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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • sui81414010
  • A cloak made of bamboo, palm leaves, or grass, woven in strips, and laid like thatch; to screen from rain.
cang-sui;
a coir rain-cloak.
tek-hîeh-sui;
a rain-cloak made from bamboo leaves.
muaⁿ cang-sui;
wear a coir rain-cloak.
  • súi10163013
  • The mouth; to give lip.
i thiaⁿ tîeh pìⁿ mīn pìⁿ súi;
when she heard it her countenance changed.
i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤-nî pìⁿ-chut cía mīn-súi?
Why is she to-day so different?
  • súi97297
  • Handsome; beautiful.
súi-súi;
very attractive.
i seⁿ lâi súi căi;
she is very pretty.
  • sûi82617013
  • To accord; to follow; to comply with; to let; to permit; like, as, according to; wherever; forthwith; presently.
kṳn-sûi úa lâi khṳ̀;
you go with me (as a servant or attendant).
sûi-sî;
immediately.
sûi-sî cò̤, sûi-sî hó̤;
it is but a moment's work.
sĭeⁿ tîeh kâi, sûi-sî cū àiⁿ;
whatever he thinks of, he at once wants.
sûi-ciet;
instantly.
sûi-pĭen;
as you like;
when convenient.
sûi chù to̤ ŭ;
wherever you go, you are likely to see them.
sûi tī cêk lō to hó̤ kîaⁿ;
you can go by whichever road you please.
sûi i lâi;
let him come.
sûi jw̆n hó̤;
any way will do.
i kâi a-nái ŭ sûi lâi jīm tèng a bô̤?
Did his wife come with him to his post?
sûi jīm;
to accompany an official to his post.
hŵn àiⁿ kia it-sûi;
will add a tenth (to the fees of the attendants).
sûi lói;
vails paid to official attendants, about one tael in ten.
i sĭ tng chîang-sûi kâi nâng;
he is one of the personal attendants of an official; he belongs to the retinue.
kak-kak sûi só̤ hànⁿ;
each one does as he pleases.
sûi tŏ̤ sin-piⁿ; sûi kín sin-piⁿ;
keeps close to him.
sûi pit lô̤h, mín sĭeⁿ;
write whatever comes first to mind, you need not ponder over it.
sûi hṳ́-hûe kâi sim só̤ sĭeⁿ;
coincides with what you thought at that time.
  • sûi102325
  • To hang; to dangle; to drop; pendant.
i kâi jìo-se pâk lío sûi kàu ka-ciah;
when her crape fillet was put on, it hung to her waist.
sûi kàu tú tîeh thô;
hung down to the ground.
sûi thâu sàng khì;
hung his head and sighed.
hŏ-sùaⁿ cúi sûi cêk sin;
the rain has dripped all over me from my umbrella.
hṳ́ téng cò̤ tîo lāu-bó̤, màiⁿ khṳt lîm-cíⁿ cúi sûi lò̤h lâi;
make an eaves-trough above, and not let the water from the eaves drip down.
teng tìo lío
màiⁿ sûi khah kĕ;
do not let the lamp be hung so as to swing too low.
i kâi mâk-bâi sûi lò̤h lâi;
her eyebrows droop at the outer ends.
  • sûi8281629
  • Forthwith; thereupon; then; after that.
cē àiⁿ, sûi-sî ŭ;
as soon as he wants anything he gets it.
in-ūi hìeⁿ-seⁿ sûi tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
that afterward lead to this.
in-ūi hṳ́-kâi sûi tit tîeh cí-kâi;
because of that, we have now acquired this.
seng-sûi; sng sûi;
the mulberry.
sng-sûi hîeh;
mulberry leaves.
sng-sûi cí;
mulberries.
ûi-sûi;
an emulgent sweetish root, used in throat diseases; it looks like orris root.
sûi jín;
a root used in making a medicine for sore eyes.
  • sŭi8281629
  • To follow; to accord with.
sĭm-mih sṳ̄ to sŭi ì;
everything coincides with my desire.
kū-nî kâi ūn-khì put sŭi;
last year the luck was adverse.
kin-nî kâi ūn-khì hó̤, mih sṳ̄ to sŭi sim;
the luck is good this year, everything goes right.
sŭi ì;
accords with my wish.
  • sŭi782969
  • Felicitous; auspicious.
kin-nî sîang-sŭi căi;
this is a very favorable year for it.
ŭ kâi sîang-sŭi kâi khì-sĭang;
had a very happy omen.
tōa m̄ sîang-sŭi;
very inauspicious.
  • sūi82711512
  • The heads of grain.
bêh sūi;
ears of wheat.
chek sūi;
the heads of rice.
cīeⁿ kùe tang kâi sūi phàⁿ, cí kùe tang kâi sūi ío tōiⁿ;
the ears of grain were not well filled out in the last crop, but in this crop they are well filled out.
jṳ̂-chíaⁿ tōa sūi;
and moreover the heads are large.
cêk sūi ŭ jîeh cōi lîap?
How many kernels are there in an ear?
kin-nî kâi chek-sūi pá căi;
the ears of rice are very full this year.
cêk sūi cêk sūi pá căi;
the ears of rice are very full this year.
cêk sūi lóng-cóng hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
the ears are all drooping.

sun

  • sun829397
  • A grandchild.
lâm sun, ńng sun; ta-po sun, cṳ-nîe sun;
grandsons and granddaughters.
lăi sun;
a son's child.
gūa sun;
a daughter's child.
kíaⁿ sun;
children and grandchildren.
ceng sun;
great grandson.
hîen sun;
great great grandson.
pó̤-hō̤ sun kiaⁿ gâu-gâu tōa-tōa;
give divine assistance to his descendants, making them wise and great.