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 * To trust to; to look to for protection.
 * sĭ sì khi-hŭ năngnâng [sic];
 * rely on his protection in imposing upon people.


 * sĭ châi ûi táⁿ;
 * trust in riches for audacity.


 * cṳ̆-sĭ;
 * self-confident.


 * cía m̄-hó̤ sĭ;
 * is not to be relied on.


 * sĭ-tio, sĭ-phwt;
 * impudent and audacious.


 * Following, as an attendant.
 * sĭ-cái;
 * a butler.
 * a butler.


 * hok-sĭ;
 * to wait on; to serve.


 * sĭ-n̂ng;
 * a gentleman in waiting; a Vice-President of a Board.


 * To be; it is so; it is proper, denoting a quality of truth rather than mere existence; right, correct; that which the mind approves.
 * sĭ a m̄ sĭ?
 * Is it so or not?
 * Is it so or not?


 * sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the case; that is all there is to say about it.


 * sĭ; sĭ ā;
 * yea.


 * m̄ sĭ;
 * no; not so.


 * sĭ kâi put lêng á cò̤ m̄ sĭ;
 * what is so cannot be made otherwise by argument.


 * sĭ hó̤ sī khiap cò̤ cē tŏ̤ cí;
 * good or bad, they are all here together.


 * sĭ cin a sĭ ké?
 * Is it real or artificial?


 * khá sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How can it be so?


 * sĭ hóⁿ kâi úa tàⁿ cai;
 * whether so or not, tell me.


 * sĭ sît;
 * in very truth.


 * i lâi pûe put sĭ;
 * he came to correct a mistake.


 * i sĭ tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ saⁿ nî;
 * he was there three years.


 * m̄ cai sĭ nâng a sĭ kúi;
 * do not know whether it was man or demon.


 * i sĭ pēⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * he is sick.


 * i sĭ m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;
 * she has no children.


 * i sĭ lṳ́ kâi tī-tîang?
 * What relation of yours is he?


 * i sĭ lâi jîp ún kâi cĭa kâi;
 * he has been naturalised among us.


 * in ā sĭ ŭ li, cieh lâng-ló̤;
 * if they have any, borrow a little.


 * in sĭ châk;
 * they are thieves.


 * To show; to make known the will of heaven to mankind; to signify; an edict or notice from an official; a manifestation or revelation a prognostic or sign.
 * chut kò̤-sī;
 * issue a proclamation.
 * issue a proclamation.


 * kà-sī;
 * to instruct.


 * kê tŏ̤ sîaⁿ-mn̂g-kha sī cèng;
 * wearing the cangue at the city gate, as a warning to all.


 * cì-sī;
 * to indicate; to intimate; to suggest.


 * ŭ chut sī, a būe ŭ?
 * Has any notice of it yet been issued?


 * Salt condiments.
 * sī-îu;
 * soy.
 * soy.


 * tāu-sī-pô;
 * bean catsup.


 * hiang-sī;
 * spiced catsup.


 * kaⁿ-ná sī;
 * olives stoned and salted.


 * ô̤ sī;
 * dried salt oysters.


 * An oath.
 * hwt sī;
 * take an oath.
 * take an oath.


 * tng thiⁿ mêng sī;
 * I swear it before Heaven.


 * pŭe sī;
 * to break an oath.


 * sī put líang lip;
 * there are no two ways of keeping an oath.


 * suaⁿ mêng hái sī;
 * an oath as unalterable as the bills and seas.

 siⁿ


 * Condition; state.
 * kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * accustomed to; habituated.
 * accustomed to; habituated.


 * m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * unaccustomed to, unfamiliar with.


 * i iang-o̤ kàu kùiⁿ-sìⁿ căi;
 * he is accustomed to indulgence.


 * cò̤ khṳ̀ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ nē;
 * has done it till he is very familiar with the process.


 * A fan; a hand screen; a leaf of a door or shutter.
 * chíu tèng khĭa ki sìⁿ;
 * held a fan in his hand.
 * held a fan in his hand.


 * sìⁿ tō̤;
 * a sheath for a fan.


 * sìⁿ-thūi;
 * a hook for fastening a fan case upon the girdle.


 * pa-cie sìⁿ;
 * a Swatow fan.


 * kìn-sìⁿ;
 * a lamp screen to be held in the hand.


 * hâp sìⁿ;
 * a folding fan.


 * lŵn-mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
 * a fan made from bird's feathers.


 * koi mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ; huang-lô sìⁿ,;
 * [sic] fan to fan the fire with.


 * sìⁿ pèⁿ;
 * the handle.


 * síⁿsìⁿ [sic] kut;
 * the ribs.


 * sìⁿ nêk;
 * the body.


 * sìⁿ ngán;
 * the pivot.


 * sìⁿ khahk; sìⁿ thap;
 * the paper covering a fan.


 * taù ki sìⁿ pèⁿ;
 * put a handle on a fan.


 * sìⁿ thí-khui;
 * open a fan.


 * sìⁿ hâp-bûa;
 * close a fan.


 * kûe sìⁿ;
 * a palm-leaf fan.


 * páng tŏ̤ mn̂g-sìⁿ ău;
 * put it behind the door.


 * chia sìⁿ;
 * the leaves in a chain pump.


 * tuí huang-sìⁿ;
 * pull the punka.


 * khia ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;
 * had a fan and was fanning herself.


 * ūe sìⁿ;
 * to paint fans.

sia


 * Oblique; diagonal; slanting.
 * pàng sia;
 * hold it aslant.
 * hold it aslant.


 * pho̤-lo̤-sia;
 * slanting; bias.


 * ka sia;
 * cut it bias.


 * thóíⁿthóiⁿ [sic]-tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;
 * it appears to topple.


 * i kâi chù sia-loi sia-loi;
 * his house leans as if about to tumble over.


 * pho̤h sia cìaⁿ pho̤h tit lô̤h;
 * cleave diagonally then you can cleave it in two.


 * pàng sia-sì;
 * lay it with one end higher than the other.


 * sia-sia-lô̤h;
 * slope it down.


 * cí tīo lō sia lô̤h kàu khoi-kîⁿ;
 * this road slopes down to the bank of the river.


 * To write; to compose; to make out, as an account.
 * sía jī;
 * to write.
 * to write.


 * sía chó̤ jī;
 * write running hand.


 * sía sît jī;
 * write the square character.


 * sía tw̆n jī;
 * write the seal character.


 * sía lŏi jī;
 * write the scroll character.


 * cin chó̤ lŏi tw̆n lóng-cóng ŏi sía;
 * he can write in all the different styles.


 * i ŏi sía tōa j ī, bŏi sía jī-kíaⁿ;
 * he can write a course but not a fine hand.


 * chin chíu sía kâi;
 * written with his own hand.


 * sía sìn;
 * write a letter.


 * sía m̄ lô̤h;
 * cannot write it.


 * tōa-sía;
 * the head clerk.


 * sía kâi