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76 ; cêk cūn huang, cêk cūn hŏ;
 * a gust of wind, and a shower of rain.


 * cêk cūn kng, cêk cūn àm;
 * light and darkness alternating at short intervals.


 * cêk cūn khui, cêk cūn bûa;
 * recedes and approaches alternately.


 * hía in cêk cūn cêk cūn lí-lí phû khí lâi;
 * the smoke keeps rising puff after puff.


 * cêk cūn thìaⁿ cêk cūn;
 * the pain comes on in spasms of increasing violence.


 * cūn sie, cūn chìn;
 * first hot and then cold.


 * cūn kûaⁿ, cūn jûah;
 * chills and fever rapidly alternating.


 * ni-cūn;
 * the time when milk is secreted in the breast.


 * i cí-hûe ni-cūn lâi, méⁿ-méⁿ phŏ̤ a-nôⁿ khṳ̀ cîah nĭ;
 * the milk is now come in her breast, carry the baby quickly and let it nurse.


 * cêk cūn jīo kùe lâi, cêk cūn jīo kùe khṳ̀;
 * they drove each to and fro, as the fortunes of war shitted.

cut


 * To cause to follow; for the most part.
 * cut-cin;
 * accurately.
 * accurately.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ cut-cin;
 * he does things accurately.


 * sĭ i cut cèng nâng lâi hâng;
 * he is the one who brought the rest to take possession.


 * cò̤-sṳ̄ màiⁿ cháu cut;
 * in doing things do not be inexact.


 * úa thóiⁿ tîeh i cò̤-sṳ̄ nĕ cháu-cháu cut-cut;
 * I see that he does things very inexactly.


 * Those who execute a chief’s orders; underlings.
 * piaⁿ-cut;
 * soldiers.
 * soldiers.


 * sṳ̆-cut;
 * officers and men.


 * bô̤ mîaⁿ sío cut;
 * an unknown private soldier.


 * kâi cut kíaⁿ;
 * a fellow of no account.


 * sin soiⁿ sṳ̆ cut;
 * press forward beyond all others in battle.


 * Smooth.
 * cut-cut-kng;
 * glossy; glairy; of glassy smoothness.
 * glossy; glairy; of glassy smoothness.


 * khṳt i cîah kàu cut-cut-kng;
 * has all been eaten up clean by him.


 * i kâi thâu-khak cut-cut-kng;
 * his pate is bald and shiny.


 * bûa kàu cut-cut-kng;
 * polish it till it shines.


 * hue-tîaⁿ sàu kàu cut-cut-kng;
 * sweep the chunam floor so clean that it shines.


 * Glutinous rice.
 * cût bí;
 * glutinous rice.
 * glutinous rice.


 * bun cût-bí pn̄g;
 * cook glutinous rice for food.


 * ceng cūt-bí chòi;
 * make glutinous rice flour.


 * pû cût-bí mûeⁿ;
 * make congee of glutinous rice.

 cṳ


 * Now; here; still.
 * cṳ cía;
 * the following, this time, a phrase used at the beginning of a notice.
 * the following, this time, a phrase used at the beginning of a notice.


 * hīn-cṳ-căi;
 * just at present.


 * hīn-cṳ-căi cí īeⁿ mûeh ŭ jîeh kùi?
 * How dear is this article just now?


 * cṳ, íⁿ cang hùe bōi ŵn;
 * have now sold off all the goods.


 * Unwearied; incessant effort; self denying attachment to and sacrifice for.
 * i ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ lí thàng cîⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * he devotes himself all day long exclusively to money-making.
 * he devotes himself all day long exclusively to money-making.


 * kun-cṳ́ kâi nâng ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ ûi sĭen, sío-jîn kâi nâng ciu-jît cṳ-cṳ to sĭ ûi lĭ;
 * the cultured strive toilsomely all day after goodness, the uncultured strive toilsomely all day for gain.


 * Black; very black.
 * i kâi sek o-cṳ o-cṳ nē;
 * its color is jet black.
 * its color is jet black.


 * tîeh sẃn ìo pêh kâi, màiⁿ tòa o-cṳ kâi;
 * you must select a pure white one, not one that is defaced with black spots.


 * ēng kú cū o-cṳ o-cṳ;
 * by long use it will become very black.


 * Riches; money.
 * ke-cṳ;
 * patrimony.
 * patrimony.


 * ke-cṳ phùa cĭn;
 * spent all his patrimony.


 * cṳ pńg;
 * capital in trade.


 * cíu cṳ;
 * drink fee.


 * kang cṳ-cîⁿ;
 * a fee for service rendered.


 * A book or volume; documents; writings; characters.
 * thâk cṳ; reads aloud, thóiⁿ cṳ;
 * reads silently.
 * reads silently.


 * sueh cṳ;
 * to expound a book.


 * kháu cṳ;
 * question pupils.


 * līam cṳ;
 * repeat passages from memory.


 * cṳ-cheh;
 * books.


 * cêk pńg cṳ;
 * a book.


 * cṳ-ce;
 * a school.


 * cṳ-pâng;
 * a library.


 * cṳ kim;
 * money for buying school books.


 * cṳ-kẃn;
 * an office.


 * cṳ-hng;
 * a bookstore.


 * cṳ seng;
 * a scholar.


 * cṳ-sìn;
 * a letter.


 * bûn-cṳ;
 * dispatches.


 * cṳ hiang ke;
 * a literary family.


 * cṳ-thông;
 * a boy who dusts a library.


 * kiaⁿ-cṳ;
 * the classics.


 * gūa cṳ;
 * books other than the classics.


 * khái cṳ;
 * plain text.


 * câp cṳ;
 * all sorts of books.


 * When placed between two nouns it is a sign of the genitive; which, what, that.
 * sĭ úa sim cṳ só̤ sĭeⁿ;
 * it is what I thought.
 * it is what I thought.


 * ŭ tek cṳ nâng;
 * a man of virtue.


 * sĭ lṳ́ cṳ hó̤ chù;
 * it is what is best for you.


 * ŭ cṳ;
 * what we have.


 * cí kâi sṳ̄ ŭ cṳ;
 * this business which we have on hand.


 * A certain plant, regarded as felicitous from its durability.
 * cṳ-mûaⁿ;
 * the sesamun.
 * the sesamun.


 * cṳ-mûaⁿ îu;
 * sesamun oil.


 * cṳ-lâng;
 * a plant often drawn in the mouths of deers, and represented in gilded models in temples.


 * cṳ-lâng hue;
 * a flower like an orchid.