Sincerity, truthfulness; integrity; faith; a man of his word; to believe in; to confide in; to accord with; to follow; a seal, a stamp, which gives ground for trust; a letter or note; a messenger; off-hand; impromptu.
i siang-sìn căi;
he has great confidence in it.
i sìnⁿ-sît căi;
he is very trustworthy.
sìn-tâng; sìn huang;
the envelope of a letter.
sía sìn;
write a letter.
sìn cúa;
letter-paper.
úa cīeⁿ-jît kìa ŭ sìn khṳt i;
I sent him a letter the other day.
cih tîhe sìn;
receive a letter.
thiah sìn;
open a letter.
thiah-khui huang-tan̂g khîeh sìn lâi thóiⁿ;
open the envelope and take out the letter and look at it.
hṳ́ sìn tói có̤-nît tàⁿ?
What is in the letter?
huang sìn;
close and seal a letter.
cáu-bé-sìn;
postman, mail carrier, or courier.
sìn-kêk;
postal agency.
sìn-kẃn;
a post-office.
sìn-cîⁿ; cíu-cîⁿ;
postage.
húe-cûn sìn;
letters going or coming by steamer.
gūa kok kìa lâi kâi phoi sìn;
letters and dispatches from foreign countries.
hâng chêng sìn;
commercial circulars.
chíaⁿ cêk nâng tó̤ phōiⁿ-lí sìn-kĭaⁿ;
ask some person to take charge of the correspondence.
sín mīn sĭm-mih seⁿ-mîaⁿ, sĭm-mih cū-cí?
What is the name and address on the letter?
tho̤h pàng sìn-kêk kò̤ kìa khṳ̀;
send it through the post-office.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ sìn bô̤ sît;
he acts faithlessly.
cin siang-sìn;
really believe in.
i chim sìn i;
she has great faith in him.
úa m̄ sìn;
I do not believe it.
i sit sìn;
he has lost his confidence in it.
sìn-kháu;
impromptu.
i kâi ūe sìn-kháu tàⁿ chut lâi cū sêng bûn-lí;
what he says off hand is in such good style as to be classic.
i kâi jī li sìn-pit sía chut lâi cū ngía-ngía;
what he writes offhand is beautifully written.
i ŭ im-sín lâi a bô̤?
Has she had any news?
bô̤ sìn bô̤ sek;
no news of any sort from him.
phêng-ang sìn;
a pleasant letter.
ke sìn;
home letters.
cí kâi sìn-ńng sen̂g-sim căi;
this devotee is very sincere.
sìn-cîeh sui sĭ cîah sí nâng īa sĭ tī pēⁿ kâi ìo îeh;
arsenic, although it is a deadly poison, is also an important remedy in the treatment of disease.
That power or cause which operates by its own energies; diffused, formless, and inscrutable, yet making things develop; the powers above as opposed to the powers below; the gods, the divinities; a god in the usage of pagans; used by many for the true God; a spirit; a supernatural good being; the human spirit, the directing power of the body; the animal spirits; divine, spiritual, as being higher than man; supernatural, god-like, wonderful, superhuman; mysteriously; very, exceedingly.