Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siet

by Adele Marion Fielde

siet

• 褻siet79814511
• To treat irreverently.

siet-tôk;

to profane.

m̆-hó siet-tôk tîeh sîn-mêng;

do not blaspheme the gods.

siet-tôk tîeh i;

treated him shamefully.

• 設siet7501494
• To institute; to establish; to set up; if; supposing; for instance.

cí kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ i siet-lîp kâi;

this custom is one that he established.

cía sĭ sin siet-lîp kâi huap-tō;

this is a newly established regulation.

siet huap;

devise means.

siet sîah;

make a feast.

siet-sái i ā sĭ soiⁿ cai cū míen tàⁿ;

supposing that he knows it beforehand, then you need not tell him.

siet tìeⁿ; siet kà;

open a school.

cêk koiⁿ pái-siet kàu chî-chî céng-céng;

the whole place is made very luxurious.

siet-jîak ŭ put-chek kâi sṳ̄ li lṳ́ cū hó̤ cú-ì kîaⁿ;

should any unforeseen thing happen, then do whatever you yourself think best.

cá sî tŏ̤ cí kò̤ siet ŭ sìn-tī;

a station for guards was early established here.

chin-chĭeⁿ thien cău tī siet kâi;

as if made by nature herself.