# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sin
### sin

* 身sin7351580
* The body, the trunk, the main part of a thing; the hull; one's self; personal; the presence; one's character or duty.

#### pńg sin;

    my body; I myself.

#### i pńg-sin sĭ gūa-chù nâng;

    he himself is an alien.

#### chiah sin lò thói;

    stark naked.

#### sin-thói; sin châi;

    the (human) body.

#### cīeⁿ sin tn̂g, ĕ sin tó̤;

    the upper half of his body is longer than the lower half.

#### chut sin;

    to enter on office; the origin or early life of a person.

#### i sĭ chông thâk-cṳ chut sin;

    he came from literary occupations into office.

#### cong sin kâi kak-kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?

    What is the outcome of his life?

#### lâu sin;

    I, an old woman.

#### i ka-kī chut sin lí sṳ̄;

    he himself takes the lead in the management of affairs.

#### sin kûi;

    is tall.

#### sin-hàng tōa;

    is above the average size.

#### i kùe sin khṳ̀ lío;

    he is dead.

#### i sĭ ŭ sin ke kâi nâng;

    he is a man of some property.

#### put lêng hun sin;

    I have no time to leave this and attend to that; can't be in two places at once.

#### phah m̄ khui sin;

    cannot get away; cannot attend to more than I now have on hand.

#### khí sin; tŏng sin;

    to start on a journey.

#### kiaⁿ kàu ciu sin kâi nêk tó̤ tùn;

    so frightened that my flesh quaked all over me.

#### i chin sin khṳ̀;

    he went himself.

#### bōi sin;

    sell one's self.

#### sin âu kâi sṳ̄ tho̤h i lí;

    committed to him the arrangement of her obsequies.

#### màiⁿ khah hó̤ sin hūn;

    do not love ease too dearly.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tŏ̤ úa sin cīeⁿ;

    this devolves upon me.

#### hwn sin;

    to turn over when lying down.

#### hui-tńg sin; ût-tńg sin;

    to turn around when standing.

#### i-hôk m̄ kah sin;

    his clothes do not fit him.

#### i kâi sin tèng chēng sĭm-mih hôk-sek?

    What garments did she wear?

#### tîⁿ kín sin;

    entangled so that she cannot get away.

#### sin tói saⁿ;

    underclothing; garments worn next the person.

#### i ciu sin tîeh khṳ̀ sìeⁿ thih-pô̤h;

    he should go and have his whole body plated with iron.

#### sin tèng chēng thih-kah;

    he wears armor.

#### cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kut;

    he is nothing but skin and bone.

#### khṳt hŏ phuah kàu thong sin lok-lok;

    drenched with rain till there is not a dry thread on my body.

#### màiⁿ gō i kâi cong sin;

    do not make his whole life miserable.

#### cn̂g sin khṳt thâng cù tīo;

    the whole of it is riddled by insects.

#### hăm sin o;

    is black all over.

#### mak kàu sin tâm sin tih;

    daubed so as to drip with it.

#### chīu sin;

    the trunk of a tree.

#### cíu-pâng sin;

    the body of the wine pitcher.

#### peh cĭeⁿ bé sin téng;

    mount a horse.

#### i kâi sin-ui tōa;

    it is large in girth.

#### bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ;

    buy a few clay dolls.

#### jṳ̂ sin;

    take a sponge bath.

#### sûi kín sin piⁿ;

    keep close to him.

#### cŏ̤ tŏ̤ úa sin piⁿ;

    sit close beside me.

#### tùe kín sin;

    to stick close to one; to adhere tightly to a person.

#### bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ uaⁿ sin;

    have no place where I can be comfortable.

#### i hīn-khek tŏ̤ tī kò̤ châng sin?

    Where does he now conceal himself?

#### i in-ŭi hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tì-kàu sin sí;

    it was in that way that he came to lose his life.

#### i sĭang ŏi kù sin-hūn;

    he takes the greatest care of his health.

#### i bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cia sin;

    he has no means of screening himself.

#### i sin kṳ tău-thâi cò̤ ŭ jw̆n cò̤?

    Being a prefect, how can he act without regard to rules?

#### sái kàu i bô̤ îong sin cṳ tī;

    left him no means of getting a living.

#### cûn-sin;

    the hull of the boat.

#### cng kim sin kâi sîn;

    gilded idols.

#### cúaⁿ-íaⁿ-sin tàu tāⁿ thâu;

    the puppet has had the wrong head put on it.

#### tōa chù-sin-téng bŏi lāu;

    the main roof does not leak.

#### ūe pùaⁿ sin tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    paint a half length portrait only.

#### uē cn̂g sin;

    draw a full length portrait.

#### phah kàu thong sin tâk-cek o-cheⁿ;

    beat him till he is bruised black and blue from head to foot.

#### seⁿ kàu cêk ​sin kòi;

    his whole body is covered with sores.

#### i sin piⁿ ŭ kúi kâi lâm ńng kíaⁿ?

    How many son and daughters has she with her?

#### ŭ sin-hūn;

    is pregnant.
* 新sin806699
* New; just made; the latest.

#### sin-bŭn-cúa;

    a newspaper.

#### sin nî;

    the new year.

#### sin lîp kâi huap;

    a newly established regulation.

#### sin n̂ng;

    a bridgroom.

#### sin nîe;

    a bride.

#### sin īeⁿ;

    a new style.

#### sin saⁿ;

    a new tunic.

#### pùaⁿ sin kū;

    half-worn; neither new nor old.

#### sin chiⁿ;

    fresh; newly killed or caught for food.

#### sin chun;

    spring tide.

#### sin bī;

    the first of the reason; the early crop.

#### cía sĭ bói lâi sîeⁿ sin cē;

    this was bought as a foretaste of the early fruits.

#### sin chut mûeh-kĭaⁿ kùi căi;

    things that are the first of their kind are always dear.

#### sin khŵn;

    a new fashion.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ îu sin;

    newly repainted.

#### i sĭ sin lâi kâi;

    he has recently arrived.

#### sin khí kâi chù;

    a house lately built.

#### sin khui kâi tī;

    newly opened ground.

#### sin lâh-jît;

    new almanacs.

#### sin bí pn̄g;

    cooked rice of the late crop.

#### sin cúi kîam hṳ̂;

    newly opened stock of salt fish.

#### sin bêh kâi mīⁿ;

    flour made from now wheat.

#### sin suaⁿ kâi siam;

    ginseng that is not fully grown.

#### sin khai-ciang;

    newly opened stock of goods; a fresh display.
* 申sin7361021
* To state to a superior; the ninth of the twelve stems.

#### sin-sî;

    from 3 to 5 o'clock P.M.

#### sin bûn khṳ̀ cīeⁿ-si;

    send a report to his superior in office.

#### sin mêng khṳt úa cai;

    state it clearly to me.
* 紳sin7361205
* A large sash or girdle with ornamental ends; those who are privileged to wear sashes, the literati, graduates, officials, and gentry.

#### hieⁿ sin;

    country gentlemen.

#### jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin khî;

    order the gentry and officials in every village.

#### sin khim hùe;

    the gentry.

#### sin sṳ̆;

    head men; elders.
* 乩sin33555
* To seek aid from spirits.

#### tâng-sin cĭeⁿ to̤-thui, kîaⁿ hûe lō, lô̤h iû thng;

    the spirit-medium ascends a ladder of knives, walks over a bed of coals, and plunges into hot oil.

#### kng kâi tâng-sin tô̤ kīe tèng khṳ̀ chú tê chú cúi;

    carry a spirit-medium in a sedan-chair, to get tea and water for offerings.
* 伸sin76395
* To redress; to vindicate; to clear up a cause; to straighten; worth; value at; equal to.

#### kio i sin wn;

    redress his wrongs.

#### ŭ wn bô̤ sin;

    have unredressed grievances.

#### chíu siu chut lâi;

    straighten out your arm.

#### nŏ̤ pôiⁿ sin-chíu jîeh khuah?

    How large are the two wings of the building?

#### sin cò̤ ngṳ̂n;

    valued in money.

#### chûn câp níe ngṳ̂n sin cò̤ jîeh cōi cíⁿ?

    What is the value in cash of the ten taels that remain?
* 先sîn799104

#### sin-seⁿ;

    a teacher.

#### thong cheng cò̤ sin-seⁿ;

    are generally addressed as Teachers.
* 辛sin8061600
* The eighth of the ten stems, which corresponds to metal and the west; sad.

#### sin khó;

    grievous.

#### cò̤ kang-ku nâng sĭm sĭ sin khó;

    working people have a hard time.

#### chut gūa nâng sin-sin khó-khó;

    travellers fare hardly.
* 愼sín7386110
* To act carefully and seriously.

#### kṳ́n-sín;

    heedfully.

#### tàⁿ ūe kṳ́n-sín;

    speak with precision.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ kṳ́n-sín;

    act cautiously.

#### m̄ kṳ́n-sín;

    incautious.

#### kun-cṳ́ sín tok;

    the princely man is careful when he is alone.
* 訊sìn8081493
* To inquire into judicially; to investigate; to examine, as witnesses.

#### cô̤ tn̂g sìn i liáng-cău kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;

    sit in court and try the case of the two litigants.

#### i cí-hûe khṳ̀ sìn kuaⁿ-si;

    he has now gone to testify in a lawsuit.

#### kàu cí tńg íⁿ-keng sìn saⁿ tńg lío;

    this makes three times that the witnesses have been examined.

#### mùaⁿ-khí-cá àiⁿ tn̂g sìn;

    the judicial investigation will be begun to-morrow morning.

#### sìn lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;

    has tried the case but has not get given a verdict.

#### cêk ē ngîam sìn, i kâi cin chêng cū chut lâi;

    when once closely examined into the real circumstances will be make evident.
* 蜃sìn7391427
* A mirage.

#### hái tèng kâi sìn-khì;

    mirages at sea.

#### kio sìn-lâu hái-chĭ cêk īeⁿ;

    like a mirage seen at sea; exaggerated reports; wild stories.
* 囟sìn808313
* The sinciput; the calvaria.

#### a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hîah-sìn pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;

    the sinciput of the babe throbs.

#### lâu kâi sìn-thô̤;

    leave a tuft of hair growing over the sinciput.

#### tì téng sìn-thô̤;

    wore an infant's tufted cap.

#### sìn mn̂g;

    the fontanel in a babe.
* 汛sìn808853
* A guard house, or post-house; stations placed about a league apart on the high roads.

#### i hīn-khek khĭa tŏ̤ tī kâi sìn?

    At what post on ​the road is he now stationed?

#### sìn tī kuaⁿ;

    master of a guard station.

#### suaⁿ-thâu sìn hīn-căi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤?

    Who now commands the guard station at Swatow?
* 迅sìn8081623
* Quick; swift; hasty.

#### sìn-sok cū àiⁿ;

    want it at once.

#### sìn pō jīo khṳ̀;

    pursue with swift steps.

#### sìn lûi put kîp íam jṳ́;

    as a clap of thunder which gives one no time to stop the ears; a word and a blow.
* 信sìn80797
* Sincerity, truthfulness; integrity; faith; a man of his word; to believe in; to confide in; to accord with; to follow; a seal, a stamp, which gives ground for trust; a letter or note; a messenger; off-hand; impromptu.

#### i siang-sìn căi;

    he has great confidence in it.

#### i sìn-sît căi;

    he is very trustworthy.

#### sìn-tâng; sìn huang;

    the envelope of a letter.

#### sía sìn;

    write a letter.

#### sìn cúa;

    letter-paper.

#### úa cīeⁿ-jît kìa ŭ sìn khṳt i;

    I sent him a letter the other day.

#### cih tîeh sìn;

    receive a letter.

#### thiah sìn;

    open a letter.

#### thiah-khui huang-tan̂g khîeh sìn lâi thóiⁿ;

    open the envelope and take out the letter and look at it.

#### hṳ́ sìn tói có̤-nît tàⁿ?

    What is in the letter?

#### huang sìn;

    close and seal a letter.

#### cáu-bé-sìn;

    postman, mail carrier, or courier.

#### sìn-kêk;

    postal agency.

#### sìn-kẃn;

    a post-office.

#### sìn-cîⁿ; cíu-cîⁿ;

    postage.

#### húe-cûn sìn;

    letters going or coming by steamer.

#### gūa kok kìa lâi kâi phoi sìn;

    letters and dispatches from foreign countries.

#### hâng chêng sìn;

    commercial circulars.

#### chíaⁿ cêk nâng tó̤ phōiⁿ-lí sìn-kĭaⁿ;

    ask some person to take charge of the correspondence.

#### sín mīn sĭm-mih seⁿ-mîaⁿ, sĭm-mih cū-cí?

    What is the name and address on the letter?

#### tho̤h pàng sìn-kêk kò̤ kìa khṳ̀;

    send it through the post-office.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ sìn bô̤ sît;

    he acts faithlessly.

#### cin siang-sìn;

    really believe in.

#### i chim sìn i;

    she has great faith in him.

#### úa m̄ sìn;

    I do not believe it.

#### i sit sìn;

    he has lost his confidence in it.

#### sìn-kháu;

    impromptu.

#### i kâi ūe sìn-kháu tàⁿ chut lâi cū sêng bûn-lí;

    what he says off hand is in such good style as to be classic.

#### i kâi jī li sìn-pit sía chut lâi cū ngía-ngía;

    what he writes offhand is beautifully written.

#### i ŭ im-sín lâi a bô̤?

    Has she had any news?

#### bô̤ sìn bô̤ sek;

    no news of any sort from him.

#### phêng-ang sìn;

    a pleasant letter.

#### ke sìn;

    home letters.

#### cí kâi sìn-ńng sen̂g-sim căi;

    this devotee is very sincere.

#### sìn-cîeh sui sĭ cîah sí nâng īa sĭ tī pēⁿ kâi ìo îeh;

    arsenic, although it is a deadly poison, is also an important remedy in the treatment of disease.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ hó̤ sìn;

    appeal's credible.
* 繩sîu77212013
* A cord, string or line, especially a builder's line; a line stretched taut; to mark by a line; to enforce conformity to a rule; to adjust.

#### cún-sîn;

    a standard; a line to go by; up to the mark.

#### i mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi cún-sîn;

    in whatever he does, he sets bounds for himself.

#### cún-sîn tīaⁿ căi;

    the lines are very exact.

#### màiⁿ bô̤ cún bô̤ sîn;

    do not be without a fixed standard.
* 晨sîn21727
* The sun beaming forth; dawn.

#### cá sîn kâi sî-hāu cū lâi;

    come in the early morning.

#### cheng sîn kâi sî-hāu;

    at early dawn.
* 神sîn7371135
* That power or cause which operates by its own energies; diffused, formless, and inscrutable, yet making things develop; the powers above as opposed to the powers below; the gods, the divinities; a god in the usage of pagans; used by many for the true God; a spirit; a supernatural good being; the human spirit, the directing power of the body; the animal spirits; divine, spiritual, as being higher than man; supernatural, god-like, wonderful, superhuman; mysteriously; very, exceedingly.

#### sîn-mêng;

    the gods.

#### sîn kúi;

    good and evil spirits.

#### sîn-sien;

    spirits and elves.

#### sîn hut; native and foreign gods;

    native sages and Buddha.

#### cìaⁿ sîn sîa sîn;

    beneficent and harmful deities.

#### pài sîn;

    worship the gods.

#### sṳ̆ sîn;

    serve the gods.

#### hŏng sîn;

    make offerings to the gods.

#### khîu sîn;

    besought the gods.

#### m̄ng sîn;

    ask a sign from the gods.

#### cì sîn;

    sacrifice to the gods.

#### îaⁿ sîn;

    carry the gods out for an airing.

#### cih sîn;

    welcome the gods on their return.

#### ngêng sîn;

    look reverentially up to the gods.

#### sàng sîn;

    accompany the gods in a procession.

#### sîm phâu;

    a cloak for the god.

#### sîn kham;

    a wooden shrine for gods or ancestral tablets.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ sîn mīn côiⁿ kò̤ hìen;

    lay it before the gods as an offering.

#### sîn chíang;

    a portico for the gods.

#### sîn sìeⁿ; images;

    idols.

#### pài tāⁿ sîn;

    worship the wrong god.

#### ke sîn; sîn cú;

    lares, or deified spirits of ancestors.

#### sāi sîn;

    set up a god.

#### sîn cìang;

    attend ants on the gods.

#### sîn-hûn;

    the soul, before or after death.

#### sîn hāu; sîn-ngīam;

    wonderfully efficacious.

#### íang sîn;

    refresh one's spirits.

#### sim cē tŏng sîn cū cai;

    the gods know every emotion of the heart.

#### cía kâi nâng hó̤ ēng sîn;

    this person has his wits about him.

#### thóiⁿ khṳ̀ jîp sîn;

    have taken it into my mind.

#### mâk sîn; ngán sîn;

    the expression of the eyes.

#### ŭ ceng-sîn;

    spirited.

#### bô̤ ceng-sîn;

    spiritless.

#### seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn;

    naturally lively.

#### sîn-khì cok căi;

    is ​very vigorous.

#### bô̤ mih sîn-khì;

    has little vitality.

#### lîu sîn, sòi thóiⁿ;

    keep a careful look out for it.

#### teh kî kaî sṳ̄ sĭ lâu sîn căi;

    chess is a thing that taxes the mind.

#### m̄-hó̤ khah lâu tîeh sîn;

    do not tax your strength too heavily.

#### kṳ́ thâu saⁿ chieh ŭ sîn-khî;

    only three feet above you is a god.

#### hiong sîn ak suah;

    an evil spirit has got hold of you.

#### lô̤h sîn;

    a witch; one who is taken possession of by a spirit.

#### sîn phah tâng-ki;

    the spirit has taken possession of the medium.

#### cí kâi lău-îa chut sîn;

    this god has gone to occupy a human body.

#### sîn sok căi;

    wonderfully quick.

#### cí ūi sîn sĭang híen;

    this god is very apt to manifest himself.

#### bô̤ sîn bô̤ khì;

    has no vitality.

#### kĭang-khí ceng-sîn lâi lí;

    rally your energies and attend to it.

#### khui lō sîn; thiⁿ sîn;

    a sort of effigy that is carried before funerals as a pursuivant of the dead.

#### cēⁿ-ūn ngŵn-sîn;

    compose your spirit; calm yourself.

#### kèng sîn;

    revere the gods.

#### sîn bīe;

    a temple with images of the gods.

#### sîn-hok;

    offerings for the gods.

#### sîn hué;

    a fire ball; a bright Jack-o-lantern.

#### sîn ūi;

    a shrine.

#### sîn hŭi;

    what has been offered to idols.

#### sîn-thiⁿ pó̤-ĭu;

    heaven protect us.

#### tī sîn; thó sîn;

    local divinities; gods of the land.

#### hok sîn;

    the blessed gods.

#### châi sîn;

    god of wealth.

#### húe sîn;

    god of fire.

#### lûi sîn;

    the god of thunder.

#### cúi sîn;

    god of water.

#### sîn-ŭang; ceng-sîn ŭang;

    in vigorous health.

#### sîn phî;

    languid; out of spirits; no power of concentration.

#### bú-bw̆n tîeh sîn-mêng;

    neglect the gods.

#### mn̂g-sîn;

    the god of the door.

#### càu sîn;

    the kitchen god.

#### céⁿ sîn;

    god of the well.

#### chíu sîn;

    the god that dwells in a tree.

#### suaⁿ sîn;

    god of the mountain.

#### sîn-khak;

    a medicine used for indigestion and colds.

#### hô̤k-sîn;

    a tonic alterative.

#### chîu sîn cò̤ hì;

    recompense the gods by inviting them to a theatrical performance.

#### sîn teng;

    a lamp burned before the gods.

#### tīaⁿ sîn sòi thóiⁿ;

    fix the attention and look carefully.

#### i kâi ceng-sîn cù-cù tó̤ thóiⁿ cṳ;

    his mind is fixed upon his book.

#### i kâi būe tīaⁿ sîn tŏ̤-kò̤;

    he is not altogether sane.

#### sîn tó̤;

    no power of concentration.

#### i kâi ceng-sîn tó̤;

    he is not able to fix his mind steadily upon one subject.

#### cng sîn;

    adorn a god.

#### ang sîn;

    set a god in its niche.
* 辰sîn201610
* Times, hours, seasons; a Chinese hour or one twelfth of a day, but especially the time from 7 to 9 o'clock A. M.; heavenly bodies which mark the times; the fifth of the twelve stems, over which the dragon rules; spots in the sky where no stars are seen.

#### cêk kâi sî-sîn ŭ jîeh kú?

    How long is an hour?

#### jît gûeh cheⁿ sîn;

    the heavenly bodies and interstellar spaces.

#### kíaⁿ jît sĭ hó̤ jît sîn;

    today is a lucky time.
* 盛sîn7721087
* To receive, as into a vessel.

#### khîeh kâi úaⁿ lâiⁿ sîn koi hueh;

    take a bowl and catch the fowl's blood in it.

#### sîn kàu cêk kng hŏ-cúi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;

    caught a jar full of rain-water.

#### khîeh kâi mûeh lâi sîn cìaⁿ bŏi sua-îa cêk koiⁿ;

    yet something to catch it in, then it will not spill over everything.
* 剩sīn772189
* A residue; leavings; surplus; to retain, to keep back a part.

#### sīn ŭ a bô̤?

    Is there any left?

#### sīn ŭ hăng;

    there is scarcely any remaining.

#### hŵn-lío sīn tōa-bó̤-mûeh;

    there is still a great quantity on hand.

#### i sĭ ngà kàu ŭ sīn;

    he is much more stupid than is necessary.

#### sīn cêk pùaⁿ;

    one half remains.

#### cîah sīn kâi;

    what is left after the meal.

#### sīn-pàng ĕ tǹg;

    keep it for the next meal.

#### cí hó̤ sīn, m̄-hó̤ khih;

    it is best to have an overplus of this, rather than a deficiency.