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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • ĭen8021236
  • To desire strongly; to long for morbidly.
him-ĭen;
to covet.
him-ĭen căi;
longs for greatly.
àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, thû-thû tó̤ him-ĭen;
want it but cannot have it, and can only crave it.
  • ĭen10871443
  • To amplify; prolix; superfluous.
hu-ĭen;
prolix.
hu-hu ĭen-ĭen;
a superfluity of amplification.
i cn̂g kâi tàⁿ m̄ tîeh ūe nêk, to sĭ hu-ĭen kâi ūe;
he does not get at the gist of the subject at all, but expatiates without making the matter any clearer.

ih

  • ih98173
  • To hatch out.
ah-nn̆g pū kú ŏi ih chùi;
when a duck's egg has been long covered it will hatch.
i cìaⁿ ih chùi;
it hatched out.
  • ih10298510
  • To moisten; to dampen; to wet.
cang cúi khṳ̀ ih i jŭn cē;
take some water and moisten it.
hieⁿ-ko khîeh khṳ̀ cúi têng ih phò̤;
wet the mushrooms with water and let them swell.
m̄ soiⁿ ih tâm cē ēng cū cîh;
if you do not first dampen it, it will break when used.
  • 囁濡îh-ṳh632
  • To mutter because of discontent.
îh-îh ṳ̂h-ṳ̂h, àiⁿ tàⁿ m̄ káⁿ tàⁿ;
muttered, but dared not speak out.
îh-ṳ̂h kìe, tàⁿ m̄ chṳt;
struggled to speak, but failed through fear of consequences.

im

  • im1083858
  • To overflow; to inundate.
hue-bâk pun cúi im lío cìm sí;
the shrubs were covered by the water and killed by soaking.
chù khṳt cúi im kàu kŭa chù-téng thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
the house was overflowed by the water so that even the roof was invisible.
cúi im kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ;
the water has risen to half the height of the hills.
khṳt cúi im cìeⁿ kú mih mûeh to sí khṳ̀;
being so long innundated, everything died.
cí kò̤ cúi ío chíen, im būe kàu kha-thâu-u;
the water here is shallower and scarcely comes up to the knees.
kháu im;
pronunciation.
thó im;
the local pronunciation.
cìaⁿ im;
the correct pronunciation.
pêh im;
the pronunciation as it is in plain text.
kuaⁿ im;
the pronunciation as it is in the court dialect.
im ūn;
rhyme.
im ūn cheng-chó̤;
clear and
harmonious rythm.
lṳ́ kâi im ío hó̤;
your enunciation is the better.
siaⁿ im;
sound; voice.
poih im;
melody.
poih im ceng;
a harmonium.
úa tó̤ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kâi hûe im;
I await your response.
jī im;
initial sounds.
kia im;
sweet sounds.
hó̤ im sìn;
good news.
mío bô̤ im sìn;
no news for a long time.
kháu im áu m̄ tńg;
cannot pronounce it.
cîh im, tûn im, gê im;
linguals, labials, and dentals.
âu im;
sounds produced in the larynx.
  • im10991708
  • Obscure; hades; the inferior of the dual powers in Chinese philosophy; the female or the receptive in nature.
thài im;
the moon.
kuang im;
duration, time.
im si; im hú;
the abodes of the dead.
im îang;
the dual powers.
im kang;
hades.
im lîang;
cool and shady.
chīu im;
shady.
hue im;
flowery shades.
thîⁿ-sî o im;
the weather is dull.
chùn im;
moments.
im tek;
goodness.
im kong;
inconspicuous merit.
im hûn; im lêng;
the disembodied spirit.
im îang chíu;
one hand palm upward and the other hand palm downward.
im cò̤ îang ûi;
to do behind one's back what would be repudiated before one's face.
ko-im put seⁿ;
vacancy produces nothing.
im-hṳ hwt jîet;
exhaustion produces fever.
khah kùe im;
too much obscured.
im kang;
dried in the shade.
im îang phùe hâh;
the correlation of the dual powers.
îang lâi im sĭu;
reciprocity of action in the dual powers.
  • ím11021844
  • To drink; to quaff.
ím cíu;
to quaff wine.
hàuⁿ ím cíu;
bibulous.
  • ìm110314011
  • To shelter; to protect; to shade.
sĭ i tó̤ phî-ìm;
it is he who is screening him.
phî-ìm kàu cèng nâng hó̤-hó̤;
protect so completely that all will be sheltered.
hok ìm;
secretly countenance and aid.
hok ìm cêk kâi tī-hng khṳt i;
gave him hidden help in getting a place.
ìm tāu-gê;
cover up beans till they sprout.
cò̤ ìm-si;
to make soy, by keeping the mixture long sheltered in a warm place.
  • ìm11031169
  • A cellar; dark.
ìm hŵt;
the cavity in which a coffin is to be laid in a grave.
cí kò̤ tī sĭ ìm-hŵt a sî chien-ciah?
Is this grave one in which a coffin is to be buried, or is it one from which the body has been removed?
kâi sĭ kó ìm kâi;
it is one dug long ago, and still unused.
tâng i a-kong ìm kâi, kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ peh nî bô̤ ēng;
it was dug in the days of his grand-