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160 be joy we will share it, if there be sorrow we will bear it together.
 * pue thiⁿ hŭa;
 * sudden calamity.


 * cêk jît cŏ̤ tue-tue, hŭa tŏ̤ thiⁿ cīeⁿ pue;
 * when sitting at ease, sudden adversity came upon us.


 * m̄ cai sĭ hŭa a sĭ hok;
 * do not know whether it is a calamity or a blessing.  huaⁿ


 * Pleased with; gratified; joyous.
 * lṳ́ huaⁿ-hí i mē?
 * Are you pleased with him?
 * Are you pleased with him?


 * huaⁿ sim;
 * a merry heart.


 * huaⁿ thiⁿ hí tī;
 * extravagant joy.


 * huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;
 * delighted.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm sĭ hí-huaⁿ;
 * when he heard it he was greatly pleased.


 * i huaⁿ-hí cí kâi nâng;
 * he is pleased with this person.


 * huaⁿ thâu hí chìe;
 * gleefull.


 * hāi i huaⁿ-hí sí;
 * kill him with joy.


 * huaⁿ-hí kàu thìo;
 * jumped for joy.


 * i tōa huaⁿ-hí;
 * he is greatly pleased.


 * All, altogether; the whole.
 * hùaⁿ nâng cò̤-pû lâi;
 * they all came together.
 * they all came together.


 * hùa nâng khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where have they all gone?


 * hùaⁿ kâi cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What did they all say about it?


 * hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ lí ŵn a būe?
 * Is the business all finished up yet?


 * hùaⁿ kâi mûeh cò̤ hó̤;
 * all the things are finished.


 * hùaⁿ kâi to̤ tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
 * Where have all the knives gone to?


 * hùaⁿ kâi ūe lóng-cóng tîeh;
 * all that was said was right.


 * Easy going; lazy and slow.
 * mài hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;
 * do not dilly-dally.
 * do not dilly-dally.


 * i to sĭ hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;
 * he is very easy going.


 * To snore.
 * ût kàu tó̤ hûaⁿ;
 * asleep and snoring.
 * asleep and snoring.


 * lṳ́ hûaⁿ kàu úa bŏi ût;
 * you snore so that I cannot sleep.


 * To steady the footsteps by leaning upon a prop; to lean upon or against; to rest lightly upon.
 * hàm kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khṳt-i hūaⁿ chíu;
 * call one of the children for her to lean on.
 * call one of the children for her to lean on.


 * ŭ ki sam hó̤ hūaⁿ ío kōi kîaⁿ;
 * with a cross-bar to stay one's hand against, it would be easier to walk over.


 * i hūaⁿ tŏ̤ lâng-kang kò̤;
 * she leans on the balustrade.


 * hūaⁿ tŏ̤ i koiⁿ-thâu;
 * stay your steps by leaning upon his shoulder.


 * úa kâi chíu khṳt lṳ́ hūaⁿ;
 * lean upon my arm.


 * To take charge of; to attend to; to manage; to lay out, as funds.
 * i mîaⁿ-ke hūaⁿ-ke;
 * she is expert in the management of a household.
 * she is expert in the management of a household.


 * cêk ke, kúi câp nâng, khṳt i hūaⁿ kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
 * the whole family, consisting of several tens of persons, is kept in the most complete order by her.


 * cía sṳ̄ sī tī-tîang tó̤ hūaⁿ?
 * Who has the management of this affair?


 * hūaⁿ seng-lí;
 * manages the business.


 * hūaⁿ tŏa;
 * attend the helm; steer the thing through.


 * hūaⁿ sìo;
 * take charge of the accounts.


 * cía ngṳ̂n pàng kò̤ hūaⁿ ke;
 * leave this money to be laid out for the support of the family.


 * i kâi gûeh ēng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n hūaⁿ ke?
 * How much is required per month to keep the family?


 * A bank; a dike; a dam; an embankment which prevents overflow.
 * co̤h cêk tîo hūaⁿ;
 * make a dike.
 * make a dike.


 * kîaⁿ tùe cí tîo hūaⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * walk along this bank.


 * múa-tī-kò̤ kâi toi-hūaⁿ co̤h kàu khìang-khìang, cúi tōa cìaⁿ bŏ̤i pang;
 * the dikes everywhere are strongly made, and when the waters rise will not give way.


 * cĭeⁿ pàng cúi cí tîo hūaⁿ khṳt i im khṳ̀, taⁿ tîeh lâi co̤h kûiⁿ ce;
 * when the waters were last let off, this dike was overflown, and we must now make it higher.


 * co̤h tîo hūaⁿ pàng hái-kiⁿ;
 * make a bund.


 * Raised paths between fields.
 * châng hūaⁿ;
 * narrow raised paths between rice fields.
 * narrow raised paths between rice fields.


 * co̤h ke cêk tîo châng hūaⁿ;
 * make another dividing path between the rice plots.


 * châng hūaⁿ siak kú sòi tîo;
 * the path is narrowed by long hoeing off.


 * tùi cí ío tōa tîo kâi hūaⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
 * go by this wider path.


 * Solder; to solder.
 * hūaⁿ i sie cîah;
 * solder them together.
 * solder them together.


 * hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ sie cîah;
 * it is not soldered firmly.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ tōiⁿ;
 * in that way the solder does not hold.


 * tîeh cang cía lâi hūaⁿ, cìaⁿ kien-ku;
 * you must use this in soldering it and then it will be firm.


 * ēng hūaⁿ-thâu lâi hūaⁿ;
 * take solder and solder it.


 * bói phêng-seⁿ lâi kap hūaⁿ-thâu;
 * buy borax and make solder.

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 * To gape or yawn.
 * lṳ́ huah-hì sĭ mâk siap a m̄ sĭ?
 * You yawn because you are sleepy do you not?
 * You yawn because you are sleepy do you not?


 * i cŏ̤ lío huah-hì huah-hăi : sĭ nâng khùn-kw̆n mâk-siap, a sĭ hun-ngìen?
 * Having sat down he keeps yawning: is it from the sleepiness produced by fatigue, or is it because the time for him to take his opium has come?


 * thâu huah-hì, thâu chun-lûn;
 * yawning and stretching at the same time.


 * i tó̤ huah-hì chun-lûn, hía īeⁿ sĭ phî kâi īeⁿ;
 * he is yawning and stretching, as if he were tired and sleepy.


 * mn̂g-khí-cá huah-hì lío, ĕ-hâi ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
 * this morning he yawned and dislocated his jaw.