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soi

 * The din of an onslaught; to shout as in going into battle; to make a hoarse noise; to neigh.
 * bé tó̤ soi;
 * the horse is neighing.
 * the horse is neighing.


 * hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ soi mih sṳ̄?
 * What are they all yelling for?


 * cheⁿ-soi jîp khṳ̀;
 * rush in with a shout.


 * khṳt nâng soi lío cìaⁿ cáu;
 * the people making a great din, he ran off.


 * The oleander.
 * bâk-soi;
 * a diminutive variety of the, having reddish flowers.
 * a diminutive variety of the, having reddish flowers.


 * á ki bâk-soi lâi chah cé-kang;
 * break off a branch of oleander and put it in the vase.


 * To wash; to bathe; to purify.
 * sói saⁿ-khò;
 * wash clothes.
 * wash clothes.


 * sói-saⁿ-nâng;
 * a washerman.


 * sói mīn, sói chíu;
 * wash the face and hands.


 * sói-êk;
 * to bathe.


 * sói-êk koiⁿ;
 * a bath house.


 * sói pêh-pêh; sói cheng-khih;
 * wash clean.


 * sói kàu lìu-lìu-kût;
 * scrub it till it shines.


 * cē thiaⁿ cū sói hĭⁿ;
 * after hearing it one needs wash his ears.


 * sói tò̤;
 * to clean house.


 * sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;
 * wash the dishes.


 * Small; petty; little; carefully.
 * cía sǹg sĭ soi sṳ̄;
 * this is small business.
 * this is small business.


 * lṳ́ tîeh sòi sim;
 * you must be careful.


 * lṳ́ īa m̄ sòi chak cū m̄ cai;
 * if you do not scrutinize it carefully you will not know.


 * côih sòi kò̤ cē;
 * slice it in smaller pieces.


 * sòi-mûiⁿ;
 * atomic.


 * sĭm sĭ mûiⁿ-sòi;
 * is exceedingly minute.


 * hṳ́ kâi sòi a cí kâi sòi?
 * Which is the smaller this or that?


 * cí kâi ío sòi;
 * this is the smaller.


 * cí kâi sòi kùe hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is smaller than that.


 * cí kâi soi;
 * this is the smallest.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ ceng-sòi căi;
 * he does things very thoroughly.


 * sĭm sĭ ìuⁿ-sòi;
 * it is of very fine texture.


 * côih sòi sĭ cē;
 * cut it up in finer shreds.


 * The youngest.
 * sòi kâi tau-kíaⁿ;
 * the youngest son.
 * the youngest son.


 * sòi kâi cáu-kiaⁿ;
 * the youngest daughter.


 * sòi kâi a-î̂;
 * the youngest of my aunts.


 * ŭ tōa ŭ sòi;
 * there are differences in age.


 * tōa kâi, sòi kâi;
 * the eldest and the youngest.


 * cí kâi hŵn sòi;
 * this one is still very small.


 * ŭ sòi kâi kíaⁿ tŏ̤ sin-piⁿ;
 * she has a young child. 

soiⁿ

 * First; before; formerly; past; to go ahead; to regard as first; to put first; a cause; to begin; firstly; previous; deceased; late; gone before; early; soon; the ancients.
 * soiⁿ ău;
 * before and after.
 * before and after.


 * soiⁿ côiⁿ kâi sṳ̄;
 * what happened before.


 * soiⁿ-sî;
 * previously.


 * i thâu soiⁿ kîaⁿ;
 * he went ahead.


 * úa soiⁿ kàu;
 * I arrived first.


 * úa soiⁿ khṳ̀, i jîen-ău lâi;
 * I went first and he came afterward.


 * soiⁿ tó̤ táng i;
 * there waiting for him beforehand.


 * hàm i soiⁿ kiâⁿ;
 * tell him to go first.


 * soiⁿ kun;
 * the late sovereign.


 * soiⁿ hu;
 * my late husband.


 * soiⁿ hŭ;
 * my deceased father.


 * soiⁿ-thiⁿ cok;
 * has a good constitution.


 * úa cū káⁿ tng soiⁿ;
 * I will venture to be foremost.


 * soiⁿ tiang-sî;
 * formerly.


 * soiⁿ nî;
 * in former years.


 * soiⁿ kúi jît;
 * a few days previous.


 * soiⁿ cai;
 * to know beforehand.


 * soiⁿ kìⁿ cū mêng;
 * the ken of a prophet.


 * būe-lâi-sṳ̄, soiⁿ cai;
 * knew beforehand what would happen.


 * úa soiⁿ-soiⁿ cū līo kàu;
 * I took all that into account long before.


 * tâng soiⁿ lṳ́ sĭ lâi am sĭ?
 * You came a while ago did you not?


 * úa thâu-mīn soiⁿ kîaⁿ, lṳ́ sûi-ău cū hó̤ lâi;
 * I will go on ahead, and you follow on afterward.


 * sĭ i sĭang soiⁿ lâi;
 * it was he who came first of all.


 * soiⁿ-cá tiang-sî;
 * in the first place; in early times; formerly.


 * ceⁿ soiⁿ;
 * strive to be first.


 * soiⁿ-nâng;
 * forefathers, predecessors.


 * soiⁿ tō̤;
 * former generations.


 * tâng soiⁿ tō̤ jŭi lô̤h lâî kâi;
 * handed down from former generations.

soih

 * To steady a thing by putting wedges or props underneath it; to fill an aperture by stuffing something in.
 * chn̂g m̄ ún, tîeh soih;
 * the table does not stand firmly, it must be made stable by putting something under its leg.
 * the table does not stand firmly, it must be made stable by putting something under its leg.


 * cò̤-nî soih lío hŵn-lío ĭe-ló;
 * however much I wedge things underneath it, it still joggles.


 * cía khah tōa, soih m̄ lô̤h;
 * this is too large and I cannot wedge it under the part requiring support.


 * hía khah pô̤h īu soih bô̤ bi;
 * that is too thin and wedging it under will be ineffectual.


 * i hàuⁿ soih a má phāng;
 * he likes to talk through a crevice with old women.


 * cí kâi soih lô̤h khṳ̀ cū kah;
 * this just fits the place that needs to be filled by a prop.


 * ah n̆ng soih îu chia;
 * take a duck's egg to prop an oil mill.


 * cí kâi soih jîp khṳ̀ ngam-sāi ngam-sāi;
 * this is just the right size to fill the crevice.


 * i hṳ́ kâi khueh-hūn sĭ soih tit lô̤h a soih m̄ lô̤h?
 * Can he be used to fill that vacancy?


 * i cē ŭ kâi hûn-phāng cū khṳ̀ soih;
 * if there be the least opening for him, he slips in.


 * kha-tháng lāu, tîeh khîeh mûeh lâi soih;
 * the wash-tub leaks, it must have the crack stopped with something.


 * i kâi hun-tâng sĭ soih tŏ̤ khò-thâu;
 * his pipe is stuck into the top of his trowserstrousers [sic].


 * hṳ́ kò̤ hó̤ soih ke cêk nâng lô̤h khṳ̀ a m̄-ho̤?
 * Can another person