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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.
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  • 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