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 * To bestow alms.
 * cín-cì;
 * to relieve distress.


 * cín-cì ki-hng;
 * bestow charity on the famine stricken.


 * tôi cîⁿ cín-cì;
 * contribute money to be bestowed on the needy.


 * cín-cì phîn-khîong kâi nâng;
 * give alms to the poor.


 * To shake and quiver.
 * tī cín;
 * an earthquake.
 * an earthquake.


 * cín ûi lûi;
 * rattles like thunder.


 * phàu siaⁿ cín thiⁿ;
 * rattling cannon shake the heavens.


 * To recommend; to introduce; to set forth; to offer oblations.
 * cìn có;
 * to worship ancestors.
 * to worship ancestors.


 * sía huang cìn-cṳ khṳt i;
 * gave him a letter of introduction.


 * cìn gâu nâng;
 * bring forward worthy men.


 * tho̤h nâng cìn cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * entrust one with the presentation of some matter.


 * lṳ́ ŭ thó̤-thàng kâi nâng, cìn cêk kâi khṳt úa ēng;
 * recommend a laborer from among yours, for my service.


 * ka-kī cṳ̆ cìn;
 * to recommend one's self.


 * cìn kâi ui-seng khṳ̀ ui i kâi pēⁿ;
 * recommend a physician who can cure his disease.


 * ín-cìn;
 * to set forth; to recommend; to present.


 * sĭ nâng kṳ́-cìn kâi;
 * is one who was nominated.


 * War; to fight with numbers.
 * i sĭ cîah cìn-hìang, a cîah bé-hìang, a cîah síu-hìang?
 * Does he live upon pay as a foot soldier who goes out to fight, or as a mounted trooper, or as a member of a garrison?
 * Does he live upon pay as a foot soldier who goes out to fight, or as a mounted trooper, or as a member of a garrison?


 * To advance; to make progress; to bring forward; the divisions of a house having separate entrances.
 * kîaⁿ cìn kúi pō;
 * advance a few steps.
 * advance a few steps.


 * cìn jîp hṳ́ lăi;
 * went in there.


 * cìn thò̤ líang lâng;
 * to advance or retreat is equally difficult.


 * kàu cí-kò̤ lâi put cìn put thò̤;
 * from this point we could neither advance nor retreat.


 * cìn kṳ̆n cô̤iⁿ lâi;
 * come forward.


 * kîaⁿ cìn côiⁿ cē;
 * progress somewhat.


 * i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ káⁿ cìn côiⁿ;
 * in whatever he does he exerts himself.


 * in-cìn;
 * to bring to notice.


 * cho̤-thâu-ē cìn pō;
 * the first step in advance.


 * kàu ău cíang-cìn cū pò̤-tap i;
 * when he afterward attained promotion he recompensed him.


 * i tŏ̤ būe cíang-cìn kâi sî-hāu sĭ sĭu kùe i kâi ṳn-hŭi;
 * before he had been promoted, he had received great kindness from him.


 * īu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cìn sin;
 * it was in this way that he advanced himself.


 * cìn kòng;
 * to bring tribute.


 * múiⁿ nî to tîeh lâi cìn kòng;
 * must bring annual tribute.


 * lâi cìn kòng ŭ jîeh cōi lói-mûeh?
 * How much tribute has been brought?


 * lâi cìn kòng kâi ŭ jîeh cōi kok?
 * How many are there of the tributary states?


 * i hīn-kim m̄ khéng lâi cìn-kòng lío;
 * they are no longer willing to remain tributary.


 * úa cìaⁿ tâh cìn mn̂g cĭu thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I saw it as soon as I entered the door.


 * khṳ̀ mông kò̤ cìn hieⁿ;
 * go to a certain place to worship with great parade.


 * cìn-sṳ̆;
 * Doctor of Civil Law.


 * cí koiⁿ chù kúi cìn?
 * How many divisions deep is this house?


 * cìn kiaⁿ;
 * go to the capital.


 * kîaⁿ cìn kîaⁿ thò̤;
 * advancing and retreating.


 * A sort of light red or carnation silk.
 * cìn-sin;
 * the government red-book in which is recorded the names of the gentry and officials.
 * the government red-book in which is recorded the names of the gentry and officials.


 * bûn bú cìn-sin;
 * an official list of all the officers, both civil and military.


 * bói pang cìn-sin lâi thóiⁿ;
 * buy the red-book and examine it.


 * To exhaust; to finish entirely; to use all; the utmost degree; nothing left; the extreme.
 * cĭn úa kâi sim;
 * with all my heart.
 * with all my heart.


 * ke-châi phùa cĭn;
 * spent all his patrimony.


 * cĭn nâng lâk, thèng thiⁿ kong;
 * do to the utmost of your strength, and leave the rest to the mercy of heaven.


 * cĭn ceh;
 * fulfill your whole duty.


 * cṳ̆-cĭn;
 * to put an end to one's self; to commit suicide.


 * i kâi cṳ̆-cĭn sí sĭ cĭn cak sí kâi;
 * his suicide was a martyrdom.


 * cṳ put cĭn ngân, ngân put cĭn ì;
 * written words do not exhaust the language, and language does not express all ideas.


 * cêk ngân lâng cĭn;
 * it cannot all be told in a word.


 * tàⁿ m̄ cĭn;
 * it is inexpressible.


 * bô̤ khîong cĭn;
 * inexhaustible.


 * lṳ́ cĭn chêng căi;
 * you are extremely kind.


 * kàu cí kò̤ sĭ cĭn thâu kâi ūi-chṳ̀;
 * this is the extreme limit.


 * thâi kàu cĭn;
 * slew them all.


 * cĭn sim cĭn i;
 * to the utmost of one's ability.


 * cĭn sĭ cúi;
 * nothing but water anywhere.


 * cêk măng pha cĭn;
 * took them all at one haul.


 * khṳ̀ kàu cĭn búe kò̤;
 * went to the extreme end.


 * úa cĭn úa kâi lâk lâi cò̤;
 * I will do to the utmost of my power.


 * ŭ sì m̄-hó̤ cĭn sái, ŭ lâk m̄ hó̤ cĭn ēng;
 * one should not use all his influence, nor expend all his strength.


 * cĭn tong pò̤ kok;
 * serve the state with the utmost faithfulness.


 * ēng cĭn, cîah cĭn;
 * use up all one has.


 * tǹg cĭn cieh cĭn;
 * to mortgage all one possesses.


 * thóiⁿ cĭn jîeh cōi nâng, thiaⁿ cĭn jîeh cōi ūe?
 * How many people do you thoroughly understand, and how many subjects do you perfectly comprehend?


 * ngŏ cĭn, câp lío;
 * has nothing at all left.


 * ŭ hok màiⁿ cĭn híang;
 * bliss should not be enjoyed to the uttermost.

cio


 * To let people know; to own to; to wait on.
 * i m̄ khéng cio-jīn;
 * he is unwilling to own to it.
 * he is unwilling to own to it.


 * cêk pôiⁿ li cē phah cĭu cio, cêk pôiⁿ