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ceⁿ boí, sie ceⁿ bōi;

rivals in trade.
sie ceⁿ ke-húe;
a squabble about tools.
sie ceⁿ kíaⁿ;
a contention in regard to their children.
sie ceⁿ sie ji'́ng;
disputing in loud tones.
sie ceⁿ lío, sie phah;
a dispute leading to blows.
nín só̤ ceⁿ kâi to sĭ bô̤-siang-kang kâi sṳ̄;
what you are contending about is a very unimportant matter.
cía to míen sie ceⁿ kâi;
this is something that there need be no debate about.
àiⁿ sie ceⁿ mih sṳ̄?
What occasion is there for wrangling about it?
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  • A well; a deep pit.
céⁿ cúi;
well-water.
chĭ-ceⁿ kâi nâng;
a huckster; a loafer.
khui céⁿ; líu céⁿ;
dig a well.
kó céⁿ;
an old well.
khàm céⁿ;
to cover a well.
thūn tīo céⁿ;
fill up a well.
put céⁿ;
clean out a well.
céⁿ kîⁿ;
the brink of a well.
céⁿ piⁿ;
beside a well.
céⁿ kha;
by the well.
céⁿ téng;
a roof over a well.
céⁿ chîeⁿ;
the walls of a well.
cŏ̤ céⁿ, kwn thiⁿ;
sitting in a well looking at the heavens; an inexperienced person.
lêng hóⁿ céⁿ;
the aquarium at the entrance of a temple, under the images of the dragon and the tiger.
ngṳ̂n céⁿ;
money vaults.
thim céⁿ;
an open court within a house.
céⁿ kho;
well rounds.
céⁿ cûaⁿ;
a well spring.
céⁿ tói;
the bottom of a well.
céⁿ mīn;
the top of a well.
tìo-o̤ céⁿ;
a well with a sweep.
koiⁿ céⁿ;
the hollow above the collar bone.
céⁿ sìu;
the 22nd constellation, six stars in Gemini.
lâu céⁿ;
a trap door in the floor of an upper storey.
ûi céⁿ;
the socket in which a mast is set.
lîm kuah, kût céⁿ;
wait until thirsty, before digging a well.
sua céⁿ;
a pit in the sand, to hold the water of an ebbing tide.
céⁿ hām;
the side of the well has caved in.
cîeh céⁿ;
a crevasse in rocks.
hṳ̂ céⁿ;
deep places where fish hide in pools.
  • céⁿ9941704
  • A pitfall.
hām-céⁿ;
a trap for wild beasts.
líu kâi hām-céⁿ lâi tieⁿ i;
dug a pit and entrapped him.
  • cêⁿ996728
  • The clear blue sky; the weather clearing up after a storm.
thiⁿ cêⁿ kó ŭa;
long continued drought.
hŏ cêⁿ;
the rain has ceased.
cêⁿ ta;
dry weather.
thiⁿ cêⁿ;
clear weather.
cêⁿ kú lío;
it cleared up long ago.
thiⁿ àiⁿ cêⁿ lío;
it is clearing already.
hŏ lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ cêⁿ;
it rains as if it would never stop.
tîeh ŭ pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;
if the north wind came up, it would then clear.
cí câp jît, thiⁿ bŏi cêⁿ;
there has been
no sunshine these ten days.
ŏi cêⁿ úa cĭu àiⁿ khṳ̀;
should it clear, I shall go.
cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n pńg cîⁿ cò̤ cêk nî cĭu cêⁿ khṳ̀;
got rid of a thousand dollars of capital in one year.
nĕ cêⁿ-cêⁿ, huh-jîen cĭu tōa huang hŏ;
a sudden tempest in bright weather.
  • cĕⁿ9941748
  • Still, quiet, noiseless.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;
very still.
tīam-cĕⁿ;
motionless and noiseless.
uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;
quietly.
àm-cĕⁿ;
secretly.
thîam-cĕⁿ;
undisturbed.
thîm-cĕⁿ;
sunk in oblivion.
cĕⁿ-sòi;
attentive.
sim tîeh cĕⁿ-sòi thóiⁿ khṳ̀, cìaⁿ ŭ tit;
you must pay close attention and then you will retain something of what you study.
mêⁿ cĕⁿ, keⁿ chim;
in the stillness of the midnight.
cĕⁿ sĭeⁿ;
quietly think.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;
noiselessly went and did it.
m̄ cĕⁿ;
unquiet.
khah cĕⁿ;
too lonely.
cĕⁿ chío-chío;
perfectly noiseless.
tīam huang, cĕⁿ nǹg;
still air.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ, bô̤ nâng cai;
quietly so as to let no one know.
i kâi ngán-sîn ío cĕⁿ;
the expression of his eye indicates a quiet mind.

ceh

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  • To splice threads.
pháng ceh;
to spin and splice threads.
ceh còi;
to join the fibers used in weaving cloth.
ceh ŭ jîeh cōi còi?
How much thread have you prepared?
  • ceh9571544
  • To reprove; to reprimand; to be responsible for; a duty; a charge; a fault.
cṳ̆ ceh;
self reproach.
ceh-hŵt;
to punish.
ceh-pĭ;
to reprimand.
ceh-mn̄g;
to interrogate reprovingly.
kùe-ceh;
faults.
khin ceh;
a duty of easy performance.
tăng ceh;
a heavy responsibility.
ceh sêng;
to carry through.
cía sĭ úa kâi ceh sêng;
this duty devolves upon me.
ceh-jĭm tăng căi;
a very weighty responsibility.
tōa ceh-jĭm;
important duties.
pô̤h-pô̤h ceh cē;
to reprove slightly.
tăng ceh sì-câp póiⁿ;
a punishment of forty blows with a heavy bamboo.
ceh-mēⁿ;
to reproach in violent terms.
cí kâi ceh-jĭm m̄-hó̤ tho̤;
this responsibility cannot not be evaded.
tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;
bear this responsibility.
  • ceh7012812
  • Official duty; title; office.
ceh-jĭm;
an office and its duties.
ceh hūn;
the duties of an office.
kuaⁿ ceh;
official title.
ceh ŵn;
a functionary of any grade under a red button.
sip ceh;
a hereditary office.
keh ceh;
deprive of office.
ùi sṳ̄ keh ceh;
throw up an office through fear of it difficulties.
tòa ceh hûe ke;
retire from