Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ip

by Adele Marion Fielde

ip

• 邑ip10961630
• A city; a walled town.

sîaⁿ-ip;

cities.

kŭn ip;

walled towns.

káu ip;

the nine district cities.

síu ip;

the chief district city in a prefecture.

• 浥濕ip-cîp1097
• Dank.

ip-ip cîp-cîp;

close and damp.

khah ip-cîp, khĭa-khí lío cū seⁿ pēⁿ;

it is too close and damp and one would become ill in living there.

• 揖ip1097649
• To bow with the hands joined.

ip-că; cak-ip;

to bow in the Chinese style.

kìⁿ tîeh, chim-chim chíu cū kio i ip-că;

when you see him, lower your clasped hands and bow to him.