To receive, as when one goes to get a thing or when it is one's due; to gather, to harvest; to insnare, to involve; to bind, to restrain; to conclude, to
bring to an end; to remove; to close or wind up, as business; annoyed or moved by, in
which sense it sometimes merely gives the passive form to another verb.
pûaⁿ úaⁿ siu tīo;
clear off the table.
siu khí;
gather up and put away.
siu jîp lâi;
gather in.
siu ngṳ̂n, sîu cîⁿ;
collect money from debtors; take in coin.
sìn-mīn tèng sĭ sía móng nâng siu thiah;
the direction on the letter was that a certain person should receive and open it.
siu cûn-kui;
collect the boat-fares.
siu-hó̤k nâng sim;
win people's hearts.
cêng siu-kuah a būe?
Is your harvest gathered yet?
siu khang-khùe;
take in work.
siu-toaⁿ;
a receipt for money or goods.
siu cheng-chó̤ lío;
have received the amount in full.
siu tit khí a siu m̄ khí?
Can you collect what is due, or not?
sin-sîp;
make ready, by getting things together; to set to rights.
táng lâi siu-sîp i;
will give him a whipping presently.
úa lâi siu-sîp lṳ́!
I'll pay you off for that!
ŭ siu sêng a bô̤?
Has he received that portion of the crop which is his rent for the land?
siu piaⁿ hûe îaⁿ;
recall the troops into the camp.
siu-khǹg;
collect and put away.
siu-bói kó-tóng;
make collections of curiosities.
siu m̄ bûa;
cannot get them together.
siu bûa;
collect together.
hó̤ lai, hàm i lâi siu saⁿ;
it is about to rain, tell her to bring in the clothes.
khṳ̀ kàu, i m̄ siu;
on carrying it to him, he declined to accept it.
siu cêk īeⁿ cò̤ ì-sù tīaⁿ;
accept one out of the various things presented, as a token of good will merely.
The head; a chief, a leader; the heads of a subject; foremost; the beginning, the origin; to manifest; to display; sorts, kinds; a classifier of stanzas.
i cò̤ cêk síu sĭ;
he composed a poem.
phoi-síu; páng-síu; ùaⁿ-síu;
the first on the list of those who have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts at an examination.
tŭn síu pài;
bow the head in respect.
síu búe siang kù;
look after both ends; we must consider its whole course.
