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Rh their own business.
 * tī-hú cheng-cò̤ thài-síu;
 * a district magistrate is so called.


 * péⁿ-síu;
 * to barricade.


 * i kâi sîaⁿ-tî cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit síu?
 * How did they happen to lose the city?


 * síu-kúaⁿ;
 * to remain a widow.


 * uaⁿ-hūn, síu-kí kâi nâng;
 * one who attends to his own affairs.


 * sía-kẃn;
 * take charge of.


 * AAn [sic] expert hand.
 * cúi síu;
 * a waterman.
 * a waterman.


 * kó síu;
 * a drummer.


 * chue síu;
 * a trumpeter.


 * phàu síu;
 * a cannoneer.


 * keng-cìⁿ síu;
 * an archer.


 * khùai cṳ́ síu; suah siu;
 * an executioner.


 * chìn síu;
 * examiner of weights in custom houses.


 * An imperial tour of inspection.
 * taⁿ m̄ pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hûang-tì chut lâi sûn-sìu;
 * we do not now hear of the emperor's going out on tours of inspection.
 * we do not now hear of the emperor's going out on tours of inspection.


 * tang thiⁿ-sî phah-lâh kìe cò̤ síu;
 * the winter hunt is called an imperial tour.


 * Grain in seed, which then bends in an easy graceful way; to flourish, to grow beautiful; adorned, fair, comely; accomplished, cultivated, elegant; first, best.
 * sìu-câi; sìu-châi;
 * cultivated talent, a graduate of the lowest grade, a Bachelor of Arts.
 * cultivated talent, a graduate of the lowest grade, a Bachelor of Arts.


 * jîp sìu-câi;
 * take the degree of B.A.


 * sìu-jŭn;
 * elegant.


 * i kâi jī sĭ bô̤ hìeⁿ sìu tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, sía khṳ̀ ho̤h hó̤;
 * his letters merely lack flowing curves, they are very well written.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ li sìu-sìu nē, khî-sît sĭ khia-pô̤h;
 * appears very graceful but has really no stamina.


 * bâi cheng, ngán sìu;
 * clear cut brows and beautiful eyes.


 * i kâi mâk thóiⁿ tîeh chin-chĭeⁿ sìu, khî-sît sĭ ît, kah phû;
 * his eyes appear fine at first glance, but in reality they are restless and unsteady.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi bâi mâk to ho̤h cheng-sìu, cò̤-nî hìeⁿ ṳ̀-cṳ̀?
 * His eyes and eyebrows indicate intelligence, how is it that he is so stupid?


 * sìu sṳ̄;
 * an accomplished scholar.


 * i sĭ kâi huang mn̂g sìu sṳ̄;
 * he is one who has earned, not bought, his degree.


 * sìu-lĭ;
 * fine looking.


 * sìu khì;
 * delicate lineaments; refined manners.


 * seⁿ lâi sìu-līu sìu-līu;
 * has naturally a very graceful bearing.


 * The sleeve; to put a thing into the sleeve; to draw up the hands into the sleeves.
 * sìu chìu;
 * to sleeve the hands.
 * to sleeve the hands.


 * cí hù sìu kháu chiah lâi cū ngía;
 * this pair of cuffs is beautifully knitted.


 * kâi kâi sìu chíu, phâng kwn, m̄ khéng kìu hŭ;
 * every one sleeved his hands and stood looking on, and would give him no help.


 * To embroider; to adorn with needlework of various colors; embroidery; ornamented; embellished.
 * sìu lêng phâu;
 * a robe with the figure of a dragon embroidered thereon.
 * a robe with the figure of a dragon embroidered thereon.


 * sìu cò̤ ngó chái kâi;
 * embroider it with all the colors of the rainbow.


 * thie-sìu;
 * to embroider.


 * sìu-kîu hue;
 * the Hydrangea.


 * tăⁿ sìu kîu;
 * toss the embroidered ball; choose a husband.


 * sìu chn̂g-kûn;
 * an embroidered valance for a table.


 * A wild animal; a beast; a hairy brute.
 * nâng mīn, sìu sim;
 * a human face with a beast's heart.
 * a human face with a beast's heart.


 * khim sìu; pue khîm, cáu sìu;
 * birds and beasts.


 * méⁿ sìu;
 * savage beasts.


 * ía sìu;
 * wild beasts.


 * kùai-ĭ kâi sìu;
 * queer wild creatures.


 * A constellation.
 * cheⁿ sìu;
 * the stars.
 * the stars.


 * j̄i câp-poih sìu;
 * the twenty-eight zodiacal constellations.


 * To swim; to float.
 * ŏi sîu cúi;
 * can swim.
 * can swim.


 * kà kíaⁿ sîu, màiⁿ kà kíaⁿ peh cĭeⁿ chīu;
 * teach children to swim, but do not teach them to climb trees.


 * ah tó̤ sîu;
 * the ducks are swimming.


 * sie tàu sîu;
 * a swimming match.


 * To give; to communicate; to confer.
 * lâm ńng sĭu-sĭu, put chin;
 * men and women should not touch each other when giving and taking things.
 * men and women should not touch each other when giving and taking things.


 * thŵn-sĭu khṳt i;
 * imparted it to him.


 * tit tîeh i pì-sĭu kâi hng;
 * got possession of the receipts that had been secretly handed down to him.


 * To receive; to acquiesce in; to contain; to inherit; to succeed to; to endure, to bear, and thus becomes a form of the passive; susceptible of, affected by; a charge, a thing to be kept; one of the seven senses of the Buddhists, answering to sensation or mental conception.
 * sĭu cŭe;
 * acknowledge a fault.
 * acknowledge a fault.


 * sĭu hêng;
 * be punished.


 * cí kâi hêng-huap lâng sĭu;
 * this punishment is hard to bear.


 * cía sṳ̄ sĭ sĭu i hù-tho̤h kâi;
 * this busĭuess is something that was entrusted to me by him.


 * sĭu tho̤;
 * to conceive; conception.


 * sĭu khì;
 * to be blamed or scolded.


 * i sĭ sĭu khì căi;
 * he is very much found fault with.


 * i m̄ kaⁿ sĭu;
 * he dare not accept the honor.


 * cía sin-hūn kâi pó-îeh sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;
 * this tonic disagrees with me.


 * cí khí pēⁿ ̄a sĭ sĭu pó cū hó̤ ui, m̄ sĭu pó cū m̄-hó̤ ui;
 * in