# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sai
### saisai

* 釃sai75916419
* To decant liquors; to pour a libtation; to pour out.

#### sai cíu;

    pour wine for a guest.

#### sai ke cêk ceng tê;

    pour another cup of tea.

#### màiⁿ sai khah tĭⁿ;

    do not pour it too full.

#### màiⁿ sai cêk koiⁿ;

    do not spill it in the pouring. ​
* 獅sai7589410
* The lion, which has long been extinct in China.

#### sai kó, sai bó̤, sai kíaⁿ;

    lion, lioness and whelp.

#### sai tó̤ háu;

    the lion is roaring.

#### phah cêk túi cîeh sai;

    sculpture a pair of stone lions.

#### mŏng sai hóⁿ;

    a pantomime play of masked lions.

#### i kâi phīⁿ seⁿ lâi sai-sai;

    his nose is large and curves upward.

#### thn̂g sai;

    two lions made of sugar.

#### kho a-sai lâi cîah pn̄g;

    call the dog to eat his mess.

#### i cǹg tîeh sai tī;

    he is buried in a good spot.

#### ngò̤ thâu sai;

    an open mouthed, watchful lion.

#### kim sai;

    gilded lions.

#### kuah sai; chak sai;

    to carve lions in wood.

#### sai thâu bō̤;

    a child's bonnet, having fur ears.
* 西sai7881460
* The west; western; westward.

#### sai hng;

    western lands.

#### sai pôiⁿ;

    on the west.

#### sai kok;

    European countries.

#### sai îeⁿ;

    the Occident.

#### sai thiⁿ;

    the paradise of Buddha, the nirvana of the common people.

#### sai pin;

    a private tutor (the west side of the hall being the place for guests).

#### màiⁿ taⁿ tang laⁿ sai;

    do not beat about the bush.

#### sai-lam kak;

    the south-western corner.

#### sai-pak;

    north-west.

#### co sai híang tang;

    located with the back to tue west, and facing east.

#### sai mng;

    the west gate.

#### m̄ kẃn i tang sai jī poih;

    it makes no difference where he comes from, nor how his accounts stand; have nothing to do with him in any way.
* 私sai8351152
* Private, personal, selfish; partial; underhand, nefarious; contraband.

#### cáu-sai;

    to smuggle.

#### lîah sai;

    to arrest smugglers.

#### sai hùe;

    smuggled goods.

#### sĭ kong-si seng-lí, a sĭ sai-khia seng-lí?

    Is this business licensed or unlicensed?

#### i chûn ŭ cêk bw̄n sai-khia ngṳ̂n;

    he has ten thousand dollars of his personal funds remaining.

#### sai-ĕ;

    privately.

#### sai-ĕ sĭ siang-hó̤;

    are privately in agreement.

#### soiⁿ kong, ău sai;

    first public business, and after- ward private affairs.

#### bōi sai îam;

    sell salt that has paid no duty.

#### côih hô̤, sai thiu;

    bar the river and levy for personal use.

#### i khṳ̀ cò̤ sai sṳ̄;

    he has gone to attend to some private affairs.

#### i kio i ŭ sai chêng;

    they have private relationships with each other.

#### sai-cṳ̆ chut kun;

    go out alone in advance of the army.

#### sai ì;

    personal notions.

#### chip-sai kâi nâng;

    the coast guard.
* 犀sai789937
* The rhinoceros.

#### sai kak;

    a rhinoceros horn, thought by the Chinese to detect poison and often carved into cups.

#### sai-gû;

    a rhinoceros.
* 腮sai7221309
* The jowl; the chops.

#### líang sai;

    the jaws.

#### chíu tho̤h hiang sai;

    she leaned her chin on her hand.

#### líang sai khah khui;

    lantern jawed.

#### ĕ-hâi-sai;

    the lower jaw.
* 師sai758507
* A master workman.

#### sai-pĕ;

    an artisan; a clever workman.

#### sai-kíaⁿ;

    an apprentice.

#### sai hiaⁿ tĭ ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?

    How many of the trained hands are there?
* 使sái76196
* To command; to order; to send; to employ; to commission; to cause, to effect, to occasion; to serve one's self by; expense, use, service.

#### àiⁿ sái i khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

    Where are you going to send him as a messenger?

#### sĭ úa tó̤ sái-hẁn kâi nâng;

    he is a person whom I employ to do errands for me.

#### hàm i màiⁿ sái phî-khì;

    tell him not to be sulky.

#### cí kâi ngṳ̂n sái m̄ khṳ̀;

    this dollar will not pass.

#### sái-ēng;

    outlay.

#### siet-sái i ā-sĭ lâi, úa cū mín khṳ̀;

    in case he should come, then I need not go.

#### jiak-sái ā-sĭ úa tŏ̤ kò̤, i cū m̄ káⁿ;

    if so be that I were there, he would not venture to do it.

#### sái-hùi tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh ngṳ̂n;

    spent a great amount of money.

#### sái cîⁿ, sái ngṳ̂n;

    lay out money.

#### màiⁿ sái i hŵn-ló̤;

    do not sadden her.

#### tì-sái i kiaⁿ-kŭ;

    renders him apprehensive.

#### sái kàu i huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;

    makes him very happy.

#### i sĭ sái àm chieⁿ;

    he uses concealed weapons.

#### cí kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ sái;

    this is not one whom it is well to employ.

#### sái sang-to̤;

    wield a double sword.

#### bô̤ nâng hó̤ sái;

    have no one to go at my call.

#### kía-sái sî-hāu a sĭ kùe li cò̤-nî?

    Supposing the time to be already past, what then?
* 屎sái760446
* Ordure; filth; excrement.

#### pàng sái;

    to go to stool.

#### i ŏi làu-sái a bŏi?

    Has he a diarrhea?

#### sái tháng;

    an ordure bucket.
* 駛sái7601875
* To sail.

#### sái cûn;

    sail a boat.

#### cûn tó̤ sái huang;

    the boat is sailing.

#### sái phâng;

    raise the sail.

#### nín kâi cûn àiⁿ sái khṳ̀ tī kò̤?

    Whither are you sailing?

#### sái tāⁿ káng-kháu;

    sailed into the wrong port.
* 賽sài72315410
* To show off; to rival; to make a display.

#### îaⁿ sîn sài-hŭe kâi sî-hāu;

    when striving to surpass each other in the elegance of the processions accompanying a god.

#### líang-ke tó̤ sie sài;

    the two are trying to see which can make the best show.

#### sài hue-teng;

    the feast ​of lanterns.

#### sài thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi sîn chîang ngía;

    see who will make the finest tabernacle for their god.

#### i kâi pêh sài kùe soh;

    its whiteness rivals the snow.

#### sài kó-ngẃn;

    see who will make the greatest display of antique curiosities.

#### sài kùe cin kâi;

    surpasses the actual ones.
* 婿sài790389
* A son-in-law; a husband.

#### kíaⁿ-sài;

    son-in-law.

#### jî-sài;

    husband.

#### tîet-sài;

    niece's husband.

#### sun sài;

    a son's daughter's husband.

#### gūa sun sài;

    a daughter's daughter's husband.

#### mūeⁿ sài;

    a younger sister's husband.

#### i khṳ̀ cò̤ sin kíaⁿ-sài;

    he has gone to pay the first visit to his bride's parents.

#### i ong sài cò̤-pû lâi;

    the old man and his son-in-law came together.

#### i kâi cáu-kíaⁿ àiⁿ lāu pàng kò̤ cie kíaⁿ-sài kâi;

    they are going to keep their daughter with them and bring a husband for her into their family.

#### tô̤h sài;

    choose a husband.

#### gūa seng sài;

    a sister's daughter's husband.
* 晒sài733726
* To dry in the sun.

#### úa àiⁿ phah kâi sài-péⁿ;

    I am going to make a platform for drying things in the sun.

#### cía tîeh sài kang lío cìaⁿ hó̤ ngói;

    this must first be dried thoroughly in the sun, and then it may be ground fine.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ jît tèng cē sài cū khauh-khauh;

    put it in the sun and dry it a little while, and it will warp from dryness.

#### cía sĭ chó̤-lîak sài kùe jît tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, hŵn phâk būe kàu tī;

    this has been only slightly exposed to the sun, and is not yet dried through.
* 使sài76196
* A messenger; a servant sent to inquire.

#### sài-chîn;

    an envoy, a legate.

#### sài-cía;

    one who is sent.

#### sîn sài;

    an angel.

#### kong sài;

    a delegate.

#### sài-mĕng;

    an ambassador.

#### pù-cèng-sài;

    a civil governor of one province.

#### i khṳ̀ chut sài;

    he has gone as deputy.

#### àng-cak-sài;

    a provincial judge.

#### piaⁿ-pĭ sài-cía;

    an Intendant of Circuit.
* 塞sài7283210
* A frontier, a boundary, a limit.

#### sài gūa kâi tī-hng;

    beyond the borders.

#### piaⁿ-bé chut khṳ̀ kàu sài gūa;

    the troops went over the frontier.
* 柿săi763754
* The persimmon.

#### âng-săi;

    ripe red persimmons.

#### âng-thang-săi;

    deep red persimmons.

#### thīm săi;

    to cover persimmons with hot chaff in order to ripen them.

#### gû thīm săi;

    yellow persimmons.

#### săi píaⁿ;

    dried persimmons.

#### săi lih;

    the persistent calyx.

#### săi píaⁿ lih;

    the calyx and stems of dried persimmons.

#### săi hut ;

    the seeds.

#### săi sng;

    the flour on the surface of dried persimmons.

#### ieh săi-khĭ;

    guess at the number of carpels in an unopened persimmon.

#### âng-săi-kîe;

    tomatoes.

#### cháu săi-kíaⁿ;

    the red fruit of the belladonna plant.

#### siap săi;

    the astringent persimmon.
* 祀sāi8381133
* To offer sacrifices to gods or devils; to set up and worship as a god.

#### sāi sîn cîah sîn, sāi hût cîah hût;

    those who offer sacrifice to the gods, live on the gods, those who offer sacrifice to Buddha live on
Buddha.

#### sāi có-kong;

    worship the ancestors.

#### sāi cò̤ cêk kham;

    set them up in one shrine.
* 材sāi942753
* Timber; lumber.

#### châ sāi;

    wood used as material for making things.

#### hó̤ cò̤ sāi;

    this will do for the stuff to use in the making.

#### to̤ m̄ cĭeⁿ sāi;

    this will not do to use as the timber for making it.

#### êⁿ sāi;

    timber for rafters.

#### sam sāi;

    pine lumber.