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94  chiⁿ
 * Fresh; just killed; clean; new.
 * chiⁿ hṳ̂;
 * fresh fish.
 * fresh fish.


 * hṳ̂ chiⁿ kàu ûah;
 * the fish is as fresh as if alive.


 * cí kò̤ nêk chiⁿ-chiⁿ nē;
 * this flesh is from an animal that has just been killed.


 * hái chiⁿ;
 * shell-fish just out of the sea.


 * cí kâi hṳ̂ kàu káu-sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
 * this fish is nearly fresh.


 * mn̂g-khí kâi hṳ̂, àiⁿ ien li bŏi, àiⁿ chiⁿ li bô̤;
 * this morning's fish is not spoiled, and neither is it quite fresh.


 * cêk sin hôk-sek chiⁿ căi;
 * his garments are very new.


 * hue chiⁿ-chiⁿ;
 * newly opened flowers.


 * kî-chì chiⁿ-mêng căi;
 * the flags are quite new.


 * chiⁿ-īam;
 * spick and span.


 * chiⁿ kàu īam-īam;
 * glossy from newness.


 * chiⁿ kháu;
 * deliciously fresh.


 * chiⁿ-tîam;
 * fresh and sweet.


 * chiⁿ-nî căi;
 * very youthful.


 * saⁿ-khò chiⁿ-khīa chiⁿ-khīa;
 * his clothes are span new.


 * Blue.
 * chíⁿ pò;
 * plain blue cotton cloth.
 * plain blue cotton cloth.


 * sĭ àiⁿ làm chíⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ ní chíⁿ?
 * Do you want to have it colored blue by a single immersion in blue dye, or by repeated dippings and airings?


 * chíⁿ tĭu;
 * blue grass-cloth.


 * To measure by the outstretched arms; one reach of the arms.
 * chîⁿ tîeh saⁿ chîⁿ tn̂g;
 * measured it by the extended arms, and found it was three times as far as from the tip of one middle finger to the other.
 * measured it by the extended arms, and found it was three times as far as from the tip of one middle finger to the other.


 * cang chíu chîⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ kúi chîⁿ khuah;
 * measure it with outstretched arms and see how many such spans wide it is.


 * ŭ chîⁿ gūa tn̂g cū kàu;
 * a little more than the length covered by my extended arms will be sufficient.

chia
 * Profuse; wasteful.
 * chia-chí;
 * lavish.
 * lavish.


 * chia mō̤ⁿ;
 * wild hopes.


 * kio-chia îm-ît;
 * proud and prodigal.


 * A wheeled vehicle; wheels; a machine having wheels.
 * bé-chia;
 * a wagon.
 * a wagon.


 * gû-chia;
 * an ox cart.


 * lín-chia;
 * a wheel-barrow.


 * chia-lín;
 * the wheel of a cart.


 * cŏ̤ chîa;
 * to go in a carriage.


 * thua chia;
 * to draw a cart.


 * kò cêk tieⁿ chia;
 * hired a carriage.


 * húe-lûn-chia;
 * a steam car.


 * cí ciah húe-lûn-cûn, sĭ àm chia a sĭ îang chia?
 * Is this steamboat a propeller or one with side wheels?


 * thīⁿ-saⁿ chia;
 * a sewing machine.


 * tâh chia;
 * to turn a pump with the feet.


 * lôi pê cúi-chia;
 * farming implements.


 * chia pêⁿ;
 * a carriage top.


 * chia sìⁿ;
 * the spokes of a wheel.


 * pháng se kâi chia;
 * a spinning wheel.


 * pue chia;
 * a flying machine.


 * To buy or sell on credit.
 * chia sìo; enter in account, chia khṳt i;
 * sell to him on credit.
 * sell to him on credit.


 * lṳ́ kio úa thòi chia;
 * have it charged in your account for me.


 * lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ chia a àiⁿ hīn?
 * Do you wish to trade on credit or for cash?


 * hīn kah chia, cêk jît sio ŭ cêk peh ngṳ̂n hùe;
 * for cash and on credit, he daily disposes of a hundred dollars worth of goods.


 * cĭam chia kúi jît;
 * let me have it on credit for a few days.


 * cía chia sìo sĭ àng gûeh siu a sĭ àng coih siu?
 * Are these bills collected monthly, or at other fixed periods?


 * peh chia m̄ jû ngŏ-câp hīn;
 * a hundred per cent acredited is not so good as fifty per cent paid down.


 * bô̤ chia put sêng tìam, lăm chia tìam put sêng;
 * without giving credit shops could not be opened, but if credit were carelessly given shops would soon have to be closed.


 * chia lâi, hâiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * you take something in when you buy on credit, but you pay something out when you settle the bill.


 * cêk kâi m̄ chia;
 * no credit given.


 * chia kâi cōi kùe hīu kâi;
 * those who buy on credit are more than those who pay cash.


 * phìen chia;
 * buy on credit without meaning to pay.


 * chia sin hâi kū;
 * to incure a new debt in order to settle an old one.


 * Veined stone, used for the opaque white buttons of officers of the sixth rank.
 * i sĭ tì chia-khṳ téng, a sĭ tì cúi-ciaⁿ téng?
 * Does he wear a white stone button, or one of crystal?
 * Does he wear a white stone button, or one of crystal?


 * lú kâi sìⁿ pèⁿ àiⁿ tàu chia-khṳ̂ hó̤ a tàu gê hó̤?
 * Which do you prefer having the handle of your fan made from, white stone or ivory?

 chiaⁿ
 * To invite; to request courteously
 * chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
 * to invite company.
 * to invite company.


 * khṳt nâng chíaⁿ;
 * he has been invited.


 * chíaⁿ i lâi cîah;
 * invite him to partake of the meal.


 * chíaⁿ i cîah pīu chài-pn̄g;
 * ask him to take pot-luck with us.


 * chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
 * please be seated.


 * chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ;
 * to engage a teacher.


 * chíaⁿ cí;
 * ask for orders from the Throne.


 * chíaⁿ tê;
 * invite to take tea.


 * chíaⁿ hun; to offer one's pipe, chíaⁿ cíu;
 * to offer wine.


 * chíaⁿ ā, chíaⁿ ā;
 * good-by.


 * chíaⁿ, chíaⁿ;
 * good-day.


 * lṳ́ kio úa chíaⁿ i lâi tàⁿ ūe;
 * you ask him for me to come and have a chat.


 * chíaⁿ sî-jît;
 * an invitation to fix the day.


 * chíaⁿ mn̄g;
 * inquire politely.