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 * To state in writing.
 * cṳ-bûn;
 * dispatches.


 * cṳ-hŭe;
 * to inform by writing.


 * cṳ-cheng ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄;
 * he reported what business there was.


 * i tó̤ lí cṳ-pín;
 * he is arranging the dispatches.


 * cṳ khí sṳ-îa;
 * the secretary who takes care of the dispatches.


 * Natural gifts.
 * thien-cṳ hó̤ căi; cṳ-cieh hó̤ căi;
 * fine natural gifts.
 * fine natural gifts.


 * cṳ-sek;
 * beauty.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh i ŭ kúi hun cṳ-sek;
 * consider him rather fine looking.


 * cṳ-nîe;
 * a lady.


 * cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
 * a young lady.


 * sĭ ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?
 * Is it a boy or a girl?


 * To cook; to prepare food.
 * cṳ́ pn̄g;
 * to cook rice.
 * to cook rice.


 * cṳ́ chài; cú cîah; prepare a meal;
 * get supper.


 * A child; a son; a worthy.
 * ńng-cṳ́;
 * a young girl.
 * a young girl.


 * thông-cṳ́;
 * a youth.


 * cṳ́-tĭ;
 * a lad.


 * cíang-cṳ́;
 * the eldest son.


 * tek cṳ́;
 * a son of the chief wife.


 * sù cṳ́;
 * sons of concubines.


 * lâm-cṳ́;
 * a boy.


 * ìuⁿ cṳ́;
 * an infant son.


 * cong cṳ́;
 * the one who possesses the rights of primogeniture.


 * kong cṳ́;
 * the son of an official.


 * chiah cṳ́;
 * a young infant.


 * cṳ́ sun;
 * children and grandchildren.


 * hàu cṳ́;
 * a filial son.


 * pẁn cṳ́;
 * a son-in-law.


 * khó̤ng-cṳ́;
 * Confucius.


 * mêng-cṳ́;
 * Mencius.


 * cu cṳ́ peh ke;
 * all classes of authors.


 * To enrich; to increase.
 * cṳ̀-jŭn;
 * moisten.
 * moisten.


 * cṳ̀-pó;
 * to strengthen.


 * cṳ̀-pó kâi îeh;
 * a tonic.


 * cṳ̀-jío tī-hng;
 * disturb the peace of the neighborhood.


 * cṳ̀ sṳ̄;
 * make trouble.


 * cṳ̀ lw̆n;
 * adds to the confusion.


 * To soak up, by capillary attraction.
 * cúi khṳt pò cṳ̀ ta khṳ̀;
 * the water has all been soaked up by the cloth.
 * the water has all been soaked up by the cloth.


 * cúi cṳ̀ kàu lok-lok;
 * completely saturated.


 * cṳ̀ kàu thàng kùe khṳ̀;
 * soaked quite through.


 * khîeh kò̤ pò khṳ̀ cṳ̀ i ta;
 * take a cloth and go and soak it all up clean.


 * Potatoes.
 * hô̤hō̤ [sic]-lang cṳ̂;
 * Irish potatoes.
 * Irish potatoes.


 * hwn cṳ̂;
 * foreign potatoes.


 * so-bâk cṳ̂;
 * pink potatoes.


 * cṳ̂ hún;
 * potato flour.


 * pû cṳ̂-thng;
 * make some potato soup.


 * cṳ̂ îⁿ;
 * potato balls.


 * One's self; from; commencing at.
 * cṳ̆-kí;
 * one's self.
 * one's self.


 * cṳ̆-cĭn;
 * suicide.


 * i ka-kī cṳ̆ cai;
 * he knows it himself.


 * cṳ̆ kó cì kim;
 * from olden times till now.


 * cṳ̆-cá;
 * formerly.


 * cṳ̆-lâi būe ŭ;
 * there has never yet been any.


 * cṳ̆ soiⁿ;
 * heretofore.


 * cṳ̆-cṳ̆ jîen-jîen;
 * certainly; of course.


 * cṳ̆-jîen kâi;
 * natural ones.


 * cṳ̆ ŭ kâi;
 * spontaneously produced.


 * cṳ̆ cò̤ cṳ̆ ûi;
 * self made.


 * cṳ̆ sĭ;
 * self confident.


 * ka-kī cṳ̆ sĭ;
 * presumptuous, and self opinionated.


 * cṳ̆-jîen jṳ̂-jîen;
 * self existent.


 * put cṳ̆ îu;
 * I cannot do as I would.


 * cṳ̆-chông lṳ́ lâi kàu taⁿ;
 * from the time you came until now.


 * cṳ̆ lâi cṳ̆ khṳ̀;
 * comes and goes as he pleases.


 * cṳ̆ cheng;
 * gives himself titles.


 * pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău;
 * our own manufacture.


 * cṳ̆ căi;
 * well and comfortable.


 * cṳ̆-cṳ̆ căi-căi;
 * in excellent health.


 * bô̤ hìeⁿ cṳ̆-căi;
 * not very well.


 * cṳ̆ ău;
 * after that.


 * cṳ̆ o̤h cò̤ kàu kōi;
 * from difficult to easy.


 * cṳ̆ sí cì cong;
 * from commencement to termination.

cwn


 * Bent upon; set in one's way.
 * hàm i cìeⁿ i cwn àiⁿ hìeⁿ;
 * if you tell him to do this, he is sure to want to do that.
 * if you tell him to do this, he is sure to want to do that.


 * i àiⁿ, úa cwn m̆;
 * he wanted me to, but I was determined that I would not.


 * cò̤-nî ko̤h-lô̤, i cwn-cwn m̆;
 * however much he is expostulated with, he is determined not to do it.


 * cwn-cwn m̄ hṳ́ i;
 * fully determined not to grant it.


 * cwn àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it must be so.


 * To turn over to.
 * cẃn tóiⁿ;
 * to transfer a mortgage.
 * to transfer a mortgage.


 * cẃn tǹg;
 * to pawn to a third person.


 * cẃn pín;
 * petition by proxy.


 * cẃn chíu;
 * return to one's hand again.


 * cẃn sĭeⁿ;
 * to think over and think differently.


 * cẃn tò̤-tńg;
 * to revert to.


 * To earn small sums; to sell with difficulty.
 * chú-cŵnchú-cẁn [sic];
 * to earn a small amount with difficulty; to gain by under-selling; to sell at a small profit.
 * to earn a small amount with difficulty; to gain by under-selling; to sell at a small profit.


 * cí kâi po-thâu ío hó̤ chú-cẁn;
 * this mart offers a more favorable chance for making small sales.


 * i cía sĭ tó̤ cẁn cîⁿ kâi;
 * this is what he earns his living by, selling it at a small profit.


 * i cí cìeⁿ-sî ŭ kò̤ cẁn a bô̤?
 * Has he had any way of making anything lately?


 * cêk nî to chú-cẁn ŭ kúi peh ngṳ̂n;
 * he makes several hundred dollars a year by his petty sales.


 * i cêk jît put kùe chú-cẁn kàu peh gūa cîⁿ;
 * he does not make more than a hundred cash or so a day.


 * i cêk jît chú-cẁn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much does he manage to rake and scrape