Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ien
ien
- nêk ien;
- the meat is spoiled.
- cía hṳ̂ mng ien ló;
- this fish is just on the verge of becoming tainted.
- lṳ́ ien cai úa m̄-àiⁿ?
- How do you know that I do not want it?
- i ien lêng hāi úa?
- How can he harm me?
- i ien tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
- How can he do thus?
- íong-íen;
- everlastingly.
- îo-íen;
- in the far distance.
- lō-tîo îo-íen;
- the way is interminable.
- íen kṳ̆n thŵn mîaⁿ;
- famed far and near.
- ìen-khì;
- irritated; vexed.
- cē ìen-khì cū màiⁿ i;
- as soon as he gets out of temper he won't take it.
- khṳt i cē ìen-khì cū sek tīo;
- if he gets out of patience with it, he will throw it away.
- i cē ìen-khì cū lîah i khṳ̀ cio-cò̤;
- whenever she gets vexed she takes him and punishes him.
- ìen-o̤;
- edible bird's-nest.
- kuaⁿ ìen; kuaⁿ ien-o̤;
- the finest sort of edible bird's-nest.
- ìen-pâi;
- an inferior quality of edible bird's-nest.
- cêk mn̂g-khí tŭn nŏ̤ cúaⁿ ìen-o̤ khṳ̀ cîah;
- every morning cook two edible bird's-nests by boiling them in a dish surrounded with water, and eat them.
- thâu úaⁿ cū sĭ ìen-o̤;
- the first dish is edible bird's-nest.
- cíu îen;
- a feast, with wine.
- îen sîah;
- a banquet.
- mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu-ĭen;
- hope he will come and rescue.
- ĭen-ín pâk kò̤ kâi cṳ lâi cò̤ cèng-kṳ̆;
- bring forward a quotation from another book as proof.
- tîeh chin kun-cṳ́, ĭen sío-jîn, m̄ hó̤ chin sío-jîn ĭen kun-cṳ́;
- one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.
- kúi sîn, īu tîeh kèng i, īu tîeh ĭen i;
- as to spirits, good and bad, one must do homage to them, and keep aloof from them.
khùe-khùe khṳ̀.
- màiⁿ ĭen-chî;
- go quickly and without delay.
- m̄-hó̤ ĭen-ko̤h;
- do not delay.
- ĭen-māng kúi jît;
- put it off for a few days.
- chî-chî ĭen-ĭen;
- dilatory.
- lṳ́ cò̤-nî khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ĭen, ĭen kàu taⁿ?
- Why have you kept putting it off until now?
- cêk gûeh ĭen kùe cêk gûeh, cêk nî ĭen kùe cêk nî;
- delayed it month after month, and year after year.
- ĭen khah kú cū bô̤ ēng;
- if you delay it too long it will be of no use.
- ciu jît i tó̤ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ ĭen-ĭen to bô̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;
- he dilly-dallies all day and never does it.
- khṳt i tam-ĭen kàu jîeh kú cìaⁿ hâiⁿ;
- he put off the payment of it for no inconsiderable time.
- i sĭ tó̤ chien-ĭen sî-jît kâi;
- he is staving it off as long as possible.
- ĭen-chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
- invite a guest.
- ĭen sṳ kà-tok;
- invite a learned man to superintend it.
- 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.
- hu-ĭen;
- 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.