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 * A mane.
 * bé cang mô̤ⁿ;
 * a horse's mane.


 * tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;
 * hog's bristles.


 * A peruke; a wig; false hair.
 * ké cáng;
 * a false peruke.
 * a false peruke.


 * lṳ́ kâi cang ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?
 * Do you wear false hair?


 * To hold on tightly with the hands.
 * nŏ̤ ciah chíu cáng i kâi piⁿ;
 * held on to his queue with both hands.
 * held on to his queue with both hands.


 * cáng kín-kín m̄ khéng pàng;
 * he held on tightly, and would not let go.


 * cáng i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not hold on to it.


 * To collect and tie up, as in a sheaf; to unite under one rule or in a whole.
 * cáng cò̤ cêk ē;
 * bind them in one bundle.
 * bind them in one bundle.


 * pá-cáng;
 * an ensign, the second grade below a captain, and the lowest of army officers.


 * thih pá-cáng;
 * a low but permanent office, in which there is neither hope of promotion nor fear of degradation.


 * Robust; hardy; lusty; to inspirit; to incite.
 * càng teng;
 * able-bodied men.
 * able-bodied men.


 * càng nî;
 * in strong health.


 * càng-kĭen;
 * strong and hardy.


 * càng sṳ̆;
 * one accomplished in manly sports.


 * càng-sĕng;
 * lusty.


 * sìo-càng;
 * young and hearty.


 * mîn càng;
 * the militia.


 * eng-hîong chut sìo-càng;
 * violence comes of youthful vigor.


 * íong càng;
 * volunteer troops.


 * pûi-càng;
 * stout.


 * càng i kâi táⁿ;
 * incite his courage.


 * cîah kàu pûi-càng tōa-kīaⁿ;
 * become very stout and hardy.


 * Dumplings, boiled in a wrapping of leaves.
 * càng kîu;
 * three cornered dumplings.
 * three cornered dumplings.


 * càng kâi;
 * many cornered dumplings.


 * càng pau sĭm-mih kâi?
 * What is in the dumplings?


 * càng pâk khah phàⁿ;
 * these dumplings are not well filled.


 * cí kâi càng sĭ kîam kâi a sĭ tîam kâi?
 * Have these dumplings a sweet or a salt filling?


 * càng sĭ ēng tek-hîeh kah kîam-cháu khṳ̀ pâk;
 * dumplings are tied up in bamboo leaves, with a bulrush.


 * pâk càng kâi tek-hîeh ēng ke kùe jú hó̤, bŏ̤i chàu tek-hîeh bī;
 * the bamboo leaves used in wrapping dumplings are better after having been used several times, for then they will not impart a taste to the dumpling.


 * A warehouse; godowns.
 * càng-pâng;
 * a store-room.
 * a store-room.


 * càng co;
 * storage.


 * tun-pàng càng tèng;
 * stored in the godown.


 * kẃn-càng;
 * warehouses.


 * kāng i khṳ̀ càng kò̤ khí;
 * go and take it out of the godown for him.


 * To stand up; to stand still.
 * càng kha m̄ cŭ;
 * cannot stand it.
 * cannot stand it.


 * ceng kàu i càng kha m̄ cŭ;
 * punished them till they gave way altogether.


 * i cí-hûe cn̂g kâi càng kha m̄ cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * he is now wholly unable to maintain his position.


 * líang pôiⁿ kâi bûn bú kuaⁿ tŏ̤ càng-pang, ŭ cìaⁿ peh nâng tŏ̤ táng khim-che lâi;
 * the civil and military officers stood on either side in the order of their rank, about a hundred in all, awaiting the arrival of the ambassador.


 * tău-thâi cŏ̤ jīm, i ēng khṳ̀ càng-pang a mín?
 * On the Intendant of Circuit's coming to enter upon his office, does he go to attend upon him, standing where his rank prescribes?


 * cí-kò̤ cn̂g kâi càng m̄ cŭ kha;
 * there is no foothold at all here; this position cannot be maintained.


 * To praise, as in worship.
 * càng-múi;
 * extol.
 * extol.


 * cheng-càng;
 * to laud.


 * To assist.
 * càng-cŏ̤;
 * to aid.
 * to aid.


 * càng sêng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * help to bring this about.


 * A classifier of trees and plants.
 * cêk câng hue, cêk câng chài, cêk câng chīu;
 * a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.
 * a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.


 * cêk câng kúe-cí;
 * a fruit tree.


 * peh cĭeⁿ chīu-câng téng;
 * climbed a tree.


 * cí câng hue ngía căi, īu phang;
 * this shrub is beautiful and it is fragrant too.


 * úa thóiⁿ cí kâi câng-sin khùn : tîeh èng pûi;
 * I see that this plant is weak: fertilizing matter must be put around it.


 * cí câng chīu sin ío tōa, hṳ́ câng li chīu ki ío cōi;
 * this tree has the larger trunk, and that one the greater number of branches.


 * kìaⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ tŏ̤ chīu câng tèng;
 * parasites grow upon trees.


 * Steps; shelves; gradations.
 * cêk câng, nŏ̤ câng;
 * one or two gradations.
 * one or two gradations.


 * cĭeⁿ kàu tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;
 * went up to the third landing.


 * thâu cêk câng;
 * the first in an ascending series.


 * hṳ́ búe câng;
 * the farthest off in the series.


 * tîeh ŭ câng chṳ̀;
 * there must be gradations.


 * tâh-pō-câng;
 * a stairway.


 * saⁿ câng lâu;
 * a building of three diminishing storeys.


 * peh kàu tŏiⁿ ngŏ câng;