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 * To succeed to; to take over; to undertake; to receive and hold.
 * sĭ kio i sêng pûe kâi;
 * is what ho has taken off her hands; has superseded him in the possession or occupancy of it.


 * cí kâi sĭ kio nâng sêng kâi;
 * this is something taken over from another.


 * cía sêng-sĭu m̄ khí;
 * I am not adequate to this.


 * hŏng-sêng;
 * adulation; flattery.


 * sêng-ciap i kâi ĕ chíu;
 * take hold when he lets go.


 * sêng tng m̄ tit;
 * cannot bear up under so much; cannot answer for it.


 * i tó̤ tng sêng-hwt-pâng cóng-su;
 * he is the officer in the Board who receives and forwards dispatches.


 * sêng cīeⁿ kâi mĕng;
 * to receive orders from a superior in office.


 * cang i a-tĭ kâi kíaⁿ lâi sêng i kâi hieⁿ-teng;
 * adopted his younger brother's son, as a successor who should in his stead worship the manes.


 * To aid, to second; a deputy, a coadjutor, an assistant.
 * sêng-sìeⁿ;
 * a prime minister (an ancient term).
 * a prime minister (an ancient term).


 * kūiⁿ-sêng;
 * a district magistrate's deputy.


 * jī ke sĭ sêng;
 * they are coadjutors each to the other.


 * îah-sêng;
 * a road-master superintending a station on a post-road.


 * In arithmetic, to multiply.
 * sǹg-sìo put kùe sĭ ēng kui in sêng tṳ̂ kâi huap;
 * calculation is merely the use of the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.
 * calculation is merely the use of the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.


 * To bring to pass.
 * sêng cĭu;
 * accomplished.
 * accomplished.


 * cò̤ tit sêng;
 * can compass it.


 * cò̤ m̄ sêng;
 * could not bring it about.


 * cò̤ sêng a būe?
 * Is it yet completed?


 * m̄ sêng khi̤;
 * not fitted for the position.


 * sêng jîn khì;
 * fitted for actual life.


 * tì sêng pēⁿ;
 * to become sick.


 * cò̤ sêng lío;
 * already effected.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤ tit sêng;
 * see whether this can be effected.


 * sêng teng;
 * an adult.


 * būe sêng teng;
 * a minor.


 * i kâi chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ sêng lío;
 * his marriage is already consummated.


 * tô̤h jît sêng chin;
 * choose the day for the wedding.


 * m̄ sen̂g phìen tn̄g;
 * not amounting to a wholesale packet.


 * kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu;
 * honors attained and fame secured.


 * lău-sêng căi;
 * trustworthy.


 * The pine tree.
 * sêng-peh;
 * pine.
 * pine.


 * sêng-hieⁿ;
 * resin, pitch.


 * sêng thùaⁿ;
 * charcoal made from pine.


 * sêng-peh lûi;
 * pine cones.


 * sêng-peh chiu;
 * pine needles.


 * lô̤-hàng-sêng;
 * the yew.


 * To seize the opportunity; to take advantage of; to avail one's self of; in arithmetic, to multiply.
 * sĕng ŭ khang-khiah cū jîp khṳ̀;
 * get in through a crack.
 * get in through a crack.


 * sĕng ki-hŭe;
 * seize the chance.


 * sĕng i bô̤ ṳ̆-pĭ;
 * catch him unprepared.


 * sĕng huang, pàng húe;
 * when the wind is right, set it on fire.


 * sĕng cí kâi sì ío kōi cò̤;
 * take advantage of the drift in that direction, and it will be more easily done.


 * kui in sĕng tṳ̂ kâi sǹg huap;
 * the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.


 * sĕng ki cak-lw̆n;
 * take the opportunity to revolt.


 * sĕng pĭen kìa lâi;
 * send it when there is a convenient opportunity.


 * Plenteous; abundant; flourishing; exuberant; in perfect conditio.
 * jú buah jú sĕng;
 * the more I annoint it, the more it spreads.
 * the more I annoint it, the more it spreads.


 * mŏng-sĕng;
 * luxuriant; affluent; thrifty.


 * sĕng sue;
 * to thrive or to decline; growing vigorous, or failing in health.


 * cí hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ sĕng kâi sî-hāu;
 * this is a prosperous time with it.


 * thô̤ hue sĕng khui kâi sî-hāu;
 * when the peaches are in bloom.


 * i kâi húe tó̤ sĕng;
 * the fever is increasing.


 * húe tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ kùe;
 * the fire is burning more hotly, and cannot be extinguished.


 * châk-sì sĕng;
 * the rebels gather strength.


 * cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g sĕng ì;
 * this is his idea about it.

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 * The west.
 * tong-si;
 * east and west; all between the east and west; anything; frequently used as a term of reproach.
 * east and west; all between the east and west; anything; frequently used as a term of reproach.


 * hṳ́ khí nâng m̄ sĭ tong-si;
 * such people are of no account; they are of no use in the world; they are nobody.


 * hía, àu tong-si;
 * they are worthless trash.


 * kâi sĭ sĭm-mih tong-si?
 * What sort of thing is it?


 * Poetry; verse; odes; hymns.
 * cò̤ si;
 * compose verses.
 * compose verses.


 * cêk siu si;
 * one stanza.


 * sŏng si; ngîm si;
 * to sing or chant hj'mns.


 * si kó̤; si chó̤;
 * the rough draft of a poem.


 * si tôi;
 * the title or prelude of a poem.


 * sì kù si;
 * verses of four lines.


 * si nêk;
 * the ode itself.


 * si bûn kŭ hó̤;
 * the odes are excellent.


 * cêk tîo si;
 * a poem or hymn.


 * tôi si;
 * improvise a stanza.


 * hŏ̤ si;
 * match rhymes.


 * úa cò̤ tîo si lṳ́ hŏ̤;
 * I will compose an ode, and you compose another having the same rhymes throughout.


 * khîeh pńg si ūn lâi chê;
 * get a book of standard rhymes and see whether this is a correct rhyme.


 * si-ong;
 * a poet.


 * si kiaⁿ;