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 * cāng kun-su;
 * supply rations and pay for the army.


 * lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ put sî cṳ su;
 * keep it for use in an emergency.


 * A clerk or writer in a yamun.
 * kuaⁿ sui-sĭ m̄ àiⁿ cîⁿ, su che hùe īa àiⁿ cîⁿ;
 * although the magistrate does not want money, the clerks and constables do.
 * although the magistrate does not want money, the clerks and constables do.


 * Characters as the delineation of ideas.
 * sì su;
 * the Four Books.
 * the Four Books.


 * poih hun su;
 * the square characters.


 * pùaⁿ hâng su;
 * the running hand.


 * sṳ-hu; su-thìang;
 * in good spirits; well and comfortable.
 * in good spirits; well and comfortable.


 * i m̄ su-hu;
 * he is not very cheerful.


 * i cêk sin íⁿ-keng su-su hu-hu lío;
 * he has already recovered, and is in fine health.


 * Summer's heat; hot weather.
 * hâng lâi sú úang;
 * cold and heat alternate.
 * cold and heat alternate.


 * sieⁿ sú; hiap sú; tòng sú;
 * sun-stroke.


 * sù thiⁿ;
 * hot weather.


 * thiⁿ-sî sú-jîet;
 * the weather is very hot.


 * hâng-sú-cam;
 * a thermometer.


 * nâng seⁿ put kùe sù-câp hâng-sú;
 * human life endures but for a few tens of changing seasons.


 * cí kâi tī-hng lâi pī sú hó̤ câi;
 * this is a good place to go to escape the heat.


 * i cáu khṳ̀ pī sú;
 * he went off to shirk the hard work.


 * sú huang;
 * a summer cold.


 * sú cèng;
 * diseases of summer.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cheng sú-khì;
 * this medicine will purge off the humors produced by heat.


 * i cía sĭ im sú;
 * this comes from heat and dampness.


 * kói sú;
 * allay heat.


 * phek sú;
 * alleviate the heat; diminish the glare.


 * A clue, a hint, a guide.
 * sim sú m̄ uaⁿ;
 * his attention is not fixed.
 * his attention is not fixed.


 * bô̤ hía sim-sú khṳ̀ lí;
 * has no inclination to go and attend to it.


 * bô̤ chêng bô̤ sú; bô̤ sim bô̤ sú;
 * nonplussed; disappointed; no means of effecting the object.


 * A public court; a tribunal.
 * kūiⁿ sú, hú sú;
 * the district and the departmental tribunals.
 * the district and the departmental tribunals.


 * lăi sú;
 * in court.


 * A beetle or beater.
 * hâng mô̤ⁿ sú;
 * a club used by priests in exorcising devils.
 * a club used by priests in exorcising devils.


 * i chíu tèng khîa ki hâng-mô̤ⁿ-sú;
 * he carried in his hand a club used in driving out demons.


 * A shed or lodge in a field.
 * pîet-sú;
 * a detached cottage.
 * a detached cottage.


 * i khí cêk koiⁿ pîet-sú ka-kī khĭa-khí;
 * he built a detached lodge, and lived there by himself.


 * A few; but a few; several.
 * bô̤ sù nî cū kói-pìen;
 * it will alter in a few years.
 * it will alter in a few years.


 * úa lâi kàu sù jît;
 * I arrived but a few days since.


 * sù kâi gûeh côiⁿ, úa cêng lâi kùe cêk chṳ̀;
 * I came once before, a few months ago.


 * kâi gûeh kàu sù câp ngṳ̂n;
 * a few tens of dollars per month.


 * chûn kàu sù kâi;
 * have but a few left.


 * Plain; simple; formerly; usually; as at first; heretofore.
 * phêng-sù;
 * commonly, usually.
 * commonly, usually.


 * i sù-lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the way it has been heretofore.


 * cí kâi nâng sù m siang-sek;
 * have not before been acquainted with this person.


 * i kâi sù sèⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * his natural disposition is such.


 * sù lâi m̄ uaⁿ hūn;
 * has not generally attended to his own business.


 * chēng sù hôk;
 * wear your ordinary apparel; is plainly dressed.


 * sù pù-kùi kîaⁿ pù-kùi;
 * when you are rich act according to your station.


 * pùaⁿ hun pùaⁿ sù kâi chài;
 * half common and half lentenLenten [sic] fare.


 * To reply in one's defense; to state.
 * sù-tîaⁿ;
 * a plea in reply, a counter statement.
 * a plea in reply, a counter statement.


 * i ŭ kò̤, nán li ŭ sù;
 * they have a complaint, we have a defense to make.


 * pĭ kò̤ kâi nâng lâi jîp sù cn̄g;
 * the defendant entered a counter plea.


 * sù wn;
 * to state one's wrongs.


 * sù khó-chêng;
 * state a grievance.


 * sù chut i kâi chêng-cak;
 * state the facts in regard to it.


 * úa kàu-sù̀ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;
 * I will state the case to you.


 * Benignant; excusing others; considerate of; sympathizing; to bear patiently; to pardon.; to excuse.
 * lṳ́ tîeh sù úa cē;
 * you must be patient with me.
 * you must be patient with me.


 * sù cē;
 * excuse me; pardon me.


 * sù cŭe;
 * indulgent toward another's faults; I beg pardon.


 * sù cē, m̄ cai thóiⁿ;
 * excuse me, I did not see you.


 * sù úa cíe pû̂e;
 * excuse my not staying longer with you, (said in excusing one's self from a guest).


 * cía sù cē, khah bô̤ lói;
 * pardon my using but little ceremony about this.


 * khwn sù;
 * not strict; kindly indulgent.


 * cía hŵn-lío hó̤ siang-sù;
 * that however can be passed over.


 * i kâi m̄ siang-sù nâng;
 * she does not overlook people's faults at all.


 * sù cē, m̄ cai thâu;
 * excuse me, I was not paying heed to it.