# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ji
### jî

* 兒jî720106
* A child; an infant.

#### i bô̤ kíaⁿ bô̤ jî;

    she is childless.

#### lâm-jî;

    a son.

#### ńng-jî;

    a daughter.

#### sío-jî;

    a young child.

#### jî sun múaⁿ tn̂g;

    a houseful of children.

#### hăi-jî;

    an infant.

#### lâm-jî kâi cì-khì;

    a boy's resolves.

#### cía sĭ âng hăi-jî;

    this is a young reprobate.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ thóiⁿ cò̤ jî hì;

    you need not look upon this as child's play.

#### kíaⁿ-jî cōi;

    has many children.

#### jî-sài; jî-hu;

    a husband. ​
* 寺jī837413
* Public chambers, or halls.

#### am-jī;

    monasteries.

#### am-kẁn jī-īⁿ;

    monasteries and their attachments.

#### tăi-lí jī-kheng;

    Court of Appeals.

#### thài-pôk-jī cìaⁿ-kheng;

    the chief judge in the Court of Appeals.

#### jī īⁿ;

    fanes and temples.
* 二jī72170
* Second; two; twain; duplicate.

#### pài-jī;

    Tuesday.

#### jī gûeh câp-jī a jîh-jī?

    Is it the twelfth or the twenty-second day of the second month?

#### kíaⁿ-jît sĭ chiu-jī;

    to-day is the second of the month.

#### i sĭ tŏiⁿ jī kâi;

    he is the second.

#### i àiⁿ jī-câp ngṳ̂n, úa li hâiⁿ i câp-jī;

    he wanted twenty dollars and I gave him twelve.

#### bô̤ jī kṳ̀;

    no two words about it.

#### it lâi sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi mīn-hūn, jī lâi sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́ kâi mīn-hūn;

    I first consider his interests, and next yours.

#### thâu chṳ̀ sĭ i lâi, jī chṳ̀ sĭ lṳ́ lâi, cí chṳ̀ jī-ke cò̤-pû lâi;

    the first time it was he who came, the next time it was you who came, and this time you have both come together.

#### jī ke pêⁿ-pêⁿ huaⁿ-hí;

    both parties are equally pleased.

#### jī hûe úa m̄ it-tit;

    the second time I forgot it.

#### jī keⁿ a būe?

    Is it the second watch yet?

#### jī chèng híang lío;

    the gun which announces the second watch has already sounded.

#### cía sǹg sĭ jī-tang hùe;

    this may be reckoned as second-hand goods.

#### i sĭ tó̤ tng jī-îaⁿ a sĭ tng sam-îaⁿ?

    Is he the servant of an officer, or the servant of an officer's servant?

#### nín jī ūi chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

    you, who occupy the second rank, please be seated.

#### jī nâng;

    the wife next in rank to the chief wife.

#### chūa kâi jī-pâng; chú kâi jī-pâng;

    take a second wife.

#### nín sĭ tōa pâng a sĭ jī pâng?

    Are you the chief or the second wife?

#### úa sĭ sêng i kâi jī pùaⁿ;

    I buy from his wholesale stock.

#### i sĭ cò̤ úa kâi jī chíu;

    he is my first assistant.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ thâu hō̤ a jī hō̤ kâi?

    Do you want the best or the second best?
* 字jī1032393
* A letter.

#### cêk kâi jī;

    one letter.

#### cêk cūe jī;

    a column of characters.

#### cêk tieⁿ jī;

    a written sheet.

#### jī-bó̤;

    the radicals.

#### sĭm-mih jī pôiⁿ, sĭm-mih jī thâu, sĭm-mih jī ĕ?

    What is the radical at the side, at the top, and at the bottom?

#### sît jī, chó̤ jī, tw̆n jī;

    three methods of writing, the square character, the running hand, and the seal character.

#### jī-tíen;

    a dictionary.

#### sĭ ûah jī a sĭ sí jī?

    Is it a noun or a verb? Is it movable or fixed type?

#### hṳ jī, sît jī;

    characters which represent other words than nouns, and those which represent objects.

#### jī ngân;

    a set phrase.

#### jī ûeh;

    the strokes in a letter.

#### jī im;

    the sound of a letter.

#### jī ngĭ;

    meaning of a letter.

#### tah jī;

    a letter pasted on.

#### khek jī;

    an engraved letter.

#### sía jī;

    to write.

#### kìa jī;

    to send a note.

#### chau jī;

    copy letters.

#### bîe jī;

    trace letters through thin paper.

#### jī hō̤;

    the label.

#### ŭ hûe jī a bô̤?

    Is there an answer to be returned per bearer?

#### bô̤ hûe jī;

    no answer.

#### ŭ hûe jī;

    an answer is to be returned.
* 餌jī7201846
* To bait; an allurement.

#### aiⁿ tìeⁿ cía hṳ̂ tîeh cang sĭm-mûeh lâi cò̤ jī?

    What should be used for bait in catching this fish?

#### i cū lâi cîah jī;

    he takes the bait.

#### khîeh ngṳ̂n khṳ̀ jī i;

    allure him with silver; catch him with a silver hook.

#### jī thóiⁿ i àiⁿ mē;

    see if you can tempt him with this.
* 肘jī-cak491303
* The elbow.

#### i sái jī-cak khṳ̀ khŏiⁿ i;

    he gave him a punch with his elbow.

#### phah jī-cak;

    to elbow.

#### i phah-ìn mîaⁿ-ke ēng jī-cak;

    in playing shuttle-cock, he uses his elbow with great skill.
* 膩jī63113012
* Delicate; soft; fine; exact.

#### ìuⁿ-jī;

    fine and delicate.

#### mông tîeh ìuⁿ-jī căi;

    it feels very soft and fine.

#### úa thóiⁿ i kâi nêk ío ìuⁿ-jī, i kâi nêk ío cho;

    it appears to me that her complexion is the more delicate, and hers the more coarse.

#### cí īeⁿ hṳ̂ kâi nêk sĭang ìuⁿ-jī;

    the flesh of this fish is very delicate.

#### sòi-jī;

    finical.

#### i mih sṳ̄ sòi-jī căi;

    he is very fastidious about everything.

#### i kâi tàⁿ ūe sòi-sòi jī-jī, chŵn bô̤ thèng tàⁿ;

    his mode of speech is very precise, and he says nothing carelessly.