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 real cause of complaint.
 * sím khṳ̀ tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?
 * Upon judicial examination, who was shown to be in the right?


 * A father's younger brother's wife.
 * a-sím bó̤;
 * my aunt.
 * my aunt.


 * a-sím;
 * a respectable middle aged woman; a nurse; a woman of all work; used in addressing a woman of the middle class.


 * Extremely; to the utmost.
 * sĭm hó̤;
 * the best.
 * the best.


 * sĭm tōa;
 * the very largest.


 * sĭm ngía;
 * exceedingly beautiful.


 * sĭm tn̂g;
 * excessively lengthy.


 * khi-hŭ nâng thài sĭm;
 * impose upon people overmuch.


 * sĭm sī ŏi;
 * is remarkably able.


 * cìeⁿ-se hŵn-lío bŏi sĭm, ío cò̤-nî cìaⁿ kìe cò̤ sĭm?
 * Since that is not the utmost limit, why call it excessive?


 * sîm huaⁿ-hí;
 * greatly delighted.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * was much displeased when he heard it.


 * sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
 * What is the matter?


 * i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?
 * What is his name?


 * i khì sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
 * What is she vexed about?


 * i khṳ̀ sĭm-mih tī-hng?
 * To what place has he gone?


 * To put down; to delay; to hesitate.
 * i kâi pit sīm cêk kùa, sĭeⁿ bô̤ lâi;
 * he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.
 * he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.


 * pit buah khí lâi, chŵn mín sīm, li-li lô̤h;
 * having rubbed his pen in the ink, he had no need of delaying at all to use it, but wrote on at once.

sin


 * The body, the trunk, the main part of a thing; the hull; one's self; personal; the presence; one's character or duty.
 * pńg sin;
 * my body; I myself.
 * my body; I myself.


 * i pńg-sin sĭ gūa-chù nâng;
 * he himself is an alien.


 * chiah sin lò thói;
 * stark naked.


 * sin-thói; sin châi;
 * the (human) body.


 * cīeⁿ sin tn̂g, ĕ sin tó̤;
 * the upper half of his body is longer than the lower half.


 * chut sin;
 * to enter on office; the origin or early life of a person.


 * i sĭ chông thâk-cṳ chut sin;
 * he came from literary occupations into office.


 * cong sin kâi kak-kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * What is the outcome of his life?


 * lâu sin;
 * I, an old woman.


 * i ka-kī chut sin lí sṳ̄;
 * he himself takes the lead in the management of affairs.


 * sin kûi;
 * is tall.


 * sin-hàng tōa;
 * is above the average size.


 * i kùe sin khṳ̀ lío;
 * he is dead.


 * i sĭ ŭ sin ke kâi nâng;
 * he is a man of some property.


 * put lêng hun sin;
 * I have no time to leave this and attend to that; can't be in two places at once.


 * phah m̄ khui sin;
 * cannot get away; cannot attend to more than I now have on hand.


 * khí sin; tŏng sin;
 * to start on a journey.


 * kiaⁿ kàu ciu sin kâi nêk tó̤ tùn;
 * so frightened that my flesh quaked all over me.


 * i chin sin khṳ̀;
 * he went himself.


 * bōi sin;
 * sell one's self.


 * sin âu kâi sṳ̄ tho̤h i lí;
 * committed to him the arrangement of her obsequies.


 * màiⁿ khah hó̤ sin hūn;
 * do not love ease too dearly.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tŏ̤ úa sin cīeⁿ;
 * this devolves upon me.


 * hwn sin;
 * to turn over when lying down.


 * hui-tńg sin; ût-tńg sin;
 * to turn around when standing.


 * i-hôk m̄ kah sin;
 * his clothes do not fit him.


 * i kâi sin tèng chēng sĭm-mih hôk-sek?
 * What garments did she wear?


 * tîⁿ kín sin;
 * entangled so that she cannot get away.


 * sin tói saⁿ;
 * underclothing; garments worn next the person.


 * i ciu sin tîeh khṳ̀ sìeⁿ thih-pô̤h;
 * he should go and have his whole body plated with iron.


 * sin tèng chēng thih-kah;
 * he wears armor.


 * cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kut;
 * he is nothing but skin and bone.


 * khṳt hŏ phuah kàu thong sin lok-lok;
 * drenched with rain till there is not a dry thread on my body.


 * màiⁿ gō i kâi cong sin;
 * do not make his whole life miserable.


 * cn̂g sin khṳt thâng cù tīo;
 * the whole of it is riddled by insects.


 * hăm sim o;
 * is black all over.


 * mak kàu sin tâm sin tih;
 * daubed so as to drip with it.


 * chīu sin;
 * the trunk of a tree.


 * cíu-pâng sin;
 * the body of the wine pitcher.


 * peh cĭeⁿ bé sin téng;
 * mount a horse.


 * i kâi sin-ui tōa;
 * it is large in girth.


 * bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ;
 * buy a few clay dolls.


 * jṳ̂ sin;
 * take a sponge bath.


 * sûi kín sin piⁿ;
 * keep close to him.


 * cŏ̤ tŏ̤ úa sin piⁿ;
 * sit close beside me.


 * tùe kín sin;
 * to stick close to one; to adhere tightly to a person.


 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ uaⁿ sin;
 * have no place where I can be comfortable.


 * i hīn-khek tŏ̤ tī kò̤ châng sin?
 * Where does he now conceal himself?


 * i in-ŭi hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tì-kàu sin sí;
 * it was in that way that he came to lose his life.


 * i sĭang ŏi kù sin-hūn;
 * he takes the greatest care of his health.


 * i bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cia sin;
 * he has no means of screening himself.


 * i sin kṳ tău-thâi cò̤ ŭ jw̆n cò̤?
 * Being a prefect, how can he act without regard to rules?


 * sái kàu i bô̤ îong sin cṳ tī;
 * left him no means of getting a living.


 * cûn-sin;
 * the hull of the boat.


 * cng kim sin kâi sîn;
 * gilded idols.


 * cúaⁿ-íaⁿ-sin tàu tāⁿ thâu;
 * the puppet has had the wrong head put on it.


 * tōa chù-sin-téng bŏi lāu;
 * the main roof does not leak.


 * ūe pùaⁿ sin tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * paint a half length portrait only.


 * uē cn̂g sin;
 * draw a full length portrait.


 * phah kàu thong sin tâk-cek o-cheⁿ;
 * beat him till he is bruised black and blue from head to foot.


 * seⁿ kàu cêk