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 for sustaining it.
 * sŭn i kâi sì;
 * follow its drift; go according to the grain.


 * cĭu sì phah sì;
 * meet force with force.


 * i bô̤ mih sì;
 * he is not very influential.


 * i kâi sì sĭ cîah tùi hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * its force trends in that direction.


 * pēⁿ-sì căi-seⁿ?
 * What is the tendency of the disease?


 * thóiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ sì sĭ jû hô̤;
 * see what shape the matter takes.


 * sî sì;
 * fashionable; stylish.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu thóiⁿ sì;
 * you go and see how much force there is to be overcome.


 * sì ngĕ, sì ńng;
 * aggressive force or defensive force.


 * kè-sì lîam căi;
 * the aptitude acquired by practise is very great.


 * huang sì;
 * the force of the wind.


 * A team of four horses.
 * cêk ngân kì chut sì bé lâng tai;
 * when a word is once spoken four horses cannot bring it back.
 * when a word is once spoken four horses cannot bring it back.


 * sì bé thua chia;
 * a four horse chariot.


 * i kâi chù cò̤ sì-bé-thua-chia khí;
 * his house is built with two pairs of rooms in front of the main hall.


 * To decline, to refuse; to take leave of.
 * i khṳ̀ sî i;
 * he has gone to decline his proposal.
 * he has gone to decline his proposal.


 * sî i m̄ khṳ̀;
 * cannot refuse his offer.


 * sî-pîet cèng nâng;
 * take leave of them all.


 * sie sî;
 * take leave of each other.


 * i bô̤ sie bô̤ sî cū khṳ̀;
 * he went off without bidding any one good-by.


 * chui sî;
 * to excuse one's self from doing a thing.


 * sî kîaⁿ thiap;
 * a p. p. c. card.


 * m̄ sî lâu-khó;
 * does not shirk labor.


 * ngē sî i;
 * firmly declined his offer.


 * i íⁿ-keng sî sṳ̄;
 * he has already withdrawn from the affair.


 * sî kuaⁿ;
 * resign office.


 * sî ceh;
 * resign a post.


 * tíen-síu put lêng sî tit ceh;
 * the one in charge cannot lay aside the responsibility of his position.


 * A spoon.
 * cêk ki sî;
 * one spoon.
 * one spoon.


 * thng-sî;
 * a soup spoon.


 * tê-sî;
 * a tea-spoon.


 * cêk kah thng-sî;
 * a set of ten spoons.


 * cúi sî;
 * a spoon used in wetting ink.


 * hue-sî;
 * a trowel.


 * só̤-sî;
 * a key.


 * Time; a season; a period; a Chinese hour; a quarter of a year; an occasion; an opportunity; now; timely; convenient; recent; in season; to time rightly; to take a fit time for; to be; when.
 * while, during;
 * as; then; at that time; sometimes.
 * as; then; at that time; sometimes.


 * cêk jît câp-jī kâi sî-sîn;
 * each day is divided into twelve Chinese hours.


 * cêk kâi sî poih khek;
 * each Chinese hour is divided into eight periods.


 * suî-sî;
 * immediately.


 * ciet-sî;
 * forth- with.


 * cêk-sî cū àiⁿ;
 * want it at once.


 * cîeⁿ-sî;
 * the other time.


 * ĕ sî;
 * next time.


 * cìeⁿ-sî;
 * lately.


 * cí īeⁿ mûeh sî-heng căi;
 * this sort of thing is quite the fashion.


 * cīu-sî;
 * straight-way.


 * thiⁿ sî;
 * the weather.


 * cí hûe sĭm-mih sî-hāu?
 * What time is it now?


 * sî-sî khek-khek bô̤ lî-khui;
 * do not leave it for an instant.


 * i m̄ sek sî-bŭ;
 * he is unacquainted with the world.


 * soiⁿ tiang-sî;
 * formeily.


 * hīn sî;
 * at present.


 * tī tiang-sî?
 * When?


 * hṳ́ sî; pí sî; hṳ́ cêk sî;
 * at that time.


 * sî-sî, sîeⁿ-sî;
 * constantly; always.


 * siap-sî-kang;
 * a little while.


 * ke cêk siap sî;
 * after a while.


 * úa sî kang cū lâi;
 * I came a moment later.


 * bô̤ cêk sî ôiⁿ;
 * have not a moment's leisure.


 * sî sîeⁿ;
 * all the time.


 * hâh sî a m̄ hâh sî;
 * seasonable, or unseasonable.


 * sî-thâu, sî búe, sî tong;
 * the beginning, the end or the middle, of a period.


 * mih sî jît?
 * At what time?


 * hṳ́ kâi sî-coih;
 * at that period.


 * sì sî kâi hue-bâk lóng-cóng cèng ŭ;
 * have all the vegetation of all the four seasons.


 * tng sî; tng khî sî;
 * at the time.


 * i sî put sî lâi i kò̤;
 * he comes to their house off and on at all times.


 * sî-ceng;
 * a clock.


 * sî-pie;
 * a watch.


 * cá sî;
 * aforetime.


 * kó sî;
 * ancient times.


 * ŭ sî ŭ, ŭ sî bô̤;
 * sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not.


 * tàu sî put tíam, tíam sî put tàu;
 * when he is there it is not roll-call, and at roll-call he is not there; when he is there he is not wanted, and when he is wanted he is not there.


 * m̄ tùi sî;
 * untimely.


 * m̄ tit sî;
 * not suited to the occasion.


 * hù sî;
 * in time.


 * tîeh hù sî;
 * must be in time.


 * cṳ́ sî thíu sî, în sî, sut sî, hăi sî;
 * the twelve hours of the day from 11 P.M. to 11 A.M.


 * A family; it once denoted the head of a clan, but now indicates that the person is a woman.
 * sèⁿ sĭ;
 * the clan.
 * the clan.


 * lô̤ sĭ;
 * of the Lo family.


 * huang mn̂g lí sĭ;
 * Mrs. Huang née Li.


 * kai sĭ;
 * the said female.


 * sek sĭ;
 * the Buddhists.


 * tieⁿ sĭ ke-bīe;
 * the ancestral hall of the Tie family.


 * tùi chi mih sĭ?
 * What is his wife's family name?


 * To see; to inspect; to take knowledge of; to behave to; have regard to.
 * sûn-sĭ;
 * to visit.
 * to visit.


 * i kâi mâk kṳ̆n-sĭ;
 * she is short sighted.


 * khin sĭ;
 * to despise.


 * míoⁿ-sĭ;
 * regard with contempt.


 * To reconnoiter; to spy.
 * châk tó̤ kui-sĭ i;
 * thieves are reconnoitering it.
 * thieves are reconnoitering it.


 * tîeh ēng kâi nâng lâi hôk-sĭ;
 * must employ some one to reconnoiter.