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Rh ; si-sip;
 * hereditary.


 * i kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sì-sîp kâi;
 * his office is hereditary.


 * i kâi có-pĕ ŭ kong, sì-sîp ŭ kuaⁿ ciak;
 * his grandfather having done meritorious deeds, had hereditary office and rank bestowed on him.


 * sîp-ìm kâi kuaⁿ īa àiⁿ kháu kùe;
 * those who hold their office through the merit of their ancestors have also to pass the examinations.


 * cía sĭ chau-sîp nâng kâi kū bûn;
 * this is plagiarism.


 * i cong-kú àiⁿ khṳ̀ sîp i;
 * he is always wanting to make a sly attack on them.

sit

 * To lose; to mislay; to omit; to neglect; to disregard; to fail; to err; to miss; to jeopardize; to leave behind; to slip; to lose favor; failure; a fault.
 * sit-lô̤h mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * lost articles.
 * lost articles.


 * cía sĭ i kâi kùe-sit;
 * this is his fault.


 * sĭ úa sit kak chak;
 * it was I who overlooked it through absence of mind.


 * hàm i kâi sit cú lâi jīn;
 * tell the one who lost it to come and identify it.


 * sit sìn;
 * lose faith in.


 * sit chíu;
 * let it slip from his hand.


 * khṳt úa sit chíu khà tīo khṳ̀;
 * was dropped and broken by me.


 * sit kha;
 * lose foothold.


 * sit lói;
 * unnmannerly.


 * sit kèng;
 * wanting in respect.


 * sit sî;
 * miss the time.


 * bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
 * not the least mistake in it.


 * sit chak;
 * neglect to inquire into.


 * sit i kâi thí-mīn;
 * lost the esteem of others.


 * sit tîeh i kâi líen;
 * lost his reputation.


 * sit sim;
 * disheartened.


 * sit hûn;
 * lost his wits.


 * sit kok;
 * lost his crown.


 * sit tī-hng;
 * lose position.


 * sit-sîn;
 * abstracted.


 * kiaⁿ kàu sit sîn;
 * so frightened that he lost presence of mind.


 * ca-mêⁿ sĭ tī-kò̤ sit húe?
 * Where was the fire last night?


 * kìu tîeh cêk kâi sit cúi kâi nâng;
 * rescued one who had fallen into the water.


 * i cí-hûe sit sì;
 * he has now lost his influence.


 * sit cí-kâi ki-hŭe;
 * miss this opportunity.


 * i cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit sṳ̄?
 * How did he happen to fail in it?


 * i ca-mêⁿ sit kha lō, tîeh phah;
 * he failed to be on his rounds last night, and must be beaten.


 * i ā sĭ sit síu sîaⁿ-tî cū tîeh phōiⁿ cŭe;
 * if he fails to guard the city, he must be punished for it.


 * lîu-lî sit só̤;
 * to wander homeless.


 * sit thŵn;
 * fail of transmission.


 * cí īeⁿ huap í-ⁿkeng sit thŵn;
 * this recipe has been lost, not having been handed down.


 * ci cêk tīn ŏi sit nâng a bŏi?
 * Is anyone missing from this rank?


 * Real; solid; full; compact; true, honest, sincere; fixed, as a price; hard, as a knot; the reality; the results, effects, or fruits; facts; small and hard fruits or seeds; verily, in fact.
 * sît-căi sĭ hó̤;
 * is really good.
 * is really good.


 * cía sĭ sît chêng kâi;
 * these are the actual circumstances.


 * i tàⁿ kàu sît-sît căi-căi;
 * he tells the honest truth.


 * láu-sît;
 * harmless; innocent; inefficient.


 * láu-sît nâng;
 * an amiable and rather incompetent person.


 * khui hue lío ŏi kit sît a bŏi?
 * After blossoming does it bear fruit?


 * sît kè;
 * the actual price.


 * thó̤ sît cē;
 * ask for something nearer the real price.


 * sît sṳ̄;
 * an actual event.


 * cin-sît;
 * real.


 * hek sît;
 * ascertain the facts.


 * chê sît;
 * find out the truth.


 * mn̄g khṳ̀ tîeh sît lío;
 * have by inquiry found out the real circumstances.


 * kien-sît;
 * solid and strong.


 * sît sim;
 * sincere.


 * sît sìo;
 * the full tale.


 * sît put sie mûaⁿ;
 * indeed I do not deceive you.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sît-sĭu kâi a sĭ sŭ-sṳ̄ kâi?
 * Is this magistrate the real incumbent or is he one who is filling the office temporarily?


 * lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ sît-ūe;
 * tell me tho truth about it.


 * sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the truth about it.


 * ŭ mîaⁿ bô̤ sît; ŭ khî-mîaⁿ, bô̤ khî-sît;
 * has a name but no actual existence.


 * teh sît;
 * press down solid.


 * sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;
 * plain and good; substantial; nothing spurious about it.


 * kiu sît ŭ jîeh tn̂g?
 * When shrunken to its natural proportions, how long is it?


 * phâk sît, bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;
 * when dried in the sun so as bring it down to its actual substance there will be but very little of it.


 * sêng-sît;
 * earnest; honest.


 * thīⁿ sît cū khah tó̤;
 * when sewed it will be too short.


 * i kâi ūe bô̤ kù sît;
 * what he says has not a word of truth in it.


 * i kâi mô̤ⁿ sît-sît bŏi phòng;
 * its fur is close and dense, it is not fluffy.


 * ngŵn sît, bô̤ cia sṳ̄;
 * in fact, it is not so.


 * hàm i cĭu sît tàⁿ;
 * tell him to speak the truth.


 * cîah sît;
 * stores; provisions.


 * Wings, or fins.
 * phah sît;
 * to flop the wings.
 * to flop the wings.


 * phêh sît;
 * to flap the wings.


 * thíⁿ khui sît;
 * to spread the wings.


 * sît théng m̄ khui;
 * he cannot stretch his wings.


 * théng sît tÓ̤ pue;
 * soar with outstretched wings.


 * būe hwt sît;
 * unfledged.


 * sît hwt būe côi, pue m̄ hn̆g;
 * his wings are not full grown and he cannot fly far.


 * sît pì;
 * the wing without the feathers.


 * chah sît pue khṳ̀;
 * take wings and fly away.


 * nĭoⁿ-hó̤ⁿ thíam sît;
 * add wings to a tiger.


 * tìam tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;
 * hid under his wing.


 * àⁿ t̤̆o i sît e;
 * hovered under her wings.


 * ŭ cêk khí sĭ sì kâi sît;
 * one sort is four-winged.


 * mêng sît;
 * dried sharks' fins.


 * hṳ̂ sît sĭ tŏ̤ iah cúi kâi;
 * the fins of a fish are for it to swim with.


 * i song-khùai căi tó̤ phah sît;
 * he is very comfortable, and is airing his feathers.

siu

 * To adorn; to clean up or renovate; to repair; to mend; to adjust; to regulate; to cultivate; to practise; to study
 * To adorn; to clean up or renovate; to repair; to mend; to adjust; to regulate; to cultivate; to practise; to study