Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siap

by Adele Marion Fielde

siap

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• A passing rain; an instant.

cêk-siap-sî; siap-sî-kang;

in a little while.

bô̤ cêk-siap-sî kú;

not a moment ago.

hŏ siap-siap-kìe, lô̤h thàng jît;

the rain has pattered down all day long.

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• Sleepy; blinking and tired.

siap mâk;

heavy eyed.

mâk siap àiⁿ ût;

sleepy and wants to go to bed.

mâk siap kàu tó̤ tak;

so sleepy that he nods.

lṳ́ ŏi mâk siap a bŏi?

Are you sleepy?

úa kâi mâk būe siap;

I am not yet sleepy.

mâk sang mâk siap;

dreadfully sleepy.

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• Sparing; stingy; close; parsimonious; mean.

kîam-siap;

close-fisted.

siap kàu tîo sùaⁿ chng m̄ kùe;

so tight you could not get a thread through; stingy to the last degree.

i phêng-sî sui sĭ siap, ŭ sṳ̄ kâi sî-hāu īu phò̤-láu;

although ho is ordinarily so sparing, still when there is occasion for it he is liberal.

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• Rough; harsh; stringent; uneven; difficult of performance.

līu tīo siap cap;

squeeze out the acrid juice.

cîah tîeh khah siap;

it tastes too astringent.

lâu sêk cē cū bŏi siap;

when it gets riper it will not be astringent.

ka-to̤ ngân khah siap;

the pivot of the shears is too tight, and they do not work easily.

mn̂g khah siap, buah cē îu lô̤h khṳ̀ cìaⁿ bŏi siap;

the door does not turn on its hinges easily, smear on a little oil and then it will not be hard to open.

cē khah siap, khui tîeh cū uaiⁿ-uaiⁿ-kìe;

when there is too much friction is creaks in being opened.

siap kàu khui m̄ khui;

so much friction that I cannot open it when I use all my force.

siap phûe;

an acrid rind.

ûa thóiⁿ i kâi meh sîap, sĭ hueh hṳ;

I see that his pulse is irregular, it is because his blood is impoverished.

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• To ooze; to leak; to soak through; to divulge.

cí kò̤ ŏi sîap cúi;

the water exudes here.

ŭ cêk cūe phāng, i kâi cúi cū ŏi sîap chut lâi;

wherever there is a crack, the water oozes out.

sîap khì;

lose savour.

cē khǹg kú i kâi khì-bī cū cáu sîap;

if you keep it long it loses its flavour.

sîap-lāu;

to leak.

i kâi sṳ̄-ki sîap-lāu;

his plan has leaked out.

sîap-lāu kun-ki;

divulge the artifice.

ki-mît kâi sṳ̄ mó̤ sîap-lāu;

one should not divulge secrets.

sîap-lāu huang-siaⁿ;

breathe a word of it.

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• To wade through; to pass through; to concern; to be acquainted with.

úa kio i bö̬ kang-sîap;

I am in no way concerned in his affairs.

kio i bô̤ sîap;

has nothing to do with him.

pŵt-sîap căi;

very tired.

cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap;

the fatigue of the journey.

sîap-lêh sì-kù;

knows the world.

i ío ŭ sîap-lêh;

he is more conversant with it.