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for sustaining it.

sŭn i kâi sì;

follow its drift; go according to the grain.

cĭu sì phah sì;

meet force with force.

i bô̤ mih sì;

he is not very influential.

i kâi sì sĭ cîah tùi hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;

its force trends in that direction.

pēⁿ-sì căi-seⁿ?

What is the tendency of the disease?

thóiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ sì sĭ jû hô̤;

see what shape the matter takes.

sî sì;

fashionable; stylish.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu thóiⁿ sì;

you go and see how much force there is to be overcome.

sì ngĕ, sì ńng;

aggressive force or defensive force.

kè-sì lîam căi;

the aptitude acquired by practise is very great.

huang sì;

the force of the wind.

• ‮駟‬sì8361875
• A team of four horses.

cêk ngân kì chut sì bé lâng tai;

when a word is once spoken four horses cannot bring it back.

sì bé thua chia;

a four horse chariot.

i kâi chù cò̤ sì-bé-thua-chia khí;

his house is built with two pairs of rooms in front of the main hall.

• ‮辭‬sì8361875
• To decline, to refuse; to take leave of.

i khṳ̀ sî i;

he has gone to decline his proposal.

sî i m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot refuse his offer.

sî-pîet cèng nâng;

take leave of them all.

sie sî;

take leave of each other.

i bô̤ sie bô̤ sî cū khṳ̀;

he went off without bidding any one good-by.

chui sî;

to excuse one's self from doing a thing.

sî kîaⁿ thiap;

a p. p. c. card.

m̄ sî lâu-khó;

does not shirk labor.

ngē sî i;

firmly declined his offer.

i íⁿ-keng sî sṳ̄;

he has already withdrawn from the affair.

sî kuaⁿ;

resign office.

sî ceh;

resign a post.

tíen-síu put lêng sî tit ceh;

the one in charge cannot lay aside the responsibility of his position.

• ‮匙‬sî760219
• A spoon.

cêk ki sî;

one spoon.

thng-sî;

a soup spoon.

tê-sî;

a tea-spoon.

cêk kah thng-sî;

a set of ten spoons.

cúi sî;

a spoon used in wetting ink.

hue-sî;

a trowel.

só̤-sî;

a key.

• ‮時‬sî759726
• Time; a season; a period; a Chinese hour; a quarter of a year; an occasion; an opportunity; now; timely; convenient; recent; in season; to time rightly; to take a fit time for; to be; when.

while, during;

as; then; at that time; sometimes.

cêk jît câp-jī kâi sî-sîn;

each day is divided into twelve Chinese hours.

cêk kâi sî poih khek;

each Chinese hour is divided into eight periods.

suî-sî;

immediately.

ciet-sî;

forth-

with.

cêk-sî cū àiⁿ;

want it at once.

cîeⁿ-sî;

the other time.

ĕ sî;

next time.

cìeⁿ-sî;

lately.

cí īeⁿ mûeh sî-heng căi;

this sort of thing is quite the fashion.

cīu-sî;

straight-way.

thiⁿ sî;

the weather.

cí hûe sĭm-mih sî-hāu?

What time is it now?

sî-sî khek-khek bô̤ lî-khui;

do not leave it for an instant.

i m̄ sek sî-bŭ;

he is unacquainted with the world.

soiⁿ tiang-sî;

formeily.

hīn sî;

at present.

tī tiang-sî?

When?

hṳ́ sî; pí sî; hṳ́ cêk sî;

at that time.

sî-sî, sîeⁿ-sî;

constantly; always.

siap-sî-kang;

a little while.

ke cêk siap sî;

after a while.

úa sî kang cū lâi;

I came a moment later.

bô̤ cêk sî ôiⁿ;

have not a moment's leisure.

sî sîeⁿ;

all the time.

hâh sî a m̄ hâh sî;

seasonable, or unseasonable.

sî-thâu, sî búe, sî tong;

the beginning, the end or the middle, of a period.

mih sî jît?

At what time?

hṳ́ kâi sî-coih;

at that period.

sì sî kâi hue-bâk lóng-cóng cèng ŭ;

have all the vegetation of all the four seasons.

tng sî; tng khî sî;

at the time.

i sî put sî lâi i kò̤;

he comes to their house off and on at all times.

sî-ceng;

a clock.

sî-pie;

a watch.

cá sî;

aforetime.

kó sî;

ancient times.

ŭ sî ŭ, ŭ sî bô̤;

sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not.

tàu sî put tíam, tíam sî put tàu;

when he is there it is not roll-call, and at roll-call he is not there; when he is there he is not wanted, and when he is wanted he is not there.

m̄ tùi sî;

untimely.

m̄ tit sî;

not suited to the occasion.

hù sî;

in time.

tîeh hù sî;

must be in time.

cṳ́ sî thíu sî, în sî, sut sî, hăi sî;

the twelve hours of the day from 11 P.M. to 11 A.M.

• ‮氏‬sĭ763830
• A family; it once denoted the head of a clan, but now indicates that the person is a woman.

sèⁿ sĭ;

the clan.

lô̤ sĭ;

of the Lo family.

huang mn̂g lí sĭ;

Mrs. Huang née Li.

kai sĭ;

the said female.

sek sĭ;

the Buddhists.

tieⁿ sĭ ke-bīe;

the ancestral hall of the Tie family.

tùi chi mih sĭ?

What is his wife's family name?

• ‮視‬sĭ7631475
• To see; to inspect; to take knowledge of; to behave to; have regard to.

sûn-sĭ;

to visit.

i kâi mâk kṳ̆n-sĭ;

she is short sighted.

khin sĭ;

to despise.

míoⁿ-sĭ;

regard with contempt.

• ‮伺‬sĭ83795
• To reconnoiter; to spy.

châk tó̤ kui-sĭ i;

thieves are reconnoitering it.

tîeh ēng kâi nâng lâi hôk-sĭ;

must employ some one to reconnoiter.