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 * cêk kok hûang ki;
 * lay up grain against a time of dearth.


 * toi-hûang;
 * an embankment raised as an obstruction.


 * siu-sîp toi-hûang tó̤ hûang-gṳ̆ tōa cúi;
 * repair the dikes to keep out the flood.


 * hûang huang;
 * a remedy against colds and flatulence.


 * hái-hûang kâi sṳ̄-bŭ chiet-ìo;
 * the business of the coast guard is important.


 * m̄ cai hûang i;
 * did not take precautions against it.


 * hûang châk lâi thanthau [sic];
 * protection from thieves.


 * i àiⁿ hāi lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh cai hûang i;
 * he means to injure you, you must be on your guard against him.


 * hûang sin kâi ke-húe;
 * weapons for self-defense.


 * sái khṳ̀ hûang-tú hṳ́ kâi ìo-kháu;
 * sent to defend that important pass.


 * The female of the phenix, a fabulous bird whose appearance indicates great prosperity to the land.
 * hŏng hûang;
 * a pair of phenixes.
 * a pair of phenixes.


 * peh cío chîo hûang;
 * all the birds attend the court of the phenix.


 * hŏng-hûang tàu chṳ́;
 * the phenixes have arrived here; the harbingers of good fortune have come.


 * To oppose; an obstacle; impediments.
 * hûang-gāi tîeh i;
 * lay obstacles in his way.
 * lay obstacles in his way.


 * sì-phìⁿ bô̤ hûang bô̤ gāi;
 * no obstacles in any direction.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ hûang a bô̤ hûang?
 * Do you see any difficulties in the way?


 * hûang chṳ́ hûang pí;
 * hindered by this and that.


 * cía to put hûang kâi sṳ̄;
 * there is no difficulty about this.


 * hûang hîen gō kok;
 * to oppose the worthy is to harass the nation.


 * bō̤bô̤ [sic] hûang a;
 * no matter about that.


 * Exalted; august; imperial.
 * hûang-tì;
 * the Emperor.
 * the Emperor.


 * hûang-hŏ;
 * the Empress.


 * hûang-sĭang;
 * His Majesty.


 * thài sĭang hûang;
 * the Emperor's (living) father.


 * hûang ṳn;
 * imperial favor.


 * hûang thài-cṳ́;
 * the crown prince.


 * hûang thiⁿ;
 * high Heaven.


 * gêk hûang sĭang-tì;
 * the highest of the gods.


 * The locust.
 * hûang-thâng kă tīo tĭu;
 * the locusts devour the ripe grain.
 * the locusts devour the ripe grain.


 * The sturgeon.
 * hûang-hṳ̂ náu;
 * sturgeon's brains.
 * sturgeon's brains.


 * Dread, tremor, apprehension.
 * hûang-khíong;
 * fearful.
 * fearful.


 * i sim lăi sĭm sĭ hûang-khíong;
 * his mind was very much perturbed.


 * kiaⁿ-hûang;
 * scared.


 * A gymnasium.
 * cìn hûang-keng;
 * enter college.
 * enter college.


 * hûang mn̂g sìu-sṳ̆;
 * a literary graduate who has really earned his degree, not bought it.


 * A great blaze.
 * teng cek hui-hûang;
 * resplendent with lights.
 * resplendent with lights.

huap


 * A law; a statute; precepts; the rules for or science of; an art; a code.
 * national code.
 * national code.
 * national code.


 * laws.
 * laws.


 * regulations.
 * regulations.


 * huap-cak;
 * set of rules.


 * hêng huap;
 * penal laws.


 * lói huap;
 * rules of etiquette.


 * i sĭ ŏi hû huap;
 * he is one who can lay a spell.


 * cía cū bô̤ huap lío;
 * there is no way of doing this.


 * lâi sĭeⁿ cêk kâi huang-huap;
 * think out some means of compassing it.


 * bô̤ huap bô̤ cak căi cò̤ tit sêng?
 * Without any method or plan for attaining it, how can it be accomplished?


 * nán lâi siet huap;
 * let us lay a plan.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih huap nē?
 * In what way can it be done?


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭang sĭen huap;
 * this is the very best plan.


 * i kâi huap-lâk kau-khîang;
 * his arts are powerful.


 * huap sût;
 * black arts.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ēng sĭm-mih huap lâi chù-tì i?
 * By what means do you think it might be regulated?


 * hŭam huap;
 * break the rule.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭm sĭ cip huap;
 * this magistrate adheres very closely to the laws.


 * i mih sṳ̄ siu lói siu huap;
 * in everything he follows the usages and keeps the statutes.


 * chêng lí huap saⁿ lō tîeh lóng-lóng hío;
 * the circumstances, the principles, and the rules, must all be understood.


 * hût huap bô̤ pien;
 * Buddhist rules are without limit.


 * chíaⁿ kâi huap-sṳ lâi jīo i;
 * get a professor of the black art to come and exorcise it.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hâh huap;
 * that is according to the rule.


 * cí-kò̤ kâi nâng ùi huap;
 * the people here revere the laws.


 * i kâi kà-huap hó̤;
 * his instructions are good.


 * kà lâi tit huap;
 * instruct in accordance with the established usage.


 * i khṳ̀ ô̤h huap;
 * he has gone to learn how to do the thing.


 * līen i kâi pit huap;
 * learn his style of writing.


 * i kâi to̤ huap hó̤ căi;
 * his fencing is very fine.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i ah chut huap-tîeⁿ khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;
 * saw him escorted to the execution ground, to have the law executed upon him.


 * àng kun-huap phōiⁿ;
 * judged according to military law.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tîeh huap;
 * that is rightly done.


 * i sĭ m̄ pat huap;
 * he does not know how it should be done.


 * m̄ hío huap, m̄ hío lût, thèng cò̤;
 * ignorant of usages and rules, doing almost any way.


 * mío-sĭ ûang huap;
 * contempt of court.


 * i sĭ