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thrust it in so that it made the blood run.
màiⁿ châk tîeh mâk;
do not thrust it in your eye.
lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tîeh kŭa âu-lêng châk phùa khṳ̀;
if you do like that you will drive it into your own throat.
cang chieⁿ châk i;
took a spear and drove it into him.
  • ⿰窄刂châk9501810
  • To bruise or abrade by coming in violent contact with something.
âng-le châk tîeh;
bruised by a potsherd.
mīn khṳt chīu-ki châk kàu hûeh lāu;
had his face barked by a branch so that it bled.
khṳt ki tek-kíaⁿ châk tîeh kha-lîam;
barked his shin on a small bamboo.
híam-híam châk sie-lîn-thàng khṳ̀;
came very near cutting it clear through by running against something.

cham

  • cham136417
  • To mix; to mingle.
àiⁿ cham jîeh cōi lô̤h khṳ̀?
How much do you wish to mix in with the other?
m̄ hó̤ cham tîeh pât mûeh;
do not put anything else in with it.
màiⁿ cham lâi cham khṳ̀;
do not intermingle them.
cham ke tíam-kíaⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;
mix in a little more of it.
cham câu-câu;
mingle them thoroughly.
  • cham98111813
  • To write one's name; to sign; to subscribe.
cham-jī;
a circular, subscription paper or round-robin.
cham mîaⁿ;
to subscribe one's name.
  • cham946289
  • To join for consultation; to be admitted to an audience; confused; to report against.
cham-cha, m̄ côi;
unassorted.
cham-cham cha-cha;
incongruous.
lṳ́ úa lâi cham-sîang;
let us talk it over together.
cham pài;
visit a superior.
cham tīo i kâi kuaⁿ;
degraded him in office.
càu cham;
to memorialize upon.
cham-kìⁿ; chîo-cham;
go to a levee.
cham-cìang; cham-hú;
a colonel or post-captain.
chíaⁿ cham;
to request dismissal from office; to resign.
pàng cham;
to permit a visit.
  • chám9476111
  • Distressing; miserable; excessive suffering.
chi-chám;
afflictive.
chám căi;
very greatly distressed.
chám kêk;
in the utmost distress.
sĭm sĭ chám;
in extreme misery.
thiaⁿ i khàu khṳ̀ sĭm chám;
heard him weeping bitterly.
m̄ cai chám;
unacquainted with sorrow.
bŏi chám;
not lacerated in feeling.
chám chêng;
inhuman.
thóiⁿ tîeh chám;
considered it distressing.
khàu chám;
to cry out because of suffering.
  • chàm5451735
  • The last drops of a shower.
chàm-chùi;
odds and ends; miscellaneous bits; leavings; fractions; remainders; residue.
chàm-chàm chùi-chùi kâi, bô̤ chieh-ìo;
what is left over is of no consequence.
ôiⁿ tiang-sî cò̤ chàm-chùi khang-khùe;
do odd jobs when you have nothing else to do.
chàm-chùi khieh ka-nng;
fractions may be gathered up into a whole.
i ŭ chàm-chùi bōi a bô̤?
Does he sell any at retail.
  • chàm94814917
  • A sybiline hint; an omen.
chàm gṳ́;
a prophecy.
hóng keng pài chàm;
get prayers said for a long life.
t̂o chàm;
a diagram or picture indicating future events.
  • chàm146117
  • To repent; to regret.
chàm-hùe;
to repent.
pài chàm;
make offerings in token of repentance, as do Buddhists.
  • châm1314917
  • Treacherous; fawning.
châm chîn;
a disloyal noble.
cí kâi nâng sĭ tong a châm?
Is this person loyal or disloyal?
châm kâi sĭ mîaⁿ-ke khi-phìen, kù ka-kī, hāi hó̤ nâng: tong kâi sĭ kio i siang hẃn;
the treacherous are skilled in deceit, and through love of self injure the innocent: the honest are the opposites of such.
kang châm;
treacherous.
châm-chin kúi;
a traitor.
châm-chin chùi; treacherous lips, cham-chin chìe;
treacherous smiles.
  • châm9476111
  • A feeling of shame.
châm-khŭi;
mortified.
ka-kī châm-khŭi;
conscious of one's own defects.
sim lăi châm-khŭi;
cherishing a sense of shame.
cí cuang sṳ̄ châm-khŭi căi;
am very much mortified about this.
bŏi châm-khŭi;
not at all abashed.
míen ēng châm-khŭi;
there is no occasion for your being ashamed.
  • châm144617
  • A cliff; a high peak.
châm-ngâm;
a cliff.
châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;
craggy.
cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm căi; this mountain is very precipitous, i kâi mīn seⁿ lăi châm-châm ngâm-ngâm;
his features are very sharp.
mīn châm-châm;
has a rugged face.
  • chăm2741625
  • To go off at the side; diagonally.
kîaⁿ chăm-sia ío kṳ̆n, li ío o̤h kîaⁿ;
to go across lots is nearer, and it is also more difficult walking.
tùi cí-kò̤ chăm-sia chăm-sia kùe khṳ̀;
cut across here diagonally.
chăm-kah;
diagonally opposite.