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Calamity, căi; huô; căi-huô; nâng; căi-nâng; huâng-nâng.

Calculate, sáung; dā-sáung; huà; mâu: – accounts, sáung-só.

Calculus, – in bladder, siŏh-lìng.

Calendar, uòng-lĭk; tŭng-cṳ̆: Anglo-Chinese –, nguŏk-hông-bà̤; hăk-lĭk.

Calf, ngù-giāng: – of leg, kă-dū.

Calico, iòng-buó: chintzes, huă-buó.

Call, V. – one, giéu; hāu: – out, gáe̤: – on one, bái-huôi; nā; guăi: to return a –, hùi̤-bái: to – animals, kŭ.

Calling, gĕ̤ng-hŭ; gĕ̤ng-ngiê; dâi-ié.

Callous, sĭng-dòng-ngâing.

Calm, cêng: – sea, bàng hŭng chīng lâung.

Calumniate, hūi-báung; bài-báung.

Calumny, hūi-báung.

Calve, săng-ngù-giāng.

Calyx, huă-cāng.

Camel, lŏk-dò̤.

Camellia, dà-huă.

Camlet, ṳ̄-mò̤; ṳ̄-să; ṳ̄-dâung: silk –, siáng-cáiu.

Camp, iàng; iàng-buàng: to encamp, cák-iàng.

Camphor, ciŏng-nō̤: – wood, ciŏng-chà.

Can, â̤; ô-dăng-dŏng; ô-niăh-ài: N. guáng.

Canal, puō; ò̤: the great canal, ông-ò̤.

Canary, băh-iéng.

Cancel, dṳ̀-kó̤; gĕu-siĕu; muák-kó̤.

Cancer, ṳ̆ng-cṳ̆.

Candareen, hŭng.

Candid, dĭk-cĕk.

Candidate, hâiu-buō: – for degrees, dùng-sĕng.

Candle, cióh: tallow –, ngù-iù cióh: tallow tree –, ngâing-iù cióh: wax –, lăk-cióh: – stick, cióh-dāu.

Candy, ciŏng-bĭng; tòng-sŏng.