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 bŏi sún;
 * was not injured at all by being dropped.


 * líang pôiⁿ sieⁿ sí jîeh cōi nâng?
 * How many were killed and wounded on each side?


 * ngŏ nâng tăng sieⁿ, ngŏ nâng khin sieⁿ;
 * five were severely wounded, and five were slightly wounded.


 * ui sieⁿ kháu;
 * heal the wounds.


 * sieⁿ-hûn;
 * a scar from a wound.


 * sieⁿ khṳ̀ tùi mīaⁿ;
 * dangerously wounded.


 * sieⁿ khṳ̀ tì mīaⁿ;
 * fatally wounded.


 * sieⁿ tîeh sú;
 * had a sun-stroke.


 * ngīam sieⁿ;
 * officially inspect the injuries.


 * sieⁿ sim;
 * grieved at heart.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tīaⁿ-tîeh tì-kàu sieⁿ chêng sit ngĭ;
 * that will certainly lead to wounded feelings and loss of self-respect.


 * têng sieⁿ têng kám;
 * catching another cold before recovering from the last one.


 * sieⁿ tîeh hûa-khì;
 * lessen the general harmony.


 * To inlay, or overlay; to veneer; to coat or plate; to clamp on; to set as a jewel; to let in; to inchase.
 * sieⁿ kŭa po̤-lî;
 * to inlay with pieces of glass.
 * to inlay with pieces of glass.


 * sieⁿ ngṳ̂n kâi tṳ̂;
 * chopsticks inlaid with silver.


 * sieⁿ ceng, gê tṳ̂;
 * inlaid cops and ivory chopsticks.


 * sieⁿ siak;
 * overlaid with pewter.


 * bō̤ tèng sieⁿ cêk kò̤ gêk;
 * has a jade ornament on her cap.


 * sieⁿ cêk lîap sw̄n;
 * inlay a precious stone.


 * sieⁿ kim;
 * emboss with gold.


 * tìn-tang tèng sieⁿ lîap cu;
 * a pearl was.set in the centre.


 * sieⁿ kò̤ pó̤-cîeh tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói;
 * inlaid with a precious stone.


 * A trader.
 * îam-sieⁿ;
 * a salt-merchant.
 * a salt-merchant.


 * sieⁿ hŏ;
 * the salt-merchants.


 * To reward; to bestow; to confer; a largess; a reward.
 * àiⁿ cang sĭm mûeh síeⁿ i?
 * With what shall he be rewarded?
 * With what shall he be rewarded?


 * tit tîeh síeⁿ;
 * receive a reward.


 * Herrings.
 * síeⁿ hṳ̂ pó;
 * dried salt herrings.
 * dried salt herrings.


 * A figure; an image; a likeness.
 * ūe sìeⁿ;
 * paint portraits.
 * paint portraits.


 * íaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
 * a photograph.


 * sìeⁿ ūe lâi sĭo căi;
 * the portrait is very like the original.


 * cí kâi sìeⁿ cìe lâi cū jîen;
 * this likeness is so taken that it resembles the original very closely.


 * i seⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ-sìeⁿ;
 * he is not a very stylish looking person.


 * cêk pak sìeⁿ;
 * a picture of something on a scroll.


 * ngó-sìeⁿ;
 * images.


 * sîn-sìeⁿ;
 * idols.


 * Physiognomy; the study of physiognomy for the purpose of fortune telling; the art of palmistry; to look into.
 * i ŏi sìeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * he tells fortunes from the face.
 * he tells fortunes from the face.


 * úa sìeⁿ thóiⁿ lṳ́ kâi ngó-hêng hó̤ mē;
 * I will consider your features and see whether they promise good fortune.


 * sìeⁿ huap;
 * rules for telling the fortune from the physiognomy.


 * i sìeⁿ tîeh cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What does be predict from the study of your face?


 * To restore; to indemnify; to pay back; to forfeit; to atone; to retaliate; to make amends; to replace; an indemnity; restitution.
 * lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî pûe-sîeⁿ i?
 * In what way are you going to make restitution to him?
 * In what way are you going to make restitution to him?


 * thâi nâng cū tîeh sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * if one kills a person he must make reparation for the life taken.


 * i chìo kâu thâi sí nâng míen sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * they are so powerful that they may even kill a person and make no compensation for his life.


 * àiⁿ i sîeⁿ hôiⁿ;
 * want him to restore it to me.


 * To taste; to test; to essay.
 * sîeⁿ sin bī;
 * taste the first fruits.
 * taste the first fruits.


 * lṳ́ khîeh khṳ̀ sîeⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;
 * you take it and try it and see whether it is good or not.


 * lṳ́ sîeⁿ tîeh bī-sò căi-seⁿ?
 * What do you think of the taste of it?


 * lṳ́ chì-sîeⁿ cē;
 * you test it by tasting it.


 * cía mûeh ío khî bī, tîeh lâi kio i sîeⁿ cē;
 * this is of a rather strange flavour, you should come and taste a little of it.


 * būe bói soiⁿ sîeⁿ;
 * taste before buying.


 * ceng-sîeⁿ;
 * entailed property, whose proceeds are applied to the worship of ancestors.


 * ceng-sîeⁿ tōa căi;
 * a great amount of entailed property.


 * lûn tîeh ceng-sîeⁿ;
 * property of which the heirs alternately make the customary offerings to ancestors.


 * Constant; frequent; customary.
 * sîesîeⁿ [sic]-sî;
 * constantly.
 * constantly.


 * phêng-sîeⁿ;
 * usual.


 * phêng sîeⁿ nâng;
 * an ordinary person.


 * cìe sîeⁿ;
 * according to the regular routine.


 * cìe sîeⁿ līo-lí;
 * arrange in the usual manner.


 * sîeⁿ-sîeⁿ kì-lĭam lṳ́;
 * constantly remember you.


 * hó̤ cĭam m̄-hó̤ sîeⁿ;
 * it will do temporarily but not permanently.


 * jû sîeⁿ;
 * as usual.


 * hui sîeⁿ;
 * unusual.


 * ĭ sîeⁿ;
 * extraordinary.


 * chong-mêng ĭ sîeⁿ;
 * uncommonly intelligent.


 * cí kâi sĭ sîeⁿ ŭ kâi mûeh;
 * this is a common thing.


 * sîeⁿ kàu cí-kò̤;
 * frequently comes here.


 * To think on; to meditate; to reflect on; to plan; to hope; to anticipate; an idea; a conception.
 * i sĭeⁿ cìeⁿ sĭeⁿ hìeⁿ;
 * he thought of various things.
 * he thought of various things.


 * sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
 * cannot think what it was.


 * sĭeⁿ m̄ kàu;
 * did not think of it.


 * lṳ́