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Rh earth to the clouds; a stroke of lightning.
 * húe ūang-ūang-kìe;
 * the fire sputters; the sound of muttering flames.


 * húe hū-hū-kìe;
 * the fire roars; a low heavy sound of devouring flames.


 * cĕng-îu húe;
 * cleansing fires.


 * Furniture; goods; gear; a comrade.
 * ke-húe;
 * implements.
 * implements.


 * ke-húe cò̤-pû khîeh lâi;
 * bring your tools with you.


 * ke-húe mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * gear.


 * tōa ke-húe kâi nâng;
 * one having much household property.


 * i ŏi cò̤ ke-kúe;
 * she accumulates property.


 * līen ke-húe;
 * a tried weapon.


 * húe-tíeⁿ;
 * a mate, on a foreign ship.


 * tōa-húe, jī-húe;
 * chief mate and second mate.


 * nán lâi hah húe;
 * let us mess together.


 * tiang-sî àiⁿ jîp húe?
 * When are you going to move in to that house?


 * chut húe;
 * to move out the household stuff.


 * A comrade; a colleague; a crony.
 * húe-kì;
 * a partner.
 * a partner.


 * nán lâi cò̤ húe-kì;
 * let us go into partnership.


 * húe-kì cōi, o̤h cò̤ sṳ̄;
 * the interested parties being many, it is difficult to transact business.


 * hâh-húe;
 * a crony.


 * cí kâi sĭ i tâng húe kâi châk;
 * these are his fellow thieves.


 * saⁿ nî àiⁿ chú kâi cŏ̤-ngŵn cū ŭ, saⁿ nî àiⁿ chap kâi hó̤ húe-kì cū bô̤;
 * if you want a senior wrangler, there is one to be had once in three years, but if you want a good partner, it is not in every three years that one is to be found.


 * To repent; to be dissatisfied with one's own conduct.
 * hùe-kói;
 * amend.
 * amend.


 * màiⁿ ĕ-jît sĭeⁿ-siu-hùe;
 * do not regret it hereafter.


 * kàu ău-lâi sĭeⁿ-siu-hùe le khah chî;
 * though you should change your mind afterward, it would be too late.


 * ău cū hẃn hùe;
 * afterward returned to his former state of mind.


 * ău hùe môk kîp;
 * repentance will then be beyond your reach.


 * A class; a sort; a sign of the plural.
 * lău hùe tîeh cò̤ kàu pun hău-seⁿ hùe hó̤ ô̤h īeⁿ;
 * the old must so act as to be an example to the young.
 * the old must so act as to be an example to the young.


 * kun-cṳ́ hùe kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ kio sío-jîn hùe m̄ tâng;
 * the conduct of the cultured is unlike that of the unlearned.


 * tong-hău hùe kâi sim-tn̂g kio khek-pô̤h hùe kâi, siang lî hn̆g;
 * the mind of the faithful is very remote from that of the insincere.


 * ta-po hùe cò̤ ta-po hùe, cṳ-nîe hùe cò̤ cṳ-nîe hùe;
 * let men be men and women be women.


 * nín a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe màiⁿ pīn-pōng-kìe;
 * children, do not make a noise.


 * tōa hùe tîeh cai kà i;
 * their elders must teach them.


 * m̄-pat hùe tîeh khṳ̀ mn̄g pat hùe;
 * those who do not know must go ajid inquire of those who do know.


 * ŏi hùe tîeh kà bŏi húe;
 * the competent must teach the incompetent.


 * cò̤ seng-lí hùe sĭ cò̤ seng-lí hùe kâi īeⁿ, co̤h-châng hùe sĭ co̤h-châng hùe kâi īeⁿ;
 * traders have a certain style of their own, and agriculturalists a style peculiar to themselves.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ sai-kok hùe kâi nâng hó̤ a tang-îeⁿ hùe kâi nâng hó̤?
 * Which do you consider the better the people of western or of eastern lands?


 * To teach; to admonish; counsel.
 * kà-hùe;
 * instruct.
 * instruct.


 * kà-hùe i kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * teaches her children.


 * i kâi tĭ-cṳ́ to sĭ cun i kâi kà-hùe;
 * his pupils respect his instruction.


 * ía îong hùe im, bw̆n châng hùe tău;
 * ogling looks invite to wantonness and carelessness induces thieving.


 * To alter; transmute; change; transform.
 * cău-hùe;
 * incidentally.
 * incidentally.


 * thèng-cău-hùe;
 * as it may chance.


 * cău-hùe căi;
 * fortunately.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ cău-hùe;
 * you are very lucky.


 * m̄ jîp ûang hùe;
 * uncivilized.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng m̄ jîp ûang hùe;
 * that country does not become civilized.


 * kám-hùe nâng kâi sim;
 * convert people's minds.


 * kà-hùe;
 * change by instruction.


 * sio-hùe khṳ̀;
 * dissolved.


 * bŏi hùe;
 * unchangable.


 * cía sĭ hùe seⁿ kâi mûeh-kîaⁿ;
 * this is a thing which is produced by its own metamorphoses.


 * i ŏi pìen-hùe;
 * it is transformable.


 * hùe cò̤ pât mûeh;
 * change into something else.


 * kìⁿ-tîeh húe cū îeⁿ-hùe khṳ̀;
 * if exposed to the fire it melts.


 * hùe cúa cîⁿ;
 * to burn mock money.


 * tng thiⁿ sie hùe;
 * burned in the open air.


 * hùe sin;
 * burn a priest's corpse.


 * mŏ̤ⁿ hùe;
 * beg for Buddhist temples or priests.


 * cîah lío o̤h sio hùe;
 * it is difficult of digestion.


 * kói-hùe;
 * to alter.


 * The revolution of the seasons; age.
 * lṳ́ jîeh cōi hùe?
 * How old are you?
 * How old are you?


 * i kúi hùe?
 * How many years old is he?


 * i cìaⁿ saⁿ hùe;
 * he is just three.


 * cîah kàu nŏ̤ peh hùe;
 * lived to be two hundred years old.


 * i kâi nî-hùe ío cōi;
 * he is very old.


 * cêk hùe cêk hùe to m̄ cai lău;
 * as the time passes we are not conscious of becoming old.


 * i kâi nî-hùe ío khin, būe pat;
 * he has not lived many years, and does not yet know.


 * nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ cōi hùe;
 * the two are of the same age.


 * kàu cêk-ē ŭ nî-hùe cū cò̤ m̄ lâi;
 * when you are old you cannot do it.


 * i ío ŏi khǹg hùe;
 * he does not show his age.


 * saⁿ hùe phŏ̤ nŏ̤;
 * had two