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ciok

  • ciok114019312
  • To sell.
bōi kuaⁿ, ciok ciak ;
to sell office and trade in titles.
cá tiang-sî kâi bōi kuaⁿ ciok ciak sĭ kang-chîn hùe àm-cĕⁿ cò̤ kâi sṳ̄ : taⁿ bōi kuaⁿ ciok ciak cò̤-nî chîo-thêng mêng-pêh kîaⁿ chut lâi?
The sale of offices and titles was formerly carried on secretly by corrupt noblemen: how is it that it is now done openly by the government?

cip

  • cip67328
  • To hold fast; to maintain; to retain.
cip ì àiⁿ kîaⁿ;
persisted in so doing.
cip kín;
hold fast to.
lṳ́ màiⁿ cip lṳ́ kâi ì;
do not obstinately maintain your own opinion.
hŭam sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ cip it;
in all things one should be open to conviction.
kù-cip;
pertinacious.
cip-áu;
obstinate.
cip huap;
abide by the rule.
kak cip cêk gōi;
let each keep to his own trade.
lṳ́ cip cí kâi chêng-lí, i li cip hṳ́ kâi chêng-lí;
you hold to this view of the case, and he to that.
kak cip cêk ì;
each retained his own opinion.
kak nâng cip kak nâng kâi ì;
each held to his own notion.
cip sṳ̄;
manager or trustee.
pái cip sṳ̄;
appoint managers.
úa kà lṳ́ cip pit kâi huap cak;
I teach you how to hold the pen.
pĕ cip;
a father's equal in age.
  • cip416411
  • A paper properly folded, as an official document.
cip-cṳ́;
a document; an authoritative permit; a license, or order, issued by government.
khîeh cip-cṳ́ lâi kìⁿ;
brought a document for the government, and had an audience.
nín kâi toaⁿ khui lío, cò̤-nî m̄ hû úa kâi cip-cṳ́?
Why is it that your draft does not correspond with my letter of credit?
gūa kháu kàu-kwn to sĭ ēng cip-cṳ́;
in foreign trade bills of exchange are always used.
  • cîp9851724
  • To collect; to flock together.
cîp côi;
to gather in one place.
cŭ-cîp;
to congregate.
cèng nâng côi-cîp;
all are assembled.

cit

chù cit;
the elevated ridge of a roof.
lîam hue teh cit;
an ornamental ridge in stucco.
suaⁿ cit téng;
a ridge of hills.
tàng cit;
the roof-tree.
  • cit7012012
  • To weave; to manufacture.
cit pò;
to make cloth.
cit hue chaú;
to weave flowered fabrics.
cit
măng;
make netting.
cit măng saⁿ;
to make a netted jacket.
cit cău kêk;
the officer who attends to the procuring of silk and porcelain for the palace.
  • cit9841959
  • A bream or perch.
cit hṳ̂;
perch.
tōa cit bó̤;
a fat bream.
khīe cit hṳ̂ kâi līo-bût tîeh lô̤h kàu-kàu;
must put in plenty of the dressing that is to go with the perch.
âng sie cit-hṳ̂;
a roasted bream.
ŭ nâng khîeh cit-hṳ̂ khṳ̀ pû kaⁿ-ná cap, bûe cap;
some people cook perch in olive juice or plum juice.
cit-hṳ̂ ŏi khui ūi;
perch aids digestion.
  • cît9831045
  • Sickness; disorders.
cît pēⁿ;
disease.
thìaⁿ cît;
painful ailments.
jíam cît;
to infect.
cît sok; kip cît;
in great haste.
  • cît9843810
  • Envy.
cît-kò;
jealousy.
cí kâi nâng cît-kò căi;
this person is of a very jealous disposition.
  • 蒺藜cît-lî984
  • Gorse; furze.
pêh cît-lî;
gorse, used in medicine.
thih cît-lî;
iron caltrops used in war.
cît-lî cí;
gorse seed.

ciu

  • ciu481628
  • Around; throughout.
ciu-ûi;
around.
sì ciu-ûi;
all around.
ciu-ûi jîeh khuah?
How spacious are the surroundings?
ciu nî;
all the year round.
i ciu siì nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
he has been like that all his life.
ciu sin;
all over the body.
  • ciu47305
  • To make a circuit; to environ; enough.
ciu-bâk;
closely environed.
ciu-sŵn;
to make a circuit, as winds do.
chŵn bô̤ ciu-sŵn;
wholly lacking in cordiality.
ciu chîo;
a dynasty, which lasted from B.C. 1022 to 255.
ciu chŵn;
to carry a thing through.
ciu cai sì sṳ̄;
universal knowledge of affairs.
kẃn-thăi nâng-kheh m̄ ciu-tàu;
fail to treat a guest properly.
mih sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu ciu-tàu căi;
does all things in a very complete style.
ciu-ciu tàu-tàu;
very complete throughout.
  • ciu9931098
  • The ball of the eye.
mâk-ciu;
the eyeball.
mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;
has sore eyes.
mâk-ciu-jîn;
the pupil of the eye.
àiⁿ chūe, mâk-ciu m̄ tîeh thóiⁿ!
Do you expect to find it without looking!
lṳ́ kâi mâk-ciu bô̤ thóiⁿ lō, cò̤ màiⁿ pûah tîeh;
if you do not look where you are going, you cannot do otherwise than fall down.