siam

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  • Somber; majestic
siam ngîam;
severe.
huap-lût siam-ngîam;
the majesty of the law.
kui-kṳ́ siam-ngîam;
the rule is strict.
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  • The ginseng plant, and many other roots of a mucilaginous nature, used in medicine and deemed to partake of the virtues of ginseng.
jîn siam;
ginseng, so called from the resemblance of its forked roots to the figure of a man.
îeⁿ siam;
foreign ginseng.
kau-lî siam;
Corean ginseng.
hue-kî siam;
American ginseng.
siam chiu;
rootlets of ginseng.
hái siam;
biche-de-mer.
tang siam;
a species of sage.
táng siam;
a species Convolvulus*.
ngŏ siam;
all kinds of ginseng.
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  • Fine, delicate, minute.
cò̤ lâi siam-khá căi;
is of very delicate workmanship.
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  • To evade; to shun; to dodge.
síam tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
dodged off to one side.
síam-khui cē;
move out of the way a little.
síam-bûa chîeⁿ-piⁿ;
draw out of the way close to the wall.
i síam, khṳt úa kùe;
he drew back and and let me pass.
síam sin;
keep out of sight.
síam put kîp;
too late to get out of the way.
bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ síam;
had no way of evading it.
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  • The cicada or broad locust, common over China.
sîam-thò̤;
the exuviæ of the cicada, used as a febrifuge.
cía sî kim-sîam thut khahk kâi kòi;
this plan is as like the last, as the exuviæ of the cicada is like the cicada's body.
sîam kháu;
to make an allowance for food.
cîa cîⁿ sĭ khṳt i cò̤ kháu-sîam kâi;
this money is what is allowed him for his table expenses.
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  • The boards or beams which uphold the eaves.
i ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;
ho will take flight between the eaves and the walls.
sîam-sû;
a striped toad, fabled to be in the moon.
sîam-so;
water taken from the eyebrows of frogs, and used as a medicine.