Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sim

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  • sim806610
  • The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source.
ŭ sim;
is considerate, thoughtful for others.
ŭ nâng sim kâi nâng;
is a humane person.
sim cheng;
imperturbable.
i cí-hûe cheng sim căi;
she is now very calm.
ēn cĭn sim-ki;
take the utmost pains.
úang húi sim-ki;
waste his pains.
sim m̄ tīaⁿ;
his mind is unsettled.
sim tīaⁿ;
has his mind fully made up.
sĭ sim pak kâi nâng;
is a trustworthy person.
i kâi sim-tī hó̤;
his intentions are good.
sim m̄ tŏ̤;
absent minded.
sim bô̤ sĭeⁿ;
did not think of it.
sim sĭeⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
thought it was thus.
thiⁿ lí lîang sim;
conscientious; honorable.
i bô̤ lîang sim;
he is not fair toward others.
pńg sim;
the natural heart; my own mind, view, or notion.
i to̤ sim to̤ sṳ̄;
she is very capricious.
ēng sim cò̤;
do it earnestly.
khǹg-kòi kàu i hûe sim tńg ì;
remonstrate with him till he changes his notions in regard to it.
lṳ́ pàng sim;
be easy in your mind.
cò̤ lṳ́ naⁿ sim;
do not be solicitous about it.
síe-sim; sôi-sim;
carefully; attentively; sedulous.
lîu sim thóiⁿ;
regard with close attention.
úa sim nía kùe cū sĭ;
my heart has received it, (a form of declining an invitation or present).
i kâi sim cong-kú m̄ sí;
his desire for it never dies.
i kâi sim ûah-phuah căi;
he has a very active mind.
úa lĭam-sim lĭam-sim tó̤ táng lṳ́;
I was expecting you with my heart set upon your coming.
sim kiaⁿ;
alarmed; apprehensive.
sim thìo;
my heart jumped.
sim-kuaⁿ-thâh pôk-pôk-thìo;
heart throbs violently.
sim-kuaⁿ pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;
heart beats rapidly.
sim pîak-pîak-phah;
the heart palpitates.
sim kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;
is lonesome; longs for the absent.
i sim-sṳ̄ cōi;
he is full of devices.
i tó̤ sĭeⁿ sim sṳ̄;
he is devising some project.
i sĭ ŭ gî sim;
she is suspicious.
màiⁿ sái i kâi sim gî;
do not awaken her suspicions.
sim tèng ŭ pēⁿ;
has disease of the heart or the mind.
hó̤ sim;
kind hearted.
cai sim kâi nâng;
one who understands human nature.
sim iu-chô;
melancholy.
khǹg-kòi i kâi sim màiⁿ iu-būn;
urge her not to be down hearted.
tam sim; khùa sim;
anxious.
sim huaⁿ-hí;
pleased.
sêng-sim;
sincere.
sìn-sim;
trusting.
cwn sim cwn ì;
single minded.
cin sim;
true, earnest.
tîeh hṳ sim lâi ô̤h cìaⁿ ô̤h tit chim;
must bring an unoccupied mind to the study of it, and then you will learn it thoroughly.
sim phêng, khí hûa;
in cordial agreement.
i kâi sim-khì thìaⁿ;
he has distress in the region of the heart.
i kâi sim hueh hṳ;
his blood is impoverished.
i kâi sim cong-kú it-tit i;
she always remembers him very affectionately.
i sî sim-sîn m̄ tīaⁿ kâi nâng;
he is a person who is deranged in mind.
hó̤ sim hó̤ kò̤ pò̤;
goodness is rewarded with goodness.
sim hṳ, táⁿ cìen;
timorous and cowardly.
sim cio;
lonely; yearning for friends; homesick.
sim pek-chiet;
zealous; eager.
sim húe phû;
passions roused.
sim-sèⁿ kín;
impatient.
i kâi sim ńng;
he is easily wrought upon.
ńng sim;
impressionable.
sim ngĕ;
hardhearted.
jím sim, hāi lí;
acts according to his feelings and goes contrary to correct principles.
tṳ sim;
swine's heart.
i kâi sim-khìo hó̤;
he is intelligent.
khui i kâi sim khìo;
open the eyes of his understanding.
sim sĭeⁿ m̄ khui;
can't keep his mind off it.
chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;
have no two minds about it.
chûn sim;
holds it in mental reservation.
khǹg tŏ̤ sim lăi;
lay it up in the mind.
cí kò̤ sĭ tī sim;
this is the centre of the plat.
chíu sim;
the middle of the palm.
hue sim;
the pistil of a flower.
thâu-khak sim;
the centre of the top of the head.
ka-ciah sim;
the centre of the back.
teng sim;
lamp-wick.
pá-sim;
the bull's-eye in a target.
sim lăi cio-chàu;
vexed at heart.
chàu sim;
perplexed; distressed.
hŵn tîeh sim cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;
trouble of mind will produce illness.
i kâi sim hiàng tŏ̤ i kò̤;
her heart inclines toward him.
i kâi sim gūa hìang;
mind is elsewhere.
sĭ i kâi sim só̤ ngw̆n kâi;
it is what his heart desires.
i kam sim cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
he is willing to have it so.
sim chêng ì ngw̆n kâi;
what he is cordially in favor of.
sim-cìe;
congenial.
màiⁿ kio-jío i kâi sim;
do not disturb her mind.
thóiⁿ tîeh kha sim ńng;
seeing it makes my legs shake under me.
jû-ì li chah tŏ̤ cang sim;
set the ornament in the centre of the coiffure.
  • 媳婦sim-pŭ804
  • A daughter-in-law.
chūa sim-pŭ;
bring home a wife for a son.
  • sím7384012
  • To weigh evidence; to investigate judicially; to try cases.
sím mn̄g;
a judicial inquiry.
sím kuaⁿ-si;
to try a case in court.
tŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím, a sĭ jī tn̂g sím?
Was the trial conducted in the outer or the inner court of the yamun?
thŵn lâi tùi sím;
summoned to confront each other in court.
sím-phŵn;
to examine the evidence and pronounce judgment.
cīeⁿ-si thî sím;
his superior in office took the case into the higher court.
sêng sím kuaⁿ;
an officer specially sent to try a case.
tn̂g-tn̂g sĭ cò̤-nî sím huap?
In what way is the trial conducted in the different courts?
sím chut i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ hṳ, i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ sît;
found upon investigation that the one had trumped up his charge, and the other had real cause of complaint.
sím khṳ̀ tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?
Upon judicial examination, who was shown to be in the right?
  • sím7383815
  • A father's younger brother's wife.
a-sím bó̤;
my aunt.
a-sím;
a respectable middle aged woman; a nurse; a woman of all work; used in addressing a woman of the middle class.
  • sĭm738994
  • Extremely; to the utmost.
sĭm hó̤;
the best.
sĭm tōa;
the very largest.
sĭm ngía;
exceedingly beautiful.
sĭm tn̂g;
excessively lengthy.
khi-hŭ nâng thài sĭm;
impose upon people overmuch.
sĭm sī ŏi;
is remarkably able.
cìeⁿ-se hŵn-lío bŏi sĭm, ío cò̤-nî cìaⁿ kìe cò̤ sĭm?
Since that is not the utmost limit, why call it excessive?
sîm huaⁿ-hí;
greatly delighted.
thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm m̄ hàuⁿ;
was much displeased when he heard it.
sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
What is the matter?
i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?
What is his name?
i khì sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
What is she vexed about?
i khṳ̀ sĭm-mih tī-hng?
To what place has he gone?
  • sīm4266414
  • To put down; to delay; to hesitate.
i kâi pit sīm cêk kùa, sĭeⁿ bô̤ lâi;
he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.
pit buah khí lâi, chŵn mín sīm, li-li lô̤h;
having rubbed his pen in the ink, he had no need of delaying at all to use it, but wrote on at once.