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Rh kingship.
 * hŏ-kháu cheh;
 * a list of the population.


 * thîen cheh;
 * enrol on the lists.


 * kin-nî hûang-tì cheh-lîp hûang-hŏ;
 * this year the emperor has made an empress by patent.

chek
 * Paddy; rice in the husk.
 * chek-chng;
 * a granary.
 * a granary.


 * chng chek;
 * to garner rice.


 * cek liap chek;
 * a grain of unhusked rice.


 * phâk chek;
 * spread rice in the sun to dry.


 * chek-tîaⁿ;
 * an area made for drying rice.


 * chek-pê;
 * a paddy scoop.


 * chek-thâu;
 * paddy.


 * chek-tĭam;
 * a paddy basket.


 * phàⁿ chek;
 * blasted rice.


 * chek-sui;
 * a head of paddy.


 * chek-sui hoih;
 * the heads of paddy are blighted.


 * chek, nŏ̤ tâng sĭ cêk seng, câp seng kìe-cò̤ cêk táu, câp táu kìe-cò̤ cêk cîeh;
 * two pints of paddy are a quart, ten quarts are a peck, and ten pecks make a chaldron.


 * cêk cîeh cĭu sĭ cêk tàⁿ, cêk tàⁿ bōi kâi gūa ngṳ̂n;
 * a chaldron is a picul, and a picul sells for over a dollar.


 * kùe lâi kâi chek kè khíong-ùi kùi;
 * late in the season the price of paddy may be still higher.


 * cêk tàⁿ chek oi ŭ jîeh cōi bí?
 * How much hulled rice have you got from the picul of paddy?


 * cêk seng bí cṳ́ jîeh cōi pn̄g?
 * How much boiled rice will a quart of uncooked rice make?


 * châng chek cîah pn̄g;
 * eat of the product of one's own fields.


 * chek-sui pá, siu ŭ sîaⁿ;
 * the ears of paddy are full and we shall harvest many fold.


 * put chek lâi cìm céng;
 * put some paddy asoak to use as seed.


 * lṳ́ cêk nî siu ŭ jîeh cōi chek?
 * How much paddy do you harvest in a year?


 * lô̤h hieⁿ lâi siu co chek;
 * gone to the country to get his share of the product of the rice fields.


 * cí lûa chek oi ŭ jîeh cōi cho-khng chut lâi?
 * How much paddy husk came from this basket of unhusked rice?


 * úa tun ŭ kúi choiⁿ tàⁿ chek tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * I have several thousand piculs of paddy on hand.


 * thìe kúi tàⁿ chek lâi bói mûeh;
 * barter off paddy for other goods.


 * tîah chek;
 * buys paddy.


 * lô̤h hŏ chek bŏi ta, tîeh khí húe lâi pue;
 * it rains so the paddy cannot dry, and a fire must be built for drying it.


 * châng tèng kâi chek cìm kàu chut gê;
 * the paddy in the fields has sprouted.


 * cí cho̤h chek kâi chek-khak pô̤h, oi ío ŭ bí;
 * the husk of this paddy is thin, and there will be the more of the rice after hulling.


 * To estimate; to fathom.
 * lâng chek-tâk;
 * difficult to estimate.
 * difficult to estimate.


 * pìen-hùe lâng chek;
 * it is difficult to calculate the amount of the change.


 * chek m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * do not know how to make an estimate of it.


 * m̄-hó̤ chek-tâk;
 * inestimable.


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh put chek kâi sṳ̄ cū hó̤ ēng;
 * when something unexpected occurs, it may be used.


 * chek jī sin-seⁿ;
 * one who tells fortunes from letters.


 * chim kàu m̄-hó̤ chek;
 * unfathomable.


 * chui-chek tŏ̤-lí;
 * inscrutable doctrines.


 * chek-thóiⁿ ŭ jîeh cōi;
 * make a calculation of the amount.


 * chek tit chut;
 * calculable.


 * chek m̄ chut;
 * incalculable.


 * chek-thóiⁿ cúi jîeh chim;
 * calculate the depth of the water.


 * kìⁿ tŏ̤ put chek phŏ;
 * among things inscrutable.


 * Insufficient.
 * kín-chek; oîh-chek;
 * cramped, straitened, contracted.
 * cramped, straitened, contracted.


 * kín-chek kín-chek nē;
 * barely enough.


 * bô̤ sĭm-mih khuah, ôih-chek ôih-chek;
 * there is not much space, it is very cramped.


 * The knees.
 * khut chek;
 * bend the knee.
 * bend the knee.


 * chek ĕ;
 * those under one's authority.


 * kha chíu chek ĕ;
 * children and dependents.


 * phang-ie ho̤h-chek;
 * a waist like a wasp's and knees like a stork's.


 * ho̤h chek huang;
 * enlargement of the knee joint.


 * To sympathize.
 * chek-ṳ́n kâi sim;
 * humane feelings.
 * humane feelings.


 * nâng-nâng to ŭ chek-ṳ́n kâi sim;
 * every one has natural sympathies.


 * To expel.
 * lṳ́ a m̄ cun, úa cĭu cang lṳ́ chek-keh;
 * if you do not obey, I will take away your office.
 * if you do not obey, I will take away your office.


 * chek-tôk;
 * to drive out.


 * Lateral; onesided.
 * chek mâk;
 * envious glances.
 * envious glances.


 * chek sin;
 * lop sided.


 * chek-ŏ̤;
 * leans over to one side.

cheng
 * A swing.
 * cheng-chiu pêⁿ;
 * the frame from which a swing is suspended.
 * the frame from which a swing is suspended.


 * thóiⁿ nâng phah cheng-chiu;
 * see people swinging.


 * peh m̄ cĭeⁿ cheng-chiu pêⁿ;
 * could not climb into the swing.


 * hwn-cheng-chiu;
 * a whirligig.


 * toaⁿ cheng-chiu;
 * a swing for one person.


 * To designate; to give an appellation; to name.
 * cheng-hu;
 * to designate by a name.
 * to designate by a name.


 * thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
 * are generally called Teachers.


 * cṳ̆ cheng-cò̤ ŏi;
 * called himself competent.


 * ka-kī tho̤-khiam cheng-cò̤ ngô̤;
 * with a pretense of