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the anger of a god upon you, swearing that you will not do this.

tng thiⁿ cìu-cūa;

take oath under the open heavens.

úa káⁿ kio lṳ́ cìu-cūa;

I dare make oath to it.

• ‮次‬cūa1034762
• A time; a trial.

i khṳ̀ ŭ kúi cūa?

How many times did he go?

cêk cūa tīaⁿ;

only once.

lâi hûe saⁿ sì cūa;

came and went three or four times.

cò̤ kùe ku-ā cūa;

have done it several times.

cuaⁿ

• ‮揸‬cuaⁿ3649
• To clutch; to grasp; to hold fast.

cuaⁿ kín i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;

held him fast, clutching his chest.

chíu cuaⁿ i kâi piⁿ;

grasped his queue.

bô̤ cuaⁿ ná;

there is nothing to hold on by.

cí-kò̤ bô̤ cuaⁿ, li chūe hṳ́-kò̤ lâi cuaⁿ;

if you cannot get a hold in one place, seek another.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ cuaⁿ bô̤ ná, kang-khó căi;

it is very hard since there is nothing to get hold on.

hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ cuaⁿ cîah;

a living may be gotten there.

pat cuaⁿ kùe ìn-pé mē?

Has he taken over the official authority yet?

cuaⁿ cò̤ cêk pé;

take up in one handfull.

cuaⁿ chiam;

take a rod from among the divining rods.

cuaⁿ tîeh;

grabbed it.

cuaⁿ m̄ tîeh;

could not clutch it.

cuaⁿ tîeh cêk ki hó̤ chiam;

drew a lucky number.

lṳ́ cuaⁿ tîeh tī-kò̤ kâi chiam?

To what place does the lot which you drew assign you?

cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh kńg-tang, cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh hok-kìen;

one drew the lot which assigned him to Canton and the other the lot for Foochow.

• ‮盞‬cúaⁿ121088
• A shallow cup.

teng cúaⁿ;

the oil cup of a lamp.

mâk-ciu tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;

eyes bigger than saucers.

tâng teng-cúaⁿ, po̤-lî cúaⁿ;

brass or glass oil-cups.

• ‮些‬cùaⁿ79675
• These; several in a body; a sign of the plural.

cí cùaⁿ nâng;

all these persons.

cí cùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭ síe-khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;

all these are very trifling affairs.

cí cùaⁿ kâi mûeh li pun lṳ́, hṳ́ hùaⁿ kâi mûeh li àiⁿ pun i;

these things are given to you and those are to be given to him.

• ‮泉‬cûaⁿ1013855
• A fountain; a spring.

céⁿ cûaⁿ;

a well spring.

cúi cûaⁿ;

a spring of water.

cûaⁿ-cúiⁿ hó̤;

spring water is best.

cang cúi-cûaⁿ kek cò̤ hue-bâk;

make a fountain take the form of a shrub.

• ‮賤‬cūaⁿ9791548
• Low; base; ignoble.

hĭa-cūaⁿ;

of mean birth.

ka-kī cṳ̆ cò̤ cūaⁿ;

debase one's self.

cūaⁿ-kut-thâu;

a low fellow.

khin-cūaⁿ;

to depreciate.

phîn cūaⁿ;

poor and mean.

cuah

• ‮潑‬cuah7108512
• To throw water away from one; to splash.

i khṳt i cuah kàu cêk sin cúi;

he was drenched by the water which she threw.

cúi mó̤ cuah tîeh nâng;

in throwing the water, do not dash it upon any one.

khṳt i cuah tîeh tê;

was splashed by the tea she threw out.

• ‮欠‬cûah391760
• Deficient in; to be short of; wanting.

ŏi cûah a bŏi?

Is there too little?

hâiⁿ i cûah nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n;

paid him up to within two hundred dollars.

hŵn cûah cêk tōa kûeh;

still lacks considerably more than half.

ŭ nâng cûah ke, ŭ nâng cûah cíe;

some lack more and some less.

chê tîeh hṳ́ tói cûah nŏ̤ hîeh;

found by examination that two leaves were missing.

téng tîeh cûah saⁿ peh kṳn;

found by weighing that it was three piculs short.

siu cûah saⁿ sîaⁿ;

have harvested all but about three tenths of the crop.

lêng-ūaⁿ sǹg, sǹg tîeh bŏ̤i cûah;

reckoned it up again, and found there was no deficiency.

ŏi cûah, tîehⁿ taⁿ ke kúi tàⁿ;

if it is insufficient, we must bring a few loads more.

• ‮遜‬cûah82916210
• To yield the palm to; below the mark.

cí kâi cûah hṳ́ kâi;

this is not so perfect as that.

cía cúa cûah hía cúa cōi;

this paper is not nearly so good as that.

i kâi a-cé seⁿ lâi ío cûah;

her elder sister is not so handsome.

i kâi a îⁿ pí i seⁿ lâi cûah bô̤ ŭa;

her aunt lacks but little of being as beautiful as she.

úa thóiⁿ li cûah m̄ ki;

I do not think she lacks much of being his equal.

cûak

• ‮濁‬cûak838513
• Muddy; turbid; thick.

siaⁿ-im cûak;

has a hoarse voice.

mīn sek cûak, m̄ cheng;

his complexion is not clear.

cuí thóiⁿ tîeh cûak, m̄ cheng-khih;

the water does not appear to be clean.

khì-bī cûak;

a stuffy smell.

khì-bī lông-cûak;

a heavy mixed smell.

hun cheng cûak;

distinguish between the clean and the dirty.