A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Si

by Josiah Goddard

Si.

時^-1

Time; a two hour period; a season; the proper time.

塒^-1

A hen-roost formed in a wall; a roost.

辭^-1

To decline; refuse; words; to decline an invitation to delay; to carry.

匙^-1

A spoon; a key.

司¹

To have the control of; to rule; manage; an overseer.

伺¹

To wait for; attend upon; to observe; spy out; examine.

笥¹

A square bamboo chest; a trunk.

尸¹

A body; corpse; an effigy of a deceased person.

鳲¹

A species of pigeon.

屍¹

A dead body; a corpse.

施¹

Expanded; spread out; to bestow; give; to use.

系¹

Fine silk; small; fine; delicate; connected.

絲¹

Raw silk; minute; small as a thread of raw silk.

蓍¹

Name of a plant used in divination.

詩¹

A verse; poetry; an ode; what may be sung.

筮¹

Name of an herb used in divination; to divine.

噬¹

To eat; gnaw; devour; grief.

始²

The beginning; origin; to begin; then; for the first time.

死²

To die.

屣²

Straw sandals; shoes that separate from the foot.

蓰²

Name of a plant; five fold.

蹤¹

Straw sandals worn by wrestlers, dancers &c.

豕²

The bristles and tail of swine; swine.

彖²

A pig; a porcupine; a symbol used in divination.

兕²

A buffalo; rhinoceros.

弛²

To let go the string of a bow; set loose; unexerted.

矢²

An arrow; straight as an arrow; swift; true; to vow.

是^-3

Straight; right; is; am; this; that; yes; it is so.

侍^-3

To stand by the side of; to wait on; an attendant.

峙^-3

A lofty mountain; erect; high.

恃^-3

To rely or depend on.

氏^-3

A family name; an affix to the names of females.

示³

To declare; manifest; proclaim; teach; make known.

豉³

A jelly like condiment made of flour or pulse.

誓³

To swear; utter an oath or imprecation; to bind; a vow an oath.

逝³

To depart; die; go away.

視^3-

To look; view; examine; to teach; take knowledge of; behold.

四^3-

Four.

嗜^3-

To relish; desire ardently; indulge the animal lusts.

世^3-

An age; generation; mankind.

勢^3-

Strength; authority; influence; condition of.

蝕^-4

To corrode; eat, as insects eat books, cloth &c. - to diminish; eclipse.

薛⁴

Name of a plant and of a state; a surname.