# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/seⁿ
### seⁿ

* 牲seⁿ742985
* Sacrificial animals, of which there are six; victims.

#### saⁿ seⁿ;

    poultry, pork and fish.

#### seⁿ kháu;

    carcasses prepared as offerings.

#### phōiⁿ cêk hù ngŏ-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;

    prepare a full complement of victims and lay them before the gods.

#### ceng-seⁿ;

    draught animals or cattle.

#### chī ceng-seⁿ;

    rear domestic animals.
* 生seⁿ7421000
* To bear; to produce; to arise, as an event; to grow; to beget; to bring about the birth of; to excite; to live; to come forth; life, vitality; the living; manner of living; raw; unpolished.

#### seⁿ kíaⁿ;

    to bear a child.

#### bŏi seⁿ;

    sterile.

#### chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;

    own child.

#### seⁿ pēⁿ;

    become ill.

#### sin-seⁿ;

    a teacher.

#### phêng seⁿ;

    the whole life.

#### seⁿ phêng bô̤ ak sṳ̄;

    has done no evil in all his life.

#### ŭ seⁿ ì;

    looks as if it were growing.

#### hṳ̂-seⁿ;

    a preparation of raw fish.

#### boí khṳ̀ pàng seⁿ;

    buy living creatures in order to set them free, an act considered to be meritorious.

#### seⁿ-seⁿ put íⁿ;

    age after age in unceasing succession.

#### seⁿ lâi ngía;

    is handsome.

#### cṳ̆ seⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    is naturally thus.

#### seⁿ cîn kâi; seⁿ-sêng kâi;

    is natural.

#### chau seⁿ suah cṳ khŵn;

    holds the power of life and death.

#### seⁿ chut sì;

    to be born into the world.

#### seⁿ jît;

    birthday.

#### chông i seⁿ chut lâi kâi;

    arises out of that.

#### thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;

    the first born son.

#### tho̤ seⁿ;

    viviparous.

#### n̆ng seⁿ;

    oviparous.

#### sip seⁿ;

    produced by moisture.

#### hùe seⁿ;

    transformed.

#### tho̤h seⁿ;

    the doctrine of rewards and punishments by a second life.

#### thau seⁿ kíaⁿ;

    bear a child by stealth.

#### khin seⁿ;

    set light by one's life.

#### seⁿ khì;

    get angry.

#### ciap tîeh i kâi seⁿ-khì;

    prolong his life.

#### seⁿ kòi;

    have the itch.

#### seⁿ ko;

    become mouldy.

#### bw̄n-bw̄n seⁿ-lêng;

    all living creatures.

#### seⁿ n̆ng;

    lay eggs.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ hṳ́ lîap mûeh kâi sĭ seⁿ sĭm-mûeh?

    What do you think that little sore is that is coming out upon him?

#### nín kâi hieⁿ-lí seⁿ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

    Where is your village located?

#### úang i pĕ-bó̤ seⁿ i kàu cìaⁿ tōa!

    It is a pity that his parents reared him!

#### i lîen seⁿ sin cṳ pún to m̄ kù, cò̤ ŭ kù pât nâng?

    Since he does not regard ​his own progenitors, how can he show consideration for other people?

#### i seⁿ khṳ̀ ko̤h īeⁿ căi;

    he is very much deformed.

#### i kâi thâu-khak seⁿ lâm-sap;

    lie has sores on his head, arising from neglect.

#### seⁿ jûah-pauh;

    has a cold-sore.

#### seⁿ thûe;

    has boils.

#### seⁿ cîⁿ;

    borrow money on interest.

#### i côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì sĭ cò̤ cek ak;

    his sins in a former life were numerous.

#### hău-seⁿ;

    young; in the vigor of youth.

#### àiⁿ cai côiⁿ-seⁿ sṳ̄, kim-seⁿ sĭu-cía sĭ;

    would you know what were the events in your former state of existence, you have but to consider what your present state of existence has been made.

#### tek seⁿ;

    brutes.

#### seⁿ súaⁿ;

    parturition.

#### hûeⁿ seⁿ;

    a cross presentation at childbirth.

#### tò̤ seⁿ;

    presentation of the feet first in childbirth.

#### chui seⁿ hû;

    a charm to produce easy parturition.

#### chui seⁿ lô̤;

    a spiral shell, supposed to hasten parturition.

#### kin-nî kâi tāu seⁿ cōi căi, kū-nî cn̂g kâi bŏⁿ seⁿ;

    the peas are very productive this year, last year they did not bear at all.

#### seⁿ thâng;

    have worms on them.

#### seⁿ tŏa;

    have grubs in them.

#### màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ kùe seⁿ;

    it would have been better not to have begotten you.

#### màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ pak îeh;

    prevention is better than cure.

#### seⁿ tâk mûeh;

    have a malignant ulcer.

#### i m̄ hio seⁿ sí mn̂g;

    he does not know in which way safety lies.

#### ŭ-cîⁿ-cía seⁿ, bô̤-cîⁿ-cía sí;

    the moneyed ones live, the moneyless die.

#### kìaⁿ-seⁿ;

    a parasite; lichens.

#### seⁿ sek;

    the income from money lent.

#### seⁿ-îok;

    lust.

#### to̤ seⁿ, cíe íang;

    bear many and rear few.

#### seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;

    bear a son.

#### seⁿ cáu-kíaⁿ;

    bear a daughter.

#### seⁿ sṳ̄;

    lead to a disturbance.

#### seⁿ ūe;

    give rise to an altercation.

#### ngw̆n seⁿ ngw̆n sí;

    willing to stake his life on it.

#### tham seⁿ phàⁿ sí;

    long for life and dread death.

#### sí seⁿ ŭ mīaⁿ;

    life and death are as fate decrees; no man can die till his time comes.

#### i seⁿ gūa sṳ̄;

    he indulges in pleasures which are not domestic.

#### cṳ̆ íu seⁿ íⁿ-lâi m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

    I never saw such a thing in all my life.

#### thiⁿ seⁿ cṳ̄-jîen;

    a natural production.

#### tâu seⁿ, bô̤ tâu sí;

    one gives himself up that he may live, not that he may die.

#### seⁿ tâk;

    to become poisonous.

#### bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ îong-seⁿ;

    no means of getting a living.

#### seⁿ khùn tó kâi kíaⁿ;

    have a son that is of no use.

#### cêk seⁿ nâng;

    all my life.

#### seⁿ i tit phû;

    can surpass her in bearing children.

#### tîeh i ka-kī tó lâi ŏi seⁿ pìen;

    he must be able to think it out for himself.

#### cía sĭ i tó̤ seⁿ ko peh-lêh kâi;

    this is prevarication on his part.
* 樣seⁿ10737511
* Manner; method; style; way.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤, a hìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤?

    Is this or is that the better way?

#### căi-seⁿ? căi-seⁿ-ieⁿ?

    What sort of thing is it?

#### cū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is the way it is; nothing more need be said about it.
* 鉎seⁿ8091675
* Cast iron.

#### sĭ thih kâi a sĭ seⁿ kâi?

    Is it of wrought iron or of cast iron?

#### seⁿ ue;

    a cast iron pot.

#### lâm seⁿ;

    pour out melted iron.
* 腥seⁿ8091309
* Raw, minced flesh.

#### hṳ̂ seⁿ;

    boned fish.

#### hṳ̂ seⁿ chò;

    the vinegar for boned fish.
* 省séⁿ7431094
* A province of the empire; to save, to spare, to diminish; to examine, to inspect; watchful; to awaken.

#### séⁿ cîⁿ;

    lessen the expense.

#### séⁿ sṳ̄;

    makes less trouble.

#### séⁿ kíam;

    to reduce the outlay.

#### séⁿ-seⁿ nē;

    very sparing.

#### câp-poih séⁿ;

    the eighteen provinces.

#### séⁿ sîaⁿ; séⁿ hŭe;

    the provincial capital.

#### hun-hwt séⁿ-hun;

    sent him to a post in the provinces.

#### séⁿ so̤-hùi;

    save expense.

#### hùi-ēng lîah séⁿ cē cū kàu;

    if the outlays are frugally made, there will be enough.

#### séⁿ-chak mêng-pêh;

    investigate thoroughly.

#### ău-lâi cìaⁿ séⁿ-ngŏ̤;

    was afterward roused to a sense of his danger.

#### hûe ke séⁿ chin;

    return home and look after his own affairs.

#### cía sĭ séⁿ-úi kâi, m̄ sĭ kiaⁿ-pàng;

    this one is a deputy sent from the provincial capital, not a commissioner sent from Peking.

#### lô̤h séⁿ; cìn séⁿ, jîp séⁿ; kàu séⁿ;

    to go to the provincial city.

#### chut séⁿ;

    leave the province.

#### kòi séⁿ;

    convoy a criminal to Canton.

#### keh séⁿ;

    the adjacent province.

#### pńg séⁿ;

    our own province.
* 性sèⁿ809615
* Natural disposition; temper, spirit; a quality; a property; faculty; naturally, unconstrainedly.

#### sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

    the life; one's existence.

#### i ngĕ sèⁿ căi;

    she is very set in her way.

#### sèⁿ ngĕ căi;

    obstinate, mulish.

#### sèⁿ màiⁿ khah kip;

    do not be too impatient.

#### i kâi sèⁿ sĭang kín, cí kâi sèⁿ cū māng;

    his is an impetuous nature, the other is more moderate.

#### sèⁿ-chêng khwn-hûa;

    an easy temper.

#### ŭ hueh sèⁿ kâi nâng;

    a person who is quick to feel, and earnest in doing.

#### i ío hío îeh sèⁿ;

    he better understands the nature of the remedies.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh kâi sèⁿ hâng-lîang;

    this is a cooling medicine.

#### i kâi sèⁿ-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?

    What sort of a disposition has she?

#### sèⁿ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ íang;

    the right spirit must gradually be developed.

#### i kâi sèⁿ tōa căi;

    she has a high temper.

#### húe sèⁿ;

    fiery; hot tempered.

#### húe-sèⁿ phû;

    his temper was roused.

#### sèⁿ chàu-pău;

    has a violent temper.

#### pău sèⁿ căi;

    very cruel.

#### sèⁿ un-jîu;

    has a gentle disposition.

#### bô̤ sèⁿ;

    mild, amiable.

#### thò̤ ​sèⁿ;

    become less testy.

#### i hó̤ sim sèⁿ;

    she is good tempered.

#### màiⁿ jía kàu i kâi sèⁿ phû;

    do not provoke him to anger.

#### i kâi sèⁿ-thâu m̄-hó̤ căi, sèⁿ cē lâi mih mûeh m̄ kẃn;

    ho has a very bad temper, and whenever it is roused lie pays no heed to anything.

#### sèⁿ-lí kâi cṳ;

    mental philosophy, or metaphysics.

#### pek-sèⁿ;

    impetuous.

#### khǹg-kòi i sèⁿ màiⁿ pek;

    exhort him not to be hasty.

#### phiah-sèⁿ;

    prejudiced.

#### ngău-sèⁿ;

    arrogant.

#### jím sèⁿ;

    patient.

#### jĭm sèⁿ;

    acts as he feels; not self-restrained.

#### sai-sèⁿ;

    selfish.

#### sèⁿ kuai-phiah;

    cross-grained.
* 姓sèⁿ810385
* The surname of a family or clan; a clan; one of a clan.

#### kùi sèⁿ? kau sèⁿ?

    What is your clan name?

#### i nŏ̤ nâng tâng sèⁿ;

    they both belong to the same clan.

#### mâiⁿ-mîaⁿ, mût sèⁿ;

    to conceal one's name.

#### i kâi sĭm-mih sèⁿ-sĭ?

    What is his surname?

#### peh-sèⁿ;

    the people; the masses.

#### sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?

    Of what clan?

#### ko̤h sèⁿ;

    an odd name.

#### pât sèⁿ;

    another clan.

#### kó sèⁿ;

    old family names.

#### tōa sèⁿ; tōa jī sèⁿ;

    a great clan.

#### síe sèⁿ; mûiⁿ sèⁿ; pĭ sèⁿ;

    an humble name.

#### bói ûi sèⁿ; teh ûi sèⁿ; phah ûi sèⁿ;

    to bet on the names of the successful candidates.

#### ṳ́n-nêk mîaⁿ-sèⁿ;

    to conceal one's name.

#### hok sèⁿ;

    a double surname, a surname with more than one letter in it.

#### cîah sang sèⁿ;

    belong to two clans.

#### câp sèⁿ;

    of various clans.

#### cí kâi hieⁿ-lí câp sèⁿ;

    the residents in this village are of many different surnames.

#### khĭa sèⁿ;

    the largest clans in a village of mixed clans.

#### cêk sèⁿ chío, cêk sèⁿ phûh;

    one clan is powerful, and the other is weak.