Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/si

by Adele Marion Fielde

si

• 西si7881460
• The west.

tong-si;

east and west; all between the east and west; anything; frequently used as a term of reproach.

hṳ́ khí nâng m̄ sĭ tong-si;

such people are of no account; they are of no use in the world; they are nobody.

hía, àu tong-si;

they are worthless trash.

kâi sĭ sĭm-mih tong-si?

What sort of thing is it?

• 詩si7591496
• Poetry; verse; odes; hymns.

cò̤ si;

compose verses.

cêk siu si;

one stanza.

sŏng si; ngîm si;

to sing or chant hymns.

si kó̤; si chó̤;

the rough draft of a poem.

si tôi;

the title or prelude of a poem.

sì kù si;

verses of four lines.

si nêk;

the ode itself.

si bûn kŭ hó̤;

the odes are excellent.

cêk tîo si;

a poem or hymn.

tôi si;

improvise a stanza.

hŏ̤ si;

match rhymes.

úa cò̤ tîo si lṳ́ hŏ̤;

I will compose an ode, and you compose another having the same rhymes throughout.

khîeh pńg si ūn lâi chê;

get a book of standard rhymes and see whether this is a correct rhyme.

si-ong;

a poet.

si kiaⁿ;

a classic poem.

si sṳ̂ ko̤ hù;

verses, ditties, odes and songs.

si íu;

a fellow rhymester.

kó si;

ancient poetry.

ngó ngân si, chit ngân si;

verses with five or with seven words in a line.

pâi-lût si;

a canto, a long poem.

chit-lût si;

a sonnet of eight lines with seven words in a line.

chit cô̤h si;

a stanza of four lines, with seven words in a line.

ngŏ cô̤h si;

a stanza of four lines with five words in a line.

chì-thiap si;

poems given in at the examinations.

si kù;

four lines of rhyme.

i kâi si sit lîam kâi jī;

his poem has one false rhyme in it.

hó̤ si-hù;

a good song.

chiam si;

an oracular response in verse, obtained by drawing a lot referring to a number on the table of oracular verses in a temple.

• 螄si75814210
• Spiral or crenulated, as shells.

lô̤-si;

screwlike; spiral; a cork-screw.

lô̤-si khak;

spiral shells.

lô̤-si teng;

a screw.

lô̤-si jẃn;

a nut which works upon a screw.

lô̤-si m̄ kah, jẃn m̄ lô̤h;

the screw does not fit, and will not go in when turned.

i kâi teng ēng ŭ lô̤-si a bô̤?

Has the lamp a screw at its top?

cí kâi cun-chùi ēng ŭ lô̤-si;

the top of this flask screws on.

lô̤-si khàm;

a top that screws on.

lô̤-si kùa;

a cover that screws on.

si-ham;

the ribbed scallop.

lô̤-si khah siap, jẃn m̄ chut;

the screw works with such friction that I cannot screw it out.

• 屍si757446
• A corpse.

sí-si; sin-si; si-síu; sí hâi;

a corpse.

sin-si tī-tîang khṳ̀ siu i?

Who has gone to bring in the bodies?

ngĭam si;

hold an inquest.

si chin khṳ̀ kò̤ kuaⁿ;

the relatives of the dead went to complain to the magistrate.

ngĭam tîeh kâi si bô̤ sieⁿ;

found no wounds on the body at the inquest.

î si thû-lūa;

remove a corpse to another person's house in order to implicate him in the murder.

cieh si hŵn hûn;

borrowed another body, his own having been buried, and returned to life.

ngŏ lō pun si;

to pull a person in pieces by attaching oxen to drag in five different directions.

cang i kâi si pàng sîaⁿ gūa hō̤-nīa;

put the corpse outside the city wall as a warning to the people.

• 絲si1208359
• Silk as it comes from the cocoons; silk in general; the fibers of nettle hemp and other plants; silky; fine, flossy; small, minute; to sew with silk; a cord, a line, a fiber, a wire; veins in wood; in decimals, a hundred thousandth, or the hundredth part of a cash; stringed instruments of music.

chôiⁿ si;

the silk of silkworms.

i sĭ hû-si kheh, lâi bói hû-si kâi;

he is a silk buyer who has come to buy raw silk.

si-mîⁿ;

silk wadding, used for linings or in shrouds.

pue si eng-tîeh mâk;

a gossamer thread floating in the air, got into his eye.

côih cò̤ nêk-si;

cut it up into shredded meat.

thoah chài-thâu si;

grate turnips into shreds.

thiu si;

reel silk from the cocoons.

ti-tu si;

a spider's web.

lî hâu si hut;

the very least particle.

tâng si;

fine copper wire.

só̤ chēng sĭ si tîu lîn tn̄g;

dresses in silks and satins.

si-sùaⁿ;

sewing silk.

si cháu;

silk goods.

koi si mīⁿ;

chicken stew.

ngṳ̂n si;

fine silver wire.

ngṳ̂n si-mīⁿ;

white vermicelli.

côih cêk si cêk si;

cut it up in fine strips.

thì kàu sòi-si sòi-si;

pick it into shreds.

si hâu bŏi khueh-khìam;

does not lack a particle.

khang si kùe mêh;

stretch a silken thread to test the pulse upon.

kă-tîeh seⁿ si;

it is stringy when you bite into it.

i kâi nūaⁿ seⁿ si;

his saliva is ropy.

phùi chut lâi, i kâi thâm tèng tòa ŭ hueh-si;

when he expectorates, there are flecks of blood in the phlegm.

cheⁿ si;

raw silk.

sêk si;

twisted silk.

ńng si;

slackly twisted silk.

ngĕ si;

hard twisted silk.

i sĭ cîah thîo-si, a sĭ cîah cho-si?

Does he use coarse or fine cut tobacco?

pêh si hun;

pale colored fine cut tobacco.

kim si; n̂g si;

fine cut yellow tobacco.

bé búe si;

horsehair used as thread.

tùe ŭ tio si tŏ̤-kò̤;

a thread is hanging to it.

khîeh khṳt chôiⁿ keⁿ si;

let the silk-worms spin silk over it.

ti-tu tūi si lô̤h khṳ̀;

the spider lets himself down by a filament.

sap kàu si-si;

hash it up fine.

thiu lâi khah tōa si;

shaved it up into too large strips.

seⁿ si;

is stringy.

thó-si cí;

seeds of the dodder, a medicinal plant, used as a tonic.

• 司si835302
• To control, to manage, to preside over; a commissioner, a superintendent, an officer; a court or office; a subdivision of a district, like a township.

ang-chak-si;

the provincial judge.

îam-ūn-si;

the salt commissioner.

pù-cèng-si;

the commissioner of the revenue.

saⁿ si;

the three commissioners, (above named).

líang si;

the minister of justice, and the salt commissioner.

phah kuaⁿ-si;

engaged in a lawsuit.

si-gêk;

the jailor.

kak pŏ kâi si-ŵn;

directors in the various Boards.

kong si;

a public company, like the old East India Company; a mercantile firm; a managing committee of officers.

si mĕng càu sîn;

the god of the kitchen.

tī-tîang tó̤ si sṳ̄?

Who has the direction of the affair?

tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?

Who acts as superintendent?

chì mn̄g i só̤ si hô̤ sṳ̄;

inquire what he superintends.

• 施si758705
• To bestow; to distribute; to relieve.

si ṳn khṳt;

favor him.

khîu i si ṳn;

besought him to show mercy.

sok-sok si kîaⁿ;

speedily grant that it be so.

si cú;

benefactor.

tōa si cú;

great benefactor.

si sía;

beshow in charity.

si cì;

give alms.

si cîah;

distribute food.

si kuaⁿ-bâk;

to give away coffins.

si-pun kúi cîah;

feed destitute spirits.

si tê, si îeh, si cîⁿ, si bí, si kûe-lôih, si phùa-hîuⁿ;

distribute tea, medicine, cash, rice, splint hats, and old clothing.

jûah thiⁿ-sî si kûe-sìⁿ, chìn thiⁿ-sî si húe-thang;

in hot weather give away palm-leaf fans, in cold weather, braziers.

si ui;

contribute funds for paying physicians.

i cū bô̤ si ûi lí;

he can do no more.

kí só̤ put àiⁿ, màiⁿ si i nâng;

what you dislike others to do to you, that do not do to them,.

si hue-sua-thô, pi-cîeh;

to aid by giving mortar to build the tomb and a grave-stone.

cêk chiet si-cì kâi sṳ̄ tŏ̤ nâng kâi lâk;

alms-giving must be according to one's ability.

• 尸si754440
• An effigy of an ancestor; living persons were anciently dressed to personate them, and were then worshipped.

khì kàu saⁿ si sîn pău-thìo;

danced and hopped about from the excess of his rage.

kó-cá kâi cì có, sip-lìp ŭ kâi si, tǹg cò̤ có, chēng i có kâi hôk-sek;

in the ancient worship of ancestors, an image was made to represent the ancestor, and wore the ancestor's clothing.

• 系si1811201
• The clue, connection or link, which joins things.

sì-si;

a genealogy.

i kâi sì-si kio nín sie tâng mē?

Is his genealogy the same as yours?

• 筮si7591187
• To divine with stems of the milfoil or mayweed.

ēng si-cháu lâi si kâi khùe;

take milfoil and try what the lot will show.

• 始sí761385
• The beginning; opening; a start; to commence; the earliest; to be first; as an initial, then, at that time, was.

khí-sí;

the first.

sí cong bŏi pìen-êk;

from beginning to end there is no variation.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kâi sí-mŵt lṳ́ tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;

relate the whole affair to me from beginning to end.

cía sĭ tī-tîang chàng-sí kâi?

Who invented this?

sí-có;

the founder of the family.

cṳ̆ sí cì cong;

from beginning to end.

kàu taⁿ sí cai i sĭ hó̤;

know now for the first time that it is excellent.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ ŭ sí bô̤ cong;

in whatever one does he should not make a commencement and reach no termination.

• 死sí836782
• To die; dead; death; ghastly; mortally; dangerous; fearless to the death; a superlative after a verb or an adjective; urgent; intense; fixed, not movable.

phah sí;

beat to death.

hāi sí nâng;

be the death of somebody.

m̄ cai sí;

reckless; knows no fear.

i kâi sim būe sí;

he has not yet become indifferent to it.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ i kâi sim cìaⁿ sí;

thus his desire for it will die out.

sí lō;

a dangerous road.

i būe hío sèⁿ sí mn̂g;

he does not yet know in which way safety or danger lies.

m̄ pat sí, so̤h cò̤ gû(illegible text);

did not know what death was, and mistakenly thought she was asleep.

khì sí nâng;

vex one to death.

sí lâu, sí cúi;

stagnant water.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭ sí tī;

that is dangerous ground.

sí nâng khut;

a beastly hole.

i sĭ pēⁿ sí, m̄ sĭ khṳt nâng thâi sí;

he died of disease, not by violence.

kiaⁿ sí;

scared almost to death.

ló sí;

mortal hatred.

hĕng sí; hṳ̆n sí;

exceeding dislike.

khṳt i poh sí khṳ̀;

worried to death by him.

cōi kíaⁿ gō̤ sí pĕ;

numerous progeny bring starvation to the father.

àiⁿ sí, bōi tit sí;

is anxious to die as soon as possible.

cía hāu-peh-cheh sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ sí kâi a ûah kâi?

Do you wish to have these shutters made with movable or immovable slats?

sí cŭe;

a capital crime.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sí hŵn-lío khah tâk khṳt i;

he deserves a heavier punishment than death.

cŭe put cì sí;

a crime not punishable by death.

i pēⁿ kàu àiⁿ sí;

he is sick unto death.

kă sí m̄ hàuⁿ pàng;

sets his teeth into it with deathly grip, and will not let go.

tûi sí m̄ jīn;

though beaten to death, will not confess.

seⁿ sí pìaⁿ kàu sêng;

redouble the exertions, and thus win in a straggle between life and death.

m̄ ngw̆n sí;

not willing to risk his life for it.

tàⁿ tîeh i ngŵn sí;

says he is willing to die for it.

màiⁿ wn-khut sí nâng;

do not oppress people intolerably.

i bŏi sí;

he is not going to die.

àiⁿ sí àiⁿ ûah; àiⁿ tùe nâng seⁿ sí;

will cast in his lot with such an one whether it be to live or to die.

tùi nâng sí;

oppose to the death.

sí kàu ngĕ-ngĕ;

stone dead.

thâi sí tṳ;

to kill hogs.

khùaⁿ-ûah sí;

die a peaceful death.

chám sí;

die miserably.

khó sí i;

pester him to death.

i hó̤ sí lío;

he might as well die now.

cìu sí cūa;

swear to die for an object.

kúi līu sí;

throttled by a demon.

tĕⁿ sí;

kill by choking with the hand.

tèⁿ sí; ké sí; cuang sí; tieⁿ cò̤ sí kâi;

to feign death.

hṳ̂ sí mâk m̄ khoih;

a fish does not close its eyes when dying.

sì lío mâk kim-kim;

after he was dead his eyes remained wide open.

lṳ̂ sí to bô̤ ēng;

yon may kill yourself by your exertions and all will be of no use.

i sí sí kīo, kĭo kàu jī-ke phok khṳ̀;

he will incite them to mortal strife, till both parties are exterminated.

teh sí;

crush to death.

kek sí;

suffocated.

sie sí;

burned to death.

thòi i sí;

die in his stead.

pûah sí;

killed by a fall.

káu sí, cêk seⁿ;

ten to one he will die.

• 四sì836312
• Four; all around; everywhere.

sì khùi;

the four seasons.

sì sî kâi kúe-cí to hó̤ cîah;

the fruits of all the seasons are edible.

sì-pang;

four sided, square or oblong.

sì kak;

quadrangular.

sì cieⁿ, sì thói;

the limbs; the whole body.

sì mâk bô̤ chin;

a stranger among strangers.

sì cì;

environs.

jîh-sì;

twenty-four.

sì-ciu-ûi;

all around.

múaⁿ sì-chù;

in every direction.

sì ûi to sĭ suaⁿ;

there are mountains on all sides.

sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;

no obstacle in any direction.

sì mīn;

every quarter.

sì hái;

all the world.

sì lâk chù ŭ;

it is to be found in ever so many places.

sì mn̂g pêⁿ kín;

all the gates barricaded.

sì lō nĕ tît-tit̂;

straight roads in all directions.

sì lō thîo-tît;

a straight course everyway.

saⁿ sì hûe;

three or four times.

sì ngŏ tńg;

four or five times.

cò̤ kàu sì pêⁿ poih ún;

made plain and safe in all quarters.

sì thong poih tâk;

opens out in all directions, (as a passage).

sì tāi thien ûang;

four demon kings whose images are placed at the doors of monasteries.

sì-put-sĭang;

unlike every body else, a name of the Elephurus davidii^*.

sì mâk sie tùi;

stand and look at each other and do nothing.

sì chîo tăi-láu;

holding office during the reigns of four emperors.

sì thĭo;

the letters denoting the time of one's birth.

cĭeⁿ sì hú, ĕ sì hú;

the officials of the upper and lower portions of the province.

• 世sì76314
• An age, a generation; the world; mankind; times; life; seasons; experience of life; hereditary; successively; to enfeoff; during the times of; from age to age; perpetual; in divination refers to diagrams which denote one's self.

sì-kang;

the world.

cêk sì nâng;

all my life; one life time.

sì tō̤;

generations.

seⁿ chut sì;

born into the world.

kùe sì;

to die.

kim seⁿ kim sì;

the present age.

sì cīeⁿ;

now-a-days.

sì-cīeⁿ nâng; sì-kang nâng;

people of the present time.

sì-kài hó̤ a m̆-hó̤?

How go the times with you?

i cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sì-chêng;

he does not at all understand the circumstances in the case.

phûeh sì-chêng;

talking about the condition of things.

i kâi nâng sì-chêng căi;

he has great knowledge of the world.

i kio i sĭ sì hiaⁿ-tĭ, m̄ sĭ sì cek-tîet;

he is of the same generation as they, not of a succeeding one.

sì kau;

friends of many generations.

sì-sîp kâi kuaⁿ-ciak;

a hereditary office and title.

sì ke;

an old and honorable family.

sîp-sêk sì kù;

become acquainted with the world.

thŵn kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi sì;

has been handed down through many generations.

jī sì có;

the son of the founder of the family.

• 勢sì7651911
• Power, authority, influence; pomp, dignity, grandeur; strength, or that wherein it lies; resources; virility; air, exterior, figure, condition, state of.

sì-lâk;

vigor, prowess, force.

ŭ sì-lâk kâi nâng;

a man of influence.

ui-sì sît-căi tōa;

has really great dignity.

khŵn-sì;

authority.

hó̤ sì-thâu;

a good omen.

heh-sì;

to brow-beat.

to s̆i sì lĭ kâi nâng;

is one who fawns on the rich.

sit sì;

to lose influence.

lâi-sì sĭm sĭ hiong;

has a savage look.

i mih sṳ̄ to àiⁿ sái sì;

he likes to exercise his authority in every thing.

i kâi sì khah tōa, nâng m̄ chap i;

he is too authoritative and people will not associate with him.

cía sĭ sì só̤ pit-jîen;

this is something that I am compelled to insist upon.

hêng-sì;

aspect, position (said of places or buildings).

sêng sì, jīo khṳ̀;

improve the occasion and drive them out.

i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ pí khûn sì;

the two are showing off their skill in boxing.

kè-sì;

the style in which a thing is done; the adaptation of the manner to the circumstances.

i kâi kè-sì pí khṳ̀ hó̤;

he displayed his skill to good advantage.

mŏng lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;

brandished (his weapons) without skill.

kò̤ cûn, kò̤ lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;

rowed the boat in a very awkward way.

cò̤ lâi sĭ sì;

does it as if he knew how.

cúi-sì kàu cí-kò̤ kín căi;

the current is very rapid at this point.

hùe-sì tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ cŭ;

the fire is increasing its fury, and they cannot stop it.

kah nâng kah nâng kai chíu sì;

each has his own way of doing things.

cŏ lâi bè-sì hó̤;

he sits well on a horse.

kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cìaⁿ kōi cò̤;

take advantage of the drift in that direction and yon can do it easily.

tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùe khṳ̀;

get an impetus by starting at a little distance away, and then jump across.

cĭa i ke-cú kâi sì;

depends on his master's power.

i kâi uá tī-tîang kâi sì?

Whose influence does he rely on?

i ŭ sì hó̤ khṳt-nâng úa;

he has authority on which people may depend for help.

tîeh cieh-sì cieh-sì nē;

must not place too much confidence in its strength.

ŭ sì màiⁿ cĭn sái;

do not lay out all your strength.

i bŏi sío-lí úa-cĭang tha nâng kâi sì cū tó̤ ui-hong;

he is not ashamed to put on an appearance of great dignity, relying wholly on the power of other people for sustaining it.

sŭn i kâi sì;

follow its drift; go according to the grain.

cĭu sì phah sì;

meet force with force.

i bô̤ mih sì;

he is not very influential.

i kâi sì sĭ cîah tùi hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;

its force trends in that direction.

pēⁿ-sì căi-seⁿ?

What is the tendency of the disease?

thóiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ sì sĭ jû hô̤;

see what shape the matter takes.

sî sì;

fashionable; stylish.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu thóiⁿ sì;

you go and see how much force there is to be overcome.

sì ngĕ, sì ńng;

aggressive force or defensive force.

kè-sì lîam căi;

the aptitude acquired by practise is very great.

huang sì;

the force of the wind.

• 駟sì8361875
• A team of four horses.

cêk ngân kì chut sì bé lâng tai;

when a word is once spoken four horses cannot bring it back.

sì bé thua chia;

a four horse chariot.

i kâi chù cò̤ sì-bé-thua-chia khí;

his house is built with two pairs of rooms in front of the main hall.

• 辭sî8361875
• To decline, to refuse; to take leave of.

i khṳ̀ sî i;

he has gone to decline his proposal.

sî i m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot refuse his offer.

sî-pîet cèng nâng;

take leave of them all.

sie sî;

take leave of each other.

i bô̤ sie bô̤ sî cū khṳ̀;

he went off without bidding any one good-by.

chui sî;

to excuse one's self from doing a thing.

sî kîaⁿ thiap;

a p. p. c. card.

m̄ sî lâu-khó;

does not shirk labor.

ngē sî i;

firmly declined his offer.

i íⁿ-keng sî sṳ̄;

he has already withdrawn from the affair.

sî kuaⁿ;

resign office.

sî ceh;

resign a post.

tíen-síu put lêng sî tit ceh;

the one in charge cannot lay aside the responsibility of his position.

• 匙sî760219
• A spoon.

cêk ki sî;

one spoon.

thng-sî;

a soup spoon.

tê-sî;

a tea-spoon.

cêk kah thng-sî;

a set of ten spoons.

cúi sî;

a spoon used in wetting ink.

hue-sî;

a trowel.

só̤-sî;

a key.

• 時sî759726
• Time; a season; a period; a Chinese hour; a quarter of a year; an occasion; an opportunity; now; timely; convenient; recent; in season; to time rightly; to take a fit time for; to be; when.

while, during;

as; then; at that time; sometimes.

cêk jît câp-jī kâi sî-sîn;

each day is divided into twelve Chinese hours.

cêk kâi sî poih khek;

each Chinese hour is divided into eight periods.

suî-sî;

immediately.

ciet-sî;

forth-with.

cêk-sî cū àiⁿ;

want it at once.

cîeⁿ-sî;

the other time.

ĕ sî;

next time.

cìeⁿ-sî;

lately.

cí īeⁿ mûeh sî-heng căi;

this sort of thing is quite the fashion.

cīu-sî;

straight-way.

thiⁿ sî;

the weather.

cí hûe sĭm-mih sî-hāu?

What time is it now?

sî-sî khek-khek bô̤ lî-khui;

do not leave it for an instant.

i m̄ sek sî-bŭ;

he is unacquainted with the world.

soiⁿ tiang-sî;

formerly.

hīn sî;

at present.

tī tiang-sî?

When?

hṳ́ sî; pí sî; hṳ́ cêk sî;

at that time.

sî-sî, sîeⁿ-sî;

constantly; always.

siap-sî-kang;

a little while.

ke cêk siap sî;

after a while.

úa sî kang cū lâi;

I came a moment later.

bô̤ cêk sî ôiⁿ;

have not a moment's leisure.

sî sîeⁿ;

all the time.

hâh sî a m̄ hâh sî;

seasonable, or unseasonable.

sî-thâu, sî búe, sî tong;

the beginning, the end or the middle, of a period.

mih sî jît?

At what time?

hṳ́ kâi sî-coih;

at that period.

sì sî kâi hue-bâk lóng-cóng cèng ŭ;

have all the vegetation of all the four seasons.

tng sî; tng khî sî;

at the time.

i sî put sî lâi i kò̤;

he comes to their house off and on at all times.

sî-ceng;

a clock.

sî-pie;

a watch.

cá sî;

aforetime.

kó sî;

ancient times.

ŭ sî ŭ, ŭ sî bô̤;

sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not.

tàu sî put tíam, tíam sî put tàu;

when he is there it is not roll-call, and at roll-call he is not there; when he is there he is not wanted, and when he is wanted he is not there.

m̄ tùi sî;

untimely.

m̄ tit sî;

not suited to the occasion.

hù sî;

in time.

tîeh hù sî;

must be in time.

cṳ́ sî thíu sî, în sî, sut sî, hăi sî;

the twelve hours of the day from 11 P.M. to 11 A.M.

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• A family; it once denoted the head of a clan, but now indicates that the person is a woman.

sèⁿ sĭ;

the clan.

lô̤ sĭ;

of the Lo family.

huang mn̂g lí sĭ;

Mrs. Huang née Li.

kai sĭ;

the said female.

sek sĭ;

the Buddhists.

tieⁿ sĭ ke-bīe;

the ancestral hall of the Tie family.

tùi chi mih sĭ?

What is his wife's family name?

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• To see; to inspect; to take knowledge of; to behave to; have regard to.

sûn-sĭ;

to visit.

i kâi mâk kṳ̆n-sĭ;

she is short sighted.

khin sĭ;

to despise.

míoⁿ-sĭ;

regard with contempt.

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• To reconnoiter; to spy.

châk tó̤ kui-sĭ i;

thieves are reconnoitering it.

tîeh ēng kâi nâng lâi hôk-sĭ;

must employ some one to reconnoiter.

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• To trust to; to look to for protection.

sĭ sì khi-hŭ năng;

rely on his protection in imposing upon people.

sĭ châi ûi táⁿ;

trust in riches for audacity.

cṳ̆-sĭ;

self-confident.

cía m̄-hó̤ sĭ;

is not to be relied on.

sĭ-tio, sĭ-phwt;

impudent and audacious.

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• Following, as an attendant.

sĭ-cái;

a butler.

hok-sĭ;

to wait on; to serve.

sĭ-n̂ng;

a gentleman in waiting; a Vice-President of a Board.

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• To be; it is so; it is proper, denoting a quality of truth rather than mere existence; right, correct; that which the mind approves.

sĭ a m̄ sĭ?

Is it so or not?

sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the case; that is all there is to say about it.

sĭ; sĭ ā;

yea.

m̄ sĭ;

no; not so.

sĭ kâi put lêng á cò̤ m̄ sĭ;

what is so cannot be made otherwise by argument.

sĭ hó̤ sī khiap cò̤ cē tŏ̤ cí;

good or bad, they are all here together.

sĭ cin a sĭ ké?

Is it real or artificial?

khá sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

How can it be so?

sĭ hóⁿ kâi úa tàⁿ cai;

whether so or not, tell me.

sĭ sît;

in very truth.

i lâi pûe put sĭ;

he came to correct a mistake.

i sĭ tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ saⁿ nî;

he was there three years.

m̄ cai sĭ nâng a sĭ kúi;

do not know whether it was man or demon.

i sĭ pēⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;

he is sick.

i sĭ m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

she has no children.

i sĭ lṳ́ kâi tī-tîang?

What relation of yours is he?

i sĭ lâi jîp ún kâi cĭa kâi;

he has been naturalised among us.

in ā sĭ ŭ li, cieh lâng-ló̤;

if they have any, borrow a little.

in sĭ châk;

they are thieves.

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• To show; to make known the will of heaven to mankind; to signify; an edict or notice from an official; a manifestation or revelation a prognostic or sign.

chut kò̤-sī;

issue a proclamation.

kà-sī;

to instruct.

kê tŏ̤ sîaⁿ-mn̂g-kha sī cèng;

wearing the cangue at the city gate, as a warning to all.

cì-sī;

to indicate; to intimate; to suggest.

ŭ chut sī, a būe ŭ?

Has any notice of it yet been issued?

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• Salt condiments.

sī-îu;

soy.

tāu-sī-pô;

bean catsup.

hiang-sī;

spiced catsup.

kaⁿ-ná sī;

olives stoned and salted.

ô̤ sī;

dried salt oysters.

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• An oath.

hwt sī;

take an oath.

tng thiⁿ mêng sī;

I swear it before Heaven.

pŭe sī;

to break an oath.

sī put líang lip;

there are no two ways of keeping an oath.

suaⁿ mêng hái sī;

an oath as unalterable as the hills and seas.