Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sio

by Adele Marion Fielde

sio

• 消sio793857
• To melt; to liquify; to thaw; to lessen by using; to do away with; to annul; to need and consume; needed, required, exigent; to allay; to digest; to exhaust; to eliminate; diminished, dispersed; sold out; transpiring.

sio hùe khṳ̀;

melted away.

sio khṳ̀;

dissolved.

cí īeⁿ mûeh sio cîah;

this aids digestion.

saⁿ tǹg cîah lío tó lăi m̄ sio kâi cū hó cîah i sio;

what remains undigested after three meals have been eaten should be eliminated by medicine.

cí īeⁿ ŏi sio tâk, hṳ́ īeⁿ li ŏi sio céng;

this scatters the poison, and that takes down the swelling.

îeh tah lío céng sio a būe?

Has the swelling gone down since the medicine was applied?

tîeh cîah kàu tâk-khì sio cheng-chó̤;

must take it till the virus has all been cleansed out.

i tì kâi sio kuah kâi pēⁿ;

he has an ailment which is accompanied with intolerable thirst.

cīeⁿ sio, ĕ sio, tong sio;

a great appetite with constipation, a great appetite with diarrhea, and a great appetite with good digestion and no increase of flesh.

hua sio;

use up, spend, consume.

cêk jît sio saⁿ táu bí;

use three pecks of rice per day.

ke kâi sio m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot digest more than that.

sio khíen;

dissipate care.

sio ôiⁿ;

pass the time.

cîah cíu sio chô;

drink wine to dissipate sorrow.

kîaⁿ khṳt i sio-thîo cē;

walk about to aid digestion and quicken the circulation.

hûn sio, phek sùaⁿ;

it has taken away all my spirits.

i kâi hùe-mûeh sio tōa căi;

his goods have a great sale.

cí īeⁿ mûeh ío thong sio;

this article is more saleable.

sio thâm;

cuts phlegm.

cí sio cêk peh ngṳ̂n cū bói ŭ;

it will require only a hundred dollars to buy it.

• ‮搜‬sio7556410
• To search a house, as policemen do; to seek for.

sio chūe m̄ tîeh;

cannot find it anywhere.

hāi úa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ sio, jw̆n sio, sio bô̤;

made me search everywhere for it, and no matter how much I searched it, it was not to be found.

múaⁿ koiⁿ sio;

searched everywhere.

sio-thóiⁿ ŭ tŏ̤ tû tói mē;

look and see whether it is in the cupboard.

sio ŭ a bô̤?

Did you find it?

thong sin sio;

searched his whole person.

sio tîeh cêk ki to̤;

searched and found a knife upon him.

sio i kâi ie-tŏ;

searched in his stomacher.

phài tī-tîang tó̤ tok sio-kíam;

depute some one to search the candidates entering the examinations.

sio chut lâi;

searched it out.

sio ke;

search the house.

pàng khim-che khṳ̀ sio ke;

send a commissioner to search the dwelling.

sio-chê cng-mûeh kâi pbìe;

a search-warrant, authorizing a search for stolen goods.

sio-lîah nâng hŭam;

search for and seize a criminal.

• 銷sio7931677
• To finish; to spend; to cancel; to make void; to exhaust.

sio ùaⁿ;

to decide a case in court.

cang ùaⁿ cù-sio;

take up a case in court and dismiss it.

ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ íⁿ-keng sio tīo;

the case is already disposed of.

sio kim, cîah ngṳ̂n kâi tī-hng;

a place where money quickly disappears; a very expensive place to live in.

tńg lâi sio che;

return and report on the message sent.

chṳ́ hṳ̆n lâng sio;

such enmity is hard to appease.

cêk pit kau-sio;

the affair is quite settled.

khui sio;

render an account of government expenditures.

càu sio;

a memorial of outlays.

• 宵sio794407
• Night; in the night; dark.

ngŵn-sio-mêⁿ;

the night of the full moon of the first month.

ĕ ngó lîen sio;

through the afternoon and night.

phio-thâu ŭ sía lîen sio a bô̤?

Does the placard announce that it is to be continued through the night?

• 硝sio7931127 Niter or similar salts.

phok-sio;

niter.

ēng lîu-n̂g phok-sio cò̤ húe-îeh;

sulphur and niter are used in making gunpowder.

sai cài sio n̂g sĭ hŭam kìm kâi sṳ̄;

to smuggle nitre and sulphur is against the law.

mâng-sio;

glauber salts.

• 逍sio7941627

sio-îo;

to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.

sio-îo cṳ̆-căi;

saunter at ease.

• 霄sio7941737
• The empyrean; the highest region of air; heaven.

kíu sio;

the remotest heavens.

thiaⁿ tîeh kâi hûn cū pue kàu kíu sio;

on hearing it, I was frightened quite out of my wits.

lêng-sio-hue;

the trumpet flower.

• 蕭sio79414012

sio-tîo;

lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cí ău sio-tîo căi;

that region is during late years very forlorn.

• 狂sío479944
• Crazy; mad; wild; insane.

sío káu;

a mad dog.

i sĭ sío kâi; nín màiⁿ thīn i;

he is crazy, do not provoke him.

i thâk cṳ, thâk kàu sío, thâk cò̤ cṳ-tien;

he has become daft by over study, and is a sort of bibliomaniac.

i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cò̤ sṳ̄ hŵn-lío sío sîn sío tôk;

although he is so large, he still acts without judgment.

i kâi sío sîn cêk ē lai, mih nâng i to m̄-ùi, īa bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;

whenever his crazy fits come upon him, he is afraid of no one, and pays no regard to decency.

i pùaⁿ sío pùaⁿ tīaⁿ;

he is half insane.

i hŵn-ló̤ kàu sío;

she is insane from grief.

hŵn-ló̤ lío, sío ā!

When you have fretted enough about it, you will be crazy!

nín màiⁿ tó̤ sío!

Do not act as if you were crazy!

i cía sío hŵn-lío sǹg sĭ kun-cṳ́ sío;

though he is insane, his is still a mild form of insanity.

hṳ́ kâi sío khṳ̀ cū tăng căi;

that one's insanity is of a violent type.

• 小sío795420
• Petty; small; trifling; uneducated; vile.

sío-jîn;

rude, boorish.

sío-jîn nâng;

a boor.

sío sṳ̄;

a petty affair; an unimportant matter.

sío-khì;

small minded.

sío-khì-kúi;

a petty, spiteful person.

sío-khó̤;

but a trifle.

sío kù;

no great matter.

• 羞恥sío-lí810
• Ashamed, abashed, conscious of demerit or unworthiness.

hāi úa sío-lí căi;

made me much ashamed.

cn̂g kâi m̄ pat sío-lí;

bŏi sío bŏi lí; does not feel in the least ashamed.

i ùi sío-lí;

he is afraid of bringing disgrace upon himself.

sío-lí kàu m̄ káⁿ lâi;

so ashamed he dare not come.

thóiⁿ tîeh sío-lí sí;

was dreadfully ashamed when she saw it.

• 肖sìo7951303
• Relationship between parent and child.

put sìo kíaⁿ;

an unfilial son.

khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ pín put sìo;

go before a magistrate and charge with unfilial conduct.

i kâi a-pĕ íⁿ-keng pín kùe put sìo kâi, ṳ̆ i bô̤ kang;

his father has already legally disowned him, and has nothing to do with him.

i kâi kíaⁿ, tōa kâi cū hàn-sŭn, jī kâi cū put-sìo;

of his sons, the eldest is filial, and the next to the eldest is unfilial.

• 少sìo746421
• Young; juvenile; junior.

hŵn-lío sìo nî;

he is still very young.

sìo nî ke;

a young family.

sìo nî lău sêng;

a young man with the wisdom of age.

lău sìo;

old and young.

sìo îa;

the young master.

sìo nái;

the young mistress.

• 數sìo7776611
• To enumerate; to count; deal out; to find out the number; an account, a bill; a list.

sìo thóiⁿ jîeh cōi;

count them and see how many there are.

sìo tāⁿ;

make a mistake in counting.

cài sìo ke hûe;

count them over again.

lêng-ūaⁿ sìo;

count again.

sǹg-sìo;

to reckon; to calculate.

sìo phŏ;

an account book.

sìo-mâk-jī;

numerals.

kìⁿ sìo; chĭeⁿ sìo; lô̤h sìo;

set down in account.

pîaⁿ sìo;

transfer an account.

chau sìo;

copy out an account.

tùi sìo;

compare accounts in order to verify them.

hŭe sìo;

transfer a bill in payment of a debt.

khìam sìo;

unsettled balance.

thó̤ sìo;

dun for the amount of a bill.

hâiⁿ sìo;

to pay bills.

hok sìo;

verify an account by again calculating it.

bô̤ sìo;

there is no account to be reckoned.

siu sìo;

to collect bills.

cheng sìo;

to clear off an account.

sìo m̄ tîeh i;

did not reckon him in.

o̤h sìo;

difficult to determine.

sìo-búe ap cheng;

the balance is paid in full.

i tó̤ kẃn sìo;

he keeps the accounts.

lí sìo-bâk;

regulate the accounts.

sìo pâng;

counting room.

thien kang tīaⁿ sìo;

fixed as fate; exact as the cycle.

thien sìo íⁿ tīaⁿ;

destiny is fixed.

tăi sìo lâng tô̤;

destiny cannot be escaped.

seⁿ sí ŭ sìo;

life and death are as fate determines.

• 蛸蟰sìo-cîⁿ794
• The long legged spider.

sìo-cîⁿ, si li ŭ si, bŏi kio ti-tu hìeⁿ-seⁿ keⁿ kâi;

the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.

• 肖sĭo7951303
• Like; resembling; likeness.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭo a m̄ sĭo;

do you think the likeness good?

thóiⁿ tîeh sĭo căi;

it is very like him.

sĭo kàu jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

so much alike one cannot tell them apart.

àiⁿ ūe kàu câp hun sĭo tîeh ŭ hó̤-hó̤ kâi kang;

if you want an exact likeness drawn you must have an expert workman.

úa thóiⁿ tîeh li bô̤ mih sĭo;

it does not look much like him.

bŏ̤i ā, ŭ kúi sîaⁿ sĭo;

yes, it does, it is somewhat like.