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Coverlet, puói-dăng.

Covet, tăng: to – and appropriate, kăi-ê̤ṳ.

Covetous, tăng-sĭng.

Cow, ngù-mō̤: cow-pen, ngù-làng.

Cowardly, dāng siēu; giăng-céng.

Cower, gĭu.

Coy, ói-chĭu.

Cozen, piéng; hiék.

Cozy, chṳ̆-tióng; ăng-hàng.

Crab, hâ; sìng; chiĕk: king –, háu: land –s found in rice fields, pàng-kì.

Crabbed, huàng-áuk; huàng-tē̤.

Crack, V. bék: to – open, as wood in drying, hiă; bék: N. a –, bék-suôi; suôi: a crevice, póng: has a – in it, bék siŏh-suôi; bék siŏh-sēu.

Crackers, fire–, páu-liông: strings of fire–, lièng-kuàng-páu; lièng-siăng-páu; báik-cṳ̄-páu.

Cradle, ièu-làng.

Craft, trade, gĕ̤ng-ngiê; chīu-ngiê; ngiê.

Crafty, gāu-guái; gū-guái; găng-kiēu.

Cram, dé̤ṳk.

Cramp, gṳ̆ng kìu.

Crane, hŏk.

Crape, cáiu-să.

Crash, piāng-piāng giéu.

Crave, kōng-gìu; gìu: – for opium, ă-piêng ngiéng.

Crawl, bà.

Crazy, silly, ngâung; ŭng-nóng: insane, diĕng.

Creak, ngă̤; ngáh.

Cream, ngù-nèng-pùi̤.

Creased, cáiu; né̤ṳk.

Create, cháung-cô̤.