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Rh ciaⁿ;
 * moss-agales.


 * mô̤ⁿ-ciaⁿ phīⁿ-hun hû;
 * a snuff-bottle of agate.


 * o ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * colored spectacles.


 * cúi-ciaⁿ ìn;
 * a crystal seal.


 * The beginning of the year.
 * ciaⁿ gûeh;
 * the first month of the year.
 * the first month of the year.


 * mêⁿ nî ciaⁿ gûeh;
 * the first month of next year.


 * sin ciaⁿ;
 * the first of the new-year.


 * pài ciaⁿ;
 * make New Year's calls.


 * ciaⁿ gûeh thâu;
 * the first part of the first month.


 * Lean; having no fat.
 * ciaⁿ nêk;
 * lean meat.
 * lean meat.


 * nêk ciaⁿ-ciaⁿ;
 * the meat is very lean.


 * àiⁿ ciaⁿ a àiⁿ pêh?
 * Do you want fat or lean?


 * pùaⁿ ciaⁿ pêh;
 * a streak of fat and a streak of lean.


 * ciaⁿ kâi káⁿ cîah, pêh kâi m̄ káⁿ cîah;
 * can eat the lean, but not the fat.


 * ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah ciaⁿ, ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah pêh;
 * some people like lean, and some like fat.


 * An apparition; a wraith; a form taken by spirits.
 * io-ciaⁿ;
 * elves.
 * elves.


 * ciaⁿ kùai;
 * a queer being.


 * kú nî cĭu sêng ciaⁿ;
 * after many years becomes an elf.


 * hô-lâi ciaⁿ;
 * a sort of vampire that prolongs its own life by drawing away the life of people.


 * hô-lâi ciaⁿ ŏi mîⁿ nâng;
 * the vampire fairy bewitches people.


 * khṳt hô-lâi ciaⁿ mîⁿ khṳ̀;
 * led away by a vampire fairy.


 * ku-ciaⁿ;
 * a tortoise that has been made a wraith through age.


 * io-ciaⁿ kúi-kùai;
 * all sorts of elves and ghosts.


 * sîa kâi kìe-cò̤ io-ciaⁿ, cìaⁿ kâi kie-cò̤ sîn-sien;
 * the bad are called elves, and the good are called fairies.


 * Fresh, not salt.
 * khah cíaⁿ, tîeh lô̤h kîam cē;
 * it is too fresh, it must be made salter.
 * it is too fresh, it must be made salter.


 * cíaⁿ cúi;
 * fresh water.


 * cîah tîeh pêh-cíaⁿ, bô̤ bī;
 * it tastes as if it had not been salted at all, and is insipid.


 * khah cíaⁿ kōi ui, khah kîam o̤h ui;
 * if too fresh it is easily remedied, if too salt it is hard to amend.


 * pùaⁿ kîam cíaⁿ;
 * neither too salt nor too fresh; salted just enough.


 * To repair; to put in order.
 * cíaⁿ-lí;
 * to put in order.
 * to put in order.


 * siu cíaⁿ;
 * to amend.


 * hàm nâng lâi cíaⁿ-lí hó̤;
 * call some one to put it in repair.


 * côi-cíaⁿ;
 * to adjust.


 * côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ; cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ côi-côi;
 * all in due order.


 * cíaⁿ tŭn;
 * to set to rights.


 * m̄ côi m̄ cíaⁿ;
 * all out of order.


 * Correct; straight; exact; upright; legal; the first, the principal.
 * sì-cìaⁿ;
 * squarely; not awry.
 * squarely; not awry.


 * kong cìaⁿ;
 * rectitude.


 * cìaⁿ tău;
 * orthodox doctrines.


 * cìaⁿ lō;
 * the correct way.


 * kuaⁿ cìaⁿ, mîn bô̤ sṳ̄;
 * the magistrates are upright and the people have no broils.


 * cìaⁿ-keng nâng;
 * a moral man.


 * m̄ cìaⁿ-keng;
 * disregardful of law.


 * cŏ̤ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
 * sit erect.


 * cìaⁿ tong;
 * exactly in the centre.


 * cìaⁿ a m̄ cìaⁿ nē?
 * Is it correctly placed or not?


 * lîah cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
 * hold it straight.


 * cìaⁿ hâh sî;
 * just in good time.


 * úa cìaⁿ lâi;
 * I just came.


 * úa cìaⁿ m̄ mēⁿ lṳ́;
 * I did not scold you.


 * i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * it is just right so.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ tîeh;
 * in so doing you did just right.


 * cìaⁿ tn̂g;
 * the main hall.


 * cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;
 * the middle room.


 * cìaⁿ-ìn kuaⁿ;
 * the officer who has the seal, and really holds the post.


 * cìaⁿ lô̤h;
 * the main building.


 * lîah khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;
 * seize him and execute the law upon him.


 * cìaⁿ cŭang;
 * principal and secondary.


 * cìaⁿ jîn kun-cṳ́;
 * honest people are modest.


 * cìaⁿ kà;
 * correct teachings.


 * úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ cài mn̄g i to khṳ̀ mē;
 * I just wished to inquire again whether he had gone.


 * jī tîeh sía cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
 * you must write the characters correctly.


 * cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is exactly so.


 * lĕng cìaⁿ tī-kò̤ húe?
 * Where is your wife from?


 * soiⁿ cìaⁿ;
 * worthies of the olden time.


 * kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g, bô̤ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g;
 * uses the front, not the side door.


 * cìaⁿ chi;
 * the chief wife.


 * lîp cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng;
 * made her Queen.


 * Perfect; complete; entire; to accomplish; to finish; to become.
 * cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
 * when you undertake a job you must complete it.
 * when you undertake a job you must complete it.


 * cîaⁿ cĭu;
 * brought to pass.


 * chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ cîaⁿ lío;
 * the nuptials have already taken place.


 * hīn-hīn cîaⁿ-cîaⁿ;
 * perfectly successful.


 * hīn-cîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤;
 * he never succeeds in anything.


 * cîaⁿ mîaⁿ;
 * to make a name for one's self.


 * cîaⁿ nâng hùe kâi ūe;
 * that verifies what people said about it.


 * ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ kù-tāu;
 * there is no sense in what was said; the language spoken was in unfinished sentences.


 * tâu i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ nâng;
 * inform the people of standing in his village.


 * m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
 * imperfect; not stylish.


 * cîaⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?
 * How perfect is it?


 * seⁿ lâi cîaⁿ īeⁿ căi;
 * it is very well formed.


 * m̄ cîaⁿ khì;
 * incapable.


 * lâng-tău phìen lṳ́ m̄ cîaⁿ?
 * Do I wish to cheat you?


 * cò̤ cîaⁿ jît cò̤ būe hó̤;
 * worked at it the whole day and have not yet; finished it.


 * cîaⁿ cuang kio i bói;
 * buy the whole lot from him.


 * cîaⁿ phit;
 * the whole piece.


 * cîaⁿ chiⁿ;
 * about a thousand.


 * cîaⁿ câp kâi ngṳ̂n;
 * about ten dollars.


 * cîaⁿ ke cîaⁿ tàu;
 * to have a home and family.


 * hŵn-lío būe cîaⁿ ke;
 * has not yet become the head of a family.


 * cîaⁿ mō̤ⁿ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
 * formed according to the pattern; well formed and perfect.