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  • chîang271680
  • A long time; to excel.
chîang-kú;
always; a long time.
chîang seⁿ put láu;
physical immortality.
sĭ i só̤ chîang;
it is what he excels in.
cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;
he excels in nothing.
  • chîang9711679
  • A crowbar; to dig with a crowbar.
phûe-chîang;
a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.
thih chîang;
an iron crowbar.
chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;
dig out a deep hole.
chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;
dig a hole to set a post in.
  • chîang740508
  • Common; ordinary; always.
úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;
it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.
phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;
it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.
chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;
I am always speaking about you.
úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
he never did so before.
lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;
you must come oftener.
chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;
it is a common occurrence.
chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;
it is an ordinary thing.
  • chĭang3421578
  • Having only one good leg; crippled; halt.
chĭang kha-teⁿ;
to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.
kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?
Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?
kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;
a cripple.
i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;
the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.

chiap

  • chiap977385
  • A concubine.
cêk chi cêk chiap;
a wife and a concubine.
bói chiap;
buy a concubine.
síe chiap;
my concubine.
ài chiap;
your concubine.
thóng chiap khì chi;
divorce the wife for love of the concubine.
  • chiap97711617
  • To pilfer, to steal.
thau-chiap;
to steal.
pĭ chiap;
stolen.
chiap-châk;
a petty thief.

chie

  • chie2141724
  • Masculine; martial; virile; brave.
chie gû-kó;
a bull.
nŏ̤ kâi kak chie-chie;
two great horns.
chie koi-ang;
a fine cock.
cí ciah koi chie căi;
this is a rampant fowl.
i chie-chie nē, àiⁿ kio i sie phah;
he is very perk and wants to fight with them.
  • chìe7951184
  • To laugh.
hó̤ chìe; khó̤ chìe;
laughable.
hí-chìe;
to laugh at.
chí-chìe; to deride, kìen-chìe;
ridiculous.
pun nâng chìe;
was laughed at.
thóiⁿ tîeh chìe sí;
considered it unspeakably ludicrous.
chìe-ūe căi;
absurd.
chìe hi-hi;
to titter.
khá-khá chìe;
to giggle.
chìe-but chìe-but;
smiling.
mûiⁿ chìe;
to smile.
né chìe;
a forced laugh.
tōa chìe tōa tàⁿ;
loud laughing and talking.
àm-cĕⁿ chìe;
secretly laughed.
chìe mīn hóⁿ;
a deceitful smile.
phīⁿ chìe, chùi chìe;
to laugh all over one's face.
hàuⁿ chìe căi;
fond of fun.
chìe chùi;
smiling lips.
hiong khûn phah m̄ tit chìe mīn;
the most ruthless hand will not smite a smiling face.
thau chìe thau khàu;
half laughing and half crying.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ chìe khuah nâng kâi chùi;
do not make yourself ridiculous.
m̆ chìe nē;
restrained his disposition to laugh.
lún chìe;
refrain from laughing.
hah-hah chìe;
a horse-laugh.
hih-hih chìe;
to laugh boisterously.
hih-hih chìe;
to snicker.
  • chìe28308
  • To sing.
chìe khek; chìe kua;
to sing ballads.
lṳ́ chìe chut khek úa thiaⁿ;
you sing a ballad to me.
cí chut khek chìe lâi hó̤ căi;
this ballad was well sung.
chìe khṳ̀ m̄ tùi páng;
it was not sung according to the tune.
chìe chut lâi, siaⁿ-im hó̤, âu-tói īa hó̤;
the singing was good, and the voices were good.

chieⁿ

  • chieⁿ96816710
  • A spear; a musket.
chieⁿ, to̤, kìam, kek;
spears, knives, swords, and battle axes.
chieⁿ huap;
a soldiers' manual.
hûe bé chieⁿ;
give a back thrust when unhorsed.
lô̤h bé, kim chieⁿ;
to pretend to be unhorsed in order to give a thrust.
chîang-chieⁿ;
a long spear.
níoⁿ-chieⁿ;
a fowling piece.
îeⁿ-chieⁿ;
a pistol.
chieⁿ chíu;
a substitute who enters the examination for the B. A. degree, or who writes themes for another.
mîaⁿ chieⁿ;
a renowned scholar who acts as substitute.
cò̤ chieⁿ;
to act as substitute.
kò chieⁿ;
hire a substitute.
  • chíeⁿ9696410
  • To take by force.
chíeⁿ-kiap kâi ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ;
a case of plundering.
tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh i;
took it away right before his face.
sĭ úa chíeⁿ thâu-soiⁿ;
I take the liberty of going ahead.
i sĭ chĭeⁿ-lô̤h pât nâng kâi;
he has seized upon what belongs to some other person.
lî mīn chíeⁿ;
took it while his head was turned.
pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;
robbed him of it in broad day-