cuaⁿ
- cuaⁿ kín i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;
- held him fast, clutching his chest.
- chíu cuaⁿ i kâi piⁿ;
- grasped his queue.
- bô̤ cuaⁿ ná;
- there is nothing to hold on by.
- cí-kò̤ bô̤ cuaⁿ, li chūe hṳ́-kò̤ lâi cuaⁿ;
- if you cannot get a hold in one place, seek another.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ cuaⁿ bô̤ ná, kang-khó căi;
- it is very hard since there is nothing to get hold on.
- hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ cuaⁿ cîah;
- a living may be gotten there.
- pat cuaⁿ kùe ìn-pé mē?
- Has he taken over the official authority yet?
- cuaⁿ cò̤ cêk pé;
- take up in one handfull.
- cuaⁿ chiam;
- take a rod from among the divining rods.
- cuaⁿ tîeh;
- grabbed it.
- cuaⁿ m̄ tîeh;
- could not clutch it.
- cuaⁿ tîeh cêk ki hó̤ chiam;
- drew a lucky number.
- lṳ́ cuaⁿ tîeh tī-kò̤ kâi chiam?
- To what place does the lot which you drew assign you?
- cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh kńg-tang, cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh hok-kìen;
- one drew the lot which assigned him to Canton and the other the lot for Foochow.
- teng cúaⁿ;
- the oil cup of a lamp.
- mâk-ciu tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;
- eyes bigger than saucers.
- tâng teng-cúaⁿ, po̤-lî cúaⁿ;
- brass or glass oil-cups.
- cí cùaⁿ nâng;
- all these persons.
- cí cùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭ síe-khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;
- all these are very trifling affairs.
- cí cùaⁿ kâi mûeh li pun lṳ́, hṳ́ hùaⁿ kâi mûeh li àiⁿ pun i;
- these things are given to you and those are to be given to him.
- céⁿ cûaⁿ;
- a well spring.
- cúi cûaⁿ;
- a spring of water.
- cûaⁿ-cúiⁿ hó̤;
- spring water is best.
- cang cúi-cûaⁿ kek cò̤ hue-bâk;
- make a fountain take the form of a shrub.
- hĭa-cūaⁿ;
- of mean birth.
- ka-kī cṳ̆ cò̤ cūaⁿ;
- debase one's self.
- cūaⁿ-kut-thâu;
- a low fellow.
- khin-cūaⁿ;
- to depreciate.
- phîn cūaⁿ;
- poor and mean.