Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sia

by Adele Marion Fielde

sia

• 斜sia796687
• Oblique; diagonal; slanting.

pàng sia;

hold it aslant.

pho̤-lo̤-sia;

slanting; bias.

ka sia;

cut it bias.

thóíⁿ-tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;

it appears to topple.

i kâi chù sia-loi sia-loi;

his house leans as if about to tumble over.

pho̤h sia cìaⁿ pho̤h tit lô̤h;

cleave diagonally then you can cleave it in two.

pàng sia-sì;

lay it with one end higher than the other.

sia-sia-lô̤h;

slope it down.

cí tīo lō sia lô̤h kàu khoi-kîⁿ;

this road slopes down to the bank of the river.

• 寫sía7964012
• To write; to compose; to make out, as an account.

sía jī;

to write.

sía chó̤ jī;

write running hand.

sía sît jī;

write the square character.

sía tw̆n jī;

write the seal character.

sía lŏi jī;

write the scroll character.

cin chó̤ lŏi tw̆n lóng-cóng ŏi sía;

he can write in all the different styles.

i ŏi sía tōa j ī, bŏi sía jī-kíaⁿ;

he can write a course but not a fine hand.

chin chíu sía kâi;

written with his own hand.

sía sìn;

write a letter.

sía m̄ lô̤h;

cannot write it.

tōa-sía;

the head clerk.

sía kâi

tāi-ì;

write out a synopsis.

cài sía kùe;

to rewrite.

sía-cúa-khò;

copy-book.

sía-kńg-kheh;

a sheet ruled in squares, used to guide a writer.

pek sía kâi;

written in baste.

• 捨sía748648
• To relinquish; to part with; to give alms; to leave, to abandon, to renounce.

sía m̄ tit;

cannot part with it.

i hàuⁿ si-sía;

he is fond of alms-giving.

châng-tī sía lô̤h am-īⁿ;

you may give your fields to a monastery, but you cannot thereafter beg a bowl of porridge from the priests.

sía tīo ke khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-síeⁿ;

renounce domestic life, and become a priest.

àiⁿ sía tīo īu m̄ kam;

unwilling to abandon it.

• 卸sìa797266
• To lay aside, to relinquish, to leave, to put off, to vacate, t deliver over to.

sìa jīm;

resign office.

sìa ceh;

vacate a post.

hùe sìa tàⁿ; sìa tīo hùe;

to deliver cargo.

thiah sìa;

to take apart and carry off.

sìa kah;

cast off his armor.

sìa sṳ̄;

throw up an affair.

kau-sìa;

deliver over.

mûeh sìa tīo, m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;

cast away the things, not daring to keep them.

thut-sìa m̄ lī;

cannot free himself from it.

• 㵼sìa7978515
• To purge; to flow off; to eliminate.

sìa tó;

purging.

sìa îeh;

cathartic medicines.

sìa-îu;

castor oil.

cí īeⁿ îeh sìa húe;

this medicine reduces inflammation.

cúi sìa;

watery stools.

cn̂g kâi sìa hùaⁿ kâi cúi;

the discharge consists solely of water.

sìa kúi chṳ̀;

purged several times.

thìaⁿ sìa; tó cē thìaⁿ cū àiⁿ sìa;

gripes with diarrhea.

īu thò, īu sìa;

vomiting and purging.

thò sìa cèng to̤ sĭ sî-lĕng pēⁿ;

bowel complaints are mostly ailments of the season.

hŵn-lío sìa bŏi cheng-chó̤;

it has not yet all flowed off.

bô̤ hía tó-lĭang cò̤ káⁿ cîah sìa îeh;

not being of full habit, how dare he take depleting medicines?

lîang sìa, jûah sìa, sîp sìa;

diarrhea arising from cold, from heat or from dampness.

kú sìa;

chronic diarrhea.

sìa lío cìaⁿ lâi pó;

first deplete and then strengthen.

pó sìa kiam kîaⁿ;

depletion and invigoration going on simultaneously.

sía kàu khah bô̤ tī;

purged until there is nothing to build upon.

• 赦sìa7481554
• To remit punishment; to forgive, to pardon, to excuse; amnesty.

sìa i kâi cŭe;

overlook his fault.

thien sìa jît;

three days of the year when heaven forgives sins.

tăi sìa thiⁿ ĕ;

a general amnesty.

sìa-míen i;

forgive him.

huap bô̤ hó̤ sìa;

the law cannot remit punishment.

ngŏ̤ sìa tńg lâi;

meet a reprieve and return.

hŏng sìa míen phōiⁿ cŭe;

those who are pardoned need not be tried for crime.

sìa lāi; sìa cíe lāi cîⁿ;

let him off without exacting the interest on the debt.

• 舍sìa7481352
• A cottage; a hospice; a booth; as a pronoun, my, used in speaking of one's junior relatives.

cí kò̤ lî hâng-sìa m̄ hn̆g;

this is not far from my poor abode.

sìa tĭ;

my younger brother.

a-sìa;

a junior relative; a respectful address to a junior in years.

hō̤ sìa;

cells in tho examination hall; they are numbered by the characters of the Millenary Classic.

• 邪sîa7961634
• Depraved; vicious; deluding; illegal; heterodox; heretical; not sanctioned by law or custom; corrupting.

sîa tău;

erroneous doctrines.

sîa huap;

sorcery; unlawful tricks.

sîa sîn;

false deities whose worship is illegal, or whose ritual is subversive of morality.

sîa kúi;

evil spirits.

sîa sût;

black arts; philters, charms.

sîa khì;

malaria; possessed, mad, haunted.

khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

forsake heresy and return to the right way.

huang sîa būe thò̤;

the bad effect of the wind has not yet been done away with.

sú sîa būe cheng;

the disturbance produced by heat is not yet allayed.

ŭ gūa sîa a bô̤?

Has he been exposed to any external influence which would produced disease?

sîa cìaⁿ hun m̄ cheng-chó̤;

those which tend to evil and those that tend to good, are not wholly divided.

sîa-mŭe;

an ogre.

kang-sîa kâi nâng;

a corrupt person.

sîa-îm kâi sṳ̄;

obscene practices.

• 麝sîa74919810
• The musk deer.

cêk ciah sîa-káu;

a musk deer.

sîa-hieⁿ;

musk.

ngŵn sîa;

pure musk.

• 斜sîa796687
• At an angle; not in line; aslant.

gûeh sîa;

the moon is past the zenith.

jît sîa lío;

the sun is past the meridian.

pùaⁿ sîa gûeh;

the moon about half way between the zenith and the horizon.

sîa thóiⁿ;

look askance.

sîa mâk khṳ̀ thóiⁿ i;

cast a glance sidewise at him.

khi-sîa khi-sîa nē;

tilted over considerably.

sîa-sì sîa-sì nē;

toppling out of a vertical plane.

sîa-cío-mâk;

cross eyed.

jît sîa sai;

the sun is sinking in the west.

pàng sîaⁿ-sì cìaⁿ pàng tit lô̤h;

hold it aslant then you can put it in.

gûeh sîa jîp i theng lăi;

the low moon cast its beams into his window.

khṳt jît sîa tîeh;

touched by the slanting rays of the sun.

• 社sĭa7481133
• The god who rules over a particular spot; the tutelary deities; the altars to gods of the land, usually without roofs; a village or hamlet.

m̄ sĭ ún kâi sĭa, mn̄g lâi tó̤ hìen ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ;

as he is not our god, why should we be making offerings to him.

cì sĭa-cek;

sacrifice to the gods of land and of grain.

hâp sĭa phêng-ang;

the whole village is at peace.

sĭa hiaⁿ-tĭ;

men belonging to the same locality.

teng cêk-sĭa cêk-sĭa;

lamps in clusters, as when carried by companies in procession.

• 射sīa749417
• To spurt out; to shoot.

sīa cìⁿ;

to shoot an arrow.

sīa tîeh pá;

to hit the mark.

sīa tîeh âng sim;

to hit the center of the target.

sĭ sīa bé-cìⁿ a sīa oō-cìⁿ?

Are they shooting with arrows used by the cavalry or with those used by the infantry?

jît ía sīa jîp lâi;

the sun shines in here.

sīa hóⁿ;

shoot a tiger.

cìⁿ sīa m̄ jîp;

the arrow did not stick.

• 謝sīa79714910
• To thank; to express gratitude by a present.

kám-sīa;

thank you.

cōi sīa;

many thanks.

sīa thiap;

a card of thanks.

sīa lói;

a doctor's fees; a substantial acknowledgement of gratitude.

sīa ngî;

a suitable token of indebtedness; a present in return for a favor.

pài sīa;

a visit expressive of gratitude.

sīa ṳu;

express gratitude for favors.

sīa thiⁿ, sīa tī;

make offerings to heaven and earth in thanksgiving.

cò̤ hì sīa sîn;

perform a play out of gratitude to the gods.

sīa i kâi nâng-chêng;

express thanks for his kindness.

cía tîeh tāng sīa i;

he must be largely rewarded for this.

sīa kău, sīa pô̤h, tîeh sīa i;

whether the token of gratitude be valuable or not, he must be presented with one.

sīa sṳ;

presents to a teacher.

khṳ̀ i mīn-côiⁿ khàu sīa;

go before him, kneel, and touch the ground with the forehead, expressing gratitude.