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cêk cūn huang, cêk cūn hŏ;
a gust of wind, and a shower of rain.
cêk cūn kng, cêk cūn àm;
light and darkness alternating at short intervals.
cêk cūn khui, cêk cūn bûa;
recedes and approaches alternately.
hía in cêk cūn cêk cūn lí-lí phû khí lâi;
the smoke keeps rising puff after puff.
cêk cūn thìaⁿ cêk cūn;
the pain comes on in spasms of increasing violence.
cūn sie, cūn chìn;
first hot and then cold.
cūn kûaⁿ, cūn jûah;
chills and fever rapidly alternating.
ni-cūn;
the time when milk is secreted in the breast.
i cí-hûe ni-cūn lâi, méⁿ-méⁿ phŏ̤ a-nôⁿ khṳ̀ cîah nĭ;
the milk is now come in her breast, carry the baby quickly and let it nurse.
cêk cūn jīo kùe lâi, cêk cūn jīo kùe khṳ̀;
they drove each to and fro, as the fortunes of war shitted.

cut

  • cut786956
  • To cause to follow; for the most part.
cut-cin;
accurately.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ cut-cin;
he does things accurately.
sĭ i cut cèng nâng lâi hâng;
he is the one who brought the rest to take possession.
cò̤-sṳ̄ màiⁿ cháu cut;
in doing things do not be inexact.
úa thóiⁿ tîeh i cò̤-sṳ̄ nĕ cháu-cháu cut-cut;
I see that he does things very inexactly.
  • cut2013246
  • Those who execute a chief’s orders; underlings.
piaⁿ-cut;
soldiers.
sṳ̆-cut;
officers and men.
bô̤ mîaⁿ sío cut;
an unknown private soldier.
kâi cut kíaⁿ;
a fellow of no account.
sin soiⁿ sṳ̆ cut;
press forward beyond all others in battle.
  • cut5508510
  • Smooth.
cut-cut-kng;
glossy; glairy; of glassy smoothness.
khṳt i cîah kàu cut-cut-kng;
has all been eaten up clean by him.
i kâi thâu-khak cut-cut-kng;
his pate is bald and shiny.
bûa kàu cut-cut-kng;
polish it till it shines.
hue-tîaⁿ sàu kàu cut-cut-kng;
sweep the chunam floor so clean that it shines.
  • cût7791155
  • Glutinous rice.
cût bí;
glutinous rice.
bun cût-bí pn̄g;
cook glutinous rice for food.
ceng cūt-bí chòi;
make glutinous rice flour.
pû cût-bí mûeⁿ;
make congee of glutinous rice.

cṳ

  • cṳ10291406
  • Now; here; still.
cṳ cía;
the following, this time, a phrase used at the beginning of a notice.
hīn-cṳ-căi;
just at present.
hīn-cṳ-căi cí īeⁿ mûeh ŭ jîeh kùi?
How dear is this article just now?
cṳ, íⁿ cang hùe bōi ŵn;
have now sold off all the goods.
  • cṳ1029394
  • Unwearied; incessant effort; self denying attachment to and sacrifice for.
i ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ lí thàng cîⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
he devotes himself all day long exclusively to money-making.
kun-cṳ́ kâi nâng ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ ûi sĭen, sío-jîn kâi nâng ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ ûi lĭ;
the cultured strive toilsomely all day after goodness, the uncultured strive toilsomely all day for gain.
  • cṳ10301208
  • Black; very black.
i kâi sek o-cṳ o-cṳ nē;
its color is jet black.
tîeh sẃn ìo pêh kâi, màiⁿ tòa o-cṳ kâi;
you must select a pure white one, not one that is defaced with black spots.
ēng kú cū o-cṳ o-cṳ;
by long use it will become very black.
  • cṳ10271546
  • Riches; money.
ke-cṳ;
patrimony.
ke-cṳ phùa cĭn;
spent all his patrimony.
cṳ pńg;
capital in trade.
cíu cṳ;
drink fee.
kang cṳ-cîⁿ;
a fee for service rendered.
  • cṳ774736
  • A book or volume; documents; writings; characters.
thâk cṳ; reads aloud, thóiⁿ cṳ;
reads silently.
sueh cṳ;
to expound a book.
kháu cṳ;
question pupils.
līam cṳ;
repeat passages from memory.
cṳ-cheh;
books.
cêk pńg cṳ;
a book.
cṳ-ce;
a school.
cṳ-pâng;
a library.
cṳ kim;
money for buying school books.
cṳ-kẃn;
an office.
cṳ-hng;
a bookstore.
cṳ seng;
a scholar.
cṳ-sìn;
a letter.
bûn-cṳ;
dispatches.
cṳ hiang ke;
a literary family.
cṳ-thông;
a boy who dusts a library.
kiaⁿ-cṳ;
the classics.
gūa cṳ;
books other than the classics.
khái cṳ;
plain text.
câp cṳ;
all sorts of books.
  • cṳ5343
  • When placed between two nouns it is a sign of the genitive; which, what, that.
sĭ úa sim cṳ só̤ sĭeⁿ;
it is what I thought.
ŭ tek cṳ nâng;
a man of virtue.
sĭ lṳ́ cṳ hó̤ chù;
it is what is best for you.
ŭ cṳ;
what we have.
cí kâi sṳ̄ ŭ cṳ;
this business which we have on hand.
  • cṳ531404
  • A certain plant, regarded as felicitous from its durability.
cṳ-mûaⁿ;
the sesamun.
cṳ-mûaⁿ îu;
sesamun oil.
cṳ-lâng;
a plant often drawn in the mouths of deers, and represented in gilded models in temples.
cṳ-lâng hue;
a flower like an orchid.