Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sit

by Adele Marion Fielde

sit

• 失sit769372
• To lose; to mislay; to omit; to neglect; to disregard; to fail; to err; to miss; to jeopardize; to leave behind; to slip; to lose favor; failure; a fault.

sit-lô̤h mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

lost articles.

cía sĭ i kâi kùe-sit;

this is his fault.

sĭ úa sit kak chak;

it was I who overlooked it through absence of mind.

hàm i kâi sit cú lâi jīn;

tell the one who lost it to come and identify it.

sit sìn;

lose faith in.

sit chíu;

let it slip from his hand.

khṳt úa sit chíu khà tīo khṳ̀;

was dropped and broken by me.

sit kha;

lose foothold.

sit lói;

unnmannerly.

sit kèng;

wanting in respect.

sit sî;

miss the time.

bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;

not the least mistake in it.

sit chak;

neglect to inquire into.

sit i kâi thí-mīn;

lost the esteem of others.

sit tîeh i kâi líen;

lost his reputation.

sit sim;

disheartened.

sit hûn;

lost his wits.

sit kok;

lost his crown.

sit tī-hng;

lose position.

sit-sîn;

abstracted.

kiaⁿ kàu sit sîn;

so frightened that he lost presence of mind.

ca-mêⁿ sĭ tī-kò̤ sit húe?

Where was the fire last night?

kìu tîeh cêk kâi sit cúi kâi nâng;

rescued one who had fallen into the water.

i cí-hûe sit sì;

he has now lost his influence.

sit cí-kâi ki-hŭe;

miss this opportunity.

i cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit sṳ̄?

How did he happen to fail in it?

i ca-mêⁿ sit kha lō, tîeh phah;

he failed to be on his rounds last night, and must be beaten.

i ā sĭ sit síu sîaⁿ-tî cū tîeh phōiⁿ cŭe;

if he fails to guard the city, he must be punished for it.

lîu-lî sit só̤;

to wander homeless.

sit thŵn;

fail of transmission.

cí īeⁿ huap í-ⁿkeng sit thŵn;

this recipe has been lost, not having been handed down.

ci cêk tīn ŏi sit nâng a bŏi?

Is anyone missing from this rank?

• 實sît7694011
• Real; solid; full; compact; true, honest, sincere; fixed, as a price; hard, as a knot; the reality; the results, effects, or fruits; facts; small and hard fruits or seeds; verily, in fact.

sît-căi sĭ hó̤;

is really good.

cía sĭ sît chêng kâi;

these are the actual circumstances.

i tàⁿ kàu sît-sît căi-căi;

he tells the honest truth.

láu-sît;

harmless; innocent; inefficient.

láu-sît nâng;

an amiable and rather incompetent person.

khui hue lío ŏi kit sît a bŏi?

After blossoming does it bear fruit?

sît kè;

the actual price.

thó̤ sît cē;

ask for something nearer the real price.

sît sṳ̄;

an actual event.

cin-sît;

real.

hek sît;

ascertain the facts.

chê sît;

find out the truth.

mn̄g khṳ̀ tîeh sît lío;

have by inquiry found out the real circumstances.

kien-sît;

solid and strong.

sît sim;

sincere.

sît sìo;

the full tale.

sît put sie mûaⁿ;

indeed I do not deceive you.

cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sît-sĭu kâi a sĭ sŭ-sṳ̄ kâi?

Is this magistrate the real incumbent or is he one who is filling the office temporarily?

lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ sît-ūe;

tell me tho truth about it.

sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the truth about it.

ŭ mîaⁿ bô̤ sît; ŭ khî-mîaⁿ, bô̤ khî-sît;

has a name but no actual existence.

teh sît;

press down solid.

sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;

plain and good; substantial; nothing spurious about it.

kiu sît ŭ jîeh tn̂g?

When shrunken to its natural proportions, how long is it?

phâk sît, bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;

when dried in the sun so as bring it down to its actual substance there will be but very little of it.

sêng-sît;

earnest; honest.

thīⁿ sît cū khah tó̤;

when sewed it will be too short.

i kâi ūe bô̤ kù sît;

what he says has not a word of truth in it.

i kâi mô̤ⁿ sît-sît bŏi phòng;

its fur is close and dense, it is not fluffy.

ngŵn sît, bô̤ cia sṳ̄;

in fact, it is not so.

hàm i cĭu sît tàⁿ;

tell him to speak the truth.

cîah sît;

stores; provisions.

• 翅sît661244
• Wings, or fins.

phah sît;

to flop the wings.

phêh sît;

to flap the wings.

thíⁿ khui sît;

to spread the wings.

sît théng m̄ khui;

he cannot stretch his wings.

théng sît tó̤ pue;

soar with outstretched wings.

būe hwt sît;

unfledged.

sît hwt būe côi, pue m̄ hn̆g;

his wings are not full grown and he cannot fly far.

sît pì;

the wing without the feathers.

chah sît pue khṳ̀;

take wings and fly away.

nĭoⁿ-hó̤ⁿ thíam sît;

add wings to a tiger.

tìam tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;

hid under his wing.

àⁿ t̤̆o i sît e;

hovered under her wings.

ŭ cêk khí sĭ sì kâi sît;

one sort is four-winged.

mêng sît;

dried sharks' fins.

hṳ̂ sît sĭ tŏ̤ iah cúi kâi;

the fins of a fish are for it to swim with.

i song-khùai căi tó̤ phah sît;

he is very comfortable, and is airing his feathers.