sodomy, lâm-sek; tsò-a-tĩ; tng-a-tĩ; tng-ngiau; tng-hóuⁿ; tng-koi; tng-a-nũaⁿ; tng a-kuaⁿ-kiáⁿ; tng phì-thông; tshūe-a-tĩ.
sofa, mîn-íⁿ; khàng-íⁿ; khàng-tshn̂g.
soft, nńg; jiû. mud, làm-thôu. soften by wetting, ùn-tâm khoih-nńg; tsṳ̀-phò. softly, ûn-ûn. walk softly, khin-pōu; khin-khin-kiâⁿ.
soil, thôu; thôu-tī; thôu-ne̍k; thôu-nîⁿ; thôu-phûe. good, pûi-thôu; pûi-jiâu kâi-tī. poor, sán-thôu; sán-tī.
solder, ún; ún-siah; ún-tùe; hūaⁿ-tùe; tâng-hūaⁿ.
soldier, piaⁿ; piaⁿ-teng; láu-chiàng; ióng-tsàng (militia); ióng. soldiers, piaⁿ-ióng; kun-sṳ̃.
sole, of foot, kha-tói. of shoe, ôi-tói. to sole a shoe, tah-ôi-tói.
sole, fish, ôi-tói-hṳ̂.
solemn, ngiâm-sok; ui-ngiâm.
solicit, chhiáⁿ; khiû; thó; koh-lô. solicitous, khùa-sim; khùa-lṳ̃; khùa-liãm.
solid, si̍t; tōiⁿ; tsa̍t-thâu (opp. of khang-khak, hollow); ún-tǹg.
soliloquy, ka-kī-tàⁿ ka-kī-hûe; tsṳ̃-ngân tsṳ̃-gṳ́.
solitary, to̍k; kou-to̍k; kou-chiau; sok-mo̍k; kou-sok; bô-phũaⁿ; to̍k-kṳ; to̍k-tshú; sok-chẽⁿ; sok-liâu.
solstice, summer, hē-chì. winter, tang-chì.
soluble, õi-iêⁿ; õi-siau-iêⁿ.
solve, kói. a riddle, tshai-mĩⁿ.
some, kúi-kâi; kúi-ūa-kâi; sù-kâi; ũ-nâng; ũ-kâi; tsōi-chié; ke-kiám. somebody, ũ-nâng; móng-nâng. sometimes, ũ-sî; ũ-tiâng-sî. somewhat, kúi-siâⁿ; kúi-hun. something, che̍k-kiãⁿ-mue̍h.
somersault, to turn a, pha-sa-lin; pha-lìn-táu; iauh-lìn-táu; iauh bô-kṳn-táu.
son, kiáⁿ; tau-kiáⁿ; ta-pou-kiáⁿ. your, kong-nâng; lẽng-nn̂g. my, siáu-jî-kiáⁿ; siáu-khién; siáu-thûn. eldest, tōa-tau-kiáⁿ. daughter's, gūa-sun. son-in-law, kiáⁿ-sài. emperor's son-in-law, hũ-bé. to receive a son-in-law into one's own family, iáng-láu-sài.
song, khek; kua; si; ko. one, che̍k-tiâu-khek. book, khek-chheh. to sing a, chhiè-khek; chhiàng-khek; chhiè-kua; ngîm-si.
soon, tsá; bô-kú. sooner ripe, soiⁿ-se̍k. sooner than you, soiⁿ-lṳ́; soiⁿ-kùe-lṳ́. sooner...than, see RATHER.
