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

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Sio.

1
Deep clear water; name of a river; rinsing rice.
1
A reed; name of a musical instrument.
1
Name of a bitter herb; a barrier; waving; solitary.
1
Obscure; night; small.
1
To select from; to brush away; eradicate; reject.
1
To thaw; melt; digest; dissipate; consume.
1
Nitre; salt-petre.
1
To saunter about for amusement.
1
To fuse metals; melt; dissolve.
1
Vapor; clouds; halo; sleet; heaven.
1
To shake; toss about; to search; to study the import of.
2
Small; petty; contracted; light; a few; young.
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Exertion; effort; to force one's self; excellence.
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To connect; to continue in succession; to succeed.
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High; eminent.
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An instrument of music; to continue the virtues of a predecessor.
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Tuft of hair which hangs down from a child's head.
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To commence; to correct; to devise; project; intelligent.
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Few; small; young; to diminish; to owe; be wanting.
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Constitutional likeness as between parent and child; legitimate; filial.
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To reckon; count; a number; several; fate; few.
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To shake; agitate; brush or shake off.