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Rh ceⁿ boí, sie ceⁿ bōi;
 * rivals in trade.


 * sie ceⁿ ke-húe;
 * a squabble about tools.


 * sie ceⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a contention in regard to their children.


 * sie ceⁿ sie ji'́ng;
 * disputing in loud tones.


 * sie ceⁿ lío, sie phah;
 * a dispute leading to blows.


 * nín só̤ ceⁿ kâi to sĭ bô̤-siang-kang kâi sṳ̄;
 * what you are contending about is a very unimportant matter.


 * cía to míen sie ceⁿ kâi;
 * this is something that there need be no debate about.


 * àiⁿ sie ceⁿ mih sṳ̄?
 * What occasion is there for wrangling about it?


 * A well; a deep pit.
 * céⁿ cúi;
 * well-water.
 * well-water.


 * chĭ-ceⁿ kâi nâng;
 * a huckster; a loafer.


 * khui céⁿ; líu céⁿ;
 * dig a well.


 * kó céⁿ;
 * an old well.


 * khàm céⁿ;
 * to cover a well.


 * thūn tīo céⁿ;
 * fill up a well.


 * put céⁿ;
 * clean out a well.


 * céⁿ kîⁿ;
 * the brink of a well.


 * céⁿ piⁿ;
 * beside a well.


 * céⁿ kha;
 * by the well.


 * céⁿ téng;
 * a roof over a well.


 * céⁿ chîeⁿ;
 * the walls of a well.


 * cŏ̤ céⁿ, kwn thiⁿ;
 * sitting in a well looking at the heavens; an inexperienced person.


 * lêng hóⁿ céⁿ;
 * the aquarium at the entrance of a temple, under the images of the dragon and the tiger.


 * ngṳ̂n céⁿ;
 * money vaults.


 * thim céⁿ;
 * an open court within a house.


 * céⁿ kho;
 * well rounds.


 * céⁿ cûaⁿ;
 * a well spring.


 * céⁿ tói;
 * the bottom of a well.


 * céⁿ mīn;
 * the top of a well.


 * tìo-o̤ céⁿ;
 * a well with a sweep.


 * koiⁿ céⁿ;
 * the hollow above the collar bone.


 * céⁿ sìu;
 * the 22nd constellation, six stars in Gemini.


 * lâu céⁿ;
 * a trap door in the floor of an upper storey.


 * ûi céⁿ;
 * the socket in which a mast is set.


 * lîm kuah, kût céⁿ;
 * wait until thirsty, before digging a well.


 * sua céⁿ;
 * a pit in the sand, to hold the water of an ebbing tide.


 * céⁿ hām;
 * the side of the well has caved in.


 * cîeh céⁿ;
 * a crevasse in rocks.


 * hṳ̂ céⁿ;
 * deep places where fish hide in pools.


 * A pitfall.
 * hām-céⁿ;
 * a trap for wild beasts.
 * a trap for wild beasts.


 * líu kâi hām-céⁿ lâi tieⁿ i;
 * dug a pit and entrapped him.


 * The clear blue sky; the weather clearing up after a storm.
 * thiⁿ cêⁿ kó ŭa;
 * long continued drought.
 * long continued drought.


 * hŏ cêⁿ;
 * the rain has ceased.


 * cêⁿ ta;
 * dry weather.


 * thiⁿ cêⁿ;
 * clear weather.


 * cêⁿ kú lío;
 * it cleared up long ago.


 * thiⁿ àiⁿ cêⁿ lío;
 * it is clearing already.


 * hŏ lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ cêⁿ;
 * it rains as if it would never stop.


 * tîeh ŭ pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;
 * if the north wind came up, it would then clear.


 * cí câp jît, thiⁿ bŏi cêⁿ;
 * there has been no sunshine these ten days.


 * ŏi cêⁿ úa cĭu àiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * should it clear, I shall go.


 * cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n pńg cîⁿ cò̤ cêk nî cĭu cêⁿ khṳ̀;
 * got rid of a thousand dollars of capital in one year.


 * nĕ cêⁿ-cêⁿ, huh-jîen cĭu tōa huang hŏ;
 * a sudden tempest in bright weather.


 * Still, quiet, noiseless.
 * cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;
 * very still.
 * very still.


 * tīam-cĕⁿ;
 * motionless and noiseless.


 * uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;
 * quietly.


 * àm-cĕⁿ;
 * secretly.


 * thîam-cĕⁿ;
 * undisturbed.


 * thîm-cĕⁿ;
 * sunk in oblivion.


 * cĕⁿ-sòi;
 * attentive.


 * sim tîeh cĕⁿ-sòi thóiⁿ khṳ̀, cìaⁿ ŭ tit;
 * you must pay close attention and then you will retain something of what you study.


 * mêⁿ cĕⁿ, keⁿ chim;
 * in the stillness of the midnight.


 * cĕⁿ sĭeⁿ;
 * quietly think.


 * cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * noiselessly went and did it.


 * m̄ cĕⁿ;
 * unquiet.


 * khah cĕⁿ;
 * too lonely.


 * cĕⁿ chío-chío;
 * perfectly noiseless.


 * tīam huang, cĕⁿ nǹg;
 * still air.


 * cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ, bô̤ nâng cai;
 * quietly so as to let no one know.


 * i kâi ngán-sîn ío cĕⁿ;
 * the expression of his eye indicates a quiet mind.

ceh


 * To splice threads.
 * pháng ceh;
 * to spin and splice threads.
 * to spin and splice threads.


 * ceh còi;
 * to join the fibers used in weaving cloth.


 * ceh ŭ jîeh cōi còi?
 * How much thread have you prepared?


 * To reprove; to reprimand; to be responsible for; a duty; a charge; a fault.
 * cṳ̆ ceh;
 * self reproach.
 * self reproach.


 * ceh-hŵt;
 * to punish.


 * ceh-pĭ;
 * to reprimand.


 * ceh-mn̄g;
 * to interrogate reprovingly.


 * kùe-ceh;
 * faults.


 * khin ceh;
 * a duty of easy performance.


 * tăng ceh;
 * a heavy responsibility.


 * ceh sêng;
 * to carry through.


 * cía sĭ úa kâi ceh sêng;
 * this duty devolves upon me.


 * ceh-jĭm tăng căi;
 * a very weighty responsibility.


 * tōa ceh-jĭm;
 * important duties.


 * pô̤h-pô̤h ceh cē;
 * to reprove slightly.


 * tăng ceh sì-câp póiⁿ;
 * a punishment of forty blows with a heavy bamboo.


 * ceh-mēⁿ;
 * to reproach in violent terms.


 * cí kâi ceh-jĭm m̄-hó̤ tho̤;
 * this responsibility cannot not be evaded.


 * tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;
 * bear this responsibility.


 * Official duty; title; office.
 * ceh-jĭm;
 * an office and its duties.
 * an office and its duties.


 * ceh hūn;
 * the duties of an office.


 * kuaⁿ ceh;
 * official title.


 * ceh ŵn;
 * a functionary of any grade under a red button.


 * sip ceh;
 * a hereditary office.


 * keh ceh;
 * deprive of office.


 * ùi sṳ̄ keh ceh;
 * throw up an office through fear of it difficulties.


 * tòa ceh hûe ke;
 * retire from