A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / s

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斯

• sṳ-bûn;

  scholarly, courteous, polished, elegant.

• sṳ-sṳ bûn-bûn kâi nâng;

  a very scholarly man.

• sṳ-bûn sâu tī;

  put scholarship to ignoble uses.

思

• To think, to reflect, to consider; to wish; the thought of the heart.

• sṳ-sĭeⁿ;

  to reflect upon.

• sṳ-lĭam;

  to think about, to recollect kindly.

• su ke;

  homesick.

• có̤ sṳ ĭu sĭeⁿ;

  consider all sides of the question.

• jît sṳ, mêⁿ sĭeⁿ;

  think of it day and night.

• màiⁿ khṳ̀ sṳ-sĭeⁿ i;

  do not think about it.

• cong-kú sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;

  always hold him in kind remembrance.

• i kâi sim-sṳ hó̤ căi;

  her intentions are excellent.

• sṳ côiⁿ, lĭam ău;

  recall the past, and meditate on the future.

• toaⁿ sṳ pēⁿ;

  heartsick through unrequited love.

• siang sṳ pēⁿ;

  sick through unsatisfied affection; lovesick.

商

• To adjust by conversation.

• sṳ-nîe;

  to bargain; to talk over and fix the price.

• bô̤ sṳ-nîe;

  no chaffering.

• màiⁿ sṳ-nîe;

  do not haggle about the price.

• úa hṳ́ cêk jît kāng lṳ́ soiⁿ sṳ-nîe kùe;

  I on that day settled with you beforehand the question as to what the price should be.

• sṳ-nîe in̄ tn̄g kè, thó cîⁿ àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;

  when the price is not fixed by previous arrangement, there is a quarrel when payday comes.

• kè cîⁿ sṳ-nîe m̄ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

  the price was not agreed upon.

師

• A legion or brigade of 2500 men; part of an army; troops; a master, a professor; a patron; a sage; a pattern to the world.

• tô̤h jît chut sṳ;

  choose a lucky day for marching out the troops.

• pang sṳ;

  recall the army from foreign service.

• cúi sṳ;

  marines.

• khṳ̀ kìⁿ láu-sṳ;

  visit a learned scholar.

• thài sṳ, sío sṳ; thài-cṳ́ sṳ hù;

  the two high officers who have nominal charge of the education of the prince.

• kun-sṳ;

  a strategist who advises the general in an army.

私

• Private, personal, selfish, partial.

• úa chŵn bô̤ sṳ-sim;

  I have no partiality.

• kong tang châng sṳ;

  conceal private interests under public ones.

• bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ; bô̤ sṳ bô̤ phiⁿ;

  have no selfish ends in view.

• chŵn bô̤ pùaⁿ tíam sûn-sṳ;

  do not in the least consider how it affects myself.

• sṳ-ì;

  selfishness.

史

• Annals; chronicles; acts; a register.

• sṳ́-kàm;

  chronicles.

• cò̤ kùe gṳ̄-sṳ́ kâi nâng;

  a historiographer.

• kok sṳ́;

  records of the state.

• sṳ́-kì;

  history.

• kak chîo tō̤ to ŭ sṳ́-kuaⁿ;

  every dynasty has an annalist appointed.

• thăi-sṳ́-tŏ̤iⁿ;

  a Hanlin graduate.

• jī câp-jí sṳ́;

  the twenty-two histories of the Chinese dynasties.

賜

• To confer; to bestow on an inferior; imperial grants or favors; a benefit; used by supliants when asking favors.

• khim sṳ̀;

  imperial favors.

• sṳ̀ khṳt i;

  bestow it upon him.

• i-hôk sṳ̀-pun i chēng;

  gave him clothes to wear.

• thiⁿ sṳ̀ kâi;

  bestowed by heaven.

• hûang-tì sṳ̀ kâi;

  conferred by the emperor.

• sṳ̀ pêh;

  send a scarf for an officer to strangle himself with it.

• síeⁿ-sṳ̀;

  to reward.

• cía sĭ chîo-thêng só̤ sṳ̀ kâi;

  this was conferred by the government.

• sṳ̀ ṳ̆ téng-tài;

  gave him permission to wear a button; rewarded him by giving him rank without office.

• sĭu kùe hṳ̂ang-sĭang kâi ṳn-sṳ̀;

  have experienced the kindness of the emperor.

思

• Thoughts; emotions; wishes;

• ì-sṳ̀;

  meaning, design, idea, intention.

• m̄-hó ì-sṳ̀;

  vile, disreputable, indecent.

• m̄ cài i sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀;

  do not know what his idea is.

• o̤ i hó̤ ì-sṳ̀ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

  wonder why he thinks it well to do thus.

• bô̤ ì bô̤ sṳ̀;

  without meaning; nonsensical; absurd.

肆

• hùang-sṳ̀;

  disorderly; impudent; profligate.

辭

• In grammar, an expression, word or particle; words; a plea; an argument.

• hṳ sṳ̂;

  a false statement.

• úa thóiⁿ chut i sĭ sek sṳ̂ kâi;

  I discovered that his plea was specious.

• líang nâng kak cip cêk sṳ̂;

  each held to his own argument.

• i sĭ kía sṳ̂ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

  in so saying he is falsifying for the sake of making a point.

• cn̄g-sṳ̂;

  a defense or accusation in court.

• sṳ̂ put tâk ì;

  the statement does not fully convey the idea.

• tiaⁿ-sṳ̂;

  the plea that is entered in defense.

• sṳ̂-kù tàⁿ-lái hó̤ thiaⁿ;

  the summing up was very well done.

• niap sṳ̂, bû kò̤;

  to trump up a complaint and accuse falsely.

• thàng-gṳ́-sṳ̂;

  an interjection.

• cía jī sĭ ēng cò̤ gṳ́-cŏ̤-sṳ̂;

  this letter is used as an interjection.

祠

• To offer sacrifice to one’s ancestors; the building where ancestors are worshipped.

• sṳ̂-tn̂g;

  an ancestral hall.

• chíaⁿ a-kong jîp sṳ̂;

  invite the spirit of a grandfather to take up its abode in the ancestral temple.

• tŏ̤ seⁿ nâng khí ŭ seⁿ-sṳ̂ sāi i, sí ăn i kâi ău-ĭ īa ŭ sṳ̂-tn̂g sāi i kâi sîn-cú;

  while he was still living the people built a temple dedicated to him, and after his death his descendants had a place where they could worship their ancestor.

嗣

• Heirs; posterity; hereafter.

• aŭ-sṳ̂;

  male descendants.

• cô̤h sṳ̂;

  their posterity is cut off.

• i sí ău bô̤ sṳ̂;

  he left no heirs.

• cang i kâi tau-sun lâi cò̤ i kâi ău-sṳ̂;

  adopted her grandson as his heir.

• sṳ̂-ău sĭ cò̤-nî ieⁿ?

  How will it be hereafter?

士

• In early times, an officer, a minister, a warrior; afterward, a learned or upright man; a scholar, a gentleman; an able-bodied man; soldiers.

• tèng kṳ́-jîn lío cū tèng cìn-sṳ̆;

  having obtained the degree of Master of Arts he afterward took that of Doctor of Laws.

• hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù-kit-sṳ̆;

  a graduate of the National Academy.

• tăi-hâk-sṳ̆;

  the title of the first rank of cabinet ministers.

• tōa sin-sṳ̆;

  gentlemen of high rank.

• sĭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆;

  is an upright gentleman.

• sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

  literary men, farmers, artisans and traders.

• bûn-sṳ̆;

  a scholar.

• mîaⁿ sṳ̆;

  a renowned scholar.

• càng sṳ̆;

  a valiant man.

• chù sṳ̆;

  a private scholar.

• kun-sṳ̆ hùe;

  the soldiery, privates and officers.

嶼

• An islet.

• táu-sṳ̆;

  a rock in the sea.

• thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;

  could see no land anywhere.

• má-sṳ̆ lî sùaⁿ-thâu jîeh hn̆g?

  How far is Double Island from Swatow?

• cí kâi suaⁿ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆ a m̄ sí?

  This mountaian is cut off from the mainland is it not?

• m̄ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆, ngĕ tī, ŏi ciap tîeh pât kò̤;

  it is not an island, it is joined to the other land.

似

• Like, similar; as; as if; as it were; appearing; resembling; having an aspect of.

• siang sṳ̆;

  resembling each other.

• sṳ̆-hu sĭ, īu sṳ̆-hu m̄ sĭ;

  like and yet unlike; doubtful identity.

• sṳ̆-hu ŭ chêng-lí;

  appears to be

reasonable.

• sṳ̆ sĭ jṳ̂ hui;

  appears to be but is not.

• sṳ̆ hàuⁿ sṳ̆ m̄ hàuⁿ;

  seems both willing and unwilling; gives doubtful assent.

• sṳ̆ cin, sṳ̆ ké;

  one can hardly tell whether it is natural or artificial.

• seⁿ lâi húang-sṳ̆;

  are much alike.

• thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ húang-sṳ̆;

  has a general resemblance.

• húang-sṳ̆ thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  appeared to be pleased at what he heard.

• thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it looked as if it would do well enough.

• gūa-seng to̤ sṳ̆ kŭ;

  a sister’s son generally resembles his maternal uncle.

事

• To serve, to obey, to take in hand.

• hŏng-sṳ̆; hôk-sṳ̆;

  to wait upon; to attend upon respectfully; to render service.

• ke tèng kâi lău bó̤ ŭ nâng hôk-sṳ̆ a bô̤?

  Does any one wait upon the aged house-mother?

• tong chîn put sṳ̆ nŏ̤ kun;

  a loyal courtier does not serve two monarchs.

• sṳ̆ kun put lêng sṳ̆ chin;

  one who serves the monarch cannot attend upon his parents.

• sṳ̆ sîn;

  clean up and carry out the idols.

• sṳ̆ hût;

  serve Buddha.

• khṳ̀ sṳ̆ tŏ̤ i kò̤;

  enter into his service.

• hîen chîn tô̤h cú jṳ̂ sṳ̆;

  a wise courtier chooses his master and then serves him.

仕

• To fill an office; a public officer.

• chut sṳ̆;

  to enter office.

• sṳ̆ thû;

  official labors.

• sṳ̆ hw̆n cṳ ke;

  an honorable family.

• ĭa sĭ put lêng cĭu cìaⁿ-tăn kîaⁿ cū su kùe tì sṳ̆ lío màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

  if one cannot act uprightly, it were better to resign office and not enter upon it again.

是

• It is proper; it is so; denoting a quality of truth rather than of mere existence.

• hía, sṳ̆;

  that is so.

• mih mûeh tó̤ sṳ̆, ŭ sî kŭa thâu bô̤ khṳ̀;

  by assenting to everything one will sometime find himself without a head.

• sṳ̆ sṳ̆ kìe;

  constantly agreeing to every assertion.

俟

• To await; to prepare for; to look for.

• sṳ̆-hān ĕ jît;

  awaiting future events.

• i sìn mīu sía tàⁿ “lîp sṳ̆ hûe im,” taⁿ tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ sía sìn khṳ̀ bûe-hôk i;

  he writes on the outside of the letter, “I await a response” so we must immediately write an answer.

伺

• To wait on; to attend on.

• sṳ̄-hāu;

  to await.

• kuaⁿ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ kìe sṳ̄-hāu;

  the officer is just now calling the attendants.

• sṳ̄-hāu kàu i khṳ̀ ût cìaⁿ ôiⁿ;

  attend upon him till he retires, and am then at leisure.

事

• An affair; a matter; business; traffic; an occupation; a service; duties, functions.

• soiⁿ lí kong sṳ̄, jîen-ău lí sai sṳ̄;

  attend first to public business, and afterward to private affairs.

• cía sĭ kín sṳ̄;

  this is urgent business.

• i ŭ kín-ìo sṳ̄ tŏ̤ sim;

  he has engrossing topics on his mind.

• sĭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

  What is the matter?

• lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mi sṳ̄?

  What are you doing?

• i khàu mih sṳ̄?

  What is she crying about?

• i lâi sĭ ūi-tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

  Why has he come?

• i sĭ ŵn-ìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi;

  it was on this account that he came.

• bô̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ kù i bô̤ lâi;

  unless there is some reason for it he will not come.

• seⁿ sṳ̄;

  make trouble; stir up a commotion.

• sĭ i cong-kú tó̤ seⁿ sṳ̄;

  he is always creating a disturbance.

• cía sǹg sĭ sìo sṳ̄;

  this is nothing of any great importance.

• màiⁿ gō i kâi tăi sṳ̄;

  do not interfere with his important occupations.

• cía sĭ hó̤ sṳ̄;

  this is a good object.

• hó̤ sim sṳ̄;

  benevolent objects; friendly acts; good natured.

• cí kâi nâng khah hàuⁿ sṳ̄;

  this person is too much of a busy-body.

• sim-sṳ̄ hó̤ căi;

  very friendly.

• ŭ mih sṳ̄?

  What are you engaged in?

• ngán côiⁿ ŭ sṳ̄ mē?

  Have you anything to do just at present?

• mih sṳ̄ bô̤;

  have nothing whatever to do; has no business on hand.

• hó̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ke, khiap sṳ̄ cò̤ cíe;

  do as much good and as little evil as possible.

• i ío tóng sṳ̄;

  he knows how to transact business.

• cn̂g kâi m̄ hío sṳ̄;

  knows nothing of affairs.

• kak nâng kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;

  let each attend to his own affairs.

• khǹg kòi i màiⁿ to̤ sṳ̄;

  exhort him not to get into trouble with other people.

• sĭ tī-tîang tŏ̤ cú sṳ̄?

  Who directs affairs?

• lí ke sṳ̄;

  manage the household affairs.

• nâng tho̤h i lí sṳ̄;

  some one has entrusted some business to his management.

• i sĭ lí-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;

  he is secretary of the Board of Rites.

• cí cuang sṳ̄;

  this special business; this affair.

• bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;

  everything to his liking.

• peh sṳ̄ to hío;

  understands all sorts of business.

• sṳ̄ chêng sĭ cò̤-nî?

  What is the condition of things?

• sṳ̄-bŭ cōi căi;

  has numerous occupations; is very busy.

• sṳ̄ sṳ̄ ciu tàu;

  every thing is attended to.

• kĭaⁿ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lí kàu kàu-kak;

  all the different jobs are completely finished.

• kuaⁿ-si sṳ̄;

  a lawsuit.

• khíong-phàⁿ i kâi sṳ̄ ŭ m̄ sît;

  fear that his business is not honest.

• sì-cīeⁿ sṳ̄ lwt-lêh cōi căi;

  has had great experience of the world.

• sì sṳ̄ thàng căi;

  well versed in worldly affairs.

• sī hŏng che sṳ̄ lâi kâi;

  is one sent on special business.

• būe sĭ tōa sṳ̄; tōa sṳ̄ tîeh;

  it is a small matter.

• hía kâi sṳ̄ mng tōa căi;

  that is a very important matter.

• síe-síe sṳ̄;

  a trifling matter.

• to sĭ i tó̤ lŏng sṳ̄, cìaⁿ lŏng chut kàu kâi sṳ̄ cìeⁿ tōa;

  he is always intermeddling, and thus it happens that so great a disturbance has arisen out of it.

• hàm i kâi ău sṳ̄ tîeh khṳ̀ ŭ-pĭ;

  tell him that he must prepare for the consequences.

• ka-kī kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ kẃn, bô̤ ŭi khṳ̀ kẃn pât nâng kâi sṳ̄;

  how is it that you who do not attend to your own business, have occasion to attend so much to other people’s.

• noⁿ-kíaⁿ sṳ̄, hìn-hàm hiah cū hó̤;

  it is a petty affair, and both parties should withdraw from it.

• cía sĭ kí sṳ̄, m̄ sĭ tha nâng sṳ̄;

  this is my own affair, and does not concern other people.

• cía cū khî sṳ̄ lío;

  this is very strange.

• kùai sṳ̄!

  How strang!

• ko̤h īeⁿ kâi sṳ̄;

  a curious affair.

• kong-cèng kâi sṳ̄;

  something in which all are concerned.

• tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ si-sṳ̄?

  Who is the superintendant?

• sṳ̄ kip; sṳ̄ kín-kip;

  the business is pressing.

• phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

  manage a business.

• lău lí sṳ̄;

  an old hand at the business.

• sṳ̄ sì jû hô̤?

  What is the present aspect of affairs?

• i cò̤ mih sṳ̄-ngîap?

  What is his occupation?

• i cêk seⁿ cò̤ ŭ hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ngîap;

  he has done many meritorious deeds during his life.

• kĭen kong lîp ngîap kâi sṳ̄;

  to do meritorious deeds, as Buddhists do in laying up merit.

• chiet-ìo sṳ̄;

  important affairs.

• bô̤-siang-kang sṳ̄;

  something of no consequence.

• sṳ̄-bŭ to̤-twn;

  multifarious duties.

• sṳ̄ cú;

  the head of affairs.

• sng sṳ̄;

  a grievous affair; the funeral of a parent.

• pêh sṳ̄;

  a sad affair, involving the wearing of mourning.

• âng sṳ̄;

  a happy affair.

• hiong sṳ̄, kit sṳ̄;

  an unfortunate or a lucky affair.

• la sṳ̄;

  create trouble.

• seⁿ chut ŭ sṳ̄;

  resulted in a disturbance.

• sṳ̄ cì a m̄ cì?

  Is the business finished up yet?

• cía m̄ cì sṳ̄;

  this does not help the matter.

• cí tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

  What good will that do?

• sṳ̄ sêng lío;

  the business is accomplished.

• sṳ̄ tît a būe?

  Is the difficulty settled yet?

• cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

  when you do a thing, bring it to a completion.

• ŵn-chŵn i kâi sṳ̄;

  wound up his affairs.

• nŏ̤ nâng pak tâng sṳ̄ kùe;

  the two were each others coadjutors in the affair.

• cheⁿ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cò̤, sêk sṳ̄ màiⁿ bûang;

  no not take up a business that you are unaccustomed to, nor neglect that which you are familiar with.

• i kâi chin sṳ̄ cîaⁿ a būe?

  Is the betrothal effected yet?