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 * Mercy; compassionate; loving.
 * chṳ̂ bó̤;
 * a loving mother.


 * chṳ̂ bó̤ to̤ pāi jî;
 * indulgent mothers spoil their children.


 * chṳ̂ sim;
 * a compassionate heart.


 * chṳ̂ ài;
 * loving kindness.


 * chṳ̂-pui;
 * pity.


 * jîn-chṳ̂;
 * compassion.


 * ṳn-chṳ̂;
 * mercy.


 * pĕ chṳ̂, cṳ́ hàu;
 * a gentle father has filial sons.


 * A defect; a blemish.
 * sío chṳ̂;
 * a petty defect.
 * a petty defect.


 * chūe mô̤ⁿ khîu chṳ̂;
 * seek for defects under the fur; petty caviling at men's faults.


 * cía sǹg-sĭ sío chṳ̂;
 * I reckon this a small defect.


 * àiⁿ chūe kàu cn̂g kâi bô̤ chṳ̂ kâi sĭ cíe;
 * there are few to be found that are wholly without defect.


 * Weak; inferior.
 * chṳ̂ hîong;
 * the weaker and the stronger.
 * the weaker and the stronger.


 * chṳ̂ hîong kìam;
 * a pair of swords.


 * lṳ́ ua [sic] lâi kìⁿ kâi chṳ̂ hîong;
 * let us see which of us is the stronger.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ kàu ŭ chṳ̂ ŭ hîong;
 * his language varies much in force.


 * bô̤ chṳ̂ bô̤ hîong;
 * does not modulate the force.


 * Crockery.
 * chṳ̂ khì;
 * crockery ware.
 * crockery ware.


 * chṳ̂ cîeh;
 * a natural magnet.

 chṳh
 * To stoop; to bend.
 * i chṳh lô̤h khṳ̀ íam;
 * she bent down and peeped in.
 * she bent down and peeped in.


 * thâu chṳh-chṳh lí-kẃn kîaⁿ;
 * walked right on with head bent down.


 * i chut jîp to sĭ thâu chṳh-chṳh, bô̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
 * he goes out and in with his head hung down, and looks at nobody.

chwn
 * To tickle; to titillate.
 * i tó̤ ût, i so̤h tîo cúa-ang-teng khṳ̀ chwn i kâi phīⁿ-khang, ùaⁿ cē, īu khîeh koi-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chwn i kâi hĭⁿ-khang;
 * when she is sleeping, he rolls up a lamp-lighter and goes and tickles her nostril, and a little later he gets a feather and goes and tickles her ear.
 * when she is sleeping, he rolls up a lamp-lighter and goes and tickles her nostril, and a little later he gets a feather and goes and tickles her ear.


 * chwn i chéⁿ khí lâi;
 * woke him up by tickling him lightly.


 * To pervert; to turn aside.
 * khah chwn-châk;
 * too much perverted from the original truth.
 * too much perverted from the original truth.


 * sĭ tó̤ chwn-châk kâi;
 * it is being perverted.


 * chwn-suaⁿ-kah;
 * the ant-eater.


 * peh pō chwn îang;
 * a hundred paces off.


 * nâng kâi pâng lăi m̄ hó̤ thèng chwn jîp khṳ̀;
 * do not without evident reason go into people's private rooms.


 * A rivulet.
 * suaⁿ chwn;
 * mountain streams.
 * mountain streams.


 * chwn lîu put sek;
 * an uninterrupted flow.


 * To pant.
 * hm̄-hm̄-chẃn;
 * asthmatic breathing.
 * asthmatic breathing.


 * kîaⁿ kàu cí-kò̤ lâi tó̤ chẃn;
 * coming here has put me out of breath.


 * chẃn cêk kùa bŏi hiah;
 * panted a half day without stopping.


 * A cross-pin; to join by a cross-pin.
 * àm chẁn;
 * joined by a hidden pin.
 * joined by a hidden pin.


 * chẁn tŏ̤ hṳ́ pùe-ău;
 * joined by a cross-pin on the back.


 * pùe-ău cò̤ saⁿ ki chẁn;
 * make three cross bar on the back.


 * àiⁿ ēng kúi kò̤ lâi chẁn a sĭ àiⁿ ēng kàu kò̤ kâi?
 * Do you wish to make it by joining several pieces with a bar mortised in, or to make it of a single piece?


 * kang-hu hó̤ kâi, chẁn khṳ̀ cìaⁿ năi;
 * make it with joints well fitted, and mortise in a bar through the pieces, then it will last.


 * To lace together; to join by stringing on; to league.
 * chẁn phàu;
 * a string of fire-crackers.
 * a string of fire-crackers.


 * chẁn bûeh-tói;
 * to lace up the sole of a stocking.


 * chẁn khí lâi, chẁn lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * pass the string upward and downward through eyelet holes, as in lacing a boot.


 * chẁn thong;
 * to pass through an eyelet hole.


 * chẁn kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * pass it through to the other side.


 * cīeⁿ ĕ m̄ chẁn;
 * the foregoing and the following are not intimately connected.


 * chẁn hâh;
 * banded together.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-tâng kâi;
 * the two are leagued together.


 * àm-cĕⁿ chẁn-tâng;
 * secretly leagued.


 * chẁn mông;
 * a concerted plan.


 * sĭm kùe phah-chẁn kâi;
 * far surpassing what could have been done by agreement.


 * To seize upon.
 * chẁn ūi;
 * seize the throne.
 * seize the throne.


 * chẁn chì;
 * murder the ruler.


 * chẁn i kâi kok;
 * seized his kingdom.


 * i sĭ khṳt i chẁn khṳ̀;
 * it was seized and taken away by him.


 * A mess of food; to mess separately.
 * íⁿ-keng kak kak hun chẁn lío;
 * each of them has his own separate table.
 * each of them has his own separate table.


 * lêng kṳ, lêng chẁn;
 * they are separately domiciled.


 * Convalescent.
 * chŵn-jú;
 * recovered from illness.
 * recovered from illness.


 * ui kàu chŵn-jú;
 * entirely cured.


 * i pēⁿ chŵn-jú a būe?
 * Has he recovered yet?


 * íⁿ-keng chŵn-jú lío;
 * he is already convalescent.


 * būe chŵn-jú;
 * not yet well.