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Rh or by the year?
 * gûeh kng căi;
 * the moonlight is very bright.


 * ŭ gûeh;
 * there is a moon.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ gûeh-hûa;
 * see the halo around the moon.


 * gûeh phek;
 * the dark body of the moon.


 * gûeh thâu, gûeh pùaⁿ, gûeh búe;
 * the first, the middle, and the end of the month.


 * hó̤ gûeh sek;
 * bright moonlight.


 * cīeⁿ kâi gûeh;
 * last month.


 * cīeⁿ saⁿ kâi gûeh;
 * three months ago.


 * cí kâi gûeh;
 * this month.


 * ĕ kâi gûeh;
 * next month.


 * ke nŏ̤ kâi gûeh;
 * in two months more.


 * kâi gūa gûeh;
 * over a month.


 * kâi gūa-gūa gûeh;
 * a good deal more than a month.


 * côiⁿ kâi gûeh;
 * month before last.


 * cêk khùi saⁿ kâi gûeh;
 * one season is three months.


 * kîaⁿ gûeh-keng;
 * to menstruate.


 * kàu gûeh lío;
 * to come to the full time.


 * kùe gûeh lío;
 * to pass the expected time for confinement.


 * gûeh sìn, gûeh cúi, gûeh sṳ̄;
 * the menses.


 * pĭ gûeh;
 * suppression of the menses.


 * cò̤ múaⁿ gûeh;
 * to receive congratulations a month after childbirth.


 * hŵn-lío gûeh cháu cíⁿ;
 * still irregular in the monthly periods.


 * cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ ío cíⁿ gûeh, hṳ́ kâi ío sek gûeh;
 * this infant is still younger than that one.


 * kâi lâng gûeh;
 * a little over a month.


 * kâi chun gûeh; kâi chut gûeh;
 * more than a month.


 * gûeh-siaⁿ cē kàu àiⁿ sǹg-sìo;
 * when the month is up we will settle the accounts.


 * chiu-káu jī-câp mêⁿ, gûeh cĭeⁿ gûeh lôh jī saⁿ keⁿ;
 * on the ninth and the twentieth of the month, the moon rises and sets in the second and third watches.


 * gûeh píaⁿ, gûeh ko̤;
 * cakes made to use in worship at the full of the eighth moon.


 * poih gûeh câp-ngŏ kìe-cò̤ tong-chiu coih;
 * the middle of the eighth month is called the festival of the middle of autumn.


 * ciaⁿ gûeh câp-ngŏ mêⁿ kìe-cò̤ ngŵn-sio mêⁿ;
 * the fifteenth night of first month is called the night of the first full moon.


 * lâi ŭ sì kâi gûeh;
 * came four months ago.


 * bói lâi ŭ ngŏ kâi gûeh kú;
 * bought it five months ago.


 * soiⁿ lâk kâi gûeh;
 * six months before.


 * chit kâi gûeh côiⁿ;
 * seven months beforehand.


 * múiⁿ gûeh;
 * every month.


 * jît gûeh ô̤;
 * a smooth bivalve, red on one side and yellow on the other.


 * gûeh mêⁿ; gûeh kng mêⁿ;
 * moonlight nights.


 * kang-hu sĭ lŭn gûeh a sĭ lŭn jît?
 * Is the work done by the day or by the month?

gūi


 * a-gūi;
 * asafetida, brought from Persia and Cashmere, and used for plaisters. It is also burnt as a deodorizer.
 * asafetida, brought from Persia and Cashmere, and used for plaisters. It is also burnt as a deodorizer.


 * a-gūi bô̤ cin, khiak ŭ cin;
 * though asafetida is not real, there is such a thing as real asafetida.

 gṳ́


 * Words, phrases, discourse.
 * ngân-gṳ́;
 * words; conversation.
 * words; conversation.


 * put hṳ́ nín kau thâu ciap gṳ́;
 * shall not allow you to put your heads together and whisper.


 * sôk gṳ́;
 * a proverb.


 * ṳ́n gṳ́;
 * a dark saying.


 * sêng gṳ́; pīn-cîaⁿ gṳ́;
 * trite expressions.


 * ngân-gṳ́ cho-sôk;
 * vulgar expressions.


 * kó gṳ́;
 * old sayings.


 * To withstand; to resist.
 * gṳ̆ i m̄ cŭ;
 * cannot withstand him.
 * cannot withstand him.


 * bô̤ nâng gṳ̆ i tit cŭ;
 * no one can withstand them.


 * gṳ̆-têk;
 * resist; oppose.


 * tú gṳ̆;
 * take a stand against.


 * hûang-gṳ̆;
 * to guard against.


 * To curb and drive a horse; a charioteer.
 * gṳ̆ chia, gṳ̆ bé;
 * to drive a chariot or a horse.
 * to drive a chariot or a horse.


 * kè gṳ̆ àiⁿ ŭ huang-huap;
 * there are rules for managing and curbing a horse: there is a right way to rule the people.


 * ûang-hŏ īa-sĭ íⁿ-keng kùe khṳ̀ kâi, cheng-hu i kâi chia-kè cò̤ sien-gṳ̆;
 * an empress who has died, is spoken of personally as one taken away in a fairy chariot.


 * A spur; the dew-claw or hallux on birds.
 * i kâi kha ŭ gṳ̆; i kâi kha kŭa kâi gṳ̆;
 * its feet are spurred.
 * its feet are spurred.


 * Royal; imperial.
 * gṳ̄ hô̤;
 * the Imperial Canal.
 * the Imperial Canal.


 * gṳ̄ pit chin cṳ;
 * the imperial autograph.


 * gṳ̄ côiⁿ sĭ ŭe;
 * in the imperial presence.


 * gṳ̄ ìn;
 * the imperial seal.


 * gṳ̄-kè chin ceng;
 * the sovereign himself goes forth to subjugate.


 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh sĭ gṳ̄ sṳ̀ kâi;
 * this is a royal grant.


 * Jade.
 * i kùa kha gṳ̄ chíu-hŵn;
 * she wears a jade bracelet.
 * she wears a jade bracelet.


 * sĭ līo kâi a sĭ gṳ̄ kâi?
 * Is it opaque glass, or is it jade?


 * gṳ̄ ìn;
 * a jade seal.

ha


 * To breath upon, to warm with the breath.
 * ha i sie;
 * warm it by breathing upon it.
 * warm it by breathing upon it.


 * ha i ńng;
 * soften it by breathing on it.


 * màiⁿ khàu, úa kio lṳ́ ha cē;
 * don't cry, I will breath on the hurt spot to assuage the pain for you.


 * To bend; to stoop.
 * ha ie;
 * to bow.
 * to bow.


 * kìⁿ tîeh cū ha ie;
 * on seeing him she bowed low.