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