Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

siⁿ

• 勢sìⁿ7651911
• Condition; state.

kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

accustomed to; habituated.

m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

unaccustomed to, unfamiliar with.

i iang-o̤ kàu kùiⁿ-sìⁿ căi;

he is accustomed to indulgence.

cò̤ khṳ̀ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ nē;

has done it till he is very familiar with the process.

• 扇sìⁿ753636
• A fan; a hand screen; a leaf of a door or shutter.

chíu tèng khĭa ki sìⁿ;

held a fan in his hand.

sìⁿ tō̤;

a sheath for a fan.

sìⁿ-thūi;

a hook for fastening a fan case upon the girdle.

pa-cie sìⁿ;

a Swatow fan.

kìn-sìⁿ;

a lamp screen to be held in the hand.

hâp sìⁿ;

a folding fan.

lŵn-mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;

a fan made from bird's feathers.

koi mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ; huang-lô sìⁿ, fan to fan the fire with.

sìⁿ pèⁿ;

the handle.

síⁿ kut;

the ribs.

sìⁿ nêk;

the body.

sìⁿ ngán;

the pivot.

sìⁿ khahk; sìⁿ thap;

the paper covering a fan.

taù ki sìⁿ pèⁿ;

put a handle on a fan.

sìⁿ thí-khui;

open a fan.

sìⁿ hâp-bûa;

close a fan.

kûe sìⁿ;

a palm-leaf fan.

páng tŏ̤ mn̂g-sìⁿ ău;

put it behind the door.

chia sìⁿ;

the leaves in a chain pump.

tuí huang-sìⁿ;

pull the punka.

khia ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;

had a fan and was fanning herself.

ūe sìⁿ;

to paint fans.