chiⁿ

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  • Fresh; just killed; clean; new.
chiⁿ hṳ̂;
fresh fish.
hṳ̂ chiⁿ kàu ûah;
the fish is as fresh as if alive.
cí kò̤ nêk chiⁿ-chiⁿ nē;
this flesh is from an animal that has just been killed.
hái chiⁿ;
shell-fish just out of the sea.
cí kâi hṳ̂ kàu káu-sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
this fish is nearly fresh.
mn̂g-khí kâi hṳ̂, àiⁿ ien li bŏi, àiⁿ chiⁿ li bô̤;
this morning's fish is not spoiled, and neither is it quite fresh.
cêk sin hôk-sek chiⁿ căi;
his garments are very new.
hue chiⁿ-chiⁿ;
newly opened flowers.
kî-chì chiⁿ-mêng căi;
the flags are quite new.
chiⁿ-īam;
spick and span.
chiⁿ kàu īam-īam;
glossy from newness.
chiⁿ kháu;
deliciously fresh.
chiⁿ-tîam;
fresh and sweet.
chiⁿ-nî căi;
very youthful.
saⁿ-khò chiⁿ-khīa chiⁿ-khīa;
his clothes are span new.
chíⁿ pò;
plain blue cotton cloth.
sĭ àiⁿ làm chíⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ ní chíⁿ?
Do you want to have it colored blue by a single immersion in blue dye, or by repeated dippings and airings?
chíⁿ tĭu;
blue grass-cloth.
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  • To measure by the outstretched arms; one reach of the arms.
chîⁿ tîeh saⁿ chîⁿ tn̂g;
measured it by the extended arms, and found it was three times as far as from the tip of one middle finger to the other.
cang chíu chîⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ kúi chîⁿ khuah;
measure it with outstretched arms and see how many such spans wide it is.
ŭ chîⁿ gūa tn̂g cū kàu;
a little more than the length covered by my extended arms will be sufficient.