千
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A thousand.
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câp peh kìe-cò̤ cêk choiⁿ;
ten hundreds are called one thousand.
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choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi;
over innumerable mountains and seas; very far off.
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khèng cok choiⁿ chiu;
congratulate the empress on her birthday.
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choiⁿ lí bé;
a swift courier.
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choiⁿ kim bói chù, bw̄n kim bói lîn;
thousands of dollars may buy a house, but millions of dollars will not secure good neighbours.
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choiⁿ-bw̄n m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀;
beyond all doubt, it is inexpedient to go.
筅
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A small broom; to scrub with a broom.
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tek-chóiⁿ;
a bamboo broom.
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siu-chóiⁿ;
a stiff broom.
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chóiⁿ cheng-khih;
scrub it clean with a broom.
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koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;
a feather brush.
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cang chóiⁿ;
a coir broom.
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hĭⁿ chóiⁿ;
an ear brush.
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chóiⁿ pn̄g-lōi;
scour the skimmer.
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chóiⁿ thûn;
the annual house-cleaning.
抓
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To scratch for food.
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kio koi pêⁿ-īeⁿ, m̄ chóiⁿ cū bô̤ cîah;
is like the fowls, that must either scratch or go without food.
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koi tó̤ chóiⁿ thô-ĕ;
the hen is scratching the ground for food.
慫
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To inspirit; to incite; to urge on; to stir up; to arouse.
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sĭ i chòiⁿ i khṳ̀ cò̤;
it was he who put him up to do it.
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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.
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lṳ́ hó̤ chòiⁿ i nā kò̤;
you should urge him to stay there.
蠶
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Silk-worms.
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chôiⁿ keⁿ si;
silk-worms spin silk.
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chôiⁿ si;
the silk spun by silk-worms.
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chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
cocoons.
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chôiⁿ tāu;
the chrysalis.
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chôiⁿ îah;
the moth.
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chôiⁿ n̆ng;
the eggs.
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cí khí chôiⁿ ío tōa tîo;
this sort of silk-worm is large.
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chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;
silk-worms feed on mulberry leaves.
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chī chôiⁿ;
to keep silk-worms.
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jû chôiⁿ cîah hîeh;
like the consumption of mulberry leaves by silk-worms.
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ŏ̤ chôiⁿ bâi;
beetling eyebrows.