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Rh 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.


 * The arbutus.
 * îeⁿ-bûe;
 * the Chinese strawberry.
 * the Chinese strawberry.


 * îeⁿ-bûe pó;
 * the dried fruit of the arbutus tree.


 * îeⁿ-bûe thien phàu; îeⁿ-bûe kak-tâk;
 * malignant red ulcers.


 * A sheep or goat.
 * suaⁿ-îeⁿ;
 * goats.
 * 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.


 * Blending; combining; harmonizing.
 * îeⁿ-hŭe tŏ̤-lí;
 * to collate doctrines.
 * 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.


 * Foreign; the ocean; vast.
 * îeⁿ jîn;
 * foreigners.
 * 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?


 * Sprouts, shoots.
 * hwt ki hwt ĭeⁿ;
 * sends forth branches and sprouts.
 * sends forth branches and sprouts.


 * i khí-thâu-ĕ piuh ĭeⁿ;
 * it has begun to send out suckers.


 * Manner; style; pattern; sort; shape.
 * cìe īeⁿ cò̤;
 * make it like the pattern.
 * 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


 * To bind by a contract; to form a treaty or compact; an agreement.
 * lîp hûa ieh;
 * establish a treaty of peace.
 * 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.


 * To guess.
 * ieh m̄ tîeh;
 * did not guess rightly.
 * 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.