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Rh ; ceng ka-lâuh cêk kâi khí;
 * had a tooth knocked out.


 * ceng kàu mâk úaⁿ céng;
 * knocked him so as to cause his eye to swell up.


 * thó ceng;
 * knock things to pieces, as in anger.


 * ceng kàu i bŏi kîaⁿ;
 * mauled him so he could not walk.


 * thóiⁿ kéng sie léng, thóiⁿ teng sie ceng;
 * pushing to see a fine view, or mauling each other at a puppet show.


 * To strike with a horizontal stroke.
 * lîah lío tùi i kâi sim-kuaⁿ li-li ceng;
 * seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.
 * seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.


 * ceng tîeh i kâi hîap-ĕ;
 * struck him in the side.


 * ceng tîeh ka-ciah, ceng bô̤ bī;
 * it is of no use to hit him on his back.


 * ceng-seⁿ;
 * cattle; domestic animals.
 * cattle; domestic animals.


 * chī ŭ jîeh cōi ceng-seⁿ?
 * How many domestic animals do you keep?


 * ceng-seⁿ kâi mûeh sek căi;
 * dumb creatures are very knowing.


 * àu ceng-seⁿ!
 * You nasty brute!


 * The germinating principle; the essence; before another adjective it sometimes makes that adjective intensive.
 * ceng-khì;
 * the quintessence; animal vigor.
 * the quintessence; animal vigor.


 * ŭ ceng-sîn;
 * vigorous; sprightly.


 * ceng-lêng;
 * spirited.


 * ceng-sîn cok căi;
 * full of vitality.


 * bô̤ ceng-sîn;
 * no vitality.


 * ceng-sîn khùn-tŏaⁿ;
 * a low state of the nervous system; weak vitality.


 * seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn ;
 * naturally very vigorous.


 * sang mâk ho̤h ceng-sîn;
 * eyes bright and indicative of health.


 * sîn-khì bô̤ hêng, ceng-hueh ŭ hêng;
 * vitality is invisible, but the vascular system may be seen.


 * ceng-khá;
 * skilled.


 * ceng piaⁿ;
 * picked men.


 * ceng sòi;
 * very small.


 * ceng cho;
 * very ugly.


 * ceng bīo;
 * very subtle.


 * ceng-chúe;
 * the marrow.


 * ceng-khì chong cok;
 * abundant animal vigor.


 * pó-iah ceng-khì;
 * recuperate the animal vigor.


 * ceng-khì pô̤h;
 * weak vitality.


 * sĭm sĭ seⁿ ceng-hueh;
 * excellent for strengthening the system.


 * pó ceng, mêng mâk;
 * strengthening the nervous system improves the sight.


 * To reduce to submission, or to chastise refractory states.
 * chut ceng;
 * go out to war against rebels.
 * go out to war against rebels.


 * ceng tu;
 * to exterminate the rebels.


 * ceng hŵt;
 * to subdue and punish.


 * lâm ceng, pak tháu;
 * the south subjugated and the north brought under authority.


 * ceng-pí sṳ-îa;
 * a clerk of the taxes in a district magistrate's yamun.


 * chut ceng piaⁿ;
 * veteran troops; tried warriors.


 * chut ceng kîeⁿ síu sîaⁿ;
 * more is to be gained by going forth to conquer than by staying at home to defend.


 * To duplicate, said of generations only.
 * ceng-có;
 * great grandfather.
 * great grandfather.


 * ceng-sun;
 * great grandson.


 * ceng-có-má;
 * great grandparents.


 * ceng-sun-hŭ;
 * great grandson's wife.


 * cí kháu phûn sĭ cǹg i ceng-có;
 * this grave is the one in which his great grandfather is buried.


 * Clean, chaste, pure.
 * ceng kiet;
 * undefiled.
 * undefiled.


 * ceng-cìaⁿ;
 * upright.


 * ceng-lîet;
 * chaste, even unto death.


 * síu ceng;
 * a betrothed girl whose affianced died before the nuptials, and who refuses to marry.


 * ceng ńng;
 * a virgin.


 * ceng cak;
 * a widow who will not marry again.


 * tong-ceng;
 * honest; trustworthy.


 * ńng-ceng cí;
 * seeds of the wax tree, used in medicine.


 * To add; to increase.
 * ceng ke;
 * augment.
 * augment.


 * ceng ke jîeh cōi?
 * How much is to be added?


 * àiⁿ ceng-thiⁿ;
 * will increase the amount.


 * ceng kè-cîⁿ;
 * raise the price.


 * ceng ke nâng;
 * increase of population.


 * ceng co;
 * increase the rent.


 * ceng kíam;
 * increase and diminish.


 * kia-ceng;
 * to add to.


 * A Buddhist priest.
 * ceng tău;
 * priests and their teachings.
 * priests and their teachings.


 * lîu-ceng;
 * a wandering bonze.


 * la-má ceng;
 * a lama or Mongol priest.


 * lău ceng;
 * an old priest.


 * cí kâi am ŭ cêk peh ceng;
 * this monastery has a hundred monks.


 * ceng kang si;
 * an official who governs his fellow priests.


 * A scout; one sent to reconnoitre.
 * ceng-thàm;
 * a scout.
 * a scout.


 * tng ceng-thàm;
 * act as scout.


 * phài ceng-thàm khṳ̀ chê;
 * despatch a scout to reconnoitre.


 * cí kâi ceng-thàm mîaⁿ-ke thàm sṳ̄;
 * this scout is expert in discovering things.


 * The eyes; the eye ball; the iris.
 * ūe lêng m̄ tíam ceng;
 * to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.
 * to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.


 * thóiⁿ kàu mâk m̄ cẃn ceng;
 * gazing with motionless eye balls; staring fixedly.