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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

sin kòi;

his whole body is covered with sores.
i sin piⁿ ŭ kúi kâi lâm ńng kíaⁿ?
How many son and daughters has she with her?
ŭ sin-hūn;
is pregnant.
  • sin806699
  • New; just made; the latest.
sin-bŭn-cúa;
a newspaper.
sin nî;
the new year.
sin lîp kâi huap;
a newly established regulation.
sin n̂ng;
a bridgroom.
sin nîe;
a bride.
sin īeⁿ;
a new style.
sin saⁿ;
a new tunic.
pùaⁿ sin kū;
half-worn; neither new nor old.
sin chiⁿ;
fresh; newly killed or caught for food.
sin chun;
spring tide.
sin bī;
the first of the reason; the early crop.
cía sĭ bói lâi sîeⁿ sin cē;
this was bought as a foretaste of the early fruits.
sin chut mûeh-kĭaⁿ kùi căi;
things that are the first of their kind are always dear.
sin khŵn;
a new fashion.
lêng-ūaⁿ îu sin;
newly repainted.
i sĭ sin lâi kâi;
he has recently arrived.
sin khí kâi chù;
a house lately built.
sin khui kâi tī;
newly opened ground.
sin lâh-jît;
new almanacs.
sin bí pn̄g;
cooked rice of the late crop.
sin cúi kîam hṳ̂;
newly opened stock of salt fish.
sin bêh kâi mīⁿ;
flour made from now wheat.
sin suaⁿ kâi siam;
ginseng that is not fully grown.
sin khai-ciang;
newly opened stock of goods; a fresh display.
  • sin7361021
  • To state to a superior; the ninth of the twelve stems.
sin-sî;
from 3 to 5 o'clock P.M.
sin bûn khṳ̀ cīeⁿ-si;
send a report to his superior in office.
sin mêng khṳt úa cai;
state it clearly to me.
  • sin7361205
  • A large sash or girdle with ornamental ends; those who are privileged to wear sashes, the literati, graduates, officials, and gentry.
hieⁿ sin;
country gentlemen.
jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin khî;
order the gentry and officials in every village.
sin khim hùe;
the gentry.
sin sṳ̆;
head men; elders.
  • sin33555
  • To seek aid from spirits.
tâng-sin cĭeⁿ to̤-thui, kîaⁿ hûe lō, lô̤h iû thng;
the spirit-medium ascends a ladder of knives, walks over a bed of coals, and plunges into hot oil.
kng kâi tâng-sin tô̤ kīe tèng khṳ̀ chú tê chú cúi;
carry a spirit-medium in a sedan-chair, to get tea and water for offerings.
  • sin76395
  • To redress; to vindicate; to clear up a cause; to straighten; worth; value at; equal to.
kio i sin wn;
redress his wrongs.
ŭ wn bô̤ sin;
have unredressed grievances.
chíu siu
chut lâi;
straighten out your arm.
nŏ̤ pôiⁿ sin-chíu jîeh khuah?
How large are the two wings of the building?
sin cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
valued in money.
chûn câp níe ngṳ̂n sin cò̤ jîeh cōi cíⁿ?
What is the value in cash of the ten taels that remain?
sin-seⁿ;
a teacher.
thong cheng cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
are generally addressed as Teachers.
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  • The eighth of the ten stems, which corresponds to metal and the west; sad.
sin khó;
grievous.
cò̤ kang-ku nâng sĭm sĭ sin khó;
working people have a hard time.
chut gūa nâng sin-sin khó-khó;
travellers fare hardly.
  • sín7386110
  • To act carefully and seriously.
kṳ́n-sín;
heedfully.
tàⁿ ūe kṳ́n-sín;
speak with precision.
cò̤ sṳ̄ kṳ́n-sín;
act cautiously.
m̄ kṳ́n-sín;
incautious.
kun-cṳ́ sín tok;
the princely man is careful when he is alone.
  • sìn8081493
  • To inquire into judicially; to investigate; to examine, as witnesses.
cô̤ tn̂g sìn i liáng-cău kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;
sit in court and try the case of the two litigants.
i cí-hûe khṳ̀ sìn kuaⁿ-si;
he has now gone to testify in a lawsuit.
kàu cí tńg íⁿ-keng sìn saⁿ tńg lío;
this makes three times that the witnesses have been examined.
mùaⁿ-khí-cá àiⁿ tn̂g sìn;
the judicial investigation will be begun to-morrow morning.
sìn lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;
has tried the case but has not get given a verdict.
cêk ē ngîam sìn, i kâi cin chêng cū chut lâi;
when once closely examined into the real circumstances will be make evident.
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  • A mirage.
hái tèng kâi sìn-khì;
mirages at sea.
kio sìn-lâu hái-chĭ cêk īeⁿ;
like a mirage seen at sea; exaggerated reports; wild stories.
  • sìn808313
  • The sinciput; the calvaria.
a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hîah-sìn pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;
the sinciput of the babe throbs.
lâu kâi sìn-thô̤;
leave a tuft of hair growing over the sinciput.
tì téng sìn-thô̤;
wore an infant's tufted cap.
sìn mn̂g;
the fontanel in a babe.
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  • A guard house, or post-house; stations placed about a league apart on the high roads.
i hīn-khek khĭa tŏ̤ tī kâi sìn?
At what post on