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 * To abridge; to correct and expunge; to edit and settle a text; to reject, as an account.
 * sang tīo cêk cho̤h;
 * to cut out a portion.


 * lēng-ūaⁿ sang kói;
 * to alter and erase.


 * sang tó̤ cē;
 * shorten by erasure.


 * sang-kíam;
 * abridge.


 * sang chûn jîeh cōi?
 * Having expunged a part, how much remains?


 * The increase of any thing; productions; spent; gone.
 * kuang ke tŏng-sáng;
 * the estate is wholly spent.
 * the estate is wholly spent.


 * cía sĭ i kò̤ chut sáng kâi;
 * this is one of the productions of the place where he lives.


 * Thin; lean; poor.
 * ún cí kò̤ kâi thô-tī sáng căi;
 * the soil here is very poor.
 * the soil here is very poor.


 * m̄ pûi m̄ sáng;
 * neither very fertile nor very poor.


 * cîah lâi sáng-sò;
 * has grown very thin.


 * i kâi nâng nĕ sáng-sáng;
 * he is very thin indeed.


 * Rupture of the bowels or hernia; pain from hernia.
 * i tì kâi sàng-khì pēⁿ;
 * he has a stricture.
 * he has a stricture.


 * cúi sàng;
 * hydrocele.


 * To lose; to fail of getting; bereft of; out of mind, forgotten; to destroy.
 * híam-híam sàng seⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * came very near losing his life.
 * came very near losing his life.


 * i kâi lîang-sim sàng cĭn;
 * he has lost all conscience.


 * hûiⁿ thâu, sàng khì;
 * hang the head and look spiritless.


 * kiaⁿ kàu mâng hûn, sàng táⁿ;
 * so scared as to be reft of all wit and courage.


 * To accompany; to wait on; to see a guest out; to send a present; to give.
 * sàng i chut mn̂g;
 * accompany him a little way from the door when he takes his departure.
 * accompany him a little way from the door when he takes his departure.


 * sàng kîaⁿ;
 * to escort politely.


 * sie sàng;
 * exchange of presents.


 * sàng hue-hún;
 * make wedding presents.


 * sù cē, m̄ sàng;
 * excuse me from going out to see you off.


 * sàng lō hùi;
 * make a present to be applied to travelling expenses.


 * sàng lói-mûeh;
 * send gifts appropriate to the occasion.


 * sĭ sàng cúi-lói a sĭ sàng kang-lói?
 * Did the present consist of articles or of money?


 * sŭn huang siang sáng;
 * may you have a fair wind.


 * sàng sŭn huang;
 * accompany one starting on a voyage.


 * cía sĭ sàng nêk khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tiam;
 * this is going with the meat to the chopping block.


 * sàng khṳt lṳ́;
 * make you a present of it.


 * sàng phīⁿ;
 * to blow the nose with the fingers.
 * to blow the nose with the fingers.

sap


 * To cut up in fine particles; the noise of cutting.
 * sap chang cu;
 * prepare onion-tops for the table.
 * prepare onion-tops for the table.


 * i kâi to̤ lō sêk căi;
 * he handles his knife with dexterity, cutting downward rapidly and incessantly.


 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ sap-sap-kìe;
 * heard the sound of slicing something soft and crisp.


 * màiⁿ sap tîeh chíu;
 * do not cut your hand in slicing downward.


 * sue-sap;
 * grown old; an appearance of neglect and poverty in the person; a falling off in personal strength and comeliness.
 * grown old; an appearance of neglect and poverty in the person; a falling off in personal strength and comeliness.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh kâi hêng-sîn sue-sap;
 * appears unusually aged.


 * A contraction of saⁿ-câp, thirty.
 * sap gūa;
 * over thirty.
 * over thirty.


 * sap-it;
 * thirty one.

sau


 * A boat, used as a dwelling place for a family.
 * sau-kong, sau-phûa;
 * an old man and woman of the class that live in boats.
 * an old man and woman of the class that live in boats.


 * sau kíaⁿ;
 * the children of boat people.


 * A tapering leafless branch; a switch.
 * cí ki bô̤ búe-sau;
 * this branch has no long twig at the end.
 * this branch has no long twig at the end.


 * hṳ́ ki kâi búe-sau cū ŵn-chŵn;
 * the end of that branch is perfect.


 * To reject what is bad or useless.
 * hṳ̂-búe kio i sau tó̤ cē;
 * cut off more of the tail of the fish.
 * cut off more of the tail of the fish.


 * hṳ́ thâu khah tn̂g;
 * there is too much of the head remaining on the fish, take off a piece.


 * An expulsion of breath expressive of languor or discomfort.
 * khăm-sàu;
 * a long-drawn audible expiration.
 * a long-drawn audible expiration.


 * i kâi khăm-sàu keh ku-ā koiⁿ chù ŏi thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * his yawns can be heard several houses distant.


 * i kâi khí-îeh hó̤ căi, i tàⁿ khăm-sàu cêk siaⁿ, khí cū ka-lâuh;
 * his tooth-powder is excellent, and he says one has but to give one grunt and the tooth drops out.


 * A cough; to hack, to cough.
 * ka-sàu pēⁿ;
 * a persistent cough.
 * a persistent cough.


 * ka-sàu îeh;
 * cough medicine.


 * kang sàu;
 * a dry cough.


 * thâm sàu;
 * to cough and raise phlegm.


 * chẃn sàu;
 * cough till panting ensues.


 * sáu kàu cīeⁿ kuaⁿ tap m̄ tîeh ĕ khùi;
 * cough as if to break one's self in two.


 * khăm-sàu cò̤ hō̤;
 * give the signal by a slight cough.