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492 to do with him.
 * i kâi kíaⁿ, tōa kâi cū hàn-sŭn, jī kâi cū put-sìo;
 * of his sons, the eldest is filial, and the next to the eldest is unfilial.


 * Young; juvenile; junior.
 * hŵn-lío sìo nî;
 * he is still very young.
 * he is still very young.


 * sìo nî ke;
 * a young family.


 * sìo nî lău sêng;
 * a young man with the wisdom of age.


 * lău sìo;
 * old and young.


 * sìo îa;
 * the young master.


 * sìo nái;
 * the young mistress.


 * To enumerate; to count; deal out; to find out the number; an account, a bill; a list.
 * sìo thóiⁿ jîeh cōi;
 * count them and see how many there are.
 * count them and see how many there are.


 * sìo tāⁿ;
 * make a mistake in counting.


 * cài sìo ke hûe;
 * count them over again.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ sìo;
 * count again.


 * sǹg-sìo;
 * to reckon; to calculate.


 * sìo phŏ;
 * an account book.


 * sìo-mâk-jī;
 * numerals.


 * kìⁿ sìo; chĭeⁿ sìo; lô̤h sìu;
 * set down in account.


 * pîaⁿ sìo;
 * transfer an account.


 * chau sìo;
 * copy out an account.


 * tùi sìo;
 * compare accounts in order to verify them.


 * hŭe sìo;
 * transfer a bill in payment of a debt.


 * khìam sìo;
 * unsettled balance.


 * thó̤ sìo;
 * dun for the amount of a bill.


 * hâiⁿ sìo;
 * to pay bills.


 * hok sìo;
 * verify an account by again calculating it.


 * bô̤ sìo;
 * there is no account to be reckoned.


 * siu sìo;
 * to collect bills.


 * cheng sìo;
 * to clear off an account.


 * sìo m̄ tîeh i;
 * did not reckon him in.


 * o̤h sìo;
 * difficult to determine.


 * sìo-búe ap cheng;
 * the balance is paid in full.


 * i tó̤ kẃn sìo;
 * he keeps the accounts.


 * lí sìo-bâk;
 * regulate the accounts.


 * sìo pâng;
 * counting room.


 * thien kang tīaⁿ sìo;
 * fixed as fate; exact as the cycle.


 * thien sìo íⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * destiny is fixed.


 * tăi sìo lâng tô̤;
 * destiny cannot be escaped.


 * seⁿ sí ŭ sìo;
 * life and death are as fate determines.


 * The long legged spider.
 * sìo-cîⁿ, si li ŭ si, bŏi kio ti-tu hìeⁿ-seⁿ keⁿ kâi;
 * the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.
 * the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.


 * Like; resembling; likeness.
 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭo a m̄ sĭo;
 * do you think the likeness good?
 * do you think the likeness good?


 * thóiⁿ tîeh sĭo căi;
 * it is very like him.


 * sĭo kàu jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * so much alike one cannot tell them apart.


 * àiⁿ ūe kàu câp hun sĭo tîeh ŭ hó̤-hó̤ kâi kang;
 * if you want an exact likeness drawn you must have an expert workman.


 * úa thóiⁿ tîeh li bô̤ mih sĭo;
 * it does not look much like him.


 * bŏ̤i ā, ŭ kúi sîaⁿ sĭo;
 * yes, it does, it is somewhat like.

sioh

 * To whiz.
 * sioh-sioh-kìe, lí-kẃn sīa;
 * the whizzing of arrows continuously shot.
 * the whizzing of arrows continuously shot.


 * cìaⁿ thiaⁿ-kiⁿ sioh-cē-kìe cìⁿ to kàu lío;
 * just as I heard the whiz, the arrow struck.


 * Colorless; whitish; a faded look.
 * pêh-sioh pêh-sĭoh;
 * pale, colorless.
 * pale, colorless.


 * mīn pêh-sioh, bô̤ hueh sek;
 * face wan and pallid.

sip

 * Damp; to dampen.
 * sip cúi kâi hùe-mueh;
 * goods that have been damaged by water.
 * goods that have been damaged by water.


 * huang sip;
 * rheumatism.


 * sip khi;
 * damp exhalations.


 * sip jîet;
 * damp and hot.


 * hâng sip;
 * cold and damp.


 * thong sin seⁿ sip;
 * his whole body is moist.


 * cí kò̤ thô sĭ sip căi;
 * the soil here is very wet.


 * nĕ sip-sip;
 * exceedingly damp.


 * sip tâm;
 * humidity.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ sip cúi, sip tâm cē;
 * take it and dampen it with water, till it is quite wet.


 * im sip;
 * dampness gathered under cover.


 * cang cúi sip i mài khah kang;
 * dampen it so it will not be too dry.


 * To respire; to breathe.
 * khùi sip;
 * respiration.
 * respiration.


 * mông tîeh i hŵn ŭ khùi-sip;
 * discovered by laying the hand on his chest that he still breathed.


 * i kâi khùi-sip sĭ ŏi cho-tōa;
 * his breathing is labored.


 * nâng cē peh-ceⁿ suaⁿ khùi-sip cū kíu;
 * when peo- ple climb hills their respiration becomes rapid.


 * Frosty; snowy; white.
 * to̤ bûa kàu sip-sip-pêh;
 * scour the knives till they glitter.
 * scour the knives till they glitter.


 * thâu-mô̤ⁿ li sip-sip-pêh, mīn li tong-tong-âng;
 * frosty white hair and a rosy face.


 * i thóiⁿ-kìⁿ ngṳ̂n sip-sip-pêh cū tŏng sim;
 * when he saw the shining silver, his emotions were roused.


 * To irritate; to aggravate.
 * úa thàu lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀ siî [sic]p i;
 * I told you not to go and irritate them.
 * I told you not to go and irritate them.


 * cía sĭ khṳ̀ sîp tîeh hóⁿ-thâu-phang;
 * this is stirring up a hornet.


 * To collect; to gather up; to to clear away; to arrange.
 * siu-sîp;
 * to put in order.
 * to put in order.


 * khieh-sîp;
 * to store up; to gather together.


 * siu-sîp khí;
 * collect and put away.


 * siu-sîp-bûa;
 * gather up.


 * siu-sîp chut mn̂g;
 * put one's things together preparatory to going on a visit.


 * To inherit; hereditary; descending in a family; to steal into; to invade; to make a foray.
 * To inherit; hereditary; descending in a family; to steal into; to invade; to make a foray.