Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sieh

by Adele Marion Fielde

sieh

• 惜sieh802618
• To compassionate; to regard; to feel for; to regret; to scrimp; to be sparing of; close; parsimonious.

ài-sieh;

to love, to be kind to.

i ŏi sieh bó;

he is very good to his wife.

sieh to m̄ pá;

cannot do enough for him.

i nŏ̤ nâng sĭm sĭ sie-sieh;

the two are very fond of each other.

tōa-tōa sieh lṳ́;

love you much.

i m̄ cai úa sieh i;

she does not know that I love her.

khó̤-sieh;

it is a pity.

lĭen-sieh cîⁿ ngṳ̂n;

very saving of his money.

sieh sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

careful of life.

màiⁿ sieh lâk;

do not spare strength.

sieh, sieh, màiⁿ khàu;

there, there, don't cry.

• 勺sîeh81201
• A ladle.

tâng sîeh, thih sîeh;

brass and iron ladles.

• 俗sîeh82297
• Common; ordinary.

sîeh-sîeh nē;

common.

pêⁿ sîeh;

commonplace; just like many others; nothing out of the usual line.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi pêⁿ-sîeh căi;

he speaks the vernacular just as other people do.

thóiⁿ tîeh pêⁿ-sîeh pêⁿ-sîeh, bô̤ sĭm-mih khî;

it appears very commonplace and not at all extraordinary.

• 汗sîeh165853
• Offensive perspiration.

kha-sîeh;

offensive odor from the feet.

chíu sîeh;

frouzy sweat on the hands.