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 * To do violence; to assault; to kill as when a soldier kills an officer, or a foreign foe kills the ruler; to maltreat; to misuse.
 * châng kuaⁿ;
 * murder a magistrate.


 * úi i khù pōiⁿ châng kuaⁿ kâi ùaⁿ;
 * depute him to go and give judgment in a case of assault on a magistrate.


 * châng-pău;
 * ruthless.


 * kuaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ châng-hāi tîeh peh-sèⁿ;
 * in so doing the officials maltreat the people.


 * i ka-kī hiaⁿ tĭ siang châng;
 * the brothers themselves maltreat each other.

chap
 * To interrupt; confusion.
 * chap chùi chap cîh;
 * to put in one's gab.
 * to put in one's gab.


 * chap-câp;
 * in confusion.


 * tī-hng chap-câp;
 * the place is in great disorder.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ chap-câp tîeh i;
 * do not go and disarrange it.


 * chap hāi cîⁿ;
 * bad cash.


 * chap-chap câp-câp, cn̂g kâi m̄ sûn;
 * all in disorder, with nothing properly arranged.


 * chap-hŭn;
 * to interrupt.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ chap-hŭn khṳ̀;
 * do not go and disturb it.


 * cí-kò̤ bô̤ nâng chap-hŭn;
 * there is no one to interrupt us here.

chau
 * To transcribe; to write out.
 * chau-sía;
 * to copy out.
 * to copy out.


 * chau pêh;
 * make a fair copy.


 * chau ùaⁿ-kẁn;
 * to write the records of a case.


 * chau phoi-gṳ́;
 * copy an official decision.


 * chau chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;
 * copy it for me to see.


 * cía jī sĭ chíu chau kâi, a sĭ ìn kâi?
 * Is this written or printed?


 * ô̤h bîe, ô̤h sêk lío, cìaⁿ ô̤h chau;
 * when you have learned to trace the letters well through thin paper, you may then learn to write from a copy.


 * lô̤h hieⁿ chau hùe;
 * go to the hamlets begging, as a mendicant priest does.


 * chau ke;
 * search and seal up a house, as when it is confiscated.


 * kiaⁿ-chau;
 * the Peking Gazette.


 * chau-lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;
 * transcribe into one volume.


 * To drill; to take in hand.
 * chau līen; chau în;
 * to drill troops.
 * to drill troops.


 * tōa chau;
 * a grand review of troops.


 * thóiⁿ chau;
 * to review the troops.


 * tìo chau;
 * summon to a review.


 * cóng-tok chut sûn-thóiⁿ chau;
 * the governor reviewed the army.


 * chau sim căi;
 * careworn.


 * m̄ káⁿ chau lṳ́ kâi hûai;
 * dare not put you to so much trouble.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ chau-jío i;
 * do not trouble him about it.


 * Grass; herbs; weeds.
 * cháu-bâk;
 * vegetable productions.
 * vegetable productions.


 * cháu hue;
 * flowering plants.


 * cháu-mo̤ⁿ;
 * ferns.


 * cháu-po;
 * a meadow.


 * hue-cháu;
 * herbs.


 * cheⁿ-cháu;
 * herbage.


 * kuah suaⁿ cháu;
 * cut wild grass.


 * taⁿ bé cháu;
 * carry fodder for horses.


 * cîah cháu;
 * feeds on grass.


 * tĭu-kó̤-cháu;
 * rice straw.


 * bêh-kó̤-cháu;
 * wheat straw.


 * phò-kha seⁿ cháu;
 * the grass grows on his shop steps.


 * cháu-phûeh;
 * turf.


 * sin hue-cháu;
 * fresh vegetation.


 * cháu sek;
 * grass green.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cháu-cháu;
 * do not consider his being in dishabille.


 * bōi cháu-chài;
 * sells greens.


 * pun huang à-phah tîeh, bŏi seⁿ cháu;
 * it is so exposed to the wind that the grass will not grow there.


 * cháu-thâu lío cò̤ kâi mâk jī : ci kâi jī sĭ tŏ̤ cháu pŏ, a sĭ tŏ̤ mâk pŏ?
 * This character has the one for grass above and the one for eye below: which of the two is its radical?


 * seⁿ cháu;
 * grassy.


 * cúi-cháu;
 * rushes.


 * kîam cháu;
 * salt marsh grass.


 * i kâi cháu-thâu cĭu hó̤, i kâi jī-nâng m̄-hó̤;
 * his chief wife is an amiable person, but his inferior wife is not.


 * cháu-chîeh;
 * straw matting.


 * mîaⁿ-ke ūe cháu-thâng;
 * is skillful in the delineation of insects.


 * cháu-méⁿ;
 * a grasshopper.


 * cháu chù;
 * a thatched house.


 * cháu lîo;
 * a straw wigwam.


 * cháu khṳn;
 * a clump of grasses.


 * cháu-thâu kit-hwt;
 * the chief wife.


 * gû tó̤ hwn cháu;
 * the cattle are chewing the cud.


 * pâk kâi cháu nâng;
 * make a scarecrow.


 * An insect, the common mantis.
 * cháu-kâu phīⁿ;
 * the point carved in the shape of a mantis.
 * the point carved in the shape of a mantis.


 * Aquatic grasses; elegant, graceful, polished; fine composition.
 * hái cháu;
 * sea-weed.
 * sea-weed.


 * cúi cháu;
 * aquatic weeds, such as duck-weed, pond-weed, and their like.


 * i kâi sṳ̀-cháu īam-lĭ;
 * his expressions are apt and elegant.


 * A bad odor; stench; stinking.
 * chàu căi;
 * very ill smelling.
 * very ill smelling.


 * chùi chàu;
 * a foul breath.


 * chàu mîaⁿ;
 * disreputable.


 * m̄ cai phang chàu;
 * does not know the difference between a sweet and an offensive odor.


 * i ka-kī m̄ cai gūa-kháu kâi mîaⁿ-sek chàu;
 * he is not aware how bad a reputation he has abroad.


 * chàu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * ill smelling stuff.


 * chàu kùe sí-nâng;
 * stinks worse than a dead carcase.


 * chàu ko̤h-tháng-ĕ hìen;
 * an offensive odor from the armpits.


 * phīⁿ tîeh kâi chàu bī;
 * smelled a bad smell.


 * chàu-cheⁿ;
 * noisome.


 * chàu-khì;
 * fumes.


 * chàu káu;
 * a worthless dog.


 * chàu tong-si;
 * a scamp.


 * chûn cêk cho̤h àu-àu chàu-chàu kâi mûeh;
 * had some rotten ones left.


 * chàu kàu ūe koiⁿ;