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 * To select according to merit and capacity; to value aright.
 * chŵn-sẁn;
 * to estimate the quality, and select accordingly; to choose properly.


 * kui pŏ chŵn-sẁn;
 * returned to the Board for re-appointment, as certain officers are at the close of a term of office.


 * Completely; altogether; entire.
 * ŵn-chŵn;
 * complete.
 * complete.


 * chŵn tì, chŵn lêng;
 * almighty and omnipotent.


 * chŵn ke hok lôk;
 * the whole family prospered.


 * pù kùi sang chŵn;
 * both rich and noble.


 * chŵn hù cèng sîn;
 * undivided energies.


 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî chŵn-chŵn m̄ thiaⁿ úa?
 * Why do you wholly disregard my wishes?


 * úa lâi ku-ā hûe chŵn m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́;
 * I came many times and never saw you at all.


 * cía sî chŵn bŏi cîah;
 * I cannot eat at all at this time.


 * i chŵn àiⁿ;
 * he altogether desires it.


 * ŵn-chŵn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * finish up this business.


 * chŵn khîeh khṳ̀;
 * take it away altogether.


 * hok bô̤ sang chwn;
 * bliss is never twice complete.


 * bûn bú chŵn cai;
 * he understands both military and civil affairs.


 * cīeⁿ-sî chŵn bô̤ hŏ, jûah căi;
 * there has been no rain lately and it is very hot.


 * cí pńg cṳ úa thóiⁿ m̄ chŵn;
 * I have not yet read this book through.


 * chŵn hù hok-sek;
 * a complete suit of clothes.


 * chŵn sin phi kùa;
 * completely accoutered.


 * chŵn thàu;
 * a complete equipment.


 * chŵn tṳ chŵn îeⁿ;
 * whole hogs and sheep.


 * i chŵn m̄ hío sṳ̄;
 * he does not understand the matter at all.


 * chŵn cĭang lṳ́ lău nâng ke;
 * it depends wholly upon your venerable self.


 * khà chŵn théng;
 * rouse the whole school of fish by striking the water.


 * cí cuang kuaⁿ-si phah chŵn théng;
 * this lawsuit has beaten the whole posse of them.


 * lṳ́ chŵn m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;
 * you are wholly ignorant of what is best or what is worst.


 * lṳ́ kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi chŵn bŏi chò̤;
 * what you said was faultless.


 * pái chŵn cip-sṳ̄;
 * bring out all the emblems off office.


 * bw̄n chŵn;
 * not the least.


 * lṳ́ chŵn bô̤ sim khṳ̀ lí;
 * you have no mind to do it.


 * To order; to transmit orders.
 * chŵn i lâi kìⁿ;
 * order him to appear.
 * order him to appear.


 * chŵn hō̤ láu-cìang kio bûn pôiⁿ kâi hō̤-pâng cêk īeⁿ;
 * ushers are the same, whether in military or in civil service.

é [sic]
 * Dumb.
 * é nâng hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;
 * the dumb are loquacious.
 * the dumb are loquacious.


 * ui lâng, ui é, ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * to so cure the patient that he is deaf, dumb, and blind.


 * ău sì tîeh é;
 * you will be dumb in the next world, (said in scolding a great talker).


 * i é sîn é kúi;
 * he is a dumb fellow.


 * To wade.
 * ĕ kùe khoi;
 * wade across a stream.
 * wade across a stream.


 * tìn-tang kò̤ chim, khíong-ùi ĕ m̄ kùe;
 * it is deep in the middle, and I fear we cannot wade across.


 * ĕ pīn sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;
 * wade in up to the chest.


 * kha màiⁿ ĕ cúi;
 * do not step in that puddle.


 * put-phû khò-kha cìaⁿ hó̤ ĕ;
 * lift the bottoms of your trowsers, then you can wade.


 * The next; below; under.
 * ĕ chṳ̀;
 * the next time.
 * the next time.


 * ĕ nî;
 * the coming year.


 * ĕ jît;
 * some other day soon.


 * táng kàu ĕ kâi gûeh;
 * wait until next month.


 * ĕ cūa cìaⁿ khîeh lâi;
 * he will bring it the next time.


 * ĕ hăng tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * next time you must do thus.


 * ĕ chut cò̤-nî cò̤?
 * What is to be done next?


 * ĕ pái i m̄ káⁿ;
 * another time he will not do so.


 * ĕ hûe, m̄ hó̤;
 * do not do so again.


 * ĕ sî;
 * another time, hereafter.


 * cīeⁿ ĕ sî cū m̄ sie tâng;
 * they were not the same the last time as they were the first time.


 * ĕ sî tîeh cai thóiⁿ;
 * another time you must look out.


 * chíu ĕ kâi nâng;
 * subordinates.


 * tì ĕ nâng;
 * those under your control.


 * kha chíu chek ĕ kâi nâng;
 * dependents.


 * mâk ĕ kâi kéng-khùang hó̤ mē?
 * Is the immediate prospect good?


 * thong thiⁿ ĕ kâi nâng;
 * all people under heaven.


 * lô̤h lâu ĕ;
 * gone down stairs.


 * pàng tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;
 * put it under the table.


 * teh tŏ̤ cí cṳ-cheh ĕ;
 * put it under this book.


 * khǹg tŏ̤ tû ĕ;
 * hidden under the cupboard.


 * ĕ chíu kang;
 * the work of an apprentice.


 * cīeⁿ chíu ciap ĕ chíu;
 * there is no interim between the predecessor and successor.


 * cīeⁿ chíu sĭ i tó̤ tīu, ĕ chíu sĭ úa tó̤ tīu;
 * first he lived there, and then I did.


 * ĕ pŏ;
 * the lower or latter portion.


 * ĕ-hâi;
 * the chin.


 * ăm ĕ;
 * the neck, below the chin.


 * kha ĕ;
 * under foot.


 * kha-mâk ĕ;
 * the side of the foot below the ankle bone.


 * ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;
 * the armpit.


 * kha-thâu-u ĕ;
 * the kneepan.


 * tó-câi ĕ;
 * the abdomen.


 * hîap ĕ;
 * the side, below the armpit.


 * cīeⁿ pńg thâk ŵn cìaⁿ thâk ĕ pńg;
 * read the preceding volumes, then the succeeding.


 * cīeⁿ-kùa cò̤ kàu ĕ-kùa;
 * worked from forenoon till afternoon.


 * cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tng;
 * save the preceding meal for the succeeding one.


 * cīe ūi, ĕ ūi;
 * higher and lower positions.


 * ko̤h ĕ;
 * Your Excellency.


 * cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;
 * up and down in a landscape.


 * tŏ̤ hṳ́ ĕ sì;
 * down there on the lower level.


 * huang ĕ pôiⁿ, huang ĕ pôiⁿ;
 * to windward and to leeward.


 * cīeⁿ lâu pôiⁿ, ĕ lâu