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68  cohco̤h [sic]


 * To do; actions.
 * co̤h kang;
 * to work.
 * to work.


 * co̤h châng;
 * to till the soil.


 * hĭa co̤h câi;
 * very mean and stingy.


 * hwt-co̤h;
 * to relapse.


 * pēⁿ hwt-co̤h;
 * the ailment has returned.


 * To build dykes or intrenchments; to ram down the earth.
 * co̤h toi;
 * to make a dyke.
 * to make a dyke.


 * co̤h huang-ûi chîeⁿ;
 * to build a protecting wall.


 * co̤h châng hūaⁿ;
 * make embankments between fields.


 * co̤h bé-thâu;
 * build a pier.


 * To cut short; to interrupt the connection; most.
 * cô̤h ău sṳ̂;
 * cut off all the heirs.
 * cut off all the heirs.


 * khîong teng cô̤h hŏ;
 * disinherit all the descendants.


 * hía kíaⁿ sĭ cô̤h kíaⁿ;
 * this is a disinherited son.


 * cô̤h lō;
 * sunder the connection of the road.


 * cô̤h ;
 * break off the connection.


 * cô̤h chù hông seⁿ;
 * all resources seemed cut off, but a way out of the difficulty appeared.


 * cô̤h tùi kâi ūe;
 * a pun on words.


 * cô̤h cîah;
 * stop the rations.


 * cía hó̤ cô̤h tīo;
 * it may be severed from this point.


 * ngía cô̤h;
 * superior to all.


 * cô̤h céng;
 * extinct, as a race or species.


 * cô̤h sì hó̤;
 * the best the earth affords.

cu


 * A pearl; beads.
 * cêk lîap cu;
 * a pearl.
 * a pearl.


 * cin cu;
 * real pearls.


 * cêk pak cu;
 * a string of beads or pearls.


 * chîo cu;
 * a necklace worn by officials.


 * kùa cêk pak cu;
 * wore a string of beads.


 * mâk cu;
 * the lens of the eye.


 * ŭ ngán bô̤ cu;
 * you have eyes without lenses; youyour [sic] eyes are of little use to you.


 * hieⁿ cu;
 * beads of scented wood, or seeds.


 * hṳ̂ mâk hun cu;
 * confusing fishes’ eyes with pearls; without discrimination.


 * cin-cu hó̤ ēng cò̤ îeh;
 * pearls are used as medicine.


 * tang cu;
 * a brilliant gem.


 * ciu-cu súaⁿ;
 * pearl powder.


 * Red: the color of vermilion.
 * cu-cu ang;
 * bright pink.
 * bright pink.


 * chùi-lîm-phûe cu-cu âng;
 * her lips are bright red.


 * cîah kàu kâi mīn cu-cu âng;
 * drank till his face was much flushed.


 * kṳ̆n cu chek, kṳ̆n bâk hek;
 * when a thing is almost as red as vermilion it is almost as black as ink.


 * Vermilion; imperial, because the emperor uses red ink for his autograph.
 * ngṳ̂n-cu;
 * vermilion.
 * vermilion.


 * cu pit;
 * a red pencil; the imperial autograph.


 * cu-sa;
 * cinnabar.


 * cu jŭ;
 * an autograph order.


 * cu hńg;
 * the essays of successful graduates, so called because they are copied in red ink.


 * àiⁿ chak ngṳ̂n-cu âng a sĭ chak săi âng?
 * Will you have the lacquer a bright light red, or a bright dark red?


 * ngṳ̂n-cu bûah;
 * powdered vermilion.


 * ngṳ̂n-cu tîo;
 * a cake of vermilion.


 * ngṳ̂n-cu pit;
 * a pen used in writing with red ink.


 * ngṳ̂n-cu īⁿ;
 * an ink stone used with red ink.


 * cu-saⁿ âng;
 * scarlet.


 * A cancer or deep seated ulcer.
 * im cu;
 * a deep seated abscess.
 * a deep seated abscess.


 * cu pí iong kèng lĭ-hāi;
 * a cancer is more malignant than an ulcer.


 * Small pox.
 * chut cu;
 * have small pox.
 * have small pox.


 * cu-khue;
 * small pox.


 * cwn ui cu-khue;
 * makes a specialty of treating small pox.


 * All; every.
 * cu sṳ̄ lâu lṳ́ kâi kè;
 * all this gives you much trouble.
 * all this gives you much trouble.


 * cu jû chṳ́ lūi;
 * all are of this sort.


 * cu-hûam to àiⁿ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ kà i;
 * all are hoping to be instructed by you.


 * nín cu ūi cŏ̤;
 * be seated, all of you gentlemen.


 * To take advice concerning a lucky time.
 * cu kit, heng kang;
 * choose a lucky time for beginning the work.
 * choose a lucky time for beginning the work.


 * kṳ́n cu móng jît khui ô̤h;
 * carefully select a certain day for opening the school.


 * To pommel; to beat with the fists.
 * cu kàu i mâk úaⁿ céng;
 * bit him in the eye, causing it to swell up.
 * bit him in the eye, causing it to swell up.


 * cu kàu i cêk sin o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
 * pounded him till his whole body was black and blue.


 * Lord; master; owner; chief; a ruler; to decide; to dominate.
 * ke-cú;
 * the master of the house.
 * the master of the house.


 * cú-nîe;
 * the mistress of the house.


 * cú-jîn;
 * the host.


 * chù cú, phò cú, hâng cú, châng cú;
 * the owner of the house, shop, warehouse, or field.


 * cûn cú;
 * the owner of the boat.


 * cêk kok cṳ cú;
 * the ruler of a kingdom.


 * kūiⁿ cú;
 * the head man of a district.


 * ńng cú;
 * a female chieftain.


 * bô̤ nâng cò̤ cú;
 * no one holds control.


 * úa cò̤ lṳ́ kâi cú;
 * I am your master.


 * cú bó̤;
 * the master's wife.


 * kun cú;
 * the Sovereign.


 * cú kong; cú sĭang;
 * our Emperor.


 * kong cú;
 * the Emperor's sisters or daughters.


 * ngîap cú;
 * his landlord.


 * cú-ì;
 * to to choose or decide.


 * khṳt lṳ́ kâi úa cú-ì;
 * let you decide for me.


 * m̄ cai cò̤-nî cú-ì;
 * do not know what to decide upon.


 * lṳ́ cú-ì lâi