choiⁿ

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  • A thousand.
câp peh kìe-cò̤ cêk choiⁿ;
ten hundreds are called one thousand.
choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi;
over innumerable mountains and seas; very far off.
khèng cok choiⁿ chiu;
congratulate the empress on her birthday.
choiⁿ lí bé;
a swift courier.
choiⁿ kim bói chù, bw̄n kim bói lîn;
thousands of dollars may buy a house, but millions of dollars will not secure good neighbours.
choiⁿ-bw̄n m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀;
beyond all doubt, it is inexpedient to go.
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  • A small broom; to scrub with a broom.
tek-chóiⁿ;
a bamboo broom.
siu-chóiⁿ;
a stiff broom.
chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
scrub it clean with a broom.
koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;
a feather brush.
cang chóiⁿ;
a coir broom.
hĭⁿ chóiⁿ;
an ear brush.
chóiⁿ pn̄g-lōi;
scour the skimmer.
chóiⁿ thûn;
the annual house-cleaning.
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  • To scratch for food.
kio koi pêⁿ-īeⁿ, m̄ chóiⁿ cū bô̤ cîah;
is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.
koi tó̤ chóiⁿ thô-ĕ;
the hen is scratching the ground for food.
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  • To inspirit; to incite; to urge on; to stir up; to arouse.
sĭ i chòiⁿ i khṳ̀ cò̤;
it was he who put him up to do it.
úa pńg-pńg m̄ lâi, sĭ khṳt i chòiⁿ kàu thíam cìaⁿ lâi;
I should not have come of myself, but I was pestered so constantly by him that I came.
lṳ́ hó̤ chòiⁿ i nā kò̤;
you should urge him to stay there.
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  • Silk-worms.
chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
silk-worms spin silk.
chôiⁿ si;
the silk spun by silk-worms.
chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
cocoons.
chôiⁿ tāu;
the chrysalis.
chôiⁿ îah;
the moth.
chôiⁿ n̆ng;
the eggs.
cí khí chôiⁿ ío tōa tîo;
this sort of silk-worm is large.
chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;
silk-worms feed on mulberry leaves.
chī chôiⁿ;
to keep silk-worms.
jû chôiⁿ cîah hîeh;
like the consumption of mulberry leaves by silk-worms.
ŏ̤ chôiⁿ bâi;
beetling eyebrows.