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Rh *
 * Mournful; grieved.
 * chô bâi put tíen;
 * lowering eyebrows.


 * iu-chô;
 * sorrowful.


 * chô-būn;
 * melancholy.


 * sio chô;
 * assuage grief.


 * chô-îong múaⁿ mīⁿ;
 * a rueful face.

choi
 * Rice flour.
 * ceng chòi;
 * to make rice flour.
 * to make rice flour.

 choiⁿ
 * A thousand.
 * câp peh kìe-cò̤ cêk choiⁿ;
 * ten hundreds are called one thousand.
 * ten hundreds are called one thousand.


 * choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi;
 * over innumerable mountains and seas; very far off.


 * khèng cok choiⁿ chiu;
 * congratulate the empress on her birthday.


 * choiⁿ lí bé;
 * a swift courier.


 * choiⁿ kim bói chù, bw̄n kim bói lîn;
 * thousands of dollars may buy a house, but millions of dollars will not secure good neighbours.


 * choiⁿ-bw̄n m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀;
 * beyond all doubt, it is inexpedient to go.


 * A small broom; to scrub with a broom.
 * tek-chóiⁿ;
 * a bamboo broom.
 * a bamboo broom.


 * siu-chóiⁿ;
 * a stiff broom.


 * chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
 * scrub it clean with a broom.


 * koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;
 * a feather brush.


 * cang chóiⁿ;
 * a coir broom.


 * hĭⁿ chóiⁿ;
 * an ear brush.


 * chóiⁿ pn̄g-lōi;
 * scour the skimmer.


 * chóiⁿ thûn;
 * the annual house-cleaning.


 * To scratch for food.
 * kio koi pêⁿ-īeⁿ, m̄ chóiⁿ cū bô̤ cîah;
 * is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.
 * is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.


 * koi tó̤ chóiⁿ thô-ĕ;
 * the hen is scratching the ground for food.


 * To inspirit; to incite; to urge on; to stir up; to arouse.
 * sĭ i chòiⁿ i khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * it was he who put him up to do it.
 * it was he who put him up to do it.


 * úa pńg-pńg m̄ lâi, sĭ khṳt i chòiⁿ kàu thíam cìaⁿ lâi;
 * I should not have come of myself, but I was pestered so constantly by him that I came.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ chòiⁿ i nā kò̤;
 * you should urge him to stay there.


 * Silk-worms.
 * chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
 * silk-worms spin silk.
 * silk-worms spin silk.


 * chôiⁿ si;
 * the silk spun by silk-worms.


 * chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
 * cocoons.


 * chôiⁿ tāu;
 * the chrysalis.


 * chôiⁿ îah;
 * the moth.


 * chôiⁿ n̆ng;
 * the eggs.


 * cí khí chôiⁿ ío tōa tîo;
 * this sort of silk-worm is large.


 * chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;
 * silk-worms feed on mulberry leaves.


 * chī chôiⁿ;
 * to keep silk-worms.


 * jû chôiⁿ cîah hîeh;
 * like the consumption of mulberry leaves by silk-worms.


 * ŏ̤ chôiⁿ bâi;
 * beetling eyebrows. 

choih
 * To weep silently, to sob, to catch the breath as in sobbing.
 * i choih mih sṳ̄?
 * What is she crying about?
 * What is she crying about?


 * khàu kàu choih;
 * wept so violently as to sob.


 * khàu hiah hŵn-lío tó̤ choih;
 * after he had stopped crying he still continued to sob.

chok
 * To excite; to stir up; to offend.
 * chok tîeh i kâi nō̤;
 * excited his wrath.
 * excited his wrath.


 * chok tîeh i seⁿ khì;
 * made him angry.


 * chok mâk kiaⁿ sim;
 * arouse the attention in such a way as to excite fear.


 * chok-khí i kâi sĭeⁿ-thâu;
 * arouse his attention.


 * chok-kéng seⁿ-chêng;
 * to irritate.


 * chok hŭam;
 * to sin willfully.


 * chok tîeh cĭu khì;
 * if you touch upon that he becomes angry.


 * A stamp; a die; a seal.
 * khap chok;
 * affix a stamp.
 * affix a stamp.


 * kip cêk kâi chok pun i;
 * gave him something to use as a stamp.


 * tŏ̤ kuaⁿ kò̤ nía kâi chok;
 * received a stamp at the magistrate's office.


 * tîaⁿ ā-sĭ bô̤ khap chok, kuaⁿ m̄ khéng siu;
 * the magistrate will not receive a paper which has no stamp upon itit. [sic]


 * To gripe; to seize.
 * chok lîah;
 * to gripe firmly.
 * to gripe firmly.


 * ûah chok;
 * caught alive.


 * To constrain; to urge.
 * kek chok;
 * to press urgently.
 * to press urgently.


 * pek chok;
 * to hurry.


 * kek-kek chok-chok;
 * much straightened.


 * kek-kek chok-chok to cò̤ bô̤ hó̤ mûeh;
 * a fine piece of work cannot be done in haste.


 * sî-hāu khah pek-chok;
 * the time is too short.


 * màiⁿ khah tó̤-chok cĭu hó̤;
 * if not too hurried, it may be done.


 * To contract the brows.
 * sang bâi cò̤-nî chok-chok?
 * Why do you frown so?
 * Why do you frown so?


 * hẃn-ló̤ kàu sang bâi chok cò̤ cêk ē;
 * so sad that his eyebrows were drawn together.


 * bâi-thâu cē chok, sim lăi cĭu phah tīaⁿ cú-ì;
 * with one contraction of the eyebrows, his mind is fully made up.

chong
 * Intelligent; clear headed.
 * chong-mêng, tì-hŭi;
 * clear headed and sagacious.
 * clear headed and sagacious.


 * hĭⁿ chong, mâk m̄ mêng;
 * has good hearing but dim eyesight.