Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/i

by Adele Marion Fielde

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• 伊i27194
• He, she, it, and their plurals.

cí kúi íⁿ pàng kàu i sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

set these chairs straight.

úa àiⁿ, i m̄;

I wanted to but he would not.

bô̤ i, cū hāi sṳ̄;

without him, we could not get along.

sĭ i a sĭ lṳ́?

Is it he or you?

hàm i lâi;

tell her to come here.

cía sĭ i kâi a sĭ lṳ́-kâi?

Is this his or yours?

lṳ́ thóiⁿ i hó̤ mē?

Do you think it is good?

lṳ́ kio i ío siang hó̤, úa tho̤h lṳ́ kio i tàⁿ;

you are quite intimate with him, and so I will leave it to you to tell him.

i-kâi saⁿ phùa lío;

her tunic is torn.

i jîeh cōi hùe?

How old is she?

khṳt i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

let him go with you.

úa bô̤ àiⁿ pun i;

I am not going to give him any.

cí cho̤h cṳ-cheh thâh i hó̤;

pile up these books nicely.

thâu-mô̤ lûah i kng;

comb your hair smoothly.

chṳ pàng hṳ́ gūa lā i ta;

spread it outside and let it dry.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ i ŏi seⁿ ko a bŏi;

you see whether it has become mouldy or not.

lṳ́ kâi sṳ̄ lí kàu i iap-thiap iap-thiap;

do up your work very neatly.

i tàⁿ i m̆;

he says he won't.

phah i;

beat him.

hâiⁿ i;

pay it to him.

àiⁿ sái i;

I wish to send them on errands.

i kai chíu thìaⁿ;

her hand is sore.

phah i kâi kha;

struck him on the foot.

sĭ i kâi a m̄ sĭ?

It is his is it not?

àiⁿ khṳ̀ i kò̤ cŏ̤;

am going to sit with him.

i kâi cîh seⁿ tái;

his tongue is furred.

úa iŭ i bô̤;

I have some, he has none.

• 椸i274759
• A clothes-horse.

i-kè;

a clothes-rack.

lâm ńng m̄ tâng i-kè;

the sexes must not use the same clothes-horse.

• 於i1118704
• From; at; by; with, in.

i m̄ khîu i nâng;

he asks not help from man.

i kim saⁿ nî lío;

it is now three years since.

lṳ́ i sim hó̤ jím;

exercise patience heartily.

sui sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ to bô̤ iah i sṳ̄;

although that be done, it will be of no advantage in this case.

• 依i27196
• To trust to; to rely on; to conform to.

i-kŏ;

depend upon.

i sĭ i-kŏ tī-tîang cò̤ ău-piah-suaⁿ?

On whom does he rely to back him up?

bô̤ i, bô̤ kŏ;

nothing to depend upon.

bô̤ só̤ i-chi;

has nothing to depend on.

m̄ i lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

do not agree with you in that.

cun i;

compliant.

tng-tn̂g sía cun-i kit-cng;

openly signed a written agreement.

i huap khṳ̀ cò̤;

go and do it according to the rule.

i-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it was the same as that before.

i īeⁿ khṳ̀ ūe;

go and draw it according to the pattern.

i-ngí;

according to what was decided upon in conference.

i-kū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the way it was formerly.

i-i put sía;

I cannot part with you.

i-i lw̄n-lw̄n sía m̄ khui;

I cannot let you go.

i-lw̄n bó-kíaⁿ;

cannot bear separation from his family.

i-lw̄n kū-hieⁿ;

strongly attached to his native village.

• 衣i2701450
• Clothes; garments; dress.

i sieⁿ;

a trunk.

i pau;

a cloth used to wrap clothing.

phah cò̤ i-pau;

do them up in a bundle.

i-hôk;

garments.

thǹg tīo i-hôk;

to undress.

i kâi nâng châi, īa sĭ chēng i-hôk khí lâi cū hó̤ thóiⁿ;

she is one who is comely if she be well dressed.

i-hôk phâi-chîang;

elegantly apparelled.

chēng hō̤-i;

wear a uniform.

sái kàu peh-sèⁿ i cîah chong-cok;

cause the people to have sufficient food and clothing.

kîaⁿ i;

travelling dress.

sêng-i tìam;

a tailor's shop.

i-kwn côi-cíaⁿ;

a complete outfit.

hŏ-i;

rain cloaks.

• 諡ì7641499
• The conferring of a laudatory name after death, by the Emperor; a posthumous title; to confer posthumous titles.

cía sĭ i kâi ì hō̤;

this is the title conferred on him since his death.

ì huap sĭ cṳ̆ ciu chîo cìaⁿ ŭ kâi;

the custom of conferring posthumous titles existed from the time of the Chau dynasty.

i sí ău ì-cò̤ mih mîaⁿ?

What was the name which was conferred upon him by the emperor after his death?

• 意ì282619
• Idea; intention; thought; motive.

úa m̄ cai i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

I do not know what it means.

sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?

What does it mean?

kak nâng kak nâng cip cêk kâi ì;

each held to his own purpose.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cip ka-kī kâi ì;

do not be tenacious of your own notions.

thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;

it appears nonsensical.

m̄-hó̤ ì-sṳ̀;

disreputable; a bad idea.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ cú bô̤ ì;

he acts without any fixed purpose.

i ío ŏi, tîeh chíaⁿ i lâi cú-ì;

he is clever, and we must ask him to come and determine what shall be done.

lṳ́ kio úa cú-ì;

you decide for me.

úa m̄ káⁿ cú-ì kâi ì;

I dare not decide upon any design.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ tōa cú tōa ì;

he acts with great decision.

i tōa cú tōa ì khṳ̀ cò̤;

he went and did it with great determination.

m̄ tèng i kâi ì;

not according to his notions.

ké-ì m̄ hàuⁿ;

pretended to be averse to it.

tèⁿ ì;

pretended to be of that mind.

úa hó̤ chêng hó̤ ì kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;

I told you with a good motive.

tàⁿ ūe bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;

talks nonsense.

jû-ì;

as you desire; a woman's head ornaments.

bw̄n sṳ̄ jû-ì;

may everything be to your liking.

chah jû-ì;

wear ornaments in the hair.

jû-ì păng;

an aigrette worn in the hair.

cē m̄ jû i-kâi ìcū khì;

if everything is not just as he wishes he gets angry.

chut nâng ì gūa;

beyond all human expectation.

ì gūa, līo m̄ kàu kâi sṳ̄;

something unexpected, and beyond all that had been calculated upon.

m̄ kùe ì;

not more than was expected.

thóiⁿ tîeh cí hûe kùe ì căi;

it appears that this time there is more than we had thought of.

i m̄ sĭ kù ì cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he did not do so intentionally.

kù-ì;

of deliberate purpose.

i ŭ sim ŭ ì lâi sàng lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh siu;

he has thoughtfully and purposely brought them for you, and you must accept them.

tit ì căi;

happily chanced.

cieh ì cieh ì nē;

ironical; a double meaning.

m̄ hó̤ khah tîeh ì;

it is not well to have your mind too strongly set upon it.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ i sĭ sĭm-mih ì-kìen?

What do you think his opinion to be?

hô̤ ì?

What does it mean?

put ì;

unintentional.

úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́ bô̤ ì àiⁿ bói;

I perceive that you have no intention of buying it.

bô̤ ì àiⁿ bōi;

does not intend to sell.

tâng sim tâng ì;

of the same mind.

sía ì;

make a rough draught.

cía m̄ sĭ kong pit, sĭ ì pit;

this is not the clean copy, it is the first draught.

ì pit ío o̤h ūe;

the rough sketch is the more difficult to draw.

hâh lṳ́ kâi ì mē?

Is it in accordance with your wishes?

thóiⁿ tîeh hâh ì căi;

it appears to be just what I want.

hâh úa kâi ì īu tîeh hâh lṳ́ kâi ì;

it suits me and must also suit you.

nín nŏ̤ nâng jī ke hŭe ì;

you two understand each other.

i sǹg sĭ ŭ sṳ ì;

he has private ends.

m̄ hó̤ cang ì chek-tâk;

do not make it up out of your own head.

chŵn bô̤ seⁿ ì;

has no business capacity.

nín màiⁿ seⁿ ì khì, tîeh hûa-hûa;

you must not get cross with each other, you must be good friends.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí ì?

Who was it that started this idea?

i mâiⁿ kâi ì tŏ̤ kò̤;

it has a hidden meaning.

i cwn sim cwn ì cò̤;

he does it heartily.

lṳ́ kâi ì sĭ àiⁿ cò̤-nî?

What is your idea about it?

lṳ́ ì àiⁿ hô̤ ûi?

What would you have?

thóiⁿ chut i ŭ hẃn ì;

perceive that he has changed his mind.

híen-híen chut i kâi cìaⁿ ì;

shows his real motives.

i chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;

he has no two minds about it.

cē tàⁿ i cū hío ì;

as soon as you speak he will catch the idea.

kim khue tit ì nâng, īa sĭ côiⁿ khue sit ì nâng;

those who at this examination attain their wish, are those who at former examinations failed to attain their wish.

sĭ kam chêng, ì ngw̆n;

it is done cordially.

ì bé sim ŵn;

his will is like a horse's and his heart like an ape's; he is strong and inconstant.

cn̂g kâi bô̤ pit ì;

there is no meaning in the strokes of the pen.

lîp ì;

to make up the mind; to determine.

• 飴î2751845
• Comfits; tidbits.

î-thn̂g;

barley sugar; sweet-meats.

• 夷î276373
• Barbarians; to kill.

î-jîn;

barbarians.

î káu-côk;

slay the whole race.

î-pang;

foreigners.

î-têk;

northern savages.

mâng-î;

southern savages.

• 移î2741156
• To transpose; to shift; to move; to change the place or direction of.

î khui khṳ̀;

to move off.

î-súa ío kṳ̆n cē;

move it up a little nearer.

î bûn khṳ̀ i kò̤;

sent off a dispatch to him.

î khua cĭu kín;

to accommodate with a timely loan.

î-nô̤ ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ peh ngṳ̂n cieh i ēng;

borrow two or three hundred dollars in order to lend it to him.

cía sĭ thòi i î-nô̤ kâi;

this borrowed from another and lent to him.

î lâi, cieh khṳ̀;

borrow and lend.

chùn pō lâng î;

it is very difficult for me to get away a single step.

put lêng î-êk;

it cannot be altered.

î hue ciap bâk;

to graft flowers on a tree.

î hŭa tha nâng; î hŭa pàng pât nâng;

shift the trouble off upon another.

î si thû-lūa;

lay a corpse at a person's door in order to criminate him.

cêk cẃn î cṳ kang cū hó̤-hó̤;

just transpose them and they will be all right.

cē tàⁿ tīaⁿ-tîeh cū bô̤ kói-î;

after having settled the point there is to be no change.

bô̤ î bô̤ êk;

without change or alteration.

i kâi khueh-hūn lâi î khṳt lṳ́, lṳ́ kâi khueh-hūn lâi î khṳt i;

transfer his liabilities to you, and yours to him.

thih pit, bô̤ î;

written with an iron pen and unalterable.

• 貤î2741543
• To reward the worthy; to obtain promotion for another; to get reward due to one's self transferred to another.

î-cāng peh-cek pĕ-bó̤;

gain rank for uncles and parents after their death.

î-hong saⁿ tō̤;

he got his ancestors for three generations ennobled.

chíaⁿ î-hong;

ask for preferment for another, on account of one's own services.

• 姨î277386
• The sister of one's mother or wife.

a î;

an aunt or sister-in-law.

sĭ chi-î a sĭ bó̤-î?

Is it your wife's sister, or your mother's sister?

î-píe;

cousins, whose mothers are sisters.

sĭ î-píe a sĭ ko-píe?

Is his mother your mother's sister or your father's sister?

tōa î;

mother's elder sister.

sòi î;

mother's younger sister.

jī î;

a sister-in-law, the one next to the eldest.

ko î kŭ kĭm lóng-cóng lâi;

aunts and uncles all came.

• 易ĭ281724
• Easy, not difficult.

îong-ĭ căi;

facile.

bô̤ hìeⁿ îong-ĭ no̤h!

It is not so easily done!

tàⁿ khí lâi īu sĭ îong-îong ĭ-ĭ;

it is very easy to talk about.

cē tàⁿ phùa, thóiⁿ tîeh cū îong-ĭ;

after being explained it appears very easy.

• 懿ĭ2846116
• Virtuous; admirable.

ĭ tek;

eminently virtuous.

hûang-hŏ kâi mĕng kìe-cò̤ ĭ cí;

the command of the empress is called her virtuous will.

ĭ hŭam;

an example worthy of esteem.

• 肄ĭ2841297
• To practise and become skilled in.

ĭ ngîap;

to acquire a trade, or profession.

• 異ĭ2811026
• Diverse; strange; odd, different.

ĭ īeⁿ;

a rare sort.

ĭ jîn;

a singular person.

ĭ bŭn;

strange reports.

ĭ kìen;

rarely seen.

ĭ jît;

another day.

sî-hāu bô̤ ĭ, nâng bô̤ ĭ, pēⁿ-cèng īa bô̤ ĭ, ŭ sî ēng îeh hŵu-lío m̄ tâng;

sometimes when the weather is as usual, the person as usual, and disease the same, the medicine used has not the same effect.

ĭ sṳ̄;

a queer thing.

cía cū ĭ lío;

this is odd.

ĭ kok;

strange countries.

tăi tâng sío ĭ;

a great resemblance with few points of difference.

khî-ĭ;

strange.

ĭ-twn;

heresy.

cong sin bô̤ ĭ;

unvarying.

kùai-ĭ;

marvellous.

keng khî lîp ĭ;

venerate on account of strangeness.

• 裔ĭ2841457
• Posterity; descendants.

ău-ĭ chiang-sĕng căi;

his posterity is very numerous.

cía sĭ i kâi mîo-ĭ;

these are his remote descendants.

ĭ-sun;

immediate descendants.