# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cim
### cim

* 斟cim16689
* To deliberate upon.

#### cim-ciak;

    to deliberate upon; to hold a consultation.

#### úa àiⁿ kio lṳ́ cim-ciak kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    I wish to consult with you about a matter.

#### ŭ kù ūe àiⁿ kio lṳ́ cim-ciak;

    I wish to speak a word with you about something.

#### táng i lâi cim-ciak;

    wait till he comes to talk the matter over.

#### táng úa cim-ciak hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi hûe-hôk lṳ́;

    wait till I have thought the matter over and then I will answer you.

#### sîang sòi cim-ciak;

    deliberate carefully upon.

#### bô̤ cim bô̤ ciak cū khṳ̀ cò̤;

    went and did it without consultation with any body.
* 親cim9911479
* To kiss.

#### cim-chùi;

    kiss on the mouth.

#### sie cim-chùi;

    kiss each other.

#### cim i cêk kâi chùi;

    give him a kiss.

#### cim i kâi kih-kàu;

    kiss her on the cheek.
* 箴cim161189
* Admonition; warning maxims; appeals to reform; to exhort.

#### phêng-íu-ke tîeh siang cim-kui;

    friends must admonish each other.

#### cía sĭ khǹg sì kâi lîang cim;

    these are good maxims exhorting people to reformation.
* 枕cím16754
* A pillow; to lean upon; adjacent.

#### cím-thâu;

    a pillow.

#### thâu, châ cím-thâu, tîn cím-thâu;

    bamboo, earthen, leathern, wooden and rattan pillows.

#### sìu hue cím-thâu;

    an embroidered pillow.

#### cí kâi cím-thâu sĭ jîp mîⁿ kâi, cí kâi cím-thâu sĭ tìeⁿ lêk-tāu khak;

    this pillow is stuffed with cotton, and the other one with pea-pods.

#### wn-ieⁿ cím;

    a double pillow, used by newly married couples, and called after the mandarin duck, which is a pattern of conjugal fidelity.

#### hĭⁿ-cím;

    a pillow with an ear hole.

#### ău cím kut;

    the occiput.

#### cím piⁿ ūe;

    private talk.

#### kò̤ cím-thâu cng;

    sued on account of what was learned by eavesdropping.

#### cím thâu sieⁿ;

    a box pillow.

#### ût tŏ̤ cím-thâu;

    lying on a pillow.

#### uaⁿ cím bô̤ iu;

    sleep without anxiety.

#### tâng cím;

    bedfellows.

#### sit cím;

    disturbed rest.

#### cang chíu khṳt i cím;

    pillowed on his arm.

#### bô̤ cím-thâu, cang chíu cím;

    pillowless, and lying with his head on his arm.

#### cím tîeh;

    the end of one resting on the other, like a head on a pillow.

#### sie cím;

    conterminous.

#### cím m̄ tîeh;

    cannot make them lie end to end.

#### cang cí kâi suaⁿ cò̤ ău cím;

    take this hill as a background.
* 浸cìm989857
* To merge in; to imbue; to soak.

#### cìm cíu;

    to soak in spirits.

#### cìm thn̂g kâi;

    preserved in sugar.

#### cìm sí;

    khṳt cúi cìm sí; drowned.

#### cìm bît;

    merged in honey.

#### bît cìm;

    sweetmeats made by merging fruit in honey.

#### cìm kàu thàng-thàng;

    soak till it is thoroughly saturated.

#### cìm m̄ thàng;

    it is not soaked through.

#### cím ńng;

    soak in order to soften.

#### cìm kàu lok-lok;

    soak it till it is wet through.

#### cìm i lîang;

    merge it in water to cool it.

#### cìm i phó̤;

    soak it till it swells out.

#### cím sói kàu cheng-khih;

    soak and wash it clean.

#### chíaⁿ pàng hṳ́ tói cìm;

    put it in there to soak.

#### cìm kàu chut gê;

    soak it till it sprouts.

#### pun cúi cìm îeⁿ khṳ̀;

    dissolved by the water in which it was submerged.

#### cìm thâng-îu kâi m̄ ùi cúi;

    what has been saturated with wood oil is not injured by water.

#### cìm cîaⁿ câp jît cúi cìaⁿ thò̤;

    after standing about ten days the waters subsided.

#### châng-hn̂g pun cúi cìm tīo khṳ̀;

    the crops have been destroyed by being inundated.

#### tōa cúi cìm tŏ̤ nâng kâi chù;

    the high water is inundating people's houses.

#### cìm jŭn;

    to toughen by soaking.