charity, jîn-àiⁿ; jîn-tshṳ̂; jîn-tek; tshṳ̂-pui; tshṳ̂-sim; hó-sim; siu-sim. almsgiving, si-chì; chín-chì; kiàⁿ-tek; kiâⁿ-jîn-tek; chì-phîn; pù-si.
Charles'-wain, or Ursa Major, pak-táu; pak-táu-chheⁿ.
charm, hû; phek-siâ-hû; phêng-an-hû; pó-sin-hû. to write a, ūe-hû. to put up, tah-hû; kôu-hû. to wear, kùa-hû; kũaⁿ-hû. charms and incantations, hû-chiù. a charm of invisibility, siám-sin-hû.
chart, tī-tôu; hái-tôu.
charter, a ship, sùe-tsûn; pa̍k-tsûn; tsou-tsûn.
chase, tui; jiāu; chẽng. away, jiāu-tsáu; chẽng-tsáu. the chase, phah-la̍h.
chasm, tī pit-khui; tī li̍h-khui; tī hām.
chaste, cheng-chiet; siú-chiet; tsat-lie̍t. archway in memory of chaste widow who remains unmarried, chiet-hũ-têng.
chat, tàⁿ-ôiⁿ-ūe; phue̍h; phue̍h-ūe; phi̍t-phue̍h; thâm-lũn; thâm-ngân.
chattels, ke-si la̍k-thiok; ke-tsṳ; ke-húe.
chatter, chiau̍h-chiau̍h-kiè; ki-ki-kiè. with cold, chhìn kàu pōu-sou ou-tāu; chhìn kàu khí tõ-tiē.
cheap, phiⁿ; pân-gî; kiám-kè. dog-cheap, pân-gî kui-tsūaⁿ; tsūaⁿ-kè. cheap enough, do not beat it down more, pân-gî m̄-hó tsài-tshú.
cheat, phièn; khi-phièn; láu-phièn; kuang-láu; kuang-phièn; tshuah.
check, tsó-chí; at-chí; at-taīm; tsó-keh; iak-sok; tsũ; at-tsũ. oneself, at-chí ka-kī. pain, chí-thiàⁿ. diarrhoea, chí-sià; tsũ-sià.
cheek, kih-kau.
cheer, uaⁿ-ùe; khǹg-kòi; kāng--nâng khui-sim. cheerful, hí-iông; sóng-khùai.
cheese, gû-nĩⁿ-piáⁿ.
cherish, bú-iáng. in the mind, khn̍g tõ-sim-lãi.
chess, chhiẽⁿ-kî. play, teh-kî; kiâⁿ-kî (move); keng-kî (to consider before moving). men, kî-chí. board, kî-pûaⁿ.
chest, box, sieⁿ. one, che̍k-kha-sieⁿ. of drawers, kūiⁿ. with many drawers, as druggist's, peh-chí-sieⁿ. the chest, sim-kuaⁿ-thâu.
chestnut, kãu-la̍k.
chew, pōu; kã. the cud, huan-tsháu; húan-tsháu.
chicanery, tsōi-sim-sṳ̄; sim-sṳ̄ tsōi; kan-tsà; ngũi-kòi.
