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86 : smells so as to scent the whole place.
 * tâng chiⁿ bōi kàu ien, tâng ien bōi kàu chàu;
 * sells it from the time it is prime till it becomes tainted and from the time it becomes tainted till it is rotten.


 * màiⁿ thiaⁿ i kâi chàu ūe;
 * do not listen to his obscene talk.


 * to ŭ cêk cho̤h chàu sṳ̄;
 * there is always some nasty affair on hand.


 * bŏi phang bŏi chàu;
 * it has no odor.


 * hó̤ ûn cē hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo chàu-khì;
 * burn some incense to drive away the unpleasant odor.


 * Principles; rules of conduct.
 * cak-chàu;
 * fixed rules of conduct.
 * fixed rules of conduct.


 * sêng-peh kâi cak-chàu;
 * as firm as a pine tree.


 * piaⁿ-sng kâi cak-chàu;
 * chaste as ice.


 * Dry, parched.
 * kang-chàu;
 * dried up.
 * dried up.


 * chùi kang-chàu;
 * the mouth parched.


 * âu-lêng kang-chàu;
 * the throat dry and husky.


 * chùi ko-chàu;
 * the mouth dry.


 * chàu-jîet kâi mûeh m̄-hó̤ cîah;
 * do not eat things which make the mouth dry.


 * chùi-lîm-phûe cio-chàu;
 * parched lips.


 * Hasty; harsh.
 * kip-chàu;
 * testy.
 * testy.


 * chàu-pău;
 * prone to anger.


 * chàu-chàu pău-pău.; [sic]
 * hot tempered.


 * phû-chàu; hasty; touchy, phû-chêng chàu-khì;
 * irrasible.


 * cêk-kṳ́ cêk-tŏng phû-phû chàu-chàu, chŵn m̄ thîm-;
 * at the least thing he flies into a rage and there is no pacifying him.


 * sim lăi cio-chàu;
 * in a rage.


 * àu-chàu;
 * quick-tempered; out of temper.


 * To shift; to move things.
 * m̄ cìaⁿ, tîeh châu i cìaⁿ;
 * it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.
 * it is not set squarely, and must be moved about till it is.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ châu-pàng hṳ́ kháu;
 * shift it back and set it outside the door again.


 * íⁿ châu khṳ̀ cē;
 * move the chair a little farther off.


 * chn̂g châu-bûa;
 * move the table nearer.


 * A canal; a channel.
 * châu un;
 * a thoroughfare for boats.
 * a thoroughfare for boats.


 * châu hô̤;
 * the Grand Canal.


 * châu cûn;
 * a transport boat.


 * châu-un cóng-tok sĭ cóng kẃn châu-hô̤ tang kâi châu-cûn un-cài nîe-bí kâi sṳ̄, īa siet ŭ châu-tău hun lí;
 * the Imperial Commissioner of grain controls the transport of grain through the Grand Canal, and appoints deputies who assist him in his office.


 * A revisory judge, or judge of appeals.
 * cía sĭ thíen-châu ŭ mĕng kâi;
 * this is what the gods have commanded.
 * this is what the gods have commanded.


 * A haunt; a resort; a retreat.
 * cí kâi sĭ i kâi châu-hŵt;
 * this is his lurking place.
 * this is his lurking place.


 * châu-hŵt kien-kù căi;
 * his den was very secure.


 * châk-châu;
 * a robber's resort.


 * sĭang-kó châu-kṳ;
 * an ancient haunt.


 * A hubbub.
 * chāu-nău;
 * clamor.
 * clamor.


 * chāu-jíang;
 * altercation.


 * chāu-nău cêk tieⁿ;
 * a great uproar.


 * i ke lāi m̄, ē-ē chāu-chāu nău-nău;
 * they are not a harmonious family, they have a row every now and then.


 * kío-thà kàu i chāu-chāu nău-nău;
 * incited them on till they came to have a regular brawl.


 * i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ nâng kà-so, cĭu chāu-chāu nău-nău;
 * the brothers listened to those who would set them at variance, and so had a row.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu tì-kàu chāu-nău, m̄ hiah;
 * thus it was that there was a continual rumpus.


 * khǹg-kòi i màiⁿ chāu-nău;
 * advised him to make no disturbance.

che
 * A fork; to fork up.
 * khîa che;
 * to hold a fork.
 * to hold a fork.


 * ngṳ̂n che;
 * a silver fork.


 * thih che;
 * iron forks.


 * sa gé che;
 * a three tined fork.


 * nŏ̤ gé che;
 * a two pronged fork.


 * cêk ki che;
 * a fork.


 * cêk hù to̤ che;
 * a set of knives and forks.


 * nĭaⁿ-hóⁿ che;
 * a pitch fork.


 * hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ ta i ûa;
 * if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork, nothing can be done with him.


 * cham che lō thâu;
 * cross roads.


 * mêⁿ che;
 * mischievous sprites which roam at night.


 * pue che;
 * the play of throwing up tridents and catching them.


 * che khí lâi;
 * take up with a fork.


 * che m̄ khí;
 * could not take it up with the fork.


 * che tōa kò̤ cē;
 * fork up a bigger piece.


 * che tîeh seⁿ-kut;
 * stuck the prong into a bone.


 * To send as an envoy; an envoy.
 * che-hîah;
 * an official underling.
 * an official underling.


 * tng che;
 * to act as an envoy.


 * che sṳ̄;
 * the business on which one is sent.


 * koi-che;
 * a policeman.


 * ngŵn che;
 * the first constable sent.


 * pháu kiaⁿ che;
 * a commission to the capital.


 * che sêng;
 * official messengers.


 * khim-che; an ambassador, khim-che tăi chîn;
 * a legate.


 * pàng tōa khim-che;
 * to send an envoy.


 * cwn che i khṳ̀;
 * send him especially for this.


 * pí che;
 * a messenger under discipline.


 * To haul.
 * ché lâi ché khṳ̀;
 * haul to and fro.
 * haul to and fro.


 * la-la ché-ché;
 * pull and haul.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ théng la-ché;
 * rake and scrape everywhere.


 * la-ché m̄ lâi;
 * could not rake and scrape enough