Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jien
jîen
- cṳ̆-jîen;
- of course; naturally; certainly.
- cṳ̆-cṳ̆ jîen-jîen;
- just so; to be sure.
- kúaⁿ-jîen;
- really; truly.
- cṳ̆ jîen jṳ̂ jîen;
- self-existent; underived; it comes of itself.
- cò̤ lâi cṳ̆-jîen căi;
- it is made so as to look very natural.
- hut-jîen cū bô̤ khṳ̀;
- suddenly disappeared.
- cŏ-jîen cū lâi;
- came abruptly or unexpectedly.
- cí kâi sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh būe jîen;
- I look upon this as still uncertain.
- i kâi ūe to m̄ jîen li;
- what he says is very improbable.
- put khî-jîen jṳ̂-jîen;
- it came quite unexpectedly.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ lṳ́ thoiⁿ jîen a m̄ jîen?
- Do you consider what he says about this probable or improbable?
- i kà i jîen-ău cìaⁿ ŏi;
- after she has taught him he will be able.
- só̤-íⁿ-jîen kâi tŏ̤-lí;
- a necessary doctrine.
- i tháng-jîen cū khṳ̀;
- he went understandingly.
- pêh kang bô̤ jîen;
- without any apparent reason for it.
- i seⁿ lâi jîen i a bó̤, m̄ jîen i a pĕ;
- he looks like his mother, not like his father.
- hṳ́ kâi ta-po kâi cū jîen i a pĕ;
- the boy is like his father.
- nŏ̤ kâi seⁿ lâi jîen căi;
- the two look much alike.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ ūe lâi jîen mē?
- Do you think the portrait good?
- úa thóiⁿ lí jîen;
- I think the likeness good.
- cía ūe lâi cn̂g kâi m̄ jîen;
- this drawing bears no resemblance to the original.
- i kâi khẃn jîen-jîen i a-kong;
- his looks and ways are just like his grandfather's.
- nĕ jîen-jîen;
- an exact counterpart.