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the road is he now stationed?

sìn tī kuaⁿ;

master of a guard station.

suaⁿ-thâu sìn hīn-căi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤?

Who now commands the guard station at Swatow?

• ‮迅‬sìn8081623
• Quick; swift; hasty.

sìn-sok cū àiⁿ;

want it at once.

sìn pō jīo khṳ̀;

pursue with swift steps.

sìn lûi put kîp íam jṳ́;

as a clap of thunder which gives one no time to stop the ears; a word and a blow.

• ‮信‬sìn80797
• 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.

chin-chĭeⁿ hó̤ sìn;

appeal's credible.

• ‮繩‬sîu77212013
• A cord, string or line, especially a builder's line; a line stretched taut; to mark by a line; to enforce conformity to a rule; to adjust.

cún-sîn;

a standard; a line to go by; up to the mark.

i mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi cún-sîn;

in whatever he does, he sets bounds for himself.

cún-sîn tīaⁿ căi;

the lines are very exact.

màiⁿ bô̤ cún bô̤ sîn;

do not be without a fixed standard.

• ‮晨‬sîn21727
• The sun beaming forth; dawn.

cá sîn kâi sî-hāu cū lâi;

come in the early morning.

cheng sîn kâi sî-hāu;

at early dawn.

• ‮神‬sîn7371135
• 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.

sîn-mêng;

the gods.

sîn kúi;

good and evil spirits.

sîn-sien;

spirits and elves.

sîn hut; native and foreign gods;

native sages and Buddha.

cìaⁿ sîn sîa sîn;

beneficent and harmful deities.

pài sîn;

worship the gods.

sṳ̆ sîn;

serve the gods.

hŏng sîn;

make offerings to the gods.

khîu sîn;

besought the gods.

m̄ng sîn;

ask a sign from the gods.

cì sîn;

sacrifice to the gods.

îaⁿ sîn;

carry the gods out for an airing.

cih sîn;

welcome the gods on their return.

ngêng sîn;

look reverentially up to the gods.

sàng sîn;

accompany the gods in a procession.

sîm phâu;

a cloak for the god.

sîn kham;

a wooden shrine for gods or ancestral tablets.

khîeh khṳ̀ sîn mīn côiⁿ kò̤ hìen;

lay it before the gods as an offering.

sîn chíang;

a portico for the gods.

sîn sìeⁿ; images;

idols.

pài tāⁿ sîn;

worship the wrong god.

ke sîn; sîn cú;

lares, or deified spirits of ancestors.

sāi sîn;

set up a god.

sîn cìang;

attend ants on the gods.

sîn-hûn;

the soul, before or after death.

sîn hāu; sîn-ngīam;

wonderfully efficacious.

íang sîn;

refresh one's spirits.

sim cē tŏng sîn cū cai;

the gods know every emotion of the heart.

cía kâi nâng hó̤ ēng sîn;

this person has his wits about him.

thóiⁿ khṳ̀ jîp sîn;

have taken it into my mind.

mâk sîn; ngán sîn;

the expression of the eyes.

ŭ ceng-sîn;

spirited.

bô̤ ceng-sîn;

spiritless.

seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn;

naturally lively.

sîn-khì cok căi;

is