districts.
tău-thâi sĭ kẃn-lí jît-sì sôk;
the ntendant of Circuit governs twenty-four dependencies. 俗 sôk 822 9 7 What the common people desire or delight in; inelegant; uneducated; common, vulgar; the low and groveling business of life; the laity; the world. sì-sók;
manners of the times.
sôk ĕ cíe nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
of the common people but few do thus.
sôk ūe;
common talk, brogue, argot, a conventional dialect different from the book language.
sôk ūe cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
that is the way the unlearned talk.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ sía sĭ sôk sía;
that is the way it is commonly written by the uneducated.
lîah i hŵn sôk;
return him forcibly (from the priesthood) to common life.
i kâi sôk-ke sèⁿ sĭm-mûeh?
What is his laic surname?
iông-sôk kâi nâng;
the vulgar.
sîp sôk;
acquire vulgar habits.
cí kò̤ kâi hong-sôk ío hó̤;
the usages here are better.
i kâi nâng-īeⁿ seⁿ-lâi put sôk;
his appearance is not that of a common person.
khah sôk;
too commonplace.
sĭm sĭ sô̤-sôk;
is very base.
kṳ hieⁿ sôk sĭ cìeⁿ-se;
such are the customs of the village.
ak hong-sôk;
wicked ways.
cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ cū thut sôk;
this man acts as if he were free from the prejudices of the ignorant.
sôk gṳ́;
an aphorism, a proverb.
jîp hieⁿ sûi sôk;
when in Rome do as the Romans do. 續 sôk 823 120 15 To succeed, to keep up, to join on; continuous. sôk ău cò̤-nî?
What then follows?
lôk-sôk lâi ŭ jîeh cōi?
One after the other, how many have come?
lâi khṳ̀ m̄ ciap-sôk;
did not come and go continuously.
i cē ciap-sôk m̄ tîeh cū kang-khó chūe;
if the continuity is broken it is difficult to find the clue again.
cí kâi bó sĭ ău lâi lêng-ūaⁿ sôk-hîⁿ kâi;
this is a second wife. 贖 sôk 781 154 15 To ransom; set free. sôk cŭe;
set free from the consequences of sin.
sôk sin;
to manumit.
sôk hûe;
to ransom.
sôk tńg lâi;
to release from pawn or mortgage.
sôk siu ca-bó;
a manumited female slave.
cang kong sôk cŭe;
to make merit offset sin.
chíu-sôk;
to redeem. song 鬆 song 830 190 8 Slack, lax, easy; disheveled; loose. i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ phô̤ng-phô̤ng song-song;
her hair is all flying at loose ends.
song i cek ē cē;
let him off easily this time.
hăng-song cē, màiⁿ khah kín;
slacken it a little, do not draw it too tight.
cí kâi huap khah song;
this law is too lax.
song-khùai;
at ease, comfortable.
song-tŏng;
in easy circumstances.
聳 sóng 832 128 11 To rise abruptly above the general level. i kâi phiⁿ khah kau-sóng;
her nose is too prominent.
pât kò̤ li phùe-kah m̄ kùe kìe cò̤ ko hong tôk sóng;
whatever rises disproportionately above its surroundings is called an isolated peak.
sóng kàu kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ khí khṳ̀;
stretches up to a great height. kam-sông-hieⁿ;
spikenard, the perfume obtained from the Nardostachys jutamansi *
hĭa sông;
a plant, like liverwort, found growing on the roofs of old houses.
sông cak;
fine joints of pine sprigs, used in medicine. 訟 sŏng 832 149 4 To contend before rulers about property; to demand justice; litigation; pleadings or wranglings before the courts; law cases; the sixth of the 64 diagrams, denoting disagreement. sŏng-sṳ;
a lawyer; a pettifogger.
sŏng-sṳ pó;
an old withered lawyer.
lîah sŏng kùn;
a lawmonger, a shyster.
jîp sek sŏng a būe?
Have they announced a cessation of the prosecution yet?
tio-sŏng;
aggressive in litigation.
i kâi ūe sŏng căi;
he is very contentious.
líang ke in-ūi sṳ̂-sŏng kâi sṳ̄ phùa tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ;
the two parties have spent a great amount of money in litigation. 頌 sŏng 832 181 4 To praise publicly; to eulogize; panegyric. ko̤-sŏng i kâi kong-ṳn;
extol his goodness.
nâng-nâng ko̤ kong sŏng tek;
every body lauds his merits. 誦 sŏng 832 149 7 To hum; to read in a murmuring tone; to croon over; a droning way of reading. sŏng si;
to croon a hymn.
sŏng keng;
recite the liturgy.
ko̤-sŏng;
to chant. so̤ 蝹 so̤ 1142 142 9 The motion of snakes. so̤ jîp khang tói;
wriggled into his hole.
so̤ m̄ kùe;
cannot wriggle through.
i cò̤ i so̤ khṳ̀;
he wriggled off. 疏 so̤ 775 103 7 Open; wide apart; coarse; distant in space, time or relationship; sundered; sleazy; pervious; lax. hi-so̤;
sleazy, thin, having wide interstices.
nâng-mûeh hi-so̤;
the population is sparse.
tẁn bŏi so̤-ngô̤;
assure that there will be no remissness.
kío i ío so̤;
not so nearly related to her.
bô̤ chin so̤ kău pô̤h;
have no relation- 
