Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jwn
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jẃn
- cía sĭ sin jẃn kâi cṳ;
- this is a new edition.
- cí pang cṳ sǹg sĭ gṳ̄ jẃn kâi;
- this set of books is probably an imperial edition.
- jẃn lío cîp cò̤ cêk pńg;
- collate, and then compile in one volume.
- chíu jẃn kâi cheh;
- a book made by hand; a home-made book.
- ka-kī jẃn kâi;
- compiled it myself.
- jẃn siu;
- to revise.
- i káⁿ jw̆n cò̤;
- he dare act without regard to other people's rights or feelings.
- jw̆n cŏ̤;
- sit in a slouching attitude.
- jw̆n sía;
- write it almost any way.
- būe cêng tiaⁿ tîeh, i jw̆n jíang;
- before he was touched he bawled out.
- pn̄g m̄ hó̤ jw̆n cîah;
- rice should not be eaten without regard to rule.
- ūe m̄ hó̤ jw̆n tàⁿ;
- words should not be spoken at random.
- lîah lío jw̆n phah;
- seized and beat him letting the the blows fall wherever they might.
- jw̆n thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
- whatever effort I make in looking, I cannot see it.
- jw̆n sĭeⁿ, sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
- however much I cogitate, I cannnot think it out.
- jw̆n ēng, ēng m̄ lío;
- however freely you use it, you cannot use it all up.
- jw̆n ieh m̄ tîeh;
- can't guess it any way.
- jw̆n tàⁿ, m̄ thiaⁿ;
- whatever I say he pays no heed to it.
- sûi-jw̆n cò̤ to hó̤;
- almost any way will do.
- nŏ̤ saⁿ tîo lō cêk īeⁿ, lṳ́ sûi-jw̆n kîaⁿ;
- the roads are all alike, take whichever you please.
- i sieh i, sûi-jw̆n tàⁿ i to thiaⁿ;
- he is fond of her, and heeds whatever she says.