# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/si
### si

* 西si7881460
* The west.

#### tong-si;

    east and west; all between the east and west; anything; frequently used as a term of reproach.

#### hṳ́ khí nâng m̄ sĭ tong-si;

    such people are of no account; they are of no use in the world; they are nobody.

#### hía, àu tong-si;

    they are worthless trash.

#### kâi sĭ sĭm-mih tong-si?

    What sort of thing is it?
* 詩si7591496
* Poetry; verse; odes; hymns.

#### cò̤ si;

    compose verses.

#### cêk siu si;

    one stanza.

#### sŏng si; ngîm si;

    to sing or chant hymns.

#### si kó̤; si chó̤;

    the rough draft of a poem.

#### si tôi;

    the title or prelude of a poem.

#### sì kù si;

    verses of four lines.

#### si nêk;

    the ode itself.

#### si bûn kŭ hó̤;

    the odes are excellent.

#### cêk tîo si;

    a poem or hymn.

#### tôi si;

    improvise a stanza.

#### hŏ̤ si;

    match rhymes.

#### úa cò̤ tîo si lṳ́ hŏ̤;

    I will compose an ode, and you compose another having the same rhymes throughout.

#### khîeh pńg si ūn lâi chê;

    get a book of standard rhymes and see whether this is a correct rhyme.

#### si-ong;

    a poet.

#### si kiaⁿ; ​

    a classic poem.

#### si sṳ̂ ko̤ hù;

    verses, ditties, odes and songs.

#### si íu;

    a fellow rhymester.

#### kó si;

    ancient poetry.

#### ngó ngân si, chit ngân si;

    verses with five or with seven words in a line.

#### pâi-lût si;

    a canto, a long poem.

#### chit-lût si;

    a sonnet of eight lines with seven words in a line.

#### chit cô̤h si;

    a stanza of four lines, with seven words in a line.

#### ngŏ cô̤h si;

    a stanza of four lines with five words in a line.

#### chì-thiap si;

    poems given in at the examinations.

#### si kù;

    four lines of rhyme.

#### i kâi si sit lîam kâi jī;

    his poem has one false rhyme in it.

#### hó̤ si-hù;

    a good song.

#### chiam si;

    an oracular response in verse, obtained by drawing a lot referring to a number on the table of oracular verses in a temple.
* 螄si75814210
* Spiral or crenulated, as shells.

#### lô̤-si;

    screwlike; spiral; a cork-screw.

#### lô̤-si khak;

    spiral shells.

#### lô̤-si teng;

    a screw.

#### lô̤-si jẃn;

    a nut which works upon a screw.

#### lô̤-si m̄ kah, jẃn m̄ lô̤h;

    the screw does not fit, and will not go in when turned.

#### i kâi teng ēng ŭ lô̤-si a bô̤?

    Has the lamp a screw at its top?

#### cí kâi cun-chùi ēng ŭ lô̤-si;

    the top of this flask screws on.

#### lô̤-si khàm;

    a top that screws on.

#### lô̤-si kùa;

    a cover that screws on.

#### si-ham;

    the ribbed scallop.

#### lô̤-si khah siap, jẃn m̄ chut;

    the screw works with such friction that I cannot screw it out.
* 屍si757446
* A corpse.

#### sí-si; sin-si; si-síu; sí hâi;

    a corpse.

#### sin-si tī-tîang khṳ̀ siu i?

    Who has gone to bring in the bodies?

#### ngĭam si;

    hold an inquest.

#### si chin khṳ̀ kò̤ kuaⁿ;

    the relatives of the dead went to complain to the magistrate.

#### ngĭam tîeh kâi si bô̤ sieⁿ;

    found no wounds on the body at the inquest.

#### î si thû-lūa;

    remove a corpse to another person's house in order to implicate him in the murder.

#### cieh si hŵn hûn;

    borrowed another body, his own having been buried, and returned to life.

#### ngŏ lō pun si;

    to pull a person in pieces by attaching oxen to drag in five different directions.

#### cang i kâi si pàng sîaⁿ gūa hō̤-nīa;

    put the corpse outside the city wall as a warning to the people.
* 絲si1208359
* Silk as it comes from the cocoons; silk in general; the fibers of nettle hemp and other plants; silky; fine, flossy; small, minute; to sew with silk; a cord, a line, a fiber, a wire; veins in wood; in decimals, a hundred thousandth, or the hundredth part of a cash; stringed instruments of music.

#### chôiⁿ si;

    the silk of silkworms.

#### i sĭ hû-si kheh, lâi bói hû-si kâi;

    he is a silk buyer who has come to buy raw silk.

#### si-mîⁿ;

    silk wadding, used for linings or in shrouds.

#### pue si eng-tîeh mâk;

    a gossamer thread floating in the air, got into his eye.

#### côih cò̤ nêk-si;

    cut it up into shredded meat.

#### thoah chài-thâu si;

    grate turnips into shreds.

#### thiu si;

    reel silk from the cocoons.

#### ti-tu si;

    a spider's web.

#### lî hâu si hut;

    the very least particle.

#### tâng si;

    fine copper wire.

#### só̤ chēng sĭ si tîu lîn tn̄g;

    dresses in silks and satins.

#### si-sùaⁿ;

    sewing silk.

#### si cháu;

    silk goods.

#### koi si mīⁿ;

    chicken stew.

#### ngṳ̂n si;

    fine silver wire.

#### ngṳ̂n si-mīⁿ;

    white vermicelli.

#### côih cêk si cêk si;

    cut it up in fine strips.

#### thì kàu sòi-si sòi-si;

    pick it into shreds.

#### si hâu bŏi khueh-khìam;

    does not lack a particle.

#### khang si kùe mêh;

    stretch a silken thread to test the pulse upon.

#### kă-tîeh seⁿ si;

    it is stringy when you bite into it.

#### i kâi nūaⁿ seⁿ si;

    his saliva is ropy.

#### phùi chut lâi, i kâi thâm tèng tòa ŭ hueh-si;

    when he expectorates, there are flecks of blood in the phlegm.

#### cheⁿ si;

    raw silk.

#### sêk si;

    twisted silk.

#### ńng si;

    slackly twisted silk.

#### ngĕ si;

    hard twisted silk.

#### i sĭ cîah thîo-si, a sĭ cîah cho-si?

    Does he use coarse or fine cut tobacco?

#### pêh si hun;

    pale colored fine cut tobacco.

#### kim si; n̂g si;

    fine cut yellow tobacco.

#### bé búe si;

    horsehair used as thread.

#### tùe ŭ tio si tŏ̤-kò̤;

    a thread is hanging to it.

#### khîeh khṳt chôiⁿ keⁿ si;

    let the silk-worms spin silk over it.

#### ti-tu tūi si lô̤h khṳ̀;

    the spider lets himself down by a filament.

#### sap kàu si-si;

    hash it up fine.

#### thiu lâi khah tōa si;

    shaved it up into too large strips.

#### seⁿ si;

    is stringy.

#### thó-si cí;

    seeds of the dodder, a medicinal plant, used as a tonic.
* 司si835302
* To control, to manage, to preside over; a commissioner, a superintendent, an officer; a court or office; a subdivision of a district, like a township.

#### ang-chak-si;

    the provincial judge.

#### îam-ūn-si;

    the salt commissioner.

#### pù-cèng-si;

    the commissioner of the revenue.

#### saⁿ si;

    the three commissioners, (above named).

#### líang si;

    the minister of justice, and the salt commissioner.

#### phah kuaⁿ-si;

    engaged in a lawsuit.

#### si-gêk;

    the jailor.

#### kak pŏ kâi si-ŵn;

    directors in the various Boards.

#### kong si;

    a public company, like the old East India Company; a mercantile firm; a managing committee of officers.

#### si mĕng càu sîn;

    the god of the kitchen.

#### tī-tîang tó̤ si sṳ̄?

    Who has the direction of the affair?

#### tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?

    Who acts as superintendent?

#### chì mn̄g i só̤ si hô̤ sṳ̄;

    inquire what he superintends. ​
* 施si758705
* To bestow; to distribute; to relieve.

#### si ṳn khṳt;

    favor him.

#### khîu i si ṳn;

    besought him to show mercy.

#### sok-sok si kîaⁿ;

    speedily grant that it be so.

#### si cú;

    benefactor.

#### tōa si cú;

    great benefactor.

#### si sía;

    beshow in charity.

#### si cì;

    give alms.

#### si cîah;

    distribute food.

#### si kuaⁿ-bâk;

    to give away coffins.

#### si-pun kúi cîah;

    feed destitute spirits.

#### si tê, si îeh, si cîⁿ, si bí, si kûe-lôih, si phùa-hîuⁿ;

    distribute tea, medicine, cash, rice, splint hats, and old clothing.

#### jûah thiⁿ-sî si kûe-sìⁿ, chìn thiⁿ-sî si húe-thang;

    in hot weather give away palm-leaf fans, in cold weather, braziers.

#### si ui;

    contribute funds for paying physicians.

#### i cū bô̤ si ûi lí;

    he can do no more.

#### kí só̤ put àiⁿ, màiⁿ si i nâng;

    what you dislike others to do to you, that do not do to them,.

#### si hue-sua-thô, pi-cîeh;

    to aid by giving mortar to build the tomb and a grave-stone.

#### cêk chiet si-cì kâi sṳ̄ tŏ̤ nâng kâi lâk;

    alms-giving must be according to one's ability.
* 尸si754440
* An effigy of an ancestor; living persons were anciently dressed to personate them, and were then worshipped.

#### khì kàu saⁿ si sîn pău-thìo;

    danced and hopped about from the excess of his rage.

#### kó-cá kâi cì có, sip-lìp ŭ kâi si, tǹg cò̤ có, chēng i có kâi hôk-sek;

    in the ancient worship of ancestors, an image was made to represent the ancestor, and wore the ancestor's clothing.
* 系si1811201
* The clue, connection or link, which joins things.

#### sì-si;

    a genealogy.

#### i kâi sì-si kio nín sie tâng mē?

    Is his genealogy the same as yours?
* 筮si7591187
* To divine with stems of the milfoil or mayweed.

#### ēng si-cháu lâi si kâi khùe;

    take milfoil and try what the lot will show.
* 始sí761385
* The beginning; opening; a start; to commence; the earliest; to be first; as an initial, then, at that time, was.

#### khí-sí;

    the first.

#### sí cong bŏi pìen-êk;

    from beginning to end there is no variation.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kâi sí-mŵt lṳ́ tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;

    relate the whole affair to me from beginning to end.

#### cía sĭ tī-tîang chàng-sí kâi?

    Who invented this?

#### sí-có;

    the founder of the family.

#### cṳ̆ sí cì cong;

    from beginning to end.

#### kàu taⁿ sí cai i sĭ hó̤;

    know now for the first time that it is excellent.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ ŭ sí bô̤ cong;

    in whatever one does he should not make a commencement and reach no termination.
* 死sí836782
* To die; dead; death; ghastly; mortally; dangerous; fearless to the death; a superlative after a verb or an adjective; urgent; intense; fixed, not movable.

#### phah sí;

    beat to death.

#### hāi sí nâng;

    be the death of somebody.

#### m̄ cai sí;

    reckless; knows no fear.

#### i kâi sim būe sí;

    he has not yet become indifferent to it.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ i kâi sim cìaⁿ sí;

    thus his desire for it will die out.

#### sí lō;

    a dangerous road.

#### i būe hío sèⁿ sí mn̂g;

    he does not yet know in which way safety or danger lies.

#### m̄ pat sí, so̤h cò̤ gû(illegible text);

    did not know what death was, and mistakenly thought she was asleep.

#### khì sí nâng;

    vex one to death.

#### sí lâu, sí cúi;

    stagnant water.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭ sí tī;

    that is dangerous ground.

#### sí nâng khut;

    a beastly hole.

#### i sĭ pēⁿ sí, m̄ sĭ khṳt nâng thâi sí;

    he died of disease, not by violence.

#### kiaⁿ sí;

    scared almost to death.

#### ló sí;

    mortal hatred.

#### hĕng sí; hṳ̆n sí;

    exceeding dislike.

#### khṳt i poh sí khṳ̀;

    worried to death by him.

#### cōi kíaⁿ gō̤ sí pĕ;

    numerous progeny bring starvation to the father.

#### àiⁿ sí, bōi tit sí;

    is anxious to die as soon as possible.

#### cía hāu-peh-cheh sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ sí kâi a ûah kâi?

    Do you wish to have these shutters made with movable or immovable slats?

#### sí cŭe;

    a capital crime.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sí hŵn-lío khah tâk khṳt i;

    he deserves a heavier punishment than death.

#### cŭe put cì sí;

    a crime not punishable by death.

#### i pēⁿ kàu àiⁿ sí;

    he is sick unto death.

#### kă sí m̄ hàuⁿ pàng;

    sets his teeth into it with deathly grip, and will not let go.

#### tûi sí m̄ jīn;

    though beaten to death, will not confess.

#### seⁿ sí pìaⁿ kàu sêng;

    redouble the exertions, and thus win in a straggle between life and death.

#### m̄ ngw̆n sí;

    not willing to risk his life for it.

#### tàⁿ tîeh i ngŵn sí;

    says he is willing to die for it.

#### màiⁿ wn-khut sí nâng;

    do not oppress people intolerably.

#### i bŏi sí;

    he is not going to die.

#### àiⁿ sí àiⁿ ûah; àiⁿ tùe nâng seⁿ sí;

    will cast in his lot with such an one whether it be to live or to die.

#### tùi nâng sí;

    oppose to the death.

#### sí kàu ngĕ-ngĕ;

    stone dead.

#### thâi sí tṳ;

    to kill hogs.

#### khùaⁿ-ûah sí;

    die a peaceful death.

#### chám sí;

    die miserably.

#### khó sí i;

    pester him to death.

#### i hó̤ sí lío;

    he might as well die now.

#### cìu sí cūa;

    swear to die for an object.

#### kúi līu sí;

    throttled by a demon.

#### tĕⁿ sí;

    kill by choking with the hand.

#### tèⁿ sí; ké sí; cuang sí; tieⁿ cò̤ sí kâi;

    to feign death.

#### hṳ̂ sí mâk m̄ khoih;

    a fish does not close its eyes when dying.

#### sì lío mâk kim-kim;

    after he was dead his eyes remained wide open.

#### lṳ̂ sí to bô̤ ēng;

    yon may kill yourself by your exertions and all will be of no use.
i sí sí kīo, kĭo kàu jī-ke phok ​khṳ̀;
    he will incite them to mortal strife, till both parties are exterminated.

#### teh sí;

    crush to death.

#### kek sí;

    suffocated.

#### sie sí;

    burned to death.

#### thòi i sí;

    die in his stead.

#### pûah sí;

    killed by a fall.

#### káu sí, cêk seⁿ;

    ten to one he will die.
* 四sì836312
* Four; all around; everywhere.

#### sì khùi;

    the four seasons.

#### sì sî kâi kúe-cí to hó̤ cîah;

    the fruits of all the seasons are edible.

#### sì-pang;

    four sided, square or oblong.

#### sì kak;

    quadrangular.

#### sì cieⁿ, sì thói;

    the limbs; the whole body.

#### sì mâk bô̤ chin;

    a stranger among strangers.

#### sì cì;

    environs.

#### jîh-sì;

    twenty-four.

#### sì-ciu-ûi;

    all around.

#### múaⁿ sì-chù;

    in every direction.

#### sì ûi to sĭ suaⁿ;

    there are mountains on all sides.

#### sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;

    no obstacle in any direction.

#### sì mīn;

    every quarter.

#### sì hái;

    all the world.

#### sì lâk chù ŭ;

    it is to be found in ever so many places.

#### sì mn̂g pêⁿ kín;

    all the gates barricaded.

#### sì lō nĕ tît-tit̂;

    straight roads in all directions.

#### sì lō thîo-tît;

    a straight course everyway.

#### saⁿ sì hûe;

    three or four times.

#### sì ngŏ tńg;

    four or five times.

#### cò̤ kàu sì pêⁿ poih ún;

    made plain and safe in all quarters.

#### sì thong poih tâk;

    opens out in all directions, (as a passage).

#### sì tāi thien ûang;

    four demon kings whose images are placed at the doors of monasteries.

#### sì-put-sĭang;

    unlike every body else, a name of the Elephurus davidii$^*$.

#### sì mâk sie tùi;

    stand and look at each other and do nothing.

#### sì chîo tăi-láu;

    holding office during the reigns of four emperors.

#### sì thĭo;

    the letters denoting the time of one's birth.

#### cĭeⁿ sì hú, ĕ sì hú;

    the officials of the upper and lower portions of the province.
* 世sì76314
* An age, a generation; the world; mankind; times; life; seasons; experience of life; hereditary; successively; to enfeoff; during the times of; from age to age; perpetual; in divination refers to diagrams which denote one's self.

#### sì-kang;

    the world.

#### cêk sì nâng;

    all my life; one life time.

#### sì tō̤;

    generations.

#### seⁿ chut sì;

    born into the world.

#### kùe sì;

    to die.

#### kim seⁿ kim sì;

    the present age.

#### sì cīeⁿ;

    now-a-days.

#### sì-cīeⁿ nâng; sì-kang nâng;

    people of the present time.

#### sì-kài hó̤ a m̆-hó̤?

    How go the times with you?

#### i cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sì-chêng;

    he does not at all understand the circumstances in the case.

#### phûeh sì-chêng;

    talking about the condition of things.

#### i kâi nâng sì-chêng căi;

    he has great knowledge of the world.

#### i kio i sĭ sì hiaⁿ-tĭ, m̄ sĭ sì cek-tîet;

    he is of the same generation as they, not of a succeeding one.

#### sì kau;

    friends of many generations.

#### sì-sîp kâi kuaⁿ-ciak;

    a hereditary office and title.

#### sì ke;

    an old and honorable family.

#### sîp-sêk sì kù;

    become acquainted with the world.

#### thŵn kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi sì;

    has been handed down through many generations.

#### jī sì có;

    the son of the founder of the family.
* 勢sì7651911
* Power, authority, influence; pomp, dignity, grandeur; strength, or that wherein it lies; resources; virility; air, exterior, figure, condition, state of.

#### sì-lâk;

    vigor, prowess, force.

#### ŭ sì-lâk kâi nâng;

    a man of influence.

#### ui-sì sît-căi tōa;

    has really great dignity.

#### khŵn-sì;

    authority.

#### hó̤ sì-thâu;

    a good omen.

#### heh-sì;

    to brow-beat.

#### to s̆i sì lĭ kâi nâng;

    is one who fawns on the rich.

#### sit sì;

    to lose influence.

#### lâi-sì sĭm sĭ hiong;

    has a savage look.

#### i mih sṳ̄ to àiⁿ sái sì;

    he likes to exercise his authority in every thing.

#### i kâi sì khah tōa, nâng m̄ chap i;

    he is too authoritative and people will not associate with him.

#### cía sĭ sì só̤ pit-jîen;

    this is something that I am compelled to insist upon.

#### hêng-sì;

    aspect, position (said of places or buildings).

#### sêng sì, jīo khṳ̀;

    improve the occasion and drive them out.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ pí khûn sì;

    the two are showing off their skill in boxing.

#### kè-sì;

    the style in which a thing is done; the adaptation of the manner to the circumstances.

#### i kâi kè-sì pí khṳ̀ hó̤;

    he displayed his skill to good advantage.

#### mŏng lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;

    brandished (his weapons) without skill.

#### kò̤ cûn, kò̤ lâi bô̤ kè bô̤ sì;

    rowed the boat in a very awkward way.

#### cò̤ lâi sĭ sì;

    does it as if he knew how.

#### cúi-sì kàu cí-kò̤ kín căi;

    the current is very rapid at this point.

#### hùe-sì tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ cŭ;

    the fire is increasing its fury, and they cannot stop it.

#### kah nâng kah nâng kai chíu sì;

    each has his own way of doing things.

#### cŏ lâi bè-sì hó̤;

    he sits well on a horse.

#### kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cìaⁿ kōi cò̤;

    take advantage of the drift in that direction and yon can do it easily.

#### tô̤ kâi sì cū thìo kùe khṳ̀;

    get an impetus by starting at a little distance away, and then jump across.

#### cĭa i ke-cú kâi sì;

    depends on his master's power.

#### i kâi uá tī-tîang kâi sì?

    Whose influence does he rely on?

#### i ŭ sì hó̤ khṳt-nâng úa;

    he has authority on which people may depend for help.

#### tîeh cieh-sì cieh-sì nē;

    must not place too much confidence in its strength.

#### ŭ sì màiⁿ cĭn sái;

    do not lay out all your strength.

#### i bŏi sío-lí úa-cĭang tha nâng kâi sì cū tó̤ ui-hong;

    he is not ashamed to put on an appearance of great dignity, relying wholly on the power of other people ​for sustaining it.

#### sŭn i kâi sì;

    follow its drift; go according to the grain.

#### cĭu sì phah sì;

    meet force with force.

#### i bô̤ mih sì;

    he is not very influential.

#### i kâi sì sĭ cîah tùi hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;

    its force trends in that direction.

#### pēⁿ-sì căi-seⁿ?

    What is the tendency of the disease?

#### thóiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ sì sĭ jû hô̤;

    see what shape the matter takes.

#### sî sì;

    fashionable; stylish.

#### lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu thóiⁿ sì;

    you go and see how much force there is to be overcome.

#### sì ngĕ, sì ńng;

    aggressive force or defensive force.

#### kè-sì lîam căi;

    the aptitude acquired by practise is very great.

#### huang sì;

    the force of the wind.
* 駟sì8361875
* A team of four horses.

#### cêk ngân kì chut sì bé lâng tai;

    when a word is once spoken four horses cannot bring it back.

#### sì bé thua chia;

    a four horse chariot.

#### i kâi chù cò̤ sì-bé-thua-chia khí;

    his house is built with two pairs of rooms in front of the main hall.
* 辭sî8361875
* To decline, to refuse; to take leave of.

#### i khṳ̀ sî i;

    he has gone to decline his proposal.

#### sî i m̄ khṳ̀;

    cannot refuse his offer.

#### sî-pîet cèng nâng;

    take leave of them all.

#### sie sî;

    take leave of each other.

#### i bô̤ sie bô̤ sî cū khṳ̀;

    he went off without bidding any one good-by.

#### chui sî;

    to excuse one's self from doing a thing.

#### sî kîaⁿ thiap;

    a p. p. c. card.

#### m̄ sî lâu-khó;

    does not shirk labor.

#### ngē sî i;

    firmly declined his offer.

#### i íⁿ-keng sî sṳ̄;

    he has already withdrawn from the affair.

#### sî kuaⁿ;

    resign office.

#### sî ceh;

    resign a post.

#### tíen-síu put lêng sî tit ceh;

    the one in charge cannot lay aside the responsibility of his position.
* 匙sî760219
* A spoon.

#### cêk ki sî;

    one spoon.

#### thng-sî;

    a soup spoon.

#### tê-sî;

    a tea-spoon.

#### cêk kah thng-sî;

    a set of ten spoons.

#### cúi sî;

    a spoon used in wetting ink.

#### hue-sî;

    a trowel.

#### só̤-sî;

    a key.
* 時sî759726
* Time; a season; a period; a Chinese hour; a quarter of a year; an occasion; an opportunity; now; timely; convenient; recent; in season; to time rightly; to take a fit time for; to be; when.

#### while, during;

    as; then; at that time; sometimes.

#### cêk jît câp-jī kâi sî-sîn;

    each day is divided into twelve Chinese hours.

#### cêk kâi sî poih khek;

    each Chinese hour is divided into eight periods.

#### suî-sî;

    immediately.

#### ciet-sî;

    forth-with.

#### cêk-sî cū àiⁿ;

    want it at once.

#### cîeⁿ-sî;

    the other time.

#### ĕ sî;

    next time.

#### cìeⁿ-sî;

    lately.

#### cí īeⁿ mûeh sî-heng căi;

    this sort of thing is quite the fashion.

#### cīu-sî;

    straight-way.

#### thiⁿ sî;

    the weather.

#### cí hûe sĭm-mih sî-hāu?

    What time is it now?

#### sî-sî khek-khek bô̤ lî-khui;

    do not leave it for an instant.

#### i m̄ sek sî-bŭ;

    he is unacquainted with the world.

#### soiⁿ tiang-sî;

    formerly.

#### hīn sî;

    at present.

#### tī tiang-sî?

    When?

#### hṳ́ sî; pí sî; hṳ́ cêk sî;

    at that time.

#### sî-sî, sîeⁿ-sî;

    constantly; always.

#### siap-sî-kang;

    a little while.

#### ke cêk siap sî;

    after a while.

#### úa sî kang cū lâi;

    I came a moment later.

#### bô̤ cêk sî ôiⁿ;

    have not a moment's leisure.

#### sî sîeⁿ;

    all the time.

#### hâh sî a m̄ hâh sî;

    seasonable, or unseasonable.

#### sî-thâu, sî búe, sî tong;

    the beginning, the end or the middle, of a period.

#### mih sî jît?

    At what time?

#### hṳ́ kâi sî-coih;

    at that period.

#### sì sî kâi hue-bâk lóng-cóng cèng ŭ;

    have all the vegetation of all the four seasons.

#### tng sî; tng khî sî;

    at the time.

#### i sî put sî lâi i kò̤;

    he comes to their house off and on at all times.

#### sî-ceng;

    a clock.

#### sî-pie;

    a watch.

#### cá sî;

    aforetime.

#### kó sî;

    ancient times.

#### ŭ sî ŭ, ŭ sî bô̤;

    sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not.

#### tàu sî put tíam, tíam sî put tàu;

    when he is there it is not roll-call, and at roll-call he is not there; when he is there he is not wanted, and when he is wanted he is not there.

#### m̄ tùi sî;

    untimely.

#### m̄ tit sî;

    not suited to the occasion.

#### hù sî;

    in time.

#### tîeh hù sî;

    must be in time.

#### cṳ́ sî thíu sî, în sî, sut sî, hăi sî;

    the twelve hours of the day from 11 P.M. to 11 A.M.
* 氏sĭ763830
* A family; it once denoted the head of a clan, but now indicates that the person is a woman.

#### sèⁿ sĭ;

    the clan.

#### lô̤ sĭ;

    of the Lo family.

#### huang mn̂g lí sĭ;

    Mrs. Huang née Li.

#### kai sĭ;

    the said female.

#### sek sĭ;

    the Buddhists.

#### tieⁿ sĭ ke-bīe;

    the ancestral hall of the Tie family.

#### tùi chi mih sĭ?

    What is his wife's family name?
* 視sĭ7631475
* To see; to inspect; to take knowledge of; to behave to; have regard to.

#### sûn-sĭ;

    to visit.

#### i kâi mâk kṳ̆n-sĭ;

    she is short sighted.

#### khin sĭ;

    to despise.

#### míoⁿ-sĭ;

    regard with contempt.
* 伺sĭ83795
* To reconnoiter; to spy.

#### châk tó̤ kui-sĭ i;

    thieves are reconnoitering it.

#### tîeh ēng kâi nâng lâi hôk-sĭ;

    must employ some one to reconnoiter. ​
* 恃sĭ761616
* To trust to; to look to for protection.

#### sĭ sì khi-hŭ năng;

    rely on his protection in imposing upon people.

#### sĭ châi ûi táⁿ;

    trust in riches for audacity.

#### cṳ̆-sĭ;

    self-confident.

#### cía m̄-hó̤ sĭ;

    is not to be relied on.

#### sĭ-tio, sĭ-phwt;

    impudent and audacious.
* 侍sĭ76196
* Following, as an attendant.

#### sĭ-cái;

    a butler.

#### hok-sĭ;

    to wait on; to serve.

#### sĭ-n̂ng;

    a gentleman in waiting; a Vice-President of a Board.
* 是sĭ762725
* To be; it is so; it is proper, denoting a quality of truth rather than mere existence; right, correct; that which the mind approves.

#### sĭ a m̄ sĭ?

    Is it so or not?

#### sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is the case; that is all there is to say about it.

#### sĭ; sĭ ā;

    yea.

#### m̄ sĭ;

    no; not so.

#### sĭ kâi put lêng á cò̤ m̄ sĭ;

    what is so cannot be made otherwise by argument.

#### sĭ hó̤ sī khiap cò̤ cē tŏ̤ cí;

    good or bad, they are all here together.

#### sĭ cin a sĭ ké?

    Is it real or artificial?

#### khá sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    How can it be so?

#### sĭ hóⁿ kâi úa tàⁿ cai;

    whether so or not, tell me.

#### sĭ sît;

    in very truth.

#### i lâi pûe put sĭ;

    he came to correct a mistake.

#### i sĭ tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ saⁿ nî;

    he was there three years.

#### m̄ cai sĭ nâng a sĭ kúi;

    do not know whether it was man or demon.

#### i sĭ pēⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;

    he is sick.

#### i sĭ m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

    she has no children.

#### i sĭ lṳ́ kâi tī-tîang?

    What relation of yours is he?

#### i sĭ lâi jîp ún kâi cĭa kâi;

    he has been naturalised among us.

#### in ā sĭ ŭ li, cieh lâng-ló̤;

    if they have any, borrow a little.

#### in sĭ châk;

    they are thieves.
* 示sī7631130
* To show; to make known the will of heaven to mankind; to signify; an edict or notice from an official; a manifestation or revelation a prognostic or sign.

#### chut kò̤-sī;

    issue a proclamation.

#### kà-sī;

    to instruct.

#### kê tŏ̤ sîaⁿ-mn̂g-kha sī cèng;

    wearing the cangue at the city gate, as a warning to all.

#### cì-sī;

    to indicate; to intimate; to suggest.

#### ŭ chut sī, a būe ŭ?

    Has any notice of it yet been issued?
* 豉sī7641514
* Salt condiments.

#### sī-îu;

    soy.

#### tāu-sī-pô;

    bean catsup.

#### hiang-sī;

    spiced catsup.

#### kaⁿ-ná sī;

    olives stoned and salted.

#### ô̤ sī;

    dried salt oysters.
* 誓sī7651497
* An oath.

#### hwt sī;

    take an oath.

#### tng thiⁿ mêng sī;

    I swear it before Heaven.

#### pŭe sī;

    to break an oath.

#### sī put líang lip;

    there are no two ways of keeping an oath.

#### suaⁿ mêng hái sī;

    an oath as unalterable as the hills and seas.