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 sin kòi;
 * his whole body is covered with sores.


 * i sin piⁿ ŭ kúi kâi lâm ńng kíaⁿ?
 * How many son and daughters has she with her?


 * ŭ sin-hūn;
 * is pregnant.


 * New; just made; the latest.
 * sin-bŭn-cúa;
 * a newspaper.
 * a newspaper.


 * sin nî;
 * the new year.


 * sin lîp kâi huap;
 * a newly established regulation.


 * sin n̂ng;
 * a bridgroombridegroom [sic].


 * sin nîe;
 * a bride.


 * sin īeⁿ;
 * a new style.


 * sin saⁿ;
 * a new tunic.


 * pùaⁿ sin kū;
 * half-worn; neither new nor old.


 * sin chiⁿ;
 * fresh; newly killed or caught for food.


 * sin chun;
 * spring tide.


 * sin bī;
 * the first of the reasonseason [sic]; the early crop.


 * cía sĭ bói lâi sîeⁿ sin cē;
 * this was bought as a foretaste of the early fruits.


 * sin chut mûeh-kĭaⁿ kùi căi;
 * things that are the first of their kind are always dear.


 * sin khŵn;
 * a new fashion.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ îu sin;
 * newly repainted.


 * i sĭ sin lâi kâi;
 * he has recently arrived.


 * sin khí kâi chù;
 * a house lately built.


 * sin khui kâi tī;
 * newly opened ground.


 * sin lâh-jît;
 * new almanacs.


 * sin bí pn̄g;
 * cooked rice of the late crop.


 * sin cúi kîam hṳ̂;
 * newly opened stock of salt fish.


 * sin bêh kâi mīⁿ;
 * flour made from now wheat.


 * sin suaⁿ kâi siam;
 * ginseng that is not fully grown.


 * sin khai-ciang;
 * newly opened stock of goods; a fresh display.


 * To state to a superior; the ninth of the twelve stems.
 * sin-sî;
 * from 3 to 5 o'clock
 * from 3 to 5 o'clock


 * sin bûn khṳ̀ cīeⁿ-si;
 * send a report to his superior in office.


 * sin mêng khṳt úa cai;
 * state it clearly to me.


 * A large sash or girdle with ornamental ends; those who are privileged to wear sashes, the literati, graduates, officials, and gentry.
 * hieⁿ sin;
 * country gentlemen.
 * country gentlemen.


 * jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin khî;
 * order the gentry and officials in every village.


 * sin khim hùe;
 * the gentry.


 * sin sṳ̆;
 * head men; elders.


 * To seek aid from spirits.
 * tâng-sin cĭeⁿ to̤-thui, kîaⁿ hûe lō, lô̤h iû thng;
 * the spirit-medium ascends a ladder of knives, walks over a bed of coals, and plunges into hot oil.
 * the spirit-medium ascends a ladder of knives, walks over a bed of coals, and plunges into hot oil.


 * kng kâi tâng-sin tô̤ kīe tèng khṳ̀ chú tê chú cúi;
 * carry a spirit-medium in a sedan-chair, to get tea and water for offerings.


 * To redress; to vindicate; to clear up a cause; to straighten; worth; value at; equal to.
 * kio i sin wn;
 * redress his wrongs.
 * redress his wrongs.


 * ŭ wn bô̤ sin;
 * have unredressed grievances.


 * chíu siusin [sic] chut lâi;
 * straighten out your arm.


 * nŏ̤ pôiⁿ sin-chíu jîeh khuah?
 * How large are the two wings of the building?


 * sin cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
 * valued in money.


 * chûn câp níe ngṳ̂n sin cò̤ jîeh cōi cíⁿ?
 * What is the value in cash of the ten taels that remain?


 * sin-seⁿ;
 * a teacher.
 * a teacher.


 * thong cheng cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
 * are generally addressed as Teachers.


 * The eighth of the ten stems, which corresponds to metal and the west; sad.
 * sin khó;
 * grievous.
 * grievous.


 * cò̤ kang-ku nâng sĭm sĭ sin khó;
 * working people have a hard time.


 * chut gūa nâng sin-sin khó-khó;
 * travellers fare hardly.


 * To act carefully and seriously.
 * kṳ́n-sín;
 * heedfully.
 * heedfully.


 * tàⁿ ūe kṳ́n-sín;
 * speak with precision.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ kṳ́n-sín;
 * act cautiously.


 * m̄ kṳ́n-sín;
 * incautious.


 * kun-cṳ́ sín tok;
 * the princely man is careful when he is alone.


 * To inquire into judicially; to investigate; to examine, as witnesses.
 * cô̤ tn̂g sìn i liáng-cău kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;
 * sit in court and try the case of the two litigants.
 * sit in court and try the case of the two litigants.


 * i cí-hûe khṳ̀ sìn kuaⁿ-si;
 * he has now gone to testify in a lawsuit.


 * kàu cí tńg íⁿ-keng sìn saⁿ tńg lío;
 * this makes three times that the witnesses have been examined.


 * mùaⁿ-khí-cá àiⁿ tn̂g sìn;
 * the judicial investigation will be begun to-morrow morning.


 * sìn lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;
 * has tried the case but has not get given a verdict.


 * cêk ē ngîam sìn, i kâi cin chêng cū chut lâi;
 * when once closely examined into the real circumstances will be make evident.


 * A mirage.
 * hái tèng kâi sìn-khì;
 * mirages at sea.
 * mirages at sea.


 * kio sìn-lâu hái-chĭ cêk īeⁿ;
 * like a mirage seen at sea; exaggerated reports; wild stories.


 * The sinciput; the calvaria.
 * a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hîah-sìn pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;
 * the sinciput of the babe throbs.
 * the sinciput of the babe throbs.


 * lâu kâi sìn-thô̤;
 * leave a tuft of hair growing over the sinciput.


 * tì téng sìn-thô̤;
 * wore an infant's tufted cap.


 * sìn mn̂g;
 * the fontanel in a babe.


 * A guard house, or post-house; stations placed about a league apart on the high roads.
 * i hīn-khek khĭa tŏ̤ tī kâi sìn?
 * At what post on
 * At what post on