# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ieh
### ieh

* 約ieh11171203
* To bind by a contract; to form a treaty or compact; an agreement.

#### lîp hûa ieh;

    establish a treaty of peace.

#### lîp hâp ieh;

    make a contract.

#### sit ieh;

    violate a contract.

#### ieh úa kio i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

    agreed that I should go with him.

#### ieh tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    made a definite agreement.

#### i kàu sî cū pŭe ieh;

    when the time arrived he broke the compact.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ jû ieh;

    not done according to contract.

#### ieh khî;

    fix a time.

#### put ieh jṳ̂ tâng;

    to agree undesignedly.

#### i ieh móng sî hâiⁿ úa;

    he agreed to pay me at a certain time.

#### bô̤ tẁn bô̤ ieh;

    no compact was made.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng ŭ tẁn ieh;

    the two have made a compact.

#### i àm-cĕⁿ tẁn-ieh i;

    he secretly promised him.
* 猜ieh942948
* To guess.

#### ieh m̄ tîeh;

    did not guess rightly.

#### úa ieh m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

    I do not know what to guess.

#### thèng ieh;

    guess at random.

#### cò̤ kâi mīaⁿ lâi ieh;

    guess at fates.

#### cía o̤h ieh;

    this is hard to guess.

#### a noⁿ-kíaⁿ ieh sang a khia;

    children guess at odds or evens.

#### cē ieh cū tîeh;

    guessed it at once.

#### khṳt lṳ́ ieh;

    let you guess at it. ​
* 蜩îeh8881428

#### îeh-po-sûn;

    the cicada, the scissors-grinder.

#### îeh-po-sûn tó̤ kìe;

    the cicadas are piping.
* 藥îeh111614015
* Medicine; chemical preparations.

#### îeh îⁿ;

    pills.

#### îeh súaⁿ;

    medicinal powders.

#### îeh bûah;

    medicine in the form of powder.

#### îeh-ko̤;

    salve.

#### ko̤-îeh;

    ointment.

#### îeh phìen;

    medicine in flakes.

#### îeh chùi;

    medicine in chips, or fragments.

#### îeh thâu îeh búe;

    the residuum of drugs.

#### îeh tû;

    a medicine case.

#### îeh phò; îeh chài phò;

    a drug-shop.

#### îeh līo;

    drugs.

#### îeh côih;

    an instrument for shaving up drugs.

#### îeh to̤;

    a knife for cutting up drugs.

#### îeh cúi;

    fluid medicines.

#### îeh thng;

    viscid medicines.

#### îeh ca; îeh pho̤h;

    dregs of medicines.

#### cêk thiap îeh;

    the medicine prescribed.

#### îeh-hng;

    a prescription.

#### cêk hôk îeh;

    the medicine taken in one dose.

#### cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ío hó̤;

    after taking this course of medicine he was better.

#### cía îeh sĭ cîah kâi a sĭ buah kâi?

    Is this medicine to be taken internally or to be applied externally?

#### cía îeh hó̤ pû cúi khṳ̀ sói;

    boil this medicine in water, and use it as a wash.

#### îeh-cìⁿ, sĭ cìⁿ-thâu khṳ̀ cṳ́ tâk-îeh kâi;

    poisoned arrows, are those whose points have been steeped in poison.

#### pû îeh;

    to steep drugs quickly in boiling water.

#### cien îeh;

    to steep drugs a long time, boiling slowly.

#### tŭn îeh;

    to heat medicines in a dish surrounded by boiling water.

#### ngâu ko̤-îeh;

    make salve.

#### cì îeh;

    to prepare medicines.

#### hûa îeh;

    to concoct remedies.

#### kap îeh;

    to compound medicines.

#### ngói îeh bûah;

    triturate medicinal powders.

#### ceng îeh-îⁿ;

    pound up the component parts of pills.

#### hôk tâk îeh;

    an antidote for poison.

#### cheⁿ îeh, sêk îeh;

    crude drugs and prepared drugs.

#### chèng îeh;

    gunpowder.

#### húe îeh;

    explosive powders.

#### jîp îeh;

    put in a chemical preparation.

#### sìa îeh;

    cathartics.