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• ‮愁‬chô963619
• Mournful; grieved.

chô bâi put tíen;

lowering eyebrows.

iu-chô;

sorrowful.

chô-būn;

melancholy.

sio chô;

assuage grief.

chô-îong múaⁿ mīⁿ;

a rueful face.

choi

• ‮米粉‬chòi590
• Rice flour.

ceng chòi;

to make rice flour.

choiⁿ

• ‮千‬choiⁿ980241
• A thousand.

câp peh kìe-cò̤ cêk choiⁿ;

ten hundreds are called one thousand.

choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi;

over innumerable mountains and seas; very far off.

khèng cok choiⁿ chiu;

congratulate the empress on her birthday.

choiⁿ lí bé;

a swift courier.

choiⁿ kim bói chù, bw̄n kim bói lîn;

thousands of dollars may buy a house, but millions of dollars will not secure good neighbours.

choiⁿ-bw̄n m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀;

beyond all doubt, it is inexpedient to go.

• ‮筅‬chóiⁿ8011186
• A small broom; to scrub with a broom.

tek-chóiⁿ;

a bamboo broom.

siu-chóiⁿ;

a stiff broom.

chóiⁿ cheng-khih;

scrub it clean with a broom.

koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;

a feather brush.

cang chóiⁿ;

a coir broom.

hĭⁿ chóiⁿ;

an ear brush.

chóiⁿ pn̄g-lōi;

scour the skimmer.

chóiⁿ thûn;

the annual house-cleaning.

• ‮抓‬chóiⁿ32644
• To scratch for food.

kio koi pêⁿ-īeⁿ, m̄ chóiⁿ cū bô̤ cîah;

is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.

koi tó̤ chóiⁿ thô-ĕ;

the hen is scratching the ground for food.

• ‮慫‬chòiⁿ10236111
• To inspirit; to incite; to urge on; to stir up; to arouse.

sĭ i chòiⁿ i khṳ̀ cò̤;

it was he who put him up to do it.

úa pńg-pńg m̄ lâi, sĭ khṳt i chòiⁿ kàu thíam cìaⁿ lâi;

I should not have come of myself, but I was pestered so constantly by him that I came.

lṳ́ hó̤ chòiⁿ i nā kò̤;

you should urge him to stay there.

• ‮蠶‬chôiⁿ94714218
• Silk-worms.

chôiⁿ keⁿ si;

silk-worms spin silk.

chôiⁿ si;

the silk spun by silk-worms.

chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;

cocoons.

chôiⁿ tāu;

the chrysalis.

chôiⁿ îah;

the moth.

chôiⁿ n̆ng;

the eggs.

cí khí chôiⁿ ío tōa tîo;

this sort of silk-worm is large.

chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;

silk-worms feed on mulberry leaves.

chī chôiⁿ;

to keep silk-worms.

jû chôiⁿ cîah hîeh;

like the consumption of mulberry leaves by silk-worms.

ŏ̤ chôiⁿ bâi;

beetling eyebrows.

choih

• ‮泣‬choih396855
• To weep silently, to sob, to catch the breath as in sobbing.

i choih mih sṳ̄?

What is she crying about?

khàu kàu choih;

wept so violently as to sob.

khàu hiah hŵn-lío tó̤ choih;

after he had stopped crying he still continued to sob.

chok

• ‮觸‬chok9914813
• To excite; to stir up; to offend.

chok tîeh i kâi nō̤;

excited his wrath.

chok tîeh i seⁿ khì;

made him angry.

chok mâk kiaⁿ sim;

arouse the attention in such a way as to excite fear.

chok-khí i kâi sĭeⁿ-thâu;

arouse his attention.

chok-kéng seⁿ-chêng;

to irritate.

chok hŭam;

to sin willfully.

chok tîeh cĭu khì;

if you touch upon that he becomes angry.

• ‮戮‬chok846214
• A stamp; a die; a seal.

khap chok;

affix a stamp.

kip cêk kâi chok pun i;

gave him something to use as a stamp.

tŏ̤ kuaⁿ kò̤ nía kâi chok;

received a stamp at the magistrate's office.

tîaⁿ ā-sĭ bô̤ khap chok, kuaⁿ m̄ khéng siu;

the magistrate will not receive a paper which has no stamp upon it

• ‮捉‬chok82647
• To gripe; to seize.

chok lîah;

to gripe firmly.

ûah chok;

caught alive.

• ‮促‬chok101597
• To constrain; to urge.

kek chok;

to press urgently.

pek chok;

to hurry.

kek-kek chok-chok;

much straightened.

kek-kek chok-chok to cò̤ bô̤ hó̤ mûeh;

a fine piece of work cannot be done in haste.

sî-hāu khah pek-chok;

the time is too short.

màiⁿ khah tó̤-chok cĭu hó̤;

if not too hurried, it may be done.

• ‮蹙‬chok101415711
• To contract the brows.

sang bâi cò̤-nî chok-chok?

Why do you frown so?

hẃn-ló̤ kàu sang bâi chok cò̤ cêk ē;

so sad that his eyebrows were drawn together.

bâi-thâu cē chok, sim lăi cĭu phah tīaⁿ cú-ì;

with one contraction of the eyebrows, his mind is fully made up.

chong

• ‮聰‬chong102412811
• Intelligent; clear headed.

chong-mêng, tì-hŭi;

clear headed and sagacious.

hĭⁿ chong, mâk m̄ mêng;

has good hearing but dim eyesight.