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Rh the anger of a god upon you, swearing that you will not do this.
 * tng thiⁿ cìu-cūa;
 * take oath under the open heavens.


 * úa káⁿ kio lṳ́ cìu-cūa;
 * I dare make oath to it.


 * A time; a trial.
 * i khṳ̀ ŭ kúi cūa?
 * How many times did he go?
 * How many times did he go?


 * cêk cūa tīaⁿ;
 * only once.


 * lâi hûe saⁿ sì cūa;
 * came and went three or four times.


 * cò̤ kùe ku-ā cūa;
 * have done it several times.

 cuaⁿ


 * To clutch; to grasp; to hold fast.
 * cuaⁿ kín i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;
 * held him fast, clutching his chest.
 * held him fast, clutching his chest.


 * chíu cuaⁿ i kâi piⁿ;
 * grasped his queue.


 * bô̤ cuaⁿ ná;
 * there is nothing to hold on by.


 * cí-kò̤ bô̤ cuaⁿ, li chūe hṳ́-kò̤ lâi cuaⁿ;
 * if you cannot get a hold in one place, seek another.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ cuaⁿ bô̤ ná, kang-khó căi;
 * it is very hard since there is nothing to get hold on.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ cuaⁿ cîah;
 * a living may be gotten there.


 * pat cuaⁿ kùe ìn-pé mē?
 * Has he taken over the official authority yet?


 * cuaⁿ cò̤ cêk pé;
 * take up in one handfull.


 * cuaⁿ chiam;
 * take a rod from among the divining rods.


 * cuaⁿ tîeh;
 * grabbed it.


 * cuaⁿ m̄ tîeh;
 * could not clutch it.


 * cuaⁿ tîeh cêk ki hó̤ chiam;
 * drew a lucky number.


 * lṳ́ cuaⁿ tîeh tī-kò̤ kâi chiam?
 * To what place does the lot which you drew assign you?


 * cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh kńg-tang, cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh hok-kìen;
 * one drew the lot which assigned him to Canton and the other the lot for Foochow.


 * A shallow cup.
 * teng cúaⁿ;
 * the oil cup of a lamp.
 * the oil cup of a lamp.


 * mâk-ciu tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;
 * eyes bigger than saucers.


 * tâng teng-cúaⁿ, po̤-lî cúaⁿ;
 * brass or glass oil-cups.


 * These; several in a body; a sign of the plural.
 * cí cùaⁿ nâng;
 * all these persons.
 * all these persons.


 * cí cùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭ síe-khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;
 * all these are very trifling affairs.


 * cí cùaⁿ kâi mûeh li pun lṳ́, hṳ́ hùaⁿ kâi mûeh li àiⁿ pun i;
 * these things are given to you and those are to be given to him.


 * A fountain; a spring.
 * céⁿ cûaⁿ;
 * a well spring.
 * a well spring.


 * cúi cûaⁿ;
 * a spring of water.


 * cûaⁿ-cúiⁿ hó̤;
 * spring water is best.


 * cang cúi-cûaⁿ kek cò̤ hue-bâk;
 * make a fountain take the form of a shrub.


 * Low; base; ignoble.
 * hĭa-cūaⁿ;
 * of mean birth.
 * of mean birth.


 * ka-kī cṳ̆ cò̤ cūaⁿ;
 * debase one's self.


 * cūaⁿ-kut-thâu;
 * a low fellow.


 * khin-cūaⁿ;
 * to depreciate.


 * phîn cūaⁿ;
 * poor and mean.

 cuah


 * To throw water away from one; to splash.
 * i khṳt i cuah kàu cêk sin cúi;
 * he was drenched by the water which she threw.
 * he was drenched by the water which she threw.


 * cúi mó̤ cuah tîeh nâng;
 * in throwing the water, do not dash it upon any one.


 * khṳt i cuah tîeh tê;
 * was splashed by the tea she threw out.


 * Deficient in; to be short of; wanting.
 * ŏi cûah a bŏi?
 * Is there too little?
 * Is there too little?


 * hâiⁿ i cûah nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n;
 * paid him up to within two hundred dollars.


 * hŵn cûah cêk tōa kûeh;
 * still lacks considerably more than half.


 * ŭ nâng cûah ke, ŭ nâng cûah cíe;
 * some lack more and some less.


 * chê tîeh hṳ́ tói cûah nŏ̤ hîeh;
 * found by examination that two leaves were missing.


 * téng tîeh cûah saⁿ peh kṳn;
 * found by weighing that it was three piculs short.


 * siu cûah saⁿ sîaⁿ;
 * have harvested all but about three tenths of the crop.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ sǹg, sǹg tîeh bŏ̤i cûah;
 * reckoned it up again, and found there was no deficiency.


 * ŏi cûah, tîehⁿ taⁿ ke kúi tàⁿ;
 * if it is insufficient, we must bring a few loads more.


 * To yield the palm to; below the mark.
 * cí kâi cûah hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is not so perfect as that.
 * this is not so perfect as that.


 * cía cúa cûah hía cúa cōi;
 * this paper is not nearly so good as that.


 * i kâi a-cé seⁿ lâi ío cûah;
 * her elder sister is not so handsome.


 * i kâi a îⁿ pí i seⁿ lâi cûah bô̤ ŭa;
 * her aunt lacks but little of being as beautiful as she.


 * úa thóiⁿ li cûah m̄ ki;
 * I do not think she lacks much of being his equal.

cûakcuak [sic]


 * Muddy; turbid; thick.
 * siaⁿ-im cûak;
 * has a hoarse voice.
 * has a hoarse voice.


 * mīn sek cûak, m̄ cheng;
 * his complexion is not clear.


 * cuí thóiⁿ tîeh cûak, m̄ cheng-khih;
 * the water does not appear to be clean.


 * khì-bī cûak;
 * a stuffy smell.


 * khì-bī lông-cûak;
 * a heavy mixed smell.


 * hun cheng cûak;
 * distinguish between the clean and the dirty.