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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
sin kòi;
- his whole body is covered with sores.
- i sin piⁿ ŭ kúi kâi lâm ńng kíaⁿ?
- How many son and daughters has she with her?
- ŭ sin-hūn;
- is pregnant.
- 新sin806699
- New; just made; the latest.
- sin-bŭn-cúa;
- a newspaper.
- sin nî;
- the new year.
- sin lîp kâi huap;
- a newly established regulation.
- sin n̂ng;
- a bridgroom.
- sin nîe;
- a bride.
- sin īeⁿ;
- a new style.
- sin saⁿ;
- a new tunic.
- pùaⁿ sin kū;
- half-worn; neither new nor old.
- sin chiⁿ;
- fresh; newly killed or caught for food.
- sin chun;
- spring tide.
- sin bī;
- the first of the reason; the early crop.
- cía sĭ bói lâi sîeⁿ sin cē;
- this was bought as a foretaste of the early fruits.
- sin chut mûeh-kĭaⁿ kùi căi;
- things that are the first of their kind are always dear.
- sin khŵn;
- a new fashion.
- lêng-ūaⁿ îu sin;
- newly repainted.
- i sĭ sin lâi kâi;
- he has recently arrived.
- sin khí kâi chù;
- a house lately built.
- sin khui kâi tī;
- newly opened ground.
- sin lâh-jît;
- new almanacs.
- sin bí pn̄g;
- cooked rice of the late crop.
- sin cúi kîam hṳ̂;
- newly opened stock of salt fish.
- sin bêh kâi mīⁿ;
- flour made from now wheat.
- sin suaⁿ kâi siam;
- ginseng that is not fully grown.
- sin khai-ciang;
- newly opened stock of goods; a fresh display.
- 申sin7361021
- To state to a superior; the ninth of the twelve stems.
- sin-sî;
- from 3 to 5 o'clock P.M.
- sin bûn khṳ̀ cīeⁿ-si;
- send a report to his superior in office.
- sin mêng khṳt úa cai;
- state it clearly to me.
- 紳sin7361205
- A large sash or girdle with ornamental ends; those who are privileged to wear sashes, the literati, graduates, officials, and gentry.
- hieⁿ sin;
- country gentlemen.
- jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin khî;
- order the gentry and officials in every village.
- sin khim hùe;
- the gentry.
- sin sṳ̆;
- head men; elders.
- 乩sin33555
- To seek aid from spirits.
- tâng-sin cĭeⁿ to̤-thui, kîaⁿ hûe lō, lô̤h iû thng;
- the spirit-medium ascends a ladder of knives, walks over a bed of coals, and plunges into hot oil.
- kng kâi tâng-sin tô̤ kīe tèng khṳ̀ chú tê chú cúi;
- carry a spirit-medium in a sedan-chair, to get tea and water for offerings.
- 伸sin76395
- To redress; to vindicate; to clear up a cause; to straighten; worth; value at; equal to.
- kio i sin wn;
- redress his wrongs.
- ŭ wn bô̤ sin;
- have unredressed grievances.
- chíu siu
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chut lâi;
- straighten out your arm.
- nŏ̤ pôiⁿ sin-chíu jîeh khuah?
- How large are the two wings of the building?
- sin cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
- valued in money.
- chûn câp níe ngṳ̂n sin cò̤ jîeh cōi cíⁿ?
- What is the value in cash of the ten taels that remain?
- sin-seⁿ;
- a teacher.
- thong cheng cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
- are generally addressed as Teachers.
- 辛sin8061600
- The eighth of the ten stems, which corresponds to metal and the west; sad.
- sin khó;
- grievous.
- cò̤ kang-ku nâng sĭm sĭ sin khó;
- working people have a hard time.
- chut gūa nâng sin-sin khó-khó;
- travellers fare hardly.
- 愼sín7386110
- To act carefully and seriously.
- kṳ́n-sín;
- heedfully.
- tàⁿ ūe kṳ́n-sín;
- speak with precision.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ kṳ́n-sín;
- act cautiously.
- m̄ kṳ́n-sín;
- incautious.
- kun-cṳ́ sín tok;
- the princely man is careful when he is alone.
- 訊sìn8081493
- To inquire into judicially; to investigate; to examine, as witnesses.
- cô̤ tn̂g sìn i liáng-cău kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;
- sit in court and try the case of the two litigants.
- i cí-hûe khṳ̀ sìn kuaⁿ-si;
- he has now gone to testify in a lawsuit.
- kàu cí tńg íⁿ-keng sìn saⁿ tńg lío;
- this makes three times that the witnesses have been examined.
- mùaⁿ-khí-cá àiⁿ tn̂g sìn;
- the judicial investigation will be begun to-morrow morning.
- sìn lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;
- has tried the case but has not get given a verdict.
- cêk ē ngîam sìn, i kâi cin chêng cū chut lâi;
- when once closely examined into the real circumstances will be make evident.
- hái tèng kâi sìn-khì;
- mirages at sea.
- kio sìn-lâu hái-chĭ cêk īeⁿ;
- like a mirage seen at sea; exaggerated reports; wild stories.
- 囟sìn808313
- The sinciput; the calvaria.
- a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hîah-sìn pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;
- the sinciput of the babe throbs.
- lâu kâi sìn-thô̤;
- leave a tuft of hair growing over the sinciput.
- tì téng sìn-thô̤;
- wore an infant's tufted cap.
- sìn mn̂g;
- the fontanel in a babe.
- 汛sìn808853
- A guard house, or post-house; stations placed about a league apart on the high roads.
- i hīn-khek khĭa tŏ̤ tī kâi sìn?
- At what post on
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