# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sun
### sunsun

* 孫sun829397
* A grandchild.

#### lâm sun, ńng sun; ta-po sun, cṳ-nîe sun;

    grandsons and granddaughters.

#### lăi sun;

    a son's child.

#### gūa sun;

    a daughter's child.

#### kíaⁿ sun;

    children and grandchildren.

#### ceng sun;

    great grandson.

#### hîen sun;

    great great grandson.

#### pó̤-hō̤ sun kiaⁿ gâu-gâu tōa-tōa;

    give divine assistance to his descendants, making them wise and great. ​
* 筍sún8131186
* A sprout; a shoot.

#### tek sún;

    bamboo sprouts.

#### tang sún;

    winter sprouts of the edible bamboo.

#### mo̤ⁿ sún;

    sprouts of a very large species of bamboo.

#### tek-kíaⁿ sún;

    young sprouts of the dwarf bamboo.

#### cheⁿ sún;

    fresh bamboo-sprouts.

#### sún kuaⁿ;

    dried bamboo sprouts.

#### sún khak, sún nêk;

    the husk and flesh of the bamboo sprout.

#### sún ciam, sún kha;

    the point and the base of a bamboo sprout.
* 損sún8296410
* To lose; to damage; to spoil; to injure; detrimental; ill luck.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ ŭ iah, bô̤ sún;

    that is advantageous, not injurious.

#### chŵn bô̤ sieⁿ-sún pùaⁿ lî;

    not in the least injured.

#### sún tek kâi sṳ̄ m̄-hó cò̤;

    do nothing which outrages morality.

#### bô̤ sieⁿ bô̤ sún;

    no harm done.

#### i sĭ tì hṳ-sún kâi pēⁿ;

    his disease arises from an injury to the vital organs.

#### bûa mêⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭang sún tîeh sîn-khì;

    night toil makes the heaviest draft on the energies.

#### bŏi sún tîeh pńg-cîⁿ cū hó̤;

    if there be no loss of capital it is well.

#### kōi sún hāi;

    easily spoiled.

#### sún tîeh sin-hūn;

    harms the person.
* 榫sún8297510
* A tenon.

#### tàu sún;

    to mortise in a tenon.

#### cía chn̂g íⁿ sĭ ún ka kâi, m̄ sĭ tàu sún kâi;

    this furniture is glued, not mortised together.

#### sún cîn khṳ̀;

    the tenon has broken off.

#### sún tàu m̄ kín;

    the tenon is not tightly set in.

#### sún cē khùaⁿ cū àiⁿ bái;

    if the tenon is loose it will be rickety.

#### sún khùaⁿ cū àiⁿ ie-ló;

    if the tenons are not tightly set it will rattle.

#### ciⁿ sún;

    set a wedge beside a tenon to render it firm.
* 巽sùn830499
* The fifth of the eight diagrams, and the 57th of the 64 diagrams, denoting the wind, and the northeast.
* 遜sùn82916210

#### khiam-sùn;

    humble, modest, unassuming, teachable, deferential.

#### khiam-khiam sùn-sùn;

    very docile.
* 巡sûn813474
* To go about from place to place in order to examine what is being done; to go on a circuit; to cruise; to patrol; a course at a feast; to fill up the glasses all around.

#### chut sûn;

    go out to reconnoitre.

#### sûn-bú;

    the governor of a province.

#### sûn-pŭ;

    special aids to the provincial authorities.

#### sûn-kíam;

    a supervisor or judge in a township.

#### sûn keⁿ;

    on his beat, as a watchman.

#### thek che khṳ̀ sûn-chip;

    send a constable to look out for and seize.

#### sûn-cûn;

    a revenue cutter.

#### sûn hô̤;

    to patrol the water-courses.

#### sûn îeⁿ-mīn;

    to cruise on the high seas.

#### hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ sûn-leng hùe tó̤ sûn-chê;

    there are policemen there looking after it.

#### i khṳ̀ sûn châng;

    he has gone to see what is the condition of the growing rice crop.

#### úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ sûn i;

    I am going to inquire after her health.

#### khṳ̀ sûn-sĭ i;

    go and visit her.

#### sie sûn;

    pay friendly visits to each other.

#### sûn mêⁿ;

    patrol the streets at night.

#### sûn sîaⁿ;

    patrol the city.

#### sûn-thóiⁿ;

    inspect.

#### cíu kùe saⁿ sûn;

    the wine has been passed three times.

#### sûn kàu ngìam căi;

    kept under very strict surveillance.
* 純sûn7831204
* Unmixed; pure; fine; best; simple; whole; sincere.

#### i kâi kang-hu sûn căi;

    his work is very honestly done.

#### sûn-cĕng căi, bŏi chap-câp;

    very uniform throughout, not heterogeneous.

#### khang-khùe lŏ sûn-sêk căi;

    the work is very evenly and thoroughly done.

#### sûn sĭ o kâi sek;

    it is black all the way through.

#### sek sûn âng;

    the color is a uniform red.

#### nâng aiⁿ chūe kàu sûn-chŵn kâi cíe căi;

    there are very few perfect people to be found.
* 循sûn813609
* To follow; to accord; to go around with; to perambulate.

#### tîeh sûn kui tău kṳ́;

    must act in accordance with the usages of the place.

#### sûn cí tîo lō khṳ̀ chūe;

    follow this road in search of him.

#### sûn cí khoi-kiⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;

    go along here on the bank on the river.

#### sûn cí kâi suaⁿ-kha kîaⁿ khṳ̀, cū bŏi hn̆g;

    follow along the foot of the hill here and you have not far to go.
* 馴sûn8131873
* Tame, gentle, docile.

#### cí ciah gû m̄ sûn, ŭ sî àiⁿ tak nâng;

    this ox is intractable and sometimes hooks people.

#### cí ciah bé sûn căi, cn̂g kâi m̄ pat thak nâng;

    this horse is very gentle, and never kicks.

#### ceng-seⁿ kà kàu sûn-sêk le, sek căi;

    this animal is well trained, and is very tame.
* 旬sûn812722
* A decade of days or years.

#### nî kṳ̆n chit sûn;

    nearly seventy years of age.

#### cieⁿ sûn, tong sûn, ĕ sun;

    chiu sûn, câp sûn, jîh sûn; the first, the second, and the last third of the month.

#### i sûn-sûn chit-chit to cò̤ hût su;

    she practises Buddhist observances during every period of ten and of seven days.

#### i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ thâu-sûn;

    they to-day observe the rites customarily performed on the fifty-ninth day after the death of a relative. ​
* 殉sûn814786
* To follow the dead to graves and be buried their with them.

#### eng sĭm-mûeh khṳ̀ sûn cǹg?

    What was buried with her?

#### i ēng kŭa nâng khṳ̀ sûn cǹg;

    they buried the living with the dead.

#### i sûn lăng khṳ̀;

    he killed himself to escape misery.
* 醇sûn7831648
* Rich, good, and clear, (as wine).

#### hṳ́ khí cíu kâi bĭ ío cheⁿ-ngĕ, cí khí cíu kâi bĭ ío sûn;

    that sort of wine is crude and sharp, while this has a more generous flavour.

#### khǹg kú kâi lău cíu, i kâi bĭ to ío sûn;

    old wine that has been long kept, has a softer and richer taste.
* 順sŭn7841818
* To accord with; to follow; to agree to; to obey, to comply with, to yield; to let a thing pass and not hinder; to be in sympathy with; docile, compliant, unresisting; agreeable; filial; convenient; fair, as a wind; following the grain, as in wood; flowing, rythmical; easy, graceful, as penmanship; favorable; a mild form, as of small-pox.

#### sŭn-sŭn nē;

    it furthers our project; it works in our favor.

#### sŭn huang, sŭn lâu;

    with wind and tide.

#### sŭn cúi;

    follow the current.

#### sŭn i kâi mĕng;

    obey his commands.

#### lṳ́ tîeh sŭn i kâi ì;

    you must act in accordance with his wishes.

#### sŭn-chông;

    comply with.

#### sŭn lō;

    is on the route.

#### sŭn lō tùi hṳ́-kò̤ kùe;

    we pass there on our way to our destination.

#### sŭn chíu kueⁿ mn̂g;

    close the door after you.

#### sŭn chùi tàⁿ chut lâi;

    let it out heedlessly when talking.

#### sŭn khî cṳ̆-jîen;

    let it go; such is the luck, it can't be helped.

#### bûn-lí thong sŭn;

    the style is clear and easy.

#### íⁿ-keng kui-sŭn tong-kok;

    have returned to their allegiance to China.

#### tŏ̤-li sŭn a ̄m sŭn;

    Does this doctrine accord with reason or not?

#### sŭn sì cū lô̤hkhṳ̀;

    followed the drift and went down.

#### i cò̤ khṳ̀ ío sŭn sì;

    she makes them more stylishly.

#### bô̤ hìeⁿ sŭn chíu;

    not well adapted to the hand; not easy to wield.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî sŭn chín căi, kìⁿ cò̤ kìⁿ tîeh;

    he has everything to his hand of late, and succeeds at once in whatever he does.