# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sio
### siosio

* 消sio793857
* To melt; to liquify; to thaw; to lessen by using; to do away with; to annul; to need and consume; needed, required, exigent; to allay; to digest; to exhaust; to eliminate; diminished, dispersed; sold out; transpiring.

#### sio hùe khṳ̀;

    melted away.

#### sio khṳ̀;

    dissolved.

#### cí īeⁿ mûeh sio cîah;

    this aids digestion.

#### saⁿ tǹg cîah lío tó lăi m̄ sio kâi cū hó cîah i sio;

    what remains undigested after three meals have been eaten should be eliminated by medicine.

#### cí īeⁿ ŏi sio tâk, hṳ́ īeⁿ li ŏi sio céng;

    this scatters the poison, and that takes down the swelling.

#### îeh tah lío céng sio a būe?

    Has the swelling gone down since the medicine was applied?

#### tîeh cîah kàu tâk-khì sio cheng-chó̤;

    must take it till the virus has all been cleansed out.

#### i tì kâi sio kuah kâi pēⁿ;

    he has an ailment which is accompanied with intolerable thirst.

#### cīeⁿ sio, ĕ sio, tong sio;

    a great appetite with constipation, a great appetite with diarrhea, and a great appetite with good digestion and no increase of flesh.

#### hua sio;

    use up, spend, consume.

#### cêk jît sio saⁿ táu bí;

    use three pecks of rice per day.

#### ke kâi sio m̄ khṳ̀;

    cannot digest more than that.

#### sio khíen;

    dissipate care.

#### sio ôiⁿ;

    pass the time.

#### cîah cíu sio chô;

    drink wine to dissipate sorrow.

#### kîaⁿ khṳt i sio-thîo cē;

    walk about to aid digestion and quicken the circulation.

#### hûn sio, phek sùaⁿ;

    it has taken away all my spirits.

#### i kâi hùe-mûeh sio tōa căi;

    his goods have a ​great sale.

#### cí īeⁿ mûeh ío thong sio;

    this article is more saleable.

#### sio thâm;

    cuts phlegm.

#### cí sio cêk peh ngṳ̂n cū bói ŭ;

    it will require only a hundred dollars to buy it.
* ‮搜‬sio7556410
* To search a house, as policemen do; to seek for.

#### sio chūe m̄ tîeh;

    cannot find it anywhere.

#### hāi úa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ sio, jw̆n sio, sio bô̤;

    made me search everywhere for it, and no matter how much I searched it, it was not to be found.

#### múaⁿ koiⁿ sio;

    searched everywhere.

#### sio-thóiⁿ ŭ tŏ̤ tû tói mē;

    look and see whether it is in the cupboard.

#### sio ŭ a bô̤?

    Did you find it?

#### thong sin sio;

    searched his whole person.

#### sio tîeh cêk ki to̤;

    searched and found a knife upon him.

#### sio i kâi ie-tŏ;

    searched in his stomacher.

#### phài tī-tîang tó̤ tok sio-kíam;

    depute some one to search the candidates entering the examinations.

#### sio chut lâi;

    searched it out.

#### sio ke;

    search the house.

#### pàng khim-che khṳ̀ sio ke;

    send a commissioner to search the dwelling.

#### sio-chê cng-mûeh kâi pbìe;

    a search-warrant, authorizing a search for stolen goods.

#### sio-lîah nâng hŭam;

    search for and seize a criminal.
* 銷sio7931677
* To finish; to spend; to cancel; to make void; to exhaust.

#### sio ùaⁿ;

    to decide a case in court.

#### cang ùaⁿ cù-sio;

    take up a case in court and dismiss it.

#### ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ íⁿ-keng sio tīo;

    the case is already disposed of.

#### sio kim, cîah ngṳ̂n kâi tī-hng;

    a place where money quickly disappears; a very expensive place to live in.

#### tńg lâi sio che;

    return and report on the message sent.

#### chṳ́ hṳ̆n lâng sio;

    such enmity is hard to appease.

#### cêk pit kau-sio;

    the affair is quite settled.

#### khui sio;

    render an account of government expenditures.

#### càu sio;

    a memorial of outlays.
* 宵sio794407
* Night; in the night; dark.

#### ngŵn-sio-mêⁿ;

    the night of the full moon of the first month.

#### ĕ ngó lîen sio;

    through the afternoon and night.

#### phio-thâu ŭ sía lîen sio a bô̤?

    Does the placard announce that it is to be continued through the night?
* 硝sio7931127 Niter or similar salts.

#### phok-sio;

    niter.

#### ēng lîu-n̂g phok-sio cò̤ húe-îeh;

    sulphur and niter are used in making gunpowder.

#### sai cài sio n̂g sĭ hŭam kìm kâi sṳ̄;

    to smuggle nitre and sulphur is against the law.

#### mâng-sio;

    glauber salts.
* 逍sio7941627

#### sio-îo;

    to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.

#### sio-îo cṳ̆-căi;

    saunter at ease.
* 霄sio7941737
* The empyrean; the highest region of air; heaven.

#### kíu sio;

    the remotest heavens.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh kâi hûn cū pue kàu kíu sio;

    on hearing it, I was frightened quite out of my wits.

#### lêng-sio-hue;

    the trumpet flower.
* 蕭sio79414012

#### sio-tîo;

    lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cí ău sio-tîo căi;

    that region is during late years very forlorn.
* 狂sío479944
* Crazy; mad; wild; insane.

#### sío káu;

    a mad dog.

#### i sĭ sío kâi; nín màiⁿ thīn i;

    he is crazy, do not provoke him.

#### i thâk cṳ, thâk kàu sío, thâk cò̤ cṳ-tien;

    he has become daft by over study, and is a sort of bibliomaniac.

#### i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cò̤ sṳ̄ hŵn-lío sío sîn sío tôk;

    although he is so large, he still acts without judgment.

#### i kâi sío sîn cêk ē lai, mih nâng i to m̄-ùi, īa bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;

    whenever his crazy fits come upon him, he is afraid of no one, and pays no regard to decency.

#### i pùaⁿ sío pùaⁿ tīaⁿ;

    he is half insane.

#### i hŵn-ló̤ kàu sío;

    she is insane from grief.

#### hŵn-ló̤ lío, sío ā!

    When you have fretted enough about it, you will be crazy!

#### nín màiⁿ tó̤ sío!

    Do not act as if you were crazy!

#### i cía sío hŵn-lío sǹg sĭ kun-cṳ́ sío;

    though he is insane, his is still a mild form of insanity.

#### hṳ́ kâi sío khṳ̀ cū tăng căi;

    that one's insanity is of a violent type.
* 小sío795420
* Petty; small; trifling; uneducated; vile.

#### sío-jîn;

    rude, boorish.

#### sío-jîn nâng;

    a boor.

#### sío sṳ̄;

    a petty affair; an unimportant matter.

#### sío-khì;

    small minded.

#### sío-khì-kúi;

    a petty, spiteful person.

#### sío-khó̤;

    but a trifle.

#### sío kù;

    no great matter.
* 羞恥sío-lí810
* Ashamed, abashed, conscious of demerit or unworthiness.

#### hāi úa sío-lí căi;

    made me much ashamed.

#### cn̂g kâi m̄ pat sío-lí;

    bŏi sío bŏi lí; does not feel in the least ashamed.

#### i ùi sío-lí;

    he is afraid of bringing disgrace upon himself.

#### sío-lí kàu m̄ káⁿ lâi;

    so ashamed he dare not come.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh sío-lí sí;

    was dreadfully ashamed when she saw it.
* 肖sìo7951303
* Relationship between parent and child.

#### put sìo kíaⁿ;

    an unfilial son.

#### khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ pín put sìo;

    go before a magistrate and charge with unfilial conduct.

#### i kâi a-pĕ íⁿ-keng pín kùe put sìo kâi, ṳ̆ i bô̤ kang;

    his father has already legally disowned him, and has nothing ​to do with him.

#### i kâi kíaⁿ, tōa kâi cū hàn-sŭn, jī kâi cū put-sìo;

    of his sons, the eldest is filial, and the next to the eldest is unfilial.
* 少sìo746421
* Young; juvenile; junior.

#### hŵn-lío sìo nî;

    he is still very young.

#### sìo nî ke;

    a young family.

#### sìo nî lău sêng;

    a young man with the wisdom of age.

#### lău sìo;

    old and young.

#### sìo îa;

    the young master.

#### sìo nái;

    the young mistress.
* 數sìo7776611
* To enumerate; to count; deal out; to find out the number; an account, a bill; a list.

#### sìo thóiⁿ jîeh cōi;

    count them and see how many there are.

#### sìo tāⁿ;

    make a mistake in counting.

#### cài sìo ke hûe;

    count them over again.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ sìo;

    count again.

#### sǹg-sìo;

    to reckon; to calculate.

#### sìo phŏ;

    an account book.

#### sìo-mâk-jī;

    numerals.

#### kìⁿ sìo; chĭeⁿ sìo; lô̤h sìu;

    set down in account.

#### pîaⁿ sìo;

    transfer an account.

#### chau sìo;

    copy out an account.

#### tùi sìo;

    compare accounts in order to verify them.

#### hŭe sìo;

    transfer a bill in payment of a debt.

#### khìam sìo;

    unsettled balance.

#### thó̤ sìo;

    dun for the amount of a bill.

#### hâiⁿ sìo;

    to pay bills.

#### hok sìo;

    verify an account by again calculating it.

#### bô̤ sìo;

    there is no account to be reckoned.

#### siu sìo;

    to collect bills.

#### cheng sìo;

    to clear off an account.

#### sìo m̄ tîeh i;

    did not reckon him in.

#### o̤h sìo;

    difficult to determine.

#### sìo-búe ap cheng;

    the balance is paid in full.

#### i tó̤ kẃn sìo;

    he keeps the accounts.

#### lí sìo-bâk;

    regulate the accounts.

#### sìo pâng;

    counting room.

#### thien kang tīaⁿ sìo;

    fixed as fate; exact as the cycle.

#### thien sìo íⁿ tīaⁿ;

    destiny is fixed.

#### tăi sìo lâng tô̤;

    destiny cannot be escaped.

#### seⁿ sí ŭ sìo;

    life and death are as fate determines.
* 蛸蟰sìo-cîⁿ794
* The long legged spider.

#### sìo-cîⁿ, si li ŭ si, bŏi kio ti-tu hìeⁿ-seⁿ keⁿ kâi;

    the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.
* 肖sĭo7951303
* Like; resembling; likeness.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭo a m̄ sĭo;

    do you think the likeness good?

#### thóiⁿ tîeh sĭo căi;

    it is very like him.

#### sĭo kàu jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

    so much alike one cannot tell them apart.

#### àiⁿ ūe kàu câp hun sĭo tîeh ŭ hó̤-hó̤ kâi kang;

    if you want an exact likeness drawn you must have an expert workman.

#### úa thóiⁿ tîeh li bô̤ mih sĭo;

    it does not look much like him.

#### bŏ̤i ā, ŭ kúi sîaⁿ sĭo;

    yes, it does, it is somewhat like.