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 * Thus; this way; so.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * like this or like that.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * do not speak thus.


 * cîah kàu cìeⁿ pûi;
 * grew so stout.


 * siu-sîp kàu cìeⁿ ngía;
 * arranged so prettily.


 * chēng kàu cìeⁿ phâi-chîang;
 * dressed so elegantly.


 * lṳ́ cò̤ cìeⁿ māng lâi?
 * Why do you come so late?


 * i kîaⁿ cìeⁿ méⁿ, úa jīo i m̄ tîeh;
 * he walks so fast that I cannot overtake him.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ sò̤i cò̤-nî ŏi cìeⁿ m̄ hó̤? sĭ tī-tîang kà lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Since you are so small, how is it that you are so bad? Who was it that taught you to be so?


 * tîeh àng cìeⁿ tōa kâi úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ;
 * if there were one as large as this, I should want it.


 * cìeⁿ pôiⁿ, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * this side and the other side.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * you do one thing, and I will do the other.


 * lṳ́ cò̤ cìeⁿ ŏ̤iŏi [sic]?
 * How is it that you are so competent?


 * lṳ́ cò̤ cìeⁿ hó̤?
 * How is it that you are so well?


 * lṳ́ cò̤ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How is it that you are in this condition?


 * sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the way it is; that is all that remains to be said.


 * sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu àiⁿ;
 * I want just such and no other.


 * àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cĭu hó̤;
 * if that is the case, it is all right.


 * úa sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * this is my fixed position in regard to the matter.


 * lṳ́ cò̤ m̄ siu m̄ sîp, cìeⁿ nah-sap sìeⁿ?
 * Why are you so disorderly and uncleanly?


 * jú tàⁿ, jú cìe-seⁿ;
 * the more that is said, the worse it grows.


 * jú cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * do thus.


 * úa hàm lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, lṳ́ tin-tò̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * I told you to do it in this way and you did just the reverse.


 * àng húe-cûn cìeⁿ méⁿ;
 * as fast as a steamboat moves.


 * àng cí koiⁿ chù cìeⁿ tōa;
 * as large as this house.


 * m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is not so.


 * cìeⁿ bô̤ sîn-khì, tîeh cîah pó;
 * when so lacking in vigor, you must take a tonic.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi nâng, m̄-hó̤ kau-chap;
 * do not associate with such people.


 * i sĭ cò̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ a m̄ sĭ;
 * he did so, did he not.


 * i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * he did it in this way.


 * i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * that is what he said.


 * Relishes; salt condiments.
 * tāu cìeⁿ; bûe cìeⁿ; bí cìeⁿ; lâh-cie cìeⁿ;
 * salt relishes made from beans, plums, rice, or red peppers.
 * salt relishes made from beans, plums, rice, or red peppers.


 * hiam cìeⁿ;
 * pungent salt condiments.


 * cìeⁿ-hu;
 * catsup.


 * saⁿ cham cìeⁿ;
 * mixed relishes.


 * cìeⁿ sie chài;
 * small vegetables seasoned in soy.


 * To itch.
 * pê cĭeⁿ;
 * to scratch on account of itching.
 * to scratch on account of itching.


 * ŏi cĭeⁿ a bŏi?
 * Does it itch?


 * lṳ́ kâi nêk tó̤ cĭeⁿ lio!
 * You itch for want of a whipping!


 * cĭeⁿ kàu khàng kut;
 * it itches down to the bone.


 * cĭeⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ pê, pê lío īu thìaⁿ;
 * scratch it because it itches, and after scratching it, it becomes sore.


 * cĭeⁿ kàu m̄ hó̤ năi, tĭehtîeh [sic] bói sĭm-mûeh lâi so̤h;
 * it itches intolerably, I must buy something to rub on it.


 * sói cĭeⁿ;
 * a wash for itching.


 * cĭeⁿ kò̤ m̄ pê, khṳ pê thìaⁿ kó̤;
 * not scratching where it itches but where it is sore.


 * cĭeⁿ căi;
 * itches badly.


 * To ascend; to rise; to mount.
 * cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;
 * go to Peking.
 * go to Peking.


 * cĭeⁿ lâu-téng;
 * go up stairs.


 * cĭeⁿ suaⁿ;
 * ascend the mountain; to disembark.


 * cĭeⁿ-cĭeⁿ lô̤h-lô̤h;
 * ascending and descending.


 * bŏi tit cĭeⁿ;
 * cannot get up.


 * thóiⁿ m̄ cīeⁿcĭeⁿ [sic] mâk;
 * it will not pass muster.


 * cĭeⁿ chĭ bói chài;
 * gone a marketing.


 * cĭeⁿ cûn;
 * to embark.


 * pha-cĭeⁿ bé-sin cĭu tîeh khîa;
 * if you mount a horse you must ride him.


 * peh-cĭeⁿ chīu;
 * climb a tree.


 * cĭeⁿ chù-tèng;
 * get up on the roof.


 * cĭeⁿ kè, lô̤h kè;
 * increase or diminish the price.


 * cĭeⁿ cîⁿ kaⁿ-ná, lô̤h cîⁿ kieⁿ;
 * olives grow more valuable by keeping, and ginger grows less so.


 * sṳ̄ cē cĭeⁿ chíu cū cò̤ kàu hó̤-hó̤;
 * as soon as the business is put into his hands it is accomplished.


 * m̄ cĭeⁿ cêk kâi gûeh;
 * not so much as a month.


 * cĭeⁿ côi khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;
 * club together and go and see.


 * kío cĭeⁿ;
 * to sum up.


 * cĭeⁿ cúi cûn;
 * goes against the current.


 * chù lăi cĭeⁿ cúi;
 * the water rises into the house.


 * cĭeⁿ pńg cieⁿ;
 * send up a report.


 * cêk ĕ cĭeⁿ, cêk ē lô̤h;
 * for each ascent there is a descent.


 * Upper; high; foregoing; in; upon.
 * cīeⁿ ĕ;
 * upper and lower.
 * upper and lower.


 * cīeⁿ phêⁿ siaⁿ;
 * the upper even tone.


 * cīeⁿ khṳ̀ siaⁿ;
 * the upper departing tone.


 * cīeⁿ jît;
 * the other day.


 * cīeⁿ kúi jît;
 * a few days ago.


 * cīeⁿ kâi lói-pài;
 * last Sunday.


 * thiⁿ cīeⁿ sîn-sien hú, tī ĕ pù-kùi ke;
 * in heaven there are the mansions of the angels, and on earth there are the dwellings of noble families.


 * cīeⁿ chíu sĭ tī-tîang?
 * Who was his predecessor?


 * cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;
 * the higher and lower levels.


 * cīeⁿ thâu;
 * up yonder.


 * sin-cīeⁿ;
 * the person.


 * sin-cīeⁿ chŵn-jú lío;
 * he has recovered his health.


 * tŏ̤ úa sin-cīeⁿ;
 * it is upon my person.


 * cí-kò̤ íⁿ-cīeⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih tī-hng?
 * What country is this on before us?


 * kío tŏ̤ hṳ́ cīeⁿ;
 * to conclude from the foregoing.


 * úa tŏ̤ cīeⁿ nî lâi;
 * I came years ago.


 * koi cīeⁿ ŭ sĭm-mih hó̤ bói?
 * What is to be bought in the streets?


 * ŭ cīeⁿ ŭ ĕ;
 * there cannot be an upper without an under.


 * cŏ̤ cīeⁿ ūi;
 * sit in the upper seat.


 * cīeⁿ-kùa;
 * the forenoon.


 * cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tǹg;
 * keep the earlier meal for a later one.


 * cīeⁿ tńg hó̤, ĕ tńg m̄ hó̤;
 * it was good the former time but not the latter.