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122 gāi


 * To impede; to stop progress.
 * có̤-gāi;
 * impedes.
 * impedes.


 * hûang-gāi;
 * to hinder.


 * bô̤ hûang bô̤ gāi;
 * without impediment of any sort.


 * sì phìⁿ bô̤ hûang-gāi;
 * no hindrances from any quarter.


 * ŏi gaī tîeh a bŏi?
 * Will that interfere in any way?


 * úa bŏi gāi tîeh lṳ́;
 * I shall not interfere with you.


 * gāi kha, gāi chíu, gāi mâk, gāi tîeh chùi;
 * to impede the use of the feet, hands, eyes or mouth.


 * gāi tîeh lō;
 * impede progress.

gâu


 * Wise; learned; sage.
 * gâu nâng;
 * sage people.
 * sage people.


 * gâu căi;
 * very wise.


 * tōa gâu nâng;
 * a very learned person.


 * cí kâi gâu kùe hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is superior to that in moral excellence.


 * hó̤ kio gâu nâng tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ nâng tâng seⁿ;
 * it is better die with the wise than to live with the foolish.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chîm-chūe gâu-nâng;
 * went everywhere seeking the wise.

gâuh


 * Music, one of the six liberal arts.
 * càu gâuh;
 * to make music.
 * to make music.


 * gâuh khì; gâuh kŭ;
 * musical instruments.


 * lói gâuh;
 * the refinements and elegancies of life.

gé


 * A prong; tines.
 * cí ki che kúi gé?
 * How many prongs has this fork?
 * How many prongs has this fork?


 * àiⁿ saⁿ gé a àiⁿ sì gé?
 * Do you want three tines or four?


 * cò̤ cêk gé cêk gé;
 * make it pronged.


 * The house or office of a ruler; a court; a tribunal.
 * gê-mn̂g;
 * a Chinese official establishment; a yamun; a public court.
 * a Chinese official establishment; a yamun; a public court.


 * gê hîah;
 * official messengers.


 * pâi gê;
 * open the court.


 * bûn bú gê-mn̂g;
 * civil and military tribunals.


 * gê lăi;
 * belonging to the official staff.


 * kuaⁿ gê;
 * official bureau.


 * chwn gê;
 * an employé at the yamun.


 * lí gê-mn̂g sṳ̄;
 * exercise the functions of an official.


 * lău gê-mn̂g;
 * an old habitué of the court.


 * gê cù;
 * an official weevil, a mercenary officer.


 * Tusks; large teeth; molars.
 * chĭeⁿ gê;
 * elephants' tusks.
 * elephants' tusks.


 * gê tṳ̄;
 * ivory chop-sticks.


 * gê jío;
 * teeth and claws.


 * ēng i cò̤ gê jío;
 * use him as a cat's paw.


 * gê-chiam khí-thak;
 * a bunch of toilet picks.


 * kă gê chiet chí;
 * gnash the teeth.


 * hwt gê;
 * to teeth.


 * chit cŏ̤, poih pê, káu hwt gê;
 * sit alone at seven months, creep at eight, and teeth at nine.


 * tṳ-ko̤ gê;
 * a wild boar's tusk.


 * bà gê;
 * tushes.


 * si-kùe ùi bà gê;
 * watermelons fear prominent teeth.


 * gê kṳn kă kín;
 * the teeth set.


 * gê-kwn kín-pĭ;
 * lockjaw.


 * Striped, variegated in color.
 * gê-lang so̤h;
 * colored cotton cord, sold in many colors.
 * colored cotton cord, sold in many colors.


 * gê-lang pĭⁿ;
 * colored braids.


 * A centipede.
 * cheⁿ kha gê-kang, âng kha gê-kang;
 * green footed and red footed centipedes.
 * green footed and red footed centipedes.


 * gê-kang-kíaⁿ;
 * a young centipede.


 * gê-kang kî;
 * a long narrow flag.


 * gê-kang îu;
 * oil in which centipedes have been soaked, used as medicine.


 * gê-kang kă koi-bó̤ ù, cîⁿ-lêng kă khí tōa chù;
 * if a centipede bites you poultice it with a chicken, but if a lizard bites you have your coffin made.


 * The cocoa tree.
 * gê-cí;
 * a cocoa-nut.
 * a cocoa-nut.


 * gê-cí khak;
 * cocoa-nut shells.


 * gê-cí nêk;
 * the meat of a cocoa-nut.


 * gê-cí-sui;
 * cocoa-nut husk.


 * gê-cí mô̤hⁿ;
 * the brown film on the surface of the meat of a cocoa-nut.


 * gê-cí cúi; gê-cí cíu;
 * the milk of a cocoa-nut.


 * A germ; a sprout.
 * hwt gê; pauh gê; piuh gê;
 * to sprout.
 * to sprout.


 * tāu gê, bêh gê, kok gê;
 * bean, wheat, and paddy sprouts.


 * To polish as by a calendering stone.
 * i kâi kim gē lâi ngía căi;
 * his gold is very finely burnished.
 * his gold is very finely burnished.


 * cang hue-sî gē kàu kng-kng;
 * smooth it with the trowel till it shines.


 * chîeⁿ gē lâi pêⁿ;
 * the wall is made very smooth.


 * má-láu gē;
 * a quartz stone used in smoothing plastered walls.

gêk


 * A stone fit for a lapidary; jade and fine quartz.
 * pêh gêk;
 * white jade.
 * white jade.


 * hui-chùi gêk;
 * mottled jade.


 * gêk khì;
 * articles of jade or quartz.


 * gêk pue, gêk chíu-hŵn, gêk pang-cí, gêk chíu-cak;
 * jade cups, bracelets, thumb-rings, and finger-rings.


 * gêk phùe-thâu;
 * jade ornamentation.


 * gêk hĭⁿ kau-thūi;
 * jade ear drops.


 * gêk ńng;
 * your daughter.


 * gêk jîn;
 * a lovely girl.


 * kim gêk;
 * very lovely.


 * gêk cîeh kŭ ûn;
 * indiscriminate destruction.


 * kim gêk căi;
 * precious, admirable.