shrimp, hê. very small dried, hê-bí.
shrine, sîn-kham; sîn-lâu; sîn-tû. in the ancestral hall, tōa-kham.
shrink, kiu-thò; kiu-ji̍p; kiu-sòi; kiu-bûa; thò-phāng.
shrivelled, jiâu-jiâu; niàuⁿ-niàuⁿ.
shroff, tshâi-hù; bói-pan (in foreign hong); ke-tiéⁿ. to shroff dollars, thóiⁿ-ngṳ̂n.
shroud, sien-saⁿ; sàng-lãu kâi i-ho̍k; sien-i.
shrouds, the, chiẽⁿ-ûi kâi-soh-thui.
shrub, chhiū-kiáⁿ; ói-chhiū.
shudder, kiaⁿ-khiū; kiaⁿ-kàu-khiū. with disgust, phah-tshùn-lūn.
shuffle, cards, sói-pâi.
shun, pī; siám-pī; tô-pī; pī-khûi; sie-pī.
shut, the door, hõiⁿ-mn̂g (without fastening); kueⁿ-mn̂g (and fasten); mn̂g kueⁿ-tah (id.); tshùaⁿ-mn̂g (to bolt). door half-shut, mn̂g pùaⁿ-hâm-hõiⁿ; pùaⁿ-iám-hõiⁿ. shut out, bô-nâng-ji̍p; bô-thang pun-nâng-ji̍p. a shop, kueⁿ-phòu; hiah-seng-lí. the eyes, ma̍k-chiu ha̍p-miⁿ. the mouth, tshùi ha̍p-bûa. the water-gates, lo̍h-tsa̍h; tsa̍h-chheng-pang. one up in prison, kìm-kam; siu-kam.
shutter, theng-mn̂g.
shuttle, so-kiáⁿ; keⁿ-pòu-so. to fly the, phau-so. shuttle-cock, ìⁿ; ìn. to play, phah-ìⁿ; tiāu-ìn; phah-ìn.
shy, ùi-siáu-lí; m̄-káⁿ kìⁿ-nâng; kiu-niuⁿ; kiu-kiu niuⁿ-niuⁿ.
Siam, Siām-lô.
sick, ũ-pēⁿ; nâng bõi; nâng m̄-hó; m̄-phêng-an; sin-thói m̄-uaⁿ; sin-thói m̄-hûa; khì-thói m̄-hûa; kong-tãu bô-thang-hó; ien-siên (slightly). sickness, pēⁿ; pēⁿ-chèng; mâuⁿ-pēⁿ; chi̍t-pēⁿ; chèng-hāu; pēⁿ-thiàⁿ; pēⁿ-nńg; pēⁿ-khùn. sea-sick, hîn-tsûn. sickly, sin-hūn lám; sin-hūn jia̍k; sin-hūn phàⁿ. squeamish, àiⁿ-thòu. to be sick (vomit), thòu.
sickle, liâm; kau-liâm; kuah-tsháu-to.
side, pôiⁿ; piⁿ; kîⁿ; phâng-piⁿ. door, phien-mn̂g. the side of the body, phiaⁿ-lî; hia̍p-ẽ. right, iũ-pôiⁿ; chiàⁿ-chhiú-pôiⁿ. left, tsó-pôiⁿ; tò-chhiú-pôiⁿ. turn from side to side, huan-lâi huan-khṳ̀; huan-lâi khah-khṳ̀ put-sêng-mîn (tossing sleeplessly). this, chièⁿ-pôiⁿ; chièⁿ-thâu. that, hièⁿ-pôiⁿ; hièⁿ-thâu. at one's, tõ i sin-piⁿ.
sieve, a, thai; bí-thai; bí-lô; pùa-ki (rather, a shallow tray for winnowing).