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 * a thermometer.


 * huang-hŏ-cam;
 * a barometer.


 * sî-ceng cam;
 * the hands of a clock.


 * pang-cam; thng-sî cam;
 * the pin used to fasten the coiffure.


 * jû cŏ̤ cam-ciⁿ;
 * as if sitting on needles.


 * ēng cam lâi thie tīo i kâi hueh;
 * get a lancet and bleed him.


 * cam huap;
 * the rules for acupuncture.


 * cêk cam kìⁿ hueh;
 * one puncture brought the blood.


 * cam kù;
 * to probe.


 * cam-tùi;
 * point to point.


 * cam-tùi móng nâng tàⁿ;
 * it refers to what a certain person said.


 * thih póiⁿ bûa cîaⁿ sìu-hue cam;
 * an iron ferule may be ground down into an embroidery needle.


 * To stick in the hair, or hat.
 * cam hue;
 * to put flowers in the hair.
 * to put flowers in the hair.


 * cam ēng;
 * to put a tassel into a cap.


 * hue cam, hue lúi;
 * sprays and flowers, used as head ornaments.


 * To sever; to sunder; to chop off; to cut.
 * cám châ;
 * to cut wood.
 * to cut wood.


 * cám khui;
 * to sunder.


 * cám tīo;
 * chop it off.


 * cám thâu;
 * to behead.


 * cám chīu lîah cío;
 * to cut down the tree in order to catch the bird.


 * cám cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
 * cut it in two.


 * ēng pó-thâu cìaⁿ hó̤ cám;
 * take an axe and then you can chop it off.


 * cám cháu tṳ̂ kṳn;
 * to cut down the weeds and extirpate their roots; to wholly exterminate; to cut off all one's posterity.


 * cám teng côih thih;
 * to cut off a nail.


 * cám síu sī cèng;
 * to decapitate as a warning to others; to make an oxampleexample [sic] of.


 * kìe cám cŭe;
 * a capital crime.


 * kam cám kuaⁿ;
 * a sheriff.


 * cám, ká, kun, lîu, thû, sĭ ngŏ īeⁿ hêng huap;
 * beheading, hanging, sending into the army, temporary banishment, and perpetual banishment, are the five methods of punishment.


 * To slander or vilify.
 * càm-cǹg;
 * to defame.
 * to defame.


 * i hàuⁿ càm-cǹg nâng;
 * he is addicted to slandering people.


 * càm-cǹg kùe lâi, càm-cǹg kùe khṳ̀;
 * backbiting each the other.


 * A fine chisel; a graving tool; to chisel out; to engrave.
 * căm kíaⁿ;
 * a graving tool.
 * a graving tool.


 * căm hue;
 * to grave flowers.


 * căm khṳ̀ hue-cháu ngía căi;
 * the carving was beautifully done.


 * căm lâi hue-jī m̄ hīn;
 * the letters are areare [sic] not plainly cut.


 * tîeh căm chim cē;
 * they must be cut deeper.


 * khah tōiⁿ, căm m̄ lô̤h;
 * the stuff is too hard, it cannot be chiseled out.


 * ngṳ̂n căm;
 * chasing on silver.


 * căm hue kâi nâng;
 * the graver.


 * màiⁿ căm khih khṳ̀;
 * do not break it in chiseling it.


 * cîeh căm;
 * a stone-cutter's chisel.


 * cía khang tîeh căm khuah cē, cìaⁿ tàu tit lô̤h;
 * this hole must be cut larger, so the plug will go in.


 * căm chùi cē;
 * cut it more delicately.


 * A stage of a journey.
 * îah căm;
 * the distance between post houses.
 * the distance between post houses.


 * cêk căm lō;
 * one stage of a journey.


 * tŏ̤ cí-kò̤ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ kúi căm lō̤?
 * How many stages from here there?


 * lō-căm àiⁿ cò̤-nî pheⁿ-phah?
 * What route have you decided upon?


 * thâu căm kàu tī-kò̤?
 * What is the first stopping place?


 * jī căm kàu hṳ́-kò̤;
 * that will be the second stopping place on the route.

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 * To take; to make use of; a sign of the accusative.
 * cang cía a cang hía;
 * make use of this or that.
 * make use of this or that.


 * cang sĭm-mûeh khṳt i cîah?
 * What will you give him to eat?


 * cang hó̤ ūe kio i tàⁿ;
 * speak comfortably to him.


 * cang bô̤ cò̤ ŭ;
 * made out of nothing; unfounded.


 * tîeh cang sêng-sim, m̄ thû-thû cang ūe tàⁿ;
 * there must be sincerity as well as professions.


 * cang ta-po ké cò̤ cṳ-nîe;
 * had a man disguised as a woman.


 * àiⁿ cang tī-tîang khṳ̀?
 * Whom will you send?


 * The coir palm.
 * cang-sui;
 * a coir cloak.
 * a coir cloak.


 * cang so̤h;
 * coir rope.


 * cang chîeh;
 * a coir mat.


 * cang sàu;
 * a coir broom.


 * cang sieⁿ;
 * a coir trunk.


 * A lady's coiffure.
 * tá cang;
 * do up the hair.
 * do up the hair.


 * lâu mô̤ⁿ, phah cang;
 * let the hair grow, in order to arrange it in the style of a married woman.


 * jû-ì cah tŏ̤ cang sim;
 * an ornament was inserted in the centre of the coiffure.


 * kíaⁿ-jît kâi cang siu khṳ̀ ngía căi;
 * your hair is very prettily arranged to-day.


 * cang-kíaⁿ lô̤;
 * the hair arranged in a coil.


 * A square lifting net, suspended on a frame, and let down by a long rope.
 * áu cang; khang cang;
 * to fish with lifting nets.
 * to fish with lifting nets.


 * khîa ki cang lâi áu hṳ̂;
 * set a lifting net to catch fish.


 * áu-cang máng-tìeⁿ;
 * a mosquito bar having a folding frame inside.


 * Sedate; serious; a high road.
 * cang kèng;
 * serious and respectful.
 * serious and respectful.


 * twn cang;
 * strictly correct in conduct.


 * cang ngîam;
 * strictly proper.


 * cang tŏng;
 * respectful.


 * khang cang tōa lō;
 * a level highway.