# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/su
### susu

* 須su8181813
* Ought, must, should be; necessary, requisite; serviceable.

#### su ēng ŏi kâi nâng;

    must employ an able person.

#### pit-su;

    absolutely necessary.

#### tī-hng su àiⁿ khwn-khuah;

    the ground must be spacious.

#### su tîeh thăi sî-hāu;

    must wait till the time comes.

#### cong su u pò̤-èng;

    at last there must be a recompense.

#### cía sǹg sĭ môk su ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

    this need not necessarily happen.

#### su àiⁿ sòi sim;

    you need be very careful.

#### i pit-su-tîeh lâi;

    he is sure to come.
* 輸su7751599
* To lose; to be beaten; inferior.

#### sĭ pûah su, a sĭ pûah iaⁿ?

    Did he lose or win in gambling?

#### su cîⁿ, îaⁿ cîⁿ khí;

    losing arises from winning.

#### i phah su i;

    he was overcome by him in the fight.

#### su i cêk pō;

    I lost one game (of chess) to him.

#### cíⁿ nín li su i, nâng i li su nín;

    as to money, you have less than they, but as for men, they have less than you.

#### su-hôk;

    to submit to; to give in; to yield the point.

#### tîeh sái kàu i su-su hôk-hôk;

    must bring him into complete subjection.̂
* 需su8181736
* What is required; needful; necessary.

#### tôi kun-su;

    contribute provisions for the troops.

#### cí thâng kun-su àiⁿ tī tîang chut?

    Who is to furnish the supplies for the troops during this ​campaign?

#### cāng kun-su;

    supply rations and pay for the army.

#### lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ put sî cṳ su;

    keep it for use in an emergency.
* 胥su8181305
* A clerk or writer in a yamun.

#### kuaⁿ sui-sĭ m̄ àiⁿ cîⁿ, su che hùe īa àiⁿ cîⁿ;

    although the magistrate does not want money, the clerks and constables do.
* 書su774736
* Characters as the delineation of ideas.

#### sì su;

    the Four Books.

#### poih hun su;

    the square characters.

#### pùaⁿ hâng su;

    the running hand.
* 舒su7741356

#### sṳ-hu; su-thìang;

    in good spirits; well and comfortable.

#### i m̄ su-hu;

    he is not very cheerful.

#### i cêk sin íⁿ-keng su-su hu-hu lío;

    he has already recovered, and is in fine health.
* 暑sú776729
* Summer's heat; hot weather.

#### hâng lâi sú úang;

    cold and heat alternate.

#### sieⁿ sú; hiap sú; tòng sú;

    sun-stroke.

#### sú thiⁿ;

    hot weather.

#### thiⁿ-sî sú-jîet;

    the weather is very hot.

#### hâng-sú-cam;

    a thermometer.

#### nâng seⁿ put kùe sù-câp hâng-sú;

    human life endures but for a few tens of changing seasons.

#### cí kâi tī-hng lâi pī sú hó̤ câi;

    this is a good place to go to escape the heat.

#### i cáu khṳ̀ pī sú;

    he went off to shirk the hard work.

#### sú huang;

    a summer cold.

#### sú cèng;

    diseases of summer.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cheng sú-khì;

    this medicine will purge off the humors produced by heat.

#### i cía sĭ im sú;

    this comes from heat and dampness.

#### kói sú;

    allay heat.

#### phek sú;

    alleviate the heat; diminish the glare.
* 緒sú8191209
* A clue, a hint, a guide.

#### sim sú m̄ uaⁿ;

    his attention is not fixed.

#### bô̤ hía sim-sú khṳ̀ lí;

    has no inclination to go and attend to it.

#### bô̤ chêng bô̤ sú; bô̤ sim bô̤ sú;

    nonplussed; disappointed; no means of effecting the object.
* 署sú7781229
* A public court; a tribunal.

#### kūiⁿ sú, hú sú;

    the district and the departmental tribunals.

#### lăi sú;

    in court.
* 杼sú93754
* A beetle or beater.

#### hâng mô̤ⁿ sú;

    a club used by priests in exorcising devils.

#### i chíu tèng khîa ki hâng-mô̤ⁿ-sú;

    he carried in his hand a club used in driving out demons.
* 墅sú7773211
* A shed or lodge in a field.

#### pîet-sú;

    a detached cottage.

#### i khí cêk koiⁿ pîet-sú ka-kī khĭa-khí;

    he built a detached lodge, and lived there by himself.
* 數sù7776611
* A few; but a few; several.

#### bô̤ sù nî cū kói-pìen;

    it will alter in a few years.

#### úa lâi kàu sù jît;

    I arrived but a few days since.

#### sù kâi gûeh côiⁿ, úa cêng lâi kùe cêk chṳ̀;

    I came once before, a few months ago.

#### kâi gûeh kàu sù câp ngṳ̂n;

    a few tens of dollars per month.

#### chûn kàu sù kâi;

    have but a few left.
* 素sù8161204
* Plain; simple; formerly; usually; as at first; heretofore.

#### phêng-sù;

    commonly, usually.

#### i sù-lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is the way it has been heretofore.

#### cí kâi nâng sù m siang-sek;

    have not before been acquainted with this person.

#### i kâi sù sèⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    his natural disposition is such.

#### sù lâi m̄ uaⁿ hūn;

    has not generally attended to his own business.

#### chēng sù hôk;

    wear your ordinary apparel; is plainly dressed.

#### sù pù-kùi kîaⁿ pù-kùi;

    when you are rich act according to your station.

#### pùaⁿ hun pùaⁿ sù kâi chài;

    half common and half lenten fare.
* 訴sù8171495
* To reply in one's defense; to state.

#### sù-tîaⁿ;

    a plea in reply, a counter statement.

#### i ŭ kò̤, nán li ŭ sù;

    they have a complaint, we have a defense to make.

#### pĭ kò̤ kâi nâng lâi jîp sù cn̄g;

    the defendant entered a counter plea.

#### sù wn;

    to state one's wrongs.

#### sù khó-chêng;

    state a grievance.

#### sù chut i kâi chêng-cak;

    state the facts in regard to it.

#### úa kàu-sù lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

    I will state the case to you.
* 恕sù778616
* Benignant; excusing others; considerate of; sympathizing; to bear patiently; to pardon.; to excuse.

#### lṳ́ tîeh sù úa cē;

    you must be patient with me.

#### sù cē;

    excuse me; pardon me.

#### sù cŭe;

    indulgent toward another's faults; I beg pardon.

#### sù cē, m̄ cai thóiⁿ;

    excuse me, I did not see you.

#### sù úa cíe pû̂e;

    excuse my not staying longer with you, (said in excusing one's self from a guest).

#### cía sù cē, khah bô̤ lói;

    pardon my using but little ceremony about this.

#### khwn sù;

    not strict; kindly indulgent.

#### cía hŵn-lío hó̤ siang-sù;

    that however can be passed over.

#### i en̂g kâi m̄ siang-sù nâng;

    she does not overlook people's faults at all.

#### sù cē, m̄ cai thâu;

    excuse me, I was not paying heed to it. ​
* 庶sù778538
* A multitude; the mass, the herd; a concubine; in this wise; so, about.

#### sù ki lío;

    is not far from; almost there; probably.

#### sù chut kâi; sù cṳ́;

    a concubine's son.

#### sù mîn ke;

    the masses; the people.

#### hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù kit sṳ̆;

    a graduate of the National Academy.

#### sù jîn;

    a commoner.

#### tek sù;

    the wife and the concubine.
* 漱sù7578511
* To rinse the mouth.

#### sù-kháu-hû;

    a certain kind of mug, commonly used for rinsing the mouth.
* 叨絮sù-tau819
* To reiterate; verbose.

#### ūe tàⁿ lío sù-sù tau-tau, tàⁿ bŏi tit hiah;

    she keeps up a perpetual clack.
* 緒sû8191209
* The clue or end of a ball of thread or of a cocoon; the beginning; a guide to what follows; a hint.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ bô̤ thâu bô̤ sû, cò̤-nî lí;

    there is nothing to guide one to an understanding of what is to be done in this affair, and so how can it be managed?

#### tàⁿ khṳ̀ íⁿ-keng ŭ thâu-sû lío;

    have already a clue to what follows in what has been said.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ íⁿ-keng cĭu sû lío;

    this business has already approached a beginning; this is likely to be effected.
* 殊sû776786
* Really.

#### sû-sôk khó̤-lîen;

    is truly lamentable.

#### sû put cai i io sĭ m̄ tŏ̤;

    really did not know he was not at home.
* 敘sŭ819667
* To arrange in order; to put in proper place; to discourse or argue upon; to converse.

#### úa būe cêng kio i sŭ kùe;

    I have not yet made arrangements with him.

#### lâi kàu cū khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ kū;

    on arriving went to his house to talk over old times with him.

#### kuaⁿ cò̤ khṳ̀ hó̤ cū àiⁿ ngí sŭ, cò̤ khṳ̀ m-hó̤ cū àiⁿ ngí chú;

    if an officer does well he will be offered for promotion, if he does badly he will be delivered to the proper Board for punishment.

#### sŭ sût;

    to narrate in chronological order.
* 序sŭ819534
* Order; precedence, as in age; series; a preface or argument to a book, in which its subjects are stated in order.

#### cí kò̤ sŭ sĭ tī-tîang cò̤ kâi?

    Who wrote this preface?

#### sŭ-thâu;

    the preface.

#### kìⁿ tù cṳ to cò̤ ŭ cêk phien sŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ thâu;

    every edition of a book has a preface.

#### ŭ chṳ̀ ŭ sŭ;

    has a regular sequence; seriatim.

#### bô̤ chṳ̀ sŭ;

    has no regular order.
* 署sŭ7781229
* Acting in the place of; temporarily.

#### cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ lâi sŭ sṳ̄ kâi;

    this official is one who is acting temporarily.

#### pàng tī-tîang lâi sŭ?

    Who is to act in his place?

#### pàng i khṳ̀ sŭ khueh;

    appoint him to fill the vacancy temporarily.

#### sŭ jim lío cū pó sît khueh;

    after acting temporarily, he was appointed to fill the post permanently.

#### sŭ úa bô̤ kú;

    took my post but a little while.
* 竪sŭ7771179
* To erect; to set up; to plant on its base.

#### sŭ thĭo;

    to rear a pillar.

#### sŭ cêk ki kî-kuaⁿ;

    set up a flag staff.