Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sṳ

by Adele Marion Fielde

sṳ

• 斯sṳ834698

sṳ-bûn;

scholarly, courteous, polished, elegant.

sṳ-sṳ bûn-bûn kâi nâng;

a very scholarly man.

sṳ-bûn sâu tī;

put scholarship to ignoble uses.

• 思sṳ834615
• To think, to reflect, to consider; to wish; the thought of the heart.

sṳ-sĭeⁿ;

to reflect upon.

sṳ-lĭam;

to think about, to recollect kindly.

su ke;

homesick.

có̤ sṳ ĭu sĭeⁿ;

consider all sides of the question.

jît sṳ, mêⁿ sĭeⁿ;

think of it day and night.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ sṳ-sĭeⁿ i;

do not think about it.

cong-kú sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;

always hold him in kind remembrance.

i kâi sim-sṳ hó̤ căi;

her intentions are excellent.

sṳ côiⁿ, lĭam ău;

recall the past, and meditate on the future.

toaⁿ sṳ pēⁿ;

heartsick through unrequited love.

siang sṳ pēⁿ;

sick through unsatisfied affection; lovesick.

• 商sṳ739808
• To adjust by conversation.

sṳ-nîe;

to bargain; to talk over and fix the price.

bô̤ sṳ-nîe;

no chaffering.

màiⁿ sṳ-nîe;

do not haggle about the price.

úa hṳ́ cêk jît kāng lṳ́ soiⁿ sṳ-nîe kùe;

I on that day settled with you beforehand the question as to what the price should be.

sṳ-nîe in̄ tn̄g kè, thó cîⁿ àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;

when the price is not fixed by previous arrangement, there is a quarrel when payday comes.

kè cîⁿ sṳ-nîe m̄ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

the price was not agreed upon.

• 師sṳ758507
• A legion or brigade of 2500 men; part of an army; troops; a master, a professor; a patron; a sage; a pattern to the world.

tô̤h jît chut sṳ;

choose a lucky day for marching out the troops.

pang sṳ;

recall the army from foreign service.

cúi sṳ;

marines.

khṳ̀ kìⁿ láu-sṳ;

visit a learned scholar.

thài sṳ, sío sṳ; thài-cṳ́ sṳ hù;

the two high officers who have nominal charge of the education of the prince.

kun-sṳ;

a strategist who advises the general in an army.

• 私sṳ8351152
• Private, personal, selfish, partial.

úa chŵn bô̤ sṳ-sim;

I have no partiality.

kong tang châng sṳ;

conceal private interests under public ones.

bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ; bô̤ sṳ bô̤ phiⁿ;

have no selfish ends in view.

chŵn bô̤ pùaⁿ tíam sûn-sṳ;

do not in the least consider how it affects myself.

sṳ-ì;

selfishness.

• 史sṳ́760802
• Annals; chronicles; acts; a register.

sṳ́-kàm;

chronicles.

cò̤ kùe gṳ̄-sṳ́ kâi nâng;

a historiographer.

kok sṳ́;

records of the state.

sṳ́-kì;

history.

kak chîo tō̤ to ŭ sṳ́-kuaⁿ;

every dynasty has an annalist appointed.

thăi-sṳ́-tŏ̤iⁿ;

a Hanlin graduate.

jī câp-jí sṳ́;

the twenty-two histories of the Chinese dynasties.

• 賜sṳ̀8381548
• To confer; to bestow on an inferior; imperial grants or favors; a benefit; used by supliants when asking favors.

khim sṳ̀;

imperial favors.

sṳ̀ khṳt i;

bestow it upon him.

i-hôk sṳ̀-pun i chēng;

gave him clothes to wear.

thiⁿ sṳ̀ kâi;

bestowed by heaven.

hûang-tì sṳ̀ kâi;

conferred by the emperor.

sṳ̀ pêh;

send a scarf for an officer to strangle himself with it.

síeⁿ-sṳ̀;

to reward.

cía sĭ chîo-thêng só̤ sṳ̀ kâi;

this was conferred by the government.

sṳ̀ ṳ̆ téng-tài;

gave him permission to wear a button; rewarded him by giving him rank without office.

sĭu kùe hṳ̂ang-sĭang kâi ṳn-sṳ̀;

have experienced the kindness of the emperor.

• 思sṳ̀834615
• Thoughts; emotions; wishes;

ì-sṳ̀;

meaning, design, idea, intention.

m̄-hó ì-sṳ̀;

vile, disreputable, indecent.

m̄ cài i sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀;

do not know what his idea is.

o̤ i hó̤ ì-sṳ̀ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

wonder why he thinks it well to do thus.

bô̤ ì bô̤ sṳ̀;

without meaning; nonsensical; absurd.

• 肆sṳ̀8371297

hùang-sṳ̀;

disorderly; impudent; profligate.

• 辭sṳ̂103316012
• In grammar, an expression, word or particle; words; a plea; an argument.

hṳ sṳ̂;

a false statement.

úa thóiⁿ chut i sĭ sek sṳ̂ kâi;

I discovered that his plea was specious.

líang nâng kak cip cêk sṳ̂;

each held to his own argument.

i sĭ kía sṳ̂ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

in so saying he is falsifying for the sake of making a point.

cn̄g-sṳ̂;

a defense or accusation in court.

sṳ̂ put tâk ì;

the statement does not fully convey the idea.

tiaⁿ-sṳ̂;

the plea that is entered in defense.

sṳ̂-kù tàⁿ-lái hó̤ thiaⁿ;

the summing up was very well done.

niap sṳ̂, bû kò̤;

to trump up a complaint and accuse falsely.

thàng-gṳ́-sṳ̂;

an interjection.

cía jī sĭ ēng cò̤ gṳ́-cŏ̤-sṳ̂;

this letter is used as an interjection.

• 祠sṳ̂10341135
• To offer sacrifice to one's ancestors; the building where ancestors are worshipped.

sṳ̂-tn̂g;

an ancestral hall.

chíaⁿ a-kong jîp sṳ̂;

invite the spirit of a grandfather to take up its abode in the ancestral temple.

tŏ̤ seⁿ nâng khí ŭ seⁿ-sṳ̂ sāi i, sí ăn i kâi ău-ĭ īa ŭ sṳ̂-tn̂g sāi i kâi sîn-cú;

while he was still living the people built a temple dedicated to him, and after his death his descendants had a place where they could worship their ancestor.

• 嗣sṳ̂8388010
• Heirs; posterity; hereafter.

aŭ-sṳ̂;

male descendants.

cô̤h sṳ̂;

their posterity is cut off.

i sí ău bô̤ sṳ̂;

he left no heirs.

cang i kâi tau-sun lâi cò̤ i kâi ău-sṳ̂;

adopted her grandson as his heir.

sṳ̂-ău sĭ cò̤-nî ieⁿ?

How will it be hereafter?

• 士sṳ̆762830
• In early times, an officer, a minister, a warrior; afterward, a learned or upright man; a scholar, a gentleman; an able-bodied man; soldiers.

tèng kṳ́-jîn lío cū tèng cìn-sṳ̆;

having obtained the degree of Master of Arts he afterward took that of Doctor of Laws.

hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù-kit-sṳ̆;

a graduate of the National Academy.

tăi-hâk-sṳ̆;

the title of the first rank of cabinet ministers.

tōa sin-sṳ̆;

gentlemen of high rank.

sĭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆;

is an upright gentleman.

sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

literary men, farmers, artisans and traders.

bûn-sṳ̆;

a scholar.

mîaⁿ sṳ̆;

a renowned scholar.

càng sṳ̆;

a valiant man.

chù sṳ̆;

a private scholar.

kun-sṳ̆ hùe;

the soldiery, privates and officers.

• 嶼sṳ̆8194614
• An islet.

táu-sṳ̆;

a rock in the sea.

thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;

could see no land anywhere.

má-sṳ̆ lî sùaⁿ-thâu jîeh hn̆g?

How far is Double Island from Swatow?

cí kâi suaⁿ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆ a m̄ sí?

This mountaian is cut off from the mainland is it not?

m̄ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆, ngĕ tī, ŏi ciap tîeh pât kò̤;

it is not an island, it is joined to the other land.

• 似sṳ̆83795
• Like, similar; as; as if; as it were; appearing; resembling; having an aspect of.

siang sṳ̆;

resembling each other.

sṳ̆-hu sĭ, īu sṳ̆-hu m̄ sĭ;

like and yet unlike; doubtful identity.

sṳ̆-hu ŭ chêng-lí;

appears to be

reasonable.

sṳ̆ sĭ jṳ̂ hui;

appears to be but is not.

sṳ̆ hàuⁿ sṳ̆ m̄ hàuⁿ;

seems both willing and unwilling; gives doubtful assent.

sṳ̆ cin, sṳ̆ ké;

one can hardly tell whether it is natural or artificial.

seⁿ lâi húang-sṳ̆;

are much alike.

thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ húang-sṳ̆;

has a general resemblance.

húang-sṳ̆ thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

appeared to be pleased at what he heard.

thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it looked as if it would do well enough.

gūa-seng to̤ sṳ̆ kŭ;

a sister's son generally resembles his maternal uncle.

• 事sṳ̆76467
• To serve, to obey, to take in hand.

hŏng-sṳ̆; hôk-sṳ̆;

to wait upon; to attend upon respectfully; to render service.

ke tèng kâi lău bó̤ ŭ nâng hôk-sṳ̆ a bô̤?

Does any one wait upon the aged house-mother?

tong chîn put sṳ̆ nŏ̤ kun;

a loyal courtier does not serve two monarchs.

sṳ̆ kun put lêng sṳ̆ chin;

one who serves the monarch cannot attend upon his parents.

sṳ̆ sîn;

clean up and carry out the idols.

sṳ̆ hût;

serve Buddha.

khṳ̀ sṳ̆ tŏ̤ i kò̤;

enter into his service.

hîen chîn tô̤h cú jṳ̂ sṳ̆;

a wise courtier chooses his master and then serves him.

• 仕sṳ̆76298
• To fill an office; a public officer.

chut sṳ̆;

to enter office.

sṳ̆ thû;

official labors.

sṳ̆ hw̆n cṳ ke;

an honorable family.

ĭa sĭ put lêng cĭu cìaⁿ-tăn kîaⁿ cū su kùe tì sṳ̆ lío màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

if one cannot act uprightly, it were better to resign office and not enter upon it again.

• 是sṳ̆762725
• It is proper; it is so; denoting a quality of truth rather than of mere existence.

hía, sṳ̆;

that is so.

mih mûeh tó̤ sṳ̆, ŭ sî kŭa thâu bô̤ khṳ̀;

by assenting to everything one will sometime find himself without a head.

sṳ̆ sṳ̆ kìe;

constantly agreeing to every assertion.

• 俟sṳ̆83797
• To await; to prepare for; to look for.

sṳ̆-hān ĕ jît;

awaiting future events.

i sìn mīu sía tàⁿ "lîp sṳ̆ hûe im," taⁿ tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ sía sìn khṳ̀ bûe-hôk i;

he writes on the outside of the letter, "I await a response" so we must immediately write an answer.

• 伺sṳ̄83795
• To wait on; to attend on.

sṳ̄-hāu;

to await.

kuaⁿ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ kìe sṳ̄-hāu;

the officer is just now calling the attendants.

sṳ̄-hāu kàu i khṳ̀ ût cìaⁿ ôiⁿ;

attend upon him till he retires, and am then at leisure.

• 事sṳ̄76467
• An affair; a matter; business; traffic; an occupation; a service; duties, functions.

soiⁿ lí kong sṳ̄, jîen-ău lí sai sṳ̄;

attend first to public business, and afterward to private affairs.

cía sĭ kín sṳ̄;

this is urgent business.

i ŭ kín-ìo sṳ̄ tŏ̤ sim;

he has engrossing topics on his mind.

sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

What is the matter?

lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mi sṳ̄?

What are you doing?

i khàu mih sṳ̄?

What is she crying about?

i lâi sĭ ūi-tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

Why has he come?

i sĭ ŵn-ìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi;

it was on this account that he came.

bô̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ kù i bô̤ lâi;

unless there is some reason for it he will not come.

seⁿ sṳ̄;

make trouble; stir up a commotion.

sĭ i cong-kú tó̤ seⁿ sṳ̄;

he is always creating a disturbance.

cía sǹg sĭ sìo sṳ̄;

this is nothing of any great importance.

màiⁿ gō i kâi tăi sṳ̄;

do not interfere with his important occupations.

cía sĭ hó̤ sṳ̄;

this is a good object.

hó̤ sim sṳ̄;

benevolent objects; friendly acts; good natured.

cí kâi nâng khah hàuⁿ sṳ̄;

this person is too much of a busy-body.

sim-sṳ̄ hó̤ căi;

very friendly.

ŭ mih sṳ̄?

What are you engaged in?

ngán côiⁿ ŭ sṳ̄ mē?

Have you anything to do just at present?

mih sṳ̄ bô̤;

have nothing whatever to do; has no business on hand.

hó̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ke, khiap sṳ̄ cò̤ cíe;

do as much good and as little evil as possible.

i ío tóng sṳ̄;

he knows how to transact business.

cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sṳ̄;

knows nothing of affairs.

kak nâng kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;

let each attend to his own affairs.

khǹg kòi i màiⁿ to̤ sṳ̄;

exhort him not to get into trouble with other people.

sĭ tī-tîang tŏ̤ cú sṳ̄?

Who directs affairs?

lí ke sṳ̄;

manage the household affairs.

nâng tho̤h i lí sṳ̄;

some one has entrusted some business to his management.

i sĭ lí-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;

he is secretary of the Board of Rites.

cí cuang sṳ̄;

this special business; this affair.

bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;

everything to his liking.

peh sṳ̄ to hío;

understands all sorts of business.

sṳ̄ chêng sĭ cò̤-nî?

What is the condition of things?

sṳ̄-bŭ cōi căi;

has numerous occupations; is very busy.

sṳ̄ sṳ̄ ciu tàu;

every thing is attended to.

kĭaⁿ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lí kàu kàu-kak;

all the different jobs are completely finished.

kuaⁿ-si sṳ̄;

a lawsuit.

khíong-phàⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ ŭ m̄ sît;

fear that his business is not honest.

sì-cīeⁿ sṳ̄ lwt-lêh cōi căi;

has had great experience of the world.

sì sṳ̄ thàng căi;

well versed in worldly affairs.

sī hŏng che sṳ̄ lâi kâi;

is one sent on special business.

būe sĭ tōa sṳ̄; tōa sṳ̄ tîeh;

it is a small matter.

hía kâi sṳ̄ mng tōa căi;

that is a very important matter.

síe-síe sṳ̄;

a trifling matter.

to sĭ i tó̤ lŏng sṳ̄, cìaⁿ lŏng chut kàu kâi sṳ̄ cìeⁿ tōa;

he is always intermeddling, and thus it happens that so great a disturbance has arisen out of it.

hàm i kâi ău sṳ̄ tîeh khṳ̀ ŭ-pĭ;

tell him that he must prepare for the consequences.

ka-kī kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ kẃn, bô̤ ŭi khṳ̀ kẃn pât nâng kâi sṳ̄;

how is it that you who do not attend to your own business, have occasion to attend so much to other people's.

noⁿ-kíaⁿ sṳ̄, hìn-hàm hiah cū hó̤;

it is a petty affair, and both parties should withdraw from it.

cía sĭ kí sṳ̄, m̄ sĭ tha nâng sṳ̄;

this is my own affair, and does not concern other people.

cía cū khî sṳ̄ lío;

this is very strange.

kùai sṳ̄!

How strang!

ko̤h īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄;

a curious affair.

kong-cèng kâi sṳ̄;

something in which all are concerned.

tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?

Who is the superintendant?

sṳ̄ kip; sṳ̄ kín-kip;

the business is pressing.

phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

manage a business.

lău lí sṳ̄;

an old hand at the business.

sṳ̄ sì jû hô̤?

What is the present aspect of affairs?

i cò̤ mih sṳ̄-ngîap?

What is his occupation?

i cêk seⁿ cò̤ ŭ hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ngîap;

he has done many meritorious deeds during his life.

kĭen kong lîp ngîap kâi sṳ̄;

to do meritorious deeds, as Buddhists do in laying up merit.

chiet-ìo sṳ̄;

important affairs.

bô̤-siang-kang sṳ̄;

something of no consequence.

sṳ̄-bŭ to̤-twn;

multifarious duties.

sṳ̄ cú;

the head of affairs.

sng sṳ̄;

a grievous affair; the funeral of a parent.

pêh sṳ̄;

a sad affair, involving the wearing of mourning.

âng sṳ̄;

a happy affair.

hiong sṳ̄, kit sṳ̄;

an unfortunate or a lucky affair.

la sṳ̄;

create trouble.

seⁿ chut ŭ sṳ̄;

resulted in a disturbance.

sṳ̄ cì a m̄ cì?

Is the business finished up yet?

cía m̄ cì sṳ̄;

this does not help the matter.

cí tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

What good will that do?

sṳ̄ sêng lío;

the business is accomplished.

sṳ̄ tît a būe?

Is the difficulty settled yet?

cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

when you do a thing, bring it to a completion.

ŵn-chŵn i kâi sṳ̄;

wound up his affairs.

nŏ̤ nâng pak tâng sṳ̄ kùe;

the two were each others coadjutors in the affair.

cheⁿ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cò̤, sêk sṳ̄ màiⁿ bûang;

no not take up a business that you are unaccustomed to, nor neglect that which you are familiar with.

i kâi chin sṳ̄ cîaⁿ a būe?

Is the betrothal effected yet?