An age, a generation; the world; mankind; times; life; seasons; experience of life; hereditary; successively; to enfeoff; during the times of; from age to age; perpetual; in divination refers to diagrams which denote one's self.
sì-kang;
the world.
cêk sì nâng;
all my life; one life time.
sì tō̤;
generations.
seⁿ chut sì;
born into the world.
kùe sì;
to die.
kim seⁿ kim sì;
the present age.
sì cīeⁿ;
now-a-days.
sì-cīeⁿ nâng; sì-kang nâng;
people of the present time.
sì-kài hó̤ a m̆-hó̤?
How go the times with you?
i cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sì-chêng;
he does not at all understand the circumstances in the case.
phûeh sì-chêng;
talking about the condition of things.
i kâi nâng sì-chêng căi;
he has great knowledge of the world.
i kio i sĭ sì hiaⁿ-tĭ, m̄ sĭ sì cek-tîet;
he is of the same generation as they, not of a succeeding
Power, authority, influence; pomp, dignity, grandeur; strength, or that wherein it lies; resources; virility; air, exterior, figure, condition, state of.
sì-lâk;
vigor, prowess, force.
ŭ sì-lâk kâi nâng;
a man of influence.
ui-sì sît-căi tōa;
has really great dignity.
khŵn-sì;
authority.
hó̤ sì-thâu;
a good omen.
heh-sì;
to brow-beat.
to s̆i sì lĭ kâi nâng;
is one who fawns on the rich.
sit sì;
to lose influence.
lâi-sì sĭm sĭ hiong;
has a savage look.
i mih sṳ̄ to àiⁿ sái sì;
he likes to exercise his authority in every thing.
i kâi sì khah tōa, nâng m̄ chap i;
he is too authoritative and people will not associate with him.
cía sĭ sì só̤ pit-jîen;
this is something that I am compelled to insist upon.
hêng-sì;
aspect, position (said of places or buildings).
sêng sì, jīo khṳ̀;
improve the occasion and drive them out.
i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ pí khûn sì;
the two are showing off their skill in boxing.
kè-sì;
the style in which a thing is done; the adaptation of the manner to the circumstances.
i kâi kè-sì pí khṳ̀ hó̤;
he displayed his skill to good advantage.
mŏng lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;
brandished (his weapons) without skill.
kò̤ cûn, kò̤ lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;
rowed the boat in a very awkward way.
cò̤ lâi sĭ sì;
does it as if he knew how.
cúi-sì kàu cí-kò̤ kín căi;
the current is very rapid at this point.
hùe-sì tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ cŭ;
the fire is increasing its fury, and they cannot stop it.
kah nâng kah nâng kai chíu sì;
each has his own way of doing things.
cŏ lâi bè-sì hó̤;
he sits well on a horse.
kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cìaⁿ kōi cò̤;
take advantage of the drift in that direction and yon can do it easily.
tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùe khṳ̀;
get an impetus by starting at a little distance away, and then jump across.
cĭa i ke-cú kâi sì;
depends on his master's power.
i kâi uá tī-tîang kâi sì?
Whose influence does he rely on?
i ŭ sì hó̤ khṳt-nâng úa;
he has authority on which people may depend for help.
tîeh cieh-sì cieh-sì nē;
must not place too much confidence in its strength.
ŭ sì màiⁿ cĭn sái;
do not lay out all your strength.
i bŏi sío-lí úa-cĭang tha nâng kâi sì cū tó̤ ui-hong;
he is not ashamed to put on an appearance of great dignity, relying wholly on the power of other people