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34 office, retaining the official titles.
 * sĭu ceh;
 * to receive office.


 * ceh sṳ̄;
 * the business connected with an office.


 * tíen-sṳ́ put lêng sî tit ceh;
 * an inferior justice cannot take leave of his official duties.


 * hong sĭm-mih kuaⁿ ceh?
 * What official title has been conferred upon him?


 * Oblique or inclined, (used in reference to the eight tones).
 * phêⁿ ceh;
 * the even and the inclined tones.
 * the even and the inclined tones.


 * ceh siaⁿ;
 * the other than the two even tones.


 * ceh ūn;
 * rhymes in the inclined tones.


 * cí kâi jī sĭ phêⁿ a sĭ ceh?
 * Has this letter an even or an inclined tone?

cek


 * A candle.
 * lâh cek;
 * wax candles.
 * wax candles.


 * cúi cêk;
 * a cat-tail rush.


 * ce cek;
 * candles having no animal fat in them.


 * cho̤ cêk;
 * a suet candle.


 * bói cêk tùi tōa cek;
 * buy a couple of large candles.


 * tíam cek; líam cek;
 * light a candle.


 * soiⁿ suah cek;
 * previously prepare the candles for lighting, by lighting and inverting them for a moment.


 * íe cêk;
 * make candles.


 * pûn kùe cek;
 * blow out the candle.


 * teng-nâng khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ cek;
 * go and put a candle in the lantern.


 * so̤ cek-sim;
 * twist candle wicks.


 * cìm cek kut;
 * insert a peg in the lower end of the candle.


 * cek tîeh bói kău lâh kâi, huang cìaⁿ chue bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi lŭi;
 * in buying candles, get those made chiefly of wax, and then they will not be so apt to run down when the wind blows on them.


 * cek kùe khṳ̀;
 * the candle has gone out.


 * chíu màiⁿ jṳ́ tîeh cek-îu;
 * do not get your hands daubed with candle grease.


 * cek sái;
 * the snuff from a candle.


 * hó̤ khṳ̀ á ki cek lâi tíam;
 * go and get a candle and light it.


 * cí ki cek líam lío bô̤ hìeⁿ kng;
 * this candle does not give a good light.


 * chái-hue kâi cek;
 * a candle of varied colors.


 * tâng pâng hue-cek;
 * the candles in a bridal chamber.


 * chong thiⁿ lâh cêk;
 * an enormous candle used in an illumination in the open air.


 * cek tâi;
 * a candle-stand.


 * cek kóng;
 * a small candle-stick.


 * tâng cek, siah cek, pêh-thih cêk;
 * a brass, pewter, or tin cylinder, holding oil and a wick for burning it.


 * cek-tâi kha; siah cek-kha;
 * a candle-stick holder.


 * cek-tîh;
 * a low candle-stick.


 * A father's younger brother.
 * a-cek; cek-pĕ;
 * father's younger brother.
 * father's younger brother.


 * cek kong; lău cek; có cek;
 * grand father's younger brother.


 * cek peh hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * male cousins, whose fathers were brothers.


 * chin cek-pĕ; pau cek;
 * father's own younger brother, the two having the same mother.


 * cek tîet;
 * uncle and nephew.


 * lău cek kong;
 * great grandfather's younger brother.


 * a-cek kíaⁿ;
 * an uncle's infant child.


 * thâng a-cek;
 * grandfather's younger brother's son.


 * cŭang a-cek;
 * great grandfather's younger brother's grandson.


 * côk cek;
 * a distant cousin on the father's side.


 * sòi cek;
 * what a wife calls her husband's younger brother.


 * To store up, to accumulate, to increase, to multiply.
 * cek hok;
 * happiness derived from works of supererogation, (a phrase used by Buddhists).
 * happiness derived from works of supererogation, (a phrase used by Buddhists).


 * cek ak;
 * an accumulation of sins.


 * cek-thiok;
 * to amass.


 * tun-cek;
 * to heap up.


 * tun-cek cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
 * to amass wealth.


 * cek tek;
 * to increase in goodness.


 * cek nî;
 * added years.


 * jît cek gûeh lúi;
 * days and months multiply.


 * cek nî, lúi gûeh;
 * a prolongation of life.


 * lúi-cek cò̤ cêk ē;
 * collect in a single sum.


 * pōiⁿ cek ùaⁿ;
 * to adjudicate the accumulated cases.


 * cŭ-cek cò̤ cêk tu;
 * congregate in one swarm.


 * cek hueh;
 * the blood has settled there.


 * cek khì;
 * to nurse wrath.


 * kú nî kâi cek tâk;
 * the poisonous accumulations of many years.


 * cek kú kâi mûeh;
 * long hoarded things.


 * cek kú kâi pēⁿ;
 * a disease of many years standing.


 * sio huang khṳ̀ cek;
 * aperient and cathartic.


 * phùaⁿ cek hueh;
 * relieve congestion.


 * To estimate; to sound; to fathom.
 * cek-sǹg;
 * to conjecture; to calculate; to make an estimate.
 * to conjecture; to calculate; to make an estimate.


 * cò̤-nî cek-sǹg to m̄ chut;
 * however much I cogitate upon it, I cannot make it out.


 * cē cek-sǹg cū chut;
 * as soon as you reckon it over you will see what it amounts to.


 * A rule; a standard; wherefore; in that case.
 * huap-cek;
 * a rule or pattern to go by.
 * a rule or pattern to go by.


 * it cek cò̤-nî, jī cek cò̤-nî?
 * What is the first step in the process, and what the second?


 * it cek lô̤h hŏ, jī cek cĭeⁿ sie, châng cĭu kōi hwt;
 * firstly there must be rain, and secondly there must be warmth, then the rice will readily sprout up.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ îu cṳ cek khó̤, híe-seⁿ cĭu tẁn-tẁn m̄-hó̤;
 * that method may answer, but the other will assuredly not do.


 * jîen-cek, lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * If so, then what say you?


 * sûi cek sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * this is then the case.


 * cek lī;
 * rules and regulations.


 * sĭang cek châng, tong cek châng, hĭa cek châng;
 * the upper, middle, and lower field.