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 * 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.


 * To amplify; prolix; superfluous.
 * hu-ĭen;
 * prolix.
 * 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


 * To hatch out.
 * ah-nn̆g pū kú ŏi ih chùi;
 * when a duck's egg has been long covered it will hatch.
 * when a duck's egg has been long covered it will hatch.


 * i cìaⁿ ih chùi;
 * it hatched out.


 * To moisten; to dampen; to wet.
 * cang cúi khṳ̀ ih i jŭn cē;
 * take some water and moisten it.
 * 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.


 * To mutter because of discontent.
 * îh-îh ṳ̂h-ṳ̂h, àiⁿ tàⁿ m̄ káⁿ tàⁿ;
 * muttered, but dared not speak out.
 * muttered, but dared not speak out.


 * îh-ṳ̂h kìe, tàⁿ m̄ chṳt;
 * struggled to speak, but failed through fear of consequences.

im


 * To overflow; to inundate.
 * hue-bâk pun cúi im lío cìm sí;
 * the shrubs were covered by the water and killed by soaking.
 * 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.


 * Sound.
 * kháu im;
 * pronunciation.
 * 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.


 * Obscure; hades; the inferior of the dual powers in Chinese philosophy; the female or the receptive in nature.
 * thài im;
 * the moon.
 * 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.


 * To drink; to quaff.
 * ím cíu;
 * to quaff wine.
 * to quaff wine.


 * hàuⁿ ím cíu;
 * bibulous.


 * To shelter; to protect; to shade.
 * sĭ i tó̤ phî-ìm;
 * it is he who is screening him.
 * 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.


 * A cellar; dark.
 * ìm hŵt;
 * the cavity in which a coffin is to be laid in a grave.
 * 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