A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Sio

by Josiah Goddard

Sio.

潚¹

Deep clear water; name of a river; rinsing rice.

簫¹

A reed; name of a musical instrument.

蕭¹

Name of a bitter herb; a barrier; waving; solitary.

宵¹

Obscure; night; small.

捎¹

To select from; to brush away; eradicate; reject.

消¹

To thaw; melt; digest; dissipate; consume.

硝¹

Nitre; salt-petre.

逍¹

To saunter about for amusement.

銷¹

To fuse metals; melt; dissolve.

霄¹

Vapor; clouds; halo; sleet; heaven.

搜¹

To shake; toss about; to search; to study the import of.

小²

Small; petty; contracted; light; a few; young.

劭^-3

Exertion; effort; to force one's self; excellence.

紹^-3

To connect; to continue in succession; to succeed.

邵^-3

High; eminent.

韶^-3

An instrument of music; to continue the virtues of a predecessor.

髫^-3

Tuft of hair which hangs down from a child's head.

肇^-3

To commence; to correct; to devise; project; intelligent.

少^3-

Few; small; young; to diminish; to owe; be wanting.

肖^3-

Constitutional likeness as between parent and child; legitimate; filial.

數^3-

To reckon; count; a number; several; fate; few.

櫢^3-

To shake; agitate; brush or shake off.