Silk as it comes from the cocoons; silk in general; the fibers of nettle hemp and other plants; silky; fine, flossy; small, minute; to sew with silk; a cord, a line, a fiber, a wire; veins in wood; in decimals, a hundred thousandth, or the hundredth part of a cash; stringed instruments of music.
chôiⁿ si;
the silk of silkworms.
i sĭ hû-si kheh, lâi bói hû-si kâi;
he is a silk buyer who has come to buy raw silk.
si-mîⁿ;
silk wadding, used for linings or in shrouds.
pue si eng-tîeh mâk;
a gossamer thread floating in the air, got into his eye.
côih cò̤ nêk-si;
cut it up into shredded meat.
thoah chài-thâu si;
grate turnips into shreds.
thiu si;
reel silk from the cocoons.
ti-tu si;
a spider's web.
lî hâu si hut;
the very least particle.
tâng is;
fine copper wire.
só̤ chēng sĭ si tîu lîn tn̄g;
dresses in silks and satins.
si-sùaⁿ;
sewing silk.
si cháu;
silk goods.
koi si mīⁿ;
chicken stew.
ngṳ̂n si;
tine silver wire.
ngṳ̂n si-mīⁿ;
white vermicelli.
côih cêk si cêk si;
cut it up in fine strips.
thì kàu sòi-si sòi-si;
pick it into shreds.
si hâu bŏi khueh-khìam;
does not lack a particle.
khang si kùe mêh;
stretch a silken thread to test the pulse upon.
kă-tîeh seⁿ si;
it is stringy when you bite into it.
i kâi nūaⁿ seⁿ si;
his saliva is ropy.
phùi chut lâi, i kâi thâm tèng tòa ŭ hueh-si;
when he expectorates, there are flecks of blood in the phlegm.
cheⁿ si;
raw silk.
sêk si;
twisted silk.
ńng si;
slackly twisted silk.
ngĕ si;
hard twisted silk.
i sĭ cîah thîo-si, a sĭ cîah cho-si?
Does he use coarse or fine cut tobacco?
pêh si hun;
pale colored fine cut tobacco.
kim si; n̂g si;
fine cut yellow tobacco.
bé búe si;
horsehair used as thread.
tùe ŭ tio si tŏ̤-kò̤;
a thread is hanging to it.
khîeh khṳt chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
lot the silk-worms spin silk over it.
ti-tu tūi si lô̤h khṳ̀;
the spider lets himself down by a filament.
sap kàu si-si;
hash it up fine.
thiu lâi khah tōa si;
shaved it up into too large strips.
seⁿ si;
is stringy.
thó-si cí;
seeds of the dodder, a medicinal plant, used as a tonic.
