A joint, a section; a period or regular interval; a set way of doing a thing; temperance, continence; to keep within limits; to economize; to maintain dignity; an emergency.
cí ki tek lṳ́ thóiⁿ kúi cak?
How many joints do you think there are in this bamboo?
bói kúi cak hó̤-hó̤ kâi cìa lâi cîah;
buy a few joints of the best sugar-cane to eat.
cí cuang sṳ̄ lṳ́ cêk cak cêk cak tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
give me an account of the whole affair seriatim.
cak mâk;
the point where meshes join, or sections unite.
cīeⁿ cak, ĕ cak;
the upper and lower sections.
cêk cak cṳ;
one verse.
cak lîak;
a summary.
pun cò̤ kúi cak;
divided into several paragraphs.
chíu-cóiⁿ saⁿ cak, tōa cóiⁿ nŏ̤ cak;
the fingers have three joints and the thumb two.
kha cak, chíu cak;
the joints in the toes and fingers.
kut cak sng-thìaⁿ;
my bones ache,
pûah kàu chíu-cak chut thn̆g;
fell and dislocated his finger joint.
chẁn kùe cak;
runs across the joints.
cak ím cîah;
live temperately.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cak cíe;
gradually diminish.
cak khĭam;
be frugal.
cak ēng;
use sparingly.
lṳ́ màiⁿ seⁿ ki cak;
do not branch off into other subjects.
cak hŭ;
a dignified woman.
siu cak;
maintain dignity.
sit cak;
to lose dignity.
cak hàu;
dignified obedience.
khîa cak-hàu têng;
raise an honorary portal.
cak-lîet;
self-restrained.
bói kwn cak;
to get degrees by bribery.
sòi cak, tōa cak;
a small matter, or an important matter.
tăi cak;
a great emergency.
cí kâi nâng ŭ khì cak;
this man is self-restrained.
ū cak-ngĭ;
is temperate.
bô̤ cak bô̤ co̤h;
not kept within limits.
cîh tùi cak;
to disjoint.
cîh cak thăi hîen;
go outside the rules of etiquette in the entertainment of a scholar.
