# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ien
### ien

* 餒ien6181847
* Tainted.

#### nêk ien;

    the meat is spoiled.

#### cía hṳ̂ mng ien ló;

    this fish is just on the verge of becoming tainted.
* 焉ien1082867
* Why; how is it that.

#### lṳ́ ien cai úa m̄-àiⁿ?

    How do you know that I do not want it?

#### i ien lêng hāi úa?

    How can he harm me?

#### i ien tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    How can he do thus?
* 遠íen113716210
* Remote; distant.

#### íong-íen;

    everlastingly.

#### îo-íen;

    in the far distance.

#### lō-tîo îo-íen;

    the way is interminable.

#### íen kṳ̆u thŵn mîaⁿ;

    famed far and near.
* 激íen3958513

#### ìen-khì;

    irritated; vexed.

#### cē ìen-khì cū màiⁿ i;

    as soon as he gets out of temper he won't take it.

#### khṳt i cē ìen-khì cū sek tīo;

    if he gets out of patience with it, he will throw it away.

#### i cē ìen-khì cū lîah i khṳ̀ cio-cò̤;

    whenever she gets vexed she takes him and punishes him.
* 燕ìen1090862
* The nest of the cliff swallow.

#### ìen-o̤;

    edible bird's-nest.

#### kuaⁿ ìen; kuaⁿ ien-o̤;

    the finest sort of edible bird's-nest.

#### ìen-pâi;

    an inferior quality of edible bird's-nest.

#### cêk mn̂g-khí tŭn nŏ̤ cúaⁿ ìen-o̤ khṳ̀ cîah;

    every morning cook two edible bird's-nests by boiling them in a dish surrounded with water, and eat them.

#### thâu úaⁿ cū sĭ ìen-o̤;

    the first dish is edible bird's-nest.
* 筵îen10851187
* A banquet.

#### cíu îen;

    a feast, with wine.

#### îen sîah;

    a banquet.
* 援ĭen1135649
* To relieve; to bring forward.

#### mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu-ĭen;

    hope he will come and rescue.

#### ĭen-ín pâk kò̤ kâi cṳ lâi cò̤ cèng-kṳ̆;

    bring forward a quotation from another book as proof.
* 遠ĭen113716210
* To keep at a distance; to stand aloof from.

#### tîeh chin kun-cṳ́, ĭen sío-jîn, m̄ hó̤ chin sío-jîn ĭen kun-cṳ́;

    one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.

#### kúi sîn, īu tîeh kèng i, īu tîeh ĭen i;

    as to spirits, good and bad, one must do homage to them, and keep aloof from them.
* 延ĭen1084544
* To procrastinate; to invite.
khùe-khùe khṳ̀.

#### màiⁿ ĭen-chî;

    go quickly and without delay.

#### m̄-hó̤ ĭen-ko̤h;

    do not delay.

#### ĭen-māng kúi jît;

    put it off for a few days.

#### chî-chî ĭen-ĭen;

    dilatory.

#### lṳ́ cò̤-nî khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ĭen, ĭen kàu taⁿ?

    Why have you kept putting it off until now?

#### cêk gûeh ĭen kùe cêk gûeh, cêk nî ĭen kùe cêk nî;

    delayed it month after month, and year after year.

#### ĭen khah kú cū bô̤ ēng;

    if you delay it too long it will be of no use.

#### ciu jît i tó̤ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ ĭen-ĭen to bô̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;

    he dilly-dallies all day and never does it.

#### khṳt i tam-ĭen kàu jîeh kú cìaⁿ hâiⁿ;

    he put off the payment of it for no inconsiderable time.

#### i sĭ tó̤ chien-ĭen sî-jît kâi;

    he is staving it off as long as possible.

#### ĭen-chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;

    invite a guest.

#### ĭen sṳ kà-tok;

    invite a learned man to superintend it. ​
* 羨ĭen8021236
* To desire strongly; to long for morbidly.

#### him-ĭen;

    to covet.

#### him-ĭen căi;

    longs for greatly.

#### àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, thû-thû tó̤ him-ĭen;

    want it but cannot have it, and can only crave it.
* 衍ĭen10871443
* To amplify; prolix; superfluous.

#### hu-ĭen;

    prolix.

#### hu-hu ĭen-ĭen;

    a superfluity of amplification.

#### i cn̂g kâi tàⁿ m̄ tîeh ūe nêk, to sĭ hu-ĭen kâi ūe;

    he does not get at the gist of the subject at all, but expatiates without making the matter any clearer.