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Rh across a bridge.
 * kàu chùi-kháu cò̤ kâi câh lâi câh;
 * made a palisade at the entrance, as a division or a defence.


 * To shut off the view; to intercept the rays of light.
 * gûeh pun hûn câh khṳ̀;
 * the view of the moon is cut off by the clouds.
 * the view of the moon is cut off by the clouds.


 * bô̤ mûeh hó̤ câh jît, jûah căi;
 * there is nothing to keep off the sun, and it is very hot.


 * i kâi hieⁿ-lí puupun [sic] tek câh miⁿ-miⁿ;
 * the bamboos hide the village from view.


 * cí kâi mâk-kìaⁿ kùa lô̤h khṳ̀ tò̤-câk mâk;
 * after putting on these spectacles, I see less plainly than before.


 * hṳ́ lăi thóng-thóng, bô̤ cia bô̤ câh;
 * there is an unbroken view of the interior, with nothing to screen the objects nor to intercept the view.


 * To cook in grease.
 * câh lâ;
 * to boil in fat.
 * to boil in fat.


 * câh îu;
 * fry in oil.


 * câh kàu i chiah;
 * fry brown.


 * câkcâh [sic] kàu i so-so;
 * fry it crisp.


 * câh sêk;
 * fry it till it is well done.


 * câh hó̤ lío, lêng-ūaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi chá;
 * after it is cooked in grease, fry it again on a dry pan.


 * kàu kò̤ khṳ̀ câh;
 * fry it whole.


 * cn̂g kâi cang lâ khṳ̀ câh;
 * cook the whole of it in lard.


 * m̄ hó̤ câh khah thíam;
 * do not fry it too much.


 * tok chùi lâi câh;
 * cut it up fine and fry it.


 * Gyves for the feet.
 * cí kâi sĭ ìo hŭam, tîeh lô̤h kha-câh;
 * this is a great offender and he must be put in fetters.
 * this is a great offender and he must be put in fetters.


 * hṳ́ kâi sĭ mîaⁿ châk, tîeh lô̤h kha-câk;
 * that is a famous robber, and he must be fettered.


 * hṳ́ kâi ŭ pûah nâng lâi tàⁿ màiⁿ lô̤h câk;
 * that one sent some one to intercede for him asking that he need not be put in fetters.

cai


 * To know; to be aware; conscious.
 * úa cai;
 * I know it.
 * I know it.


 * úa m̄ cai;
 * I was not aware of it.


 * lṳ́ cai a m̄ cai?
 * Do you know or not?


 * m̄ cai i kâi ì;
 * do not know what are his ideas about it.


 * m̄ cai i kâi sṳ̄;
 * know nothing about his affairs.


 * m̄ cai ì-sṳ̀; m̄ cai sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀;
 * do not know what it means.


 * kāng i tàⁿ cai;
 * tell him about it.


 * put-kùe cai kâi tăi-khài;
 * know only aproximately [sic].


 * cai m̄ câu;
 * do not know very definitely.


 * tàⁿ sí, i to m̄ cai;
 * though you tell him ten thousand times, he never knows.


 * chuah nâng m̄ cai;
 * take people unawares.


 * cai kí kâi phêng-íu;
 * a bosom friend.


 * cṳ̆-cai;
 * self-conscious.


 * i ka-kī cṳ̆ cai;
 * he is himself aware of it.


 * úa cai cai;
 * I am well aware of it.


 * cai cîah tīaⁿ;
 * knows nothing but how to eat.


 * cai cîah, m̄ cai thàng;
 * does not know enough to earn his living.


 * m̄ cai thóiⁿ;
 * did not notice it.


 * lṳ́ cai khṳ̀ ak cúi;
 * you must think to water them.


 * sûi cai ío sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * unexpectedly found it so.


 * lṳ́ cai nâng kâi sĭm-mûeh!
 * What do you know about it!


 * chó̤-lîak cai;
 * know a little about it.


 * lṳ́ cò̤ cai?
 * How do you know?


 * cai mêng-pêh;
 * perceive clearly.


 * m̄ cai sĭeⁿ;
 * did not think about it.


 * put cai put kak;
 * unexpectedly.


 * sù-cē, m̄ cai thâu;
 * excuse me, I did not see you.


 * sù cŭe, sù cŭe, úa sĭ m̄ cai thâu;
 * I beg your pardon, I did it inadvertently.


 * cai kàu thàng tói;
 * knows the bottom facts.


 * būe phok soiⁿ cai;
 * knew before divination.


 * m̄ cai i ŭ a bô̤;
 * do not know whether he has any or not.


 * m̄ cai nâng;
 * to become unconscious.


 * thiaⁿ cai; bŭn cai;
 * know by hearing.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ tàⁿ i cai;
 * you go and let him know.


 * cai kùe pit kói;
 * you must reform when you know your faults.


 * úa soiⁿ cai;
 * I knew it beforehand.


 * căi tit soiⁿ cai?
 * How can one know it beforehand?


 * nâng tîeh cai cok;
 * one must be content.


 * cai mīn, m̄ cai sim;
 * we know people's faces, not their hearts.


 * màiⁿ khṳt nâng cai;
 * do not let anyone know.


 * lṳ́ úa cai tīaⁿ;
 * only you and I know.


 * cn̂g kâi bô̤ nâng cai;
 * no one knows anything about it.


 * ŭ nâng cai;
 * some people know.


 * put cai put kak cū cêk nî;
 * a year passes before we are scarcely aware of it.


 * Calamity that comes from above.
 * cai-hāi;
 * afflictive.
 * afflictive.


 * cai-hŭa;
 * misery.


 * cúi cai, húe cai;
 * flood and fire.


 * cai-lāng;
 * adversity.


 * thiⁿ cai;
 * a visitation, such as a pestilence.


 * cai-eh;
 * difficulties.


 * cai-iang;
 * tribulation.


 * To set out young plants; to plant; slips or cuttings.
 * cai-cèng;
 * to plant out.
 * to plant out.


 * cai hue;
 * to plant flowers.


 * cai lô̤h khṳ̀ cĭu ûah;
 * if you plant it will live.


 * cai gûeh-khì;
 * to set out rose slips.


 * gûeh-khì cai;
 * rose slips.


 * hue cai;
 * flower cuttings.


 * cai chīu;
 * to plant trees.


 * sêng-cai;
 * banyan saplings, prepared for planting.


 * cai-phûe;
 * patronage.


 * mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kâi i cai-phûe;
 * hope you will patronize him.


 * Sediment; settlings.
 * ca-cái;
 * a coating of sediment on the inside of a vessel.
 * a coating of sediment on the inside of a vessel.


 * puah bô̤ sói, cĕng-cĕng ca-cái;
 * the earthen pot, not having been washed at all, is coated with sediment on its inner surface.


 * tê-kẁn ēng kú cū cĭeⁿ ca-cái;
 * a long-used tea-pot becomes coated on the inside with the lees of the tea.