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 * Wanting; deprived.
 * sùe-put-tit;
 * cannot do without it.


 * sùe-put-tit tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is indispensable.


 * sùe-put-tit tîeh lâi khṳ̀;
 * it is indispensable that I go.


 * Weak; feeble, as from long sickness; incapable.
 * thóiⁿ tîeh sûe-sûe nē;
 * he appears very feeble.
 * he appears very feeble.


 * cì cē bô̤, cū cn̂g kâi sûe lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * as soon as the will power fails, the whole force gives way.


 * bô̤ mih châi-chêng kâi nâng, cîⁿ cē bô̤ cū sûe;
 * he is a person of but little intellectual ability, and as soon as his money is gone he will be incapable of action.


 * i khṳ̤t i khó kàu cn̂g kâi sûe-sûe, m̄ ká tin-tăng;
 * she was harassed by him until she was wholly worn out, and could do nothing.


 * tó̤ gūa kháu thóiⁿ tîeh to bú-bú, kàu hṳ́ lâi cē kìⁿ tîeh i bó cū sûe-sûe;
 * when away from home he appears very blustering, but as soon as he is in the presence of his wife he is a perfect milksop.


 * Disappointed; cast down.
 * i sûe-sûe nē tńg khṳ̀;
 * he went back greatly disappointed.
 * he went back greatly disappointed.


 * cò̤ pàng kò̤ sûe-sûe;
 * sat there looking greatly dejected.


 * úa thóiⁿ tîeh i cí-hûe sûe-sûe, kâi sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * I see that he now appears much cast down, what is the reason for it?


 * To mope; to drag along; slow-going.
 * kîaⁿ, m̄ tîeh kîaⁿ méⁿ cē, sûe-sûe nē căi tit kàu?
 * If you are going, why don't you go faster, for at that slow rate of progress how are you ever to get there?
 * If you are going, why don't you go faster, for at that slow rate of progress how are you ever to get there?


 * kîaⁿ khṳ̀ sûe-sûe;
 * moping along.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i sûe-sûe khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ, nā sĭ i bô̤ hiah, cêk jît īa kîaⁿ ho̤h cōi lō;
 * he appears to move along very slowly indeed, but if he does not stop, he will go a long way in a day.

sueh

 * To talk, to speak, to say, to narrate, to set forth, to discourse.
 * kói-sueh;
 * to expound.
 * to expound.


 * sueh cṳ;
 * explain a passage.


 * cí kù cṳ cò̤-nî sueh?
 * How is this sentence explained?


 * úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi siaⁿ-sueh;
 * I hear his voice.


 * tŏ̤ lău-îa mīn-côiⁿ sueh ūe;
 * pray before the gods.


 * sueh-phùa cí kâi tŏ̤-lí;
 * set forth these principles of action.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ thâm thiⁿ sueh tī;
 * the two discourse together about everything in the universe.


 * sueh i cai;
 * tell her about it.


 * i kŭi tó̤ sueh ūe;
 * she is kneeling there praying to the gods.


 * sío sueh;
 * story books.


 * cài sueh;
 * say it over again.


 * i put îong hun-sneh;
 * he will not consent to hear anything further in regard to it.


 * cía sĭ lâi cò̤ sueh kheh, tó̤ în sueh kâi;
 * these are intriguing men who roam about and talk persuasively.


 * A brush; to brush.
 * khí-sueh;
 * a tooth-brush.
 * a tooth-brush.


 * ńng sueh;
 * a clothes-brush.


 * ôi sueh;
 * a shoe-brush.


 * ngĕ sueh;
 * a stiff brush.


 * khîeh ki sueh lâi îu;
 * take a brush and paint it.


 * tèng nŏ̤ ki sueh;
 * make two brushes.


 * pìe ūe sueh;
 * a paste-brush.


 * ngṳ̂n cúa sueh;
 * brushes used in making spirit-money.


 * sueh tīo ko;
 * brush off the mould.

suh

 * To suck in with a noise.
 * suh cap;
 * suck the juice.
 * suck the juice.


 * suh in;
 * to inhale smoke in smoking.


 * To spurt out; to dart forth.
 * màiⁿ khṳt i kâi húe-cìⁿ sûh tîeh;
 * do not get hit by the dart from the fire-wheel.
 * do not get hit by the dart from the fire-wheel.


 * húe-sûh;
 * rockets.


 * pun húe-sûh sûh tîeh;
 * struck by a rocket.


 * cē thn̄g, hía cúi ŏi sûh kàu hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * as soon as you poke it open, the water spurts to a great distance.


 * khṳt i c̄e kek kín hía húe cheⁿ-suh chut lâi;
 * as soon as the ventilation is stopped the flames burst forth.


 * hía hô̤-tṳ-chì ŏi sûh nâng;
 * the quills of the hedgehog may be shot into people.

sui

 * Although; albeit; supposing; even if.
 * sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * although it be thus.
 * although it be thus.


 * sui sĭ ŭ, kùi li;
 * if there be any, it is dear.


 * sui ŭ cí-kâi, m̄ jû hṳ́-kâi;
 * if there be this sort, they are not so good as those.


 * sui m̄ sĭ chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ nā sî chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * even though I did not see it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears.


 * sui bô̤ hó̤ pho-tîn īa tîeh nā kò̤ hiah;
 * although the bedding is poor, we must stay here over night.


 * sui-cek tîeh meⁿ, nā sĭ m̄ hâh huang-lâu, àiⁿ méⁿ put lêng méⁿ;
 * though it is necessary to go quickly, yet if the wind and tide are adverse, we cannot go quickly however much we wish it.


 * A spout; a nozzle.
 * cí kâi cíu-pâng-sui sĭ lāu a m̄ sĭ?
 * The spout of this wine-pitcher leaks does it not?
 * The spout of this wine-pitcher leaks does it not?


 * tê-kẁn-sui;
 * the nose of a tea-pot.


 * sui thak khṳ̀;
 * the spout is stopped up.


 * tô̤h ki sui pèⁿ ío kâi;
 * select one which has a good spout and handle.