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 * To decant by steaming; the winter sacrifice.
 * káu ceng káu sài;
 * nine steamings and nine airings.


 * ceng ngîap;
 * entailed property whose proceeds are applied to ancestral sacrifices.


 * Restless; afraid.
 * ceng-chong;
 * agitated.
 * agitated.


 * ŭ kâi ceng-chong kâi pēⁿ;
 * is very nervous.


 * ceng-chong kâi nâng to̤ bô̤ táⁿ;
 * nervous people are generally cowardly.


 * Felicitous.
 * ceng-sîang;
 * auspicious; lucky.
 * auspicious; lucky.


 * chông ceng sói keng;
 * take an auspicious time for cleaning the temples.


 * A sort of virginal or harpsichord, having twelve brass strings, and played with a plectrum.
 * cuaⁿ ceng;
 * play on the harpsichord.
 * play on the harpsichord.


 * cêk keⁿ ceng;
 * a harpsichord.


 * To swell; to tumefy; a swelling.
 * céng-tìe;
 * to swell up.
 * to swell up.


 * céng thìaⁿ;
 * swollen and painful.


 * phû-céng;
 * puffed up.


 * n̂g-pûh céng;
 * dropsical swelling.


 * céng kâi pau;
 * a hard small swelling.


 * cúi céng;
 * a watery swelling.


 * cheⁿ céng;
 * a black and blue swelling.


 * n̂g céng phòng;
 * a hard, permanent swelling.


 * âng céng;
 * a red swelling.


 * céng hap;
 * an inflamed swelling.


 * nĕ céng-céng;
 * badly swollen.


 * thò̤ céng; sio céng;
 * to reduce swelling.


 * hāi i khàu kàu mâk céng;
 * made him cry so that his eyes are swollen.


 * mâk céng kàu peh m̄ khui;
 * his eyes are swollen so that he cannot open them.


 * céng kàu tōa-bó̤-ki;
 * swollen to an immense size.


 * nío-chṳ́ búe cĭn céng m̄ kiaⁿ sí nâng;
 * people are not frightened to death by a rat's tail, even when it is swollen to the uttermost.


 * Embers; brands; hot coals.
 * húe-céng;
 * coals that may be used for starting a fire.
 * coals that may be used for starting a fire.


 * hŵn-lío chûn ŭ húe-céng mē?
 * Are there any live coals left?


 * A seed; a germ; a sort.
 * céng-cí;
 * seeds.
 * seeds.


 * īa céng-cí;
 * to sow seed.


 * lô̤h céng-cí;
 * to put in the seed.


 * hó̤ céng;
 * good seed.


 * m̄-hó̤ céng;
 * bad seed.


 * thŵn céng;
 * propagate this variety.


 * hó̤ céng-câk;
 * of good stock.


 * sĭm-mih céng-câk?
 * Of what species is it?


 * lâu pàng kò̤ cò̤ céng;
 * save it for seed.


 * tāu céng;
 * vaccine virus.


 * pńg tī céng;
 * indigenous.


 * gūa kò̤ céng;
 * an exotic.


 * àiⁿ tī cêk céng?
 * Which variety do you want?


 * câp céng;
 * illegitimate.


 * câp céng kíaⁿ;
 * a bastard.


 * cí-kò̤ bô̤ cía céng;
 * this sort does not grow hereabouts.


 * māng céng;
 * seeds that grow slowly; perennial.


 * khùe céng;
 * annuals.


 * To put in order; to repair.
 * chî-chî céng-céng;
 * put in fine order.
 * put in fine order.


 * siu-sîp kàu chî-céng căi;
 * arranged very perfectly.


 * m̄ chî m̄ céng;
 * all out of repair.


 * Disease; the causes and the symptoms of disease.
 * pēⁿ-cèng;
 * diseases.
 * diseases.


 * cèng-hāu;
 * a malady.


 * mn̄g cèng;
 * to ascertain the symptoms; to diagnose a case.


 * thóiⁿ cèng;
 * consider the causes of the ailment.


 * jīn cèng àiⁿ tīaⁿ, màiⁿ jīn tāⁿ cèng;
 * in telling the symptoms, precision is essential, else you may confess to a disease you have not got.


 * tōa cèng;
 * a serious case.


 * gūa cèng, lăi cèng;
 * external and internal diseases.


 * keng ngīam-kùe kâi cèng;
 * a well understood malady.


 * cí kâi cèng, úa keng ngīam-kùe cōi chṳ̀;
 * I have treated many cases of this kind before.


 * cí kâi pēⁿ-cèng iak-lîak cêk kâi gûeh cĭu hó̤ chŵn-jú, lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;
 * you need not be apprehensive, this ailment is one of which you may be well in about a month.


 * sŭn cèng, ngêk cèng;
 * a disease which follows or varies from the usual course of the disease; one which does or does not yield to treatment.


 * kip cèng;
 * acute diseases.


 * kú cèng;
 * chronic diseases.


 * kín cèng;
 * a violent attack.


 * híam cèng;
 * a dangerous attack.


 * ngûi cèng;
 * of a virulent type.


 * cèng tăng căi;
 * the ailment is very severe.


 * cí īeⁿ cèng ío khin;
 * this sort of ailment is not very severe.


 * cía cèng kín-kip căi;
 * this malady is of a very acute nature.


 * sî cèng;
 * season complaints.


 * sî- cèng;
 * cholera.


 * un-mut cèng;
 * a plague or pestilence.


 * i sĭ lâu-sái cèng, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳt i ùe tîeh;
 * he has incipient cholera, do not you catch it from him.


 * kám tîeh i kâi ùe khì, cĭu ŏi khṳt i kâi cèng ùe tîeh;
 * if you absorb the exhalations from him, you will catch the disease from him.


 * thâm-húe cèng;
 * consumption.


 * n̂g-sua cèng;
 * jaundice.


 * kó-cèng;
 * dropsy of the bowels.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi cèng tì khṳ̀ sêng a būe?
 * Do you consider that this disease has reached its climax?


 * cèng sêng cĭu o̤h ui;
 * a disease that has reached its climax is difficult to cure.


 * cía cèng bô̤ ui;
 * there is no cure for this disease.


 * cía cèng hó̤ ui a m̄ hó̤ ui?
 * Is this disease curable or incurable?


 * thái-ko̤ cèng ŏi ùe tîeh nâng