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• ‮且‬chíaⁿ97414
• Moreover; furthermore; indicates a copulative sentence.

ko-chíaⁿ tīu sù-sî;

put up with this domicile for a short time.

úa tŏ̤-kò̤, lṳ́ sĭang chíaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa m̄ tŏ̤-kò̤ le m̄ cai lṳ́ cò̤-nî īeⁿ;

if you do like this when I am here, I do not know what you would not do if I were absent.

chíaⁿ cĭam pîet;

so we are to separate for awhile.

úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;

I moreover ask you.

chíaⁿ būe;

not just yet; please delay an instant.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ cŏ̤;

sit still and do not disturb yourself.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ táng úa;

you remain here and wait for me.

taⁿ chíaⁿ màiⁿ sĭeⁿ i;

now don't think about it any more.

kuang-chíaⁿ hìeⁿ ngía i cò̤ m̄-àiⁿ?

Since it is so pretty why does he not want it?

lṳ́ chíaⁿ hûe khṳ̀;

then you can go back.

chíaⁿ lâi cîah;

come now and eat.

chíaⁿ cieh úa, ùaⁿ cē khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;

lend it to me and I will bring it back to you after awhile.

lṳ́ chíaⁿ khṳt úa, ē-jît úa-kâi le khṳt lṳ́;

let me have it, and at another time I will let you have mine.

i kâi lâu kûiⁿ, jṳ̂ chíaⁿ khuah;

his chamber is lofty, and it is spacious as well.

ko-chíaⁿ;

it will do, it will answer temporarily.

kó-chíaⁿ;

done without any painstaking.

• ‮倩‬chíaⁿ98398
• To serve an occasion; to borrow for a purpose.

chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cò̤ bûn-cieⁿ;

to engage another to write an essay for one to use at an examination.

kìm bô̤ nâng chíaⁿ thòi;

forbid the employment of substitutes in writing for the examinations.

chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ thòi;

get a substitute to enter in one's place at an examination.

• ‮成‬chîaⁿ77622
• To finish.

cò̤ kàu chîaⁿ;

to bring to completion.

cîah kàu chîaⁿ;

finish the meal.

àiⁿ lí tîeh lí kàu chîaⁿ;

if you do it at all yon must finish it.

cò̤ m̄ chîaⁿ;

unfinished.

cí kâi khang-khùe chîaⁿ kàu i hó̤;

finish up this work.

chiah

• ‮倩‬chiah98398
• To borrow for a purpose; to employ for a special object.

i kâi bûn-cieⁿ sĭ ka-kī cò̤ kâi a sĭ chiah nâng cò̤ kâi?

Did he compose his essay himself or did he employ some one to do it for him?

nŏ̤ pang lóng-cóng chiah kieh lâi sie tàu;

the two parties each engaged workmen and rivaled each the other in the display made.

• ‮赤‬chiah721550
• Flesh color; reddish.

chiah sek;

Chinese flesh color.

chiah pò;

nankeen.

chiah kim;

red gold.

kim chiah, ngṳ̂n pêh;

gold is red and silver white.

chiah tì;

the god of fire.

chiah

cṳ́;

a young infant.

chiah tău;

the equator.

pak chiah kha;

barefoot.

chiah sin;

nude.

chiah sin lò thói;

stark naked.

pak-chiah ka-lit;

stripped to the waist.

chiah-kwt chiah-kwt;

red in the face.

chiah mâk tih;

sallow eyed.

chiah kha cheⁿ chíu;

barefooted and brown handed.

mīu seⁿ lâi chiah-khng chiah-khng;

has a brunette complexion.

mīn âng-kòng-chiah;

blushed deeply.

o pûi chiah tōiⁿ;

tough and strong from exposure.

chiah sim ūi kok;

a guileless monarch.

chiah kháu jît;

days marked in the calendar by red mouthed animals.

kíaⁿ-jît chiah kháu;

this is a day apt to be unlucky.

chiah tī choiⁿ-lí;

unoccupied wastes.

cîeh-chiah;

umber.

cí kâi pò seⁿ chiah khoih;

this cloth has unbleached threads in it.

chiah hŏi;

pickled crabs.

• ‮刺‬chiah1035186
• To prick; to stab; to tattoo.

khṳt chì chiah tîeh;

wounded by a thorn.

kha chiah tîeh chì;

got a thorn in his foot.

tîeh kîaⁿ cṳ́-sòi, màiⁿ chiah tîeh àng-le;

must walk carefully and not get cut by the potsherds.

i kâi chíu tèng chiah ŭ jī;

he has letters tattooed on his arm.

chiak

• ‮綽‬chiak841208
• Many; liberal.

chiak-hō̤;

a nickname or pet name.

i kâi chiak-hō̤ kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mûeh?

What nickname has he?

chiak-chiak ŭ ṳ̂;

there is some to spare.

• ‮雀‬chiak9971723
• A sparrow.

ìⁿ-chiak;

a house sparrow.

n̂g-chiak;

a goldfinch.

chiak téng;

the bird crest, a peculiar shaped button worn by those who have taken a degree.

chiam

• ‮籤‬chiam98111817
• Bamboo slips upon which names or characters are written, used for drawing lots, or in consulting oracnlar tables.

chiam tâng pit kè;

a box for slips, and a pen rack.

thiu ki chiam;

draw out a lot.

gê-chiam khí-thak;

an ivory tooth-pick.

cìe pôih chiam;

according to the lot drawn.

thâu chiam;

the lot which indicates who is to take the lead.

cuaⁿ chiam;

assign by lot.

siah kúi ki tek chiam;

whittle out some bamboo slips to use in drawing lots.

khîu chiam mn̄g phok;

divine by drawing slips on which characters are written.

cài khîeh chiam;

drew again.

siu chiam;

take the tallies.

chiam si;

the oracular answer corresponding with the number on the slip drawn.

húe chiam;

an urgent warrant.

kâi nâng cip cêk ki chiam;

each took a slip.