# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sṳ
### sṳ

* 斯sṳ834698

#### sṳ-bûn;

    scholarly, courteous, polished, elegant.

#### sṳ-sṳ bûn-bûn kâi nâng;

    a very scholarly man.

#### sṳ-bûn sâu tī;

    put scholarship to ignoble uses.
* 思sṳ834615
* To think, to reflect, to consider; to wish; the thought of the heart.

#### sṳ-sĭeⁿ;

    to reflect upon.

#### sṳ-lĭam;

    to think about, to recollect kindly.

#### su ke;

    homesick.

#### có̤ sṳ ĭu sĭeⁿ;

    consider all sides of the question.

#### jît sṳ, mêⁿ sĭeⁿ;

    think of it day and night.

#### màiⁿ khṳ̀ sṳ-sĭeⁿ i;

    do not think about it.

#### cong-kú sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;

    always hold him in kind remembrance.

#### i kâi sim-sṳ hó̤ căi;

    her intentions are excellent.

#### sṳ côiⁿ, lĭam ău;

    recall the past, and meditate on the future.

#### toaⁿ sṳ pēⁿ;

    heartsick through unrequited love.

#### siang sṳ pēⁿ;

    sick through unsatisfied affection; lovesick.
* 商sṳ739808
* To adjust by conversation.

#### sṳ-nîe;

    to bargain; to talk over and fix the price.

#### bô̤ sṳ-nîe;

    no chaffering.

#### màiⁿ sṳ-nîe;

    do not haggle about the price.

#### úa hṳ́ cêk jît kāng lṳ́ soiⁿ sṳ-nîe kùe;

    I on that day settled with you beforehand the question as to what the price should be.

#### sṳ-nîe in̄ tn̄g kè, thó cîⁿ àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;

    when the price is not fixed by previous arrangement, there is a quarrel when payday comes.

#### kè cîⁿ sṳ-nîe m̄ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    the price was not agreed upon.
* 師sṳ758507
* A legion or brigade of 2500 men; part of an army; troops; a master, a professor; a patron; a sage; a pattern to the world.

#### tô̤h jît chut sṳ;

    choose a lucky day for marching out the troops.

#### pang sṳ;

    recall the army from foreign service.

#### cúi sṳ;

    marines.

#### khṳ̀ kìⁿ láu-sṳ;

    visit a learned scholar.

#### thài sṳ, sío sṳ; thài-cṳ́ sṳ hù;

    the two high officers who have nominal charge of the education of the prince.

#### kun-sṳ;

    a strategist who advises the general in an army.
* 私sṳ8351152
* Private, personal, selfish, partial.

#### úa chŵn bô̤ sṳ-sim;

    I have no partiality.

#### kong tang châng sṳ;

    conceal private interests under public ones.

#### bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ; bô̤ sṳ bô̤ phiⁿ;

    have no selfish ends in view.

#### chŵn bô̤ pùaⁿ tíam sûn-sṳ;

    do not in the least consider how it affects myself.

#### sṳ-ì;

    selfishness.
* 史sṳ́760802
* Annals; chronicles; acts; a register.

#### sṳ́-kàm;

    chronicles.

#### cò̤ kùe gṳ̄-sṳ́ kâi nâng;

    a historiographer.

#### kok sṳ́;

    records of the state.

#### sṳ́-kì;

    history.

#### kak chîo tō̤ to ŭ sṳ́-kuaⁿ;

    every dynasty has an annalist appointed.

#### thăi-sṳ́-tŏ̤iⁿ;

    a Hanlin graduate.

#### jī câp-jí sṳ́;

    the twenty-two histories of the Chinese dynasties.
* 賜sṳ̀8381548
* To confer; to bestow on an inferior; imperial grants or favors; a benefit; used by supliants when asking favors.

#### khim sṳ̀;

    imperial favors.

#### sṳ̀ khṳt i;

    bestow it upon him.

#### i-hôk sṳ̀-pun i chēng;

    gave him clothes to wear.

#### thiⁿ sṳ̀ kâi;

    bestowed by heaven.

#### hûang-tì sṳ̀ kâi;

    conferred by the emperor.

#### sṳ̀ pêh;

    send a scarf for an officer to strangle himself with it.

#### síeⁿ-sṳ̀;

    to reward.

#### cía sĭ chîo-thêng só̤ sṳ̀ kâi;

    this was conferred by the government.

#### sṳ̀ ṳ̆ téng-tài;

    gave him permission to wear a button; rewarded him by giving him rank without office.

#### sĭu kùe hṳ̂ang-sĭang kâi ṳn-sṳ̀;

    have experienced the kindness of the emperor.
* 思sṳ̀834615
* Thoughts; emotions; wishes;

#### ì-sṳ̀;

    meaning, design, idea, intention.

#### m̄-hó ì-sṳ̀;

    vile, disreputable, indecent.

#### m̄ cài i sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀;

    do not know what his idea is.

#### o̤ i hó̤ ì-sṳ̀ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    wonder why he thinks it well to do thus.

#### bô̤ ì bô̤ sṳ̀;

    without meaning; nonsensical; absurd.
* 肆sṳ̀8371297

#### hùang-sṳ̀;

    disorderly; impudent; profligate.
* 辭sṳ̂103316012
* In grammar, an expression, word or particle; words; a plea; an argument.

#### hṳ sṳ̂;

    a false statement.

#### úa thóiⁿ chut i sĭ sek sṳ̂ kâi;

    I discovered that his plea was specious.

#### líang nâng kak cip cêk sṳ̂;

    each held to his own argument.

#### i sĭ kía sṳ̂ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

    in so saying he is falsifying for the sake of making a point.

#### cn̄g-sṳ̂;

    a defense or accusation in court.

#### sṳ̂ put tâk ì;

    the statement does not fully convey the idea.

#### tiaⁿ-sṳ̂;

    the plea that is entered in defense.

#### sṳ̂-kù tàⁿ-lái hó̤ thiaⁿ;

    the summing up was very well ​done.

#### niap sṳ̂, bû kò̤;

    to trump up a complaint and accuse falsely.

#### thàng-gṳ́-sṳ̂;

    an interjection.

#### cía jī sĭ ēng cò̤ gṳ́-cŏ̤-sṳ̂;

    this letter is used as an interjection.
* 祠sṳ̂10341135
* To offer sacrifice to one's ancestors; the building where ancestors are worshipped.

#### sṳ̂-tn̂g;

    an ancestral hall.

#### chíaⁿ a-kong jîp sṳ̂;

    invite the spirit of a grandfather to take up its abode in the ancestral temple.

#### tŏ̤ seⁿ nâng khí ŭ seⁿ-sṳ̂ sāi i, sí ăn i kâi ău-ĭ īa ŭ sṳ̂-tn̂g sāi i kâi sîn-cú;

    while he was still living the people built a temple dedicated to him, and after his death his descendants had a place where they could worship their ancestor.
* 嗣sṳ̂8388010
* Heirs; posterity; hereafter.

#### aŭ-sṳ̂;

    male descendants.

#### cô̤h sṳ̂;

    their posterity is cut off.

#### i sí ău bô̤ sṳ̂;

    he left no heirs.

#### cang i kâi tau-sun lâi cò̤ i kâi ău-sṳ̂;

    adopted her grandson as his heir.

#### sṳ̂-ău sĭ cò̤-nî ieⁿ?

    How will it be hereafter?
* 士sṳ̆762830
* In early times, an officer, a minister, a warrior; afterward, a learned or upright man; a scholar, a gentleman; an able-bodied man; soldiers.

#### tèng kṳ́-jîn lío cū tèng cìn-sṳ̆;

    having obtained the degree of Master of Arts he afterward took that of Doctor of Laws.

#### hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù-kit-sṳ̆;

    a graduate of the National Academy.

#### tăi-hâk-sṳ̆;

    the title of the first rank of cabinet ministers.

#### tōa sin-sṳ̆;

    gentlemen of high rank.

#### sĭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆;

    is an upright gentleman.

#### sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

    literary men, farmers, artisans and traders.

#### bûn-sṳ̆;

    a scholar.

#### mîaⁿ sṳ̆;

    a renowned scholar.

#### càng sṳ̆;

    a valiant man.

#### chù sṳ̆;

    a private scholar.

#### kun-sṳ̆ hùe;

    the soldiery, privates and officers.
* 嶼sṳ̆8194614
* An islet.

#### táu-sṳ̆;

    a rock in the sea.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;

    could see no land anywhere.

#### má-sṳ̆ lî sùaⁿ-thâu jîeh hn̆g?

    How far is Double Island from Swatow?

#### cí kâi suaⁿ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆ a m̄ sí?

    This mountaian is cut off from the mainland is it not?

#### m̄ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆, ngĕ tī, ŏi ciap tîeh pât kò̤;

    it is not an island, it is joined to the other land.
* 似sṳ̆83795
* Like, similar; as; as if; as it were; appearing; resembling; having an aspect of.

#### siang sṳ̆;

    resembling each other.

#### sṳ̆-hu sĭ, īu sṳ̆-hu m̄ sĭ;

    like and yet unlike; doubtful identity.

#### sṳ̆-hu ŭ chêng-lí;

    appears to be
reasonable.

#### sṳ̆ sĭ jṳ̂ hui;

    appears to be but is not.

#### sṳ̆ hàuⁿ sṳ̆ m̄ hàuⁿ;

    seems both willing and unwilling; gives doubtful assent.

#### sṳ̆ cin, sṳ̆ ké;

    one can hardly tell whether it is natural or artificial.

#### seⁿ lâi húang-sṳ̆;

    are much alike.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ húang-sṳ̆;

    has a general resemblance.

#### húang-sṳ̆ thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    appeared to be pleased at what he heard.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it looked as if it would do well enough.

#### gūa-seng to̤ sṳ̆ kŭ;

    a sister's son generally resembles his maternal uncle.
* 事sṳ̆76467
* To serve, to obey, to take in hand.

#### hŏng-sṳ̆; hôk-sṳ̆;

    to wait upon; to attend upon respectfully; to render service.

#### ke tèng kâi lău bó̤ ŭ nâng hôk-sṳ̆ a bô̤?

    Does any one wait upon the aged house-mother?

#### tong chîn put sṳ̆ nŏ̤ kun;

    a loyal courtier does not serve two monarchs.

#### sṳ̆ kun put lêng sṳ̆ chin;

    one who serves the monarch cannot attend upon his parents.

#### sṳ̆ sîn;

    clean up and carry out the idols.

#### sṳ̆ hût;

    serve Buddha.

#### khṳ̀ sṳ̆ tŏ̤ i kò̤;

    enter into his service.

#### hîen chîn tô̤h cú jṳ̂ sṳ̆;

    a wise courtier chooses his master and then serves him.
* 仕sṳ̆76298
* To fill an office; a public officer.

#### chut sṳ̆;

    to enter office.

#### sṳ̆ thû;

    official labors.

#### sṳ̆ hw̆n cṳ ke;

    an honorable family.

#### ĭa sĭ put lêng cĭu cìaⁿ-tăn kîaⁿ cū su kùe tì sṳ̆ lío màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

    if one cannot act uprightly, it were better to resign office and not enter upon it again.
* 是sṳ̆762725
* It is proper; it is so; denoting a quality of truth rather than of mere existence.

#### hía, sṳ̆;

    that is so.

#### mih mûeh tó̤ sṳ̆, ŭ sî kŭa thâu bô̤ khṳ̀;

    by assenting to everything one will sometime find himself without a head.

#### sṳ̆ sṳ̆ kìe;

    constantly agreeing to every assertion.
* 俟sṳ̆83797
* To await; to prepare for; to look for.

#### sṳ̆-hān ĕ jît;

    awaiting future events.

#### i sìn mīu sía tàⁿ "lîp sṳ̆ hûe im," taⁿ tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ sía sìn khṳ̀ bûe-hôk i;

    he writes on the outside of the letter, "I await a response" so we must immediately write an answer.
* 伺sṳ̄83795
* To wait on; to attend on.

#### sṳ̄-hāu;

    to await.

#### kuaⁿ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ kìe sṳ̄-hāu;

    the officer is just now calling the attendants.

#### sṳ̄-hāu kàu i khṳ̀ ût cìaⁿ ôiⁿ;

    attend upon him till he retires, and am then at leisure. ​
* 事sṳ̄76467
* An affair; a matter; business; traffic; an occupation; a service; duties, functions.

#### soiⁿ lí kong sṳ̄, jîen-ău lí sai sṳ̄;

    attend first to public business, and afterward to private affairs.

#### cía sĭ kín sṳ̄;

    this is urgent business.

#### i ŭ kín-ìo sṳ̄ tŏ̤ sim;

    he has engrossing topics on his mind.

#### sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    What is the matter?

#### lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mi sṳ̄?

    What are you doing?

#### i khàu mih sṳ̄?

    What is she crying about?

#### i lâi sĭ ūi-tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    Why has he come?

#### i sĭ ŵn-ìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi;

    it was on this account that he came.

#### bô̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ kù i bô̤ lâi;

    unless there is some reason for it he will not come.

#### seⁿ sṳ̄;

    make trouble; stir up a commotion.

#### sĭ i cong-kú tó̤ seⁿ sṳ̄;

    he is always creating a disturbance.

#### cía sǹg sĭ sìo sṳ̄;

    this is nothing of any great importance.

#### màiⁿ gō i kâi tăi sṳ̄;

    do not interfere with his important occupations.

#### cía sĭ hó̤ sṳ̄;

    this is a good object.

#### hó̤ sim sṳ̄;

    benevolent objects; friendly acts; good natured.

#### cí kâi nâng khah hàuⁿ sṳ̄;

    this person is too much of a busy-body.

#### sim-sṳ̄ hó̤ căi;

    very friendly.

#### ŭ mih sṳ̄?

    What are you engaged in?

#### ngán côiⁿ ŭ sṳ̄ mē?

    Have you anything to do just at present?

#### mih sṳ̄ bô̤;

    have nothing whatever to do; has no business on hand.

#### hó̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ke, khiap sṳ̄ cò̤ cíe;

    do as much good and as little evil as possible.

#### i ío tóng sṳ̄;

    he knows how to transact business.

#### cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sṳ̄;

    knows nothing of affairs.

#### kak nâng kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;

    let each attend to his own affairs.

#### khǹg kòi i màiⁿ to̤ sṳ̄;

    exhort him not to get into trouble with other people.

#### sĭ tī-tîang tŏ̤ cú sṳ̄?

    Who directs affairs?

#### lí ke sṳ̄;

    manage the household affairs.

#### nâng tho̤h i lí sṳ̄;

    some one has entrusted some business to his management.

#### i sĭ lí-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;

    he is secretary of the Board of Rites.

#### cí cuang sṳ̄;

    this special business; this affair.

#### bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;

    everything to his liking.

#### peh sṳ̄ to hío;

    understands all sorts of business.

#### sṳ̄ chêng sĭ cò̤-nî?

    What is the condition of things?

#### sṳ̄-bŭ cōi căi;

    has numerous occupations; is very busy.

#### sṳ̄ sṳ̄ ciu tàu;

    every thing is attended to.

#### kĭaⁿ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lí kàu kàu-kak;

    all the different jobs are completely finished.

#### kuaⁿ-si sṳ̄;

    a lawsuit.

#### khíong-phàⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ ŭ m̄ sît;

    fear that his business is not honest.

#### sì-cīeⁿ sṳ̄ lwt-lêh cōi căi;

    has had great experience of the world.

#### sì sṳ̄ thàng căi;

    well versed in worldly affairs.

#### sī hŏng che sṳ̄ lâi kâi;

    is one sent on special business.

#### būe sĭ tōa sṳ̄; tōa sṳ̄ tîeh;

    it is a small matter.

#### hía kâi sṳ̄ mng tōa căi;

    that is a very important matter.

#### síe-síe sṳ̄;

    a trifling matter.

#### to sĭ i tó̤ lŏng sṳ̄, cìaⁿ lŏng chut kàu kâi sṳ̄ cìeⁿ tōa;

    he is always intermeddling, and thus it happens that so great a disturbance has arisen out of it.

#### hàm i kâi ău sṳ̄ tîeh khṳ̀ ŭ-pĭ;

    tell him that he must prepare for the consequences.

#### ka-kī kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ kẃn, bô̤ ŭi khṳ̀ kẃn pât nâng kâi sṳ̄;

    how is it that you who do not attend to your own business, have occasion to attend so much to other people's.

#### noⁿ-kíaⁿ sṳ̄, hìn-hàm hiah cū hó̤;

    it is a petty affair, and both parties should withdraw from it.

#### cía sĭ kí sṳ̄, m̄ sĭ tha nâng sṳ̄;

    this is my own affair, and does not concern other people.

#### cía cū khî sṳ̄ lío;

    this is very strange.

#### kùai sṳ̄!

    How strang!

#### ko̤h īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄;

    a curious affair.

#### kong-cèng kâi sṳ̄;

    something in which all are concerned.

#### tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?

    Who is the superintendant?

#### sṳ̄ kip; sṳ̄ kín-kip;

    the business is pressing.

#### phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

    manage a business.

#### lău lí sṳ̄;

    an old hand at the business.

#### sṳ̄ sì jû hô̤?

    What is the present aspect of affairs?

#### i cò̤ mih sṳ̄-ngîap?

    What is his occupation?

#### i cêk seⁿ cò̤ ŭ hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ngîap;

    he has done many meritorious deeds during his life.

#### kĭen kong lîp ngîap kâi sṳ̄;

    to do meritorious deeds, as Buddhists do in laying up merit.

#### chiet-ìo sṳ̄;

    important affairs.

#### bô̤-siang-kang sṳ̄;

    something of no consequence.

#### sṳ̄-bŭ to̤-twn;

    multifarious duties.

#### sṳ̄ cú;

    the head of affairs.

#### sng sṳ̄;

    a grievous affair; the funeral of a parent.

#### pêh sṳ̄;

    a sad affair, involving the wearing of mourning.

#### âng sṳ̄;

    a happy affair.

#### hiong sṳ̄, kit sṳ̄;

    an unfortunate or a lucky affair.

#### la sṳ̄;

    create trouble.

#### seⁿ chut ŭ sṳ̄;

    resulted in a disturbance.

#### sṳ̄ cì a m̄ cì?

    Is the business finished up yet?

#### cía m̄ cì sṳ̄;

    this does not help the matter.

#### cí tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    What good will that do?

#### sṳ̄ sêng lío;

    the business is accomplished.

#### sṳ̄ tît a būe?

    Is the difficulty settled yet?

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

    when you do a thing, bring it to a completion.

#### ŵn-chŵn i kâi sṳ̄;

    wound up his affairs.

#### nŏ̤ nâng pak tâng sṳ̄ kùe;

    the two were each others coadjutors in the affair.

#### cheⁿ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cò̤, sêk sṳ̄ màiⁿ bûang;

    no not take up a business that you are unaccustomed to, nor neglect that which you are familiar with.

#### i kâi chin sṳ̄ cîaⁿ a būe?

    Is the betrothal effected yet?