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 : a classic poem.
 * si sṳ̂ ko̤ hù;
 * verses, ditties, odes and songs.


 * si íu;
 * a fellow rhymester.


 * kó si;
 * ancient poetry.


 * ngó ngân si, chit ngân si;
 * verses with five or with seven words in a line.


 * pâi-lût si;
 * a canto, a long poem.


 * chit-lût si;
 * a sonnet of eight lines with seven words in a line.


 * chit cô̤h si;
 * a stanza of four lines, with seven words in a line.


 * ngŏ cô̤h si;
 * a stanza of four lines with five words in a line.


 * chì-thiap si;
 * poems given in at the examinations.


 * si kù;
 * four lines of rhyme.


 * i kâi si sit lîam kâi jī;
 * his poem has one false rhyme in it.


 * hó̤ si-hù;
 * a good song.


 * chiam si;
 * an oracular response in verse, obtained by drawing a lot referring to a number on the table of oracular verses in a temple.


 * Spiral or crenulated, as shells.
 * lô̤-si;
 * screwlike; spiral; a cork-screw.
 * screwlike; spiral; a cork-screw.


 * lô̤-si khak;
 * spiral shells.


 * lô̤-si teng;
 * a screw.


 * lô̤-si jẃn;
 * a nut which works upon a screw.


 * lô̤-si m̄ kah, jẃn m̄ lô̤h;
 * the screw does not fit, and will not go in when turned.


 * i kâi teng ēng ŭ lô̤-si a bô̤?
 * Has the lamp a screw at its top?


 * cí kâi cun-chùi ēng ŭ lô̤-si;
 * the top of this flask screws on.


 * lô̤-si khàm;
 * a top that screws on.


 * lô̤-si kùa;
 * a cover that screws on.


 * si-ham;
 * the ribbed scallop.


 * lô̤-si khah siap, jẃn m̄ chut;
 * the screw works with such friction that I cannot screw it out.


 * A corpse.
 * sí-si; sin-si; si-síu; sí hâi;
 * a corpse.
 * a corpse.


 * sin-si tī-tîang khṳ̀ siu i?
 * Who has gone to bring in the bodies?


 * ngĭam si;
 * hold an inquest.


 * si chin khṳ̀ kò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * the relatives of the dead went to complain to the magistrate.


 * ngĭam tîeh kâi si bô̤ sieⁿ;
 * found no wounds on the body at the inquest.


 * î si thû-lūa;
 * remove a corpse to another person's house in order to implicate him in the murder.


 * cieh si hŵn hûn;
 * borrowed another body, his own having been buried, and returned to life.


 * ngŏ lō pun si;
 * to pull a person in pieces by attaching oxen to drag in five different directions.


 * cang i kâi si pàng sîaⁿ gūa hō̤-nīa;
 * put the corpse outside the city wall as a warning to the people.


 * Silk as it comes from the cocoons; silk in general; the fibers of nettle hemp and other plants; silky; fine, flossy; small, minute; to sew with silk; a cord, a line, a fiber, a wire; veins in wood; in decimals, a hundred thousandth, or the hundredth part of a cash; stringed instruments of music.
 * chôiⁿ si;
 * the silk of silkworms.
 * the silk of silkworms.


 * i sĭ hû-si kheh, lâi bói hû-si kâi;
 * he is a silk buyer who has come to buy raw silk.


 * si-mîⁿ;
 * silk wadding, used for linings or in shrouds.


 * pue si eng-tîeh mâk;
 * a gossamer thread floating in the air, got into his eye.


 * côih cò̤ nêk-si;
 * cut it up into shredded meat.


 * thoah chài-thâu si;
 * grate turnips into shreds.


 * thiu si;
 * reel silk from the cocoons.


 * ti-tu si;
 * a spider's web.


 * lî hâu si hut;
 * the very least particle.


 * tâng is;
 * fine copper wire.


 * só̤ chēng sĭ si tîu lîn tn̄g;
 * dresses in silks and satins.


 * si-sùaⁿ;
 * sewing silk.


 * si cháu;
 * silk goods.


 * koi si mīⁿ;
 * chicken stew.


 * ngṳ̂n si;
 * tine silver wire.


 * ngṳ̂n si-mīⁿ;
 * white vermicelli.


 * côih cêk si cêk si;
 * cut it up in fine strips.


 * thì kàu sòi-si sòi-si;
 * pick it into shreds.


 * si hâu bŏi khueh-khìam;
 * does not lack a particle.


 * khang si kùe mêh;
 * stretch a silken thread to test the pulse upon.


 * kă-tîeh seⁿ si;
 * it is stringy when you bite into it.


 * i kâi nūaⁿ seⁿ si;
 * his saliva is ropy.


 * phùi chut lâi, i kâi thâm tèng tòa ŭ hueh-si;
 * when he expectorates, there are flecks of blood in the phlegm.


 * cheⁿ si;
 * raw silk.


 * sêk si;
 * twisted silk.


 * ńng si;
 * slackly twisted silk.


 * ngĕ si;
 * hard twisted silk.


 * i sĭ cîah thîo-si, a sĭ cîah cho-si?
 * Does he use coarse or fine cut tobacco?


 * pêh si hun;
 * pale colored fine cut tobacco.


 * kim si; n̂g si;
 * fine cut yellow tobacco.


 * bé búe si;
 * horsehair used as thread.


 * tùe ŭ tio si tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * a thread is hanging to it.


 * khîeh khṳt chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
 * lot the silk-worms spin silk over it.


 * ti-tu tūi si lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the spider lets himself down by a filament.


 * sap kàu si-si;
 * hash it up fine.


 * thiu lâi khah tōa si;
 * shaved it up into too large strips.


 * seⁿ si;
 * is stringy.


 * thó-si cí;
 * seeds of the dodder, a medicinal plant, used as a tonic.


 * To control, to manage, to preside over; a commissioner, a superintendent, an officer; a court or office; a subdivision of a district, like a township.
 * ang-chak-si;
 * the provincial judge.
 * the provincial judge.


 * îam-ūn-si;
 * the salt commissioner.


 * pù-cèng-si;
 * the commissioner of the revenue.


 * saⁿ si;
 * the three commissioners, (above named).


 * líang si;
 * the minister of justice, and the salt commissioner.


 * phah kuaⁿ-si;
 * engaged in a lawsuit.


 * si-gêk;
 * the jailor.


 * kak pŏ kâi si-ŵn;
 * directors in the various Boards.


 * kong si;
 * a public company, like the old East India Company; a mercantile firm; a managing committee of officers.


 * si mĕng càu sîn;
 * the god of the kitchen.


 * tī-tîang tó̤ si sṳ̄?
 * Who has the direction of the affair?


 * tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?
 * Who acts as superintendent?


 * chì mn̄g i só̤ si hô̤ sṳ̄;
 * inquire what he superintends.