# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sie
### sie

* 消息sie-sit798
* News; a report; a rumor.

#### thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ŭ hó̤ sie-sit;

    heard good news.

#### kìa kâi sie-sit khṳt i;

    sent her a message concering his welfare.

#### cìeⁿ-sî ŭ sĭm-mih sie-sit?

    What news has lately arrived?
* 燒sie7458612
* To burn; to ignite; to bake pottery; to roast at a fire; roasted; fired; hot; to burn over; to offer incense; inflammable.

#### húe sie tîeh tíaⁿ-pak;

    the fire is burning the kettle; there is need of great haste in the preparations.

#### sie cíu;

    ardent spirits, such as will burn.

#### kau-lîang-sie;

    strong whiskey made from sorghum.

#### lêk-tāu sie;

    whiskey made from peas.

#### cau-sie;

    strong liquors.

#### màiⁿ khṳt i sie tîeh;

    do not get burned by it.

#### sie-kúe cúa-cîⁿ; sie ngṳ̂n tĭaⁿ;

    burn spirit-money.

#### sie koi;

    roasted fowls.

#### sie tṳ;

    roast pig.

#### sie nêk;

    baked meats.

#### húe sie suaⁿ;

    a mountain that has been burned over.

#### sie in-húe;

    let off fire-works.

#### sie hûi;

    bake pottery.

#### sie hĭa îeⁿ;

    a kiln where tiles are baked.

#### sie hieⁿ;

    to burn incense.

#### sie tîeh thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

    singe the hair off your head.

#### cak sie-jîet;

    has fever.

#### cîah sie;

    get warm; warm one's self.

#### sie phùa kâi khang;

    burned a hole in it.

#### cò̤ sie cò̤ chìn;

    variable temperature.

#### i cai sie cai chìn;

    he knows what temperature I like.

#### pek sie;

    warm by toasting.

#### hang sie;

    hang it by the fire and warm it.

#### húe sie phò;

    a shop that has been burned.

#### pû kàu tîeh húe sie;

    cooked till it burned.

#### màiⁿ sie khah kùe húe;

    do not heat it too hot.

#### sie kàu chiah-pauh;

    burned brown.

#### sie cheⁿ kâi;

    bronzed by heating.
* 熱sie2938611
* Hot; feverish; ardent.

#### i cêk sin sie kàu ŏi thǹg chíu;

    his body is hot enough to burn one's hand.

#### hwt sie;

    have fever.

#### sie-jìet;

    feverish.

#### khah sie, màiⁿ khṳt i thǹg tîeh;

    it is too hot, do not get scalded by it.

#### tîeh i lâi teng-tùe, cìaⁿ cai sie, cai chìn;

    she must come and take care of me, for she knows whether a thing is too hot or too cold for me.
* 相sie7901094
* Mutually; reciprocal; by turns; from one to another; together.

#### sie sieh;

    kind to each other.

#### sie pat;

    acquainted with each other.

#### sie phah;

    fighting together.

#### sie thòi;

    spell each other.

#### úa pat kāng i sie-hŭe;

    I have met him before.

#### sie keh piah;

    on opposite sides of the same wall.

#### sie kāng cŏ̤;

    sit together.

#### sĭ nŏ̤ nâng sie kāng kâi;

    it is owned by the two in common.

#### sie-hŭ;

    to help.

#### sie hûa khì;

    on friendly terms.

#### àiⁿ lâi sie su cē mē?

    Shall we lay a wager on it?

#### i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sie tó;

    the two are betting on the issue.

#### sie phòng tîeh;

    came across each other unexpectedly.

#### sie khang chíu;

    take hold of each other's hands.

#### sie lám koiⁿ;

    embrace each other.

#### sie lûn lîu;

    take turns at it.

#### sie pàng pūaⁿ;

    act as substitutes for each other.

#### sie-pang;

    aid each other.
* 小síe795420
* Small; petty; trifling; inferior in rank or quality; a depreciating term for what belongs to one's self; before proper names it often means junior or young.

#### síe sṳ̄;

    an unimportant matter.

#### síe ti;

    a menial.

#### síe tĭ;

    my younger brother (said by a superior in rank).

#### síe phò-thâu;

    a petty shop.

#### i kâi seng-lí síe;

    his business is small.

#### sie seng-lí;

    a petty business.

#### cò̤ lâi síe-síe;

    it is made very small.

#### síe-cíe;

    the young lady (of high rank).

#### síe sim;

    careful; sedulous.

#### síe-nîe-kíaⁿ;

    a little girl.

#### i kâi nâng síe-khì;

    he is a person of medicocre abilities.

#### síe kù;

    a mere trifle.