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 * i cêk jît cẁn lâi cẁn khṳ̀ to̤ cẁn ŭ saⁿ sì peh cîⁿ;
 * by diligently hawking his wares here and there, he manages to earn three or four hundred cash a day.


 * cí īeⁿ seng-lí o̤h chú-cẁn;
 * it is difficult to find openings where this business may be made profitable.


 * To edit; to revise and publish.
 * ka-kī tŏ-cw̆n;
 * composed by himself.
 * composed by himself.


 * thó tŏ-cw̆n;
 * revised thoroughly.


 * sĭu-cw̆n;
 * to indite.

cwt
 * Stupid.
 * hṳ́ kâi cū sĭ úa kâi lăi cwt;
 * that is my wife.
 * that is my wife.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ châng-cwt;
 * then it is best to keep mum.


 * úa kâi seⁿ-cieh sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;
 * I am naturally very stupid.

cha
 * To diverge; a discrepancy; a mistake.
 * cha-chò̤;
 * to err.
 * to err.


 * cha-m̄-to̤; cha-m̄-cōi;
 * not much difference.


 * cha khṳ̀ hn̆g;
 * a great divergence.


 * bŏi cha bŏi chak;
 * there is no mistake in it.


 * cêk-sî cha-chak;
 * a momentary blunder.


 * cham-cha;
 * not uniform.


 * cham-cha, m̄ côi;
 * unassorted.


 * cham-cham cha-cha, chŵn m̄ kui-it;
 * very dissimilar, and not of one lot.


 * To place with the large and small ends alternating.
 * cha chíu;
 * to fold the arms.
 * to fold the arms.


 * sie cha tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * laid together heads and points.


 * cha m̄ bûa;
 * cannot pack them in snugly, with heads and points alternating.


 * sie cha cĭu pàng tit lô̤h;
 * you can put them in, if you lay them with the large and the small ends alternating.


 * To roast in a pan; to fry.
 * kang chá;
 * to parch in a dry pan.
 * to parch in a dry pan.


 * cheⁿ chá;
 * to fry the raw material.


 * chá bí-kam-tê;
 * to parch rice for making coffee.


 * cien chá;
 * to fry in fat.


 * chá sek;
 * to fry till done.


 * màiⁿ chá khah thíam;
 * do not fry it too much.


 * A voucher; a document; a receipt.
 * cîⁿ-chà;
 * paper money.
 * paper money.


 * ēng chà;
 * use paper money.


 * sái chà;
 * send a draft.


 * ngṳ̂n lâi ūaⁿ chà;
 * exchange the money for a draft.


 * Wood; fuel; fire-wood.
 * cám châ;
 * to cut fire-wood.
 * to cut fire-wood.


 * châ pé;
 * fire-wood in bundles.


 * ēng châ lâi cò̤ mûeh-hîaⁿ;
 * use wood as fuel.


 * nín sĭ hîaⁿ châ, a hîaⁿ thôaⁿ?
 * Do you use wood or coal as fuel at your house?


 * châ, kâi ngṳ̂n kúi tàⁿ?
 * How many piculs of wood for a dollar?


 * châ kâi ngṳ̂n chit-câp pé;
 * seventy bundles of wood for a dollar.


 * châ-thâu;
 * a knotty stick.


 * phùa châ;
 * to split kindlings.


 * phùa châ pó;
 * a small axe.


 * châ-húe ēng ke căi;
 * used a great deal of fire-wood.


 * châ sai;
 * lumber; wood used in carpentry.


 * ta châ m̄-hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;
 * dry wood should not be laid close to a fire; do not put yourself in the way of temptation.


 * nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;
 * it is not well to lean on a rotten stick.


 * khieh châ;
 * waifs; drift-wood.


 * kheh-cío kaⁿ châ;
 * a stick in the bill of a magpie.


 * kṳ̀ châ;
 * to saw wood.


 * châ kho;
 * a wooden hoop.


 * ôi tit châ khui, bŏi tit kṳ̀ ka-lânh;
 * the wedge that rives, is itself nipped fast.


 * cài châ kâi châ cûn;
 * a boat used for carrying wood.


 * châ ôi;
 * wooden shoes.


 * châ kîah;
 * wooden clogs.


 * châ kîe;
 * a wooden bridge.


 * châ pèⁿ;
 * a wooden handle.


 * cêk ki châ;
 * a fagot.


 * châ póiⁿ;
 * a slab.


 * cêk kò̤ châ;
 * a piece of wood.


 * châ chùi;
 * chips of wood.


 * hieⁿ châ;
 * sandal wood.


 * bâk châ;
 * ebony.


 * âng châ;
 * redwood.


 * cieⁿ châ;
 * camphor wood.


 * cieⁿ châ bô̤ mih ŏi cù;
 * camphor wood is not often affected by dry rot.


 * kheh kâi châ in;
 * grave a wooden seal.


 * tōiⁿ châ;
 * hard wood.


 * châ khah phàⁿ;
 * this wood is too porous.


 * khó-nōi châ ío jūn;
 * the wood of the Persian lilac is tougher.


 * châ thâu;
 * a stump.


 * châ phûe thiu;
 * a shaving.


 * Witless; doltish; stupid.
 * huaⁿ-hí i cìeⁿ tōa, châ-châ nē, cn̂g kâi bô̤ ēng;
 * am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.
 * am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.


 * i kâi châ kâi, m̄ hó̤ ǹg i;
 * he is a dolt and no dependence can be placed on him.


 * kuaⁿ-châ;
 * a coffin.
 * a coffin.


 * kuaⁿ-châ pang;
 * lumber for coffins.

 cháⁿ
 * To loiter; to play; to jest.
 * tît-tît khṳ̀, màiⁿ cháⁿ;
 * go straight there and do not loiter.
 * go straight there and do not loiter.


 * tàⁿ cháⁿ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * accustomed to jesting.


 * nŏ̤ ciah káu tó̤ cháⁿ;
 * the two dogs were gamboling about.


 * cháⁿ kàu îeⁿ; cháⁿ kàu tēng;
 * exhausted in the sport.


 * úa m̄ kāng lṳ́ cháⁿ;
 * I am not jesting with you.

chah
 * To insert; to stick in; to set in a socket.
 * chah pie;
 * to stick in a label.
 * to stick in a label.


 * chah chíu;
 * insert the hand.


 * chah hue-bâk;
 * to stick flowers into a crevice by their stems.


 * chah hieⁿ;
 * to