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Rh great sale.
 * cí īeⁿ mûeh ío thong sio;
 * this article is more saleable.


 * sio thâm;
 * cuts phlegm.


 * cí sio cêk peh ngṳ̂n cū bói ŭ;
 * it will require only a hundred dollars to buy it.


 * To search a house, as policemen do; to seek for.
 * sio chūe m̄ tîeh;
 * cannot find it anywhere.
 * cannot find it anywhere.


 * hāi úa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ sio, jw̆n sio, sio bô̤;
 * made me search everywhere for it, and no matter how much I searched it, it was not to be found.


 * múaⁿ koiⁿ sio;
 * searched everywhere.


 * sio-thóiⁿ ŭ tŏ̤ tû tói mē;
 * look and see whether it is in the cupboard.


 * sio ŭ a bô̤?
 * Did you find it?


 * thong sin sio;
 * searched his whole person.


 * sio tîeh cêk ki to̤;
 * searched and found a knife upon him.


 * sio i kâi ie-tŏ;
 * searched in his stomacher.


 * phài tī-tîang tó̤ tok sio-kíam;
 * depute some one to search the candidates entering the examinations.


 * sio chut lâi;
 * searched it out.


 * sio ke;
 * search the house.


 * pàng khim-che khṳ̀ sio ke;
 * send a commissioner to search the dwelling.


 * sio-chê cng-mûeh kâi ;
 * a search-warrant, authorizing a search for stolen goods.


 * sio-lîah nâng hŭam;
 * search for and seize a criminal.


 * To finish; to spend; to cancel; to make void; to exhaust.
 * sio ùaⁿ;
 * to decide a case in court.
 * to decide a case in court.


 * cang ùaⁿ cù-sio;
 * take up a case in court and dismiss it.


 * ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ íⁿ-keng sio tīo;
 * the case is already disposed of.


 * sio kim, cîah ngṳ̂n kâi tī-hng;
 * a place where money quickly disappears; a very expensive place to live in.


 * tńg lâi sio che;
 * return and report on the message sent.


 * chṳ́ hṳ̆n lâng sio;
 * such enmity is hard to appease.


 * cêk pit kau-sio;
 * the affair is quite settled.


 * khui sio;
 * render an account of government expenditures.


 * càu sio;
 * a memorial of outlays.


 * Night; in the night; dark.
 * ngŵn-sio-mêⁿ;
 * the night of the full moon of the first month.
 * the night of the full moon of the first month.


 * ĕ ngó lîen sio;
 * through the afternoon and night.


 * phio-thâu ŭ sía lîen sio a bô̤?
 * Does the placard announce that it is to be continued through the night?


 * Niter or similar salts.
 * phok-sio;
 * niter.


 * ēng lîu-n̂g phok-sio cò̤ húe-îeh;
 * sulphur and niter are used in making gunpowder.


 * sai cài sio n̂g sĭ hŭam kìm kâi sṳ̄;
 * to smuggle nitre and sulphur is against the law.


 * mâng-sio;
 * glauber salts.


 * sio-îo;
 * to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.
 * to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.


 * sio-îo cṳ̆-căi;
 * saunter at ease.


 * The empyrean; the highest region of air; heaven.
 * kíu sio;
 * the remotest heavens.
 * the remotest heavens.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh kâi hûn cū pue kàu kíu sio;
 * on hearing it, I was frightened quite out of my wits.


 * lêng-sio-hue;
 * the trumpet flower.


 * sio-tîo;
 * lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.
 * lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cí ău sio-tîo căi;
 * that region is during late years very forlorn.


 * Crazy; mad; wild; insane.
 * sío káu;
 * a mad dog.
 * a mad dog.


 * i sĭ sío kâi; nín màiⁿ thīn i;
 * he is crazy, do not provoke him.


 * i thâk cṳ, thâk kàu sío, thâk cò̤ cṳ-tien;
 * he has become daft by over study, and is a sort of bibliomaniac.


 * i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cò̤ sṳ̄ hŵn-lío sío sîn sío tôk;
 * although he is so large, he still acts without judgment.


 * i kâi sío sîn cêk ē lai, mih nâng i to m̄-ùi, īa bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;
 * whenever his crazy fits come upon him, he is afraid of no one, and pays no regard to decency.


 * i pùaⁿ sío pùaⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * he is half insane.


 * i hŵn-ló̤ kàu sío;
 * she is insane from grief.


 * hŵn-ló̤ lío, sío ā!
 * When you have fretted enough about it, you will be crazy!


 * nín màiⁿ tó̤ sío!
 * Do not act as if you were crazy!


 * i cía sío hŵn-lío sǹg sĭ kun-cṳ́ sío;
 * though he is insane, his is still a mild form of insanity.


 * hṳ́ kâi sío khṳ̀ cū tăng căi;
 * that one's insanity is of a violent type.


 * Petty; small; trifling; uneducated; vile.
 * sío-jîn;
 * rude, boorish.
 * rude, boorish.


 * sío-jîn nâng;
 * a boor.


 * sío sṳ̄;
 * a petty affair; an unimportant matter.


 * sío-khì;
 * small minded.


 * sío-khì-kúi;
 * a petty, spiteful person.


 * sío-khó̤;
 * but a trifle.


 * sío kù;
 * no great matter.


 * Ashamed, abashed, conscious of demerit or unworthiness.
 * hāi úa sío-lí căi;
 * made me much ashamed.
 * made me much ashamed.


 * cn̂g kâi m̄ pat sío-lí;
 * bŏi sío bŏi lí; does not feel in the least ashamed.


 * i ùi sío-lí;
 * he is afraid of bringing disgrace upon himself.


 * sío-lí kàu m̄ káⁿ lâi;
 * so ashamed he dare not come.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh sío-lí sí;
 * was dreadfully ashamed when she saw it.


 * Relationship between parent and child.
 * put sìo kíaⁿ;
 * an unfilial son.
 * an unfilial son.


 * khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ pín put sìo;
 * go before a magistrate and charge with unfilial conduct.


 * i kâi a-pĕ íⁿ-keng pín kùe put sìo kâi, ṳ̆ i bô̤ kang;
 * his father has already legally disowned him, and has nothing