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Rh ; chin;
 * among entire strangers.


 * chin kṳ̆n;
 * near akin.


 * sang chin tŏ̤ tn̂g;
 * both parents are still alive.


 * i kio ún ŭ chin;
 * he is a relative of ours.


 * nín kio i chin phài mē?
 * Are you of the same blood as he?


 * lăi chin, gua chek;
 * relatives by blood and by marriage.


 * chin-ài;
 * close affection.


 * chin-jîet;
 * very intimate.


 * chin-kẁn;
 * relatives of another surname.


 * lâk chin;
 * the domestic relationships.


 * hn̆g chin m̄ jû kṳ̆n lîn;
 * a near neighbour is better than a remote relative.


 * chin cīeⁿ kia chin;
 * form a still closer relationship.


 * chin-cîa hùe;
 * one's kin.


 * chin ke;
 * one's own family.


 * chin kun;
 * our own sovereign.


 * chin piaⁿ; chin teng;
 * our own troops.


 * tho̤h i cò̤ cêk mn̂g chin;
 * entrust to him the business of procuring a wife for you.


 * chin nâng;
 * a cousin.


 * saⁿ hun chin kîeⁿ pât jîn;
 * one slightly akin is better than one who is not at all related.


 * Not exact; in general; not following any strict rule or pattern; not precise; slightly.
 * i sĭ chìn-chái cò̤;
 * he slights what he does.
 * he slights what he does.


 * chìn-chái sía to hó;
 * to write it off almost any way will do.


 * chìn-chái thiaⁿ;
 * listen in a haphazard way.


 * hó̤ chìn-chái i;
 * let him off easily; do not be exacting with him.


 * To give effect; to illustrate; to show off.
 * cí kù ūe sĭ khîeh lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn kâi ūe;
 * this sentence is put in merely for effect.
 * this sentence is put in merely for effect.


 * cang kâi nâng lâi cò̤ pûe-chìn;
 * bring a person along merely for effect.


 * cang cí kĭaⁿ sū chìn chut hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * make use of this to illustrate that.


 * cang cí kù ūe lâi pûe-chìn hṳ́ kù ūe;
 * use this sentence to add to the clearness of the other.


 * cang hía lâi pûe-chìn cía jú-kèng híen-hīn chut lâi;
 * bring that to the illustration of this, and then this will more plainly appear.


 * ēng lâi cò̤ pang-chìn;
 * use as a support or assistance.


 * Steelyards.
 * cêk ki chìn;
 * the steelyard.
 * the steelyard.


 * châ-chìn kau;
 * the hook on wooden steelyards.


 * lî-chìn;
 * money balances.


 * chìn-kuaⁿ;
 * the bar of a steelyard.


 * chìn nău-so̤h;
 * the cords by which the basin is suspended on a steelyard.


 * tōa kuaⁿ chìn;
 * large steelyards.


 * chìn-kíaⁿ;
 * small steelyards.


 * tâng pûaⁿ chìn;
 * scales having a brass basin.


 * châ-chìn thûi;
 * the counterpoise on a steeljard bar.


 * si-bé chìn;
 * standard scales.


 * hú chìn;
 * steelyards weighing sixteen ounces to the catty.


 * cam chìn;
 * eighteen ounces to the catty.


 * hâng chìn;
 * twelve ounces to the catty.


 * kak chù kâi chìn-sek bô̤ mih siang tâng;
 * the divisions of the steelyard bar differ in different places.


 * áu tōa chìn;
 * weigh more than full weight.


 * ēng síam chìn;
 * use light weights to sell by.


 * lṳ́ kâi chìn tîeh téng hó̤;
 * adjust your scales correctly.


 * cīeⁿ-jît kâi téng khṳ̀ ŭ chìn-thâu, kíaⁿ-jît kâi bô̤ chìn-thâu;
 * the other day the weight was a full one, but to-day there is no surplus.


 * lṳ́ téng khṳ̀ a sĭ bô̤, úa cí ki chìn khṳt lṳ́ á cîh;
 * if you weigh it and find it short weight you may break my steelyards.


 * lú sĭ bōi sĭm-mih chìn sek?
 * By what weight do you sell it?


 * To weigh a thing in the hand.
 * toaⁿ ciah chíu chìn m̄ khí;
 * cannot lift it in one hand so as to guess the weight.
 * cannot lift it in one hand so as to guess the weight.


 * chìn m̄ phû;
 * cannot heft it.


 * chìn tîeh ŭ jîeh tăng?
 * How heavy do you find it to be when you heft it?


 * Cold.
 * thiⁿ-sî chìn căi;
 * the weather is very cold.
 * the weather is very cold.


 * chìn kàu kha-búe chíu-búe thìaⁿ;
 * so cold that it makes one's toes and fingers ache.


 * chìn huang;
 * cold wind.


 * ŏi chìn a bŏi?
 * Are you cold?


 * cí hûe ùi chìn;
 * I am chilly now.


 * pn̄g chìn chài chìn;
 * all the victuals are cold.


 * lṳ́ kâi sin-hun ngân, m̄ hó̤ cîah chìn cúi;
 * the temperature of your body is low, and you should not drink cold water.


 * chìn kùe piaⁿ-sng;
 * colder than ice.


 * thàu chìn cúi cîah;
 * take it in a little cold water.


 * la chìn;
 * let it cool by standing.


 * chìn cúi pûn chìn cîah;
 * blows cold water to make it cool before drinking it; excessively cautious.


 * cîah chìn pn̄g;
 * eat cold victuals.


 * thiⁿ-sî kûaⁿ-ngân so̤h-chìn;
 * the weather is terribly cold.


 * cîah cíu lún chìn;
 * take whiskey to fortify one's self against the cold.


 * cí kúi jît bŏi chìn;
 * these last few days it has not been so cold.


 * chìn kàu bô̤ si bô̤ hĕ;
 * so cold as to enforce idleness.


 * huang thàu lâi chìn căi;
 * the wind blows cold.


 * chìn kàu tó̤ khīu;
 * so cold that he shivers.


 * chìn kàu hṳ̄-lṳ̄-tie;
 * so cold that his teeth chatter.


 * chìn sí;
 * intolerably cold.


 * chìn jîp kut;
 * chilled to the bone.


 * tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói kò̤ chìn chut lâi;
 * the coldness arises from internal causes.


 * chìn tŏ̤ cí gūa phûe;
 * coldness of the surfaces.


 * chìn kàu koi-bó̤-phûe phû;
 * so cold that goose pimples appear.


 * pîaⁿ i khùe chìn;
 * cool it by pouring it to and fro.


 * tíam-kíaⁿ tíam-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ kōi chìn;
 * put it in little by little and then it will cool quickly.


 * phuah i chìn;
 * cool it by fanning it.


 * khah chìn tîeh khṳ̀ hip sie;
 * if it is too cold go and warm it up.