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202 úa?
 * He is all the time taking in ever so much money, so why will he not pay me?


 * íⁿ-keng lâi jîeh kú lío hẃn-lío tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * came ever so long ago and is still unable to talk.


 * úa bô̤ jîeh cōi;
 * I have no great number.


 * téng thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
 * weigh it and see how heavy it is.

jîen


 * An adverbial particle, implying it is so.
 * cṳ̆-jîen;
 * of course; naturally; certainly.
 * of course; naturally; certainly.


 * cṳ̆-cṳ̆ jîen-jîen;
 * just so; to be sure.


 * kúaⁿ-jîen;
 * really; truly.


 * cṳ̆ jîen jṳ̂ jîen;
 * self-existent; underived; it comes of itself.


 * cò̤ lâi cṳ̆-jîen căi;
 * it is made so as to look very natural.


 * hut-jîen cū bô̤ khṳ̀;
 * suddenly disappeared.


 * cŏ-jîen cū lâi;
 * came abruptly or unexpectedly.


 * cí kâi sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh būe jîen;
 * I look upon this as still uncertain.


 * i kâi ūe to m̄ jîen li;
 * what he says is very improbable.


 * put khî-jîen jṳ̂-jîen;
 * it came quite unexpectedly.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ lṳ́ thoiⁿ jîen a m̄ jîen?
 * Do you consider what he says about this probable or improbable?


 * i kà i jîen-ău cìaⁿ ŏi;
 * after she has taught him he will be able.


 * só̤-íⁿ-jîen kâi tŏ̤-lí;
 * a necessary doctrine.


 * i tháng-jîen cū khṳ̀;
 * he went understandingly.


 * pêh kang bô̤ jîen;
 * without any apparent reason for it.


 * Resembling; like.
 * i seⁿ lâi jîen i a bó̤, m̄ jîen i a pĕ;
 * he looks like his mother, not like his father.
 * he looks like his mother, not like his father.


 * hṳ́ kâi ta-po kâi cū jîen i a pĕ;
 * the boy is like his father.


 * nŏ̤ kâi seⁿ lâi jîen căi;
 * the two look much alike.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ūe lâi jîen mē?
 * Do you think the portrait good?


 * úa thóiⁿ lí jîen;
 * I think the likeness good.


 * cía ūe lâi cn̂g kâi m̄ jîen;
 * this drawing bears no resemblance to the original.


 * i kâi khẃn jîen-jîen i a-kong;
 * his looks and ways are just like his grandfather's.


 * nĕ jîen-jîen;
 * an exact counterpart.

jîet


 * Heat; fever; warm; ardent.
 * jîet căi;
 * feverish; restless.
 * feverish; restless.


 * thiⁿ-sî íam-jîet;
 * the weather is very hot.


 * sú-jîet kâi sî-hāu;
 * in the hot season.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ lāu-jîet;
 * there is much bustle there.


 * lāu-lāu jîet-jîet kâi sî-hāu;
 * in times of great excitement and activity.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭm sĭ jîet-lāu;
 * that place is one where there is a great deal going on.


 * lāu-lāu jîet-jîet, bŏi ko-cio;
 * many people coming and going, and no quietude.


 * màiⁿ kúaⁿ nâng tó̤ lāu-jîet;
 * do not mix yourself up in their affairs.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng sĭm sĭ chin-jîet;
 * the two are ardently attached to each other.


 * i ŏi hwt jîet a bŏi?
 * Does he have fever?


 * cak sie-jîet;
 * has a fever.


 * hŵn-lío ŭ jîet-khì;
 * there is still warmth in it.


 * huang-lô tó̤ jîet;
 * the earthen stove is heated.


 * tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ cîah i jîet thò̤;
 * must quickly take something to reduce the fever.


 * úa mông tîeh i kâi chíu-tói ŏi jîet;
 * I find his hands very hot in the palm.


 * chàu-jîet kâi mûeh, m̄-hó̤ cîah;
 * do not eat what is heating.


 * i kâi tn̂g thìaⁿ, tó jîet;
 * he has pain and inflammation in his bowels.

jîh


 * To urge one to accept.
 * jîh kàu nâ-pn̄g-kùa ka-lâuh;
 * press a gift upon one, till the cover of the basket falls off.
 * press a gift upon one, till the cover of the basket falls off.


 * jîh i siu, i to m̄ khéng siu;
 * urged him to accept it, but he would not.


 * lṳ́ mín-ēng cài-saⁿ jîh, úa íⁿ-keng siu lío;
 * you need not urge me again and again to accept some, I have already accepted some.


 * To press upon with the hand.
 * jîh kíu;
 * press it tightly.
 * press it tightly.


 * jîh m̄ lô̤h;
 * I cannot press it in.


 * jîh i jîp khṳ̀;
 * press it in.


 * lṳ́ kâi chíu cai jîh, màiⁿ pun huang chue cáu;
 * press your hand upon it, and do not let the wind blow it away.


 * chíu jîh tŏ̤ i thâu-khak;
 * pressed his hand upon his head.


 * i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu jîh tîeh pok-pok kìe;
 * when you lay your hand on his chest you can feel it throb.


 * jîh lô̤h cē;
 * press it down a little.


 * m̄-hó̤ jîh khah thíam;
 * do not press it too hard.


 * jîh cŭ;
 * stop it by pressing the hand upon it.


 * Twenty; a score.
 * jîh gūa nâng;
 * more than a score of people.
 * more than a score of people.


 * lṳ́ táng jîh sûn cìaⁿ lâi;
 * wait till the last ten days of the month, then come.


 * jîh-sì ngŏ kâi pang-bó̤;
 * about the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth of the month.


 * jîh gūa hùe lío;
 * over twenty years old.

jím


 * Fortitude; patience; to bear with; to repress; to give way to.
 * jím-năi;
 * endure.
 * endure.


 * khak-khó jím-năi;
 * to persistently bear up under.


 * jím-sèⁿ;
 * patient.


 * jím khì thun siaⁿ;
 * restrain anger, by not speaking.


 * é jím bô̤ ngân;
 * silently endure.


 * jím m̄ cŭ;
 * unendurable.


 * jím sim hāi lí;
 * harshly violate propriety.


 * i kâi sim châng-jím căi;
 * his spirit is undisciplined.


 * jím jôk pò̤ chîu;
 * bear the disgrace in order to avenge it.


 * lṳ́ tîeh ŏi kien jím;
 * you have unflinching fortitude.


 * i mîaⁿ-ke jím căi;
 * he exercised admirable patience.


 * cía sĭ i cìaⁿ ŏi jím;
 * this what she has to put up with.


 * pât nâng jím m̄ khṳ̀;
 * other people would not bear it.


 * jím-khì seⁿ châi;
 * patience begets riches.