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 * Moreover; furthermore; indicates a copulative sentence.
 * ko-chíaⁿ tīu sù-sî;
 * put up with this domicile for a short time.


 * úa tŏ̤-kò̤, lṳ́ sĭang chíaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa m̄ tŏ̤-kò̤ le m̄ cai lṳ́ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;
 * if you do like this when I am here, I do not know what you would not do if I were absent.


 * chíaⁿ cĭam pîet;
 * so we are to separate for awhile.


 * úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;
 * I moreover ask you.


 * chíaⁿ būe;
 * not just yet; please delay an instant.


 * lṳ́ chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
 * sit still and do not disturb yourself.


 * lṳ́ chíaⁿ táng úa;
 * you remain here and wait for me.


 * taⁿ chíaⁿ màiⁿ sĭeⁿ i;
 * now don't think about it any more.


 * kuang-chíaⁿ hìeⁿ ngía i cò̤ m̄-àiⁿ?
 * Since it is so pretty why does he not want it?


 * lṳ́ chíaⁿ hûe khṳ̀;
 * then you can go back.


 * chíaⁿ lâi cîah;
 * come now and eat.


 * chíaⁿ cieh úa, ùaⁿ cē khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;
 * lend it to me and I will bring it back to you after awhile.


 * lṳ́ chíaⁿ khṳt úa, ē-jît úa-kâi le khṳt lṳ́;
 * let me have it, and at another time I will let you have mine.


 * i kâi lâu kûiⁿ, jṳ̂ chíaⁿ khuah;
 * his chamber is lofty, and it is spacious as well.


 * ko-chíaⁿ;
 * it will do, it will answer temporarily.


 * kó-chíaⁿ;
 * done without any painstaking.


 * To serve an occasion; to borrow for a purpose.
 * chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cò̤ bûn-cieⁿ;
 * to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.
 * to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.


 * kìm bô̤ nâng chíaⁿ thòi;
 * forbid the employment of substitutes in writing for the examinations.


 * chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ thòi;
 * get a substitute to enter in one's place at an examination.


 * To finish.
 * cò̤ kàu chîaⁿ;
 * to bring to completion.
 * to bring to completion.


 * cîah kàu chîaⁿ;
 * finish the meal.


 * àiⁿ lí tîeh lí kàu chîaⁿ;
 * if you do it at all yon must finish it.


 * cò̤ m̄ chîaⁿ;
 * unfinished.


 * cí kâi khang-khùe chîaⁿ kàu i hó̤;
 * finish up this work.

chiah
 * To borrow for a purpose; to employ for a special object.
 * i kâi bûn-cieⁿ sĭ ka-kī cò̤ kâi a sĭ chiah nâng cò̤ kâi?
 * Did he compose his essay himself or did he employ some one to do it for him?
 * Did he compose his essay himself or did he employ some one to do it for him?


 * nŏ̤ pang lóng-cóng chiah kieh lâi sie tàu;
 * the two parties each engaged workmen and rivaled each the other in the display made.


 * Flesh color; reddish.
 * chiah sek;
 * Chinese flesh color.
 * Chinese flesh color.


 * chiah pò;
 * nankeen.


 * chiah kim;
 * red gold.


 * kim chiah, ngṳ̂n pêh;
 * gold is red and silver white.


 * chiah tì;
 * the god of fire.


 * chiah cṳ́;
 * a young infant.


 * chiah tău;
 * the equator.


 * pak chiah kha;
 * barefoot.


 * chiah sin;
 * nude.


 * chiah sin lò thói;
 * stark naked.


 * pak-chiah ka-lit;
 * stripped to the waist.


 * chiah-kwt chiah-kwt;
 * red in the face.


 * chiah mâk tih;
 * sallow eyed.


 * chiah kha cheⁿ chíu;
 * barefooted and brown handed.


 * mīu seⁿ lâi chiah-khng chiah-khng;
 * has a brunette complexion.


 * mīn âng-kòng-chiah;
 * blushed deeply.


 * o pûi chiah tōiⁿ;
 * tough and strong from exposure.


 * chiah sim ūi kok;
 * a guileless monarch.


 * chiah kháu jît;
 * days marked in the calendar by red mouthed animals.


 * kíaⁿ-jît chiah kháu;
 * this is a day apt to be unlucky.


 * chiah tī choiⁿ-lí;
 * unoccupied wastes.


 * cîeh-chiah;
 * umber.


 * cí kâi pò seⁿ chiah khoih;
 * this cloth has unbleached threads in it.


 * chiah hŏi;
 * pickled crabs.


 * To prick; to stab; to tattoo.
 * khṳt chì chiah tîeh;
 * wounded by a thorn.
 * wounded by a thorn.


 * kha chiah tîeh chì;
 * got a thorn in his foot.


 * tîeh kîaⁿ cṳ́-sòi, màiⁿ chiah tîeh àng-le;
 * must walk carefully and not get cut by the potsherds.


 * i kâi chíu tèng chiah ŭ jī;
 * he has letters tattooed on his arm.

chiak
 * Many; liberal.
 * chiak-hō̤;
 * a nickname or pet name.
 * a nickname or pet name.


 * i kâi chiak-hō̤ kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mûeh?
 * What nickname has he?


 * chiak-chiak ŭ ṳ̂;
 * there is some to spare.


 * A sparrow.
 * ìⁿ-chiak;
 * a house sparrow.
 * a house sparrow.


 * n̂g-chiak;
 * a goldfinch.


 * chiak téng;
 * the bird crest, a peculiar shaped button worn by those who have taken a degree.

chiam
 * Bamboo slips upon which names or characters are written, used for drawing lots, or in consulting oracnlaroracular [sic] tables.
 * chiam tâng pit kè;
 * a box for slips, and a pen rack.
 * a box for slips, and a pen rack.


 * thiu ki chiam;
 * draw out a lot.


 * gê-chiam khí-thak;
 * an ivory tooth-pick.


 * cìe pôih chiam;
 * according to the lot drawn.


 * thâu chiam;
 * the lot which indicates who is to take the lead.


 * cuaⁿ chiam;
 * assign by lot.


 * siah kúi ki tek chiam;
 * whittle out some bamboo slips to use in drawing lots.


 * khîu chiam mn̄g phok;
 * divine by drawing slips on which characters are written.


 * cài khîeh chiam;
 * drew again.


 * siu chiam;
 * take the tallies.


 * chiam si;
 * the oracular answer corresponding with the number on the slip drawn.


 * húe chiam;
 * an urgent warrant.


 * kâi nâng cip cêk ki chiam;
 * each took a slip.