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Rh the two ingredients fully.
 * chap khṳ̀ m̄ câu;
 * they do not mingle thoroughly.


 * câu-câu sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is the same all the way through.


 * hún lâi m̄ câu;
 * the whitewash is not laid on evenly.


 * kô m̄ câu, ŭ kâi ŭ, ŭ kâïkâi [sic] bô̤;
 * the paste is not put on smoothly, in some places there is paste and in some there is none.


 * To form; to create; a party in a cause; to put on record.
 * chông bô̤ seⁿ-chut ŭ, kìe-cò̤ cău : chông ŭ pìⁿ-cò̤ bô̤ kìe-cò̤ hùe;
 * to form something out of nothing is called creating: to resolve something into nothing is called dissolution.
 * to form something out of nothing is called creating: to resolve something into nothing is called dissolution.


 * cău hùe;
 * the changes of nature, production and dissolution.


 * cău-hùe, cău-hùe!
 * How lucky!


 * hó̤ cău-hùe;
 * good luck.


 * thèng-cău-hùe;
 * as it chance.


 * úa thèng-cău-hùe lâi;
 * I chanced to come.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe cò;
 * do not do this hap-hazard.


 * cía sĭ bô̤ cău-hùe kâi, m̄ sĭ i cwn kâi;
 * this is an unlucky accident, it is not what he designed.


 * ūe màiⁿ thèng-cău-hùe tàⁿ;
 * do not talk at random.


 * cău-hùe bŏi pûah tîeh;
 * happily you did not fall.


 * cău-hùe căi;
 * very fortunate.


 * sĭm sĭ cău-hùe;
 * exceedingly lucky.


 * bô̤ cău-hùe cĭu bô̤;
 * if there is no favorable chance it will not be done.


 * m̄ cai cò̤ hìeⁿ bô̤ cău-hùe, tùi-tùi i m̄ tŏ̤;
 * do not know why I should have been so luckless as to be there just when he was absent.


 * m̄ caícai [sic] cò̤-nî hìeⁿ cău-hùe chūa lâi kàu hó̤;
 * do not know how it was that the fates were so propitious in the bringing home of the wife.


 * keh nî īu cău-hùe seⁿ kâi tau-kíaⁿ;
 * the next year she had, moreover, the good luck to bear a son.


 * cía sĭ thèng-cău-hùe;
 * this is fortuitous.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ thèng lṳ́ kâi cău-hùe;
 * let this matter be attended to whenever you have a favorable chance.


 * i thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ lâi;
 * he will come when chance favors.


 * i thèng-cău-hùe cò̤;
 * he makes some now and then whenever he happens to have the opportunity.


 * líang cău kâi kuaⁿ-si tī-tîang ŭ chêng-lí?
 * Of the two parties in the lawsuit, which is in the right?


 * cău cheh;
 * put on the records.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cău chṳ̀;
 * in transacting business do not be flurried.


 * cău ngân, cău gṳ́;
 * an entire fabrication.


 * khá cău hue-cam síu-sek;
 * skillfully made head ornaments.


 * sĭ i cău khí-thâu;
 * he was the inventor.


 * cí ciah thīⁿ-saⁿ-chia sĭ tī-tîang cău-khí kâi?
 * Who invented this sewing machine?


 * i chàng-cău thiⁿ-tī bw̄n mûeh;
 * he created all things.


 * tăi cău kâi sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * What is the gist of the matter?


 * khun caŭ;
 * a girl's horoscope.


 * khîen cău;
 * a boy's horoscope.


 * cău cǹg;
 * make arrangements for a funeral.


 * kùi cău;
 * your birth.


 * lṳ́ kâi kùi cău sĭ sĭm-mih sî jît, sĭm-mih nî gûeh?
 * When were you born?


 * cía sĭ phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe;
 * this is a run of luck.


 * phòng tîeh ŭ cău-hùe úa cĭu lâi;
 * when circumstances are propitious I will come.


 * pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău kâi;
 * made in our own shop; home manufactures.


 * lṳ́ kâi ūe sĭ pńg tìam cṳ̆ cău;
 * this is story which you yourself make up.


 * thèng-cău-hùe ēng;
 * to use as we may happen to want it.


 * thèng-cău-hùe bōi;
 * sells it whenever he happens to have a chance.


 * thèng-cău-hùe khṳ̀;
 * goes now and then according to circumstances.


 * thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ;
 * whenever it happens that it is wanted.


 * A protecting cover; to cover.
 * cău mīn kâi pò;
 * a vail for the face.
 * a vail for the face.


 * kīe cău;
 * a cover to keep the dust from a sedan.


 * teng cău;
 * a lamp shade.


 * ēng mûeh cău miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi chue tîeh huang, īa bŏi nah-sap;
 * take something and cover it up, then the wind will not blow upon it, and it will not become soiled.


 * A black, or very dark gray color; lictors.
 * cău-hŵn;
 * copperas.
 * copperas.


 * ní cău-hŵn;
 * color with copperas.


 * cău-kak;
 * legumes of the Gleditsia sinensis [sic], used in making coarse soap.


 * cău-pâng; cău tĭ;
 * lictors; criers in a cortege.


 * cău-cóng;
 * the chief lictor.


 * cău-thâu;
 * head lictors.


 * put hun cău pêh;
 * does not discriminate between black and white; unreasonable.

ce


 * To abstain; a fast; lenten fare; a study or closet.
 * cṳ-ce;
 * a student's room.
 * a student's room.


 * cŏ̤ cṳ-ce, ha sie tê;
 * sit in the study and blow hot tea; elegant leisure.


 * tiang-sî khui cṳ-ce?
 * When will the school begin?


 * cîah ce;
 * to live solely on vegetables, as do many devout Buddhists.


 * ce-kài;
 * to live as a vegetarian.


 * tiang-sî pîet ce?
 * When does the fast end?


 * cîah tn̂g ce;
 * fast perpetually.


 * cîah hue ce;
 * fast at certain fixed periods.


 * kíaⁿ-jît tùi ce-khî;
 * to-day is a fast-day.


 * cîah ce pó cêk ak;
 * fast as an offset to wickedness.


 * cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a sĭ cho̤ kâi?
 * Is this sort of cake lenten fare or not?


 * cí īeⁿ chài ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ ce kâi, ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ cho̤ kâi;
 * some say this vegetable is lenten fare, and some say it is not.


 * ce tn̂g;
 * a temple whose inmates fast.


 * ce má;
 * women who abstain from animal food.


 * cò̤ māng-ce, a sī cò̤ kong-tek?
 * Is it to be a private or a public funeral?