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 * The ninth of the ten stems; it belongs to water.
 * lâk jîm kâi cṳ;
 * a book of magic.


 * i mîaⁿ-ke thóiⁿ lâk-jîm;
 * he is expert in the study of magic.


 * To sustain; to trust; a duty; to undertake.
 * cía sĭ i kâi ceh-jĭm;
 * this is a duty belonging to his post.
 * this is a duty belonging to his post.


 * i bô̤ ceh bô̤ jĭm;
 * he has no responsibilities.


 * kua tîeh tăng jĭm;
 * bears a heavy responsibility.


 * cí kâi ceh-jĭm tōa;
 * this is a weighty responsibility.


 * i tó̤ jĭm úa kâi sṳ̄;
 * he bears the responsibility in this affair of mine.


 * úa -jĭm i;
 * I confide in him.


 * jĭm i;
 * entrust the matter to him.


 * lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ jĭm i thèng cò̤;
 * you should not trust to his careless management.


 * jĭm-phêng lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ, úa to m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * whatever you say, I shall not heed it.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ khah jĭm sèⁿ;
 * he gives way to his temper too much.


 * châi-chêng m̄ seng jĭm;
 * his abilities do not fit him for the post.


 * jĭm phah to m̄ ùi;
 * he is not frightened at being beaten.


 * To hold office; an incumbent.
 * hù jīm;
 * to repair to one's post.
 * to repair to one's post.


 * tiang-sî cĭeⁿ jīm?
 * When does he enter upon the duties of his office?


 * lâi cih i kâi jīm;
 * comes and takes the seals of his office.


 * sin jīm kuaⁿ;
 * the new incumbent.


 * hīn jīm tó̤ cò̤ sĭm-mûeh?
 * What is the present incumbent doing?


 * côiⁿ jīm sĭ tī-tîang?
 * Who was the former incumbent?


 * cīeⁿ jīm sĭ sèⁿ mih kâi?
 * What was the surname of the previous incumbent?


 * cí jīm kuaⁿ hó̤ mē?
 * Is the present magistrate a good one?


 * i khṳ̀ cih sin jīm;
 * he has gone to take the seals of a new office.


 * cē kàu jīm, cū lí-kẃn lí sṳ̄;
 * as soon as he arrived at his post he devoted himself to the transaction of business.


 * sìa jīm ău kàu taⁿ kú?
 * How long is it since he resigned his office?


 * ŭ jīm-só̤;
 * has a position.


 * ŭ jīm a bô̤?
 * Has he any office?


 * keh ceh, lâu jīm;
 * to degrade, and yet retain in office.


 * phang tăi-ke khṳ̀ lâu jīm;
 * get a remonstrance from the people against his going out of office.

jîn


 * The human race; man; mankind; personal; human.
 * hŭ-jîn nâng;
 * women.
 * women.


 * lông jîn;
 * farmers.


 * lâm-jîn, ńng-jîn;
 * men and women.


 * kang jîn;
 * workmen.


 * hŭam jîn;
 * criminals.


 * sôk jîn;
 * common people.


 * îeⁿ jîn;
 * foreigners.


 * jîn-mîn;
 * the people.


 * jîn chîn;
 * the nobility.


 * hŭam cŭe kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ cŭe jîn;
 * those who sin, are called sinners.


 * hó̤ kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ sĭen jîn;
 * the good are called the righteous.


 * cun hŭ-jîn;
 * your wife.


 * tăi-jîn;
 * the great man; exalted sir.


 * sío jîn;
 * the rude, the unlearned.


 * sêng jîn lío;
 * he is of age.


 * hŭ-jîn kâi pín-khip sĭ hu-jîn, sok jîn, kiong-jîn, ngî-jîn, ang-jîn, jû-jîn, lâk khí;
 * the titles given to women are six, depending on the rank of the husband, whether he be of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth rank.


 * chîu-jîn; têk-jîn;
 * an enemy.


 * ṳn jîn; tōa ṳn jîn;
 * a benefactor.


 * ûi jîn-kun kâi nâng;
 * the Emperor.


 * ûi jîn-cú tîeh kîaⁿ-hàu pĕ-bó̤;
 * the crown-prince even must obey his parents.


 * kiaⁿ ùi m̄ sêng jîn;
 * fear he is not going to be much of a man.


 * seⁿ lâi cū sĭ kâi múiⁿ jîn;
 * is a well-made man.


 * sĭang jîn;
 * the head of the house.


 * jîn-mûeh;
 * folk.


 * ko̤h īeⁿ kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ ĭ jîn;
 * people who are unlike other people are called queer.


 * seng jîn put cṳ̆-căi, cŭ-căicṳ̆-căi [sic] put seng jîn;
 * successful people are not those who live at ease, and those who live at ease are not successful.


 * Charity; humanity; benevolence; humane; a kernel, a pit, a small seed.
 * jîn-ngĭ;
 * just.
 * just.


 * i sĭ kîaⁿ jîn-tek kâi nâng;
 * he is one who acts with regard to the welfare of others.


 * i kâi sim jîn-chṳ̂;
 * he is tender-hearted.


 * i sĭm sĭ jîn-ài peh-sèⁿ;
 * he is very regardful of the weal of the people.


 * cí kâi nâng put jîn;
 * this person has no regard for others.


 * i bô̤ jîn bô̤ ngĭ;
 * he has no sense of justice.


 * hĕng-jîn;
 * almonds.


 * tī-tāu jîn;
 * the meat of peanuts.


 * kúe-cí jîn;
 * the pit of fruits.


 * mâk-ciu jîn;
 * the eyeball.


 * thông jîn;
 * the pupil of the eye.


 * ìⁿ-bí-jîn;
 * maize.


 * To confess; to recognize.
 * m̄ jīn, phah kàu i jīn;
 * if he will not own up to it, beat him till he does.
 * if he will not own up to it, beat him till he does.


 * i m̄ khéng jīn cŭe;
 * he will not confess his sin.


 * i jīn cŭe lío;
 * he has already confessed his fault.


 * jīn m̄ chut;
 * does not recognize it.


 * jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀; m̄ pat tò̤ jīn;
 * have no mark by which to know it.


 * úa jīn tîeh i;
 * I recognized it.


 * khṳt úa jīn tîeh;
 * it was recognized by me.


 * chíaⁿ nâng lâi tam jīn;
 * ask some one to spy out whether it is the same one.


 * i keh-pîet kú, jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * they have been long separated, and do not recognize each other.


 * i m̄ jīn úa;
 * he does not recognize me.


 * i sĭ lâi măuⁿ jīn kâi;
 * he has come to lay claim to it, on the ground of recognizngrecognizing [sic] it as his own.


 * i m̄ sêng jīn;
 * he did not feel wholly sure that it was the same one.


 * jīn m̄ cheng-chó̤;
 * not certain that it was the same one.


 * i ang cía sie jīn;
 * the husband and wife recognized each other.


 * jīn-cin;
 * scrupulous.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ jīn cin;
 * he acts with scrupulous regard to truth.