Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/iaⁿ
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- khṳt úa íaⁿ-kìⁿ;
- I got a glimpse of it.
- úa íaⁿ mâk, chin-chĭeⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
- I glanced at it, as in taking a hasty look.
- íaⁿ mâk, chin-chĭeⁿ sĭ i;
- at a momentary view, it appears to be he.
- i kâi cṳ, cē íaⁿ mâk cū pat;
- he knows his lesson after just a slight glance at it.
- lṳ́ íaⁿ-thóiⁿ tîeh căi-seⁿ;
- you take a look at it and see what sort of things it is.
- jît íaⁿ;
- a shadow cast by the sun.
- gûeh íaⁿ;
- a shadow made by the moon.
- nâng íaⁿ, chīu íaⁿ, hue íaⁿ;
- shadows of people, trees, and shrubs.
- suaⁿ íaⁿ;
- reflections of natural scenery in water.
- nâng íaⁿ cìe tŏ̤ tî tói;
- a person's image reflected in a pool.
- teng íaⁿ;
- shadows made by lamp light.
- kìaⁿ tói kâi íaⁿ;
- the image in a mirror.
- bô̤ íaⁿ;
- there is no evidence of it.
- bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah;
- there is no trace of it.
- bô̤ íaⁿ nō̤;
- there is no truth in it.
- ŭ íaⁿ ciah;
- there is evidence of its reality.
- būe sĭ ŭ íaⁿ;
- there are as yet no signs of its being real.
- i tàⁿ kàu ŭ íaⁿ ŭ ciah;
- he gives corroborative proof.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ íaⁿ a bô̤?
- Do you consider that it is founded on fact?
- ŭ íaⁿ híang a bô̤?
- Are there visible or audible signs of it?
- chūe cìeⁿ kú hŵn-lío bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ híang;
- have sought it so long and yet there are no signs of it to be found.
- chŵn bô̤ íaⁿ híang; bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ híang;
- no proof of its existence given to the ear or the eye.
- íaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
- a likeness.
- huh-cē-kìe, thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi íaⁿ;
- suddenly saw his similitude.
- bô̤ hêng ío ŭ íaⁿ?
- Without substance how can there be a shadow?
- bô̤ íaⁿ thah;
- a pagoda that casts no shadow.
- sĭ lâng-thâng cúa-íaⁿ, a sĭ pêh jī cúa-íaⁿ?
- Do these puppets casting shadow pictures, speak the mandarin dialect or the colloquial?
- íaⁿ hì;
- a play performed by puppets casting shadows on a screen.
- kâi íaⁿ cū seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
- the shadow repeats itself.
- îaⁿ lău-îa;
- take idols out for an airing in a procession.
- sĭ îaⁿ jît bô̤ îaⁿ mêⁿ;
- they carry him around in the day-time, not in the night.
- cai hĭⁿ-cìⁿ lío, lîah khṳ̀ îaⁿ sì mn̂g-thâu;
- having pierced his ear with an arrow, they carry him around by force to people's doors as a show.
- îaⁿ sîn;
- to get up processions in honor of the gods.
- îaⁿ teng;
- the feast of lanterns.
- îaⁿ kéng;
- to exhibit tableaux in a procession.
- thong po kâi nâng cn̂g kâi kiaⁿ-îaⁿ;
- all the people in the mart were greatly alarmed.
- hāi kàu i tâng-mêⁿ kiaⁿ-kiaⁿ îaⁿ-îaⁿ;
- kept them in fear and trembling the whole night through.
- m̄ cai sim lăi kiaⁿ-îaⁿ mih sṳ̄;
- do not know why he is so much perturbed.
- i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kiaⁿ bô̤ îaⁿ;
- he feels no apprehension.
- i cêk nâng cìen îaⁿ i cèng nâng;
- he alone conquered the whole of them in the fight.
- mih sṳ̄ tō àiⁿ cò̤ kàu îaⁿ;
- in whatever one does, he wishes to excel in it.
- lṳ́ îaⁿ kùe i;
- you surpass him.
- îaⁿ i tōa-bó̤-mûeh;
- greatly superior to him.
- cáu îaⁿ;
- to outrun.
- à îaⁿ;
- get the better of in an argument.
- i póiⁿ-pĭen khṳ̀ îaⁿ;
- he had the best of it in the debate.
- phah îaⁿ;
- won the battle.
- i sĭ thâi îaⁿ a sĭ thâi su?
- Did he win or lose the battle?
- pûah îaⁿ;
- to win in gambling.
- bú îaⁿ;
- a military camp.
- îaⁿ ngó; kun îaⁿ;
- the army.
- jîp îaⁿ;
- to enlist as a soldier.
- îaⁿ pûaⁿ;
- a camp.
- chin kun-îaⁿ;
- the household guards.
- tōa îaⁿ;
- the head-quarters of an army.
- gṳ̄ îaⁿ;
- the Emperor's head-quarters.
- îaⁿ cú;
- the commandant of a intrenchment.
- cí kâi tìn kẃn ŭ jîeh cōi îaⁿ?
- How many corps has this general under his command?
- kîaⁿ îaⁿ; î îaⁿ;
- move the camp.
- kîaⁿ kun cap îaⁿ;
- to encamp in another place.
- chàng îaⁿ, chàng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where have they intrenched themselves?
- huang nâng lâi thau îaⁿ;
- dispatch some one to surprise the camp.
- sêng mêⁿ khṳ̀ kiap îaⁿ;
- went and plundered the camp by night.
- khí piaⁿ khṳ̀ phah i kâi îaⁿ;
- raise troops to attack their camp.
- lâu i tó̤ síu îaⁿ;
- leave them to guard the camp.
- îaⁿ cē;
- the enclosure around a camp.
- îaⁿ mn̂g;
- the entrance to a camp.