# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sui
### suisui

* 雖sui8261729
* Although; albeit; supposing; even if.

#### sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    although it be thus.

#### sui sĭ ŭ, kùi li;

    if there be any, it is dear.

#### sui ŭ cí-kâi, m̄ jû hṳ́-kâi;

    if there be this sort, they are not so good as those.

#### sui m̄ sĭ chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ nā sî chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

    even though I did not see it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears.

#### sui bô̤ hó̤ pho-tîn īa tîeh nā kò̤ hiah;

    although the bedding is poor, we must stay here over night.

#### sui-cek tîeh meⁿ, nā sĭ m̄ hâh huang-lâu, àiⁿ méⁿ put lêng méⁿ;

    though it is necessary to go quickly, yet if the wind and tide are adverse, we cannot go quickly however much we wish it.
* 嘴sui10163012
* A spout; a nozzle.

#### cí kâi cíu-pâng-sui sĭ lāu a m̄ sĭ?

    The spout of this wine-pitcher leaks does it not?

#### tê-kẁn-sui;

    the nose of a tea-pot.

#### sui thak khṳ̀;

    the spout is stopped up.

#### tô̤h ki sui pèⁿ ío kâi;

    select one which has a good spout and handle. ​
* 蓑sui81414010
* A cloak made of bamboo, palm leaves, or grass, woven in strips, and laid like thatch; to screen from rain.

#### cang-sui;

    a coir rain-cloak.

#### tek-hîeh-sui;

    a rain-cloak made from bamboo leaves.

#### muaⁿ cang-sui;

    wear a coir rain-cloak.
* 嘴súi10163013
* The mouth; to give lip.

#### i thiaⁿ tîeh pìⁿ mīn pìⁿ súi;

    when she heard it her countenance changed.

#### i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤-nî pìⁿ-chut cía mīn-súi?

    Why is she to-day so different?
* 俏súi97297
* Handsome; beautiful.

#### súi-súi;

    very attractive.

#### i seⁿ lâi súi căi;

    she is very pretty.
* 隨sûi82617013
* To accord; to follow; to comply with; to let; to permit; like, as, according to; wherever; forthwith; presently.

#### kṳn-sûi úa lâi khṳ̀;

    you go with me (as a servant or attendant).

#### sûi-sî;

    immediately.

#### sûi-sî cò̤, sûi-sî hó̤;

    it is but a moment's work.

#### sĭeⁿ tîeh kâi, sûi-sî cū àiⁿ;

    whatever he thinks of, he at once wants.

#### sûi-ciet;

    instantly.

#### sûi-pĭen;

    as you like;
    when convenient.

#### sûi chù to̤ ŭ;

    wherever you go, you are likely to see them.

#### sûi tī cêk lō to hó̤ kîaⁿ;

    you can go by whichever road you please.

#### sûi i lâi;

    let him come.

#### sûi jw̆n hó̤;

    any way will do.

#### i kâi a-nái ŭ sûi lâi jīm tèng a bô̤?

    Did his wife come with him to his post?

#### sûi jīm;

    to accompany an official to his post.

#### hŵn àiⁿ kia it-sûi;

    will add a tenth (to the fees of the attendants).

#### sûi lói;

    vails paid to official attendants, about one tael in ten.

#### i sĭ tng chîang-sûi kâi nâng;

    he is one of the personal attendants of an official; he belongs to the retinue.

#### kak-kak sûi só̤ hànⁿ;

    each one does as he pleases.

#### sûi tŏ̤ sin-piⁿ; sûi kín sin-piⁿ;

    keeps close to him.

#### sûi pit lô̤h, mín sĭeⁿ;

    write whatever comes first to mind, you need not ponder over it.

#### sûi hṳ́-hûe kâi sim só̤ sĭeⁿ;

    coincides with what you thought at that time.
* 垂sûi102325
* To hang; to dangle; to drop; pendant.

#### i kâi jìo-se pâk lío sûi kàu ka-ciah;

    when her crape fillet was put on, it hung to her waist.

#### sûi kàu tú tîeh thô;

    hung down to the ground.

#### sûi thâu sàng khì;

    hung his head and sighed.

#### hŏ-sùaⁿ cúi sûi cêk sin;

    the rain has dripped all over me from my umbrella.

#### hṳ́ téng cò̤ tîo lāu-bó̤, màiⁿ khṳt lîm-cíⁿ cúi sûi lò̤h lâi;

    make an eaves-trough above, and not let the water from the eaves drip down.

#### teng tìo lío màiⁿ sûi khah kĕ;

    do not let the lamp be hung so as to swing too low.

#### i kâi mâk-bâi sûi lò̤h lâi;

    her eyebrows droop at the outer ends.
* 遂sûi8281629
* Forthwith; thereupon; then; after that.

#### cē àiⁿ, sûi-sî ŭ;

    as soon as he wants anything he gets it.

#### in-ūi hìeⁿ-seⁿ sûi tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that afterward lead to this.

#### in-ūi hṳ́-kâi sûi tit tîeh cí-kâi;

    because of that, we have now acquired this.
* 椹sûi737759

#### seng-sûi; sng sûi;

    the mulberry.

#### sng-sûi hîeh;

    mulberry leaves.

#### sng-sûi cí;

    mulberries.
* 㽔sûi30114012

#### ûi-sûi;

    an emulgent sweetish root, used in throat diseases; it looks like orris root.

#### sûi jín;

    a root used in making a medicine for sore eyes.
* 遂sŭi8281629
* To follow; to accord with.

#### sĭm-mih sṳ̄ to sŭi ì;

    everything coincides with my desire.

#### kū-nî kâi ūn-khì put sŭi;

    last year the luck was adverse.

#### kin-nî kâi ūn-khì hó̤, mih sṳ̄ to sŭi sim;

    the luck is good this year, everything goes right.

#### sŭi ì;

    accords with my wish.
* 遂sŭi782969
* Felicitous; auspicious.

#### kin-nî sîang-sŭi căi;

    this is a very favorable year for it.

#### ŭ kâi sîang-sŭi kâi khì-sĭang;

    had a very happy omen.

#### tōa m̄ sîang-sŭi;

    very inauspicious.
* 穗sūi82711512
* The heads of grain.

#### bêh sūi;

    ears of wheat.

#### chek sūi;

    the heads of rice.

#### cīeⁿ kùe tang kâi sūi phàⁿ, cí kùe tang kâi sūi ío tōiⁿ;

    the ears of grain were not well filled out in the last crop, but in this crop they are well filled out.

#### jṳ̂-chíaⁿ tōa sūi;

    and moreover the heads are large.

#### cêk sūi ŭ jîeh cōi lîap?

    How many kernels are there in an ear?

#### kin-nî kâi chek-sūi pá căi;

    the ears of rice are very full this year.

#### cêk sūi cêk sūi pá căi;

    the ears of rice are very full this year.

#### cêk sūi lóng-cóng hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;

    the ears are all drooping.