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

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森

• Somber; majestic

• siam ngîam;

  severe.

• huap-lût siam-ngîam;

  the majesty of the law.

• kui-kṳ́ siam-ngîam;

  the rule is strict.

參

• The ginseng plant, and many other roots of a mucilaginous nature, used in medicine and deemed to partake of the virtues of ginseng.

• jîn siam;

  ginseng, so called from the resemblance of its forked roots to the figure of a man.

• îeⁿ siam;

  foreign ginseng.

• kau-lî siam;

  Corean ginseng.

• hue-kî siam;

  American ginseng.

• siam chiu;

  rootlets of ginseng.

• hái siam;

  biche-de-mer.

• tang siam;

  a species of sage.

• táng siam;

  a species Convolvulus*.

• ngŏ siam;

  all kinds of ginseng.

纎

• Fine, delicate, minute.

• cò̤ lâi siam-khá căi;

  is of very delicate workmanship.

閃

• To evade; to shun; to dodge.

• síam tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

  dodged off to one side.

• síam-khui cē;

  move out of the way a little.

• síam-bûa chîeⁿ-piⁿ;

  draw out of the way close to the wall.

• i síam, khṳt úa kùe;

  he drew back and and let me pass.

• síam sin;

  keep out of sight.

• síam put kîp;

  too late to get out of the way.

• bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ síam;

  had no way of evading it.

蟬

• The cicada or broad locust, common over China.

• sîam-thò̤;

  the exuviæ of the cicada, used as a febrifuge.

• cía sî kim-sîam thut khahk kâi kòi;

  this plan is as like the last, as the exuviæ of the cicada is like the cicada’s body.

贍

• To supply.

• sîam kháu;

  to make an allowance for food.

• cîa cîⁿ sĭ khṳt i cò̤ kháu-sîam kâi;

  this money is what is allowed him for his table expenses.

簷

• The boards or beams which uphold the eaves.

• i ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;

  ho will take flight between the eaves and the walls.

蟾

• sîam-sû;

  a striped toad, fabled to be in the moon.

• sîam-so;

  water taken from the eyebrows of frogs, and used as a medicine.