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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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si-sip;
hereditary.
i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sì-sîp kâi;
his office is hereditary.
i kâi có-pĕ ŭ kong, sì-sîp ŭ kuaⁿ ciak;
his grandfather having done meritorious deeds, had hereditary office and rank bestowed on him.
sîp-ìm kâi kuaⁿ īa àiⁿ kháu kùe;
those who hold their office through the merit of their ancestors have also to pass the examinations.
cía sĭ chau-sîp nâng kâi kū bûn;
this is plagiarism.
i cong-kú àiⁿ khṳ̀ sîp i;
he is always wanting to make a sly attack on them.

sit

  • sit769372
  • To lose; to mislay; to omit; to neglect; to disregard; to fail; to err; to miss; to jeopardize; to leave behind; to slip; to lose favor; failure; a fault.
sit-lô̤h mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
lost articles.
cía sĭ i kâi kùe-sit;
this is his fault.
sĭ úa sit kak chak;
it was I who overlooked it through absence of mind.
hàm i kâi sit cú lâi jīn;
tell the one who lost it to come and identify it.
sit sìn;
lose faith in.
sit chíu;
let it slip from his hand.
khṳt úa sit chíu khà tīo khṳ̀;
was dropped and broken by me.
sit kha;
lose foothold.
sit lói;
unnmannerly.
sit kèng;
wanting in respect.
sit sî;
miss the time.
bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
not the least mistake in it.
sit chak;
neglect to inquire into.
sit i kâi thí-mīn;
lost the esteem of others.
sit tîeh i kâi líen;
lost his reputation.
sit sim;
disheartened.
sit hûn;
lost his wits.
sit kok;
lost his crown.
sit tī-hng;
lose position.
sit-sîn;
abstracted.
kiaⁿ kàu sit sîn;
so frightened that he lost presence of mind.
ca-mêⁿ sĭ tī-kò̤ sit húe?
Where was the fire last night?
kìu tîeh cêk kâi sit cúi kâi nâng;
rescued one who had fallen into the water.
i cí-hûe sit sì;
he has now lost his influence.
sit cí-kâi ki-hŭe;
miss this opportunity.
i cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit sṳ̄?
How did he happen to fail in it?
i ca-mêⁿ sit kha lō, tîeh phah;
he failed to be on his rounds last night, and must be beaten.
i ā sĭ sit síu sîaⁿ-tî cū tîeh phōiⁿ cŭe;
if he fails to guard the city, he must be punished for it.
lîu-lî sit só̤;
to wander homeless.
sit thŵn;
fail of transmission.
cí īeⁿ huap í-ⁿkeng sit thŵn;
this recipe has been lost, not having been handed down.
ci cêk tīn ŏi sit nâng a bŏi?
Is anyone missing from this rank?
  • sît7694011
  • Real; solid; full; compact; true, honest, sincere; fixed, as a price; hard, as a knot; the reality; the results, effects, or fruits; facts; small and hard fruits or seeds; verily, in fact.
sît-căi sĭ hó̤;
is really good.
cía sĭ sît chêng kâi;
these are the actual circumstances.
i tàⁿ
kàu sît-sît căi-căi;
he tells the honest truth.
láu-sît;
harmless; innocent; inefficient.
láu-sît nâng;
an amiable and rather incompetent person.
khui hue lío ŏi kit sît a bŏi?
After blossoming does it bear fruit?
sît kè;
the actual price.
thó̤ sît cē;
ask for something nearer the real price.
sît sṳ̄;
an actual event.
cin-sît;
real.
hek sît;
ascertain the facts.
chê sît;
find out the truth.
mn̄g khṳ̀ tîeh sît lío;
have by inquiry found out the real circumstances.
kien-sît;
solid and strong.
sît sim;
sincere.
sît sìo;
the full tale.
sît put sie mûaⁿ;
indeed I do not deceive you.
cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sît-sĭu kâi a sĭ sŭ-sṳ̄ kâi?
Is this magistrate the real incumbent or is he one who is filling the office temporarily?
lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ sît-ūe;
tell me tho truth about it.
sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
that is the truth about it.
ŭ mîaⁿ bô̤ sît; ŭ khî-mîaⁿ, bô̤ khî-sît;
has a name but no actual existence.
teh sît;
press down solid.
sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;
plain and good; substantial; nothing spurious about it.
kiu sît ŭ jîeh tn̂g?
When shrunken to its natural proportions, how long is it?
phâk sît, bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;
when dried in the sun so as bring it down to its actual substance there will be but very little of it.
sêng-sît;
earnest; honest.
thīⁿ sît cū khah tó̤;
when sewed it will be too short.
i kâi ūe bô̤ kù sît;
what he says has not a word of truth in it.
i kâi mô̤ⁿ sît-sît bŏi phòng;
its fur is close and dense, it is not fluffy.
ngŵn sît, bô̤ cia sṳ̄;
in fact, it is not so.
hàm i cĭu sît tàⁿ;
tell him to speak the truth.
cîah sît;
stores; provisions.
  • sît661244
  • Wings, or fins.
phah sît;
to flop the wings.
phêh sît;
to flap the wings.
thíⁿ khui sît;
to spread the wings.
sît théng m̄ khui;
he cannot stretch his wings.
théng sît tÓ̤ pue;
soar with outstretched wings.
būe hwt sît;
unfledged.
sît hwt būe côi, pue m̄ hn̆g;
his wings are not full grown and he cannot fly far.
sît pì;
the wing without the feathers.
chah sît pue khṳ̀;
take wings and fly away.
nĭoⁿ-hó̤ⁿ thíam sît;
add wings to a tiger.
tìam tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;
hid under his wing.
àⁿ t̤̆o i sît e;
hovered under her wings.
ŭ cêk khí sĭ sì kâi sît;
one sort is four-winged.
mêng sît;
dried sharks' fins.
hṳ̂ sît sĭ tŏ̤ iah cúi kâi;
the fins of a fish are for it to swim with.
i song-khùai căi tó̤ phah sît;
he is very comfortable, and is airing his feathers.

siu

  • siu81198
  • To adorn; to clean up or renovate; to repair; to mend; to adjust; to regulate; to cultivate; to practise; to study