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sek

  • 擲sek716415
  • To toss, to pitch, to fling.
sek kùe lâi, sek kùe khṳ̀;
tossed to and fro.
màiⁿ khṳt i sek tîeh;
do not let it hit you as it flies.
úa sek, lṳ́ cih;
I will toss it, and you catch it.
  • 釋sek76716513
  • To unloose, to free, to liberate; to open out the meaning; to relax; to slight or let alone; to leave; to melt or dissipate.
i m̄ khéng sek chíu;
he would not loose his hold.
sek-pàng i;
loose him and let him go.
sek-kà;
the Buddhists.
sek-kia-hût;
Sakyamuni, the solitary, the monk of the Sakyas, also called Buddha, who died B. C. 643.
cía cṳ kâi cù-sek sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?
By whom was the commentary on this book written?
cí nŏ̤ mîaⁿ, chíaⁿ kuaⁿ-hú tiah-sek;
pray the magistrate to remove these two names from among those of the persons who are to be punished.
líang ke būe hûa, cò̤ ŭ jîp sek-sŏng?
The two parties not having come to a reconciliation, why enter an appeal to relax the prosecution?
cí tieⁿ sek-tîaⁿ kang-khó cò̤ căi, líang ke sui-sĭ àiⁿ hûa-sek ūe tàⁿ m̄ tńg;
this plea for a cessation of the prosecution is very difficult to make, for although the parties desire a peaceful settlement to be announced, what has been spoken cannot be recalled.
cău-hùe kuaⁿ khai-sek i;
fortunately the magistrate released him, and did not keep him under arrest.
kói-sek;
to explain.
khṳ̀ khǹg-sek i;
go and expostulate with him.
phûe-sek;
to set up in life.
cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hó̤ phûe-sek kâi;
this youth is one whom it is worth while to start in life.
tăi-tăi phûe-sek i;
did much to give him a start in life.
  • 飾sek7671845
  • To adorn, to paint, to ornament; to set off; to gloss over; to pretend; to patch up; to brighten; ornaments.
i taⁿ tó̤ khui hok-sek phò;
ho now keeps a shop in which theatrical costumes are sold.
ūaⁿ cêk sin hok-sek, sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ kheh kâi īeⁿ;
changed all his garments, as if he were going out to pay a visit.
íam-sek kàu bô̤ nâng cai;
kept it under cover, so that no one knew.
gūa mīn hún sek kàu hó̤ thóiⁿ căi;
the outside is beautifully tinted.
cuang-sek;
bedizened, tricked out; specious.
i kâi tàⁿ ūe nĕ sît-sît, bô̤ cuang bô̤ sek;
what he says is perfectly true, nothing is glossed or slurred over.
síu-sek;
women's head ornaments.
síu-sek;
to brighten up, to adorn, to make comely by repairing; to paint and whitewash.
  • 式sek767563
  • A sample; an example; a form, fashion, rule, or pattern; to make like a copy.
hâh sek;
like the sample.
hâh sim sek;
corresponding to the ideal.
keh-sek;
the model.
hŭam keh-sek;
go contrary to the pattern.
cúa-khò-sek;
a copy slip.
jī sía lâi ŭ thiap sek;
the letters are written so well as to be fit for a copy.
bô̤ khẃn bô̤ sek;
without style or rule.
lṳ́ àiⁿ sĭm-mih khẃn-sek kâi?
What sort of ones do you want?
i cí ău íⁿ-keng sek-ngûi;
he is latterly much reduced in circumstances.
cêk sek ngṳ̂n;
a dime. ​
  • 𥧑sek604010
  • To leave, to abandon, to cast away, to dismiss; to put aside or let go.
sek tīo i bó tŏ̤ chù kò̤, lío cò̤ i khṳ̀;
left his wife there at home and went off.
sim àiⁿ sek tīo, sek m̄ khṳ̀;
cannot dismiss it from my thoughts.
kûi i sek pàng kò̤;
let it go and leave it there.
sek tŏ̤-kò̤ káng nî;
left behind for about a year.
khṳt i sek tŏ̤ cí kò̤, kang-khó căi;
left here by him, in great distress.
  • 息sek803616
  • To rest; to desist and repose; to produce; interest on money.
ang-sek-jît;
Sunday.
hiah-sek;
to stop and rest.
sek nō̤ⁿ;
to appease wrath.
lāi-sek;
the interest on money lent.
ŭ sĭm-mih chut sek mē?
Are there any perquisites?
seⁿ sek;
bear interest.
cṳ́-sek;
progeny.
i kâi cṳ́-sek pô̤h;
she has but a small family.
mîn uaⁿ, tău sek;
the people tranquil, and marauders quiet.
sek piaⁿ;
to suspend military operations.
  • 適sek76816211
  • To accord; to suit; to chime in.
sek ì;
consonant with one's desire.
bô̤ cêk kâi sek i kâi ì;
there is not one that suits him.
i sek-ì kâi cū hó̤;
if he likes it that is sufficient.
cía put kùe sĭ sek chêng cē;
this is nothing more than taking a little relaxation.
sek ngŏ̤ ŭ nâng-khek lâi;
just then a visitor came.
  • 識sek77014912
  • Experienced; versed in.
kìen-sek;
experience.
kìen sek chim;
thoroughly versed in.
chŵn bô̤ kìen-sek;
wholly without experience.
sêk sek cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
versed in this business.
  • 色sek7271390
  • Air, manner; form, color, hue; complexion; expression of the face; the deportment; to look blandly; mode.
sort, kind, quality;
glory, beauty; lust; a show of well dressed women; in Buddhism one of the six outward perceptions, that of form.
sek cúi;
color.
chái cò̤ ngŏ sek;
adorned with all the various colors.
thiaⁿ tîeh, mīn cū cak sek;
on hearing it, he changed color.
cheⁿ sek;
green, the color of leaves, the colors found in nature; applied to various shades of green, blue, gray and brown.
n̂g sek;
yellow.
chiah sek;
flesh-colored; the color of undressed leather.
pêh sek;
white.
o sek; hek sek;
black.
lâm sek;
indigo blue.
âng sek;
red.
lêk sek;
green.
cí sek;
crimson.
chíⁿ sek;
bright blue.
thô̤-âng-sek;
pink.
tṳ-kuaⁿ sek;
a reddish brown.
hun-cío sek;
dove color.
hui sek; húe-hu sek;
gray.
thien-cheⁿ sek;
dark purple.
tàng-cheⁿ sek;
cream color.
chim sek;
a dark shade of this color.
chíen sek;
a pale shade.
lâh sek;
mahogany color.
câp sek;
mixed colors.
pńg sek;
the natural color; undyed.
jíam sek;
to color, to tint.
àiⁿ ní tī cêk sek?
What color do you want it dyed?
thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ cîaⁿ sek, m̄ cîaⁿ sîn;
it does not appear to be thoroughly and fully dyed.
sek-cêk;
gloss, luster, brightness of color.
ní chut lâi bô̤ sek-cêk;
it is not dyed so as to give it luster.
chut sek kâi nâng-ŵn;
an officer above the common run.
bô̤ mih chut sek;
not much beyond the common sort.
mîaⁿ-sek;
reputation; fame; good name.
ŭ mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng;
is a man of repute.
cok sek kâi ngṳ̂n;
pure silver.
sek sek kŭ chŵn;
every sort is kept on hand.
kòiⁿ sek;
particolored.
cìaⁿ sek;
a solid color.
hṳ́ kâi nâng hàuⁿ sek, cí kâi nâng cíe sek-îok;
that one is inclined to be salacious, the other is less libidinous.
khí sek;
increasing prosperity or improvement.
sek-sîn ngía căi;
the colors are beautiful.
sek-līo àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe-kah?
How are the dye-stuffs to be compounded?
  • 悉sek804617
  • To comprehend in all particulars; minutely.
sêk sek;
fully understand.
i cū sêk sek cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
he knows all about this.
sái kàu mih nâng cai sek;
make every one acquainted with the details.
sek thàng;
thoroughly acquainted with.
i kâi phīⁿ seⁿ sek-nêk;
he has a polypus in his nose.
  • 熟sêk7808611
  • Ripe, mellow, mature; well cooked; acquainted with; perfect at; skilled, experienced, apt at; intimate, very friendly.
pû būe sêk;
it is not yet boiled through.
kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;
when the fruit is ripe.
chīu-câng-sêk kâi sūaiⁿ;
mangoes ripened on the tree.
sêk chíu;
a skilled hand.
sêk nâng bô̤ lói;
intimate acquaintances dispense with ceremony.
nâng sêk, lói m̄ sêk;
familiarity breeds contempt.
ô̤h sêk cē;
learn it more perfectly.
līen kàu nĕ sêk-sêk;
practised it till he became very expert in it.
cêk ē lô̤h khṳ̀, cū bŏi cîah sêk bí;
after one fall you will not be able to eat cooked rice; it will be fatal to you.
i nŏ̤ nâng sie sêk;
the two are very friendly with each other.
khĭa-khí khah sêk;
stayed there till he became too familiar.
pû khah kùe sêk;
boiled too much.
káu sîa sêk cū hó̤;
to cook it till it is nearly done is enough.
cṳ tîeh thâk kàu sêk-sêk;
you must learn your lessons perfectly.
sêk nâng căi; ​made himself very much at home.
sêk-sāi;
not at all diffident; unabashed.
sêk sêk nē, màiⁿ cṳ̆-sòi;
being well acquainted, do not take thought about it.
cía sĭ ún chī sêk kâi;
this is one we have tamed.
ēng sêk-lôi khṳ̀ ín cheⁿ-lôi lâi;
employ a half-civilized one to go and bring one of the aborigines.
cí tîo lō lìu kàu sêk;
have travelled this road till I know it well.
cĭu sêk lō kîaⁿ;
go by a well known road.
cíeⁿ pn̄g bŏi sêk;
the watched pot never boils.
tah i bói kâi sêk-tâng-só̤;
commission him to buy a wrought brass lock.
sêk thn̂g;
to make sugar.
àiⁿ ka cò̤ cheⁿ si, a sĭ sêk si?
Do you wish to buy a piece of stiff silk, or of pliable silk?
sêk nêk;
cooked meat.
sêk hṳ̂;
cooked fish.
sêk châk;
a thief who is acquainted with the premises.
sêk mīn, sêk mīn;
a very familiar face.
soiⁿ càⁿ sêk;
first scald it in hot water till it is done.
sêk îeh phò;
a shop where prepared drugs are sold.
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