A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / iah

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吐

• To vomit; to spew out.

• a-nôⁿ cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-sî àiⁿ iah nĭ?

  Why does the baby throw up its milk lately?

• cîah lío iah chut lâi;

  threw it up after swallowing it.

• i cí nŏ̤ jît iah hueh;

  he has vomited blood these last two days.

益

• To benefit; to advance the interests.

• bô̤ iah;

  of no benefit.

• ŭ sún, bô̤ iah;

  it is all loss, and no profit.

• bô̤ lĭ-iah;

  not advantageous.

• ŭ sĭm-mih iah chù nē?

  Of what advantage is it?

• tăi ŭ iah;

  very beneficial.

• pó-iah sin-hun;

  good for the health.

• khiam sĭ ŭ iah;

  humility advances one’s interests.

• iah-bó̤-cháu;

  boneset.

• chap cí kâi phêng-íu cū ŭ iah;

  to associate with this friend will promote your interests.

驛

• A government post; a station.

• îah căm;

  a post-station.

• kàu îah-căm cū ūaⁿ;

  change at the post-station.

• îah-sêng sòi-sòi sĭ láu-tiaⁿ;

  the governor of a post-station, be it ever so small, is still a governor.

• îah bé;

  post horses.

易

• The sixty-four diagrams.

• mîaⁿ-ke phok îah;

  expert in divining by diagrams.

• cí hûe khṳ̀ phok kâi îah-khùe;

  now went and had his fortune told by diagrams.

• îah lí sĭ chim kâi;

  the doctrine of the diagrams is a deep one.

• cang îah-khùe cē chui-sǹg būe lâi kâi sṳ̄ cū ŏi soiⁿ cai;

  by reckoning from the diagrams one may know the future.

• îah-kiaⁿ;

  The Book of Changes.

招

• To beckon.

• îah i lâi;

  beckon to him to approach.

• cang chíu îah i;

  beckon to him.

• thoiⁿ i cang sìⁿ tó̤ îah úa;

  saw him motioning to me with his fan.

• îah i bûa lâi tàⁿ ūe;

  beckon to him to come and speak with me.

蝶

• A general name for moths, millers, and sphinges.

• bói-îah;

  brilliant moths or butterflies.

• bói-îah tó̤ chái hue;

  the butterflies flit from flower to flower.

• cí kâi bói-îah pàng lâi kûiⁿ căi;

  this kite, made in imitation of a butterfly, has been sent up very high.

• cang cúa kô kâi bói-îah;

  make a butterfly kite of paper.

• thái-ko̤ îah;

  a large gray moth.

• îah-thâu kâi ôi;

  shoes having butterfly shaped ornaments on the toes.

• teng khṳt teng-îah phah kùe;

  the lamp has been extinguished by a small gray moth’s flying into it.

• chôiⁿ pìⁿ tāu-jîn ău cū pìⁿ cò̤ îah;

  the silk-worm changes into a grub and afterward into a moth.

• tōa cúi îah;

  moths that are numerous in floods and heavy rains.