Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- cāng kun-su;
- supply rations and pay for the army.
- lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ put sî cṳ su;
- keep it for use in an emergency.
- 胥su8181305
- A clerk or writer in a yamun.
- kuaⁿ sui-sĭ m̄ àiⁿ cîⁿ, su che hùe īa àiⁿ cîⁿ;
- although the magistrate does not want money, the clerks and constables do.
- 書su774736
- Characters as the delineation of ideas.
- sì su;
- the Four Books.
- poih hun su;
- the square characters.
- pùaⁿ hâng su;
- the running hand.
- sṳ-hu; su-thìang;
- in good spirits; well and comfortable.
- i m̄ su-hu;
- he is not very cheerful.
- i cêk sin íⁿ-keng su-su hu-hu lío;
- he has already recovered, and is in fine health.
- 暑sú776729
- Summer's heat; hot weather.
- hâng lâi sú úang;
- cold and heat alternate.
- sieⁿ sú; hiap sú; tòng sú;
- sun-stroke.
- sù thiⁿ;
- hot weather.
- thiⁿ-sî sú-jîet;
- the weather is very hot.
- hâng-sú-cam;
- a thermometer.
- nâng seⁿ put kùe sù-câp hâng-sú;
- human life endures but for a few tens of changing seasons.
- cí kâi tī-hng lâi pī sú hó̤ câi;
- this is a good place to go to escape the heat.
- i cáu khṳ̀ pī sú;
- he went off to shirk the hard work.
- sú huang;
- a summer cold.
- sú cèng;
- diseases of summer.
- cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cheng sú-khì;
- this medicine will purge off the humors produced by heat.
- i cía sĭ im sú;
- this comes from heat and dampness.
- kói sú;
- allay heat.
- phek sú;
- alleviate the heat; diminish the glare.
- 緒sú8191209
- A clue, a hint, a guide.
- sim sú m̄ uaⁿ;
- his attention is not fixed.
- bô̤ hía sim-sú khṳ̀ lí;
- has no inclination to go and attend to it.
- bô̤ chêng bô̤ sú; bô̤ sim bô̤ sú;
- nonplussed; disappointed; no means of effecting the object.
- 署sú7781229
- A public court; a tribunal.
- kūiⁿ sú, hú sú;
- the district and the departmental tribunals.
- lăi sú;
- in court.
- 杼sú93754
- A beetle or beater.
- hâng mô̤ⁿ sú;
- a club used by priests in exorcising devils.
- i chíu tèng khîa ki hâng-mô̤ⁿ-sú;
- he carried in his hand a club used in driving out demons.
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- 墅sú7773211
- A shed or lodge in a field.
- pîet-sú;
- a detached cottage.
- i khí cêk koiⁿ pîet-sú ka-kī khĭa-khí;
- he built a detached lodge, and lived there by himself.
- 數sù7776611
- A few; but a few; several.
- bô̤ sù nî cū kói-pìen;
- it will alter in a few years.
- úa lâi kàu sù jît;
- I arrived but a few days since.
- sù kâi gûeh côiⁿ, úa cêng lâi kùe cêk chṳ̀;
- I came once before, a few months ago.
- kâi gûeh kàu sù câp ngṳ̂n;
- a few tens of dollars per month.
- chûn kàu sù kâi;
- have but a few left.
- 素sù8161204
- Plain; simple; formerly; usually; as at first; heretofore.
- phêng-sù;
- commonly, usually.
- i sù-lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- that is the way it has been heretofore.
- cí kâi nâng sù m siang-sek;
- have not before been acquainted with this person.
- i kâi sù sèⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- his natural disposition is such.
- sù lâi m̄ uaⁿ hūn;
- has not generally attended to his own business.
- chēng sù hôk;
- wear your ordinary apparel; is plainly dressed.
- sù pù-kùi kîaⁿ pù-kùi;
- when you are rich act according to your station.
- pùaⁿ hun pùaⁿ sù kâi chài;
- half common and half lenten fare.
- 訴sù8171495
- To reply in one's defense; to state.
- sù-tîaⁿ;
- a plea in reply, a counter statement.
- i ŭ kò̤, nán li ŭ sù;
- they have a complaint, we have a defense to make.
- pĭ kò̤ kâi nâng lâi jîp sù cn̄g;
- the defendant entered a counter plea.
- sù wn;
- to state one's wrongs.
- sù khó-chêng;
- state a grievance.
- sù chut i kâi chêng-cak;
- state the facts in regard to it.
- úa kàu-sù̀ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;
- I will state the case to you.
- 恕sù778616
- Benignant; excusing others; considerate of; sympathizing; to bear patiently; to pardon.; to excuse.
- lṳ́ tîeh sù úa cē;
- you must be patient with me.
- sù cē;
- excuse me; pardon me.
- sù cŭe;
- indulgent toward another's faults; I beg pardon.
- sù cē, m̄ cai thóiⁿ;
- excuse me, I did not see you.
- sù úa cíe pû̂e;
- excuse my not staying longer with you, (said in excusing one's self from a guest).
- cía sù cē, khah bô̤ lói;
- pardon my using but little ceremony about this.
- khwn sù;
- not strict; kindly indulgent.
- cía hŵn-lío hó̤ siang-sù;
- that however can be passed over.
- i en̂g kâi m̄ siang-sù nâng;
- she does not overlook people's faults at all.
- sù cē, m̄ cai thâu;
- excuse me, I was not paying heed to it.
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