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98 light.
 * pùaⁿ lō côih chíeⁿ; côih lō chieⁿ pak;
 * waylay and plunder.


 * chíeⁿ m̄ kùe chíu;
 * did not succeed in taking it by force.


 * A wall.
 * kih chîeⁿ;
 * to lay up a wall.
 * to lay up a wall.


 * ceng chîeⁿ;
 * to pound up a wall.


 * chîeⁿ pang;
 * pounding boards.


 * ceng chîeⁿ kâi thûi;
 * pounders for pounding up walls.


 * ău-lio chîeⁿ;
 * the back wall.


 * tōa pui chîeⁿ;
 * the side walls.


 * cìe piah chîeⁿ;
 * the front wall.


 * huang-ûi chîeⁿ;
 * an enclosing wall.


 * sîaⁿ chîeⁿ;
 * a city wall.


 * chîeⁿ-tún;
 * a low wall.


 * thô chîeⁿ;
 * a mud wall.


 * hue ;
 * a chunam wall.


 * cng chîeⁿ;
 * a brick wall.


 * chîeⁿ-thâu;
 * the wall.


 * peh cĭeⁿ chîeⁿ-thâu;
 * climbed up on the wall.


 * keh cêk pang chîeⁿ;
 * separated by a wall.


 * chîeⁿ tû;
 * a cupboard in a wall.


 * pàng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kha;
 * set it near the wall.


 * cî tîo tìn tŏa kùe chîeⁿ;
 * this creeper has run over the wall.


 * chîeⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hún kàu pêh-pêh;
 * whitewash the wall till it is very white.


 * khîeh ki hue-sî lâi lîam chîeⁿ;
 * get a trowel and plaster the wall.


 * chîeⁿ kih lâi m̄ cìaⁿ, thóiⁿ tîeh sia-loi sia-loi;
 * the wall is not laid up perpendicularly, it appears to lean.


 * chîeⁿ loi-loi nē, hìaⁿ tùi koi-lō chut lâi;
 * the wall leans, and leans outward toward the street.


 * cí pang chîeⁿ àiⁿ tó̤;
 * this wall is about to fall.


 * tah-pàng chîeⁿ kò̤;
 * stick it on the wall.


 * tèng tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
 * nail it to the wall.


 * hàm kâi hue-kang lâi pó chîeⁿ khang;
 * call a mason to mend the holes in the wall.


 * tī-kha líu chim cē, chîeⁿ cìaⁿ năi;
 * dig the foundation deeper and then the wall will stand longer.


 * chîeⁿ pit cūe phāng;
 * the wall has cracked.


 * chîeⁿ thût lò̤h lâi;
 * the wall has tumbled down.


 * chîeⁿ hŵn;
 * the wall is crumbling.


 * chîeⁿ phàⁿ;
 * the wall is not solid.


 * hue sua sie cîah, chìeⁿ cìaⁿ kit tōiⁿ;
 * when the lime and sand have formed a chemical union the wall will become hard.


 * chîeⁿ kak;
 * an angle in a wall.


 * An elephant.
 * chĭeⁿ gê;
 * ivory.
 * ivory.


 * chĭeⁿ phûe;
 * elephant's skin.


 * chĭeⁿ phīⁿ;
 * the proboscis of an elephant.


 * chĭeⁿ nôⁿ;
 * the elephant keeper.


 * chī chĭeⁿ;
 * to keep elephants.


 * chĭeⁿ kî;
 * a game played with thirty-two pips on a chess-board.


 * To resemble; like; similar; so.
 * cí kâi chĭeⁿ pĕ īeⁿ, hṳ́ kâi chĭeⁿ bó̤ īeⁿ;
 * this one resembles his father, and that one resembles his mother.
 * this one resembles his father, and that one resembles his mother.


 * chĭeⁿ īeⁿ chĭeⁿ sìeⁿ;
 * elegant and stylish; well arranged; comely; good looking.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ;
 * like; similar; resembling.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ i tŏ̤ seⁿ tiang-sî hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * as it was when he was born.


 * ūe lâi kio ŭ pēⁿ tiang-sî cū chin-chĭeⁿ, kio phêng-sî tiang-sî cū m̄ chin-chĭeⁿ;
 * it looks as he does when he is sick, but does not resemble him as he ordinarily looks.


 * i chin-chĭeⁿ i a-kong;
 * he is like his grandfather.


 * hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ;
 * the two boys look very much alike.


 * chĭeⁿ pĕ céng;
 * like his father's family.


 * To write in.
 * chĭeⁿ phŏ;
 * enter it in the books.
 * enter it in the books.


 * chĭeⁿ sìo;
 * enter in account.


 * íⁿ-keng chĭeⁿ-lô̤h sìo-phŏ;
 * it is already entered in the account book.


 * To illuminate from a light held in the hand; to shed light upon; to dazzle.
 * chīeⁿ lō;
 * light the path.
 * light the path.


 * chīeⁿ lō sĭ húe-pé hó̤ a teng-nâng hó̤?
 * Which is best for lighting the road, a torch or a lamp?


 * líam ki cúa-ang-teng lâi chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;
 * light a paper taper to see it by.


 * khîa ki teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ;
 * take a lamp and go and see.


 * chīeⁿ-teng chīeⁿ-teng thóiⁿ tîeh ho̤h ngía;
 * by lamplight it looks very pretty.


 * tò̤ chīeⁿ, màiⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the light dazzles one, do not fall.


 * líam teng khṳ̀ chīeⁿ cìaⁿ chūe tit tîeh;
 * light a lamp and look for it then you will find it.


 * khîa ki húe-pé khṳ̀ chīeⁿ thóiⁿ ŭ ka-lâuh tó̤ lō tàng a bô̤;
 * take a torch and see whether it has been dropped on the road.


 * húe sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ hn̆g;
 * the light is dim and does not shine far.


 * húe khah sòi, chīeⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
 * the light is so dim I cannot see by it.


 * jît-cam chīeⁿ-tîeh, mâk-ciu m̄ káⁿ peh khui;
 * the rays from the sun dazzle my eyes so I dare not open them.


 * mâk chīeⁿ tîeh húe, thói-kìⁿ cĕng-cĕng cam;
 * my eyes are dazzled by the light so that I see nothing but rays.


 * To sight; to take aim.
 * chīeⁿ thóiⁿ tùi mē;
 * take a look along the edges and see if they are exact.
 * take a look along the edges and see if they are exact.


 * chīeⁿ tîeh m̄ tît;
 * discovered by taking sight across it that it was not straight.


 * chīeⁿ tùi i kâi âng-sim;
 * aimed at the bull's eye.


 * chīeⁿ tùi pá tìn-tang sīa khṳ̀;
 * aimed at the center of the target and fired.


 * An artizan; skilled workmen.
 * bâk-chīeⁿ;
 * a wood-carver.
 * a wood-carver.


 * lîam-cúi-chīeⁿ;
 * a bricklayer.


 * hue-chīeⁿ;
 * a gardener.


 * ngûn-chīeⁿ;
 * a silversmith.


 * tng sĭm-mih chīeⁿ?
 * What work is he skilled in?


 * jī-chīeⁿ;
 * a scribe.


 * jī sía lâi lô̤h chīeⁿ;
 * the writing is done as if by a practised hand.