Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sim

by Adele Marion Fielde

sim

• 心sim806610
• The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source.

ŭ sim;

is considerate, thoughtful for others.

ŭ nâng sim kâi nâng;

is a humane person.

sim cheng;

imperturbable.

i cí-hûe cheng sim căi;

she is now very calm.

ēn cĭn sim-ki;

take the utmost pains.

úang húi sim-ki;

waste his pains.

sim m̄ tīaⁿ;

his mind is unsettled.

sim tīaⁿ;

has his mind fully made up.

sĭ sim pak kâi nâng;

is a trustworthy person.

i kâi sim-tī hó̤;

his intentions are good.

sim m̄ tŏ̤;

absent minded.

sim bô̤ sĭeⁿ;

did not think of it.

sim sĭeⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

thought it was thus.

thiⁿ lí lîang sim;

conscientious; honorable.

i bô̤ lîang sim;

he is not fair toward others.

pńg sim;

the natural heart; my own mind, view, or notion.

i to̤ sim to̤ sṳ̄;

she is very capricious.

ēng sim cò̤;

do it earnestly.

khǹg-kòi kàu i hûe sim tńg ì;

remonstrate with him till he changes his notions in regard to it.

lṳ́ pàng sim;

be easy in your mind.

cò̤ lṳ́ naⁿ sim;

do not be solicitous about it.

síe-sim; sôi-sim;

carefully; attentively; sedulous.

lîu sim thóiⁿ;

regard with close attention.

úa sim nía kùe cū sĭ;

my heart has received it, (a form of declining an invitation or present).

i kâi sim cong-kú m̄ sí;

his desire for it never dies.

i kâi sim ûah-phuah căi;

he has a very active mind.

úa lĭam-sim lĭam-sim tó̤ táng lṳ́;

I was expecting you with my heart set upon your coming.

sim kiaⁿ;

alarmed; apprehensive.

sim thìo;

my heart jumped.

sim-kuaⁿ-thâh pôk-pôk-thìo;

heart throbs violently.

sim-kuaⁿ pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;

heart beats rapidly.

sim pîak-pîak-phah;

the heart palpitates.

sim kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;

is lonesome; longs for the absent.

i sim-sṳ̄ cōi;

he is full of devices.

i tó̤ sĭeⁿ sim sṳ̄;

he is devising some project.

i sĭ ŭ gî sim;

she is suspicious.

màiⁿ sái i kâi sim gî;

do not awaken her suspicions.

sim tèng ŭ pēⁿ;

has disease of the heart or the mind.

hó̤ sim;

kind hearted.

cai sim kâi nâng;

one who understands human nature.

sim iu-chô;

melancholy.

khǹg-kòi i kâi sim màiⁿ iu-būn;

urge her not to be down hearted.

tam sim; khùa sim;

anxious.

sim huaⁿ-hí;

pleased.

sêng-sim;

sincere.

sìn-sim;

trusting.

cwn sim cwn ì;

single minded.

cin sim;

true, earnest.

tîeh hṳ sim lâi ô̤h cìaⁿ ô̤h tit chim;

must bring an unoccupied mind to the study of it, and then you will learn it thoroughly.

sim phêng, khí hûa;

in cordial agreement.

i kâi sim-khì thìaⁿ;

he has distress in the region of the heart.

i kâi sim hueh hṳ;

his blood is impoverished.

i kâi sim cong-kú it-tit i;

she always remembers him very affectionately.

i sî sim-sîn m̄ tīaⁿ kâi nâng;

he is a person who is deranged in mind.

hó̤ sim hó̤ kò̤ pò̤;

goodness is rewarded with goodness.

sim hṳ, táⁿ cìen;

timorous and cowardly.

sim cio;

lonely; yearning for friends; homesick.

sim pek-chiet;

zealous; eager.

sim húe phû;

passions roused.

sim-sèⁿ kín;

impatient.

i kâi sim ńng;

he is easily wrought upon.

ńng sim;

impressionable.

sim ngĕ;

hardhearted.

jím sim, hāi lí;

acts according to his feelings and goes contrary to correct principles.

tṳ sim;

swine's heart.

i kâi sim-khìo hó̤;

he is intelligent.

khui i kâi sim khìo;

open the eyes of his understanding.

sim sĭeⁿ m̄ khui;

can't keep his mind off it.

chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;

have no two minds about it.

chûn sim;

holds it in mental reservation.

khǹg tŏ̤ sim lăi;

lay it up in the mind.

cí kò̤ sĭ tī sim;

this is the centre of the plat.

chíu sim;

the middle of the palm.

hue sim;

the pistil of a flower.

thâu-khak sim;

the centre of the top of the head.

ka-ciah sim;

the centre of the back.

teng sim;

lamp-wick.

pá-sim;

the bull's-eye in a target.

sim lăi cio-chàu;

vexed at heart.

chàu sim;

perplexed; distressed.

hŵn tîeh sim cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;

trouble of mind will produce illness.

i kâi sim hiàng tŏ̤ i kò̤;

her heart inclines toward him.

i kâi sim gūa hìang;

mind is elsewhere.

sĭ i kâi sim só̤ ngw̆n kâi;

it is what his heart desires.

i kam sim cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he is willing to have it so.

sim chêng ì ngw̆n kâi;

what he is cordially in favor of.

sim-cìe;

congenial.

màiⁿ kio-jío i kâi sim;

do not disturb her mind.

thóiⁿ tîeh kha sim ńng;

seeing it makes my legs shake under me.

jû-ì li chah tŏ̤ cang sim;

set the ornament in the centre of the coiffure.

• 媳婦sim-pŭ804
• A daughter-in-law.

chūa sim-pŭ;

bring home a wife for a son.

• 審sím7384012
• To weigh evidence; to investigate judicially; to try cases.

sím mn̄g;

a judicial inquiry.

sím kuaⁿ-si;

to try a case in court.

tŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím, a sĭ jī tn̂g sím?

Was the trial conducted in the outer or the inner court of the yamun?

thŵn lâi tùi sím;

summoned to confront each other in court.

sím-phŵn;

to examine the evidence and pronounce judgment.

cīeⁿ-si thî sím;

his superior in office took the case into the higher court.

sêng sím kuaⁿ;

an officer specially sent to try a case.

tn̂g-tn̂g sĭ cò̤-nî sím huap?

In what way is the trial conducted in the different courts?

sím chut i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ hṳ, i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ sît;

found upon investigation that the one had trumped up his charge, and the other had real cause of complaint.

sím khṳ̀ tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?

Upon judicial examination, who was shown to be in the right?

• 嬸sím7383815
• A father's younger brother's wife.

a-sím bó̤;

my aunt.

a-sím;

a respectable middle aged woman; a nurse; a woman of all work; used in addressing a woman of the middle class.

• 甚sĭm738994
• Extremely; to the utmost.

sĭm hó̤;

the best.

sĭm tōa;

the very largest.

sĭm ngía;

exceedingly beautiful.

sĭm tn̂g;

excessively lengthy.

khi-hŭ nâng thài sĭm;

impose upon people overmuch.

sĭm sī ŏi;

is remarkably able.

cìeⁿ-se hŵn-lío bŏi sĭm, ío cò̤-nî cìaⁿ kìe cò̤ sĭm?

Since that is not the utmost limit, why call it excessive?

sîm huaⁿ-hí;

greatly delighted.

thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm m̄ hàuⁿ;

was much displeased when he heard it.

sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

What is the matter?

i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?

What is his name?

i khì sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

What is she vexed about?

i khṳ̀ sĭm-mih tī-hng?

To what place has he gone?

• 擱sīm4266414
• To put down; to delay; to hesitate.

i kâi pit sīm cêk kùa, sĭeⁿ bô̤ lâi;

he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.

pit buah khí lâi, chŵn mín sīm, li-li lô̤h;

having rubbed his pen in the ink, he had no need of delaying at all to use it, but wrote on at once.