chiaⁿ
- chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
- to invite company.
- khṳt nâng chíaⁿ;
- he has been invited.
- chíaⁿ i lâi cîah;
- invite him to partake of the meal.
- chíaⁿ i cîah pīu chài-pn̄g;
- ask him to take pot-luck with us.
- chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
- please be seated.
- chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ;
- to engage a teacher.
- chíaⁿ cí;
- ask for orders from the Throne.
- chíaⁿ tê;
- invite to take tea.
- chíaⁿ hun; to offer one's pipe, chíaⁿ cíu;
- to offer wine.
- chíaⁿ ā, chíaⁿ ā;
- good-by.
- chíaⁿ, chíaⁿ;
- good-day.
- lṳ́ kio úa chíaⁿ i lâi tàⁿ ūe;
- you ask him for me to come and have a chat.
- chíaⁿ sî-jît;
- an invitation to fix the day.
- chíaⁿ mn̄g;
- inquire politely.
- ko-chíaⁿ tīu sù-sî;
- put up with this domicile for a short time.
- úa tŏ̤-kò̤, lṳ́ sĭang chíaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa m̄ tŏ̤-kò̤ le m̄ cai lṳ́ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;
- if you do like this when I am here, I do not know what you would not do if I were absent.
- chíaⁿ cĭam pîet;
- so we are to separate for awhile.
- úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;
- I moreover ask you.
- chíaⁿ būe;
- not just yet; please delay an instant.
- lṳ́ chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
- sit still and do not disturb yourself.
- lṳ́ chíaⁿ táng úa;
- you remain here and wait for me.
- taⁿ chíaⁿ màiⁿ sĭeⁿ i;
- now don't think about it any more.
- kuang-chíaⁿ hìeⁿ ngía i cò̤ m̄-àiⁿ?
- Since it is so pretty why does he not want it?
- lṳ́ chíaⁿ hûe khṳ̀;
- then you can go back.
- chíaⁿ lâi cîah;
- come now and eat.
- chíaⁿ cieh úa, ùaⁿ cē khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;
- lend it to me and I will bring it back to you after awhile.
- lṳ́ chíaⁿ khṳt úa, ē-jît úa-kâi le khṳt lṳ́;
- let me have it, and at another time I will let you have mine.
- i kâi lâu kûiⁿ, jṳ̂ chíaⁿ khuah;
- his chamber is lofty, and it is spacious as well.
- ko-chíaⁿ;
- it will do, it will answer temporarily.
- kó-chíaⁿ;
- done without any painstaking.
- chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cò̤ bûn-cieⁿ;
- to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.
- kìm bô̤ nâng chíaⁿ thòi;
- forbid the employment of substitutes in writing for the examinations.
- chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ thòi;
- get a substitute to enter in one's place at an examination.
- cò̤ kàu chîaⁿ;
- to bring to completion.
- cîah kàu chîaⁿ;
- finish the meal.
- àiⁿ lí tîeh lí kàu chîaⁿ;
- if you do it at all yon must finish it.
- cò̤ m̄ chîaⁿ;
- unfinished.
- cí kâi khang-khùe chîaⁿ kàu i hó̤;
- finish up this work.