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

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• Sacrificial animals, of which there are six; victims.

• saⁿ seⁿ;

  poultry, pork and fish.

• seⁿ kháu;

  carcasses prepared as offerings.

• phōiⁿ cêk hù ngŏ-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;

  prepare a full complement of victims and lay them before the gods.

• ceng-seⁿ;

  draught animals or cattle.

• chī ceng-seⁿ;

  rear domestic animals.

生

• To bear; to produce; to arise, as an event; to grow; to beget; to bring about the birth of; to excite; to live; to come forth; life, vitality; the living; manner of living; raw; unpolished.

• seⁿ kíaⁿ;

  to bear a child.

• bŏi seⁿ;

  sterile.

• chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;

  own child.

• seⁿ pēⁿ;

  become ill.

• sin-seⁿ;

  a teacher.

• phêng seⁿ;

  the whole life.

• seⁿ phêng bô̤ ak sṳ̄;

  has done no evil in all his life.

• ŭ seⁿ ì;

  looks as if it were growing.

• hṳ̂-seⁿ;

  a preparation of raw fish.

• boí khṳ̀ pàng seⁿ;

  buy living creatures in order to set them free, an act considered to be meritorious.

• seⁿ-seⁿ put íⁿ;

  age after age in unceasing succession.

• seⁿ lâi ngía;

  is handsome.

• cṳ̆ seⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  is naturally thus.

• seⁿ cîn kâi; seⁿ-sêng kâi;

  is natural.

• chau seⁿ suah cṳ khŵn;

  holds the power of life and death.

• seⁿ chut sì;

  to be born into the world.

• seⁿ jît;

  birthday.

• chông i seⁿ chut lâi kâi;

  arises out of that.

• thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;

  the first born son.

• tho̤ seⁿ;

  viviparous.

• n̆ng seⁿ;

  oviparous.

• sip seⁿ;

  produced by moisture.

• hùe seⁿ;

  transformed.

• tho̤h seⁿ;

  the doctrine of rewards and punishments by a second life.

• thau seⁿ kíaⁿ;

  bear a child by stealth.

• khin seⁿ;

  set light by one’s life.

• seⁿ khì;

  get angry.

• ciap tîeh i kâi seⁿ-khì;

  prolong his life.

• seⁿ kòi;

  have the itch.

• seⁿ ko;

  become mouldy.

• bw̄n-bw̄n seⁿ-lêng;

  all living creatures.

• seⁿ n̆ng;

  lay eggs.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ hṳ́ lîap mûeh kâi sĭ seⁿ sĭm-mûeh?

  What do you think that little sore is that is coming out upon him?

• nín kâi hieⁿ-lí seⁿ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

  Where is your village located?

• úang i pĕ-bó̤ seⁿ i kàu cìaⁿ tōa!

  It is a pity that his parents reared him!

• i lîen seⁿ sin cṳ pún to m̄ kù, cò̤ ŭ kù pât nâng?

  Since he does not regard his own progenitors, how can he show consideration for other people?

• i seⁿ khṳ̀ ko̤h īeⁿ căi;

  he is very much deformed.

• i kâi thâu-khak seⁿ lâm-sap;

  lie has sores on his head, arising from neglect.

• seⁿ jûah-pauh;

  has a cold-sore.

• seⁿ thûe;

  has boils.

• seⁿ cîⁿ;

  borrow money on interest.

• i côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì sĭ cò̤ cek ak;

  his sins in a former life were numerous.

• hău-seⁿ;

  young; in the vigor of youth.

• àiⁿ cai côiⁿ-seⁿ sṳ̄, kim-seⁿ sĭu-cía sĭ;

  would you know what were the events in your former state of existence, you have but to consider what your present state of existence has been made.

• tek seⁿ;

  brutes.

• seⁿ súaⁿ;

  parturition.

• hûeⁿ seⁿ;

  a cross presentation at childbirth.

• tò̤ seⁿ;

  presentation of the feet first in childbirth.

• chui seⁿ hû;

  a charm to produce easy parturition.

• chui seⁿ lô̤;

  a spiral shell, supposed to hasten parturition.

• kin-nî kâi tāu seⁿ cōi căi, kū-nî cn̂g kâi bŏⁿ seⁿ;

  the peas are very productive this year, last year they did not bear at all.

• seⁿ thâng;

  have worms on them.

• seⁿ tŏa;

  have grubs in them.

• màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ kùe seⁿ;

  it would have been better not to have begotten you.

• màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ pak îeh;

  prevention is better than cure.

• seⁿ tâk mûeh;

  have a malignant ulcer.

• i m̄ hio seⁿ sí mn̂g;

  he does not know in which way safety lies.

• ŭ-cîⁿ-cía seⁿ, bô̤-cîⁿ-cía sí;

  the moneyed ones live, the moneyless die.

• kìaⁿ-seⁿ;

  a parasite; lichens.

• seⁿ sek;

  the income from money lent.

• seⁿ-îok;

  lust.

• to̤ seⁿ, cíe íang;

  bear many and rear few.

• seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;

  bear a son.

• seⁿ cáu-kíaⁿ;

  bear a daughter.

• seⁿ sṳ̄;

  lead to a disturbance.

• seⁿ ūe;

  give rise to an altercation.

• ngw̆n seⁿ ngw̆n sí;

  willing to stake his life on it.

• tham seⁿ phàⁿ sí;

  long for life and dread death.

• sí seⁿ ŭ mīaⁿ;

  life and death are as fate decrees; no man can die till his time comes.

• i seⁿ gūa sṳ̄;

  he indulges in pleasures which are not domestic.

• cṳ̆ íu seⁿ íⁿ-lâi m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  I never saw such a thing in all my life.

• thiⁿ seⁿ cṳ̄-jîen;

  a natural production.

• tâu seⁿ, bô̤ tâu sí;

  one gives himself up that he may live, not that he may die.

• seⁿ tâk;

  to become poisonous.

• bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ îong-seⁿ;

  no means of getting a living.

• seⁿ khùn tó kâi kíaⁿ;

  have a son that is of no use.

• cêk seⁿ nâng;

  all my life.

• seⁿ i tit phû;

  can surpass her in bearing children.

• tîeh i ka-kī tó lâi ŏi seⁿ pìen;

  he must be able to think it out for himself.

• cía sĭ i tó̤ seⁿ ko peh-lêh kâi;

  this is prevarication on his part.

樣

• Manner; method; style; way.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤, a hìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤?

  Is this or is that the better way?

• căi-seⁿ? căi-seⁿ-ieⁿ?

  What sort of thing is it?

• cū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  that is the way it is; nothing more need be said about it.

鉎

• Cast iron.

• sĭ thih kâi a sĭ seⁿ kâi?

  Is it of wrought iron or of cast iron?

• seⁿ ue;

  a cast iron pot.

• lâm seⁿ;

  pour out melted iron.

腥

• Raw, minced flesh.

• hṳ̂ seⁿ;

  boned fish.

• hṳ̂ seⁿ chò;

  the vinegar for boned fish.

省

• A province of the empire; to save, to spare, to diminish; to examine, to inspect; watchful; to awaken.

• séⁿ cîⁿ;

  lessen the expense.

• séⁿ sṳ̄;

  makes less trouble.

• séⁿ kíam;

  to reduce the outlay.

• séⁿ-seⁿ nē;

  very sparing.

• câp-poih séⁿ;

  the eighteen provinces.

• séⁿ sîaⁿ; séⁿ hŭe;

  the provincial capital.

• hun-hwt séⁿ-hun;

  sent him to a post in the provinces.

• séⁿ so̤-hùi;

  save expense.

• hùi-ēng lîah séⁿ cē cū kàu;

  if the outlays are frugally made, there will be enough.

• séⁿ-chak mêng-pêh;

  investigate thoroughly.

• ău-lâi cìaⁿ séⁿ-ngŏ̤;

  was afterward roused to a sense of his danger.

• hûe ke séⁿ chin;

  return home and look after his own affairs.

• cía sĭ séⁿ-úi kâi, m̄ sĭ kiaⁿ-pàng;

  this one is a deputy sent from the provincial capital, not a commissioner sent from Peking.

• lô̤h séⁿ; cìn séⁿ, jîp séⁿ; kàu séⁿ;

  to go to the provincial city.

• chut séⁿ;

  leave the province.

• kòi séⁿ;

  convoy a criminal to Canton.

• keh séⁿ;

  the adjacent province.

• pńg séⁿ;

  our own province.

性

• Natural disposition; temper, spirit; a quality; a property; faculty; naturally, unconstrainedly.

• sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

  the life; one’s existence.

• i ngĕ sèⁿ căi;

  she is very set in her way.

• sèⁿ ngĕ căi;

  obstinate, mulish.

• sèⁿ màiⁿ khah kip;

  do not be too impatient.

• i kâi sèⁿ sĭang kín, cí kâi sèⁿ cū māng;

  his is an impetuous nature, the other is more moderate.

• sèⁿ-chêng khwn-hûa;

  an easy temper.

• ŭ hueh sèⁿ kâi nâng;

  a person who is quick to feel, and earnest in doing.

• i ío hío îeh sèⁿ;

  he better understands the nature of the remedies.

• cí īeⁿ îeh kâi sèⁿ hâng-lîang;

  this is a cooling medicine.

• i kâi sèⁿ-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?

  What sort of a disposition has she?

• sèⁿ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ íang;

  the right spirit must gradually be developed.

• i kâi sèⁿ tōa căi;

  she has a high temper.

• húe sèⁿ;

  fiery; hot tempered.

• húe-sèⁿ phû;

  his temper was roused.

• sèⁿ chàu-pău;

  has a violent temper.

• pău sèⁿ căi;

  very cruel.

• sèⁿ un-jîu;

  has a gentle disposition.

• bô̤ sèⁿ;

  mild, amiable.

• thò̤ sèⁿ;

  become less testy.

• i hó̤ sim sèⁿ;

  she is good tempered.

• màiⁿ jía kàu i kâi sèⁿ phû;

  do not provoke him to anger.

• i kâi sèⁿ-thâu m̄-hó̤ căi, sèⁿ cē lâi mih mûeh m̄ kẃn;

  ho has a very bad temper, and whenever it is roused lie pays no heed to anything.

• sèⁿ-lí kâi cṳ;

  mental philosophy, or metaphysics.

• pek-sèⁿ;

  impetuous.

• khǹg-kòi i sèⁿ màiⁿ pek;

  exhort him not to be hasty.

• phiah-sèⁿ;

  prejudiced.

• ngău-sèⁿ;

  arrogant.

• jím sèⁿ;

  patient.

• jĭm sèⁿ;

  acts as he feels; not self-restrained.

• sai-sèⁿ;

  selfish.

• sèⁿ kuai-phiah;

  cross-grained.

姓

• The surname of a family or clan; a clan; one of a clan.

• kùi sèⁿ? kau sèⁿ?

  What is your clan name?

• i nŏ̤ nâng tâng sèⁿ;

  they both belong to the same clan.

• mâiⁿ-mîaⁿ, mût sèⁿ;

  to conceal one’s name.

• i kâi sĭm-mih sèⁿ-sĭ?

  What is his surname?

• peh-sèⁿ;

  the people; the masses.

• sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?

  Of what clan?

• ko̤h sèⁿ;

  an odd name.

• pât sèⁿ;

  another clan.

• kó sèⁿ;

  old family names.

• tōa sèⁿ; tōa jī sèⁿ;

  a great clan.

• síe sèⁿ; mûiⁿ sèⁿ; pĭ sèⁿ;

  an humble name.

• bói ûi sèⁿ; teh ûi sèⁿ; phah ûi sèⁿ;

  to bet on the names of the successful candidates.

• ṳ́n-nêk mîaⁿ-sèⁿ;

  to conceal one’s name.

• hok sèⁿ;

  a double surname, a surname with more than one letter in it.

• cîah sang sèⁿ;

  belong to two clans.

• câp sèⁿ;

  of various clans.

• cí kâi hieⁿ-lí câp sèⁿ;

  the residents in this village are of many different surnames.

• khĭa sèⁿ;

  the largest clans in a village of mixed clans.

• cêk sèⁿ chío, cêk sèⁿ phûh;

  one clan is powerful, and the other is weak.