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 * To interpret; to translate.
 * êk ūe;
 * to interpret speech.


 * êk jī;
 * to translate written passages.


 * êk cṳ;
 * translate books.


 * hwn êk kuaⁿ;
 * official interpreters.


 * cang sai-kok ūe êk cò̤ tong-kok ūe;
 * translate European languages into Chinese.


 * cí kâi tī-hng bô̤ nâng ŏi êk ūe;
 * there is no one here who can act as interpreter.


 * cí kù ūe êk chut lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * this sentence is thus translated.


 * The arm-pits; the fur under the fore legs of animals.
 * hû-êk khîu;
 * a robe made from the fur under the legs of foxes.
 * a robe made from the fur under the legs of foxes.


 * cîp êk sêng khîu;
 * he collects bits of fur from under the legs of foxes to make his robe; he asks aid from everybody.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī êk-hìuⁿ;
 * this medicine will cure fetor of the arm-pits.


 * To change; to exchange.
 * kói-êk; pìen-êk;
 * to change.
 * to change.


 * kau-êk;
 * to barter.


 * bŏi î-êk;
 * unchangeable.


 * î-êk hong-sôk;
 * modify the prevailing custom.


 * seng-lí mòng-êk;
 * trade is mutable.


 * keng-êk ūi-chṳ̀;
 * exchange locations.


 * To swash about.
 * cúi êk lâi êk khṳ̀;
 * the water swashes to and fro.
 * the water swashes to and fro.


 * taⁿ hó̤-hó̤, i cū bŏi hìeⁿ êk;
 * carry it gently and then it will not swash over.


 * pôk-pôk êk;
 * to swash up and down, as water in a pail that is shaken.


 * The heart or breast, the thoughts, the feelings.
 * êk-kìen;
 * prejudices; notions; opinions biased by feelings.
 * prejudices; notions; opinions biased by feelings.


 * i sĭ pêng i kâi êk-kìen cū tó̤ kói-sueh;
 * he explains it in accordance with his preconceived notions.


 * cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ êk sueh, m̄sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ sueh;
 * this may be called a whimsical exposition, it is not necessarily thus explained.


 * cêk nâng kâi êk-tẁn būe ceok ûi cún;
 * the judgment of one person is not sufficient to form a criterion.


 * cîah-êk;
 * a disease, in which there is a voracious appetite, while the patient grows thin: it is probably caused by tape-worm.
 * a disease, in which there is a voracious appetite, while the patient grows thin: it is probably caused by tape-worm.


 * A hundred thousands.
 * câp bw̄n ûi êk;
 * ten ten thousands are a hundred thousands.
 * ten ten thousands are a hundred thousands.


 * êk tĭo;
 * myriads.

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 * Right and proper; should be.
 * eng-kai; tng-eng-kâi;
 * ought; should.
 * ought; should.


 * lṳ́ eng-kai hâiⁿ i;
 * you ought to repay him.


 * kham eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it ought to be so.


 * pńg eng-kâi kâi;
 * that which it is one's duty to do.


 * sĭ úa eng hun cò̤ kâi;
 * it is what it is my duty to do.


 * i eng-tit kâi cîⁿ;
 * the money that he ought properly to get.


 * m̄ eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * ought not to be thus.


 * sĭm sĭ siang eng;
 * is eminently suitable.


 * The parrot kind.
 * eng-bú;
 * a parrot.
 * a parrot.


 * eng-ko̤;
 * the macaw.


 * pêh eng-bú;
 * the cockatoo.


 * eng-bú īa ŏi tàⁿ ūe, nâng ā sĭ thû-thû ŏi tàⁿ ūe, m̄ pat lói-ngĭ, khá m̄ sĭ kio eng-bú cêk ĭeⁿ?
 * Parrots can talk, and if a person can merely talk, without any understanding of propriety in talking, is he not like a parrot?


 * A carbuncle, or abscess.
 * seⁿ eng;
 * have an abscess.
 * have an abscess.


 * cí kâi eng chut lâng ău ŭ kúi kâi chng-kháu;
 * this abscess, after breaking, had several openings.


 * A certain sort of fringe.
 * âng eng bō̤;
 * a hat with red fringes.
 * a hat with red fringes.


 * tì cam-eng bō̤;
 * wear a conical fringed hat.


 * eng bō̤ chiu;
 * the fringe worn on hats.


 * lú tō cam-eng;
 * hat fringe that has served several generations.


 * tùe cêk phau âng eng;
 * had a tuft of red fringe attached to it.


 * An infant.
 * eng jî;
 * a young child.
 * a young child.


 * iôk eng tn̂g;
 * a foundling hospital.


 * The cherry.
 * kim-eng;
 * cherries.
 * cherries.


 * eng-thô̤;
 * the red peach.


 * eng-thô̤ chùi;
 * cherry lips.


 * kim-eng ko̤;
 * cherry paste.


 * Brave and eminent.
 * eng-mêng;
 * clear-headed.
 * clear-headed.


 * eng khì pŵt-pŵt;
 * of fine presence.


 * eng-hîong;
 * heroes; manly.


 * eng cîeh;
 * blue limestone.


 * To fly into the eyes.
 * eng tîeh mâk;
 * got some dust in his eyes.
 * got some dust in his eyes.


 * lṳ́ kâi mâk miⁿ-miⁿ m̄ káⁿ tìeⁿ khui sĭ khṳt sĭm-mih kâi eng tîeh a m̄ sĭ?
 * You shut your eyes and dare not open them because you have got something in them, is not that it?


 * cí khí mûeh m̄-hó̤ eng tîeh, eng tîeh cū cheⁿ-meⁿ;
 * do not get this in your eyes, if you do it will blind you.