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 sèⁿ;
 * become less testy.


 * i hó̤ sim sèⁿ;
 * she is good tempered.


 * màiⁿ jía kàu i kâi sèⁿ phû;
 * do not provoke him to anger.


 * i kâi sèⁿ-thâu m̄-hó̤ căi, sèⁿ cē lâi mih mûeh m̄ kẃn;
 * ho has a very bad temper, and whenever it is roused lie pays no heed to anything.


 * sèⁿ-lí kâi cṳ;
 * mental philosophy, or metaphysics.


 * pek-sèⁿ;
 * impetuous.


 * khǹg-kòi i sèⁿ màiⁿ pek;
 * exhort him not to be hasty.


 * phiah-sèⁿ;
 * prejudiced.


 * ngău-sèⁿ;
 * arrogant.


 * jím sèⁿ;
 * patient.


 * jĭm sèⁿ;
 * acts as he feels; not self-restrained.


 * sai-sèⁿ;
 * selfish.


 * sèⁿ kuai-phiah;
 * cross-grained.


 * The surname of a family or clan; a clan; one of a clan.
 * kùi sèⁿ? kau sèⁿ?
 * What is your clan name?
 * What is your clan name?


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tâng sèⁿ;
 * they both belong to the same clan.


 * mâiⁿ-mîaⁿ, mût sèⁿ;
 * to conceal one's name.


 * i kâi sĭm-mih sèⁿ-sĭ?
 * What is his surname?


 * peh-sèⁿ;
 * the people; the masses.


 * sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?
 * Of what clan?


 * ko̤h sèⁿ;
 * an odd name.


 * pât sèⁿ;
 * another clan.


 * kó sèⁿ;
 * old family names.


 * tōa sèⁿ; tōa jī sèⁿ;
 * a great clan.


 * síe sèⁿ; mûiⁿ sèⁿ; pĭ sèⁿ;
 * an humble name.


 * bói ûi sèⁿ; teh ûi sèⁿ; phah ûi sèⁿ;
 * to bet on the names of the successful candidates.


 * ṳ́n-nêk mîaⁿ-sèⁿ;
 * to conceal one's name.


 * hok sèⁿ;
 * a double surname, a surname with more than one letter in it.


 * cîah sang sèⁿ;
 * belong to two clans.


 * câp sèⁿ;
 * of various clans.


 * cí kâi hieⁿ-lí câp sèⁿ;
 * the residents in this village are of many different surnames.


 * khĭa sèⁿ;
 * the largest clans in a village of mixed clans.


 * cêk sèⁿ chío, cêk sèⁿ phûh;
 * one clan is powerful, and the other is weak.

seh


 * To sprinkle salt.
 * seh îam;
 * to salt.
 * to salt.


 * tîeh seh îam cìaⁿ bŏi ien;
 * must sprinkle salt over it, then it will not spoil.

sek


 * To toss, to pitch, to fling.
 * sek kùe lâi, sek kùe khṳ̀;
 * tossed to and fro.
 * tossed to and fro.


 * màiⁿ khṳt i sek tîeh;
 * do not let it hit you as it flies.


 * úa sek, lṳ́ cih;
 * I will toss it, and you catch it.


 * To unloose, to free, to liberate; to open out the meaning; to relax; to slight or let alone; to leave; to melt or dissipate.
 * i m̄ khéng sek chíu;
 * he would not loose his hold.
 * he would not loose his hold.


 * sek-pàng i;
 * loose him and let him go.


 * sek-kà;
 * the Buddhists.


 * sek-kia-hût;
 * Sakyamuni, the solitary, the monk of the Sakyas, also called Buddha, who died B. C. 643.


 * cía cṳ kâi cù-sek sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?
 * By whom was the commentary on this book written?


 * cí nŏ̤ mîaⁿ, chíaⁿ kuaⁿ-hú tiah-sek;
 * pray the magistrate to remove these two names from among those of the persons who are to be punished.


 * líang ke būe hûa, cò̤ ŭ jîp sek-sŏng?
 * The two parties not having come to a reconciliation, why enter an appeal to relax the prosecution?


 * cí tieⁿ sek-tîaⁿ kang-khó cò̤ căi, líang ke sui-sĭ àiⁿ hûa-sek ūe tàⁿ m̄ tńg;
 * this plea for a cessation of the prosecution is very difficult to make, for although the parties desire a peaceful settlement to be announced, what has been spoken cannot be recalled.


 * cău-hùe kuaⁿ khai-sek i;
 * fortunately the magistrate released him, and did not keep him under arrest.


 * kói-sek;
 * to explain.


 * khṳ̀ khǹg-sek i;
 * go and expostulate with him.


 * To set up.
 * phûe-sek;
 * to set up in life.
 * to set up in life.


 * cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hó̤ phûe-sek kâi;
 * this youth is one whom it is worth while to start in life.


 * tăi-tăi phûe-sek i;
 * did much to give him a start in life.


 * To adorn, to paint, to ornament; to set off; to gloss over; to pretend; to patch up; to brighten; ornaments.
 * i taⁿ tó̤ khui hok-sek phò;
 * ho now keeps a shop in which theatrical costumes are sold.
 * ho now keeps a shop in which theatrical costumes are sold.


 * ūaⁿ cêk sin hok-sek, sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ kheh kâi īeⁿ;
 * changed all his garments, as if he were going out to pay a visit.


 * íam-sek kàu bô̤ nâng cai;
 * kept it under cover, so that no one knew.


 * gūa mīn hún sek kàu hó̤ thóiⁿ căi;
 * the outside is beautifully tinted.


 * cuang-sek;
 * bedizened, tricked out; specious.


 * i kâi tàⁿ ūe nĕ sît-sît, bô̤ cuang bô̤ sek;
 * what he says is perfectly true, nothing is glossed or slurred over.


 * síu-sek;
 * women's head ornaments.


 * síu-sek;
 * to brighten up, to adorn, to make comely by repairing; to paint and whitewash.


 * A sample; an example; a form, fashion, rule, or pattern; to make like a copy.
 * hâh sek;
 * like the sample.
 * like the sample.


 * hâh sim sek;
 * corresponding to the ideal.


 * keh-sek;
 * the model.


 * hŭam keh-sek;
 * go contrary to the pattern.


 * cúa-khò-sek;
 * a copy slip.


 * jī sía lâi ŭ thiap sek;
 * the letters are written so well as to be fit for a copy.


 * bô̤ khẃn bô̤ sek;
 * without style or rule.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ sĭm-mih khẃn-sek kâi?
 * What sort of ones do you want?


 * i cí ău íⁿ-keng sek-ngûi;
 * he is latterly much reduced in circumstances.


 * cêk sek ngṳ̂n;
 * a dime.