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siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab [[...]][i#] [p.]

stick (between the molars), fill up (a cavity or crack), wedge something under a piece of furniture so as to make it steady

塞,填

• siab ho zai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab ho zai [[...]][i#] [p.]
  put something under (the table leg) to make (the table) steady
  塞穩

siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab [[...]][i#] [p.]

tart, bitter taste that numbs the tongue (as some unripened fruits do), not smooth (surface), very stiff, tight (door or drawer), sleepy (eyes)

澀

• bagciw siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw siab [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eyes sleepy
  眼澀

• zhosiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'siab [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tough, (a job) very hard to do
  艱辛

• kiaam køq siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaam køq siab [[...]][i#] [p.]
  salty and sour, be niggardly
  鹹又澀,吝嗇

siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab [[...]][i#] [p.]

contracted form of "si-chap" (forty)

四十

• siap'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab'id [[...]][i#] [p.]
  forty-one
  四十一

• siapji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab'ji [[...]][i#] [p.]
  forty-two
  四十二

• Cviu siab ciu bøexliab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu siab ciu be liab.; Cviu siab ciu bøe'liab. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Lit. has lost sexual vigor — A person over forty has advanced in years
  人到四十,精力就差了。

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