撩
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To tickle; to titillate.
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i tó̤ ût, i so̤h tîo cúa-ang-teng khṳ̀ chwn i kâi phīⁿ-khang, ùaⁿ cē, īu khîeh koi-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chwn i kâi hĭⁿ-khang;
when she is sleeping, he rolls up a lamp-lighter and goes and tickles her nostril, and a little later he gets a feather and goes and tickles her ear.
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chwn i chéⁿ khí lâi;
woke him up by tickling him lightly.
穿
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To pervert; to turn aside.
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khah chwn-châk;
too much perverted from the original truth.
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sĭ tó̤ chwn-châk kâi;
it is being perverted.
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chwn-suaⁿ-kah;
the ant-eater.
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peh pō chwn îang;
a hundred paces off.
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nâng kâi pâng lăi m̄ hó̤ thèng chwn jîp khṳ̀;
do not without evident reason go into people’s private rooms.
川
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A rivulet.
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suaⁿ chwn;
mountain streams.
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chwn lîu put sek;
an uninterrupted flow.
喘
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To pant.
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hm̄-hm̄-chẃn;
asthmatic breathing.
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kîaⁿ kàu cí-kò̤ lâi tó̤ chẃn;
coming here has put me out of breath.
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chẃn cêk kùa bŏi hiah;
panted a half day without stopping.
閂
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A cross-pin; to join by a cross-pin.
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àm chẁn;
joined by a hidden pin.
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chẁn tŏ̤ hṳ́ pùe-ău;
joined by a cross-pin on the back.
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pùe-ău cò̤ saⁿ ki chẁn;
make three cross bar on the back.
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àiⁿ ēng kúi kò̤ lâi chẁn a sĭ àiⁿ ēng kàu kò̤ kâi?
Do you wish to make it by joining several pieces with a bar mortised in, or to make it of a single piece?
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kang-hu hó̤ kâi, chẁn khṳ̀ cìaⁿ năi;
make it with joints well fitted, and mortise in a bar through the pieces, then it will last.
串
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To lace together; to join by stringing on; to league.
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chẁn phàu;
a string of fire-crackers.
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chẁn bûeh-tói;
to lace up the sole of a stocking.
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chẁn khí lâi, chẁn lô̤h khṳ̀;
pass the string upward and downward through eyelet holes, as in lacing a boot.
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chẁn thong;
to pass through an eyelet hole.
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chẁn kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
pass it through to the other side.
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cīeⁿ ĕ m̄ chẁn;
the foregoing and the following are not intimately connected.
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chẁn hâh;
banded together.
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i nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-tâng kâi;
the two are leagued together.
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àm-cĕⁿ chẁn-tâng;
secretly leagued.
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chẁn mông;
a concerted plan.
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sĭm kùe phah-chẁn kâi;
far surpassing what could have been done by agreement.
簒
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To seize upon.
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chẁn ūi;
seize the throne.
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chẁn chì;
murder the ruler.
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chẁn i kâi kok;
seized his kingdom.
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i sĭ khṳt i chẁn khṳ̀;
it was seized and taken away by him.
爨
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A mess of food; to mess separately.
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íⁿ-keng kak kak hun chẁn lío;
each of them has his own separate table.
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lêng kṳ, lêng chẁn;
they are separately domiciled.
痊
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Convalescent.
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chŵn-jú;
recovered from illness.
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ui kàu chŵn-jú;
entirely cured.
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i pēⁿ chŵn-jú a būe?
Has he recovered yet?
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íⁿ-keng chŵn-jú lío;
he is already convalescent.
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būe chŵn-jú;
not yet well.
銓
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To select according to merit and capacity;
to value aright.
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chŵn-sẁn;
to estimate the quality, and select accordingly; to choose properly.
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kui pŏ chŵn-sẁn;
returned to the Board for re-appointment, as certain officers are at the close of a term of office.
全
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Completely; altogether; entire.
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ŵn-chŵn;
complete.
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chŵn tì, chŵn lêng;
almighty and omnipotent.
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chŵn ke hok lôk;
the whole family prospered.
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pù kùi sang chŵn;
both rich and noble.
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chŵn hù cèng sîn;
undivided energies.
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lṳ́ cò̤-nî chŵn-chŵn m̄ thiaⁿ úa?
Why do you wholly disregard my wishes?
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úa lâi ku-ā hûe chŵn m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́;
I came many times and never saw you at all.
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cía sî chŵn bŏi cîah;
I cannot eat at all at this time.
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i chŵn àiⁿ;
he altogether desires it.
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ŵn-chŵn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
finish up this business.
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chŵn khîeh khṳ̀;
take it away altogether.
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hok bô̤ sang chwn;
bliss is never twice complete.
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bûn bú chŵn cai;
he understands both military and civil affairs.
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cīeⁿ-sî chŵn bô̤ hŏ, jûah căi;
there has been no rain lately and it is very hot.
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cí pńg cṳ úa thóiⁿ m̄ chŵn;
I have not yet read this book through.
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chŵn hù hok-sek;
a complete suit of clothes.
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chŵn sin phi kùa;
completely accoutered.
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chŵn thàu;
a complete equipment.
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chŵn tṳ chŵn îeⁿ;
whole hogs and sheep.
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i chŵn m̄ hío sṳ̄;
he does not understand the matter at all.
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chŵn cĭang lṳ́ lău nâng ke;
it depends wholly upon your venerable self.
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khà chŵn théng;
rouse the whole school of fish by striking the water.
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cí cuang kuaⁿ-si phah chŵn théng;
this lawsuit has beaten the whole posse of them.
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lṳ́ chŵn m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;
you are wholly ignorant of what is best or what is worst.
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lṳ́ kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi chŵn bŏi chò̤;
what you said was faultless.
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pái chŵn cip-sṳ̄;
bring out all the emblems off office.
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bw̄n chŵn;
not the least.
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lṳ́ chŵn bô̤ sim khṳ̀ lí;
you have no mind to do it.
傳
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To order; to transmit orders.
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chŵn i lâi kìⁿ;
order him to appear.
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chŵn hō̤ láu-cìang kio bûn pôiⁿ kâi hō̤-pâng cêk īeⁿ;
ushers are the same, whether in military or in civil service.