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 of lanterns.
 * sài thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi sîn chîang ngía;
 * see who will make the finest tabernacle for their god.


 * i kâi pêh sài kùe soh;
 * its whiteness rivals the snow.


 * sài kó-ngẃn;
 * see who will make the greatest display of antique curiosities.


 * sài kùe cin kâi;
 * surpasses the actual ones.


 * A son-in-law; a husband.
 * kíaⁿ-sài;
 * son-in-law.
 * son-in-law.


 * jî-sài;
 * husband.


 * tîet-sài;
 * niece's husband.


 * sun sài;
 * a son's daughter's husband.


 * gūa sun sài;
 * a daughter's daughter's husband.


 * mūeⁿ sài;
 * a younger sister's husband.


 * i khṳ̀ cò̤ sin kíaⁿ-sài;
 * he has gone to pay the first visit to his bride's parents.


 * i ong sài cò̤-pû lâi;
 * the old man and his son-in-law came together.


 * i kâi cáu-kíaⁿ àiⁿ lāu pàng kò̤ cie kíaⁿ-sài kâi;
 * they are going to keep their daughter with them and bring a husband for her into their family.


 * tô̤h sài;
 * choose a husband.


 * gūa seng sài;
 * a sister's daughter's husband.


 * To dry in the sun.
 * úa àiⁿ phah kâi sài-péⁿ;
 * I am going to make a platform for drying things in the sun.
 * I am going to make a platform for drying things in the sun.


 * cía tîeh sài kang lío cìaⁿ hó̤ ngói;
 * this must first be dried thoroughly in the sun, and then it may be ground fine.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ jît tèng cē sài cū khauh-khauh;
 * put it in the sun and dry it a little while, and it will warp from dryness.


 * cía sĭ chó̤-lîak sài kùe jît tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, hŵn phâk būe kàu tī;
 * this has been only slightly exposed to the sun, and is not yet dried through.


 * A messenger; a servant sent to inquire.
 * sài-chîn;
 * an envoy, a legate.
 * an envoy, a legate.


 * sài-cía;
 * one who is sent.


 * sîn sài;
 * an angel.


 * kong sài;
 * a delegate.


 * sài-mĕng;
 * an ambassador.


 * pù-cèng-sài;
 * a civil governor of one province.


 * i khṳ̀ chut sài;
 * he has gone as deputy.


 * àng-cak-sài;
 * a provincial judge.


 * piaⁿ-pĭ sài-cía;
 * an Intendant of Circuit.


 * A frontier, a boundary, a limit.
 * sài gūa kâi tī-hng;
 * beyond the borders.
 * beyond the borders.


 * piaⁿ-bé chut khṳ̀ kàu sài gūa;
 * the troops went over the frontier.


 * The persimmon.
 * âng-săi;
 * ripe red persimmons.
 * ripe red persimmons.


 * âng-thang-săi;
 * deep red persimmons.


 * thīm săi;
 * to cover persimmons with hot chaff in order to ripen them.


 * gû thīm săi;
 * yellow persimmons.


 * săi píaⁿ;
 * dried persimmons.


 * săi lih;
 * the persistent calyx.


 * săi píaⁿ lih;
 * the calyx and stems of dried persimmons.


 * săi hut ;
 * the seeds.


 * săi sng;
 * the flour on the surface of dried persimmons.


 * ieh săi-khĭ;
 * guess at the number of carpels in an unopened persimmon.


 * âng-săi-kîe;
 * tomatoes.


 * cháu săi-kíaⁿ;
 * the red fruit of the belladonna plant.


 * siap săi;
 * the astringent persimmon.


 * To offer sacrifices to gods or devils; to set up and worship as a god.
 * sāi sîn cîah sîn, sāi hût cîah hût;
 * those who offer sacrifice to the gods, live on the gods, those who offer sacrifice to Buddha live on
 * those who offer sacrifice to the gods, live on the gods, those who offer sacrifice to Buddha live on

Buddha.
 * sāi có-kong;
 * worship the ancestors.


 * sāi cò̤ cêk kham;
 * set them up in one shrine.


 * Timber; lumber.
 * châ sāi;
 * wood used as material for making things.
 * wood used as material for making things.


 * hó̤ cò̤ sāi;
 * this will do for the stuff to use in the making.


 * to̤ m̄ cĭeⁿ sāi;
 * this will not do to use as the timber for making it.


 * êⁿ sāi;
 * timber for rafters.


 * sam sāi;
 * pine lumber.

sak

 * To shove a boat over the mud.
 * cûn sak bûa khàm-kha;
 * drag and push the boat over the mud-flats up to the bank.
 * drag and push the boat over the mud-flats up to the bank.


 * A louse; a parasitic insect.
 * thâu-sak;
 * lice in the head.
 * lice in the head.


 * sak-bó̤;
 * a large louse.


 * sak hê;
 * small lice.


 * sin tèng kâi sak;
 * body lice.


 * bâk-sak;
 * bed-bugs.


 * pìn tīo sak;
 * comb out the lice.


 * sak-pìn;
 * a fine comb.


 * sak-n̆ng;
 * nits.


 * bâk-sak tìam;
 * a trap for bed-bugs.


 * cí īe îeh ŏi pheh tīo bâk-sak;
 * this preparation will drive away bugs.


 * suah sak;
 * destroy lice.


 * seⁿ sak;
 * breeds lice.


 * To stop or fill up, to close, to obstruct; to spike, as a gun.
 * i kâi phīⁿ sak;
 * his nose is stopped up.
 * his nose is stopped up.


 * jú thiaⁿ jú sak khìo;
 * the more I hear the less I comprehend.


 * sak-cŭ;
 * blocked up.


 * cang cun-thak lâi sak miⁿ;
 * take a stopper and stop it tightly.


 * sak i kâi chùi;
 * stop his mouth.


 * cúi-kau sak khṳ̀;
 * the drain is obstructed.


 * tú-sak;
 * to block up, as an approach.


 * thàng-sak;
 * to stop up, as by passing a plug through a hole.


 * bô̤ hó̤ sak ceh;
 * nothing wherewith to stop the censure.


 * khah s`o͘i, sak m̄ kín;
 * it is too small, it will not fill the orifice.


 * siaⁿ sak khṳ̀;
 * his voice is husky.


 * sak kàu kín-k´ʼn, bŏi làng khùi;
 * stopped up tightly with no crevice for ventilation.


 * hĭⁿ-khang sak cháu-cúa, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;
 * plug up your ears with brown paper, and do not listen to him.