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Chit—Circ
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Chit, piĕ.

Chit-chat, páng-dàng; páng-gōng.

Chloroform, mùng-gâng-iŏh.

Choice, N. dé̤ṳng-é: adj. bō̤-buói: take your –, câi-nṳ̄-gēng.

Choke, V. int. găng: V. t. kăng.

Cholera, bâng-tó-siá.

Choose, gēng; gēng-sōng; gēng-dĕk; tièu: – as lucky days, dăh: – as you please, câi-nṳ̄-gēng.

Chop, V. căk: N. mark, hô̤; cê-hô̤: chopping block, dĭng-bēng: mutton –, iòng bà̤-gáuk.

Chopper, cook's –, diò-dŏ̤; chái-dŏ̤: wood –, chà-dŏ̤.

Chopstick, dê̤ṳ: one –, dê̤ṳ siŏh-kiă: to take with –s, giék: a pair of –s, siŏh-sĕ̤ng dê̤ṳ.

Chops, meat –, bà̤-gáuk.

Christ, Gĭ-Dók.

Christian, hông-gáu nè̤ng: church member, huôi̤-īu.

Christianity, Ià-sŭ-gáu.

Christmas, Ià-sŭ-dáng; Géu-ciō-dáng.

Chronic, – disease, dòng-céng.

Chrysalis, huă-sĕng-nìng.

Chrysanthemum, gé̤ṳk-huă.

Chunam, săng-gák: V. páh săng-gák.

Church, gáu-huôi̤: – building, lā̤-bái-dòng.

Cicada, ă-cì: to catch –, nĭ ă-cì.

Cicatrix, bă; hòng.

Cigar, Lṳ̄-sóng hŏng.

Cinder, táng-hŭ.

Cinnabar, ciŏ; ngṳ̀ng-ciŏ.

Cinnamon, gié: – bark, gié-pùi̤.

Circle, kuàng; ièng-kuàng.

Circuit, to go on a –, sṳ̀ng-lô̤.