Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/su

by Adele Marion Fielde

su

• 須su8181813
• Ought, must, should be; necessary, requisite; serviceable.

su ēng ŏi kâi nâng;

must employ an able person.

pit-su;

absolutely necessary.

tī-hng su àiⁿ khwn-khuah;

the ground must be spacious.

su tîeh thăi sî-hāu;

must wait till the time comes.

cong su u pò̤-èng;

at last there must be a recompense.

cía sǹg sĭ môk su ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

this need not necessarily happen.

su àiⁿ sòi sim;

you need be very careful.

i pit-su-tîeh lâi;

he is sure to come.

• 輸su7751599
• To lose; to be beaten; inferior.

sĭ pûah su, a sĭ pûah iaⁿ?

Did he lose or win in gambling?

su cîⁿ, îaⁿ cîⁿ khí;

losing arises from winning.

i phah su i;

he was overcome by him in the fight.

su i cêk pō;

I lost one game (of chess) to him.

cíⁿ nín li su i, nâng i li su nín;

as to money, you have less than they, but as for men, they have less than you.

su-hôk;

to submit to; to give in; to yield the point.

tîeh sái kàu i su-su hôk-hôk;

must bring him into complete subjection.̂

• 需su8181736
• What is required; needful; necessary.

tôi kun-su;

contribute provisions for the troops.

cí thâng kun-su àiⁿ tī tîang chut?

Who is to furnish the supplies for the troops during this campaign?

cāng kun-su;

supply rations and pay for the army.

lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ put sî cṳ su;

keep it for use in an emergency.

• 胥su8181305
• A clerk or writer in a yamun.

kuaⁿ sui-sĭ m̄ àiⁿ cîⁿ, su che hùe īa àiⁿ cîⁿ;

although the magistrate does not want money, the clerks and constables do.

• 書su774736
• Characters as the delineation of ideas.

sì su;

the Four Books.

poih hun su;

the square characters.

pùaⁿ hâng su;

the running hand.

• 舒su7741356

sṳ-hu; su-thìang;

in good spirits; well and comfortable.

i m̄ su-hu;

he is not very cheerful.

i cêk sin íⁿ-keng su-su hu-hu lío;

he has already recovered, and is in fine health.

• 暑sú776729
• Summer's heat; hot weather.

hâng lâi sú úang;

cold and heat alternate.

sieⁿ sú; hiap sú; tòng sú;

sun-stroke.

sú thiⁿ;

hot weather.

thiⁿ-sî sú-jîet;

the weather is very hot.

hâng-sú-cam;

a thermometer.

nâng seⁿ put kùe sù-câp hâng-sú;

human life endures but for a few tens of changing seasons.

cí kâi tī-hng lâi pī sú hó̤ câi;

this is a good place to go to escape the heat.

i cáu khṳ̀ pī sú;

he went off to shirk the hard work.

sú huang;

a summer cold.

sú cèng;

diseases of summer.

cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cheng sú-khì;

this medicine will purge off the humors produced by heat.

i cía sĭ im sú;

this comes from heat and dampness.

kói sú;

allay heat.

phek sú;

alleviate the heat; diminish the glare.

• 緒sú8191209
• A clue, a hint, a guide.

sim sú m̄ uaⁿ;

his attention is not fixed.

bô̤ hía sim-sú khṳ̀ lí;

has no inclination to go and attend to it.

bô̤ chêng bô̤ sú; bô̤ sim bô̤ sú;

nonplussed; disappointed; no means of effecting the object.

• 署sú7781229
• A public court; a tribunal.

kūiⁿ sú, hú sú;

the district and the departmental tribunals.

lăi sú;

in court.

• 杼sú93754
• A beetle or beater.

hâng mô̤ⁿ sú;

a club used by priests in exorcising devils.

i chíu tèng khîa ki hâng-mô̤ⁿ-sú;

he carried in his hand a club used in driving out demons.

• 墅sú7773211
• A shed or lodge in a field.

pîet-sú;

a detached cottage.

i khí cêk koiⁿ pîet-sú ka-kī khĭa-khí;

he built a detached lodge, and lived there by himself.

• 數sù7776611
• A few; but a few; several.

bô̤ sù nî cū kói-pìen;

it will alter in a few years.

úa lâi kàu sù jît;

I arrived but a few days since.

sù kâi gûeh côiⁿ, úa cêng lâi kùe cêk chṳ̀;

I came once before, a few months ago.

kâi gûeh kàu sù câp ngṳ̂n;

a few tens of dollars per month.

chûn kàu sù kâi;

have but a few left.

• 素sù8161204
• Plain; simple; formerly; usually; as at first; heretofore.

phêng-sù;

commonly, usually.

i sù-lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the way it has been heretofore.

cí kâi nâng sù m siang-sek;

have not before been acquainted with this person.

i kâi sù sèⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

his natural disposition is such.

sù lâi m̄ uaⁿ hūn;

has not generally attended to his own business.

chēng sù hôk;

wear your ordinary apparel; is plainly dressed.

sù pù-kùi kîaⁿ pù-kùi;

when you are rich act according to your station.

pùaⁿ hun pùaⁿ sù kâi chài;

half common and half lenten fare.

• 訴sù8171495
• To reply in one's defense; to state.

sù-tîaⁿ;

a plea in reply, a counter statement.

i ŭ kò̤, nán li ŭ sù;

they have a complaint, we have a defense to make.

pĭ kò̤ kâi nâng lâi jîp sù cn̄g;

the defendant entered a counter plea.

sù wn;

to state one's wrongs.

sù khó-chêng;

state a grievance.

sù chut i kâi chêng-cak;

state the facts in regard to it.

úa kàu-sù lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

I will state the case to you.

• 恕sù778616
• Benignant; excusing others; considerate of; sympathizing; to bear patiently; to pardon.; to excuse.

lṳ́ tîeh sù úa cē;

you must be patient with me.

sù cē;

excuse me; pardon me.

sù cŭe;

indulgent toward another's faults; I beg pardon.

sù cē, m̄ cai thóiⁿ;

excuse me, I did not see you.

sù úa cíe pû̂e;

excuse my not staying longer with you, (said in excusing one's self from a guest).

cía sù cē, khah bô̤ lói;

pardon my using but little ceremony about this.

khwn sù;

not strict; kindly indulgent.

cía hŵn-lío hó̤ siang-sù;

that however can be passed over.

i en̂g kâi m̄ siang-sù nâng;

she does not overlook people's faults at all.

sù cē, m̄ cai thâu;

excuse me, I was not paying heed to it.

• 庶sù778538
• A multitude; the mass, the herd; a concubine; in this wise; so, about.

sù ki lío;

is not far from; almost there; probably.

sù chut kâi; sù cṳ́;

a concubine's son.

sù mîn ke;

the masses; the people.

hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù kit sṳ̆;

a graduate of the National Academy.

sù jîn;

a commoner.

tek sù;

the wife and the concubine.

• 漱sù7578511
• To rinse the mouth.

sù-kháu-hû;

a certain kind of mug, commonly used for rinsing the mouth.

• 叨絮sù-tau819
• To reiterate; verbose.

ūe tàⁿ lío sù-sù tau-tau, tàⁿ bŏi tit hiah;

she keeps up a perpetual clack.

• 緒sû8191209
• The clue or end of a ball of thread or of a cocoon; the beginning; a guide to what follows; a hint.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ bô̤ thâu bô̤ sû, cò̤-nî lí;

there is nothing to guide one to an understanding of what is to be done in this affair, and so how can it be managed?

tàⁿ khṳ̀ íⁿ-keng ŭ thâu-sû lío;

have already a clue to what follows in what has been said.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ íⁿ-keng cĭu sû lío;

this business has already approached a beginning; this is likely to be effected.

• 殊sû776786
• Really.

sû-sôk khó̤-lîen;

is truly lamentable.

sû put cai i io sĭ m̄ tŏ̤;

really did not know he was not at home.

• 敘sŭ819667
• To arrange in order; to put in proper place; to discourse or argue upon; to converse.

úa būe cêng kio i sŭ kùe;

I have not yet made arrangements with him.

lâi kàu cū khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ kū;

on arriving went to his house to talk over old times with him.

kuaⁿ cò̤ khṳ̀ hó̤ cū àiⁿ ngí sŭ, cò̤ khṳ̀ m-hó̤ cū àiⁿ ngí chú;

if an officer does well he will be offered for promotion, if he does badly he will be delivered to the proper Board for punishment.

sŭ sût;

to narrate in chronological order.

• 序sŭ819534
• Order; precedence, as in age; series; a preface or argument to a book, in which its subjects are stated in order.

cí kò̤ sŭ sĭ tī-tîang cò̤ kâi?

Who wrote this preface?

sŭ-thâu;

the preface.

kìⁿ tù cṳ to cò̤ ŭ cêk phien sŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ thâu;

every edition of a book has a preface.

ŭ chṳ̀ ŭ sŭ;

has a regular sequence; seriatim.

bô̤ chṳ̀ sŭ;

has no regular order.

• 署sŭ7781229
• Acting in the place of; temporarily.

cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ lâi sŭ sṳ̄ kâi;

this official is one who is acting temporarily.

pàng tī-tîang lâi sŭ?

Who is to act in his place?

pàng i khṳ̀ sŭ khueh;

appoint him to fill the vacancy temporarily.

sŭ jim lío cū pó sît khueh;

after acting temporarily, he was appointed to fill the post permanently.

sŭ úa bô̤ kú;

took my post but a little while.

• 竪sŭ7771179
• To erect; to set up; to plant on its base.

sŭ thĭo;

to rear a pillar.

sŭ cêk ki kî-kuaⁿ;

set up a flag staff.