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92 fight, they dilate their gills.
 * tah tîeh i kâi chi-kó i cū cáu m̄ khṳ̀;
 * if you hook him in the gill he cannot get away.


 * hṳ̂ chi tîeh líu tīo;
 * you must take out the gills.


 * Repulsive, horrid, loathsome, hideous.
 * i kâi mīn chi-gî căi;
 * he has a very repulsive face.
 * he has a very repulsive face.


 * seⁿ kàu kâi mīn khî-khî kùai-kùai, chi-gî căi;
 * his face is very queer, being hairy, fierce, and unpleasant to look at.


 * Suffering.
 * chi-chám;
 * distressing.
 * distressing.


 * chi-chi chám-chám;
 * in great distress.


 * tîeh i chi-chám;
 * pity his distress.


 * To sojourn; to perch.
 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ chi sin;
 * with no place of abode.
 * with no place of abode.


 * cĭam-chíaⁿ chi sin;
 * lodge temporarily.


 * tŏ̤ cí-kò̤ chi-suah;
 * sojourn here.


 * o-a lâi chi-hiah tŏ̤ hṳ́ chīu tèng;
 * the crows perch in those trees.


 * Foolish; inapt.
 * chi-ngà;
 * dunder-headed.
 * dunder-headed.


 * chi-tai;
 * inapt.


 * chi-ngâi; chi-chi ngâi-ngâi;
 * foolish.


 * chi-chi nē;
 * imbecile.


 * chi sim;
 * weak minded.


 * sim chi-chi;
 * of dull wit.


 * chi-kûak chi-kûak;
 * silly.


 * chi-chi, chŵn bŏi seⁿ khì;
 * weakly good natured, so that he never gets angry.


 * chi-ko;
 * simple.


 * chi-ko̤ sĭeⁿ;
 * simple thoughts.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ chi-ko̤;
 * do not try to appear simple.


 * lĭ chi-ko̤;
 * a shrewd simpleton.


 * chi-ko̤-kúi lṳ́;
 * stole a march on you.


 * īu m̄ sĭ chi ĭu m̄ sĭ kôk, cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * why should one who is neither a simpleton nor an idiot do that?


 * bŏi chi bŏi lang, bŏ̤i cò̤ a ko a ong;
 * in order to be a good old aunt or uncle one needs be both stupid and deaf.


 * Extravagant; superfluous.
 * chia-chí;
 * rich and profuse.
 * rich and profuse.


 * ēng-tō chia-chí;
 * use lavishly.


 * hong-sôk chia-chí;
 * wasteful habits.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ kâi chù-thêh chia-chí căi;
 * the houses there are very luxurious.


 * chia-chí kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * accustomed to luxury.


 * i kâi hôk-sek khah kùe chia-chí;
 * his clothing is too expensive; he dresses extravagantly.


 * Winsome; attractive; vivacious; genial and shrewd.
 * cí kâi ío chí-chío, hṳ́ kâi li ío tōa-pang;
 * the one is the more pleasing, the other the more admirable.
 * the one is the more pleasing, the other the more admirable.


 * lêng-lāi chí-chío;
 * witty and charming.


 * Shame.
 * lîam-chí;
 * decency; modesty.
 * decency; modesty.


 * bô̤ lîam-chí;
 * indecent.


 * ŭ lîam-chí;
 * decent.


 * tîeh cai lîam-chí;
 * must be decent.


 * kù lîam-chí;
 * regard decency.


 * m̄ kù lîam-chí;
 * regardless of decency.


 * pun nâng chí-chìe;
 * made a laughing stock.


 * cí kâi nâng bô̤ chí căi;
 * this person is shameless.


 * i sĭ bô̤ chí kâi nâng;
 * he is a shameless fellow.


 * bô̤ chí cṳ thû;
 * a brazen faced rascal.


 * The sting of insects.
 * phang chì;
 * the sting of a bee.
 * the sting of a bee.


 * hiet ŭ chì;
 * scorpions have stings.


 * khṳt phang tàng tîeh chì;
 * stung by a bee.


 * bô̤ chì phang;
 * a stingless bee; a magistrate who is too amiable to harm anybody.


 * To try, to test.
 * chì thóiⁿ;
 * try it and see.
 * try it and see.


 * chì thóiⁿ ŏi khah kîam a bŏi;
 * try it and see whether it is too salt.


 * chì thóiⁿ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;
 * try it and see whether it is good.


 * chì cîah;
 * test it by tasting it.


 * chì tîeh căi-seⁿ?
 * How do you find it?


 * chì tîeh hó̤, úa cū àiⁿ;
 * if I find it good I shall want some.


 * lṳ́ m̄ cêng chì, căi tit cai hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?
 * Since you have not tried it, how do you know whether it is good or not?


 * úa thâu-soiⁿ chì tîeh hó̤ lío, cìaⁿ khîeh lâi khṳt lṳ́ cîah;
 * I first tried it and found it good, and so brought some for you to partake of.


 * chì-ngīam kùe kâi; that which has already been tested. [sic] keng kùe chì-līen;
 * has endured trial.


 * àiⁿ chì-līen i;
 * wishes to put him to the test.


 * îeh chì;
 * experimental treatment in medicine.


 * chì cêk ē;
 * try it once.


 * chì cē!
 * We'll see!


 * lṳ́ chì sĭeⁿ cē;
 * you try to think it up.


 * chì kim cîeh;
 * a stone used in testing gold.


 * īⁿ chì, hieⁿ chì, hŭe chì, tōiⁿ chì;
 * the examinations for the degrees of sìu-châi, kṳ́-jîn, cin-sṳ̆, and hâng-lîm.


 * hú-chì, kūiⁿ-chì;
 * the examinations in the departmental and in the district cities.


 * hok chì;
 * a re-examination of the candidates.


 * hù chì;
 * to repair to the examination.


 * èng chì;
 * to attend the examinations.


 * Thorns; prickles.
 * seⁿ chì;
 * thorny.
 * thorny.


 * lō seⁿ chì;
 * the path is thorny.


 * cí khí chīu seⁿ chì;
 * this sort of tree has thorns on it.


 * chì-kau-tek;
 * the thorny bamboo.


 * chì-nâ-phè; chì-lîm-phè;
 * brambles.


 * chiah tîeh chì;
 * got thorns in it.


 * chì chiah tîeh chíu;
 * the thorns pricked his hands.


 * ki chì chiah jîp nêk tói;
 * a thorn stuck into his flesh.


 * suaⁿ téng pêh hwt ŭ seⁿ chì kâi mûeh;
 * there are prickly plants growing spontaneously on the mountains.