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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
- 閃síam7521692
- To evade; to shun; to dodge.
- síam tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
- dodged off to one side.
- síam-khui cē;
- move out of the way a little.
- síam-bûa chîeⁿ-piⁿ;
- draw out of the way close to the wall.
- i síam, khṳt úa kùe;
- he drew back and and let me pass.
- síam sin;
- keep out of sight.
- síam put kîp;
- too late to get out of the way.
- bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ síam;
- had no way of evading it.
- 蟬sîam75114212
- The cicada or broad locust, common over China.
- sîam-thò̤;
- the exuviæ of the cicada, used as a febrifuge.
- cía sî kim-sîam thut khak kâi kòi;
- this plan is as like the last, as the exuviæ of the cicada is like the cicada's body.
- 贍sîam75315413
- To supply.
- sîam kháu;
- to make an allowance for food.
- cîa cîⁿ sĭ khṳt i cò̤ kháu-sîam kâi;
- this money is what is allowed him for his table expenses.
- 簷sîam108611813
- The boards or beams which uphold the eaves.
- i ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;
- he will take flight between the eaves and the walls.
- sîam-sû;
- a striped toad, fabled to be in the moon.
- sîam-so;
- water taken from the eyebrows of frogs, and used as a medicine.
siang
- 相siang7901094
- Mutually; reciprocally; together.
- lău siang ṳ́;
- an old associate.
- siang kṳ̆n;
- close together.
- bô̤-siang-kang; m̄-siang-kang;
- it makes no difference.
- i nŏ̤ nâng siang hó̤;
- the two are on good terms with each other.
- i siang-sìn úa;
- he trusts me.
- siang sṳ pēⁿ;
- love-sickness.
- cṳ̆-lâi siang sêng sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- that is the order in which they formerly rotated.
- siang lî jîeh hn̆g?
- How far apart are they?
- siang chin, siang kṳ̆n;
- in the closest relationship.
- siang pí;
- compared with each other.
- 傷siang739911
- To distress; to wound; to hurt.
- thiaⁿ tieh cāng i siang sim;
- was grieved for him upon hearing it.
- bô̤ siang;
- no harm done.
- lăi siang pēⁿ;
- an internal injury.
- 商siang739308
- To consult; to adjust by consulation; a trader, a merchant, a travelling dealer; to trade.
- siang-kheh; kheh-siang;
- travelling traders.
- hâng-siang;
- merchants having warehouses.
- îeⁿ
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siang;
- foreign merchants.
- sì hái thong siang;
- trade throughout the world.
- tǹg-siang;
- a pawn broker.
- siang ke;
- traders.
- siang-lîang; siang ciak;
- to deliberate upon and devise plans.
- 觴siang74014811
- A goblet; a bumper; a banquet.
- i sĭ sía tàⁿ "kèng-tì lâi siang hāu kà," cò̤ nî bô̤ hì?
- He wrote saying, "I await your answer before preparing the play and the banquet," so why was there no theatrical performance?
- tîeⁿ-îeⁿ ŭ cêk kò̤ khek cúi lîu siang kâi kéng-tì;
- in Tie Ie there is an artificial garden where crooked streams flow into basins.
- 想síang792619
- To think on; to reflect on; to plan; to hope, to anticipate; an idea.
- lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ, síang pit sĭ i;
- your so saying makes me think it is surely he.
- hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ búang síang;
- tell him not to indulge in wild hopes.
- cía sĭ síang tang-jîen kâi ūe;
- this is what must necessarily be said.
- 撞sìang1146412
- To thump, to batter.
- i kâi mn̂g khṳt i kâi cîeh sìang tó̤;
- their door was knocked in by the stones thrown against it.
- 相sìang7901094
- A minister of state; physiognomy; to watch the times.
- cái-sìang;
- the prime-minister.
- síu sìang;
- the head of the privy-council; the premier.
- có̤-sìang, ĭu sìang;
- two great ministers, members of the privy council.
- sìang-kong;
- your Excellency; Respected Sir; a book-keeper in a large business firm.
- sìang-îa lĭang;
- talents equal to those of a cabinet minister.
- sìang-măuⁿ;
- the physiognomy; the general appearance.
- sìang sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What aspect does the affair present?
- sìang sî;
- when the aspect of affairs is favorable.
- sìang mih sî-hāu;
- watch the times in order to take advantage of a favorable moment.
- 像sìang793912
- Images; idols; statues; a likeness.
- ngó-sìang;
- images.
- thô sìang;
- clay images.
- sîn-sìang;
- idols.
- 庠sîang792536
- A gymnasium or college.
- ô̤h tèng kâi sîang khue;
- the departments in a college.
- ip sîang;
- the graduates of a district.
- kŭn sîang;
- the graduates of a department.
- 祥sîang7921136
- An indication of good luck.
- sîang sŭi;
- a good sign.
- cu sṳ̄ kit-sîang;
- everything indicates prosperity.
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