
an inferior quality of edible bird's-nest.
cêk mn̂g-khí tŭn nŏ̤ cúaⁿ ìen-o̤ khṳ̀ cîah;
every morning cook two edible bird's-nests by boiling them in a dish surrounded with water, and eat them.
thâu úaⁿ cū sĭ ìen-o̤;
the first dish is edible bird's-nest.
  • îen10851187
  • A banquet.
cíu îen;
a feast, with wine.
îen sîah;
a banquet.
  • ĭen1135649
  • To relieve; to bring forward.
mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu-ĭen;
hope he will come and rescue.
ĭen-ín pâk kò̤ kâi cṳ lâi cò̤ cèng-kṳ̆;
bring forward a quotation from another book as proof.
  • ĭen113716210
  • To keep at a distance; to stand aloof from.
tîeh chin kun-cṳ́, ĭen sío-jîn, m̄ hó̤ chin sío-jîn ĭen kun-cṳ́;
one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.
kúi sîn, īu tîeh kèng i, īu tîeh ĭen i;
as to spirits, good and bad, one must do homage to them, and keep aloof from them.
  • ĭen1084544
  • To procrastinate; to invite.

khùe-khùe khṳ̀.

màiⁿ ĭen-chî;
go quickly and without delay.
m̄-hó̤ ĭen-ko̤h;
do not delay.
ĭen-māng kúi jît;
put it off for a few days.
chî-chî ĭen-ĭen;
dilatory.
lṳ́ cò̤-nî khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ĭen, ĭen kàu taⁿ?
Why have you kept putting it off until now?
cêk gûeh ĭen kùe cêk gûeh, cêk nî ĭen kùe cêk nî;
delayed it month after month, and year after year.
ĭen khah kú cū bô̤ ēng;
if you delay it too long it will be of no use.
ciu jît i tó̤ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ ĭen-ĭen to bô̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;
he dilly-dallies all day and never does it.
khṳt i tam-ĭen kàu jîeh kú cìaⁿ hâiⁿ;
he put off the payment of it for no inconsiderable time.
i sĭ tó̤ chien-ĭen sî-jît kâi;
he is staving it off as long as possible.
ĭen-chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
invite a guest.
ĭen sṳ kà-tok;
invite a learned man to superintend it.