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gether in a day?

i cêk jît cẁn lâi cẁn khṳ̀ to̤ cẁn ŭ saⁿ sì peh cîⁿ;

by diligently hawking his wares here and there, he manages to earn three or four hundred cash a day.

cí īeⁿ seng-lí o̤h chú-cẁn;

it is difficult to find openings where this business may be made profitable.

• ‮撰‬cw̆n1186412
• To edit; to revise and publish.

ka-kī tŏ-cw̆n;

composed by himself.

thó tŏ-cw̆n;

revised thoroughly.

sĭu-cw̆n;

to indite.

cwt

• ‮拙‬cwt83645
• Stupid.

hṳ́ kâi cū sĭ úa kâi lăi cwt;

that is my wife.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ châng-cwt;

then it is best to keep mum.

úa kâi seⁿ-cieh sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;

I am naturally very stupid.

cha

• ‮差‬cha5487
• To diverge; a discrepancy; a mistake.

cha-chò̤;

to err.

cha-m̄-to̤; cha-m̄-cōi;

not much difference.

cha khṳ̀ hn̆g;

a great divergence.

bŏi cha bŏi chak;

there is no mistake in it.

cêk-sî cha-chak;

a momentary blunder.

cham-cha;

not uniform.

cham-cha, m̄ côi;

unassorted.

cham-cham cha-cha, chŵn m̄ kui-it;

very dissimilar, and not of one lot.

• ‮叉‬cha5291
• To place with the large and small ends alternating.

cha chíu;

to fold the arms.

sie cha tŏ̤ kò̤;

laid together heads and points.

cha m̄ bûa;

cannot pack them in snugly, with heads and points alternating.

sie cha cĭu pàng tit lô̤h;

you can put them in, if you lay them with the large and the small ends alternating.

• ‮炒‬chá37864
• To roast in a pan; to fry.

kang chá;

to parch in a dry pan.

cheⁿ chá;

to fry the raw material.

chá bí-kam-tê;

to parch rice for making coffee.

cien chá;

to fry in fat.

chá sek;

to fry till done.

màiⁿ chá khah thíam;

do not fry it too much.

• ‮鈔‬chà371674
• A voucher; a document; a receipt.

cîⁿ-chà;

paper money.

ēng chà;

use paper money.

sái chà;

send a draft.

ngṳ̂n lâi ūaⁿ chà;

exchange the money for a draft.

• ‮柴‬châ11755
• Wood; fuel; fire-wood.

cám châ;

to cut fire-wood.

châ pé;

fire-wood in bundles.

ēng châ lâi cò̤ mûeh-hîaⁿ;

use wood as fuel.

nín sĭ hîaⁿ châ, a hîaⁿ thôaⁿ?

Do you use wood or

coal as fuel at your house?

châ, kâi ngṳ̂n kúi tàⁿ?

How many piculs of wood for a dollar?

châ kâi ngṳ̂n chit-câp pé;

seventy bundles of wood for a dollar.

châ-thâu;

a knotty stick.

phùa châ;

to split kindlings.

phùa châ pó;

a small axe.

châ-húe ēng ke căi;

used a great deal of fire-wood.

châ sai;

lumber; wood used in carpentry.

ta châ m̄-hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;

dry wood should not be laid close to a fire; do not put yourself in the way of temptation.

nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;

it is not well to lean on a rotten stick.

khieh châ;

waifs; drift-wood.

kheh-cío kaⁿ châ;

a stick in the bill of a magpie.

kṳ̀ châ;

to saw wood.

châ kho;

a wooden hoop.

ôi tit châ khui, bŏi tit kṳ̀ ka-lânh;

the wedge that rives, is itself nipped fast.

cài châ kâi châ cûn;

a boat used for carrying wood.

châ ôi;

wooden shoes.

châ kîah;

wooden clogs.

châ kîe;

a wooden bridge.

châ pèⁿ;

a wooden handle.

cêk ki châ;

a fagot.

châ póiⁿ;

a slab.

cêk kò̤ châ;

a piece of wood.

châ chùi;

chips of wood.

hieⁿ châ;

sandal wood.

bâk châ;

ebony.

âng châ;

redwood.

cieⁿ châ;

camphor wood.

cieⁿ châ bô̤ mih ŏi cù;

camphor wood is not often affected by dry rot.

kheh kâi châ in;

grave a wooden seal.

tōiⁿ châ;

hard wood.

châ khah phàⁿ;

this wood is too porous.

khó-nōi châ ío jūn;

the wood of the Persian lilac is tougher.

châ thâu;

a stump.

châ phûe thiu;

a shaving.

• ‮呆‬châ619753
• Witless; doltish; stupid.

huaⁿ-hí i cìeⁿ tōa, châ-châ nē, cn̂g kâi bô̤ ēng;

am pleased to have him so well grown, but he is stupid and of no use at all.

i kâi châ kâi, m̄ hó̤ ǹg i;

he is a dolt and no dependence can be placed on him.

• ‮材‬châ942753

kuaⁿ-châ;

a coffin.

kuaⁿ-châ pang;

lumber for coffins.

cháⁿ

• ‮耍‬cháⁿ7311263
• To loiter; to play; to jest.

tît-tît khṳ̀, màiⁿ cháⁿ;

go straight there and do not loiter.

tàⁿ cháⁿ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

accustomed to jesting.

nŏ̤ ciah káu tó̤ cháⁿ;

the two dogs were gamboling about.

cháⁿ kàu îeⁿ; cháⁿ kàu tēng;

exhausted in the sport.

úa m̄ kāng lṳ́ cháⁿ;

I am not jesting with you.

chah

• ‮插‬chah9649
• To insert; to stick in; to set in a socket.

chah pie;

to stick in a label.

chah chíu;

insert the hand.

chah hue-bâk;

to stick flowers into a crevice by their stems.

chah hieⁿ;

to