cau
- cau eh;
- to meet with obstacles.
- cau lāng;
- to encounter difficulties.
- cau huang;
- met with bad weather.
- cau hŏ;
- met with rain.
- cau châk-kiap;
- encountered robbers.
- úa khṳ̀ cêk cau, khṳ̀ nŏ̤ cau;
- I have been once and again.
- úa tàⁿ cêk cau, tàⁿ nŏ̤ cau, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ khṳ̀ cò̤?
- I have told you once and again, why do you not go and do it?
- úa tàⁿ kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ cau lío, lṳ́ hŵn m̄ thiaⁿ;
- I have told you repeatedly, but yet you do not heed it.
- cau cau ngŏ̤ lṳ́ m̄ tîeh;
- it repeatedly happened that I did not find you in.
- ke cêk cau;
- once more.
- cau-thak;
- to knock about and wear out uselessly.
- cíu cau;
- sâh cíu kâi cau; distiller’s grains.
- cwn cò̤ lâi cîah kâi cau;
- malt made especially for food.
- cau tṳ-nêk;
- corned pork.
- cau hṳ̂;
- cured fish.
- cau sie cíu;
- a clear mild spirit made from rice.
- úa khǹg ŭ cêk pău hó̤-hó̤ kâi cau;
- I have a pot of the best malt put away.
- cau kàu lok-lok;
- left in the sediment of liquor till thoroughly corned.
- tûi cíu-thâu-cau lâi tah;
- put on a malt poultice.
- chûn jîeh cōi cîⁿ kâi i cau tît?
- How much cash remains for the making up of the full sum?
- sīn kâi, cau cò̤ cîⁿ;
- pay the remainder in cash.
- sǹg lío, cau cheng-chó̤ hâiⁿ i;
- reckon it up, and then pay him the balance in full.
- cáu méⁿ-méⁿ;
- run quickly.
- cáu khṳ̀;
- run away.
- cáu lâi cáu khṳ̀;
- run to and fro.
- cáu chut, cáu jîp;
- run out and run in.
- cáu îaⁿ i;
- outrun him.
- cáu su i;
- was outrun by him.
- cáu m̄ khṳ̀;
- cannot run.
- cáu kàu khang-khang; cáu lío-lío khṳ̀; khṳt i cáu pêh-pêh khṳ̀;
- it has all run out.
- cúi cŭ tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi cáu;
- the water collects there, and cannot run off.
- cáu cúi, tîeh cáu tit cheng;
- the watershed must be such that the water will all be carried off.
- cí ciah cáu khṳ̀ khùe, hṳ́ ciah cáu lâi méⁿ;
- that one went quickest, and this one came soonest.
- kîaⁿ hó̤, m̄ hó̤ cáu;
- walk decorously along and do not run.
- cáu khṳ̀ hêk;
- tired from running.
- cáu kàu pûah tîeh;
- ran till he fell down.
- cáu bī;
- lose flavor.
- cáu khì;
- lost its strength.
- khṳt i cáu thut khṳ̀;
- allowed him to slip off.
- pāi cáu;
- beat a retreat.
- phun-cáu;
- a fugitive.
- cáu kùe séⁿ;
- went off to another province.
- cáu kùe hwn;
- went away to foreign parts.
- lṳ́ cáu cĭeⁿ tŏa khṳ̀!
- Where will you run to!
- úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ cáu tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀!
- I think I see you running away somewhere!
- àiⁿ cáu, cáu m̄ lī;
- wanted to escape but could not.
- cáu choiⁿ lí bé;
- send a swift courier.
- cáu bûn-cṳ;
- send a dispatch in haste.
- cáu chiⁿ koi măng;
- hasten to dispose of what will not keep.
- cáu khṳ̀ jīo i;
- run and overtake him.
- chŵn bŏi cáu lāu;
- it does not leak any.
- cáu-lāu sie-sit;
- the news leaked out.
- cáu-sai;
- a smuggler.
- cáu hìang;
- to smuggle.
- cáu bŏi tit khí;
- cannot run by.
- síe cáu;
- ran with short steps.
- lāu-cáu ŵn khṳ̀;
- all leaked out.
- tàu cáu lîah;
- to play tag.
- pûi kâi nâng bô̤ mih ŏi cáu;
- stout people cannot run well.
- thìo cáu khṳ̀;
- jumped away.
- tùn cáu khṳ̀;
- jerked and broke away.
- cío pue cáu khṳ̀;
- the bird flew off.
- sîu cáu;
- swam off.
- cûa so̤ cáu;
- the snake wriggled off.
- pêⁿ cáu;
- crept off.
- peh khí cĭu cáu;
- got up and ran off.
- cáu tńg lâi;
- ran back.
- thò̤ cáu;
- ran backwards.
- cáu khui, pī i;
- dodge aside and avoid it.
- tô̤ cáu;
- flee away.
- thau cáu;
- ran slyly away.
- cáu khṳ̀ tìam;
- ran and hid.
- cáu kàu bô̤ hûn bô̤ ía;
- gone and left no trace behind.
- méⁿ-méⁿ phŏ̤ i cáu khui;
- quickly caught him up in his arms and ran aside.
- khek lâi cáu sîn;
- carved off, so as to destroy its significance, (as in cutting letters).
- cáu keh, tîeh cai mûeh hó̤;
- the lines made have run over the limits, they must be readjusted.
- taⁿ khí, pòng-pòng cáu;
- just now got up and clattered off.
- cáu khṳ̀, pīn-pòng-kìe;
- ran off boisterously.
- cáu kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;
- ran till all out of breath.
- bùn cáu;
- got away through some interstice.
- pûaⁿ chîeⁿ cáu;
- got away by going over the wall.
- bī cáu;
- swam away under water.
- cûn theⁿ cáu;
- poled the boat quickly away.
- mûeh cài cáu;
- carried the things off in a boat.
- thok i cáu;
- maneuver so as to get him to go away.
- jīo i cáu;
- cŏng i cáu; drive him away.
- kiaⁿ i cáu;
- frighten him away.
- thàu i cáu;
- warn him away.
- hàm i cáu;
- call out to him to run.
- jíang i cáu;
- drive him away by screaming out at him.
- sái i cáu;
- make him run.
- thua i cáu;
- make him run by catching hold of him.
- jīo i m̄ cáu;
- he will not be driven off.
- phah sí m̄ cáu;
- will not be beaten off.
- tn̆g cáu;
- got away by breaking the rope.
- lìu cáu;
- clambered down and fled.
- kw̆n cáu;
- broke away and sped off.
- phìu cáu;
- slipped his fetters and escaped.
- kng cáu;
- carried off between two bearers, and thus escaped.
- tn̄g cáu;
- speedily passed from hand to hand on its way.
- bih cáu;
- went off, keeping in ambush meanwhile.
- khah cáu;
- rolled away.
- khîⁿ cáu;
- clambered off, holding on to something overhead.
- ĭa cáu;
- take it on his back and depart in haste.
- liu cáu;
- get away by slipping through one's hands.
- phùn cáu;
- got away by dodging through a crowd.
- nùa cáu;
- went off hastily sitting down and shoving himself along with his hands.
- phah i m̄ cáu, io sĭ sí kâi;
- fired at it and it did not run, so it was surely a dead one.
- sie cêⁿ cáu;
- striving for precedence in getting away.
- cáu lío, tó-tn̂g thìaⁿ, bŏi cáu;
- ran until his stomach ached so he could run no longer.
- cáu kùe sì-úang kâi nâng;
- a great traveller.
- cáu kùe jîeh cōi séⁿ?
- How many provinces has he travelled in?
- cáu kang ô kâi nâng;
- a tricky fellow.
- cău hŭam;
- an escaped criminal.
- cáu kam;
- an escaped prisoner.
- cáu m̄ tit;
- could not escape.
- cáu châk;
- escape from robbers.
- ŏi pháu ŏi cáu;
- very active.
- cáu cêk séⁿ;
- gad through the whole province.
- cûn cáu, cûn khṳ̀ jīo;
- a boat is required in chasing a boat; you must spend money in the recovery of money.
- lṳ́ cáu khṳ̀ sí!
- You ran hard enough to kill yourself! (said ironically to a slow person).
- cáu sek;
- to fade.
- kîaⁿ cûn, cáu bé saⁿ hun mīaⁿ;
- sailors and couriers live but three tenths as long as other people.
- cáu bé khùaⁿ cin-cu;
- discovering pearls when riding swiftly; speed does not permit careful scrutiny.
- khṳt i cáu tīo cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
- lost a thousand dollars through his running away.
- tau kíaⁿ, cáu kíaⁿ;
- sons and daughters, (so called because the one goes away from home, and the other stays).
- cáu-kúi kíaⁿ;
- a young female slave.
- bói cáu-kúi;
- buy a female domestic.
- cáu koi;
- an agent in a shipping office.
- cáu ît;
- slip out of place.
- cáu sîap;
- ooze out.
- jw̆n cáu;
- run at random.
- sīang cáu;
- run very hard.
- pìaⁿ cáu;
- run fast.
- li-li cáu;
- run right on without stopping.
- cheⁿ cáu;
- rushes off.
- cáu-lōi;
- a splint ladle.
- khîeh cáu-lōi khṳ̀ hô pn̄g;
- take the bamboo skimmer and dip out the rice.
- cang cáu-lōi lâi ko;
- take the skimmer and skim it out.
- càu-ĕ;
- the kitchen.
- càu-suaⁿ-thâu;
- the top of the range.
- húe-càu;
- a kitchen furnace.
- co̤h càu;
- build a range.
- pun cò̤ kúi càu;
- divided into several households.
- cí kâi mn̂g-lâu lăi kúi húe-càu?
- How many families are there in this building?
- càu hûang-tì; càu huâng-sĭang;
- to make known to the emperor.
- càu hûang-thài-hŏ;
- to report to the empress dowager.
- càu pńg; càu cieⁿ;
- a memorial to the throne.
- càu pńg pâng;
- the office where memorials are prepared.
- cĭeⁿ càu;
- to send up a report.
- mīn càu;
- to state personally to the emperor.
- mît càu;
- a sealed memorial.
- cún càu;
- to assent to a memorial.
- pó̤ càu;
- a recommendation to mercy.
- càu chíaⁿ;
- a petition.
- càu sìo;
- a report of expenditures.
- càu cih;
- paper used in writing memorials.
- càu gâuh;
- to strike up the band; to play on musical instruments.
- pun cng, pun m̄ câu;
- the spoil was not equally divided.
- cē pun lâi m̄ câu, cū àiⁿ sie ceⁿ;
- if it is not divided equally they will wrangle over it.
- i kong-tău cai, pun kàu câu-câu;
- he is very just, and apportions it equally.
- chio câu-câu;
- mix it thoroughly.
- lă kàu câu-câu;
- stir it up till it is evenly mixed.
- lok kàu câu-câu;
- shake it up and down till is it of uniform consistency.
- nŏ̤ īeⁿ cham câu;
- mix the two ingredients fully.
- chap khṳ̀ m̄ câu;
- they do not mingle thoroughly.
- câu-câu sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is the same all the way through.
- hún lâi m̄ câu;
- the whitewash is not laid on evenly.
- kô m̄ câu, ŭ kâi ŭ, ŭ kâï bô̤;
- the paste is not put on smoothly, in some places there is paste and in some there is none.
- chông bô̤ seⁿ-chut ŭ, kìe-cò̤ cău: chông ŭ pìⁿ-cò̤ bô̤ kìe-cò̤ hùe;
- to form something out of nothing is called creating: to resolve something into nothing is called dissolution.
- cău hùe;
- the changes of nature, production and dissolution.
- cău-hùe, cău-hùe!
- How lucky!
- hó̤ cău-hùe;
- good luck.
- thèng-cău-hùe;
- as it chance.
- úa thèng-cău-hùe lâi;
- I chanced to come.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe cò;
- do not do this hap-hazard.
- cía sĭ bô̤ cău-hùe kâi, m̄ sĭ i cwn kâi;
- this is an unlucky accident, it is not what he designed.
- ūe màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe tàⁿ;
- do not talk at random.
- cău-hùe bŏi pûah tîeh;
- happily you did not fall.
- cău-hùe căi;
- very fortunate.
- sĭm sĭ cău-hùe;
- exceedingly lucky.
- bô̤ cău-hùe cĭu bô̤;
- if there is no favorable chance it will not be done.
- m̄ cai cò̤ hìeⁿ bô̤ cău-hùe, tùi-tùi i m̄ tŏ̤;
- do not know why I should have been so luckless as to be there just when he was absent.
- m̄ caí cò̤-nî hìeⁿ cău-hùe chūa lâi kàu hó̤;
- do not know how it was that the fates were so propitious in the bringing home of the wife.
- keh nî īu cău-hùe seⁿ kâi tau-kíaⁿ;
- the next year she had, moreover, the good luck to bear a son.
- cía sĭ thèng-cău-hùe;
- this is fortuitous.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ thèng lṳ́ kâi cău-hùe;
- let this matter be attended to whenever you have a favorable chance.
- i thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ lâi;
- he will come when chance favors.
- i thèng-cău-hùe cò̤;
- he makes some now and then whenever he happens to have the opportunity.
- líang cău kâi kuaⁿ-si tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?
- Of the two parties in the lawsuit, which is in the right?
- cău cheh;
- put on the records.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cău chṳ̀;
- in transacting business do not be flurried.
- cău ngân, cău gṳ́;
- an entire fabrication.
- khá cău hue-cam síu-sek;
- skillfully made head ornaments.
- sĭ i cău khí-thâu;
- he was the inventor.
- cí ciah thīⁿ-saⁿ-chia sĭ tī-tîang cău-khí kâi?
- Who invented this sewing machine?
- i chàng-cău thiⁿ-tī bw̄n mûeh;
- he created all things.
- tăi cău kâi sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What is the gist of the matter?
- khun caŭ;
- a girl's horoscope.
- khîen cău;
- a boy's horoscope.
- cău cǹg;
- make arrangements for a funeral.
- kùi cău;
- your birth.
- lṳ́ kâi kùi cău sĭ sĭm-mih sî jît, sĭm-mih nî gûeh?
- When were you born?
- cía sĭ phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe;
- this is a run of luck.
- phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe úa cĭu lâi;
- when circumstances are propitious I will come.
- pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău kâi;
- made in our own shop; home manufactures.
- lṳ́ kâi ūe sĭ pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău;
- this is story which you yourself make up.
- thèng-cău-hùe ēng;
- to use as we may happen to want it.
- thèng-cău-hùe bōi;
- sells it whenever he happens to have a chance.
- thèng-cău-hùe khṳ̀;
- goes now and then according to circumstances.
- thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ;
- whenever it happens that it is wanted.
- cău mīn kâi pò;
- a vail for the face.
- kīe cău;
- a cover to keep the dust from a sedan.
- teng cău;
- a lamp shade.
- ēng mûeh cău miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi chue tîeh huang, īa bŏi nah-sap;
- take something and cover it up, then the wind will not blow upon it, and it will not become soiled.
- cău-hŵn;
- copperas.
- ní cău-hŵn;
- color with copperas.
- cău-kak;
- legumes of the Gleditschia Sinensis*, used in making coarse soap.
- cău-pâng; cău tĭ;
- lictors; criers in a cortege.
- cău-cóng;
- the chief lictor.
- cău-thâu;
- head lictors.
- put hun cău pêh;
- does not discriminate between black and white; unreasonable.