dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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to contemplate and pray.
- sîen ūi pun i kâi tăi-chîn;
- resigned the throne to one of his courtiers.
- 擅sĭen7536413
- To act as one pleases; to take the responsibility of doing without orders; willful; illegally; arbitrarily; to usurp, to assume; despotic.
- mih sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ sĭen-cwn;
- would not venture to act unauthorized.
- i chṳ́-căi tó̤ sĭen khŵn;
- he now usurps authority.
- i cò̤-nî káⁿ sĭen-cṳ̆ thiah huang?
- How dare he take the responsibility of opening the envelope without orders?
- 善sĭen752309
- Good from principle; virtuous; merit from good works, such as the Buddhists teach; goodness; eminent; wise; meek.
- docile;
- fitted for; clever.
- expert, handy;
- to take to naturally; in a high degree; to do a thing well; to expedite.
- sĭen ak kàu thâu cong ŭ pò̤;
- good and evil have always in the end a meet recompense.
- kîaⁿ sĭen;
- act righteously.
- sĭen sṳ̆;
- virtuous actions.
- sĭen huap;
- a clever scheme; a good rule.
- sĭen cong;
- a peaceful end.
- sĭen ŭ sĭen pò̤, ak ŭ ak po;
- virtue is well rewarded, and vice is suitably punished.
- mīn-sek m̄ sĭen;
- his face has a bad expression.
- i sĭen cáu;
- he is an expert runner.
- ngŭi-sĭen;
- hypocritical.
- ngŭi-sĭen kâi nâng;
- a hypocrite.
- m̄ sĭ cin sĭen;
- is not real goodness.
- ké sĭen;
- pretended virtue.
- sèⁿ pńg lâi sî sĭen;
- disposition is naturally docile.
- i sĭm sĭ sĭen ĕng nâng;
- he is naturally very apt at it.
- kói ak, chông sĭen;
- depart from evil and do good.
- siu sĭen kâi nâng;
- one who cultivates virtue.
- sĭen-ău-kêk sĭ phōiⁿ-lí sĭen-ău kâi sṳ̄-ngî kâi;
- a subsidiary committee takes the management of what is left to be attended to after the work of a previous committee is completed.
- sĭen sim;
- a meek spirit.
- hŵn-lío būe cĭn sĭen;
- has not yet attained the utmost excellence.
- 鱔sĭen75319512
- Small fresh water eels.
- pêh sĭen;
- white eels.
- bé-uaⁿ sĭen;
- slices of fried eel.
- 繕sĭen75212012
- To transcribe or write out with care.
- sĭen-sía phîn-tìeⁿ;
- engross the facing of a semicircular screen.
- i cwn tó̤ sĭen-sía cṳ-sìn;
- he makes a business of copying out dispatches.
- 腎sĭen7381308
- The kidneys.
- tṳ sĭen-cí;
- the kidneys of swine.
- sĭen-cí īeⁿ;
- kidney shaped.
- có̤ sĭen, ĭu sĭen;
- the left and the right kidney.
- pó sĭen;
- strengthen the kidneys.
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- 膳sĭen75213012
- Viands; rich fare; delicacies.
- i kâi cṳ-ce sĭ chŵn keng-sĭen, a sĭ pùaⁿ keng-sĭen?
- In this school is the teacher's food furnish wholly by the pupils, or only in part?
- i ŭ keng-sĭen;
- he has his provisions furnished.
- 禪sĭen75111312
- To resign the throne.
- i sĭen ūi khṳt i kâi tăi chîn;
- he resigned the throne to his noble relative.
- soiⁿ sĭen ūi khṳt i kâi kíaⁿ;
- abdicated in favor of his son.
siet
- 褻siet79814511
- To treat irreverently.
- siet-tôk;
- to profane.
- m̆-hó siet-tôk tîeh sîn-mêng;
- do not blaspheme the gods.
- siet-tôk tîeh i;
- treated him shamefully.
- 設siet7501494
- To institute; to establish; to set up; if; supposing; for instance.
- cí kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ i siet-lîp kâi;
- this custom is one that he established.
- cía sĭ sin siet-lîp kâi huap-tō;
- this is a newly established regulation.
- siet huap;
- devise means.
- siet sîah;
- make a feast.
- siet-sái i ā sĭ soiⁿ cai cū míen tàⁿ;
- supposing that he knows it beforehand, then you need not tell him.
- siet tìeⁿ; siet kà;
- open a school.
- cêk koiⁿ pái-siet kàu chî-chî céng-céng;
- the whole place is made very luxurious.
- siet-jîak ŭ put-chek kâi sṳ̄ li lṳ́ cū hó̤ cú-ì kîaⁿ;
- should any unforeseen thing happen, then do whatever you yourself think best.
- cá sî tŏ̤ cí kò̤ siet ŭ sìn-tī;
- a station for guards was early established here.
- chin-chĭeⁿ thien cău tī siet kâi;
- as if made by nature herself.
sih
- 晃sih252726
- To flash; to quiver.
- iap-iap-sih;
- to glitter; to shimmer; to shiver.
- iap-cē-sih;
- to flash.
- iap-cē-sih cū bô̤ khṳ̀;
- flashed once and then disappeared.
- 蝕sîh7671429
- To consume away; to incroach upon; to eat into.
- jît sîh, gûeh sîh;
- eclipses of the sun and of the moon.
- i kâi seng-lí sîh pńg;
- he loses capital in his busines.
- hùe kè sîh se-su;
- lost a little on the cost of the goods.
- thàng, sîh;
- profit and loss.
- tăi sîh; tōa sîh;
- made great in loads on the original amount.
- sîh pńg;
- has lost money in the transaction.
sim
- 心sim806610
- The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source.
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