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 * A wife.
 * ang-cía;
 * husband and wife.


 * lău ang-cía;
 * an old couple.


 * íⁿ-keng cò̤ jîeh cōi nî ang-cía;
 * have been married for many years.


 * A contraction of cí-kâi, this one, these. It adds emphasis, and is sometimes used as an exclamation, intensifying the meaning of what follows.
 * cía sṳ, úa bŏi;
 * I cannot do this sort of thing.
 * I cannot do this sort of thing.


 * cía sĭ hó̤ kâi;
 * these are good ones.


 * cía khak sòi;
 * this is much too small.


 * cía úa m̄ cêng;
 * I have never done this.


 * cía úa cĭu àiⁿ;
 * these are just what I want.


 * cía li sĭ lṳ́ cìaⁿ àiⁿ;
 * this is just as you desired.


 * cía kâi, hía kâi;
 * such as this and such as that.


 * màiⁿ tàⁿ cía hía;
 * say nothing about it either way.


 * sĭeⁿ cía, sĭeⁿ hía;
 * thinking of this and of that.


 * cía sĭ úa, pât nâng cĭu cò̤ m̄ tit;
 * it will do with me, but it would not be allowable to do so with other people.


 * cía sĭ lṳ́, pât nâng úa cĭu m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * it will do for you to do so, but if it were any other person who did so I should be displeased.


 * cía sĭ lṳ́;
 * very well, since it is you.


 * cía sĭ úa;
 * since it is me, very well.


 * cía cía cía cía cía!
 * How very much out of the way this behaviour was!


 * This indicates that what precedes it is the subject of a proposition;
 * it is also used to arrest attention.
 * it is also used to arrest attention.


 * gân cía;
 * the wise.


 * ngà cía;
 * the stupid.


 * ŭ pēⁿ cía;
 * the sick.


 * jîn-ài cía;
 * the benevolent.


 * seⁿ cía;
 * the living.


 * sí cía;
 * the dead.


 * kùe khṳ̀ cía;
 * the departed.


 * būe lâi cía;
 * that which has not yet arrived.


 * thóiⁿ cía;
 * the observers.


 * thiaⁿ cía;
 * the hearers.


 * m̄ pat cía, màiⁿ íⁿ-ûi cò̤ pat;
 * those who do not know, should not pretend that they know.


 * ta-po cía, cṳ-nîe cía, lóng-cóng huaⁿ-hí;
 * the men and the women were all pleased.


 * tōa cía, sòi cía, lâi thiaⁿ;
 * grown people and children came to hear.


 * tng kêk cía mîⁿ, phâng kwn cía tīaⁿ;
 * the dullest are those that play the game, the most certain what would win are the lookers on.


 * hôk-cía;
 * perchance.


 * khí cía;
 * I who commence this letter.


 * Sugar cane.
 * kam cìa;
 * sweet cane.
 * sweet cane.


 * tek cìa;
 * the bamboo cane.


 * lâh cìa;
 * dark reddish sugar cane.


 * suh cìa;
 * eat sugar cane.


 * khòi cìa;
 * gnaw sugar cane.


 * ká cìa;
 * to squeeze out the juice of cane between stone rollers.


 * cìa ká;
 * stone mills for pressing cane.


 * cìa cap;
 * the juice of the cane.


 * cìa pho̤h;
 * cane from which the juice has been expressed.


 * cìa poiⁿ;
 * the rind of the canes.


 * cìa hîeh;
 * cane leaves.


 * cìa thâu;
 * the stubble of cut cane.


 * cìa búe;
 * the tops of the cane stalks.


 * cìa-cak;
 * the joints of the cane.


 * cìa mâk;
 * the points of union between the joints of cane.


 * cìa hn̂g;
 * cane brake.


 * cìa lîo;
 * sugar mills.


 * cìa thâu ku;
 * edible grubs found at the roots of cane.


 * cìa khak;
 * cane husks.


 * cìa céng;
 * slips of cane prepared for planting.


 * khîa cêk pé cìa;
 * carrying a bundle of sugar cane.


 * cí pé cìa ŭ jîeh cōi ki?
 * How many canes in this bundle?


 * cìa mô̤h;
 * the tilm under the rind of canes.


 * To compound medicines by simmering them.
 * cìa-cháu;
 * prepared liquorice.
 * prepared liquorice.


 * cìa-cháu sĭ kam-cháu ēng bît khṳ̀ cìa kâi;
 * prepared liquorice is made by simmering liquorice sticks in honey.


 * ŭ kâi àiⁿ chá, ŭ kâi àiⁿ cìa;
 * some are to be prepared by dry heat, and some by simmering.


 * cìa kang;
 * simmer down dry.


 * To make a means of; to lean on for aid.
 * ŭ thang hó̤ khṳt nâng cĭa cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * if there is anything for us to depend upon it is well.
 * if there is anything for us to depend upon it is well.


 * cĭa sîn pí-ĭu;
 * rely on the protection of the gods.


 * cĭa twn seⁿ sṳ̄;
 * to make trouble about nothing.


 * nâng ngân cĭa-cĭa;
 * jabbering and talking.


 * cĭa cí kâi ŵn-kù tho̤-sî i;
 * take advantage of this state of affairs and get rid of him.


 * bô̤ hó̤ cĭa chíu;
 * nothing to lean upon.


 * cĭa sṳ̄ bû-hāi;
 * take occasion to injure.


 * cĭa sì khi-hŭ nâng;
 * make power a means of oppression.


 * cĭa hwn nâng sì;
 * avail one's self of the influence of foreigners.


 * cĭa gê-mn̂g sì;
 * rely on official strength.


 * A register; the place for registration, one's original family seat or village.
 * cṳ cĭa;
 * a register.
 * a register.


 * cĭa kẁn;
 * a census.


 * hûe cĭa;
 * return to one's native village.


 * pńg cĭa;
 * ngŵn cĭa; the original family seat.


 * jîp cĭa;
 * enter upon the records.


 * mîn cĭa;
 * returns of the population.


 * có cĭa sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * Where is his ancestral home?


 * tŏ̤ cĭa íang pēⁿ;
 * in his own village recruiting his health.


 * tŏ̤ cĭa kâi kuaⁿ;
 * a retired mandarin.


 * măuⁿ cĭa;
 * a pretended residence.

 ciaⁿ


 * Crystal or quartz.
 * cúi-ciaⁿ;
 * crystal.
 * crystal.


 * chia cúi-ciaⁿ;
 * to polish crystal on a lathe.


 * pêh ciaⁿ;
 * quartz crystal.


 * o ciaⁿ;
 * smoky quartz.


 * tê ciaⁿ;
 * cairngorm stone.


 * lâm ciaⁿ;
 * beryl.


 * mô̤ⁿ