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

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釃

• To decant liquors; to pour a libtation; to pour out.

• sai cíu;

  pour wine for a guest.

• sai ke cêk ceng tê;

  pour another cup of tea.

• màiⁿ sai khah tĭⁿ;

  do not pour it too full.

• màiⁿ sai cêk koiⁿ;

  do not spill it in the pouring.

獅

• The lion, which has long been extinct in China.

• sai kó, sai bó̤, sai kíaⁿ;

  lion, lioness and whelp.

• sai tó̤ háu;

  the lion is roaring.

• phah cêk túi cîeh sai;

  sculpture a pair of stone lions.

• mŏng sai hóⁿ;

  a pantomime play of masked lions.

• i kâi phīⁿ seⁿ lâi sai-sai;

  his nose is large and curves upward.

• thn̂g sai;

  two lions made of sugar.

• kho a-sai lâi cîah pn̄g;

  call the dog to eat his mess.

• i cǹg tîeh sai tī;

  he is buried in a good spot.

• ngò̤ thâu sai;

  an open mouthed, watchful lion.

• kim sai;

  gilded lions.

• kuah sai; chak sai;

  to carve lions in wood.

• sai thâu bō̤;

  a child’s bonnet, having fur ears.

西

• The west; western; westward.

• sai hng;

  western lands.

• sai pôiⁿ;

  on the west.

• sai kok;

  European countries.

• sai îeⁿ;

  the Occident.

• sai thiⁿ;

  the paradise of Buddha, the nirvana of the common people.

• sai pin;

  a private tutor (the west side of the hall being the place for guests).

• màiⁿ taⁿ tang laⁿ sai;

  do not beat about the bush.

• sai-lam kak;

  the south-western corner.

• sai-pak;

  north-west.

• co sai hxang tang;

  located with the back to tue west, and facing east.

• sai mng;

  the west gate.

• m̄ kwu i tang sai jl poih;

  it makes no difference where he comes from.

• nor how his accounts stand;

  have nothing to do with him in any way.

私

• Private, personal, selfish; partial; underhand, nefarious; contraband.

• cáu-sai;

  to smuggle.

• lîah sai;

  to arrest smugglers.

• sai hùe;

  smuggled goods.

• sĭ kong-si seng-lí, a sĭ sai-khia seng-lí?

  Is this business licensed or unlicensed?

• i chûn ŭ cêk bw̄n sai-khia ngṳ̂n;

  he has ten thousand dollars of his personal funds remaining.

• sai-ĕ;

  privately.

• sai-ĕ sĭ siang-hó̤;

  are privately in agreement.

• soiⁿ kong, ău sai;

  first public business, and after- ward private affairs.

• bōi sai îam;

  sell salt that has paid no duty.

• côih hô̤, sai thiu;

  bar the river and levy for personal use.

• i khṳ̀ cò̤ sai sṳ̄;

  he has gone to attend to some private affairs.

• i kio i ŭ sai chêng;

  they have private relationships with each other.

• sai-cṳ̆ chut kun;

  go out alone in advance of the army.

• sai ì;

  personal notions.

• chip-sai kâi nâng;

  the coast guard.

犀

• The rhinoceros.

• sai kak;

  a rhinoceros horn, thought by the Chinese to detect poison and often carved into cups.

• sai-gû;

  a rhinoceros.

腮

• The jowl; the chops.

• líang sai;

  the jaws.

• chíu tho̤h hiang sai;

  she leaned her chin on her hand.

• líang sai khah khui;

  lantern jawed.

• ĕ-hâi-sai;

  the lower jaw.

師

• A master workman.

• sai-pĕ;

  an artisan; a clever workman.

• sai-kíaⁿ;

  an apprentice.

• sai hiaⁿ tĭ ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?

  How many of the trained hands are there?

使

• To command; to order; to send; to employ; to commission; to cause, to effect, to occasion; to serve one’s self by; expense, use, service.

• àiⁿ sái i khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

  Where are you going to send him as a messenger?

• sĭ úa tó̤ sái-hẁn kâi nâng;

  he is a person whom I employ to do errands for me.

• hàm i màiⁿ sái phî-khì;

  tell him not to be sulky.

• cí kâi ngṳ̂n sái m̄ khṳ̀;

  this dollar will not pass.

• sái-ēng;

  outlay.

• siet-sái i ā-sĭ lâi, úa cū mín khṳ̀;

  in case he should come, then I need not go.

• jiak-sái ā-sĭ úa tŏ̤ kò̤, i cū m̄ káⁿ;

  if so be that I were there, he would not venture to do it.

• sái-hùi tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh ngṳ̂n;

  spent a great amount of money.

• sái cîⁿ, sái ngṳ̂n;

  lay out money.

• màiⁿ sái i hŵn-ló̤;

  do not sadden her.

• tì-sái i kiaⁿ-kŭ;

  renders him apprehensive.

• sái kàu i huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;

  makes him very happy.

• i sĭ sái àm chieⁿ;

  he uses concealed weapons.

• cí kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ sái;

  this is not one whom it is well to employ.

• sái sang-to̤;

  wield a double sword.

• bô̤ nâng hó̤ sái;

  have no one to go at my call.

• kía-sái sî-hāu a sĭ kùe li cò̤-nî?

  Supposing the time to be already past, what then?

屎

• Ordure; filth; excrement.

• pàng sái;

  to go to stool.

• i ŏi làu-sái a bŏi?

  Has he a diarrhea?

• sái tháng;

  an ordure bucket.

駛

• To sail.

• sái cûn;

  sail a boat.

• cûn tó̤ sái huang;

  the boat is sailing.

• sái phâng;

  raise the sail.

• nín kâi cûn àiⁿ sái khṳ̀ tī kò̤?

  Whither are you sailing?

• sái tāⁿ káng-kháu;

  sailed into the wrong port.

賽

• To show off; to rival; to make a display.

• îaⁿ sîn sài-hŭe kâi sî-hāu;

  when striving to surpass each other in the elegance of the processions accompanying a god.

• líang-ke tó̤ sie sài;

  the two are trying to see which can make the best show.

• sài hue-teng;

  the feast of lanterns.

• sài thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi sîn chîang ngía;

  see who will make the finest tabernacle for their god.

• i kâi pêh sài kùe soh;

  its whiteness rivals the snow.

• sài kó-ngẃn;

  see who will make the greatest display of antique curiosities.

• sài kùe cin kâi;

  surpasses the actual ones.

婿

• A son-in-law; a husband.

• kíaⁿ-sài;

  son-in-law.

• jî-sài;

  husband.

• tîet-sài;

  niece’s husband.

• sun sài;

  a son’s daughter’s husband.

• gūa sun sài;

  a daughter’s daughter’s husband.

• mūeⁿ sài;

  a younger sister’s husband.

• i khṳ̀ cò̤ sin kíaⁿ-sài;

  he has gone to pay the first visit to his bride’s parents.

• i ong sài cò̤-pû lâi;

  the old man and his son-in-law came together.

• i kâi cáu-kíaⁿ àiⁿ lāu pàng kò̤ cie kíaⁿ-sài kâi;

  they are going to keep their daughter with them and bring a husband for her into their family.

• tô̤h sài;

  choose a husband.

• gūa seng sài;

  a sister’s daughter’s husband.

晒

• To dry in the sun.

• úa àiⁿ phah kâi sài-péⁿ;

  I am going to make a platform for drying things in the sun.

• cía tîeh sài kang lío cìaⁿ hó̤ ngói;

  this must first be dried thoroughly in the sun, and then it may be ground fine.

• khîeh khṳ̀ jît tèng cē sài cū khauh-khauh;

  put it in the sun and dry it a little while, and it will warp from dryness.

• cía sĭ chó̤-lîak sài kùe jît tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, hŵn phâk būe kàu tī;

  this has been only slightly exposed to the sun, and is not yet dried through.

使

• A messenger; a servant sent to inquire.

• sài-chîn;

  an envoy, a legate.

• sài-cía;

  one who is sent.

• sîn sài;

  an angel.

• kong sài;

  a delegate.

• sài-mĕng;

  an ambassador.

• pù-cèng-sài;

  a civil governor of one province.

• i khṳ̀ chut sài;

  he has gone as deputy.

• àng-cak-sài;

  a provincial judge.

• piaⁿ-pĭ sài-cía;

  an Intendant of Circuit.

塞

• A frontier, a boundary, a limit.

• sài gūa kâi tī-hng;

  beyond the borders.

• piaⁿ-bé chut khṳ̀ kàu sài gūa;

  the troops went over the frontier.

柿

• The persimmon.

• âng-săi;

  ripe red persimmons.

• âng-thang-săi;

  deep red persimmons.

• thīm săi;

  to cover persimmons with hot chaff in order to ripen them.

• gû thīm săi;

  yellow persimmons.

• săi píaⁿ;

  dried persimmons.

• săi lih;

  the persistent calyx.

• săi píaⁿ lih;

  the calyx and stems of dried persimmons.

• săi hut ;

  the seeds.

• săi sng;

  the flour on the surface of dried persimmons.

• ieh săi-khĭ;

  guess at the number of carpels in an unopened persimmon.

• âng-săi-kîe;

  tomatoes.

• cháu săi-kíaⁿ;

  the red fruit of the belladonna plant.

• siap săi;

  the astringent persimmon.

祀

• To offer sacrifices to gods or devils; to set up and worship as a god.

• sāi sîn cîah sîn, sāi hût cîah hût;

  those who offer sacrifice to the gods, live on the gods, those who offer sacrifice to Buddha live on

Buddha.

• sāi có-kong;

  worship the ancestors.

• sāi cò̤ cêk kham;

  set them up in one shrine.

材

• Timber; lumber.

• châ sāi;

  wood used as material for making things.

• hó̤ cò̤ sāi;

  this will do for the stuff to use in the making.

• to̤ m̄ cĭeⁿ sāi;

  this will not do to use as the timber for making it.

• êⁿ sāi;

  timber for rafters.

• sam sāi;

  pine lumber.