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Rh ; a bŏi?
 * Is leprosy contagious?


 * nín màiⁿ kiaⁿ, cí kâi pēⁿ cèng bŏi ùe nâng;
 * you need not fear, this disease is not infectious.


 * m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀ khṳt i kâi khì chong tîeh : cí īeⁿ cèng sĭ lĭ-hāi;
 * you should not breath in the exhalations from his person and bedding: this disease is of a malignant type.


 * khî cēng; kùai cèng;
 * rare and strange diseases.


 * pĭen cèng;
 * to explain the nature of a disease.


 * pìen cèng;
 * to change the nature of a disease.


 * saⁿ-câp-lâk cèng;
 * the thirty-six varieties of disease.


 * tîeh cèng;
 * diseased.


 * sí cèng;
 * a deadly disease.


 * ngĕ cèng;
 * past all help by medicine.


 * mn̄g cèng hwt îeh;
 * attend upon and prescribe for.


 * hng m̄ tùi cèng;
 * this prescription is not applicable to that disease.


 * mêh m̄ kah cèng;
 * the pulse is not such as accords with the symptoms of that disease.


 * All; a concourse.
 * cèng nâng;
 * every one.
 * every one.


 * cèng ūi;
 * all of you gentlemen.


 * kong cèng;
 * the public in general.


 * tăi cèng;
 * the whole concourse.


 * cèng mâk só̤ sĭ; cèng mâk cio-cio;
 * every eye saw it.


 * tăi cèng ke;
 * all of you.


 * cèng nâng, cèng sṳ̄;
 * mankind and the affairs of mankind.


 * sĭm sĭ hâh cèng;
 * very agreeable to all concerned.


 * cí kâi nâng m̄ hâh cèng;
 * this person is unpopular.


 * kúaⁿ put têk cèng;
 * one is no match for many.


 * cèng hieⁿ-lí;
 * all the villages.


 * cèng hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * all the brethren.


 * chut cèng;
 * above the common.


 * nâng châi chut cèng;
 * more talented than ordinary people.


 * pún-nía chut cèng;
 * excels others in ability.


 * koi cèng;
 * the many in the streets.


 * po cèng;
 * those ordinarily in the market places.


 * cèng phò hŏ;
 * all the shops.


 * hâng cèng;
 * those in the warehouses.


 * cèng kheh-siang;
 * all the merchants.


 * cèng cûn ciah;
 * all the boats.


 * cèng hâng-kháu;
 * all the warehouses.


 * To testify; to substantiate; to prove.
 * cèng-kìⁿ;
 * to witness.
 * to witness.


 * cò̤ kang cèng kâi nâng;
 * witnesses.


 * cò̤ cèng-kìⁿ;
 * be a witness.


 * ŭ nâng hó̤ cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng;
 * there are those who will testify to it.


 * cèng-kṳ̆;
 * proof.


 * ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆;
 * there is proof of it.


 * cieh cèng;
 * visible proof; circumstantial evidence.


 * cò̤ cèng;
 * use as evidence.


 * cèng sît cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̆;
 * adequate proof of this.


 * To plant; to cultivate; to beget.
 * cèng hue, cèng chài, cèng chīu;
 * to plant flowers, vegetables, and trees.
 * to plant flowers, vegetables, and trees.


 * cèng cúi-cháu;
 * plant bulrushes.


 * cèng kúe-cí;
 * plant fruit trees.


 * cí kò̤ châng pheⁿ-phah àiⁿ cèng cò̤ tĭu hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ cìa hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ hun-kuah hó̤?
 * Have you decided that it is best to plant this ground to flax, to sugarcane, or to potatoes?


 * cí kò̤ tī, hó̤ cèng ŭ kúi táu céng?
 * How many pecks of seeds should be put into this lot?


 * côiⁿ nâng cèng chīu, ău nâng cia im;
 * the pioneers plant trees and their successors enjoy the shade.


 * cèng co̤h;
 * to till the soil.


 * cèng îeⁿ-tāu;
 * to vaccinate.


 * Politics; government; the departments or measures of a government; laws.
 * cèng sṳ̄;
 * politics.
 * politics.


 * cèng lĕng;
 * governmental orders.


 * cèng kà;
 * official admonitions.


 * jîu cèng, ngîak cèng;
 * mild or harsh government.


 * sĭen cèng;
 * a righteous government.


 * chit cèng;
 * the sun, moon, and five planets.


 * péng cèng;
 * cip cèng; to hold authority.


 * ngí-cèng;
 * a counselor of state.


 * cham ngí cèng-sṳ̄;
 * a council of state.


 * lŭn cèng;
 * discuss politics.


 * pù-cèng-si; pù-cèng-sài;
 * the commissioner of revenue.


 * hŏng cèng tăi hu;
 * a government officer.


 * To arrange satisfactorily; to settle terms; to adjust; to equalize; to fix on; to criticise; to compare; to collate; to edit.
 * cèng khî, cèng tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;
 * a set time has been agreed upon.
 * a set time has been agreed upon.


 * cèng mêng;
 * to arrange an armistice; to make peace.


 * cí pang cṳ íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ tōa mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng cèng-cìaⁿ kùe;
 * have already invited a celebrated personage to revise these books.


 * Denotes time past; usually; ever.
 * būe cêng;
 * has not yet had.
 * has not yet had.


 * úa m̄ cêng;
 * I never did.


 * cêng a m̄ cêng?
 * Has it ever yet been?


 * hô̤ cêng m̄ sĭ?
 * How is it that there has never been any?


 * i m̄ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he has never been thus.


 * būe cêng ŭ;
 * has never yet had.


 * cí kâi cêng, cí kâi m̄ cêng;
 * this one has, but the other one has not.


 * cêng khṳ̀ a būe?
 * Has he ever been yet?


 * cêng cîah a būe?
 * Have you ever eaten any before?


 * cêng lâi mē?
 * Has he come?


 * cêng cò̤ hó̤ a būe?
 * Is it finished yet?


 * i būe cêng ŭ;
 * he has not yet had any.


 * i m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;
 * she has had no children.


 * i būe cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;
 * she has not yet had any children.


 * cêng sîeⁿ kùe a m̄ cêng?
 * Have you tested it?


 * i m̄ cêng khîeh lâi;
 * he has not brought it.


 * i m̄ cêng khṳ̀;
 * he has not gone.


 * i m̄ cêng cò̤;
 * he has not made any.


 * úa m̄ cêng thiaⁿ;
 * I have not heard.


 * khá cêng cò̤ chin a bŭe?
 * Has he yet engaged a wife?


 * cêng tàⁿ kùe;
 * I have said so already.