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Rh ; câp cok;
 * full; complete.


 * câp hun hó̤;
 * perfectly good.


 * câp sîaⁿ sieh;
 * as kind as possible.


 * câp chŵn;
 * entire.


 * câp hun tit cêk;
 * got one tenth of it.


 * câp kúi kâi?
 * How many over-ten are there?


 * kúi câp kâi;
 * several tens of them.


 * kúi câp nî;
 * several decades.


 * câp gūa nâng;
 * more than ten persons.


 * put kùe sù câp hàng sú;
 * only a few short seasons.


 * câp jī kè;
 * an upright cross.


 * câp jī lō-thâu;
 * two roads, crossing at right angles.


 * câp, pat bô̤ cêk;
 * does not know a tithe of it.


 * câp ŭ káu ngía;
 * nine out of ten of them are pretty.


 * peh chia m̄ jû ngŏ-câp hīn;
 * fifty per cent paid down is better than a hundred per cent on credit.


 * câp-poih séⁿ;
 * the eighteen provinces.


 * chûn kàu câp pé ki;
 * have ten bunches of them remaining.


 * câp ŭ káu khṳ̀;
 * have disposed of nine tenths of them.


 * it câp kâi;
 * a single ten.


 * it jī câp;
 * one or two tens.


 * it ngŏ, it câp;
 * five or ten at a time.


 * câp-hun huaⁿ-hí;
 * wholly pleased.


 * A guard house at a pass.
 * câp pâng;
 * the quarters for the guards.
 * the quarters for the guards.


 * cíeⁿ câp-pâng;
 * stand on guard at the guard house.


 * câp tun;
 * a guard station.

cau


 * To encounter; to meet; to undergo; recurring; an occasion; a time.
 * cau eh;
 * to meet with obstacles.
 * to meet with obstacles.


 * cau lāng;
 * to encounter difficulties.


 * cau huang;
 * met with bad weather.


 * cau hŏ;
 * met with rain.


 * cau châk-kiap;
 * encountered robbers.


 * úa khṳ̀ cêk cau, khṳ̀ nŏ̤ cau;
 * I have been once and again.


 * úa tàⁿ cêk cau, tàⁿ nŏ̤ cau, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ khṳ̀ cò̤?
 * I have told you once and again, why do you not go and do it?


 * úa tàⁿ kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ cau lío, lṳ́ hŵn m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * I have told you repeatedly, but yet you do not heed it.


 * cau cau ngŏ̤ lṳ́ m̄ tîeh;
 * it repeatedly happened that I did not find you in.


 * ke cêk cau;
 * once more.


 * cau-thak;
 * to knock about and wear out uselessly.


 * The grains left after distilling spirits; to corn, or pickle.
 * cíu cau;
 * sâh cíu kâi cau; distiller’s grains.
 * sâh cíu kâi cau; distiller’s grains.


 * cwn cò̤ lâi cîah kâi cau;
 * malt made especially for food.


 * cau tṳ-nêk;
 * corned pork.


 * cau hṳ̂;
 * cured fish.


 * cau sie cíu;
 * a clear mild spirit made from rice.


 * úa khǹg ŭ cêk pău hó̤-hó̤ kâi cau;
 * I have a pot of the best malt put away.


 * cau kàu lok-lok;
 * left in the sediment of liquor till thoroughly corned.


 * tûi cíu-thâu-cau lâi tah;
 * put on a malt poultice.


 * To pay a balance; to make up the full sum; to supply what is deficient.
 * chûn jîeh cōi cîⁿ kâi i cau tît?
 * How much cash remains for the making up of the full sum?
 * How much cash remains for the making up of the full sum?


 * sīn kâi, cau cò̤ cîⁿ;
 * pay the remainder in cash.


 * sǹg lío, cau cheng-chó̤ hâiⁿ i;
 * reckon it up, and then pay him the balance in full.


 * To run; to travel; to get away.
 * cáu méⁿ-méⁿ;
 * run quickly.
 * run quickly.


 * cáu khṳ̀;
 * run away.


 * cáu lâi cáu khṳ̀;
 * run to and fro.


 * cáu chut, cáu jîp;
 * run out and run in.


 * cáu îaⁿ i;
 * outrun him.


 * cáu su i;
 * was outrun by him.


 * cáu m̄ khṳ̀;
 * cannot run.


 * cáu kàu khang-khang; cáu lío-lío khṳ̀; khṳt i cáu pêh-pêh khṳ̀;
 * it has all run out.


 * cúi cŭ tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi cáu;
 * the water collects there, and cannot run off.


 * cáu cúi, tîeh cáu tit cheng;
 * the watershed must be such that the water will all be carried off.


 * cí ciah cáu khṳ̀ khùe, hṳ́ ciah cáu lâi méⁿ;
 * that one went quickest, and this one came soonest.


 * kîaⁿ hó̤, m̄ hó̤ cáu;
 * walk decorously along and do not run.


 * cáu khṳ̀ hêk;
 * tired from running.


 * cáu kàu pûah tîeh;
 * ran till he fell down.


 * cáu bī;
 * lose flavor.


 * cáu khì;
 * lost its strength.


 * khṳt i cáu thut khṳ̀;
 * allowed him to slip off.


 * pāi cáu;
 * beat a retreat.


 * phun-cáu;
 * a fugitive.


 * cáu kùe séⁿ;
 * went off to another province.


 * cáu kùe hwn;
 * went away to foreign parts.


 * lṳ́ cáu cĭeⁿ tŏa khṳ̀!
 * Where will you run to!


 * úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ cáu tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀!
 * I think I see you running away somewhere!


 * àiⁿ cáu, cáu m̄ lī;
 * wanted to escape but could not.


 * cáu choiⁿ lí bé;
 * send a swift courier.


 * cáu bûn-cṳ;
 * send a dispatch in haste.


 * cáu chiⁿ koi măng;
 * hasten to dispose of what will not keep.


 * cáu khṳ̀ jīo i;
 * run and overtake him.


 * chŵn bŏi cáu lāu;
 * it does not leak any.


 * cáu-lāu sie-sit;
 * the news leaked out.


 * cáu-sai;
 * a smuggler.


 * cáu hìang;
 * to smuggle.


 * cáu bŏi tit khí;
 * cannot run by.


 * síe cáu;
 * ran with short steps.


 * lāu-cáu ŵn khṳ̀;
 * all leaked out.


 * tàu cáu lîah;
 * to play tag.


 * pûi kâi nâng bô̤ mih ŏi cáu;
 * stout people cannot run well.


 * thìo cáu khṳ̀;
 * jumped away.


 * tùn cáu khṳ̀;
 * jerked and broke away.


 * cío pue cáu khṳ̀;
 * the bird flew off.


 * sîu cáu;
 * swam off.


 * cûa so̤ cáu;
 * the snake wriggled off.


 * pêⁿ cáu;
 * crept off.


 * peh khí cĭu cáu;
 * got up and ran off.


 * cáu tńg lâi;
 * ran back.


 * thò̤ cáu;
 * ran backwards.


 * cáu khui, pī i;
 * dodge aside and avoid it.


 * tô̤ cáu;
 * flee away.


 * thau cáu;
 * ran slyly away.


 * cáu khṳ̀ tìam;
 * ran and hid.


 * cáu kàu bô̤ hûn bô̤ ía;
 * gone and left no trace behind.


 * méⁿ-méⁿ