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Rh ; tîeh;
 * you have decided rightly.


 * ka-kī put lêng cú-ì;
 * cannot herself decide.


 * cú sṳ̄;
 * manages the affair; a director in a Board.


 * sîn-cú;
 * a deified lord.


 * úa m̄ káⁿ cwn cú;
 * I dare not assume the direction.


 * châi cú;
 * châi cú láu; tong cú; a rich man.


 * cú-ciang;
 * to manage or oversee.


 * i sim lăi bô̤ cú-ciang;
 * he has no force of will.


 * thien-cú kà;
 * the Roman Catholic religion.


 * cú-cái;
 * to reign.


 * ŭ cú-cái, bô̤ cú-cái;
 * has or has not controlling power.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh cú-tì sĭm-mih pēⁿ?
 * What ailment is this medicine good for?


 * cú-kháu;
 * literary examiners.


 * i cú tit ì;
 * he does as he likes.


 * sĭ i tó̤ cú pûaⁿ;
 * it is he who manages the business.


 * hu-cú;
 * the husband.


 * kŭn-cú;
 * the sisters and daughters of princes.


 * ìuⁿ cú;
 * the young ruler.


 * To eat as insects do; destructive insects.
 * cù thâng;
 * weevils, moths, grubs, bookworms, and the like.
 * weevils, moths, grubs, bookworms, and the like.


 * khṳt thâng cù kàu khang-khak;
 * hollowed out by grubs.


 * sĭm-mih thâng tó̤ cù châ, cù kàu huaihⁿ-huaihⁿ-kìe;
 * some insect is gnawing the wood, and you can hear the sound of the gnawing.


 * cù kàu kâi khang kâi khang;
 * worm eaten.


 * cù-mô̤ⁿ-síen;
 * ringworm on the scalp.


 * lău-gê-cù;
 * yamun extortioners.


 * cho̤h saⁿ-khò cù tīo khṳ̀;
 * these garments are moth eaten.


 * To define; to add an emendation or gloss.
 * cù mêng-pêh;
 * define clearly.
 * define clearly.


 * mih sṳ̄ sĭ cù tīaⁿ kâi;
 * all is exactly defined.


 * būe cù seⁿ, soiⁿ cù sí;
 * before he tells what will happen in life, he fixes the day of death, (as a fortune teller predicting immediate death).


 * cù sek;
 * to define the meaning.


 * cí pńg cṳ-cheh ŭ cù-kói a bô̤?
 * Has this book explanatory notes?


 * cù kha;
 * foot notes.


 * cù sò̤;
 * a full explanation, (as of the classics).


 * jī-cù sĭ cò̤-nî kói-sueh?
 * How is this emendation to be explained?


 * cía cṳ sĭ tī-tîang cù kâi?
 * By whom were the comments on this book written?


 * To cast; to fuse and run into moulds.
 * cù cîⁿ;
 * to cast copper coins.
 * to cast copper coins.


 * cí kâi sĭ cù kâi a sĭ phah kâi?
 * Is this cast or wrought?


 * cù cò̤ thih-póiⁿ;
 * cast it into iron plates.


 * cù tâng, cù siah;
 * cast brass or pewter ware.


 * în cù kâi;
 * of cast lead.


 * To direct water in channels;
 * to fix the attention upon.
 * to fix the attention upon.


 * lṳ́ kâi mâk cù-cù tó̤ thóiⁿ sĭm-mûeh?
 * What are you looking at so fixedly?


 * cù-sim;
 * attentive.


 * cù-sim tó̤ cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * doing this thing with fixed attention.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cù-sim;
 * you should give your whole mind to what you are doing.


 * cù cho̤h cúi lô̤h cí-kò̤;
 * lead some water in this direction.


 * cù tek-sut;
 * lead water into holes to drive out the crickets.


 * cù thô-ciang-kun;
 * lead water in to expel the black and white beetles.


 * cù tŏ-kâu;
 * direct water into the retreat of the beetles to drive them out.


 * cù ì;
 * to fix the thoughts upon.


 * cù cíu;
 * turn wine into the mouth.


 * âu ta căi, lí-kẃn cù tê;
 * is very thirsty and keeps taking tea.


 * That which guides the flame; a stick of incense.
 * sie cêk cù hieⁿ;
 * burn a stick of incense.
 * burn a stick of incense.


 * To cease; to halt; to stop.
 * méⁿ-méⁿ cí-cŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * immediately put a stop to this business.
 * immediately put a stop to this business.


 * hiah-cŭ;
 * to cease.


 * sak-cŭ;
 * to plug up.


 * thêng-cŭ kha;
 * cease walking.


 * síu-cŭ lō-kháu;
 * guard the passes.


 * cŭ chíu;
 * stay your hand.


 * jím khì m̄ cŭ;
 * I cannot help being angry.


 * lún m̄ cŭ;
 * I can't endure it.


 * lâu i m̄ cŭ;
 * cannot detain him.


 * cò̤-pû kṳ-cŭ; tâng cŭ;
 * living together.


 * húe jú phah jú tô̤h, phah m̄ cŭ;
 * the more I try to put out the fire the fiercer it blazes, I can't extinguish it.


 * ak-cŭ;
 * to repress, restrain or put a stop to.


 * hueh lâu m̄ cŭ;
 * cannot staunch the blood.


 * To assemble; to collect; to dwell together.
 * cŭ-cîp; cŭ-hŭe; cŭ-côi; cŭ-bûa;
 * to assemble.
 * to assemble.


 * cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;
 * to collect in one spot.


 * cí-kò̤ ŏi cŭ cúi;
 * the water collects here.


 * cìeⁿ-sî ŏi cŭ châi;
 * is accumulating wealth lately.


 * cŭ-pó̤ tn̂g;
 * a shrine of the god of wealth.


 * só̤ chut m̄ jû só̤ cŭ;
 * what is exported is not so good as what remains.


 * cŭ-cîp tŏ̤ hŭe-tn̂g;
 * congregate at the meeting house.


 * cek-cŭ kâi pēⁿ;
 * a disease that has culminated.


 * hùaⁿ nâng cŭ tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * Why is it that so many persons have come together there?


 * cŭ bun sêng lûi;
 * if you can get a sufficiently large swarm of gnats together they will make a noise like thunder.


 * Meat that has been offered in sacrifice.
 * pun cŭ-nêk;
 * distribute meat that has been offered to idols.
 * distribute meat that has been offered to idols.


 * To be stationed at.
 * cŭ-cap;
 * encamped.
 * encamped.


 * cŭ-hûang ciang-kun;
 * the general commanding a garrison.