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

by Josiah Goddard

Sien.

墠^-1

A place for sacrifice; a level place at the foot of the alter; wild or common ground.

嬋^-1

Elegance or beauty of motion; beautiful.

蟬^-1

An insect of the cricket kind; poison.

禪^-1

To resign; to transfer; meditation; abstraction; sacrifice to heaven.

仙¹

Genii of mountains and hills; demigods.

珊¹

Coral; gems.

僊¹

Deathless; immortal.

銑²

Metal which is burnished and glossy; a small chisel.

哂²

To smile; to laugh at.

癬²

Ringworms; a scab which spreads over the skin.

矧²

To stretch still more; still more; how much more.

善^-3

Good; excellent; virtuous; felicitous; dexterous; benevolent.

繕^-3

To repair; put in order; to provide; to write out.

膳^-3

The flesh of victims; good food duly prepared.

腎^-3

The kidneys; to lead; to induce.

擅^-3

To assume; usurp; to take or do without right or authority.