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khṳ̀;

he will incite them to mortal strife, till both parties are exterminated.

teh sí;

crush to death.

kek sí;

suffocated.

sie sí;

burned to death.

thòi i sí;

die in his stead.

pûah sí;

killed by a fall.

káu sí, cêk seⁿ;

ten to one he will die.

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• Four; all around; everywhere.

sì khùi;

the four seasons.

sì sî kâi kúe-cí to hó̤ cîah;

the fruits of all the seasons are edible.

sì-pang;

four sided, square or oblong.

sì kak;

quadrangular.

sì cieⁿ, sì thói;

the limbs; the whole body.

sì mâk bô̤ chin;

a stranger among strangers.

sì cì;

environs.

jîh-sì;

twenty-four.

sì-ciu-ûi;

all around.

múaⁿ sì-chù;

in every direction.

sì ûi to sĭ suaⁿ;

there are mountains on all sides.

sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;

no obstacle in any direction.

sì mīn;

every quarter.

sì hái;

all the world.

sì lâk chù ŭ;

it is to be found in ever so many places.

sì mn̂g pêⁿ kín;

all the gates barricaded.

sì lō nĕ tît-tit̂;

straight roads in all directions.

sì lō thîo-tît;

a straight course everyway.

saⁿ sì hûe;

three or four times.

sì ngŏ tńg;

four or five times.

cò̤ kàu sì pêⁿ poih ún;

made plain and safe in all quarters.

sì thong poih tâk;

opens out in all directions, (as a passage).

sì tāi thien ûang;

four demon kings whose images are placed at the doors of monasteries.

sì-put-sĭang;

unlike every body else, a name of the Elephurus davidii^*.

sì mâk sie tùi;

stand and look at each other and do nothing.

sì chîo tăi-láu;

holding office during the reigns of four emperors.

sì thĭo;

the letters denoting the time of one's birth.

cĭeⁿ sì hú, ĕ sì hú;

the officials of the upper and lower portions of the province.

• ‮世‬sì76314
• 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.

seqⁿ 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

one.

sì kau;

friends of many generations.

sì-sîp kâi kuaⁿ-ciak;

a hereditary office and title.

sì ke;

an old and honorable family.

sîp-sêk sì kù;

become acquainted with the world.

thŵn kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi sì;

has been handed down through many generations.

jī sì có;

the sou of the founder of the family.

• ‮勢‬sì7651911
• 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