Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sue

by Adele Marion Fielde

sue

• 衰sue7851454
• Wearing away, like a garment; diminished; cut off; small; fading, growing old, declining, decaying, unprosperous; to deteriorate; adversity, misfortune.

i cí-hûe tó̤ sue;

she is now failing in health.

i kâi ke tó̤ sue-pāi;

the family is going to rack and ruin.

i hīn-khek sue-mûiⁿ lío;

they have not thriven of late.

i heng-ŭang, i sue-mûiⁿ;

one thrives and the other does not.

sue mûeh;

a feeble old creature.

cò̤ mih sṳ̄ li khûe-sue khûe-sue nē;

is very feeble and awkward in all she does.

hía sĭ sue tĭo;

is a sign of declining powers.

saⁿ sue lâk ŭang;

the ups and downs of life.

nî cē lău le cn̂g kâi sue-thue;

in old age one's vigor is all gone.

i cē sue cū ŭ kâi sue īeⁿ;

being old, she has a faded look.

ngŵn-khì sue;

natural force abated.

ceng-hueh sue;

the blood impoverished.

i àiⁿ sue lio;

it is about to dwindle away.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ mak sue i;

do not go and make it look old by soiling it.

mûeh sue;

handle and thus give it a worn appearance.

i kâi sue khẃn, m̄ hó̤ căi;

he has a feeble look, and appears ill.

i chī tîeh hùaⁿ kâi sue-ke-kíaⁿ;

she is rearing up a lot of sons who will be the ruin of the family.

cē thiaⁿ cū sue;

I grew faint in hearing it.

thóiⁿ to̤ sue le;

looking at it makes me feel weak.

tang hṳ́ hûe cū khi-thâu sue;

began from that time to decline.

i io sue ka-lô̤ nē;

he is far from being debilitated.

i ka-lô̤ nē;

his vigor is far from diminishing.

mak-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;

tarnish his reputation.

bô̤ kùe sue le;

no wonder he is unprosperous.

hìeⁿ sue kúi! tùi-tùi i m̄ to;

such a luckless scamp as I am, I went there just when he was absent.

sue kàu kêk cū pûah tńg heng;

when thinks have reached their worst they must begin to improve.

• 戍sùe777622
• To guard the frontiers.

sùe tŏ̤ pien-kwn kò̤ kâi piaⁿ;

soldiers posted on the frontiers.

sùe-cut sĭ ŭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi khî, khî cē kàu, sin kâi sùe-cut cū lâi thòi, hṳ́ kâi sùe-cut tńg khṳ̀;

soldiers guarding the frontiers have a fixed period of service, when their time is up new ones are sent to supersede them, and the old ones return.

• 稅sùe7821157
• The rent for houses or land; taxes in kind; duties on goods; to pay duty.

cí kâi ēng sùe hìang a míen?

Must this pay duty?

tîeh sùe, ŭ hìang;

it must pass through the custom-house, there is duty to be paid on it.

àiⁿ khṳ̀ kue sùe ŭ sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́ mē?

In taking it through the custom-house, is there any particular usage to be followed?

sùe-kẃn;

the custom-house.

i kâi chù sĭ sùe kâi;

his house is a rented one.

kâi gûeh sùe jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

How much per month does he pay for the rent?

chù-sùe;

house-rent.

sùe-bŭ-si;

the Commissioner of Customs.

sùe phò;

hire a shop.

hìang-hẃn kâi sùe-bŭ;

the business at the custom-house.

• 帥sùe785506
• Commander-in-chief.

ngŵn sùe; cìang sùe;

a generalissimo.

hó̤ cò̤ cìang, m̄-hó̤ cò̤ sùe;

he will do for a general, but not for a generalissimo.

khùa sùe;

act as generalissimo.

khùa sùe ìn;

hold the seal of the commander-in-chief.

• 歲sùe827779
• Years.

nî cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ;

the end of the year.

bw̄n-sùe;

the Emperor.

choiⁿ-sùeⁿ;

the heir-apparent.

thài-sùe;

the return of the same branch character in the cycle, or twelve siderial years.

hŭam tîeh thài sùe;

meet adverse influences in the cycle of twelve.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng kim-nî hŭam tîeh sùe phùa;

that region meets this year with adverse influences from the planet Jupiter (twelve of whose courses make the great year).

sùe chṳ̀;

the order of the year according to the cyclic characters.

• 少sùe746421
• Wanting; deprived.

sùe-put-tit;

cannot do without it.

sùe-put-tit tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is indispensable.

sùe-put-tit tîeh lâi khṳ̀;

it is indispensable that I go.

• 𤸬sûe82610410
• Weak; feeble, as from long sickness; incapable.

thóiⁿ tîeh sûe-sûe nē;

he appears very feeble.

cì cē bô̤, cū cn̂g kâi sûe lô̤h khṳ̀;

as soon as the will power fails, the whole force gives way.

bô̤ mih châi-chêng kâi nâng, cîⁿ cē bô̤ cū sûe;

he is a person of but little intellectual ability, and as soon as his money is gone he will be incapable of action.

i khṳ̤t i khó kàu cn̂g kâi sûe-sûe, m̄ ká tin-tăng;

she was harassed by him until she was wholly worn out, and could do nothing.

tó̤ gūa kháu thóiⁿ tîeh to bú-bú, kàu hṳ́ lâi cē kìⁿ tîeh i bó cū sûe-sûe;

when away from home he appears very blustering, but as soon as he is in the presence of his wife he is a perfect milksop.

• 仍sûe29192
• Disappointed; cast down.

i sûe-sûe nē tńg khṳ̀;

he went back greatly disappointed.

cò̤ pàng kò̤ sûe-sûe;

sat there looking greatly dejected.

úa thóiⁿ tîeh i cí-hûe sûe-sûe, kâi sĭ cò̤-nî?

I see that he now appears much cast down, what is the reason for it?

• 夊sûe56340
• To mope; to drag along; slow-going.

kîaⁿ, m̄ tîeh kîaⁿ méⁿ cē, sûe-sûe nē căi tit kàu?

If you are going, why don't you go faster, for at that slow rate of progress how are you ever to get there?

kîaⁿ khṳ̀ sûe-sûe;

moping along.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i sûe-sûe khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ, nā sĭ i bô̤ hiah, cêk jît īa kîaⁿ ho̤h cōi lō;

he appears to move along very slowly indeed, but if he does not stop, he will go a long way in a day.