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Rh of life.
 * chun gû;
 * a clay ox borne out by officials in the ceremony of meeting the spring.


 * chun chiu jîeh cōi?
 * How many years old are you?


 * pêh jît mok ôiⁿ kùe, cheⁿ chun put cài lâi;
 * waste not the daylight, for youth does not return.


 * chun sim;
 * lewd thoughts.


 * To stretch forth; to straighten; to dilate.
 * chíu chun chut lâi;
 * stretch forth your arm.
 * stretch forth your arm.


 * lṳ́ kâi cîh chun chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;
 * put out your tongue and let me look at it.


 * chun kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
 * stretched out at full length.


 * hṳ́ koiⁿ chù nŏ̤ pôiⁿ chun-chíu;
 * that house has two wings.


 * kha chun tît;
 * straighten your legs.


 * ăm chun tn̂g-tn̂g tó̤ thóiⁿ;
 * gazing with neck outstretched.


 * chun ie;
 * straighten the back.


 * ŏi chun ŏi kiu;
 * is elastic; will stretch and shrink.


 * chun-lûn huah-hì;
 * stretch and yawn.


 * bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi chun;
 * it does not stretch much.


 * chun khí lâi;
 * stretch up.


 * Incompatible.
 * chún-chò̤;
 * erroneous.
 * erroneous.


 * chŵn bŏi chún-chò̤;
 * there is no error in it.


 * To surmise.
 * sṳ-chún;
 * to ponder.
 * to ponder.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ sṳ-chún;
 * you go and cogitate upon it.


 * Stupid.
 * ngô̤ chún;
 * blundering; doltish.
 * blundering; doltish.


 * The Chinese inch.
 * câp chùn ûi cêk chieh;
 * ten inches make a foot.
 * ten inches make a foot.


 * chùn chieh;
 * dimensions.


 * saⁿ chùn khuah cêk chieh tn̂g;
 * three inches wide and ten long.


 * tn̂g ke ŭ nŏ̤ chùn kèng hó̤;
 * it would be better if it were two inches longer.


 * chǹg nŏ̤ saⁿ chùn chim jîp khṳ̀;
 * punched it in two or three inches deep.


 * chùn-tú;
 * a small folded paper slate.


 * Chilled; tremors.
 * kûaⁿ kàu phah-chùn-lūn;
 * so cold that she shivered.
 * so cold that she shivered.


 * To retain; to preserve; remaining.
 * chûn ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * How much is there left?
 * How much is there left?


 * cîah chûn kâi;
 * what is left after eating.


 * ēng chûn kâi;
 * what remains.


 * chûn kâi lâu-pàng mùa-khí;
 * keep what is left until to-morrow.


 * chûn lâng-su;
 * have a little left.


 * bô̤ chûn;
 * there is no residue.


 * chûn bô̤;
 * there is nothing left.


 * ēng bô̤ chûn;
 * it is all used up.


 * chûn bô̤ cîⁿ;
 * has no money left.


 * thàng m̄ chûn;
 * saved nothing from his earnings.


 * pó̤-chûn mûeh-ngîap;
 * saved his property.


 * i kâi chûn sim hó̤;
 * his feelings are correct.


 * m̄ cai i chûn bûang;
 * do not know whether they are alive or dead.


 * chûn kâi líen-mīn khṳt i;
 * preserved his reputation for him.


 * chûn ke chûn kíam m̄ sie-tâng;
 * the amount left varies.


 * chûn kâi mîaⁿ tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ;
 * preserved a name in the world.


 * chûn tîo seⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * preserved his life.


 * chûn chêng khṳt i;
 * continued the kindness shown to him.

chut
 * To go forth; to issue.
 * chut chut jîp jîp;
 * keeps running out and in.
 * keeps running out and in.


 * cêk hûe chut, cêk hûe jîp;
 * a going out involves a coming in.


 * chut mn̂g;
 * to go out of doors.


 * chut kháu;
 * go outside.


 * chut khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where has he gone?


 * chut bōi;
 * for sale.


 * chut sùe;
 * to let.


 * chut tóiⁿ;
 * to mortgage.


 * pôih chut lâi;
 * pulled it out.


 * pôih m̄ chut;
 * cannot pull it out.


 * máng m̄ chut;
 * cannot pull it up with both hands.


 * phŏ̤ i chut lâi;
 * brought her out in his arms.


 * thiu chut thiu jîp;
 * pull out and thrust in, as a damper.


 * chut sîn;
 * become possessed by a god or demon.


 * lău-îa chut sîn;
 * the god takes possession of a mortal.


 * i chut mn̂g a būe?
 * Is she married yet?


 * chut sek;
 * become conspicuous.


 * sĭ i sĭang chut sek;
 * he is most prominent.


 * chut ceng;
 * go out against insurgents.


 * chut cèng;
 * to surpass others.


 * pún-nía chut cèng;
 * more able than others.


 * bô̤ lṳ́ chut khṳ̀;
 * you will not be allowed to go out.


 * tàⁿ m̄ chut chùi;
 * unable to speak it plainly.


 * chut thâu thiⁿ;
 * got out of difficulty.


 * chut sin chut pńg;
 * to provide both service and capital.


 * cêk nâng chut pńg, cêk nâng chut kang;
 * one supplies the capital and the other the labor.


 * chut kha chut chíu;
 * furnish the labor.


 * chut sì;
 * born; enter on life.


 * lú chut sì tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * Where were you born?


 * chut kîaⁿ;
 * to travel.


 * chut gūa;
 * go abroad.


 * chut kīe, chut cûn;
 * go out in a sedan chair or in a boat.


 * chùtchut [sic] kè;
 * married off.


 * chut ke;
 * away from home.


 * sĭ i chut thâu;
 * he takes the lead in it.


 * lîah i lâi chut khì;
 * take him to vent spite upon.


 * chut jît;
 * cause the sun to rise.


 * jît chut;
 * the sun rises.


 * chut khĕng;
 * cause a rainbow.


 * chut thô mīn;
 * the dry land appeared.


 * chut kè a būe?
 * Is she yet married?


 * sī íⁿ-keng kè chut kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;
 * it is a daughter who is already married.


 * sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
 * cannot think what it was.


 * sie kang chut cîⁿ;
 * unite in furnishing the requisite amount of money.


 * cò̤ chut kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * the things made.


 * kó-cá tng-sî chut ŭ cêk kâi n̂ang—;
 * in ancient times there was a man