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is more than is needed.
- cí cêk īeⁿ tăng cōi;
- this sort is much the heavier.
- cí kâi ngía tit cōi;
- this is much the prettier.
- tōa ho̤h cōi;
- much the larger.
- hó̤ cōi;
- much better.
- hía, ío hó̤ cōi;
- how much better that is.
- pí hía tn̂g cōi;
- much longer than that one.
- pí cá jît jûah cōi;
- much hotter than it was yesterday.
- cûah cōi tŏ̤ kò̤;
- lacks a great deal.
- míen tàⁿ hìeⁿ cōi;
- it is unnecessary to say so much.
- nín jîeh cōi kài chùi?
- How many have you to provide food for?
- cìeⁿ cōi cóng kàu;
- this much is quite enough.
- nâng-bé cōi; nâng-mûeh cōi;
- there are a great number of people there.
- nâng cōi, ūe cōi;
- where there are many people there is much talking.
- kim nî seⁿ ío cōi;
- this year the produce has been considerable.
- cí kâi tī-hng chut sĭang cōi;
- this region produces the greatest amount.
- hṳ́ kâi cōi kùe cí kâi;
- there is more of that than of this.
- sĭang téng cōi;
- the greatest quantity.
- bô̤ cōi nâng, kng i m̄ phû;
- without a great number of men it cannot be carried.
- cûah m̄ cōi;
- no great deficiency.
- cîah m̄ cōi;
- does not eat much.
- cōi-cōi to ŏi tit lío;
- even a great quantity may be used up.
- seⁿ kang cōi;
- brought forth great numbers.
- lâi cōi nî lío;
- came many years ago.
- kàu taⁿ ho̤h cōi jît;
- it is now many days since.
- lṳ́ cìeⁿ cōi kâi gûeh tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?
- What have you been doing these many months?
- nĕ cōi-cōi;
- a very great number.
- cōi kàu sìo m̄ lío;
- innumerable.
- cōi kâu sǹg m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
- so many as to be countless.
- cí-kò̤ jú-kèng cōi;
- here they are still more numerous.
- cíu cē cîah khah cōi, ūe cū cōi-cōi àiⁿ tàⁿ tāⁿ;
- when too much liquor is taken one says much that were better left unsaid.
- bô̤ sĭm-mih cōi;
- no great amount.
- màiⁿ lô̤h khah cōi cúi;
- do not put in too much water.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ kha chíu cōi;
- do not be meddlesome.
- màiⁿ khah cōi hŵn-ló̤;
- do not be too sad.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío khùaⁿ-ûah tit cōi;
- thus it is much more comfortable.
- jú cōi jú hó̤;
- the more the better.
- cōi sīa;
- many thanks.
- lṳ́ jîeh cōi hùe?
- How old are you?
- cōi-cōi to àiⁿ;
- want all there are, be it never so many.
cóiⁿ
- 指cóiⁿ57646
- The fingers.
- chíu cóiⁿ;
- the fingers.
- kha cóiⁿ;
- the toes.
- koi cóiⁿ; cîah cóiⁿ;
- the fore finger.
- cìang cóiⁿ; hô-lâi cóiⁿ; tang cóiⁿ; tìn-tang cóiⁿ;
- the middle finger.
- bô̤ mîaⁿ cóiⁿ;
- the ring finger.
- sòi cóiⁿ;
- the little finger.
- cóiⁿ kah;
- finger nails.
- chíu cóiⁿ cak;
- finger joints.
- saⁿ cóiⁿ kău;
- three fingers in thickness.
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- 剪cóiⁿ978189
- To clip; to pinch and break, as between chopsticks.
- cóiⁿ cò̤ kûeh;
- clip it in two.
- cóiⁿ cò̤ ku-ā tn̄g;
- clip it into several regular pieces.
- tŏ̤ tìn-tang cĭu cóiⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;
- clipped it in two in the middle.
- 前côiⁿ981187
- Before; in advance; the front.
- côiⁿ ău;
- before and behind.
- côiⁿ jît;
- day before yesterday; some time ago.
- tōa côiⁿ jît;
- the day before day before yesterday.
- côiⁿ kâi gûeh;
- month before last.
- côiⁿ nî;
- year before last; in former years.
- tōa côiⁿ nî;
- the year before year before last.
- chù côiⁿ;
- in front of the house.
- côiⁿ mn̂g;
- the front door.
- mng côiⁿ;
- before the door.
- côiⁿ lô̤h, ău lô̤h;
- the front and rear buildings.
- côiⁿ ang;
- her former husband.
- sôiⁿ côiⁿ kâi bó;
- his first wife.
- côiⁿ kha, ău kha;
- the one ahead, and the one in the rear.
- hŏ côiⁿ;
- before the shower.
- côiⁿ nâng kíaⁿ;
- a stepson.
- ngán côiⁿ;
- just ahead.
- ngán côiⁿ ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ?
- What immediate business have you?
- mâk côiⁿ ŭ sĭm-mih hó̤ chù mē?
- What pleasant occupations have you in the immediate future?
- soiⁿ côiⁿ;
- aforetime.
- côiⁿ lâi;
- formerly.
- cĭeⁿ côiⁿ;
- press onward.
- hìang côiⁿ;
- face your destination.
- gûeh pùaⁿ côiⁿ ău hó̤ kàu;
- may arrive about the middle of the month.
- côiⁿ-cìn;
- to advance.
- kîaⁿ m̄ cìn-côiⁿ;
- makes no progress.
- thâu mīn côiⁿ;
- ahead.
- i kîaⁿ thâu-mīn-côiⁿ;
- he walks ahead.
coih
- 漬coih10328511
- To sop up.
- khîeh kò̤ pò khṳ̀ coih ta;
- take a piece of cloth and sop it up dry.
- ēng mîⁿ khṳ̀ coih kàu ta-ta;
- take some raw cotton and sop it all up dry.
- 節cioh9741189
- A festival; a period of time.
- coih khi;
- coih hāu; stated times.
- sî coih;
- times; the terms.
- poih coih;
- the solstices, the equinoxes, and the beginnings of the four seasons.
- cò̤ coih;
- kùe coih; to keep holiday.
- coih kôih;
- the two or three days succeeding a festival.
- ngŵn sio coih;
- the 15th of the first month, called the feast of lanterns.
- cheng-mêng coih;
- clear bright weather; the time of worship at the graves of ancestors, in the second or third month.
- ngŏ gûeh coih;
- the fifth day of the fifth month, the the festival of dragon boats.
- chit gûeh pùaⁿ coih;
- the middle of the seventh month, when offerings are made to the childless spirits.
- tong chiu coih;
- the middle of the eighth month, when the moon is worshipped.
- tang coih;
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