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

斜

Oblique; diagonal; slanting.
pàng sia;

hold it aslant.
pho̤-lo̤-sia;

slanting; bias.
ka sia;

cut it bias.
thóíⁿ-tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;

it appears to topple.
i kâi chù sia-loi sia-loi;

his house leans as if about to tumble over.
pho̤h sia cìaⁿ pho̤h tit lô̤h;

cleave diagonally then you can cleave it in two.
pàng sia-sì;

lay it with one end higher than the other.
sia-sia-lô̤h;

slope it down.
cí tīo lō sia lô̤h kàu khoi-kîⁿ;

this road slopes down to the bank of the river.

寫

捨

To relinquish; to part with; to give alms; to leave, to abandon, to renounce.
sía m̄ tit;

cannot part with it.
i hàuⁿ si-sía;

ho is fond of alms-giving.
châng-tī sía lô̤h am-īⁿ;

you may give your fields to a monastery, but you cannot thereafter beg a bowl of porridge from the priests.
sía tīo ke khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-síeⁿ;

renounce domestic life, and become a priest.
àiⁿ sía tīo īu m̄ kam;

unwilling to abandon it.

卸

To lay aside, to relinquish, to leave, to put off, to vacate, t deliver over to.
sìa jīm;

resign office.
sìa ceh;

vacate a post.
hùe sìa tàⁿ; sìa tīo hùe;

to deliver cargo.
thiah sìa;

to take apart and carry off.
sìa kah;

cast off his armor.
sìa sṳ̄;

throw up an affair.
kau-sìa;

deliver over.
mûeh sìa tīo, m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;

cast away the things, not daring to keep them.
thut-sìa m̄ lī;

cannot free himself from it.

㵼

To purge; to flow off; to eliminate.
sìa tó;

purging.
sìa îeh;

cathartic medicines.
sìa-îu;

castor oil.
cí īeⁿ îeh sìa húe;

this medicine reduces inflammation.
cúi sìa;

watery stools.
cn̂g kâi sìa hùaⁿ kâi cúi;

the discharge consists solely of water.
sìa kúi chṳ̀;

purged several times.
thìaⁿ sìa; tó cē thìaⁿ cū àiⁿ sìa;

gripes with diarrhea.
īu thò, īu sìa;

vomiting and purging.
thò sìa cèng to̤ sĭ sî-lĕng pēⁿ;

bowel complaints are mostly ailments of the season.
hŵn-lío sìa bŏi cheng-chó̤;

it has not yet all flowed off.
bô̤ hía tó-lĭang cò̤ káⁿ cîah sìa îeh;

not being of full habit, how dare he take depleting medicines?
lîang sìa, jûah sìa, sîp sìa;

diarrhea arising from cold, from heat or from dampness.
kú sìa;

chronic diarrhea.
sìa lío cìaⁿ lâi pó;

first deplete and then strengthen.
pó sìa kiam kîaⁿ;

depletion and invigoration going on simultaneously.
sía kàu khah bô̤ tī;

purged until there is nothing to build upon.

赦

To remit punishment; to forgive, to pardon, to excuse; amnesty.
sìa i kâi cŭe;

overlook his fault.
thien sìa jît;

three days of the year when heaven forgives sins.
tăi sìa thiⁿ ĕ;

a general amnesty.
sìa-míen i;

forgive him.
huap bô̤ hó̤ sìa;

the law cannot remit punishment.
ngŏ̤ sìa tńg lâi;

meet a reprieve and return.
hŏng sìa míen phōiⁿ cŭe;

those who are pardoned need not be tried for crime.
sìa lāi; sìa cíe lāi cîⁿ;

let him off without exacting the interest on the debt.

舍

A cottage; a hospice; a booth; as a pronoun, my, used in speaking of one’s junior relatives.
cí kò̤ lî hâng-sìa m̄ hn̆g;

this is not far from my poor abode.
sìa tĭ;

my younger brother.
a-sìa;

a junior relative; a respectful address to a junior in years.
hō̤ sìa;

cells in tho examination hall; they are numbered by the characters of the Millenary Classic.

邪

Depraved; vicious; deluding; illegal; heterodox; heretical; not sanctioned by law or custom; corrupting.
sîa tău;

erroneous doctrines.
sîa huap;

sorcery; unlawful tricks.
sîa sîn;

false deities whose worship is illegal, or whose ritual is subversive of morality.
sîa kúi;

evil spirits.
sîa sût;

black arts; philters, charms.
sîa khì;

malaria; possessed, mad, haunted.
khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

forsake heresy and return to the right way.
huang sîa būe thò̤;

the bad effect of the wind has not yet been done away with.
sú sîa būe cheng;

the disturbance produced by heat is not yet allayed.
ŭ gūa sîa a bô̤?

Has he been exposed to any external influence which would produced disease?
sîa cìaⁿ hun m̄ cheng-chó̤;

those which tend to evil and those that tend to good, are not wholly divided.
sîa-mŭe;

an ogre.
kang-sîa kâi nâng;

a corrupt person.
sîa-îm kâi sṳ̄;

obscene practices.

麝

斜

社

The god who rules over a particular spot; the tutelary deities; the altars to gods of the land, usually without roofs; a village or hamlet.
m̄ sĭ ún kâi sĭa, mn̄g lâi tó̤ hìen ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ;

as he is not our god, why should we be making offerings to him.
cì sĭa-cek;

sacrifice to the gods of land and of grain.
hâp sĭa phêng-ang;

the whole village is at peace.
sĭa hiaⁿ-tĭ;

men belonging to the same locality.
teng cêk-sĭa cêk-sĭa;

lamps in clusters, as when carried by companies in procession.

射

To spurt out; to shoot.
sīa cìⁿ;

to shoot an arrow.
sīa tîeh pá;

to hit the mark.
sīa tîeh âng sim;

to hit the center of the target.
sĭ sīa bé-cìⁿ a sīa oō-cìⁿ?

Are they shooting with arrows used by the cavalry or with those used by the infantry?
jît ía sīn jîp lâi;

the sun shines in here.
sīa hóⁿ;

shoot a tiger.
cìⁿ sīa m̄ jîp;

the arrow did not stick.

謝

To thank; to express gratitude by a present.
kám-sīa;

thank you.
cōi sīa;

many thanks.
sīa thiap;

a card of thanks.
sīa lói;

a doctor’s fees; a substantial acknowledgement of gratitude.
sīa ngî;

a suitable token of indebtedness; a present in return for a favor.
pài sīa;

a visit expressive of gratitude.
sīa ṳu;

express gratitude for favors.
sīa thiⁿ, sīa tī;

make offerings to heaven and earth in thanksgiving.
cò̤ hì sīa sîn;

perform a play out of gratitude to the gods.
sīa i kâi nâng-chêng;

express thanks for his kindness.
cía tîeh tāng sīa i;

he must be largely rewarded for this.
sīa kău, sīa pô̤h, tîeh sīa i;

whether the token of gratitude be valuable or not, he must be presented with one.
sīa sṳ;

presents to a teacher.
khṳ̀ i mīn-côiⁿ khàu sīa;

go before him, kneel, and touch the ground with the forehead, expressing gratitude.

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