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3441296Dictionary of the Swatow dialect — suiAdele Marion Fielde

sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;: although it be thus.
sui sĭ ŭ, kùi li;: if there be any, it is dear.
sui ŭ cí-kâi, m̄ jû hṳ́-kâi;: if there be this sort, they are not so good as those.
sui m̄ sĭ chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ nā sî chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;: even though I did not see it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears.
sui bô̤ hó̤ pho-tîn īa tîeh nā kò̤ hiah;: although the bedding is poor, we must stay here over night.
sui-cek tîeh meⁿ, nā sĭ m̄ hâh huang-lâu, àiⁿ méⁿ put lêng méⁿ;: though it is necessary to go quickly, yet if the wind and tide are adverse, we cannot go quickly however much we wish it.

cí kâi cíu-pâng-sui sĭ lāu a m̄ sĭ?: The spout of this wine-pitcher leaks does it not?
tê-kẁn-sui;: the nose of a tea-pot.
sui thak khṳ̀;: the spout is stopped up.
tô̤h ki sui pèⁿ ío kâi;: select one which has a good spout and handle.

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A cloak made of bamboo, palm leaves, or grass, woven in strips, and laid like thatch; to screen from rain.

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To accord; to follow; to comply with; to let; to permit; like, as, according to; wherever; forthwith; presently.

kṳn-sûi úa lâi khṳ̀;: you go with me (as a servant or attendant).
sûi-sî;: immediately.
sûi-sî cò̤, sûi-sî hó̤;: it is but a moment's work.
sĭeⁿ tîeh kâi, sûi-sî cū àiⁿ;: whatever he thinks of, he at once wants.
sûi-ciet;: instantly.
sûi-pĭen;: as you like;; when convenient.
sûi chù to̤ ŭ;: wherever you go, you are likely to see them.
sûi tī cêk lō to hó̤ kîaⁿ;: you can go by whichever road you please.
sûi i lâi;: let him come.
sûi jw̆n hó̤;: any way will do.
i kâi a-nái ŭ sûi lâi jīm tèng a bô̤?: Did his wife come with him to his post?
sûi jīm;: to accompany an official to his post.
hŵn àiⁿ kia it-sûi;: will add a tenth (to the fees of the attendants).
sûi lói;: vails paid to official attendants, about one tael in ten.
i sĭ tng chîang-sûi kâi nâng;: he is one of the personal attendants of an official; he belongs to the retinue.
kak-kak sûi só̤ hànⁿ;: each one does as he pleases.
sûi tŏ̤ sin-piⁿ; sûi kín sin-piⁿ;: keeps close to him.
sûi pit lô̤h, mín sĭeⁿ;: write whatever comes first to mind, you need not ponder over it.
sûi hṳ́-hûe kâi sim só̤ sĭeⁿ;: coincides with what you thought at that time.

i kâi jìo-se pâk lío sûi kàu ka-ciah;: when her crape fillet was put on, it hung to her waist.
sûi kàu tú tîeh thô;: hung down to the ground.
sûi thâu sàng khì;: hung his head and sighed.
hŏ-sùaⁿ cúi sûi cêk sin;: the rain has dripped all over me from my umbrella.
hṳ́ téng cò̤ tîo lāu-bó̤, màiⁿ khṳt lîm-cíⁿ cúi sûi lò̤h lâi;: make an eaves-trough above, and not let the water from the eaves drip down.
teng tìo lío màiⁿ sûi khah kĕ;: do not let the lamp be hung so as to swing too low.
i kâi mâk-bâi sûi lò̤h lâi;: her eyebrows droop at the outer ends.

cē àiⁿ, sûi-sî ŭ;: as soon as he wants anything he gets it.
in-ūi hìeⁿ-seⁿ sûi tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;: that afterward lead to this.
in-ūi hṳ́-kâi sûi tit tîeh cí-kâi;: because of that, we have now acquired this.

ûi-sûi;: an emulgent sweetish root, used in throat diseases; it looks like orris root.
sûi jín;: a root used in making a medicine for sore eyes.

sĭm-mih sṳ̄ to sŭi ì;: everything coincides with my desire.
kū-nî kâi ūn-khì put sŭi;: last year the luck was adverse.
kin-nî kâi ūn-khì hó̤, mih sṳ̄ to sŭi sim;: the luck is good this year, everything goes right.
sŭi ì;: accords with my wish.

bêh sūi;: ears of wheat.
chek sūi;: the heads of rice.
cīeⁿ kùe tang kâi sūi phàⁿ, cí kùe tang kâi sūi ío tōiⁿ;: the ears of grain were not well filled out in the last crop, but in this crop they are well filled out.
jṳ̂-chíaⁿ tōa sūi;: and moreover the heads are large.
cêk sūi ŭ jîeh cōi lîap?: How many kernels are there in an ear?
kin-nî kâi chek-sūi pá căi;: the ears of rice are very full this year.
cêk sūi cêk sūi pá căi;: the ears of rice are very full this year.
cêk sūi lóng-cóng hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;: the ears are all drooping.