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

by Josiah Goddard

Siu.

泅^-1

To swim.

收¹

To collect or receive; to bind or restrain.

修¹

To direct; regulate; adorn; cultivate the mind or heart.

梳¹

A comb; to comb; to dress.

羞¹

To be ashamed; conscious of having done wrong; to offer to a superior.

饈¹

To present food to a superior; to feed; food.

首²

To head; a chief; a leader; to head; to manifest; origin.

守²

To hold fast; guard; keep; protect; observe.

帚²

Ordure; to sweep away filth.

箒²

A besom; a broom; a certain kind of bamboo.

受^-3

To receive; accept; endure; forms the passive of verbs.

授^-3

To give to; to communicate.

綬^-3

A piece of silk to which official seals are suspended.

壽³

Longevity; age; a delicate term for death.

秀^3-

Flowery; splendid; elegant; luxuriant.

綉^3-

A section of cotton; to embroider.

銹^3-

Rust in metals.

妯^3-

Disquietude of mind; grief; the older of two wives.

岫^3-

A den or cavern in a mountain; a ravine.

袖^3-

The sleeve or cuff of a garment; valuable.

守^3-狩^3-

To hunt; to go round and examine, as an officer; to patrol.

獸^3-

A quadruped; a wild beast; an animal.

繡^3-

To variegate with different colors; embroidered.