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 * A prison; a dungeon.
 * tī-gêk;
 * the abode of the damned.


 * lô̤-gêk;
 * purgatory.


 * lô̤h tī-gêk;
 * go to hell.


 * phah lô̤h tī-gêk;
 * sent to hell.


 * gêk-cut;
 * a jailor.


 * khui tī-gêk mn̂g;
 * release from purgatory.

gî


 * Doubt; suspect.
 * ēng cía màiⁿ gî, gî cía màiⁿ ēng;
 * do not suspect those whom you employ, nor employ those whom you suspect.
 * do not suspect those whom you employ, nor employ those whom you suspect.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh gî-sṳ̄;
 * I consider this very suspicious.


 * i sim lăi hû-gî;
 * he is doubtful in his own mind.


 * i thóiⁿ tîeh hû-hû gî-gî, m̄ cêk kwt;
 * he considered it very doubtful, and was unable to decide.


 * sim gî seⁿ àm kúi;
 * the imagination produces ghosts.


 * gî-hôk; sim lăi gî-hôk;
 * in great doubt.


 * pī hîam-gî;
 * avoid what is suspicious.


 * bô̤ gî;
 * without doubt.


 * chai-gî;
 * to doubt.


 * cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ gî pēⁿ;
 * this ailment is hypochondriacal.


 * in-ûi cìeⁿ-seⁿ tì-kàu i gî;
 * in this way he was lead to doubt.


 * pĭ nâng gî;
 * suspected.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ hó̤ gî;
 * this person may well be suspected.


 * i tó̤ gî sîn gî kúi;
 * he suspects everybody and everything.


 * chî-gî put kwt;
 * irresolute and uncertain.


 * chî-chî gî-gî;
 * apprehensive.


 * i kâi nâng to̤ gî;
 * he is a doubter.

gîa


 * To wonder; to express surprise.
 * thóiⁿ tîeh kiaⁿ-gîa;
 * beheld it with amazement.
 * beheld it with amazement.


 * cèng nâng thiaⁿ tîeh kâi-kâi kiaⁿ-gîa hăi-ĭ;
 * when they heard it they were every one of them filled with wonder and surprise.

gô


 * The porpoise or river pig.
 * pêh-gô; pêh-gô hṳ̂;
 * porpoises.
 * porpoises.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ búe pêh-gô tó̤ pha-lìn-táu;
 * saw a porpoise frisking about.


 * To thwart; to hinder by carelessness or by mistake.
 * gō tîeh sṳ̄;
 * to cause a thing to miscarry.
 * to cause a thing to miscarry.


 * gō hāi hó̤ nâng;
 * unwittingly injure the good.


 * cêk gō kha-îong cài gō;
 * one false step leads to others.


 * tam-gō;
 * to dawdle, and thus cause an enterprise to fail.


 * sit gō;
 * to fail in doing.


 * gō lío sî-kheh;
 * to miss the time set.


 * gō tăi sṳ̄;
 * cause important business to fall through.


 * gō sĭeⁿ;
 * mistake in reasoning.


 * gō jīn;
 * confess the wrong thing.


 * chò̤ gō;
 * err by mistake.


 * lîm-sî tẁn-tẁn bŏi gō;
 * shall certainly not fail of being there at the exact time.


 * lîm-sî tam- gō;
 * delay at the critical moment.


 * gō ēng chong-mêng;
 * misused his knowledge.


 * kù-ì tam-gō;
 * purposely thwart by delay.


 * gō kói;
 * wrongly explain.


 * gō thŵn;
 * report erroneously.

gōi


 * A craft; a calling; an accomplishment.
 * chíu-gōi;
 * handicraft.
 * handicraft.


 * kang-hu chíu gōi;
 * good workmanship.


 * kĭ gōi;
 * skilled work.


 * ô̤h sĭm-mih gōi?
 * What trade is he learning?


 * hó̤ bú-gōi;
 * a good trade.


 * hâk-sîp bú-gōi;
 * learn a trade.


 * ô̤h ŭ cêk kĭaⁿ gōi tŏ̤ sin-tèng cū m̄-ùi;
 * one who knows a trade need not fear.


 * lṳ́ sĭm-mih chíu gōi?
 * What craft do you follow?


 * choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī put jû pô̤h gōi sûi sin;
 * much land is not so good as a trade even half learned.

 gô̤


 * Fetters or gyves.
 * i khṳt i lîah khù gô̤;
 * he was seized and fettered by them.
 * he was seized and fettered by them.


 * kùa châ gô̤;
 * wear wooden gyves.


 * cí sang ôi hìeⁿ tăng chēng lío chin-chĭeⁿ kùa châ-gô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * these shoes are so heavy that wearing them is like being fettered with wooden gyves.


 * khṳt i gô̤ tŏ̤ kò̤ ku-ā kâi gûeh;
 * was fettered for several months.


 * Nocturnal moths; a disease of the throat.
 * chôiⁿ gô̤;
 * the silk-worm moth.
 * the silk-worm moth.


 * teng gô̤;
 * moths that flutter around a light.


 * gô̤ bâi;
 * delicate eyebrows.


 * gô̤ bâi gûeh;
 * the thin crescent moon.


 * toaⁿ gô̤;
 * a swollen tonsil.


 * sang gô̤;
 * swollen tonsils.


 * The domestic goose.
 * cêk ciah gô̤;
 * a goose.
 * a goose.


 * gô̤-bó̤, gô̤-hêng, gô̤-kíaⁿ;
 * goose, gander, and goslings.


 * cháu-gô̤;
 * the common goose.


 * thien-gô̤;
 * a crane.


 * hái-gô̤;
 * a pelican.


 * tèⁿ sí phŏ̤ hái-gô̤;
 * feign death in order to catch pelicans.


 * gô̤ mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
 * goose feather fans.


 * gô̤ mô̤ⁿ kńg;
 * a goose-quill.


 * gô̤ cíeⁿ;
 * a goose's foot.


 * gô̤ kîaⁿ ah pō;
 * an humble bearing.


 * lîah gô̤-kíaⁿ pìen nâng cò̤ ah-kíaⁿ;
 * depreciate for the sake of selling at any price.


 * To starve; to go without food.
 * gō̤ sí;
 * starve to death.
 * starve to death.


 * gō̤ kúi; io gō̤ kúi;
 * starving ghosts, the manes of those who have no descendants to offer them food.


 * tó sĭ būe cêng gō̤ tîeh;
 * I am not yet hungry.


 * cêk jît tó̤ gō̤;
 * ate nothing all day.


 * tâng mn̂g-khí gō̤ kàu mêⁿ-hng cìaⁿ cîah;
 * ate nothing from