# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sit
### sitsit

* 失sit769372
* To lose; to mislay; to omit; to neglect; to disregard; to fail; to err; to miss; to jeopardize; to leave behind; to slip; to lose favor; failure; a fault.

#### sit-lô̤h mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    lost articles.

#### cía sĭ i kâi kùe-sit;

    this is his fault.

#### sĭ úa sit kak chak;

    it was I who overlooked it through absence of mind.

#### hàm i kâi sit cú lâi jīn;

    tell the one who lost it to come and identify it.

#### sit sìn;

    lose faith in.

#### sit chíu;

    let it slip from his hand.

#### khṳt úa sit chíu khà tīo khṳ̀;

    was dropped and broken by me.

#### sit kha;

    lose foothold.

#### sit lói;

    unnmannerly.

#### sit kèng;

    wanting in respect.

#### sit sî;

    miss the time.

#### bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;

    not the least mistake in it.

#### sit chak;

    neglect to inquire into.

#### sit i kâi thí-mīn;

    lost the esteem of others.

#### sit tîeh i kâi líen;

    lost his reputation.

#### sit sim;

    disheartened.

#### sit hûn;

    lost his wits.

#### sit kok;

    lost his crown.

#### sit tī-hng;

    lose position.

#### sit-sîn;

    abstracted.

#### kiaⁿ kàu sit sîn;

    so frightened that he lost presence of mind.

#### ca-mêⁿ sĭ tī-kò̤ sit húe?

    Where was the fire last night?

#### kìu tîeh cêk kâi sit cúi kâi nâng;

    rescued one who had fallen into the water.

#### i cí-hûe sit sì;

    he has now lost his influence.

#### sit cí-kâi ki-hŭe;

    miss this opportunity.

#### i cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit sṳ̄?

    How did he happen to fail in it?

#### i ca-mêⁿ sit kha lō, tîeh phah;

    he failed to be on his rounds last night, and must be beaten.

#### i ā sĭ sit síu sîaⁿ-tî cū tîeh phōiⁿ cŭe;

    if he fails to guard the city, he must be punished for it.

#### lîu-lî sit só̤;

    to wander homeless.

#### sit thŵn;

    fail of transmission.

#### cí īeⁿ huap í-ⁿkeng sit thŵn;

    this recipe has been lost, not having been handed down.

#### ci cêk tīn ŏi sit nâng a bŏi?

    Is anyone missing from this rank?
* 實sît7694011
* Real; solid; full; compact; true, honest, sincere; fixed, as a price; hard, as a knot; the reality; the results, effects, or fruits; facts; small and hard fruits or seeds; verily, in fact.

#### sît-căi sĭ hó̤;

    is really good.

#### cía sĭ sît chêng kâi;

    these are the actual circumstances.

#### i tàⁿ kàu sît-sît căi-căi;

    he tells the honest truth.

#### láu-sît;

    harmless; innocent; inefficient.

#### láu-sît nâng;

    an amiable and rather incompetent person.

#### khui hue lío ŏi kit sît a bŏi?

    After blossoming does it bear fruit?

#### sît kè;

    the actual price.

#### thó̤ sît cē;

    ask for something nearer the real price.

#### sît sṳ̄;

    an actual event.

#### cin-sît;

    real.

#### hek sît;

    ascertain the facts.

#### chê sît;

    find out the truth.

#### mn̄g khṳ̀ tîeh sît lío;

    have by inquiry found out the real circumstances.

#### kien-sît;

    solid and strong.

#### sît sim;

    sincere.

#### sît sìo;

    the full tale.

#### sît put sie mûaⁿ;

    indeed I do not deceive you.

#### cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ sît-sĭu kâi a sĭ sŭ-sṳ̄ kâi?

    Is this magistrate the real incumbent or is he one who is filling the office temporarily?

#### lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ sît-ūe;

    tell me tho truth about it.

#### sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is the truth about it.

#### ŭ mîaⁿ bô̤ sît; ŭ khî-mîaⁿ, bô̤ khî-sît;

    has a name but no actual existence.

#### teh sît;

    press down solid.

#### sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;

    plain and good; substantial; nothing spurious about it.

#### kiu sît ŭ jîeh tn̂g?

    When shrunken to its natural proportions, how long is it?

#### phâk sît, bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;

    when dried in the sun so as bring it down to its actual substance there will be but very little of it.

#### sêng-sît;

    earnest; honest.

#### thīⁿ sît cū khah tó̤;

    when sewed it will be too short.

#### i kâi ūe bô̤ kù sît;

    what he says has not a word of truth in it.

#### i kâi mô̤ⁿ sît-sît bŏi phòng;

    its fur is close and dense, it is not fluffy.

#### ngŵn sît, bô̤ cia sṳ̄;

    in fact, it is not so.

#### hàm i cĭu sît tàⁿ;

    tell him to speak the truth.

#### cîah sît;

    stores; provisions.
* 翅sît661244
* Wings, or fins.

#### phah sît;

    to flop the wings.

#### phêh sît;

    to flap the wings.

#### thíⁿ khui sît;

    to spread the wings.

#### sît théng m̄ khui;

    he cannot stretch his wings.

#### théng sît tó̤ pue;

    soar with outstretched wings.

#### būe hwt sît;

    unfledged.

#### sît hwt būe côi, pue m̄ hn̆g;

    his wings are not full grown and he cannot fly far.

#### sît pì;

    the wing without the feathers.

#### chah sît pue khṳ̀;

    take wings and fly away.

#### nĭoⁿ-hó̤ⁿ thíam sît;

    add wings to a tiger.

#### tìam tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;

    hid under his wing.

#### àⁿ t̤̆o i sît e;

    hovered under her wings.

#### ŭ cêk khí sĭ sì kâi sît;

    one sort is four-winged.

#### mêng sît;

    dried sharks' fins.

#### hṳ̂ sît sĭ tŏ̤ iah cúi kâi;

    the fins of a fish are for it to swim with.

#### i song-khùai căi tó̤ phah sît;

    he is very comfortable, and is airing his feathers.