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Rh chieh
 * The Chinese foot.
 * bâk chieh;
 * a carpenter's foot rule.
 * a carpenter's foot rule.


 * pò chieh;
 * a foot in cloth measure.


 * cok chieh;
 * the measure used in shoes.


 * khek chieh ;
 * a carpenter's square.


 * châi chieh;
 * a tailor's measure.


 * chieh chùn ŭ tōa sòi;
 * feet and inches are of different lengths.


 * câp hun ûi cêk chùn, câp chùn ûi cêk chieh, câp chieh ûi cêk tn̆g;
 * ten tenths make an inch, ten inches make a foot, ten feet make an ell.


 * cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
 * for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.


 * m̄ kàu chieh chùn;
 * not of full stature.


 * àiⁿ sĭm-mih chieh tō?
 * What are its dimensions to be?


 * nîe thiⁿ chieh;
 * a sextant.


 * saⁿ-chieh hai-thông;
 * a young lad.


 * thih-chieh;
 * an iron bludgeon.
 * an iron bludgeon.


 * i tó̤ bú thih-chieh khṳt nâng thoíⁿ;
 * he is wielding an iron bludgeon for people's amusement.


 * ŭ nâng khîa toaⁿ thih-chieh, ŭ nâng khîa sang thih-chieh;
 * some had single bludgeons, and others had one in each hand.


 * The peacock.
 * khóng-chieh;
 * peacocks.
 * peacocks.


 * khóng-chieh khui phîn;
 * the peacock spreads its tail.


 * khóng-chieh lêng;
 * peacock's feathers.


 * khóng-chieh ngán;
 * the eye in a peacock's feather.


 * A mat; matting.
 * cháu chîeh;
 * straw matting.
 * straw matting.


 * tîn chîeh;
 * rattan matting.


 * tek chîeh;
 * bamboo matting.


 * lîang chîeh;
 * bed mats for hot weather.


 * ńng chîeh;
 * flexible matting, used for wrapping bundles.


 * chîeh pau; chîeh tō̤;
 * straw bags.


 * chṳ cháu-chîeh;
 * spread down a straw mat.


 * cŏ̤ chîeh;
 * sit on a mat.


 * sai chîeh;
 * an instructor. (In olden times a teacher sat on a mat on the west side of his school-room).

chien
 * A thousand; many.
 * m̄ cai li, so̤h cò̤ thàng bw̄n-chien;
 * did not know, but supposed he would gain millions by it.
 * did not know, but supposed he would gain millions by it.


 * To remove from one place to another.
 * chien-îⁿ;
 * go elsewhere to live.
 * go elsewhere to live.


 * chien suaⁿ;
 * to remove a grave.


 * kói kùe, chien sĭen;
 * to reform.


 * chien-ĭen sî-jît;
 * to postpone the day.


 * ah-chien;
 * to evict.


 * pìen chien;
 * much changed on account of removals.


 * Shallow; superficial.
 * m̄ cai chim chíen;
 * does not know the depth.
 * does not know the depth.


 * hâk-mn̄g chíen;
 * the questions were easy.


 * chíen kṳ̆n;
 * superficial.


 * chíen sek;
 * a pale color.


 * sĭm chíen;
 * the simplest.


 * cĭu chíen-chíen nē, sueh khṳt nâng thiaⁿ;
 * explain it in just the easiest way.


 * hāi nâng put chíen;
 * it was no slight injury.


 * cúi chíen kàu hó̤ ĕ kùe khṳ̀;
 * the water is so shallow that you can wade across.


 * cúi khah chíen, cûn m̄-hó̤ kiaⁿ;
 * the water is too shallow, and the boats cannot run.


 * tó-tn̂g chíen;
 * shallow minded.


 * chíen mô̤ⁿ;
 * short fur.


 * To advance; to progress.
 * i kien ŭ chîen-thêng a bô̤?
 * Did his contributions to the support of the government bring him promotion to office or not?
 * Did his contributions to the support of the government bring him promotion to office or not?


 * i thàng kàu ŭ cîⁿ khṳ̀ kien chîen-thêng;
 * he has gained so much that he has money wherewith to purchase an official position.

chiet
 * Important; urgent; the entire lot.
 * chiet-ìo;
 * important.
 * important.


 * bô̤ chiet-ìo;
 * unimportant.


 * bô̤ mih chiet-ìo;
 * of no great importance.


 * ŭ chiet-ìo;
 * there is occasion for speed.


 * sĭang chiet-ìo ;
 * the most important.


 * bô̤ mih kwn-chiet;
 * not much interested in it.


 * chiet-sît;
 * wholly sincere.


 * khap-chiet;
 * irrevocable.


 * i tàⁿ kàu chiet-chêng căi;
 * he spoke in the most cordial manner.


 * lṳ́ chiet-chiet tîeh lâi;
 * you must not fail to come.


 * sueh lâi khap-khap chiet-chiet;
 * it is irrevocably set forth.


 * cêk chiet kâi sṳ̄ lí tît lío;
 * the whole matter is completely arranged.


 * cì-chiet màiⁿ gō;
 * it is of the utmost importance that it should not miscarry.


 * chiet cò̤;
 * act with urgency.


 * tàⁿ kàu chiet căi;
 * spoke with great earnestness.


 * thó̤iⁿ tîeh bô̤ chiet bô̤ ìo;
 * considered it of no importance at all.


 * bô̤ kài-chiet;
 * not urgent.

chih
 * To scald off the hair or feathers.
 * khîeh lô̤h kún cui khṳ̀ chih, chih lío, mô̤ⁿ máng cheng-khih;
 * take it and scald it in boiling water, and then pluck out all the feathers.
 * take it and scald it in boiling water, and then pluck out all the feathers.


 * To catch fire; to singe.
 * húe chih tîeh;
 * it ignited.
 * it ignited.


 * thâu màiⁿ cang thâu-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chih húe;
 * do not put your head so near that your hair will take fire.


 * i kâi chiu khṳt húe chih tīo cêk pôiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * his whiskers caught fire and burned off the whole of one side.