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suang

 * A species of day-lily; it is said that if a woman carries it she will bear a son.
 * chun suang pĕng mŏng;
 * both parents are in good health.
 * both parents are in good health.


 * suang-cháu, cîah lío, ŏi kói nâng kâi iu-bun;
 * the day-lily when eaten will cause one to forget his sorrows.


 * To proclaim to the people for their observance; to publish; to summon.
 * huâng-tì ŭ cí khṳ̀ suang-tĭo i;
 * the emperor sent to summon him.
 * the emperor sent to summon him.


 * thŵn-suang-thiaⁿ;
 * the room in a yamun from which the orders are promulgated.


 * Clamor.
 * kìm-cí suang-jíang;
 * prohibit all vociferation.
 * prohibit all vociferation.


 * Cheerful; sunny; healthy; delightsome.
 * súang-khùai;
 * light-hearted.
 * light-hearted.


 * cêk sin lêng-ūaⁿ cheng-súang;
 * feel much refreshed.


 * cí īeⁿ mûeh sît căi súang-khán;
 * this is really delicious.


 * sîn-khì cheng súang;
 * in fine spirits.

sue

 * Wearing away, like a garment; diminished; cut off; small; fading, growing old, declining, decaying, unprosperous; to deteriorate; adversity, misfortune.
 * i cí-hûe tó̤ sue;
 * she is now failing in health.
 * she is now failing in health.


 * i kâi ke tó̤ sue-pāi;
 * the family is going to rack and ruin.


 * i hīn-khek sue-mûiⁿ lío;
 * they have not thriven of late.


 * i heng-ŭang, i sue-mûiⁿ;
 * one thrives and the other does not.


 * sue mûeh;
 * a feeble old creature.


 * cò̤ mih sṳ̄ li khûe-sue khûe-sue nē;
 * is very feeble and awkward in all she does.


 * hía sĭ sue tĭo;
 * is a sign of declining powers.


 * saⁿ sue lâk ŭang;
 * the ups and downs of life.


 * nî cē lău le cn̂g kâi sue-thue;
 * in old age one's vigor is all gone.


 * i cē sue cū ŭ kâi sue īeⁿ;
 * being old, she has a faded look.


 * ngŵn-khì sue;
 * natural force abated.


 * ceng-hueh sue;
 * the blood impoverished.


 * i àiⁿ sue lio;
 * it is about to dwindle away.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ mak sue i;
 * do not go and make it look old by soiling it.


 * mûeh sue;
 * handle and thus give it a worn appearance.


 * i kâi sue khẃn, m̄ hó̤ căi;
 * he has a feeble look, and appears ill.


 * i chī tîeh hùaⁿ kâi sue-ke-kíaⁿ;
 * she is rearing up a lot of sons who will be the ruin of the family.


 * cē thiaⁿ cū sue;
 * I grew faint in hearing it.


 * thóiⁿ to̤ sue le;
 * looking at it makes me feel weak.


 * tang hṳ́ hûe cū khi-thâu sue;
 * began from that time to decline.


 * i io sue ka-lô̤ nē;
 * he is far from being debilitated.


 * i ka-lô̤ nē;
 * his vigor is far from diminishing.


 * mak-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;
 * tarnish his reputation.


 * bô̤ kùe sue le;
 * no wonder he is unprosperous.


 * hìeⁿ sue kúi! tùi-tùi i m̄ to;
 * such a luckless scamp as I am, I went there just when he was absent.


 * sue kàu kêk cū pûah tńg heng;
 * when thinksthings [sic] have reached their worst they must begin to improve.


 * To guard the frontiers.
 * sùe tŏ̤ pien-kwn kò̤ kâi piaⁿ;
 * soldiers posted on the frontiers.
 * soldiers posted on the frontiers.


 * sùe-cut sĭ ŭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi khî, khî cē kàu, sin kâi sùe-cut cū lâi thòi, hṳ́ kâi sùe-cut tńg khṳ̀;
 * soldiers guarding the frontiers have a fixed period of service, when their time is up new ones are sent to supersede them, and the old ones return.


 * The rent for houses or land; taxes in kind; duties on goods; to pay duty.
 * cí kâi ēng sùe hìang a míen?
 * Must this pay duty?
 * Must this pay duty?


 * tîeh sùe, ŭ hìang;
 * it must pass through the custom-house, there is duty to be paid on it.


 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ kue sùe ŭ sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́ mē?
 * In taking it through the custom-house, is there any particular usage to be followed?


 * sùe-kẃn;
 * the custom-house.


 * i kâi chù sĭ sùe kâi;
 * his house is a rented one.


 * kâi gûeh sùe jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
 * How much per month does he pay for the rent?


 * chù-sùe;
 * house-rent.


 * sùe-bŭ-si;
 * the Commissioner of Customs.


 * sùe phò;
 * hire a shop.


 * hìang-hẃn kâi sùe-bŭ;
 * the business at the custom-house.


 * Commander-in-chief.
 * ngŵn sùe; cìang sùe;
 * a generalissimo.
 * a generalissimo.


 * hó̤ cò̤ cìang, m̄-hó̤ cò̤ sùe;
 * he will do for a general, but not for a generalissimo.


 * khùa sùe;
 * act as generalissimo.


 * khùa sùe ìn;
 * hold the seal of the commander-in-chief.


 * Years.
 * nî cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ;
 * the end of the year.
 * the end of the year.


 * bw̄n-sùe;
 * the Emperor.


 * choiⁿ-sùeⁿ;
 * the heir-apparent.


 * thài-sùe;
 * the return of the same branch character in the cycle, or twelve siderialsidereal [sic] years.


 * hŭam tîeh thài sùe;
 * meet adverse influences in the cycle of twelve.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng kim-nî hŭam tîeh sùe phùa;
 * that region meets this year with adverse influences from the planet Jupiter (twelve of whose courses make the great year).


 * sùe chṳ̀;
 * the order of the year according to the cyclic characters.