chun

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  • A long-lived tree, hence a symbol of a father.
chun suang pĕng mŏng;
both parents are in good health.
hiang chun;
the Cedrela odorata*.
chun-u phûe;
the bark of the Ailantus glandulosa*.
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  • Imperfectly developed eggs.
hṳ̂-chun;
fish roe.
hṳ̂ cē sẁn chun ău cū sáng;
fish are thin after depositing the roe.
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  • The spring of the year.
sin chun;
the new year.
ngêng chun;
welcome the spring.
chun hun;
the vernal equinox.
lîp chun; jîp chun;
the beginning of spring.
chun thiⁿ-sî;
in the spring.
cheⁿ chun sìo nî;
in the spring time of life.
chun gû;
a clay ox borne out by officials in the ceremony of meeting the spring.
chun chiu jîeh cōi?
How many years old are you?
pêh jît mok ôiⁿ kùe, cheⁿ chun put cài lâi;
waste not the daylight, for youth does not return.
chun sim;
lewd thoughts.
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  • To stretch forth; to straighten; to dilate.
chíu chun chut lâi;
stretch forth your arm.
lṳ́ kâi cîh chun chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;
put out your tongue and let me look at it.
chun kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
stretched out at full length.
hṳ́ koiⁿ chù nŏ̤ pôiⁿ chun-chíu;
that house has two wings.
kha chun tît;
straighten your legs.
ăm chun tn̂g-tn̂g tó̤ thóiⁿ;
gazing with neck outstretched.
chun ie;
straighten the back.
ŏi chun ŏi kiu;
is elastic; will stretch and shrink.
chun-lûn huah-hì;
stretch and yawn.
bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi chun;
it does not stretch much.
chun khí lâi;
stretch up.
chún-chò̤;
erroneous.
chŵn bŏi chún-chò̤;
there is no error in it.
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  • To surmise.
sṳ-chún;
to ponder.
lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ sṳ-chún;
you go and cogitate upon it.
ngô̤ chún;
blundering; doltish.
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  • The Chinese inch.
câp chùn ûi cêk chieh;
ten inches make a foot.
chùn chieh;
dimensions.
saⁿ chùn khuah cêk chieh tn̂g;
three inches wide and ten long.
tn̂g ke ŭ nŏ̤ chùn kèng hó̤;
it would be better if it were two inches longer.
chǹg nŏ̤ saⁿ chùn chim jîp khṳ̀;
punched it in two or three inches deep.
chùn-tú;
a small folded paper slate.
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  • Chilled; tremors.
kûaⁿ kàu phah-chùn-lūn;
so cold that she shivered.
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  • To retain; to preserve; remaining.
chûn ŭ jîeh cōi?
How much is there left?
cîah chûn kâi;
what is left after eating.
ēng chûn kâi;
what remains.
chûn kâi lâu-pàng mùa-khí;
keep what is left until to-morrow.
chûn lâng-su;
have a little left.
bô̤ chûn;
there is no residue.
chûn bô̤;
there is nothing left.
ēng bô̤ chûn;
it is all used up.
chûn bô̤ cîⁿ;
has no money left.
thàng m̄ chûn;
saved nothing from his earnings.
pó̤-chûn mûeh-ngîap;
saved his property.
i kâi chûn sim hó̤;
his feelings are correct.
m̄ cai i chûn bûang;
do not know whether they are alive or dead.
chûn kâi líen-mīn khṳt i;
preserved his reputation for him.
chûn ke chûn kíam m̄ sie-tâng;
the amount left varies.
chûn kâi mîaⁿ tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ;
preserved a name in the world.
chûn tîo seⁿ mīaⁿ;
preserved his life.
chûn chêng khṳt i;
continued the kindness shown to him.