# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siu
### siusiu

* 修siu81198
* To adorn; to clean up or renovate; to repair; to mend; to adjust; to regulate; to cultivate; to practise; to study ​how to do; to chasten; to examine and school.

#### siu-cíaⁿ;

    to repair; to fit up.

#### siu-sip;

    to set in order.

#### siu-sîp pīn-pīn;

    all is in readiness.

#### siu-lí;

    to fit up; to regulate.

#### siu-sek;

    to beautify.

#### siu-pó;

    to mend up.

#### siu sĭen;

    practise virtue.

#### siu kong;

    to do good, to do meritorious deeds.

#### siu hĕng;

    practise ascetic austerities.

#### siu cêk huang cṳ;

    to elaborately prepare a letter.

#### cí kâi nâng siu sim căi;

    this person has a well ordered mind.

#### sok siu; siu kim;

    teacher's wages.

#### sok siu ngṳ̂n cêng sàng a būe?

    Has his schooling been paid for yet?
* 收siu754662
* To receive, as when one goes to get a thing or when it is one's due; to gather, to harvest; to insnare, to involve; to bind, to restrain; to conclude, to
bring to an end; to remove; to close or wind up, as business; annoyed or moved by, in which sense it sometimes merely gives the passive form to another verb.

#### pûaⁿ úaⁿ siu tīo;

    clear off the table.

#### siu khí;

    gather up and put away.

#### siu jîp lâi;

    gather in.

#### siu ngṳ̂n, sîu cîⁿ;

    collect money from debtors; take in coin.

#### sìn-mīn tèng sĭ sía móng nâng siu thiah;

    the direction on the letter was that a certain person should receive and open it.

#### siu cûn-kui;

    collect the boat-fares.

#### siu-hó̤k nâng sim;

    win people's hearts.

#### cêng siu-kuah a būe?

    Is your harvest gathered yet?

#### siu khang-khùe;

    take in work.

#### siu cheng-chó̤ lío;

    have received the amount in full.

#### siu tit khí a siu m̄ khí?

    Can you collect what is due, or not?

#### siu-sîp;

    make ready, by getting things together; to set to rights.

#### táng lâi siu-sîp i;

    will give him a whipping presently.

#### úa lâi siu-sîp lṳ́!

    I'll pay you off for that!

#### ŭ siu sêng a bô̤?

    Has he received that portion of the crop which is his rent for the land?

#### siu piaⁿ hûe îaⁿ;

    recall the troops into the camp.

#### siu-khǹg;

    collect and put away.

#### siu-bói kó-tóng;

    make collections of curiosities.

#### siu m̄ bûa;

    cannot get them together.

#### siu bûa;

    collect together.

#### hó̤ lai, hàm i lâi siu saⁿ;

    it is about to rain, tell her to bring in the clothes.

#### khṳ̀ kàu, i m̄ siu;

    on carrying it to him, he declined to accept it.

#### siu cêk īeⁿ cò̤ ì-sù tīaⁿ;

    accept one out of the various things presented, as a token of good will merely.

#### siu tūi;

    collect in companies.

#### thiaⁿ-kìⁿ siu khim;

    heard the call to retreat.

#### siu cêk kâi ngĭ kíaⁿ;

    take a son by adoption.

#### siu kâi chiah-kha;

    take a concubine.

#### siu cò̤ cêk ē;

    gather up.

#### siu lô̤h cûn;

    take and put into the boat.
* 梳siu775757
* A coarse comb, with one row of teeth; to comb.

#### khîeh siu lâi siu thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

    get a comb and comb your hair.

#### àiⁿ lûah tîeh ēng siu-kíaⁿ;

    for smoothing the hair you must use a small comb.

#### siu khí;

    the teeth of a comb.

#### siu pù;

    the back of the comb.

#### siu thâu âp;

    a dressing case.

#### siu cuang, tá pàng;

    make the toilet.
* 羞siu8101235
* Savory food; to feel ashamed; to blush; bashful.

#### i sim lăi siu-khŭi;

    he is ashamed of it.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh ham siu ham-siu nē;

    on hearing it, she tamed very red.

#### ham-siu jím jôk;

    blushed at the insult.

#### só̤ cîah sĭ tien-siu peh-bī;

    lives on delicate viands.
* 受siu756296
* To accept; to receive.

#### m̄ káⁿ siu;

    would not be so presumptuous as to accept it.

#### siu ke cêk tùi;

    do accept a couple more.

#### khṳ̀ kàu i chŵn siu;

    on arriving, he accepted the whole.

#### cò̤ cē siu;

    accepted all of them.
* 首síu7561850
* The head; a chief, a leader; the heads of a subject; foremost; the beginning, the origin; to manifest; to display; sorts, kinds; a classifier of stanzas.

#### i cò̤ cêk síu sĭ;

    he composed a poem.

#### phoi-síu; páng-síu; ùaⁿ-síu;

    the first on the list of those who have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts at an examination.

#### tŭn síu pài;

    bow the head in respect.

#### síu búe siang kù;

    look after both ends; we must consider its whole course.

#### i khṳ̀ kuaⁿ tèng chut síu;

    he went and turned state's evidence.

#### síu kūiⁿ;

    the leading district.

#### hun-pîet síu cŏng;

    discriminate between leaders and followers.

#### ûi síu;

    act as leader.

#### tī-tîang cò̤ hŭe síu?

    Who is the leader of the band?
* 帚síu49505
* A broom; a besom of twigs.

#### sàu-síu pèⁿ;

    a broom-handle.

#### sàu-síu thâu;

    the brush of a broom.

#### khîeh ki sàu-síu khṳ̀ sàu;

    take a broom and go and sweep.

#### tōa thih sàu-síu;

    a large iron broom, a bad omen for a woman.
* 守síu755403
* To keep, to hold in order to guard, to have in custody; to keep vigils; to supervise; to maintain; to go on a round of inspection; a charge.

#### síu kàu kín-kín;

    keep very close watch over.

#### i tŏ̤ ke tèng síu hà;

    he is at home in mourning for a parent.

#### i àiⁿ nā kò̤ⁿ síu-cak;

    she wishes to stay in her husband's family, and remain his widow.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ síu-pĭ;

    he is acting as major.

#### nâng tîeh síu pńg-hūn;

    people should mind ​their own business.

#### tī-hú cheng-cò̤ thài-síu;

    a district magistrate is so called.

#### péⁿ-síu;

    to barricade.

#### i kâi sîaⁿ-tî cò̤-nî tì-kàu sit síu?

    How did they happen to lose the city?

#### síu-kúaⁿ;

    to remain a widow.

#### uaⁿ-hūn, síu-kí kâi nâng;

    one who attends to his own affairs.

#### síu-kẃn;

    take charge of.
* 手síu754640
* A expert hand.

#### cúi síu;

    a waterman.

#### kó síu;

    a drummer.

#### chue síu;

    a trumpeter.

#### phàu síu;

    a cannoneer.

#### keng-cìⁿ síu;

    an archer.

#### khùai cṳ́ síu; suah siu;

    an executioner.

#### chìn síu;

    examiner of weights in custom houses.
* 狩sìu756946
* An imperial tour of inspection.

#### taⁿ m̄ pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hûang-tì chut lâi sûn-sìu;

    we do not now hear of the emperor's going out on tours of inspection.

#### tang thiⁿ-sî phah-lâh kìe cò̤ síu;

    the winter hunt is called an imperial tour.
* 秀sìu8111152
* Grain in seed, which then bends in an easy graceful way; to flourish, to grow beautiful; adorned, fair, comely; accomplished, cultivated, elegant; first, best.

#### sìu-câi; sìu-châi;

    cultivated talent, a graduate of the lowest grade, a Bachelor of Arts.

#### jîp sìu-câi;

    take the degree of B.A.

#### sìu-jŭn;

    elegant.

#### i kâi jī sĭ bô̤ hìeⁿ sìu tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, sía khṳ̀ ho̤h hó̤;

    his letters merely lack flowing curves, they are very well written.

#### thóiⁿ-kìⁿ li sìu-sìu nē, khî-sît sĭ khia-pô̤h;

    appears very graceful but has really no stamina.

#### bâi cheng, ngán sìu;

    clear cut brows and beautiful eyes.

#### i kâi mâk thóiⁿ tîeh chin-chĭeⁿ sìu, khî-sît sĭ ît, kah phû;

    his eyes appear fine at first glance, but in reality they are restless and unsteady.

#### thóiⁿ i kâi bâi mâk to ho̤h cheng-sìu, cò̤-nî hìeⁿ ṳ̀-cṳ̀?

    His eyes and eyebrows indicate intelligence, how is it that he is so stupid?

#### sìu sṳ̄;

    an accomplished scholar.

#### i sĭ kâi huang mn̂g sìu sṳ̄;

    he is one who has earned, not bought, his degree.

#### sìu-lĭ;

    fine looking.

#### sìu khì;

    delicate lineaments; refined manners.

#### seⁿ lâi sìu-līu sìu-līu;

    has naturally a very graceful bearing.
* 袖sìu8121455
* The sleeve; to put a thing into the sleeve; to draw up the hands into the sleeves.

#### sìu chìu;

    to sleeve the hands.

#### cí hù sìu kháu chiah lâi cū ngía;

    this pair of cuffs is beautifully knitted.

#### kâi kâi sìu chíu, phâng kwn, m̄ khéng kìu hŭ;

    every one sleeved his hands and stood looking on, and would give him no help.
* 繡sìu81112012
* To embroider; to adorn with needlework of various colors; embroidery; ornamented; embellished.

#### sìu lêng phâu;

    a robe with the figure of a dragon embroidered thereon.

#### sìu cò̤ ngó chái kâi;

    embroider it with all the colors of the rainbow.

#### thie-sìu;

    to embroider.

#### sìu-kîu hue;

    the Hydrangea.

#### tăⁿ sìu kîu;

    toss the embroidered ball; choose a husband.

#### sìu chn̂g-kûn;

    an embroidered valance for a table.
* 獸sìu7569415
* A wild animal; a beast; a hairy brute.

#### nâng mīn, sìu sim;

    a human face with a beast's heart.

#### khim sìu; pue khîm, cáu sìu;

    birds and beasts.

#### méⁿ sìu;

    savage beasts.

#### ía sìu;

    wild beasts.

#### kùai-ĭ kâi sìu;

    queer wild creatures.
* 宿sìu823408
* A constellation.

#### cheⁿ sìu;

    the stars.

#### jī câp-poih sìu;

    the twenty-eight zodiacal constellations.
* 泅sîu811855
* To swim; to float.

#### ŏi sîu cúi;

    can swim.

#### kà kíaⁿ sîu, màiⁿ kà kíaⁿ peh cĭeⁿ chīu;

    teach children to swim, but do not teach them to climb trees.

#### ah tó̤ sîu;

    the ducks are swimming.

#### sie tàu sîu;

    a swimming match.
* 授sĭu757648
* To give; to communicate; to confer.

#### lâm ńng sĭu-sĭu, put chin;

    men and women should not touch each other when giving and taking things.

#### thŵn-sĭu khṳt i;

    imparted it to him.

#### tit tîeh i pì-sĭu kâi hng;

    got possession of the receipts that had been secretly handed down to him.
* 受sĭu756296
* To receive; to acquiesce in; to contain; to inherit; to succeed to; to endure, to bear, and thus becomes a form of the passive; susceptible of, affected by; a charge, a thing to be kept; one of the seven senses of the Buddhists, answering to sensation or mental conception.

#### sĭu cŭe;

    acknowledge a fault.

#### sĭu hêng;

    be punished.

#### cí kâi hêng-huap lâng sĭu;

    this punishment is hard to bear.

#### cía sṳ̄ sĭ sĭu i hù-tho̤h kâi;

    this busĭuess is something that was entrusted to me by him.

#### sĭu tho̤;

    to conceive; conception.

#### sĭu khì;

    to be blamed or scolded.

#### i sĭ sĭu khì căi;

    he is very much found fault with.

#### i m̄ kaⁿ sĭu;

    he dare not accept the honor.

#### cía sin-hūn kâi pó-îeh sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;

    this tonic disagrees with me.

#### cí khí pēⁿ ā sĭ sĭu pó cū hó̤ ui, m̄ sĭu pó cū m̄-hó̤ ui;

    in ​this disease, if the system will bear strengthening remedies, a cure may be affected, but if not, then it is incurable.

#### úa thóiⁿ li sĭu tit pó;

    I think that the remedies may be borne.

#### bói-sĭu i kâi châng;

    bought his field.

#### khak-khó sĭu;

    patiently endure.

#### cía khùi lâng sĭu;

    this blame is not to be borne.

#### sĭu i kâi khùi m̄ khṳ̀;

    cannot endure his fault-finding.

#### hàm i màiⁿ thó̤ khùi khṳt nâng sĭu;

    tell her not to bring blame upon other people.

#### khṳ̀ tàⁿ tîeh m̄ sĭu chêng;

    went and talked it over without effect.

#### i m̄ sĭu kà;

    he is not teachable.

#### úa sĭ kio i sêng sĭu kâi;

    I took it off his hands.

#### i tó̤ sĭu ki sĭu hâng;

    he is suffering from hunger and cold.

#### lṳ́ ā sĭ màiⁿ, úa kio lṳ́ sĭu;

    if you do not want it, I will take it off your hands.

#### úa sĭ ùi i sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;

    I am afraid she cannot bear it.

#### lṳ́ a sĭ sĭu tit khṳ̀ cū khṳt lṳ́ sĭu;

    if you can undertake it, I will leave it to you.

#### úa kio lṳ́ chŵn sĭu;

    I will take the responsibility off your shoulders.

#### cí kâi kuaⁿ ŭ sĭu lṳ́ a bô̤?

    Does this magistrate accept bribes?

#### cí kâi nâng-chêng, úa m̄ sĭu i kâi;

    I do not accept favors from him.

#### cía îeh sĭu khṳ̀ căi-seⁿ?

    How does this medicine affect you?

#### àiⁿ li kio i cŏ̤ sĭu;

    if you want it take it over from him.

#### i sĭ sĭu nâng cok-tho̤h;

    he has taken a commission from some one.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ cn̂g kâi m̄ sĭu lâk;

    thus he does not feel the force of it at all.

#### bŏi sĭu nâng khi-hŭ;

    is not to be imposed upon.

#### i sĭu kùe i kâi ṳn-hŭi;

    she has experienced his kindness.
* 壽sīu7573311
* Age; years; longevity; a long reign; a birthday; the dead; to grant long life to; aged; forever.

#### pài sīu; hō̤ sīu;

    to present congratulations on a birthday.

#### cí kâi cîah ìo chîang sīu;

    this one will be longer lived.

#### kim-jît sĭ bw̄n sīu seⁿ;

    this is the emperor's birthday.

#### ciang-lâi sĭu tn̂g, hok tōa;

    will enjoy long life and great prosperity.

#### cêk kù sīu póiⁿ;

    a coffin in parts, ready to be joined for use.

#### cîeⁿ sĭu;

    over fifty years of age.

#### i cîah tit cĭeⁿ sīu a m̄ cĭeⁿ?

    Did he live to be above fifty years old or not?

#### sīu jī piⁿ;

    a border decorated with the letter which denotes longevity.

#### sīu thô̤;

    birthday cakes, shaped like peaches.

#### î sīu;

    to remove a coffin.

#### khîu siu;

    pray for long life.