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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • A public court; a tribunal.
kūiⁿ sú, hú sú;
the district and the departmental tribunals.
lăi sú;
in court.
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  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.