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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • ío1077784
  • To die young.
thóiⁿ m̄ chut i hìeⁿ ío sīu;
one would not have thought that he was to be so short lived.
i a-pĕ tiang-sî ío sīu, cìaⁿ cîah saⁿ-câp hùe;
his father was short lived and lived but about thirty years.
  • ío3461513
  • An interrogative particle, implying a strong negative; how can it be?
úa ío ùi i? úa ío ùi kàu i?
Why should I be afraid of him?
ío tì-kàu i cáu khṳ̀ m̄ cîaⁿ?
How can he abscond?
lṳ́ ío kîeⁿ kùe i, háⁿ?
You are superior to him, are you?
  • ío4061176
  • At last, finally, only, nothing but, then.
i ío m̄ cai;
he knows nothing at all about it.
i ío pí lṳ́ jú hío;
he understands it better than you do after all.
kiaⁿ-ùi i mó̤, khṳ̀ kàu ío sĭm sĭ hó̤;
feared he was bad, but on arriving found he was after all very excellent.
  • ìo10771463
  • Important; necessary; urgent.
ŭ chiet-ìo a bô̤ chiet-ìo?
Is it important or unimportant.
sĭang chiet-ìo;
of the utmost importance.
ío chiet-ìo;
more important.
bô̤ sĭm-mih chiet-ìo;
of no great importance.
tōa chiet-ìo;
of great importance.
m̄ ìo-kín;
not pressing.
sĭang-téng ìo-kín cū sĭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
what is most necessary of all is this.
ŭ ìo sṳ̄;
has urgent business.
ìo sìn;
an important letter.
ìo lō, ìo tī;
important roads and places.
híam-ìo kâi tī-hng kìe-cò̤ ìo kháu;
very important defiles are called passes.
ío hŭam;
a criminal whose arrest is important.
ìo mîaⁿ kâi châk;
a well known and doughty robber.
  • îo107614910
  • A made up tale; rumour; report.
sĭ cin-sît kâi a sĭ îo-ngân kâi?
Is it true or is it only a rumour?
lṳ́ màiⁿ thìaⁿ koi-chĭ kâi îo-ngân;
do not listen to floating rumours.
sĭ hong-îo kâi ūe;
it is only a rumor.
àiⁿ lîah cò̤ îo-ngân kâi nâng;
will seize the one who made up this report.
thông îo;
a childish tale.
pù-sùaⁿ îo-ngân;
spread idle tales.
  • îo10756410
  • To agitate; to disturb; to stir.
îo-tŏng;
agitate.
nâng sim îo-tŏng;
people's hearts are stirred.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng îo-tŏng;
that country is disturbed.
m̄ hó̤ îo-tŏng kun sim;
do not agitate the minds of the soldiery.
îo-îo pái-pái;
swaggering.
thâu kîaⁿ thâu îo-pái;
swaggering as he walked.
cio îo cŭang phìen;
pass one's self off by swaggering and bragging.
  • îo994388
  • Graceful; supple; pliant.
îo-îo;
lithe.
kûiⁿ kàu îo-îo;
tall and graceful.
sáng-tîo sáng-tîo, îo-îo;
slender and very graceful.
  • ĭo10787214
  • Luster; bright; to shine.
cìe ĭo;
dazzling.
hok ĭo;
the happy star's brightness.
chit ĭo;
the sun, moon, and five planets.
cap-it ĭo;
the heavenly bodies.
ak ĭo; suah ĭo;
a baleful luster.
  • 耀ĭo107812414
  • Refulgence; glory.
îong-ĭo;
glory.
kuang có, ĭo cong;
illustrious ancestry and glorious clan.

ĭoⁿ

  • ĭoⁿ196648
  • To raise a little; to lift slightly.
ĭoⁿ lîam;
to turn aside the curtain, as in entering a door.
ĭoⁿ phŭe;
to draw the coverlet over one.
ĭoⁿ khui kài-au kùa;
raise the cover of the covered cup.
khṳt huang ĭoⁿ tīo khṳ̀;
it was whisked off by the wind.
ĭoⁿ khui lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;
raise the steamer and you find the cake.
ĭoⁿ m̄ khí;
cannot raise it.
ĭoⁿ khui theng;
tip up the window-sash.
jw̆n ĭoⁿ, ĭoⁿ m̄ tîeh;
however much I try to raise it, it does not come up.

ioh

  • ioh707855
  • To ripple; to shimmer.
cúi mīn ioh-ioh-sih;
there is a ripple on the surface.
hái mīn kŭa ioh-ioh-sih to bŏi, nĕ pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
there is not a ripple on the sea, it is perfectly smooth.
  • ioh5418613
  • To flicker, like an ignis-fatuus.
chin-chĭeⁿ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ, ioh-ioh-sih;
flickers like a will-o-the-wisp.
ioh-ioh-sih cĕng-cĕng kúi-húe;
it flickers and flashes all over with the light of will-o-the-wisps.

îok

  • îok1139767
  • Appetite; concupiscence.
sṳ iok;
selfish ends.
chêng îok;
passions.
îok-húe sĕng;
lust is roused.
îok sim;
a lacivious mind.
kúaⁿ îok;
weak desires.
i cí kâi pēⁿ, sĭ sek îok thài kùe tì kâi;
this disease arises from unrestrained passions.
pù-kùi to̤ îm-îok;
the rich are very lustful.
co̤h îok;
to control passion.
mûeh îok;
objects of desire.
  • îok11401304
  • To rear; to nurture; to bring up.
îok-eng-tn̂g;
a foundling hospital.
íang-îok;
to nurture.
seⁿ îok;
bear and rear.