# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sim
### sim

* 心sim806610
* The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source. ​

#### ŭ sim;

    is considerate, thoughtful for others.

#### ŭ nâng sim kâi nâng;

    is a humane person.

#### sim cheng;

    imperturbable.

#### i cí-hûe cheng sim căi;

    she is now very calm.

#### ēn cĭn sim-ki;

    take the utmost pains.

#### úang húi sim-ki;

    waste his pains.

#### sim m̄ tīaⁿ;

    his mind is unsettled.

#### sim tīaⁿ;

    has his mind fully made up.

#### sĭ sim pak kâi nâng;

    is a trustworthy person.

#### i kâi sim-tī hó̤;

    his intentions are good.

#### sim m̄ tŏ̤;

    absent minded.

#### sim bô̤ sĭeⁿ;

    did not think of it.

#### sim sĭeⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    thought it was thus.

#### thiⁿ lí lîang sim;

    conscientious; honorable.

#### i bô̤ lîang sim;

    he is not fair toward others.

#### pńg sim;

    the natural heart; my own mind, view, or notion.

#### i to̤ sim to̤ sṳ̄;

    she is very capricious.

#### ēng sim cò̤;

    do it earnestly.

#### khǹg-kòi kàu i hûe sim tńg ì;

    remonstrate with him till he changes his notions in regard to it.

#### lṳ́ pàng sim;

    be easy in your mind.

#### cò̤ lṳ́ naⁿ sim;

    do not be solicitous about it.

#### síe-sim; sôi-sim;

    carefully; attentively; sedulous.

#### lîu sim thóiⁿ;

    regard with close attention.

#### úa sim nía kùe cū sĭ;

    my heart has received it, (a form of declining an invitation or present).

#### i kâi sim cong-kú m̄ sí;

    his desire for it never dies.

#### i kâi sim ûah-phuah căi;

    he has a very active mind.

#### úa lĭam-sim lĭam-sim tó̤ táng lṳ́;

    I was expecting you with my heart set upon your coming.

#### sim kiaⁿ;

    alarmed; apprehensive.

#### sim thìo;

    my heart jumped.

#### sim-kuaⁿ-thâh pôk-pôk-thìo;

    heart throbs violently.

#### sim-kuaⁿ pôk-pôk-tōaⁿ;

    heart beats rapidly.

#### sim pîak-pîak-phah;

    the heart palpitates.

#### sim kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;

    is lonesome; longs for the absent.

#### i sim-sṳ̄ cōi;

    he is full of devices.

#### i tó̤ sĭeⁿ sim sṳ̄;

    he is devising some project.

#### i sĭ ŭ gî sim;

    she is suspicious.

#### màiⁿ sái i kâi sim gî;

    do not awaken her suspicions.

#### sim tèng ŭ pēⁿ;

    has disease of the heart or the mind.

#### hó̤ sim;

    kind hearted.

#### cai sim kâi nâng;

    one who understands human nature.

#### sim iu-chô;

    melancholy.

#### khǹg-kòi i kâi sim màiⁿ iu-būn;

    urge her not to be down hearted.

#### tam sim; khùa sim;

    anxious.

#### sim huaⁿ-hí;

    pleased.

#### sêng-sim;

    sincere.

#### sìn-sim;

    trusting.

#### cwn sim cwn ì;

    single minded.

#### cin sim;

    true, earnest.

#### tîeh hṳ sim lâi ô̤h cìaⁿ ô̤h tit chim;

    must bring an unoccupied mind to the study of it, and then you will learn it thoroughly.

#### sim phêng, khí hûa;

    in cordial agreement.

#### i kâi sim-khì thìaⁿ;

    he has distress in the region of the heart.

#### i kâi sim hueh hṳ;

    his blood is impoverished.

#### i kâi sim cong-kú it-tit i;

    she always remembers him very affectionately.

#### i sî sim-sîn m̄ tīaⁿ kâi nâng;

    he is a person who is deranged in mind.

#### hó̤ sim hó̤ kò̤ pò̤;

    goodness is rewarded with goodness.

#### sim hṳ, táⁿ cìen;

    timorous and cowardly.

#### sim cio;

    lonely; yearning for friends; homesick.

#### sim pek-chiet;

    zealous; eager.

#### sim húe phû;

    passions roused.

#### sim-sèⁿ kín;

    impatient.

#### i kâi sim ńng;

    he is easily wrought upon.

#### ńng sim;

    impressionable.

#### sim ngĕ;

    hardhearted.

#### jím sim, hāi lí;

    acts according to his feelings and goes contrary to correct principles.

#### tṳ sim;

    swine's heart.

#### i kâi sim-khìo hó̤;

    he is intelligent.

#### khui i kâi sim khìo;

    open the eyes of his understanding.

#### sim sĭeⁿ m̄ khui;

    can't keep his mind off it.

#### chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;

    have no two minds about it.

#### chûn sim;

    holds it in mental reservation.

#### khǹg tŏ̤ sim lăi;

    lay it up in the mind.

#### cí kò̤ sĭ tī sim;

    this is the centre of the plat.

#### chíu sim;

    the middle of the palm.

#### hue sim;

    the pistil of a flower.

#### thâu-khak sim;

    the centre of the top of the head.

#### ka-ciah sim;

    the centre of the back.

#### teng sim;

    lamp-wick.

#### pá-sim;

    the bull's-eye in a target.

#### sim lăi cio-chàu;

    vexed at heart.

#### chàu sim;

    perplexed; distressed.

#### hŵn tîeh sim cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;

    trouble of mind will produce illness.

#### i kâi sim hiàng tŏ̤ i kò̤;

    her heart inclines toward him.

#### i kâi sim gūa hìang;

    mind is elsewhere.

#### sĭ i kâi sim só̤ ngw̆n kâi;

    it is what his heart desires.

#### i kam sim cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    he is willing to have it so.

#### sim chêng ì ngw̆n kâi;

    what he is cordially in favor of.

#### sim-cìe;

    congenial.

#### màiⁿ kio-jío i kâi sim;

    do not disturb her mind.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh kha sim ńng;

    seeing it makes my legs shake under me.

#### jû-ì li chah tŏ̤ cang sim;

    set the ornament in the centre of the coiffure.
* 媳婦sim-pŭ804
* A daughter-in-law.

#### chūa sim-pŭ;

    bring home a wife for a son.
* 審sím7384012
* To weigh evidence; to investigate judicially; to try cases.

#### sím mn̄g;

    a judicial inquiry.

#### sím kuaⁿ-si;

    to try a case in court.

#### tŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím, a sĭ jī tn̂g sím?

    Was the trial conducted in the outer or the inner court of the yamun?

#### thŵn lâi tùi sím;

    summoned to confront each other in court.

#### sím-phŵn;

    to examine the evidence and pronounce judgment.

#### cīeⁿ-si thî sím;

    his superior in office took the case into the higher court.

#### sêng sím kuaⁿ;

    an officer specially sent to try a case.

#### tn̂g-tn̂g sĭ cò̤-nî sím huap?

    In what way is the trial conducted in the different courts?

#### sím chut i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ hṳ, i kâi sṳ̄ sĭ sît;

    found upon investigation that the one had trumped up his charge, and the other had ​real cause of complaint.

#### sím khṳ̀ tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?

    Upon judicial examination, who was shown to be in the right?
* 嬸sím7383815
* A father's younger brother's wife.

#### a-sím bó̤;

    my aunt.

#### a-sím;

    a respectable middle aged woman; a nurse; a woman of all work; used in addressing a woman of the middle class.
* 甚sĭm738994
* Extremely; to the utmost.

#### sĭm hó̤;

    the best.

#### sĭm tōa;

    the very largest.

#### sĭm ngía;

    exceedingly beautiful.

#### sĭm tn̂g;

    excessively lengthy.

#### khi-hŭ nâng thài sĭm;

    impose upon people overmuch.

#### sĭm sī ŏi;

    is remarkably able.

#### cìeⁿ-se hŵn-lío bŏi sĭm, ío cò̤-nî cìaⁿ kìe cò̤ sĭm?

    Since that is not the utmost limit, why call it excessive?

#### sîm huaⁿ-hí;

    greatly delighted.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm m̄ hàuⁿ;

    was much displeased when he heard it.

#### sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    What is the matter?

#### i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?

    What is his name?

#### i khì sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    What is she vexed about?

#### i khṳ̀ sĭm-mih tī-hng?

    To what place has he gone?
* 擱sīm4266414
* To put down; to delay; to hesitate.

#### i kâi pit sīm cêk kùa, sĭeⁿ bô̤ lâi;

    he laid down his pen for half a day, being unable to think what to write.

#### pit buah khí lâi, chŵn mín sīm, li-li lô̤h;

    having rubbed his pen in the ink, he had no need of delaying at all to use it, but wrote on at once.