dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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bŏi sún;
- was not injured at all by being dropped.
- líang pôiⁿ sieⁿ sí jîeh cōi nâng?
- How many were killed and wounded on each side?
- ngŏ nâng tăng sieⁿ, ngŏ nâng khin sieⁿ;
- five were severely wounded, and five were slightly wounded.
- ui sieⁿ kháu;
- heal the wounds.
- sieⁿ-hûn;
- a scar from a wound.
- sieⁿ khṳ̀ tùi mīaⁿ;
- dangerously wounded.
- sieⁿ khṳ̀ tì mīaⁿ;
- fatally wounded.
- sieⁿ tîeh sú;
- had a sun-stroke.
- ngīam sieⁿ;
- officially inspect the injuries.
- sieⁿ sim;
- grieved at heart.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ-tîeh tì-kàu sieⁿ chêng sit ngĭ;
- that will certainly lead to wounded feelings and loss of self-respect.
- têng sieⁿ têng kám;
- catching another cold before recovering from the last one.
- sieⁿ tîeh hûa-khì;
- lessen the general harmony.
- 鑲sieⁿ79116717
- To inlay, or overlay; to veneer; to coat or plate; to clamp on; to set as a jewel; to let in; to inchase.
- sieⁿ kŭa po̤-lî;
- to inlay with pieces of glass.
- sieⁿ ngṳ̂n kâi tṳ̂;
- chopsticks inlaid with silver.
- sieⁿ ceng, gê tṳ̂;
- inlaid cops and ivory chopsticks.
- sieⁿ siak;
- overlaid with pewter.
- bō̤ tèng sieⁿ cêk kò̤ gêk;
- has a jade ornament on her cap.
- sieⁿ cêk lîap sw̄n;
- inlay a precious stone.
- sieⁿ kim;
- emboss with gold.
- tìn-tang tèng sieⁿ lîap cu;
- a pearl was.set in the centre.
- sieⁿ kò̤ pó̤-cîeh tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói;
- inlaid with a precious stone.
- îam-sieⁿ;
- a salt-merchant.
- sieⁿ hŏ;
- the salt-merchants.
- 賞síeⁿ7401548
- To reward; to bestow; to confer; a largess; a reward.
- àiⁿ cang sĭm mûeh síeⁿ i?
- With what shall he be rewarded?
- tit tîeh síeⁿ;
- receive a reward.
- síeⁿ hṳ̂ pó;
- dried salt herrings.
- 像sìeⁿ793912
- A figure; an image; a likeness.
- ūe sìeⁿ;
- paint portraits.
- íaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
- a photograph.
- sìeⁿ ūe lâi sĭo căi;
- the portrait is very like the original.
- cí kâi sìeⁿ cìe lâi cū jîen;
- this likeness is so taken that it resembles the original very closely.
- i seⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ-sìeⁿ;
- he is not a very stylish looking person.
- cêk pak sìeⁿ;
- a picture of something on a scroll.
- ngó-sìeⁿ;
- images.
- sîn-sìeⁿ;
- idols.
- 相sìeⁿ7901094
- Physiognomy; the study of physiognomy for the purpose of fortune telling; the art of palmistry; to look into.
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- i ŏi sìeⁿ mīaⁿ;
- he tells fortunes from the face.
- úa sìeⁿ thóiⁿ lṳ́ kâi ngó-hêng hó̤ mē;
- I will consider your features and see whether they promise good fortune.
- sìeⁿ huap;
- rules for telling the fortune from the physiognomy.
- i sìeⁿ tîeh cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
- What does be predict from the study of your face?
- 償sîeⁿ27915
- To restore; to indemnify; to pay back; to forfeit; to atone; to retaliate; to make amends; to replace; an indemnity; restitution.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî pûe-sîeⁿ i?
- In what way are you going to make restitution to him?
- thâi nâng cū tîeh sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
- if one kills a person he must make reparation for the life taken.
- i chìo kâu thâi sí nâng míen sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
- they are so powerful that they may even kill a person and make no compensation for his life.
- àiⁿ i sîeⁿ hôiⁿ;
- want him to restore it to me.
- 嘗sîeⁿ273011
- To taste; to test; to essay.
- sîeⁿ sin bī;
- taste the first fruits.
- lṳ́ khîeh khṳ̀ sîeⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;
- you take it and try it and see whether it is good or not.
- lṳ́ sîeⁿ tîeh bī-sò căi-seⁿ?
- What do you think of the taste of it?
- lṳ́ chì-sîeⁿ cē;
- you test it by tasting it.
- cía mûeh ío khî bī, tîeh lâi kio i sîeⁿ cē;
- this is of a rather strange flavour, you should come and taste a little of it.
- būe bói soiⁿ sîeⁿ;
- taste before buying.
- ceng-sîeⁿ;
- entailed property, whose proceeds are applied to the worship of ancestors.
- ceng-sîeⁿ tōa căi;
- a great amount of entailed property.
- lûn tîeh ceng-sîeⁿ;
- property of which the heirs alternately make the customary offerings to ancestors.
- 常sîeⁿ740508
- Constant; frequent; customary.
- sîe-sî;
- constantly.
- phêng-sîeⁿ;
- usual.
- phêng sîeⁿ nâng;
- an ordinary person.
- cìe sîeⁿ;
- according to the regular routine.
- cìe sîeⁿ līo-lí;
- arrange in the usual manner.
- sîeⁿ-sîeⁿ kì-lĭam lṳ́;
- constantly remember you.
- hó̤ cĭam m̄-hó̤ sîeⁿ;
- it will do temporarily but not permanently.
- jû sîeⁿ;
- as usual.
- hui sîeⁿ;
- unusual.
- ĭ sîeⁿ;
- extraordinary.
- chong-mêng ĭ sîeⁿ;
- uncommonly intelligent.
- cí kâi sĭ sîeⁿ ŭ kâi mûeh;
- this is a common thing.
- sîeⁿ kàu cí-kò̤;
- frequently comes here.
- 想sĭeⁿ792619
- To think on; to meditate; to reflect on; to plan; to hope; to anticipate; an idea; a conception.
- i sĭeⁿ cìeⁿ sĭeⁿ hìeⁿ;
- he thought of various things.
- sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
- cannot think what it was.
- sĭeⁿ m̄ kàu;
- did not think of it.
- lṳ́ cò̤--
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