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 khṳ̀;
 * he will incite them to mortal strife, till both parties are exterminated.


 * teh sí;
 * crush to death.


 * kek sí;
 * suffocated.


 * sie sí;
 * burned to death.


 * thòi i sí;
 * die in his stead.


 * pûah sí;
 * killed by a fall.


 * káu sí, cêk seⁿ;
 * ten to one he will die.


 * Four; all around; everywhere.
 * sì khùi;
 * the four seasons.
 * the four seasons.


 * sì sî kâi kúe-cí to hó̤ cîah;
 * the fruits of all the seasons are edible.


 * sì-pang;
 * four sided, square or oblong.


 * sì kak;
 * quadrangular.


 * sì cieⁿ, sì thói;
 * the limbs; the whole body.


 * sì mâk bô̤ chin;
 * a stranger among strangers.


 * sì cì;
 * environs.


 * jîh-sì;
 * twenty-four.


 * sì-ciu-ûi;
 * all around.


 * múaⁿ sì-chù;
 * in every direction.


 * sì ûi to sĭ suaⁿ;
 * there are mountains on all sides.


 * sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;
 * no obstacle in any direction.


 * sì mīn;
 * every quarter.


 * sì hái;
 * all the world.


 * sì lâk chù ŭ;
 * it is to be found in ever so many places.


 * sì mn̂g pêⁿ kín;
 * all the gates barricaded.


 * sì lō nĕ tît-tit̂;
 * straight roads in all directions.


 * sì lō thîo-tît;
 * a straight course everyway.


 * saⁿ sì hûe;
 * three or four times.


 * sì ngŏ tńg;
 * four or five times.


 * cò̤ kàu sì pêⁿ poih ún;
 * made plain and safe in all quarters.


 * sì thong poih tâk;
 * opens out in all directions, (as a passage).


 * sì tāi thien ûang;
 * four demon kings whose images are placed at the doors of monasteries.


 * sì-put-sĭang;
 * unlike every body else, a name of the.


 * sì mâk sie tùi;
 * stand and look at each other and do nothing.


 * sì chîo tăi-láu;
 * holding office during the reigns of four emperors.


 * sì thĭo;
 * the letters denoting the time of one's birth.


 * cĭeⁿ sì hú, ĕ sì hú;
 * the officials of the upper and lower portions of the province.


 * An age, a generation; the world; mankind; times; life; seasons; experience of life; hereditary; successively; to enfeoff; during the times of; from age to age; perpetual; in divination refers to diagrams which denote one's self.
 * sì-kang;
 * the world.
 * the world.


 * cêk sì nâng;
 * all my life; one life time.


 * sì tō̤;
 * generations.


 * seqⁿ chut sì;
 * born into the world.


 * kùe sì;
 * to die.


 * kim seⁿ kim sì;
 * the present age.


 * sì cīeⁿ;
 * now-a-days.


 * sì-cīeⁿ nâng; sì-kang nâng;
 * people of the present time.


 * sì-kài hó̤ a m̆-hó̤?
 * How go the times with you?


 * i cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sì-chêng;
 * he does not at all understand the circumstances in the case.


 * phûeh sì-chêng;
 * talking about the condition of things.


 * i kâi nâng sì-chêng căi;
 * he has great knowledge of the world.


 * i kio i sĭ sì hiaⁿ-tĭ, m̄ sĭ sì cek-tîet;
 * he is of the same generation as they, not of a succeeding one.


 * sì kau;
 * friends of many generations.


 * sì-sîp kâi kuaⁿ-ciak;
 * a hereditary office and title.


 * sì ke;
 * an old and honorable family.


 * sîp-sêk sì kù;
 * become acquainted with the world.


 * thŵn kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi sì;
 * has been handed down through many generations.


 * jī sì có;
 * the sou of the founder of the family.


 * Power, authority, influence; pomp, dignity, grandeur; strength, or that wherein it lies; resources; virility; air, exterior, figure, condition, state of.
 * sì-lâk;
 * vigor, prowess, force.
 * vigor, prowess, force.


 * ŭ sì-lâk kâi nâng;
 * a man of influence.


 * ui-sì sît-căi tōa;
 * has really great dignity.


 * khŵn-sì;
 * authority.


 * hó̤ sì-thâu;
 * a good omen.


 * heh-sì;
 * to brow-beat.


 * to s̆i sì lĭ kâi nâng;
 * is one who fawns on the rich.


 * sit sì;
 * to lose influence.


 * lâi-sì sĭm sĭ hiong;
 * has a savage look.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to àiⁿ sái sì;
 * he likes to exercise his authority in every thing.


 * i kâi sì khah tōa, nâng m̄ chap i;
 * he is too authoritative and people will not associate with him.


 * cía sĭ sì só̤ pit-jîen;
 * this is something that I am compelled to insist upon.


 * hêng-sì;
 * aspect, position (said of places or buildings).


 * sêng sì, jīo khṳ̀;
 * improve the occasion and drive them out.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ pí khûn sì;
 * the two are showing off their skill in boxing.


 * kè-sì;
 * the style in which a thing is done; the adaptation of the manner to the circumstances.


 * i kâi kè-sì pí khṳ̀ hó̤;
 * he displayed his skill to good advantage.


 * mŏng lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;
 * brandished (his weapons) without skill.


 * kò̤ cûn, kò̤ lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;
 * rowed the boat in a very awkward way.


 * cò̤ lâi sĭ sì;
 * does it as if he knew how.


 * cúi-sì kàu cí-kò̤ kín căi;
 * the current is very rapid at this point.


 * hùe-sì tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ cŭ;
 * the fire is increasing its fury, and they cannot stop it.


 * kah nâng kah nâng kai chíu sì;
 * each has his own way of doing things.


 * cŏ lâi bè-sì hó̤;
 * he sits well on a horse.


 * kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cìaⁿ kōi cò̤;
 * take advantage of the drift in that direction and yon can do it easily.


 * tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùe khṳ̀;
 * get an impetus by starting at a little distance away, and then jump across.


 * cĭa i ke-cú kâi sì;
 * depends on his master's power.


 * i kâi uá tī-tîang kâi sì?
 * Whose influence does he rely on?


 * i ŭ sì hó̤ khṳt-nâng úa;
 * he has authority on which people may depend for help.


 * tîeh cieh-sì cieh-sì nē;
 * must not place too much confidence in its strength.


 * ŭ sì màiⁿ cĭn sái;
 * do not lay out all your strength.


 * i bŏi sío-lí úa-cĭang tha nâng kâi sì cū tó̤ ui-hong;
 * he is not ashamed to put on an appearance of great dignity, relying wholly on the power of other people