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 * An elder sister.
 * cé-mūe;
 * sisters.


 * ke cé;
 * my sister.


 * lĕng cé;
 * your sister.


 * tōa cé, jī cé;
 * the eldest and the next to the eldest sister.


 * cé hu;
 * an elder sister's husband.


 * sin bói kâi a-cé kíaⁿ;
 * a newly bought concubine.


 * sôk sin kâi a-cé;
 * a concubine taken out of a brothel.


 * chiah-kha cé;
 * a natural footed concubine or slave.


 * A debt.
 * khìam cè;
 * owe a debt.
 * owe a debt.


 * hâiⁿ cè;
 * pay a debt.


 * cè-cú;
 * creditor.


 * cè-kíaⁿ;
 * debtor.


 * cîⁿ-cè;
 * the money due.


 * jû thó̤ lău cè;
 * as difficult as the collecting of an old debt.


 * khìam nâng kâi cè;
 * to owe some one.


 * côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì khìam lṳ́ kâi cè!
 * In a former life I died indebted to you I suppose!


 * thó̤ cè;
 * demand what is due.


 * pàng cè;
 * lend money; shave notes.


 * thó̤ cè kúi;
 * a troublesome imp.


 * thó̤ cè kíaⁿ;
 * a bad child of mine, sent to me as a punishment for sin.


 * cîⁿ-cè sòi kù;
 * the debt is of little consequence.


 * cè hôiⁿ ŵn;
 * the debt is paid in full.


 * lap nâng cêk sin cè;
 * owes a debt that it will take all his life to pay.


 * cîⁿ-cè lap pīn mâk;
 * in debt up to his eyes.


 * cîⁿ-cè bô̤ thang hó̤ hâiⁿ;
 * not wherewith to pay the debt.


 * cè m̄ kio i thó̤;
 * would not demand the amount due from him.


 * cí tîo cîⁿ-cè cău-hùe i lîen tîeh úa, m̄ kio úa thó̤;
 * peradventure he may have pity upon me, and not demand the amount of this debt.


 * cè hâiⁿ būe cheng, hok sĭ phoi tŏ̤ sìo tèng, hok sĭ phah siu-toaⁿ khṳt nâng;
 * when the debt is paid in part only, perhaps the amount paid will be entered on the account, or perhaps a receipt will be given for it.


 * Once; at once; as soon as; at the time; before verbs it often makes the participial form.
 * cē thóiⁿ cĭu pat;
 * knew it at one glance.
 * knew it at one glance.


 * cē thâk cĭu pat;
 * knew it after once reading it.


 * cē ô̤h cĭu ŏi;
 * having learned you will be able.


 * jī cē sía cĭu sêk;
 * by writing the letters you become familiar with them.


 * chùi cē tàⁿ kú cĭu kût;
 * by saying them over constantly you get so that you can pronounce them easily.


 * cē lâi cĭu ŭ tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
 * when they once come there will be a host of people.


 * cē khṳ̀ cĭu hìeⁿ kú;
 * when he does go he stays a long time.


 * cē cò̤ cĭu sêng;
 * as soon as he began he accomplished it.


 * cē pēⁿ cĭu bŏi cîah;
 * on becoming ill he could not eat.


 * cē sĭeⁿ tîeh cĭu khì;
 * whenever he thinks of it he becomes angry.


 * cē tàⁿ cĭu hàuⁿ;
 * as soon as it was spoken of he consented.


 * cē khîu cĭu khéng;
 * as soon as it was asked for he assented.


 * hŏ cē lô̤h cĭu lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
 * when it once begins to rain, it rains as if it would never stop.


 * màiⁿ cē cò̤ cĭu cò̤ m̄ hiah;
 * do not go on forever when you have once begun.


 * úa cē thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, lṳ́ cĭu cáu;
 * whenever am not looking, you run off.


 * úa cē bô̤ tŏ, lṳ́ cò̤-nî cĭu m̄ thâk?
 * Why is it that you stop studying, whenever I am absent?


 * úa cē chut koi, lṳ́ kâi mn̂g tîeh cíeⁿ hó̤-hó̤;
 * when I am gone out, you must watch the door carefully.


 * màiⁿ cē cîah cĭu cîah kàu cìeⁿ cōi;
 * when you do eat, do not eat so much.


 * úa cē tàⁿ cĭu sĭ cìe-seⁿ;
 * when I have once said a thing I adhere to it.


 * úa cē hàm, lṳ́ cĭu tîeh lâi;
 * when I call you, you must come.


 * i cē chìe lṳ́ cĭu so̤h cò̤ ké kâi;
 * when he laughed you mistakenly thought it was untrue.


 * cē kau-chap cĭu cai;
 * while associating with him you will find out.


 * cē thiaⁿ cĭu ìn;
 * answered as soon as I heard.


 * An adverb of comparison, analogous to the termination er; partly; rather.
 * cò̤ hó̤ cē;
 * make a better one.
 * make a better one.


 * khùe cē;
 * speedier.


 * sòi cē;
 * smaller.


 * tăng cē;
 * heavier.


 * tâm cē;
 * wetter.


 * chit ta cē;
 * wipe it dryer.


 * thiu kng-kût cē;
 * plane it smoother.


 * sói cheng-khih cē;
 * wash it cleaner.


 * sàu pêh cē;
 * sweep it cleaner.


 * cṳ̆-sòi cē;
 * be more careful.


 * ùaⁿ cē;
 * later.


 * cá cē;
 * earlier.


 * A contraction of cêk ē; once; a little while; for a while.
 * khṳt úa thóiⁿ cē;
 * let me take a look at it.
 * let me take a look at it.


 * thĕng cē;
 * wait a bit.


 * táng úa cē;
 * wait for me an instant.


 * hìⁿ cē;
 * give it a shake.


 * khṳt i phâk cē;
 * let it sun a little.


 * A stockade; a palisade; a hold; a corral.
 * îaⁿ cē;
 * barracks.
 * barracks.


 * suaⁿ cē;
 * a hill fortress.


 * châk cē;
 * a bandit's hold.


 * kiap cē;
 * to plunder a post.


 * cē cú;
 * the owner of a stockade.


 * hieⁿ cē;
 * a fortified village.


 * cē câh;
 * the gates of a fortress.


 * cē mn̂g;
 * the entrance to a hold.


 * cē chîeⁿ;
 * the wall of a stronghold.


 * cē lăi;
 * within a guarded retreat.

 ceⁿ


 * To wrangle; to strive: to emulate.
 * ceⁿ soiⁿ;
 * strive for precedence.
 * strive for precedence.


 * ceⁿ kong;
 * emulate merit.


 * hàuⁿ ceⁿ;
 * quarrelsome.


 * ceⁿ-tò;
 * to quarrel.


 * ceⁿ ūi-chṳ̀;
 * contest a position.


 * ceⁿ chi tô̤h châng;
 * wrangle about the wife, and seize upon the land.


 * só̤ ceⁿ ŭ hăn;
 * the difference is a slight one.


 * sie ceⁿ;
 * to contend.


 * sie