dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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real cause of complaint.
- sím khṳ̀ tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?
- Upon judicial examination, who was shown to be in the right?
- 嬸sím7383815
- A father's younger brother's wife.
- a-sím bó̤;
- my aunt.
- a-sím;
- a respectable middle aged woman; a nurse; a woman of all work; used in addressing a woman of the middle class.
- 甚sĭm738994
- Extremely; to the utmost.
- sĭm hó̤;
- the best.
- sĭm tōa;
- the very largest.
- sĭm ngía;
- exceedingly beautiful.
- sĭm tn̂g;
- excessively lengthy.
- khi-hŭ nâng thài sĭm;
- impose upon people overmuch.
- sĭm sī ŏi;
- is remarkably able.
- cìeⁿ-se hŵn-lío bŏi sĭm, ío cò̤-nî cìaⁿ kìe cò̤ sĭm?
- Since that is not the utmost limit, why call it excessive?
- sîm huaⁿ-hí;
- greatly delighted.
- thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm m̄ hàuⁿ;
- was much displeased when he heard it.
- sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
- What is the matter?
- i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?
- What is his name?
- i khì sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
- What is she vexed about?
- i khṳ̀ sĭm-mih tī-hng?
- To what place has he gone?
- 擱sīm4266414
- To put down; to delay; to hesitate.
- i kâi pit sīm cêk kùa, sĭeⁿ bô̤ lâi;
- he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.
- pit buah khí lâi, chŵn mín sīm, li-li lô̤h;
- having rubbed his pen in the ink, he had no need of delaying at all to use it, but wrote on at once.
sin
- 身sin7351580
- The body, the trunk, the main part of a thing; the hull; one's self; personal; the presence; one's character or duty.
- pńg sin;
- my body; I myself.
- i pńg-sin sĭ gūa-chù nâng;
- he himself is an alien.
- chiah sin lò thói;
- stark naked.
- sin-thói; sin châi;
- the (human) body.
- cīeⁿ sin tn̂g, ĕ sin tó̤;
- the upper half of his body is longer than the lower half.
- chut sin;
- to enter on office; the origin or early life of a person.
- i sĭ chông thâk-cṳ chut sin;
- he came from literary occupations into office.
- cong sin kâi kak-kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What is the outcome of his life?
- lâu sin;
- I, an old woman.
- i ka-kī chut sin lí sṳ̄;
- he himself takes the lead in the management of affairs.
- sin kûi;
- is tall.
- sin-hàng tōa;
- is above the average size.
- i kùe sin khṳ̀ lío;
- he is dead.
- i sĭ ŭ sin ke kâi nâng;
- he is a man of some property.
- put lêng hun sin;
- I have no time to leave this and attend to that; can't
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be in two places at once.
- phah m̄ khui sin;
- cannot get away; cannot attend to more than I now have on hand.
- khí sin; tŏng sin;
- to start on a journey.
- kiaⁿ kàu ciu sin kâi nêk tó̤ tùn;
- so frightened that my flesh quaked all over me.
- i chin sin khṳ̀;
- he went himself.
- bōi sin;
- sell one's self.
- sin âu kâi sṳ̄ tho̤h i lí;
- committed to him the arrangement of her obsequies.
- màiⁿ khah hó̤ sin hūn;
- do not love ease too dearly.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tŏ̤ úa sin cīeⁿ;
- this devolves upon me.
- hwn sin;
- to turn over when lying down.
- hui-tńg sin; ût-tńg sin;
- to turn around when standing.
- i-hôk m̄ kah sin;
- his clothes do not fit him.
- i kâi sin tèng chēng sĭm-mih hôk-sek?
- What garments did she wear?
- tîⁿ kín sin;
- entangled so that she cannot get away.
- sin tói saⁿ;
- underclothing; garments worn next the person.
- i ciu sin tîeh khṳ̀ sìeⁿ thih-pô̤h;
- he should go and have his whole body plated with iron.
- sin tèng chēng thih-kah;
- he wears armor.
- cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kut;
- he is nothing but skin and bone.
- khṳt hŏ phuah kàu thong sin lok-lok;
- drenched with rain till there is not a dry thread on my body.
- màiⁿ gō i kâi cong sin;
- do not make his whole life miserable.
- cn̂g sin khṳt thâng cù tīo;
- the whole of it is riddled by insects.
- hăm sim o;
- is black all over.
- mak kàu sin tâm sin tih;
- daubed so as to drip with it.
- chīu sin;
- the trunk of a tree.
- cíu-pâng sin;
- the body of the wine pitcher.
- peh cĭeⁿ bé sin téng;
- mount a horse.
- i kâi sin-ui tōa;
- it is large in girth.
- bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ;
- buy a few clay dolls.
- jṳ̂ sin;
- take a sponge bath.
- sûi kín sin piⁿ;
- keep close to him.
- cŏ̤ tŏ̤ úa sin piⁿ;
- sit close beside me.
- tùe kín sin;
- to stick close to one; to adhere tightly to a person.
- bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ uaⁿ sin;
- have no place where I can be comfortable.
- i hīn-khek tŏ̤ tī kò̤ châng sin?
- Where does he now conceal himself?
- i in-ŭi hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tì-kàu sin sí;
- it was in that way that he came to lose his life.
- i sĭang ŏi kù sin-hūn;
- he takes the greatest care of his health.
- i bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cia sin;
- he has no means of screening himself.
- i sin kṳ tău-thâi cò̤ ŭ jw̆n cò̤?
- Being a prefect, how can he act without regard to rules?
- sái kàu i bô̤ îong sin cṳ tī;
- left him no means of getting a living.
- cûn-sin;
- the hull of the boat.
- cng kim sin kâi sîn;
- gilded idols.
- cúaⁿ-íaⁿ-sin tàu tāⁿ thâu;
- the puppet has had the wrong head put on it.
- tōa chù-sin-téng bŏi lāu;
- the main roof does not leak.
- ūe pùaⁿ sin tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- paint a half length portrait only.
- uē cn̂g sin;
- draw a full length portrait.
- phah kàu thong sin tâk-cek o-cheⁿ;
- beat him till he is bruised black and blue from head to foot.
- seⁿ kàu cêk
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