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• ‮銓‬chŵn10121676

To select according to merit and capacity;

to value aright.

chŵn-sẁn;

to estimate the quality, and select accordingly; to choose properly.

kui pŏ chŵn-sẁn;

returned to the Board for re-appointment, as certain officers are at the close of a term of office.

• ‮全‬chŵn1013114
• Completely; altogether; entire.

ŵn-chŵn;

complete.

chŵn tì, chŵn lêng;

almighty and omnipotent.

chŵn ke hok lôk;

the whole family prospered.

pù kùi sang chŵn;

both rich and noble.

chŵn hù cèng sîn;

undivided energies.

lṳ́ cò̤-nî chŵn-chŵn m̄ thiaⁿ úa?

Why do you wholly disregard my wishes?

úa lâi ku-ā hûe chŵn m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́;

I came many times and never saw you at all.

cía sî chŵn bŏi cîah;

I cannot eat at all at this time.

i chŵn àiⁿ;

he altogether desires it.

ŵn-chŵn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

finish up this business.

chŵn khîeh khṳ̀;

take it away altogether.

hok bô̤ sang chwn;

bliss is never twice complete.

bûn bú chŵn cai;

he understands both military and civil affairs.

cīeⁿ-sî chŵn bô̤ hŏ, jûah căi;

there has been no rain lately and it is very hot.

cí pńg cṳ úa thóiⁿ m̄ chŵn;

I have not yet read this book through.

chŵn hù hok-sek;

a complete suit of clothes.

chŵn sin phi kùa;

completely accoutered.

chŵn thàu;

a complete equipment.

chŵn tṳ chŵn îeⁿ;

whole hogs and sheep.

i chŵn m̄ hío sṳ̄;

he does not understand the matter at all.

chŵn cĭang lṳ́ lău nâng ke;

it depends wholly upon your venerable self.

khà chŵn théng;

rouse the whole school of fish by striking the water.

cí cuang kuaⁿ-si phah chŵn théng;

this lawsuit has beaten the whole posse of them.

lṳ́ chŵn m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;

you are wholly ignorant of what is best or what is worst.

lṳ́ kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi chŵn bŏi chò̤;

what you said was faultless.

pái chŵn cip-sṳ̄;

bring out all the emblems off office.

bw̄n chŵn;

not the least.

lṳ́ chŵn bô̤ sim khṳ̀ lí;

you have no mind to do it.

• ‮傳‬chŵn119911
• To order; to transmit orders.

chŵn i lâi kìⁿ;

order him to appear.

chŵn hō̤ láu-cìang kio bûn pôiⁿ kâi hō̤-pâng cêk īeⁿ;

ushers are the same, whether in military or in civil service.

é

• ‮啞‬é1066308
• Dumb.

é nâng hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;

the dumb are loquacious.

ui lâng, ui é, ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

to so cure the patient that he is deaf, dumb, and

blind.

ău sì tîeh é;

you will be dumb in the next world, (said in scolding a great talker).

i é sîn é kúi;

he is a dumb fellow.

• ‮涉‬ĕ750857
• To wade.

ĕ kùe khoi;

wade across a stream.

tìn-tang kò̤ chim, khíong-ùi ĕ m̄ kùe;

it is deep in the middle, and I fear we cannot wade across.

ĕ pīn sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;

wade in up to the chest.

kha màiⁿ ĕ cúi;

do not step in that puddle.

put-phû khò-kha cìaⁿ hó̤ ĕ;

lift the bottoms of your trowsers, then you can wade.

• ‮下‬ĕ18312
• The next; below; under.

ĕ chṳ̀;

the next time.

ĕ nî;

the coming year.

ĕ jît;

some other day soon.

táng kàu ĕ kâi gûeh;

wait until next month.

ĕ cūa cìaⁿ khîeh lâi;

he will bring it the next time.

ĕ hăng tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

next time you must do thus.

ĕ chut cò̤-nî cò̤?

What is to be done next?

ĕ pái i m̄ káⁿ;

another time he will not do so.

ĕ hûe, m̄ hó̤;

do not do so again.

ĕ sî;

another time, hereafter.

cīeⁿ ĕ sî cū m̄ sie tâng;

they were not the same the last time as they were the first time.

ĕ sî tîeh cai thóiⁿ;

another time you must look out.

chíu ĕ kâi nâng;

subordinates.

tì ĕ nâng;

those under your control.

kha chíu chek ĕ kâi nâng;

dependents.

mâk ĕ kâi kéng-khùang hó̤ mē?

Is the immediate prospect good?

thong thiⁿ ĕ kâi nâng;

all people under heaven.

lô̤h lâu ĕ;

gone down stairs.

pàng tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;

put it under the table.

teh tŏ̤ cí cṳ-cheh ĕ;

put it under this book.

khǹg tŏ̤ tû ĕ;

hidden under the cupboard.

ĕ chíu kang;

the work of an apprentice.

cīeⁿ chíu ciap ĕ chíu;

there is no interim between the predecessor and successor.

cīeⁿ chíu sĭ i tó̤ tīu, ĕ chíu sĭ úa tó̤ tīu;

first he lived there, and then I did.

ĕ pŏ;

the lower or latter portion.

ĕ-hâi;

the chin.

ăm ĕ;

the neck, below the chin.

kha ĕ;

under foot.

kha-mâk ĕ;

the side of the foot below the ankle bone.

ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;

the armpit.

kha-thâu-u ĕ;

the kneepan.

tó-câi ĕ;

the abdomen.

hîap ĕ;

the side, below the armpit.

cīeⁿ pńg thâk ŵn cìaⁿ thâk ĕ pńg;

read the preceding volumes, then the succeeding.

cīeⁿ-kùa cò̤ kàu ĕ-kùa;

worked from forenoon till afternoon.

cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tng;

save the preceding meal for the succeeding one.

cīe ūi, ĕ ūi;

higher and lower positions.

ko̤h ĕ;

Your Excellency.

cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;

up and down in a landscape.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ ĕ sì;

down there on the lower level.

huang ĕ pôiⁿ, huang ĕ pôiⁿ;

to windward and to leeward.

cīeⁿ lâu pôiⁿ, ĕ lâu