Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/im
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- hue-bâk pun cúi im lío cìm sí;
- the shrubs were covered by the water and killed by soaking.
- chù khṳt cúi im kàu kŭa chù-téng thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
- the house was overflowed by the water so that even the roof was invisible.
- cúi im kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ;
- the water has risen to half the height of the hills.
- khṳt cúi im cìeⁿ kú mih mûeh to sí khṳ̀;
- being so long innundated, everything died.
- cí kò̤ cúi ío chíen, im būe kàu kha-thâu-u;
- the water here is shallower and scarcely comes up to the knees.
- kháu im;
- pronunciation.
- thó im;
- the local pronunciation.
- cìaⁿ im;
- the correct pronunciation.
- pêh im;
- the pronunciation as it is in plain text.
- kuaⁿ im;
- the pronunciation as it is in the court dialect.
- im ūn;
- rhyme.
- im ūn cheng-chó̤;
- clear and harmonious rythm.
- lṳ́ kâi im ío hó̤;
- your enunciation is the better.
- siaⁿ im;
- sound; voice.
- poih im;
- melody.
- poih im ceng;
- a harmonium.
- úa tó̤ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kâi hûe im;
- I await your response.
- jī im;
- initial sounds.
- kia im;
- sweet sounds.
- hó̤ im sìn;
- good news.
- mío bô̤ im sìn;
- no news for a long time.
- kháu im áu m̄ tńg;
- cannot pronounce it.
- cîh im, tûn im, gê im;
- linguals, labials, and dentals.
- âu im;
- sounds produced in the larynx.
- 陰im10991708
- Obscure; hades; the inferior of the dual powers in Chinese philosophy; the female or the receptive in nature.
- thài im;
- the moon.
- kuang im;
- duration, time.
- im si; im hú;
- the abodes of the dead.
- im îang;
- the dual powers.
- im kang;
- hades.
- im lîang;
- cool and shady.
- chīu im;
- shady.
- hue im;
- flowery shades.
- thîⁿ-sî o im;
- the weather is dull.
- chùn im;
- moments.
- im tek;
- goodness.
- im kong;
- inconspicuous merit.
- im hûn; im lêng;
- the disembodied spirit.
- im îang chíu;
- one hand palm upward and the other hand palm downward.
- im cò̤ îang ûi;
- to do behind one's back what would be repudiated before one's face.
- ko-im put seⁿ;
- vacancy produces nothing.
- im-hṳ hwt jîet;
- exhaustion produces fever.
- khah kùe im;
- too much obscured.
- im kang;
- dried in the shade.
- im îang phùe hâh;
- the correlation of the dual powers.
- îang lâi im sĭu;
- reciprocity of action in the dual powers.
- ím cíu;
- to quaff wine.
- hàuⁿ ím cíu;
- bibulous.
- sĭ i tó̤ phî-ìm;
- it is he who is screening him.
- phî-ìm kàu cèng nâng hó̤-hó̤;
- protect so completely that all will be sheltered.
- hok ìm;
- secretly countenance and aid.
- hok ìm cêk kâi tī-hng khṳt i;
- gave him hidden help in getting a place.
- ìm tāu-gê;
- cover up beans till they sprout.
- cò̤ ìm-si;
- to make soy, by keeping the mixture long sheltered in a warm place.
- ìm hŵt;
- the cavity in which a coffin is to be laid in a grave.
- cí kò̤ tī sĭ ìm-hŵt a sî chien-ciah?
- Is this grave one in which a coffin is to be buried, or is it one from which the body has been removed?
- kâi sĭ kó ìm kâi;
- it is one dug long ago, and still unused.
- tâng i a-kong ìm kâi, kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ peh nî bô̤ ēng;
- it was dug in the days of his grandfather, a hundred years ago, and has not been used until now.
- ìm-tu;
- the mound with its enclosed cavity, made ready to receive a coffin.
- tok kâi ìm-tu tŏ̤ kò̤;
- has the grave made ready.
- kang-îm;
- adultery.
- kîaⁿ kang-îm;
- commit adultery.
- i kâi sèⁿ îm;
- he is of a licentious disposition.
- îm lw̆n;
- debauchery.
- pá lẃn sṳ îm-îok;
- fullness of bread and ease beget lustful desires.
- îm nâng chi-nńg, chi-nńg nâng îm;
- those who debauch the wives and daughters of others, will have their own wives and daughters debauched.
- kìm îm hì;
- forbid lewd plays.
- îm hŭ;
- a lewd woman.
- sie tīo îm cṳ;
- burn up obscene books.
- îm hŏ;
- a drenching rain.
- hàuⁿ sek put îm;
- be not inordinately enamoured of what is beautiful.