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

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消

• To melt; to liquify; to thaw; to lessen by using; to do away with; to annul; to need and consume; needed, required, exigent; to allay; to digest; to exhaust; to eliminate; diminished, dispersed; sold out; transpiring.

• sio hùe khṳ̀;

  melted away.

• sio khṳ̀;

  dissolved.

• cí īeⁿ mûeh sio cîah;

  this aids digestion.

• saⁿ tǹg cîah lío tó lăi m̄ sio kâi cū hó cîah i sio;

  what remains undigested after three meals have been eaten should be eliminated by medicine.

• cí īeⁿ ŏi sio tâk, hṳ́ īeⁿ li ŏi sio céng;

  this scatters the poison, and that takes down the swelling.

• îeh tah lío céng sio a būe?

  Has the swelling gone down since the medicine was applied?

• tîeh cîah kàu tâk-khì sio cheng-chó̤;

  must take it till the virus has all been cleansed out.

• i tì kâi sio kuah kâi pēⁿ;

  he has an ailment which is accompanied with intolerable thirst.

• cīeⁿ sio, ĕ sio, tong sio;

  a great appetite with constipation, a great appetite with diarrhea, and a great appetite with good digestion and no increase of flesh.

• hua sio;

  use up, spend, consume.

• cêk jît sio saⁿ táu bí;

  use three pecks of rice per day.

• ke kâi sio m̄ khṳ̀;

  cannot digest more than that.

• sio khíen;

  dissipate care.

• sio ôiⁿ;

  pass the time.

• cîah cíu sio chô;

  drink wine to dissipate sorrow.

• kîaⁿ khṳt i sio-thîo cē;

  walk about to aid digestion and quicken the circulation.

• hûn sio, phek sùaⁿ;

  it has taken away all my spirits.

• i kâi hùe-mûeh sio tōa căi;

  his goods have a great sale.

• cí īeⁿ mûeh ío thong sio;

  this article is more saleable.

• sio thâm;

  cuts phlegm.

• cí sio cêk peh ngṳ̂n cū bói ŭ;

  it will require only a hundred dollars to buy it.

‮搜‬

• To search a house, as policemen do; to seek for.

• sio chūe m̄ tîeh;

  cannot find it anywhere.

• hāi úa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ sio, jw̆n sio, sio bô̤;

  made me search everywhere for it, and no matter how much I searched it, it was not to be found.

• múaⁿ koiⁿ sio;

  searched everywhere.

• sio-thóiⁿ ŭ tŏ̤ tû tói mē;

  look and see whether it is in the cupboard.

• sio ŭ a bô̤?

  Did you find it?

• thong sin sio;

  searched his whole person.

• sio tîeh cêk ki to̤;

  searched and found a knife upon him.

• sio i kâi ie-tŏ;

  searched in his stomacher.

• phài tī-tîang tó̤ tok sio-kíam;

  depute some one to search the candidates entering the examinations.

• sio chut lâi;

  searched it out.

• sio ke;

  search the house.

• pàng khim-che khṳ̀ sio ke;

  send a commissioner to search the dwelling.

• sio-chê cng-mûeh kâi pbìe;

  a search-warrant, authorizing a search for stolen goods.

• sio-lîah nâng hŭam;

  search for and seize a criminal.

銷

• To finish; to spend; to cancel; to make void; to exhaust.

• sio ùaⁿ;

  to decide a case in court.

• cang ùaⁿ cù-sio;

  take up a case in court and dismiss it.

• ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ íⁿ-keng sio tīo;

  the case is already disposed of.

• sio kim, cîah ngṳ̂n kâi tī-hng;

  a place where money quickly disappears; a very expensive place to live in.

• tńg lâi sio che;

  return and report on the message sent.

• chṳ́ hṳ̆n lâng sio;

  such enmity is hard to appease.

• cêk pit kau-sio;

  the affair is quite settled.

• khui sio;

  render an account of government expenditures.

• càu sio;

  a memorial of outlays.

宵

• Night; in the night; dark.

• ngŵn-sio-mêⁿ;

  the night of the full moon of the first month.

• ĕ ngó lîen sio;

  through the afternoon and night.

• phio-thâu ŭ sía lîen sio a bô̤?

  Does the placard announce that it is to be continued through the night?

硝

• phok-sio;

  niter.

• ēng lîu-n̂g phok-sio cò̤ húe-îeh;

  sulphur and niter are used in making gunpowder.

• sai cài sio n̂g sĭ hŭam kìm kâi sṳ̄;

  to smuggle nitre and sulphur is against the law.

• mâng-sio;

  glauber salts.

逍

• sio-îo;

  to ramble, to saunter, to wander for diversion.

• sio-îo cṳ̆-căi;

  saunter at ease.

霄

• The empyrean; the highest region of air; heaven.

• kíu sio;

  the remotest heavens.

• thiaⁿ tîeh kâi hûn cū pue kàu kíu sio;

  on hearing it, I was frightened quite out of my wits.

• lêng-sio-hue;

  the trumpet flower.

蕭

• sio-tîo;

  lonely, desolate, poverty stricken.

• hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cí ău sio-tîo căi;

  that region is during late years very forlorn.

狂

• Crazy; mad; wild; insane.

• sío káu;

  a mad dog.

• i sĭ sío kâi; nín màiⁿ thīn i;

  he is crazy, do not provoke him.

• i thâk cṳ, thâk kàu sío, thâk cò̤ cṳ-tien;

  he has become daft by over study, and is a sort of bibliomaniac.

• i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cò̤ sṳ̄ hŵn-lío sío sîn sío tôk;

  although he is so large, he still acts without judgment.

• i kâi sío sîn cêk ē lai, mih nâng i to m̄-ùi, īa bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;

  whenever his crazy fits come upon him, he is afraid of no one, and pays no regard to decency.

• i pùaⁿ sío pùaⁿ tīaⁿ;

  he is half insane.

• i hŵn-ló̤ kàu sío;

  she is insane from grief.

• hŵn-ló̤ lío, sío ā!

  When you have fretted enough about it, you will be crazy!

• nín màiⁿ tó̤ sío!

  Do not act as if you were crazy!

• i cía sío hŵn-lío sǹg sĭ kun-cṳ́ sío;

  though he is insane, his is still a mild form of insanity.

• hṳ́ kâi sío khṳ̀ cū tăng căi;

  that one’s insanity is of a violent type.

小

• Petty; small; trifling; uneducated; vile.

• sío-jîn;

  rude, boorish.

• sío-jîn nâng;

  a boor.

• sío sṳ̄;

  a petty affair; an unimportant matter.

• sío-khì;

  small minded.

• sío-khì-kúi;

  a petty, spiteful person.

• sío-khó̤;

  but a trifle.

• sío kù;

  no great matter.

**羞恥](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/羞恥)sío-lí810

• Ashamed, abashed, conscious of demerit or unworthiness.

• hāi úa sío-lí căi;

  made me much ashamed.

• cn̂g kâi m̄ pat sío-lí;

  bŏi sío bŏi lí; does not feel in the least ashamed.

• i ùi sío-lí;

  he is afraid of bringing disgrace upon himself.

• sío-lí kàu m̄ káⁿ lâi;

  so ashamed he dare not come.

• thóiⁿ tîeh sío-lí sí;

  was dreadfully ashamed when she saw it.

肖

• Relationship between parent and child.

• put sìo kíaⁿ;

  an unfilial son.

• khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ pín put sìo;

  go before a magistrate and charge with unfilial conduct.

• i kâi a-pĕ íⁿ-keng pín kùe put sìo kâi, ṳ̆ i bô̤ kang;

  his father has already legally disowned him, and has nothing to do with him.

• i kâi kíaⁿ, tōa kâi cū hàn-sŭn, jī kâi cū put-sìo;

  of his sons, the eldest is filial, and the next to the eldest is unfilial.

少

• Young; juvenile; junior.

• hŵn-lío sìo nî;

  he is still very young.

• sìo nî ke;

  a young family.

• sìo nî lău sêng;

  a young man with the wisdom of age.

• lău sìo;

  old and young.

• sìo îa;

  the young master.

• sìo nái;

  the young mistress.

數

• To enumerate; to count; deal out; to find out the number; an account, a bill; a list.

• sìo thóiⁿ jîeh cōi;

  count them and see how many there are.

• sìo tāⁿ;

  make a mistake in counting.

• cài sìo ke hûe;

  count them over again.

• lêng-ūaⁿ sìo;

  count again.

• sǹg-sìo;

  to reckon; to calculate.

• sìo phŏ;

  an account book.

• sìo-mâk-jī;

  numerals.

• kìⁿ sìo; chĭeⁿ sìo; lô̤h sìu;

  set down in account.

• pîaⁿ sìo;

  transfer an account.

• chau sìo;

  copy out an account.

• tùi sìo;

  compare accounts in order to verify them.

• hŭe sìo;

  transfer a bill in payment of a debt.

• khìam sìo;

  unsettled balance.

• thó̤ sìo;

  dun for the amount of a bill.

• hâiⁿ sìo;

  to pay bills.

• hok sìo;

  verify an account by again calculating it.

• bô̤ sìo;

  there is no account to be reckoned.

• siu sìo;

  to collect bills.

• cheng sìo;

  to clear off an account.

• sìo m̄ tîeh i;

  did not reckon him in.

• o̤h sìo;

  difficult to determine.

• sìo-búe ap cheng;

  the balance is paid in full.

• i tó̤ kẃn sìo;

  he keeps the accounts.

• lí sìo-bâk;

  regulate the accounts.

• sìo pâng;

  counting room.

• thien kang tīaⁿ sìo;

  fixed as fate; exact as the cycle.

• thien sìo íⁿ tīaⁿ;

  destiny is fixed.

• tăi sìo lâng tô̤;

  destiny cannot be escaped.

• seⁿ sí ŭ sìo;

  life and death are as fate determines.

**蛸蟰](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/蛸蟰)sìo-cîⁿ794

• The long legged spider.

• sìo-cîⁿ, si li ŭ si, bŏi kio ti-tu hìeⁿ-seⁿ keⁿ kâi;

  the shepherd spider has a web indeed, but it is not woven like that of the house spider.

肖

• Like; resembling; likeness.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭo a m̄ sĭo;

  do you think the likeness good?

• thóiⁿ tîeh sĭo căi;

  it is very like him.

• sĭo kàu jīn m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  so much alike one cannot tell them apart.

• àiⁿ ūe kàu câp hun sĭo tîeh ŭ hó̤-hó̤ kâi kang;

  if you want an exact likeness drawn you must have an expert workman.

• úa thóiⁿ tîeh li bô̤ mih sĭo;

  it does not look much like him.

• bŏ̤i ā, ŭ kúi sîaⁿ sĭo;

  yes, it does, it is somewhat like.