Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sie
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- 消息sie-sit798
- News; a report; a rumor.
- thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ŭ hó̤ sie-sit;
- heard good news.
- kìa kâi sie-sit khṳt i;
- sent her a message concering his welfare.
- cìeⁿ-sî ŭ sĭm-mih sie-sit?
- What news has lately arrived?
- 燒sie7458612
- To burn; to ignite; to bake pottery; to roast at a fire; roasted; fired; hot; to burn over; to offer incense; inflammable.
- húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak;
- the fire is burning the kettle; there is need of great haste in the preparations.
- sie cíu;
- ardent spirits, such as will burn.
- kau-lîang-sie;
- strong whiskey made from sorghum.
- lêk-tāu sie;
- whiskey made from peas.
- cau-sie;
- strong liquors.
- màiⁿ khṳt i sie tîeh;
- do not get burned by it.
- sie-kúe cúa-cîⁿ; sie ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;
- burn spirit-money.
- sie koi;
- roasted fowls.
- sie tṳ;
- roast pig.
- sie nêk;
- baked meats.
- húe sie suaⁿ;
- a mountain that has been burned over.
- sie in-húe;
- let off fire-works.
- sie hûi;
- bake pottery.
- sie hĭa îeⁿ;
- a kiln where tiles are baked.
- sie hieⁿ;
- to burn incense.
- sie tîeh thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- singe the hair off your head.
- cak sie-jîet;
- has fever.
- cîah sie;
- get warm; warm one's self.
- sie phùa kâi khang;
- burned a hole in it.
- cò̤ sie cò̤ chìn;
- variable temperature.
- i cai sie cai chìn;
- he knows what temperature I like.
- pek sie;
- warm by toasting.
- hang sie;
- hang it by the fire and warm it.
- húe sie phò;
- a shop that has been burned.
- pû kàu tîeh húe sie;
- cooked till it burned.
- màiⁿ sie khah kùe húe;
- do not heat it too hot.
- sie kàu chiah-pauh;
- burned brown.
- sie cheⁿ kâi;
- bronzed by heating.
- i cêk sin sie kàu ŏi thǹg chíu;
- his body is hot enough to burn one's hand.
- hwt sie;
- have fever.
- sie-jìet;
- feverish.
- khah sie, màiⁿ khṳt i thǹg tîeh;
- it is too hot, do not get scalded by it.
- tîeh i lâi teng-tùe, cìaⁿ cai sie, cai chìn;
- she must come and take care of me, for she knows whether a thing is too hot or too cold for me.
- sie sieh;
- kind to each other.
- sie pat;
- acquainted with each other.
- sie phah;
- fighting together.
- sie thòi;
- spell each other.
- úa pat kāng i sie-hŭe;
- I have met him before.
- sie keh piah;
- on opposite sides of the same wall.
- sie kāng cŏ̤;
- sit together.
- sĭ nŏ̤ nâng sie kāng kâi;
- it is owned by the two in common.
- sie-hŭ;
- to help.
- sie hûa khì;
- on friendly terms.
- àiⁿ lâi sie su cē mē?
- Shall we lay a wager on it?
- i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sie tó;
- the two are betting on the issue.
- sie phòng tîeh;
- came across each other unexpectedly.
- sie khang chíu;
- take hold of each other's hands.
- sie lám koiⁿ;
- embrace each other.
- sie lûn lîu;
- take turns at it.
- sie pàng pūaⁿ;
- act as substitutes for each other.
- sie-pang;
- aid each other.
- 小síe795420
- Small; petty; trifling; inferior in rank or quality; a depreciating term for what belongs to one's self; before proper names it often means junior or young.
- síe sṳ̄;
- an unimportant matter.
- síe ti;
- a menial.
- síe tĭ;
- my younger brother (said by a superior in rank).
- síe phò-thâu;
- a petty shop.
- i kâi seng-lí síe;
- his business is small.
- sie seng-lí;
- a petty business.
- cò̤ lâi síe-síe;
- it is made very small.
- síe-cíe;
- the young lady (of high rank).
- síe sim;
- careful; sedulous.
- síe-nîe-kíaⁿ;
- a little girl.
- i kâi nâng síe-khì;
- he is a person of medicocre abilities.
- síe kù;
- a mere trifle.