Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jiak
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jîak
- ńng-jîak;
- weak.
- khùn-jîak;
- infirm.
- ńng-ńng jîak-jîak;
- very feeble.
- sin-thói sò-jîak;
- he is very thin.
- cí kâi nâng jîu-jîak;
- this person is very pliable.
- nó̤-jîak;
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- pliant.
- bô̤ lŭn khîang jîak;
- without regard to strength or weakness.
- i kâi khì-thói jîak;
- he is of a feeble constitution.
- hueh-khì hṳ-jîak, tîeh cai pó-íang;
- his blood is thin, and he must be well fed.
- sue-jîak;
- decrepid.
- jîak pâng;
- the weaker party.
- jû-jîak àiⁿ lâi tîeh soiⁿ tàⁿ;
- if you are coming you must say so beforehand.
- cí kâi put jîak hṳ́ kâi ngía;
- this is not like that in regard to its beauty.
- tháng-jîak m̄ sĭ, cò̤-nî?
- If it is not so, what then?
- jîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa cū màiⁿ;
- if that is the case, I shall not want it.
- khá jîak cìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤?
- How can that be suitable?
- jîak lŭn móng nâng i cū cò̤ tit lâi;
- if you talk about a person he is apt to come.
- jîak tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ cū m̄-àiⁿ;
- should he say anything against it, then do not take it.