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  • chue102864
  • To cook food by steaming it.
chue pn̄g, chue hṳ̂, chue nêk, chue kúe;
to steam rice, fish, flesh or cakes.
khîeh pàng lêng-sn̂g tói lâi chue;
put it in the steamer and steam it.
hip miⁿ-miⁿ cìaⁿ chue ŏi sêk;
cover it in tightly and then it will steam thoroughly.
  • chúe82718813
  • The marrow.
kut chúe;
the marrow of a bone.
ie-kut chúe;
spinal marrow.
gû kut chúe;
beef marrow.
tṳ-kut chúe;
pigs' marrow.
thâu-khak chúe;
the brain.
hṳ̂ thâu chúe;
fish brains.
tṳ-thâu chúe;
pigs' brains.
cuh i kâi chúe;
suck out the marrow.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó ceng-chúe;
this medicine strengthens the bones.
hṳ̆n jîp kut chúe;
hatred has penetrated his very bones.
  • chûe1011188
  • A switch, stick, or club.
io koi m̄ ùi chûe;
a hungry fowl does not mind the switch.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ kìe kuaⁿ-chûe;
do not yell as if you were receiving an official beating.
  • chūe5961474
  • To seek; to search.
chūe tîeh;
has found it.
chūe m̄ tîeh;
cannot find it.
chūe lō;
trying to find some way.
chūe ki-hŭe;
seeking a good chance.
chūe phāng;
on the watch for a good opportunity.
ang chūe-m̄-kìⁿ bó, bó chūe-m̄-kìⁿ ang, pĕ chūe-m̄-kìⁿ kíaⁿ, kíaⁿ chūe-m̄-kìⁿ pĕ;
husbands were searching for their wives, and wives for their husband, fathers for their children, and children for their fathers.
ā-sĭ m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀ hó̤ khṳ̀ chūe;
if it is missing go and search for it.
phah tâng-lô̤ chūe a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
beat a gong and cry a lost child.
lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ chūe ūe;
do not seek for excuse.

chueh

  • chueh83308
  • To drink or sip with a noise.
chueh thng;
to eat soup noisily.
phîn-khîong nâng cîah mûeⁿ chueh ám;
the poor eat congee and sip the broth.
chueh m̄ lô̤h;
cannot sup it.
chueh tîeh tîam căi;
sipped and found it very sweet.

chui

  • chui1017911
  • To urge; to importune; to dun.
chui i méⁿ cē; chūe i kín cē;
hurry him up.
chui i cò̤ méⁿ cē; urge him to hasten the work, chui thó̤ sìo-bâk;
importunately demanded the amount of the bill.
chui nâng-kheh;
importune a guest to stay.
chui chok;
to expedite.
lṳ́ màiⁿ chui-pek khah kín;
do not drive him too hard.
chui kàu úa mih sṳ bô̤ cò̤;
presses
me so that I can do nothing.
chui nîe;
dun for taxes.
chui che;
hasten the messenger.
khṳt i chui lío kha tòng chíu sih;
was hurried by him so that I could not work.
  • chui10176411
  • To pull at steadily and forcibly; to strain.
ēng lâk cē chui cū tn̆g;
exert your strength in pulling upon it, and it will break.
cí tîo sùaⁿ khṳt i chui tn̆g khṳ̀;
this cord was broken by his pulling upon it.
so̤h siu-sin cò̤-nî ŏi chui tn̆g khṳ̀?
How could a perfectly new rope break under a strain like that?
thih-līen pun huang-éng chui tn̆g cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;
the iron chain has been broken into several pieces by the strain of the storm.
  • chui926648
  • To infer; to secede from; to give place to.
chui chut i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
to infer his meaning.
chui-úi;
to excuse one's self.
chui-sî;
to decline, as an appointment.
i chui-chui úi-úi m̄ khéng lâi;
he makes all sorts of excuses to get rid of coming.
chui-cun i sĭang ŏi;
give place to him as the most able.
chui-cun i tōa;
give place to him as your superior.
chui-khui;
to evade.
chui sǹg;
to calculate.
  • chúi1018828
  • Fine; delicate; minute.
i kâi hue khui chut lâi chúi-chúi;
its flowers are very delicate.
sin tèng phû cêk lîap cêk lîap chúi-chúi sĭ sĭm mûeh?
Little blotches have come up all over him, what is the matter with him?
i kâi mô̤ⁿ nĕ chúi-chúi;
its fur is downy.
hîeh sòi-sòi chúi-chúi;
the leaves are very small and delicate.
cêk tíam cêk tíam chúi-chúi;
dotted with very small dots.
cêk tîo cêk tîo chúi-chúi;
lined with very fine lines.
cêk kâi cêk kâi chúi chúi;
in minute particles.
ah-kíaⁿ kâi mô̤ⁿ chúi-chúi;
a duckling's feathers are very fine.
  • chúi112649
  • To measure; to estimate.
chúi-tâk i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
get at his meaning.
chúi-chek m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
do not know how to estimate it.
úa cē chúi-chek cĭu cai;
when I have made a calculation I shall know.
chúi-bûa kâi kang-hu;
painstaking labor.
  • chùi10181248
  • Turquoise blue.
hui-chùi gêk;
blue jade.
cheⁿ-chùi cheⁿ-chùi;
bright green.
  • chùi10163012
  • The mouth, nozzle, snout or beak.
cío chùi;
a bird's bill.
tṳ chùi-tûn;
a pig's snout.
cíu pâng chùi;
the spout of a wine pitcher.
nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi;
a tiger's mouth.
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