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  • sio793857
  • 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.
hûn sio, phek sùaⁿ;
it has taken away all my spirits.
i kâi hùe-mûeh sio tōa căi;
his goods have a great sale.
cí īeⁿ mûeh ío thong sio;
this article is more saleable.
sio thâm;
cuts phlegm.
cí sio cêk peh ngṳ̂n cū bói ŭ;
it will require only a hundred dollars to buy it.
  • ‮搜‬sio7556410
  • To search a house, as policemen do; to seek for.
sio chūe m̄ tîeh;
cannot find it anywhere.
hāi úa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ sio, jw̆n sio, sio bô̤;
made me search everywhere for it, and no matter how much I searched it, it was not to be found.
múaⁿ koiⁿ sio;
searched everywhere.
sio-thóiⁿ ŭ tŏ̤ tû tói mē;
look and see whether it is in the cupboard.
sio ŭ a bô̤?
Did you find it?
thong sin sio;
searched his whole person.
sio tîeh cêk ki to̤;
searched and found a knife upon him.
sio i kâi ie-tŏ;
searched in his stomacher.
phài tī-tîang tó̤ tok sio-kíam;
depute some one to search the candidates entering the examinations.
sio chut lâi;
searched it out.
sio ke;
search the house.
pàng khim-che khṳ̀ sio ke;
send a commissioner to search the dwelling.
sio-chê cng-mûeh kâi pbìe;
a search-warrant, authorizing a search for stolen goods.
sio-lîah nâng hŭam;
search for and seize a criminal.
  • sio7931677
  • To finish; to spend; to cancel; to make void; to exhaust.
sio ùaⁿ;
to decide a case in court.
cang ùaⁿ cù-sio;
take up a case in court and dismiss it.
ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ íⁿ-keng sio tīo;
the case is already disposed of.
sio kim, cîah ngṳ̂n kâi tī-hng;
a place where money quickly disappears; a very expensive place to live in.
tńg lâi sio che;
return and report on the message sent.
chṳ́ hṳ̆n lâng sio;
such enmity is hard to appease.
cêk pit kau-sio;
the affair is quite settled.
khui sio;
render an account of government expenditures.
càu sio;
a memorial of outlays.
  • sio794407
  • Night; in the night; dark.
ngŵn-sio-mêⁿ;
the night of the full moon of the first month.
ĕ ngó lîen sio;
through the afternoon and night.
phio-thâu ŭ sía lîen sio a bô̤?
Does the placard announce that it is to be continued through the night?
  • sio7931127 Niter or similar salts.
phok-sio;
niter.
ēng lîu-n̂g phok-sio cò̤ húe-îeh;
sulphur and niter are used in making gunpowder.
sai cài sio n̂g sĭ hŭam kìm kâi sṳ̄;
to smuggle nitre and sulphur is against the law.
mâng-sio;
glauber salts.
sio-îo;
to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.
sio-îo cṳ̆-căi;
saunter at ease.
  • sio7941737
  • The empyrean; the highest region of air; heaven.
kíu sio;
the remotest heavens.
thiaⁿ tîeh kâi hûn cū pue kàu kíu sio;
on hearing it, I was frightened quite out of my wits.
lêng-sio-hue;
the trumpet flower.
sio-tîo;
lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cí ău sio-tîo căi;
that region is during late years very forlorn.
  • sío479944
  • Crazy; mad; wild; insane.
sío káu;
a mad dog.
i sĭ sío kâi; nín màiⁿ thīn i;
he is crazy, do not provoke him.
i thâk cṳ, thâk kàu sío, thâk cò̤ cṳ-tien;
he has become daft by over study, and is a sort of bibliomaniac.
i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cò̤ sṳ̄ hŵn-lío sío sîn sío tôk;
although he is so large, he still acts without judgment.
i kâi sío sîn cêk ē lai, mih nâng i to m̄-ùi, īa bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;
whenever his crazy fits come upon him, he is afraid of no one, and pays no regard to decency.
i pùaⁿ sío pùaⁿ tīaⁿ;
he is half insane.
i hŵn-ló̤ kàu sío;
she is insane from grief.
hŵn-ló̤ lío, sío ā!
When you have fretted enough about it, you will be crazy!
nín màiⁿ tó̤ sío!
Do not act as if you were crazy!
i cía sío hŵn-lío sǹg sĭ kun-cṳ́ sío;
though he is insane, his is still a mild form of insanity.
hṳ́ kâi sío khṳ̀ cū tăng căi;
that one's insanity is of a violent type.
  • sío795420
  • Petty; small; trifling; uneducated; vile.
sío-jîn;
rude, boorish.
sío-jîn nâng;
a boor.
sío sṳ̄;
a petty affair; an unimportant matter.
sío-khì;
small minded.
sío-khì-kúi;
a petty, spiteful person.
sío-khó̤;
but a trifle.
sío kù;
no great matter.
  • 羞恥sío-lí810
  • Ashamed, abashed, conscious of demerit or unworthiness.
hāi úa sío-lí căi;
made me much ashamed.
cn̂g kâi m̄ pat sío-lí;
bŏi sío bŏi lí; does not feel in the least ashamed.
i ùi sío-lí;
he is afraid of bringing disgrace upon himself.
sío-lí kàu m̄ káⁿ lâi;
so ashamed he dare not come.
thóiⁿ tîeh sío-lí sí;
was dreadfully ashamed when she saw it.
  • sìo7951303
  • Relationship between parent and child.
put sìo kíaⁿ;
an unfilial son.
khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ pín put sìo;
go before a magistrate and charge with unfilial conduct.
i kâi a-pĕ íⁿ-keng pín kùe put sìo kâi, ṳ̆ i bô̤ kang;
his father has already legally disowned him, and has nothing to do with him.
i kâi kíaⁿ, tōa kâi cū hàn-sŭn, jī kâi cū put-sìo;
of his sons, the eldest is filial, and the next to the eldest is unfilial.
  • sìo746421
  • Young; juvenile; junior.
hŵn-lío sìo nî;
he is still very young.
sìo nî ke;
a young family.
sìo nî lău sêng;
a young man with the wisdom of age.
lău sìo;
old and young.
sìo îa;
the young master.
sìo nái;
the young mistress.
  • sìo7776611
  • To enumerate; to count; deal out; to find out the number; an account, a bill; a list.
sìo thóiⁿ jîeh cōi;
count them and see how many there are.
sìo tāⁿ;
make a mistake in counting.
cài sìo ke hûe;
count them over again.
lêng-ūaⁿ sìo;
count again.
sǹg-sìo;
to reckon; to calculate.
sìo phŏ;
an account book.
sìo-mâk-jī;
numerals.
kìⁿ sìo; chĭeⁿ sìo; lô̤h sìu;
set down in account.
pîaⁿ sìo;
transfer an account.
chau sìo;
copy out an account.
tùi sìo;
compare accounts in order to verify them.
hŭe sìo;
transfer a bill in payment of a debt.
khìam sìo;
unsettled balance.
thó̤ sìo;
dun for the amount of a bill.
hâiⁿ sìo;
to pay bills.
hok sìo;
verify an account by again calculating it.
bô̤ sìo;
there is no account to be reckoned.
siu sìo;
to collect bills.
cheng sìo;
to clear off an account.
sìo m̄ tîeh i;
did not reckon him in.
o̤h sìo;
difficult to determine.
sìo-búe ap cheng;
the balance is paid in full.
i tó̤ kẃn sìo;
he keeps the accounts.
lí sìo-bâk;
regulate the accounts.
sìo pâng;
counting room.
thien kang tīaⁿ sìo;
fixed as fate; exact as the cycle.
thien sìo íⁿ tīaⁿ;
destiny is fixed.
tăi sìo lâng tô̤;
destiny cannot be escaped.
seⁿ sí ŭ sìo;
life and death are as fate determines.
  • 蛸蟰sìo-cîⁿ794
  • The long legged spider.
sìo-cîⁿ, si li ŭ si, bŏi kio ti-tu hìeⁿ-seⁿ keⁿ kâi;
the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.
  • sĭo7951303
  • Like; resembling; likeness.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭo a m̄ sĭo;
do you think the likeness good?
thóiⁿ tîeh sĭo căi;
it is very like him.
sĭo kàu jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
so much alike one cannot tell them apart.
àiⁿ ūe kàu câp hun sĭo tîeh ŭ hó̤-hó̤ kâi kang;
if you want an exact likeness drawn you must have an expert workman.
úa thóiⁿ tîeh li bô̤ mih sĭo;
it does not look much like him.
bŏ̤i ā, ŭ kúi sîaⁿ sĭo;
yes, it does, it is somewhat like.