Times, hours, seasons; a Chinese hour or one twelfth of a day, but especially the time from 7 to 9 o'clock A. M.; heavenly bodies which mark the times; the fifth of the twelve stems, over which the dragon rules; spots in the sky where no stars are seen.
To melt; to liquify; to thaw; to lessen by using; to do away with; to annul; to need and consume; needed, required, exigent; to allay; to digest; to exhaust; to eliminate; diminished, dispersed; sold out; transpiring.
sio hùe khṳ̀;
melted away.
sio khṳ̀;
dissolved.
cí īeⁿ mûeh sio cîah;
this aids digestion.
saⁿ tǹg cîah lío tó lăi m̄ sio kâi cū hó cîah i sio;
what remains undigested after three meals have been eaten should be eliminated by medicine.
cí īeⁿ ŏi sio tâk, hṳ́ īeⁿ li ŏi sio céng;
this scatters the poison, and that takes down the swelling.
îeh tah lío céng sio a būe?
Has the swelling gone down since the medicine was applied?
tîeh cîah kàu tâk-khì sio cheng-chó̤;
must take it till the virus has all been cleansed out.
i tì kâi sio kuah kâi pēⁿ;
he has an ailment which is accompanied with intolerable thirst.
cīeⁿ sio, ĕ sio, tong sio;
a great appetite with constipation, a great appetite with diarrhea, and a great appetite with good digestion and no increase of flesh.
hua sio;
use up, spend, consume.
cêk jît sio saⁿ táu bí;
use three pecks of rice per day.
ke kâi sio m̄ khṳ̀;
cannot digest more than that.
sio khíen;
dissipate care.
sio ôiⁿ;
pass the time.
cîah cíu sio chô;
drink wine to dissipate sorrow.
kîaⁿ khṳt i sio-thîo cē;
walk about to aid digestion and quicken the circulation.
