Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sun

by Adele Marion Fielde

sun

• 孫sun829397
• A grandchild.

lâm sun, ńng sun; ta-po sun, cṳ-nîe sun;

grandsons and granddaughters.

lăi sun;

a son's child.

gūa sun;

a daughter's child.

kíaⁿ sun;

children and grandchildren.

ceng sun;

great grandson.

hîen sun;

great great grandson.

pó̤-hō̤ sun kiaⁿ gâu-gâu tōa-tōa;

give divine assistance to his descendants, making them wise and great.

• 筍sún8131186
• A sprout; a shoot.

tek sún;

bamboo sprouts.

tang sún;

winter sprouts of the edible bamboo.

mo̤ⁿ sún;

sprouts of a very large species of bamboo.

tek-kíaⁿ sún;

young sprouts of the dwarf bamboo.

cheⁿ sún;

fresh bamboo-sprouts.

sún kuaⁿ;

dried bamboo sprouts.

sún khak, sún nêk;

the husk and flesh of the bamboo sprout.

sún ciam, sún kha;

the point and the base of a bamboo sprout.

• 損sún8296410
• To lose; to damage; to spoil; to injure; detrimental; ill luck.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ ŭ iah, bô̤ sún;

that is advantageous, not injurious.

chŵn bô̤ sieⁿ-sún pùaⁿ lî;

not in the least injured.

sún tek kâi sṳ̄ m̄-hó cò̤;

do nothing which outrages morality.

bô̤ sieⁿ bô̤ sún;

no harm done.

i sĭ tì hṳ-sún kâi pēⁿ;

his disease arises from an injury to the vital organs.

bûa mêⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭang sún tîeh sîn-khì;

night toil makes the heaviest draft on the energies.

bŏi sún tîeh pńg-cîⁿ cū hó̤;

if there be no loss of capital it is well.

kōi sún hāi;

easily spoiled.

sún tîeh sin-hūn;

harms the person.

• 榫sún8297510
• A tenon.

tàu sún;

to mortise in a tenon.

cía chn̂g íⁿ sĭ ún ka kâi, m̄ sĭ tàu sún kâi;

this furniture is glued, not mortised together.

sún cîn khṳ̀;

the tenon has broken off.

sún tàu m̄ kín;

the tenon is not tightly set in.

sún cē khùaⁿ cū àiⁿ bái;

if the tenon is loose it will be rickety.

sún khùaⁿ cū àiⁿ ie-ló;

if the tenons are not tightly set it will rattle.

ciⁿ sún;

set a wedge beside a tenon to render it firm.

• 巽sùn830499
• The fifth of the eight diagrams, and the 57th of the 64 diagrams, denoting the wind, and the northeast.

• 遜sùn82916210

khiam-sùn;

humble, modest, unassuming, teachable, deferential.

khiam-khiam sùn-sùn;

very docile.

• 巡sûn813474
• To go about from place to place in order to examine what is being done; to go on a circuit; to cruise; to patrol; a course at a feast; to fill up the glasses all around.

chut sûn;

go out to reconnoitre.

sûn-bú;

the governor of a province.

sûn-pŭ;

special aids to the provincial authorities.

sûn-kíam;

a supervisor or judge in a township.

sûn keⁿ;

on his beat, as a watchman.

thek che khṳ̀ sûn-chip;

send a constable to look out for and seize.

sûn-cûn;

a revenue cutter.

sûn hô̤;

to patrol the water-courses.

sûn îeⁿ-mīn;

to cruise on the high seas.

hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ sûn-leng hùe tó̤ sûn-chê;

there are policemen there looking after it.

i khṳ̀ sûn châng;

he has gone to see what is the condition of the growing rice crop.

úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ sûn i;

I am going to inquire after her health.

khṳ̀ sûn-sĭ i;

go and visit her.

sie sûn;

pay friendly visits to each other.

sûn mêⁿ;

patrol the streets at night.

sûn sîaⁿ;

patrol the city.

sûn-thóiⁿ;

inspect.

cíu kùe saⁿ sûn;

the wine has been passed three times.

sûn kàu ngìam căi;

kept under very strict surveillance.

• 純sûn7831204
• Unmixed; pure; fine; best; simple; whole; sincere.

i kâi kang-hu sûn căi;

his work is very honestly done.

sûn-cĕng căi, bŏi chap-câp;

very uniform throughout, not heterogeneous.

khang-khùe lŏ sûn-sêk căi;

the work is very evenly and thoroughly done.

sûn sĭ o kâi sek;

it is black all the way through.

sek sûn âng;

the color is a uniform red.

nâng aiⁿ chūe kàu sûn-chŵn kâi cíe căi;

there are very few perfect people to be found.

• 循sûn813609
• To follow; to accord; to go around with; to perambulate.

tîeh sûn kui tău kṳ́;

must act in accordance with the usages of the place.

sûn cí tîo lō khṳ̀ chūe;

follow this road in search of him.

sûn cí khoi-kiⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;

go along here on the bank on the river.

sûn cí kâi suaⁿ-kha kîaⁿ khṳ̀, cū bŏi hn̆g;

follow along the foot of the hill here and you have not far to go.

• 馴sûn8131873
• Tame, gentle, docile.

cí ciah gû m̄ sûn, ŭ sî àiⁿ tak nâng;

this ox is intractable and sometimes hooks people.

cí ciah bé sûn căi, cn̂g kâi m̄ pat thak nâng;

this horse is very gentle, and never kicks.

ceng-seⁿ kà kàu sûn-sêk le, sek căi;

this animal is well trained, and is very tame.

• 旬sûn812722
• A decade of days or years.

nî kṳ̆n chit sûn;

nearly seventy years of age.

cieⁿ sûn, tong sûn, ĕ sun;

chiu sûn, câp sûn, jîh sûn; the first, the second, and the last third of the month.

i sûn-sûn chit-chit to cò̤ hût su;

she practises Buddhist observances during every period of ten and of seven days.

i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ thâu-sûn;

they to-day observe the rites customarily performed on the fifty-ninth day after the death of a relative.

• 殉sûn814786
• To follow the dead to graves and be buried their with them.

eng sĭm-mûeh khṳ̀ sûn cǹg?

What was buried with her?

i ēng kŭa nâng khṳ̀ sûn cǹg;

they buried the living with the dead.

i sûn lăng khṳ̀;

he killed himself to escape misery.

• 醇sûn7831648
• Rich, good, and clear, (as wine).

hṳ́ khí cíu kâi bĭ ío cheⁿ-ngĕ, cí khí cíu kâi bĭ ío sûn;

that sort of wine is crude and sharp, while this has a more generous flavour.

khǹg kú kâi lău cíu, i kâi bĭ to ío sûn;

old wine that has been long kept, has a softer and richer taste.

• 順sŭn7841818
• To accord with; to follow; to agree to; to obey, to comply with, to yield; to let a thing pass and not hinder; to be in sympathy with; docile, compliant, unresisting; agreeable; filial; convenient; fair, as a wind; following the grain, as in wood; flowing, rythmical; easy, graceful, as penmanship; favorable; a mild form, as of small-pox.

sŭn-sŭn nē;

it furthers our project; it works in our favor.

sŭn huang, sŭn lâu;

with wind and tide.

sŭn cúi;

follow the current.

sŭn i kâi mĕng;

obey his commands.

lṳ́ tîeh sŭn i kâi ì;

you must act in accordance with his wishes.

sŭn-chông;

comply with.

sŭn lō;

is on the route.

sŭn lō tùi hṳ́-kò̤ kùe;

we pass there on our way to our destination.

sŭn chíu kueⁿ mn̂g;

close the door after you.

sŭn chùi tàⁿ chut lâi;

let it out heedlessly when talking.

sŭn khî cṳ̆-jîen;

let it go; such is the luck, it can't be helped.

bûn-lí thong sŭn;

the style is clear and easy.

íⁿ-keng kui-sŭn tong-kok;

have returned to their allegiance to China.

tŏ̤-li sŭn a ̄m sŭn;

Does this doctrine accord with reason or not?

sŭn sì cū lô̤hkhṳ̀;

followed the drift and went down.

i cò̤ khṳ̀ ío sŭn sì;

she makes them more stylishly.

bô̤ hìeⁿ sŭn chíu;

not well adapted to the hand; not easy to wield.

i cìeⁿ-sî sŭn chín căi, kìⁿ cò̤ kìⁿ tîeh;

he has everything to his hand of late, and succeeds at once in whatever he does.