Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jih
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jîh
- jîh kàu nâ-pn̄g-kùa ka-lâuh;
- press a gift upon one, till the cover of the basket falls off.
- jîh i siu, i to m̄ khéng siu;
- urged him to accept it, but he would not.
- lṳ́ mín-ēng cài-saⁿ jîh, úa íⁿ-keng siu lío;
- you need not urge me again and again to accept some, I have already accepted some.
- jîh kíu;
- press it tightly.
- jîh m̄ lô̤h;
- I cannot press it in.
- jîh i jîp khṳ̀;
- press it in.
- lṳ́ kâi chíu cai jîh, màiⁿ pun huang chue cáu;
- press your hand upon it, and do not let the wind blow it away.
- chíu jîh tŏ̤ i thâu-khak;
- pressed his hand upon his head.
- i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu jîh tîeh pok-pok kìe;
- when you lay your hand on his chest you can feel it throb.
- jîh lô̤h cē;
- press it down a little.
- m̄-hó̤ jîh khah thíam;
- do not press it too hard.
- jîh cŭ;
- stop it by pressing the hand upon it.
- jîh gūa nâng;
- more than a score of people.
- lṳ́ táng jîh sûn cìaⁿ lâi;
- wait till the last ten days of the month, then come.
- jîh-sì ngŏ kâi pang-bó̤;
- about the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth of the month.
- jîh gūa hùe lío;
- over twenty years old.