# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sia
### sia

* 斜sia796687
* Oblique; diagonal; slanting.

#### pàng sia;

    hold it aslant.

#### pho̤-lo̤-sia;

    slanting; bias.

#### ka sia;

    cut it bias.

#### thóíⁿ-tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;

    it appears to topple.

#### i kâi chù sia-loi sia-loi;

    his house leans as if about to tumble over.

#### pho̤h sia cìaⁿ pho̤h tit lô̤h;

    cleave diagonally then you can cleave it in two.

#### pàng sia-sì;

    lay it with one end higher than the other.

#### sia-sia-lô̤h;

    slope it down.

#### cí tīo lō sia lô̤h kàu khoi-kîⁿ;

    this road slopes down to the bank of the river.
* 寫sía7964012
* To write; to compose; to make out, as an account.

#### sía jī;

    to write.

#### sía chó̤ jī;

    write running hand.

#### sía sît jī;

    write the square character.

#### sía tw̆n jī;

    write the seal character.

#### sía lŏi jī;

    write the scroll character.

#### cin chó̤ lŏi tw̆n lóng-cóng ŏi sía;

    he can write in all the different styles.

#### i ŏi sía tōa j ī, bŏi sía jī-kíaⁿ;

    he can write a course but not a fine hand.

#### chin chíu sía kâi;

    written with his own hand.

#### sía sìn;

    write a letter.

#### sía m̄ lô̤h;

    cannot write it.

#### tōa-sía;

    the head clerk.

#### tāi-ì;

    write out a synopsis.

#### cài sía kùe;

    to rewrite.

#### sía-cúa-khò;

    copy-book.

#### sía-kńg-kheh;

    a sheet ruled in squares, used to guide a writer.

#### pek sía kâi;

    written in baste.
* 捨sía748648
* To relinquish; to part with; to give alms; to leave, to abandon, to renounce.

#### sía m̄ tit;

    cannot part with it.

#### i hàuⁿ si-sía;

    he is fond of alms-giving.

#### châng-tī sía lô̤h am-īⁿ;

    you may give your fields to a monastery, but you cannot thereafter beg a bowl of porridge from the priests.

#### sía tīo ke khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-síeⁿ;

    renounce domestic life, and become a priest.

#### àiⁿ sía tīo īu m̄ kam;

    unwilling to abandon it.
* 卸sìa797266
* To lay aside, to relinquish, to leave, to put off, to vacate, t deliver over to.

#### sìa jīm;

    resign office.

#### sìa ceh;

    vacate a post.

#### hùe sìa tàⁿ; sìa tīo hùe;

    to deliver cargo.

#### thiah sìa;

    to take apart and carry off.

#### sìa kah;

    cast off his armor.

#### sìa sṳ̄;

    throw up an affair.

#### kau-sìa;

    deliver over.

#### mûeh sìa tīo, m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;

    cast away the things, not daring to keep them.

#### thut-sìa m̄ lī;

    cannot free himself from it.
* 㵼sìa7978515
* To purge; to flow off; to eliminate.

#### sìa tó;

    purging.

#### sìa îeh;

    cathartic medicines.

#### sìa-îu;

    castor oil.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh sìa húe;

    this medicine reduces inflammation.

#### cúi sìa;

    watery stools.

#### cn̂g kâi sìa hùaⁿ kâi cúi;

    the discharge consists solely of water.

#### sìa kúi chṳ̀;

    purged several times.

#### thìaⁿ sìa; tó cē thìaⁿ cū àiⁿ sìa;

    gripes with diarrhea.

#### īu thò, īu sìa;

    vomiting and purging.

#### thò sìa cèng to̤ sĭ sî-lĕng pēⁿ;

    bowel complaints are mostly ailments of the season.

#### hŵn-lío sìa bŏi cheng-chó̤;

    it has not yet all flowed off.

#### bô̤ hía tó-lĭang cò̤ káⁿ cîah sìa îeh;

    not being of full habit, how dare he take depleting medicines?

#### lîang sìa, jûah sìa, sîp sìa;

    diarrhea arising from cold, from heat or from dampness.

#### kú sìa;

    chronic diarrhea.

#### sìa lío cìaⁿ lâi pó;

    first deplete and then strengthen.

#### pó sìa kiam kîaⁿ;

    depletion and invigoration going on simultaneously.

#### sía kàu khah bô̤ tī;

    purged until there is nothing to build upon.
* 赦sìa7481554
* To remit punishment; to forgive, to pardon, to excuse; amnesty.

#### sìa i kâi cŭe;

    overlook his fault.

#### thien sìa jît;

    three days of the year when heaven forgives sins.

#### tăi sìa thiⁿ ĕ;

    a general amnesty.

#### sìa-míen i;

    forgive him.

#### huap bô̤ hó̤ sìa;

    the law cannot remit punishment.

#### ngŏ̤ sìa tńg lâi;

    meet a reprieve and return.

#### hŏng sìa míen phōiⁿ cŭe;

    those who are pardoned need not be tried for crime.

#### sìa lāi; sìa cíe lāi cîⁿ;

    let him off without exacting the interest on the debt.
* 舍sìa7481352
* A cottage; a hospice; a booth; as a pronoun, my, used in speaking of one's junior relatives.

#### cí kò̤ lî hâng-sìa m̄ hn̆g;

    this is not far from my poor abode.

#### sìa tĭ;

    my younger brother.

#### a-sìa;

    a junior relative; a respectful address to a junior in years.

#### hō̤ sìa;

    cells in tho examination hall; they are numbered by the characters of the Millenary Classic.
* 邪sîa7961634
* Depraved; vicious; deluding; illegal; heterodox; heretical; not sanctioned by law or custom; corrupting.

#### sîa tău;

    erroneous doctrines.

#### sîa huap;

    sorcery; unlawful tricks.

#### sîa sîn;

    false deities whose worship is illegal, or whose ritual is subversive of morality.

#### sîa kúi;

    evil spirits.

#### sîa sût;

    black arts; philters, charms.

#### sîa khì;

    malaria; possessed, mad, haunted.

#### khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

    forsake heresy and return to the right way.

#### huang sîa būe thò̤;

    the bad effect of the wind has not yet been done away with.

#### sú sîa būe cheng;

    the disturbance produced by heat is not yet allayed.

#### ŭ gūa sîa a bô̤?

    Has he been exposed to any external influence which would produced disease?

#### sîa cìaⁿ hun m̄ cheng-chó̤;

    those which tend to evil and those that tend to good, are not wholly divided.

#### sîa-mŭe;

    an ogre.

#### kang-sîa kâi nâng;

    a corrupt person.

#### sîa-îm kâi sṳ̄;

    obscene practices.
* 麝sîa74919810
* The musk deer.

#### cêk ciah sîa-káu;

    a musk deer.

#### sîa-hieⁿ;

    musk.

#### ngŵn sîa;

    pure musk.
* 斜sîa796687
* At an angle; not in line; aslant.

#### gûeh sîa;

    the moon is past the zenith.

#### jît sîa lío;

    the sun is past the meridian.

#### pùaⁿ sîa gûeh;

    the moon about half way between the zenith and the horizon.

#### sîa thóiⁿ;

    look askance.

#### sîa mâk khṳ̀ thóiⁿ i;

    cast a glance sidewise at him.

#### khi-sîa khi-sîa nē;

    tilted over considerably.

#### sîa-sì sîa-sì nē;

    toppling out of a vertical plane.

#### sîa-cío-mâk;

    cross eyed.

#### jît sîa sai;

    the sun is sinking in the west.

#### pàng sîaⁿ-sì cìaⁿ pàng tit lô̤h;

    hold it aslant then you can put it in.

#### gûeh sîa jîp i theng lăi;

    the low moon cast its beams into his window.

#### khṳt jît sîa tîeh;

    touched by the slanting rays of the sun. ​
* 社sĭa7481133
* The god who rules over a particular spot; the tutelary deities; the altars to gods of the land, usually without roofs; a village or hamlet.

#### m̄ sĭ ún kâi sĭa, mn̄g lâi tó̤ hìen ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ;

    as he is not our god, why should we be making offerings to him.

#### cì sĭa-cek;

    sacrifice to the gods of land and of grain.

#### hâp sĭa phêng-ang;

    the whole village is at peace.

#### sĭa hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    men belonging to the same locality.

#### teng cêk-sĭa cêk-sĭa;

    lamps in clusters, as when carried by companies in procession.
* 射sīa749417
* To spurt out; to shoot.

#### sīa cìⁿ;

    to shoot an arrow.

#### sīa tîeh pá;

    to hit the mark.

#### sīa tîeh âng sim;

    to hit the center of the target.

#### sĭ sīa bé-cìⁿ a sīa oō-cìⁿ?

    Are they shooting with arrows used by the cavalry or with those used by the infantry?

#### jît ía sīa jîp lâi;

    the sun shines in here.

#### sīa hóⁿ;

    shoot a tiger.

#### cìⁿ sīa m̄ jîp;

    the arrow did not stick.
* 謝sīa79714910
* To thank; to express gratitude by a present.

#### kám-sīa;

    thank you.

#### cōi sīa;

    many thanks.

#### sīa thiap;

    a card of thanks.

#### sīa lói;

    a doctor's fees; a substantial acknowledgement of gratitude.

#### sīa ngî;

    a suitable token of indebtedness; a present in return for a favor.

#### pài sīa;

    a visit expressive of gratitude.

#### sīa ṳu;

    express gratitude for favors.

#### sīa thiⁿ, sīa tī;

    make offerings to heaven and earth in thanksgiving.

#### cò̤ hì sīa sîn;

    perform a play out of gratitude to the gods.

#### sīa i kâi nâng-chêng;

    express thanks for his kindness.

#### cía tîeh tāng sīa i;

    he must be largely rewarded for this.

#### sīa kău, sīa pô̤h, tîeh sīa i;

    whether the token of gratitude be valuable or not, he must be presented with one.

#### sīa sṳ;

    presents to a teacher.

#### khṳ̀ i mīn-côiⁿ khàu sīa;

    go before him, kneel, and touch the ground with the forehead, expressing gratitude.