cradle, iê-nâⁿ.
craft, chiú-gōi; kĩ-gōi. craftsman, sai-pẽ.
crafty, kan-tsà; kan-káu; kan-hiông; tsà-ngũi; kan-ngũi; ũ-tì-hũi; ũ-sim-sṳ̄.
cram, teh-tsa̍t; ji̍h-tsa̍t.
cramp, thiu-thiàⁿ. in the legs, thiu-kha-kṳn.
crane, pe̍h-liãu-si. for lifting weights, chhia.
crape, jiàu-se.
crash, piāng--chē-kiè; kōng--chē-kiè; kūang--chē-kiè.
crave, khiû; khṳ́n-khiû; koh-lô. craving for food, tóu iau. for opium, a-phièn-ngièn. for liquor, chiú-ngièn.
crawfish, lêng-hê.
crawl, so; pê.
crazy, siáu; huat-siáu; huat-khûang; huat-tien; khûang-lũan; sim m̄-tiāⁿ; sim-sîn m̄-tiāⁿ.
creak, i̍hⁿ-ua̍ihⁿ-kiè; i̍hⁿ-a̍ihⁿ-kiè.
cream, gû-nĩⁿ-phûe.
crease, niàuⁿ-hûn; chih-hûn; chih-tsūe.
create, tshàng-tsãu.
creation, tshàng-tsãu thiⁿ-tī; khai-thiⁿ phek-tī. since creation, tsṳ̃-khai-phek íⁿ-lâi; tsṳ̃ khui-thiⁿ íⁿ-lâi. at the creation, hũn-tũn tsho-khai. the whole creation, thiⁿ-tī būan-mue̍h.
credentials, bûn-phêng; bûn-pêng; úi-pâi.
credit, sìn; sièn; siang-sìn. buy or sell on credit, chhia. creditor, chè-tsú. credible, khó-sìn; sìn-tit-kùe. credulous, khín-sìn; thèng-sìn. creditable, ũ-kong; ũ-thí-mīn; khó-kìⁿ-nâng; hó-o-ló.
creek, káng; sié-khoi; sòi-khoi; thong-kà.
creep, pê, so. creep up, pê--khí-lâi. through a hole, bùn-khang; nn̍g-khang. under the bedclothes, nn̍g--ji̍p phũe-tói. stealthily along, níhⁿ-kha-kiâⁿ.
crescent, moon, gue̍h-bâi; sin-gue̍h; ngô-bâi-gue̍h.
crew, of ship, tsúi-siú.
crevice, khiah; phāng; phāng-khían; hûn-phāng; hûn-khiah.
cricket, tek-sut. chirping of, tiang-tiang-kiè.
crime, tsũe. commmit, hũam-tsũe. a capital, sí-tsũe.
criminal, hũam-jîn; tsũe-jîn; tsũe-hũam; chhiû-hũam.
crimson, tōa-âng-sek.
cringe, tsṳ̃-khut; thiám-mīⁿ thài-kùe.
cripple, kuái-kha.