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  • cṳ1028306
  • To state in writing.
cṳ-bûn;
dispatches.
cṳ-hŭe;
to inform by writing.
cṳ-cheng ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄;
he reported what business there was.
i tó̤ lí cṳ-pín;
he is arranging the dispatches.
cṳ khí sṳ-îa;
the secretary who takes care of the dispatches.
  • 姿cṳ1028386
  • Natural gifts.
thien-cṳ hó̤ căi; cṳ-cieh hó̤ căi;
fine natural gifts.
cṳ-sek;
beauty.
thóiⁿ tîeh i ŭ kúi hun cṳ-sek;
consider him rather fine looking.
cṳ-nîe;
a lady.
cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
a young lady.
sĭ ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?
Is it a boy or a girl?
  • cṳ́88869
  • To cook; to prepare food.
cṳ́ pn̄g;
to cook rice.
cṳ́ chài; cú cîah; prepare a meal;
get supper.
  • cṳ́88869
  • A child; a son; a worthy.
ńng-cṳ́;
a young girl.
thông-cṳ́;
a youth.
cṳ́-tĭ;
a lad.
cíang-cṳ́;
the eldest son.
tek cṳ́;
a son of the chief wife.
sù cṳ́;
sons of concubines.
lâm-cṳ́;
a boy.
ìuⁿ cṳ́;
an infant son.
cong cṳ́;
the one who possesses the rights of primogeniture.
kong cṳ́;
the son of an official.
chiah cṳ́;
a young infant.
cṳ́ sun;
children and grandchildren.
hàu cṳ́;
a filial son.
pẁn cṳ́;
a son-in-law.
khó̤ng-cṳ́;
Confucius.
mêng-cṳ́;
Mencius.
cu cṳ́ peh ke;
all classes of authors.
  • cṳ̀10298510
  • To enrich; to increase.
cṳ̀-jŭn;
moisten.
cṳ̀-pó;
to strengthen.
cṳ̀-pó kâi îeh;
a tonic.
cṳ̀-jío tī-hng;
disturb the peace of the neighborhood.
cṳ̀ sṳ̄;
make trouble.
cṳ̀ lw̆n;
adds to the confusion.
  • cṳ̀10328511
  • To soak up, by capillary attraction.
cúi khṳt pò cṳ̀ ta khṳ̀;
the water has all been soaked up by the cloth.
cúi cṳ̀ kàu lok-lok;
completely saturated.
cṳ̀ kàu thàng kùe khṳ̀;
soaked quite through.
khîeh kò̤ pò khṳ̀ cṳ̀ i ta;
take a cloth and go and soak it all up clean.
  • cṳ̂77614014
  • Potatoes.
hô̤-lang cṳ̂;
Irish potatoes.
hwn cṳ̂;
foreign potatoes.
so-bâk cṳ̂;
pink potatoes.
cṳ̂ hún;
potato flour.
pû cṳ̂-thng;
make some potato soup.
cṳ̂ îⁿ;
potato balls.
  • cṳ̆10311320
  • One's self; from; commencing at.
cṳ̆-kí;
one's self.
cṳ̆-cĭn;
suicide.
i ka-kī cṳ̆ cai;
he knows it himself.
cṳ̆ kó cì kim;
from olden times till now.
cṳ̆-cá;
formerly.
cṳ̆-lâi būe ŭ;
there has never yet been any.
cṳ̆ soiⁿ;
heretofore.
cṳ̆-cṳ̆ jîen-jîen;
certainly; of course.
cṳ̆-jîen kâi;
natural ones.
cṳ̆ ŭ kâi;
spontaneously produced.
cṳ̆ cò̤ cṳ̆ ûi;
self made.
cṳ̆ sĭ;
self confident.
ka-kī cṳ̆ sĭ;
presumptuous, and self opinionated.
cṳ̆-jîen jṳ̂-jîen;
self existent.
put cṳ̆ îu;
I cannot do as I would.
cṳ̆-chông lṳ́ lâi kàu taⁿ;
from the time you came until now.
cṳ̆ lâi cṳ̆ khṳ̀;
comes and goes as he pleases.
cṳ̆ cheng;
gives himself titles.
pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău;
our own manufacture.
cṳ̆ căi;
well and comfortable.
cṳ̆-cṳ̆ căi-căi;
in excellent health.
bô̤ hìeⁿ cṳ̆-căi;
not very well.
cṳ̆ ău;
after that.
cṳ̆ o̤h cò̤ kàu kōi;
from difficult to easy.
cṳ̆ sí cì cong;
from commencement to termination.

cwn

  • cwn68999
  • Bent upon; set in one's way.
hàm i cìeⁿ i cwn àiⁿ hìeⁿ;
if you tell him to do this, he is sure to want to do that.
i àiⁿ, úa cwn m̆;
he wanted me to, but I was determined that I would not.
cò̤-nî ko̤h-lô̤, i cwn-cwn m̆;
however much he is expostulated with, he is determined not to do it.
cwn-cwn m̄ hṳ́ i;
fully determined not to grant it.
cwn àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it must be so.
  • cẃn11715911
  • To turn over to.
cẃn tóiⁿ;
to transfer a mortgage.
cẃn tǹg;
to pawn to a third person.
cẃn pín;
petition by proxy.
cẃn chíu;
return to one's hand again.
cẃn sĭeⁿ;
to think over and think differently.
cẃn tò̤-tńg;
to revert to.
  • cẁn1315411
  • To earn small sums; to sell with difficulty.
chú-cŵn;
to earn a small amount with difficulty; to gain by under-selling; to sell at a small profit.
cí kâi po-thâu ío hó̤ chú-cẁn;
this mart offers a more favorable chance for making small sales.
i cía sĭ tó̤ cẁn cîⁿ kâi;
this is what he earns his living by, selling it at a small profit.
i cí cìeⁿ-sî ŭ kò̤ cẁn a bô̤?
Has he had any way of making anything lately?
cêk nî to chú-cẁn ŭ kúi peh ngṳ̂n;
he makes several hundred dollars a year by his petty sales.
i cêk jît put kùe chú-cẁn kàu peh gūa cîⁿ;
he does not make more than a hundred cash or so a day.
i cêk jît chú-cẁn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much does he manage to rake and scrape to-