# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/im
### im

* 淹im1083858
* To overflow; to inundate.

#### hue-bâk pun cúi im lío cìm sí;

    the shrubs were covered by the water and killed by soaking.

#### chù khṳt cúi im kàu kŭa chù-téng thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    the house was overflowed by the water so that even the roof was invisible.

#### cúi im kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ;

    the water has risen to half the height of the hills.

#### khṳt cúi im cìeⁿ kú mih mûeh to sí khṳ̀;

    being so long innundated, everything died.

#### cí kò̤ cúi ío chíen, im būe kàu kha-thâu-u;

    the water here is shallower and scarcely comes up to the knees.
* 音im11001800
* Sound.

#### kháu im;

    pronunciation.

#### thó im;

    the local pronunciation.

#### cìaⁿ im;

    the correct pronunciation.

#### pêh im;

    the pronunciation as it is in plain text.

#### kuaⁿ im;

    the pronunciation as it is in the court dialect.

#### im ūn;

    rhyme.

#### im ūn cheng-chó̤;

    clear and harmonious rythm.

#### lṳ́ kâi im ío hó̤;

    your enunciation is the better.

#### siaⁿ im;

    sound; voice.

#### poih im;

    melody.

#### poih im ceng;

    a harmonium.

#### úa tó̤ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kâi hûe im;

    I await your response.

#### jī im;

    initial sounds.

#### kia im;

    sweet sounds.

#### hó̤ im sìn;

    good news.

#### mío bô̤ im sìn;

    no news for a long time.

#### kháu im áu m̄ tńg;

    cannot pronounce it.

#### cîh im, tûn im, gê im;

    linguals, labials, and dentals.

#### âu im;

    sounds produced in the larynx.
* 陰im10991708
* Obscure; hades; the inferior of the dual powers in Chinese philosophy; the female or the receptive in nature.

#### thài im;

    the moon.

#### kuang im;

    duration, time.

#### im si; im hú;

    the abodes of the dead.

#### im îang;

    the dual powers.

#### im kang;

    hades.

#### im lîang;

    cool and shady.

#### chīu im;

    shady.

#### hue im;

    flowery shades.

#### thîⁿ-sî o im;

    the weather is dull.

#### chùn im;

    moments.

#### im tek;

    goodness.

#### im kong;

    inconspicuous merit.

#### im hûn; im lêng;

    the disembodied spirit.

#### im îang chíu;

    one hand palm upward and the other hand palm downward.

#### im cò̤ îang ûi;

    to do behind one's back what would be repudiated before one's face.

#### ko-im put seⁿ;

    vacancy produces nothing.

#### im-hṳ hwt jîet;

    exhaustion produces fever.

#### khah kùe im;

    too much obscured.

#### im kang;

    dried in the shade.

#### im îang phùe hâh;

    the correlation of the dual powers.

#### îang lâi im sĭu;

    reciprocity of action in the dual powers.
* 飲ím11021844
* To drink; to quaff.

#### ím cíu;

    to quaff wine.

#### hàuⁿ ím cíu;

    bibulous.
* 蔭ìm110314011
* To shelter; to protect; to shade.

#### sĭ i tó̤ phî-ìm;

    it is he who is screening him.

#### phî-ìm kàu cèng nâng hó̤-hó̤;

    protect so completely that all will be sheltered.

#### hok ìm;

    secretly countenance and aid.

#### hok ìm cêk kâi tī-hng khṳt i;

    gave him hidden help in getting a place.

#### ìm tāu-gê;

    cover up beans till they sprout.

#### cò̤ ìm-si;

    to make soy, by keeping the mixture long sheltered in a warm place.
* 窨ìm11031169
* A cellar; dark.

#### ìm hŵt;

    the cavity in which a coffin is to be laid in a grave.

#### cí kò̤ tī sĭ ìm-hŵt a sî chien-ciah?

    Is this grave one in which a coffin is to be buried, or is it one from which the body has been removed?

#### kâi sĭ kó ìm kâi;

    it is one dug long ago, and still unused.

#### tâng i a-kong ìm kâi, kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ peh nî bô̤ ēng;

    it was dug in the days of his ​grandfather, a hundred years ago, and has not been used until now.

#### ìm-tu;

    the mound with its enclosed cavity, made ready to receive a coffin.

#### tok kâi ìm-tu tŏ̤ kò̤;

    has the grave made ready.
* 淫îm1101858
* Excess; licentiousness; lewd; to drench.

#### kang-îm;

    adultery.

#### kîaⁿ kang-îm;

    commit adultery.

#### i kâi sèⁿ îm;

    he is of a licentious disposition.

#### îm lw̆n;

    debauchery.

#### pá lẃn sṳ îm-îok;

    fullness of bread and ease beget lustful desires.

#### îm nâng chi-nńg, chi-nńg nâng îm;

    those who debauch the wives and daughters of others, will have their own wives and daughters debauched.

#### kìm îm hì;

    forbid lewd plays.

#### îm hŭ;

    a lewd woman.

#### sie tīo îm cṳ;

    burn up obscene books.

#### îm hŏ;

    a drenching rain.

#### hàuⁿ sek put îm;

    be not inordinately enamoured of what is beautiful.