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Cross, N. a –, sĕk-cê-gá: to make a –, gă-lăk-chă: V. giàng-guó; guó: adj. chăng-cháu; gék-ké: –, as a child, mà-cà: – wise, dà-lăng-huàng.

Cross-bar, huàng-cháung; huàng-gòng.

Cross-examine, buàng; că.

Cross-grained, – as wood, huàng-ùng: perverse, háing.

Croton oil, bău-dâu-ìu.

Crouch, gĭu: squat, chiòng.

Crow, N. lō̤-uă: cock crowing, giĕ giéu; giĕ giéu-găng.

Crowd, N. sióh-kùng nè̤ng: V. káik: to – together, cŏi; cè̤: to fill with a –, cŏi muāng: to force one's way through a –, cè̤-guó.

Crowded, cêng-káik.

Crown, huă-guăng: - of the head, tàu-ding-dé.

Crucify, déng-sī.

Crude, chăng.

Cruel, càng-ṳ̄ng; hṳ̆ng-áuk; sĭng hēng.

Cruet-stand, ciĕu-lâiu-gá; ngô-ê-gá.

Cruise, V. sùng hāi.

Cruiser, sáu-sùng.

Crumb, chó̤i: bread –, miêng-bău chó̤i.

Crumple, né̤ṳk; cáiu.

Crush, V. kiák; dáh; dá: – to death, diàng sī: with thumb nail, dáe̤k: grind to powder, ngiēng.

Crushed, kiák-cá.

Crust, – of bread, miêng-bău-pùi̤: – formed in cooking pan, diāng-bă.

Crutch, guāi-tiông.

Cry, V. tiè; tiè-mà: no use crying about it, tiè iâ ù ék: to – out, gáe̤; giéu.

Crystal, a –, cūi-cĭng: quarts –, băh-siŏh ĭng.

Cube, dàu-cī-dó̤i.

Cubical, dàu-cī-sék.