cavil, tàu-tshùi-tsúi; piẽn-poh; sie-à.
cavity, khang; khang-khiah; khùang; phāng.
cayenne, pepper, kim-ká-náⁿ; lua̍h-chie.
cease, hiah; thêng-sek. ceaseless, m̄-hiah; bô-kòiⁿ; bô-làng.
ceiling, buan-thien.
celebrate, tsàn-múiⁿ; chheng-u. a festival, tsò-tsoih.
celebrated, bûn-miâⁿ; hó-miâⁿ-siaⁿ; tshut-miâⁿ; tōa-miâⁿ-sek.
celerity, khùe-khùe; méⁿ-méⁿ; kín-kín.
celery, khṳ̂n-tshài.
celestial, thiⁿ-téng kâi-sṳ̄. decree, thien-mẽng. dynasty, thien-chhiâu.
cell, sòi-koiⁿ; koiⁿ-kiáⁿ. honey, phang-siū.
cement, ka-liâm. no cement, bô-tah bô-tùe.
cemetery, phûn-suaⁿ; ngĩ-thóng (free).
censer, hieⁿ-lôu.
censor, kàn-kun. for each province, gṳ̄-sṳ́.
censorious, hàuⁿ-hiâm-nâng; hàuⁿ-cheh-nâng; tshùi-chi̍h lô-po.
censurable, khó-cheh; hó-hiâm; eng-kai-hiâm.
census, to take a, chhê-mîn-chiã; chhê-ke-kah.
centipede, gê-kang.
centre, tìn-tang; tong-sim; tõ-tong-iang. of target, âng-sim.
centurion, pá-tsáng; pá-tsáng-kuaⁿ; tsóng-iâ (in addressing him).
century, che̍k-peh-nîⁿ.
cerebellum, ãu-táu-tshúe; ãu-táu; sòi-náuⁿ.
cerebrum, thâu-khak-tshúe; thâu-khak; náuⁿ-tshúe.
ceremony, lói; lói-siàu; lói-ngî; lói-bûn. ceremonious, ũ-lói. empty ceremonies, hṳ-bûn. perform, kiâⁿ-lói.
certain, tiāⁿ-tie̍h; thó-tàng; khak-si̍t. a certain man, móng-nâng (so and so); ũ-che̍k-nâng. certainly, tiāⁿ-tie̍h; kúaⁿ-jiên; si̍t-tsãi; ngẽ-hóuⁿ; thien-jiên; chin-si̍t; khak-si̍t; tek-si̍t; mín-gî.
certificate, phêng-toaⁿ; toaⁿ-kṳ̃; phêng-kṳ̃.
certify, phêng-kṳ̃; li̍p-chèng; tsò-chèng-kṳ̃.
cessation, hiah; thêng-sek; thêng-hiah; chí; suah-hiah.
chafe, chhiù; chhiù-i kiâⁿ-khì. chafing-dish, chhiú-lôu; húe-thang.
chaff, tshou-khng.
