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Rh together to answer the purpose.
 * tī-kò̤ tó̤ la-ché tit ŭ?
 * Where can enough be raked and scraped together for it?


 * ché chùi;
 * haul so as to break in pieces.


 * ché m̄ khui;
 * cannot haul it off.


 * ché cŭ;
 * haul fast.


 * thoa-thoa ché-ché;
 * drag along.


 * A privy.
 * cĭeⁿ chè;
 * to go to stool.
 * to go to stool.


 * chè-tî; chè-kng;
 * a well for holding nightsoil.


 * To take up between two chop-sticks.
 * chê cêk tōa tu;
 * took up a big lump.
 * took up a big lump.


 * bô̤ nŏ̤ ē chê cĭu ŵn khṳ̀;
 * it was all gone before we had taken two mouthfuls.


 * cîah mûeh tîeh ŭ kui-kṳ́, màiⁿ chê khah tōa chùi;
 * in eating, one must behave properly and not take too big mouthfuls.


 * m̄-hó̤ lí-lí chê;
 * do not eat too fast.


 * chê cêk pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu;
 * take up a tid-bit for the top of the bowl.


 * To examine; to scrutinize.
 * chê sìo;
 * to audit accounts.
 * to audit accounts.


 * chê siu;
 * examined and found it had been received.


 * chê-mêⁿ-kuaⁿ;
 * night guards.


 * chê koi;
 * patrol the streets.


 * chê hô̤;
 * patrol the river.


 * chê-chak;
 * to scrutinize.


 * sûn chê;
 * to inquire into.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ chê;
 * you go and look it over carefully.


 * lṳ́ cài khṳ̀ chê tīaⁿ cē;
 * you go again and look it over with a view to making it more correct.


 * úa chê kùe lío;
 * I have already looked it over carefully.


 * chê m̄ chut;
 * cannot discover it.


 * chê tîeh, ío sĭ cîeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * have looked it over, and it remains the same.


 * chê tîeh m̄ tùi;
 * looked it over and came to a different result.


 * chê ke kah;
 * take a census.


 * oi ke-mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;
 * take the domiciles in order, and inquire at each.


 * chê to bô̤;
 * examined and found none.


 * chê lîah kang-sòi;
 * search for spies.


 * To press down as in throttling.
 * cang chíu chê i kâi ăm;
 * throttled him.
 * throttled him.


 * i kâi lâk tōa căi : ciah hóⁿ khṳt i kâi chíu chê tŏ̤ thô-ĕ;
 * his strength is enormous: the tiger was pinned down to the ground by his thumb and fore-finger.


 * i kâi nâng híam-híam khṳt i kâi chíu chê sí khṳ̀;
 * he was very near being throttled and killed by him.

 cheⁿ
 * Raw; unripe; crude; unpolished; unaccustomed.
 * cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
 * fresh fruits.
 * fresh fruits.


 * cheⁿ nêk;
 * raw meat.


 * cheⁿ hṳ̂ⁿ;
 * uncooked fish.


 * cheⁿ mīn;
 * the plain surface.


 * nâng-mīn cheⁿ-so̤;
 * an unfamiliar face.


 * pùaⁿ cheⁿ sek;
 * half cooked; half ripe.


 * tâng cheⁿ cîah kàu sêk;
 * eat from it all the time while it is being cooked.


 * cheⁿ îeh;
 * drugs not yet prepared for use.


 * i ío cheⁿ chíu;
 * he is a raw hand at it.


 * cí īeⁿ sṳ̄ i ío cheⁿ;
 * he is not very familiar with this business.


 * khí-thâu-ĕ lâi, cheⁿ ĭaⁿ-ĭaⁿ;
 * has just come, and everytlung is new and strange to him.


 * cheⁿ cîah;
 * eats it raw.


 * cheⁿ mâk, thóiⁿ-m̄-chut;
 * the eyes being unaccustomed to it, do not discern it.


 * i mêⁿ-kùa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chái cheⁿ;
 * he goes about everywhere in the night picking fresh vegetables and fruits.


 * ke ki cheⁿ-lâk kun lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cìen îaⁿ;
 * if a fresh body of troops join them they will conquer in the fight.


 * cheⁿ-hūn;
 * bashful.


 * cheⁿ-cheⁿ hūn-hūn;
 * very diffident.


 * khṳ̀ kàu cheⁿ thâu m̄ pat mīn;
 * did not know each other when they met.


 * Blind.
 * cheⁿ-mêⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a blind fellow.
 * a blind fellow.


 * cêk cîah mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * blind in one eye.


 * i kâi mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;
 * she has become blind.


 * cheⁿ-mêⁿ lăi-cìang;
 * blind, with no appearance of disease in the eye.


 * kìe cheⁿ-mêⁿ sin-seⁿ lâi phok khùe;
 * call a blind fortune-teller to cast a horoscope.


 * khang cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * lead a blind man.


 * cêk kâi tok ciah mâk kâi khang cêk khûn cheⁿ-mêⁿ kâi;
 * a one-eyed one, leading a flock of blind ones.


 * cheⁿ-mêⁿ koi to̤h tîeh sí nío-chṳ́;
 * a blind fowl pecked into a dead rat; he got it by good luck, not by ability.


 * A star.
 * cêk lîap cheⁿ;
 * a star.
 * a star.


 * ngŏ cheⁿ;
 * the five planets.


 * kim cheⁿ; Venus, húe cheⁿ;
 * Mars.


 * cúi cheⁿ;
 * Mercury.


 * bâk cheⁿ;
 * Jupiter.


 * thó cheⁿ;
 * Saturn.


 * cheⁿ hi-hi; the stars are far apartapart. [sic] thiⁿ tèng kâi cheⁿ;
 * the stars of heaven.


 * thien-bûn-seng múi-mêⁿ lûn-lîu thóiⁿ cheⁿ;
 * the royal astronomers take turns in watching the stars every night.


 * cău-hùe ŭ kìu cheⁿ;
 * there was timely deliverance.


 * hô̤-khoi tói kâi cheⁿ īa ho̤h cōi;
 * there are also many stars in the milky way.


 * cheⁿ-sìu;
 * the starry hosts.


 * cí lîap cheⁿ ciu nî tŏ̤ kò̤, bô̤ kîaⁿ;
 * this star stays all the year round and does not move.


 * cheⁿ ŭ khí kîaⁿ méⁿ, ŭ khí kîaⁿ māng;
 * some of the stars move faster than others.


 * cheⁿ-tō;
 * an astronomical atlas.


 * cheⁿ-sîn kùe tō;
 * a star moving from its place.


 * jît gûeh cheⁿ kìe-cò̤ saⁿ sîn, īa kìe-cò̤ sam kuang;
 * the sun moon and stars are called the heavenly bodies and are also called the three great lights.


 * cheⁿ tùi lô̤h lâi;
 * a star fell.


 * cheⁿ mêⁿ khṳ̀ pò̤;
 * went by starlight to inform