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Rh *
 * What is used in contingent expenses.
 * ĭong cîⁿ;
 * commission, or contingent expenses.


 * thàng ĭong cîⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * earned only the commission.


 * pĕng ĭong, jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much is the amount, including commission?


 * káu poih ĭong;
 * a commission of two dollars on the hundred.


 * i sĭ tó̤ sĭu ĭong;
 * he is enjoying his possessions.


 * i bô̤ thang hó̤ sĭu ĭong;
 * he has no chance to enjoy what he has.


 * sĭ káu-poih ĭong a sĭ káu-ngŏ ĭong?
 * Is it two or five per cent that is taken out of the sum total, as an allowance to the agent?


 * bōi cía hùe sĭ ŭ lăi gūa ĭong;
 * in selling these goods there is a commission paid both to those they are bought from and to those who retail them.


 * bói īa tîeh ĭong, bōi īa tîeh ĭong;
 * in buying there is a percentage paid on the value, and in selling there is a percentage made on the value.

ip


 * A city; a walled town.
 * sîaⁿ-ip;
 * cities.
 * cities.


 * kŭn ip;
 * walled towns.


 * káu ip;
 * the nine district cities.


 * síu ip;
 * the chief district city in a prefecture.


 * Dank.
 * ip-ip cîp-cîp;
 * close and damp.
 * close and damp.


 * khah ip-cîp, khĭa-khí lío cū seⁿ pēⁿ;
 * it is too close and damp and one would become ill in living there.


 * To bow with the hands joined.
 * ip-că; cak-ip;
 * to bow in the Chinese style.
 * to bow in the Chinese style.


 * kìⁿ tîeh, chim-chim chíu cū kio i ip-că;
 * when you see him, lower your clasped hands and bow to him.

it


 * it-tit;
 * to recollect; to reflect upon.
 * to recollect; to reflect upon.


 * lṳ́ it-tit mē?
 * Do you remember it?


 * m̄ it-tit khṳ̀;
 * have forgotten it.


 * úa it-tit hṳ́ tiang-sî;
 * I remember that time.


 * lṳ́ it-tit pàng sim lăi;
 * lay it up in your mind and remember it.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng sie it tîeh;
 * the two remember each other.


 * The second of the ten stems.
 * thài it;
 * the primordial cause.
 * the primordial cause.


 * One; the same; an item.
 * tŏiⁿ it;
 * the first.
 * the first.


 * câp-it;
 * eleven.


 * jîh-it;
 * twenty-one.


 * sâp-it;
 * thirty-one.


 * it hō̤;
 * the best quality.


 * it téng;
 * first class articles.


 * it hó̤ kâi;
 * the best sort.


 * it téng hó̤ kâi;
 * the very best kind.


 * it jī câp;
 * from ten to twenty of them.


 * it câp;
 * a single ten.


 * lṳ́ it it tàⁿ úa cai;
 * you tell me about them, item by item.


 * cò̤ mih sṳ̄ kâi sim àiⁿ cwn it;
 * in all transactions, singleness of mind is desirable.


 * it ngŏ, it câp;
 * honest, complete, accurate.


 * i tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ sĭ sìo it sìo jī kâi nâng;
 * he is one of the head men there.


 * A band of eight mummers who perform set figures at sacrifices, during the worship of ancestors.
 * bú poih ît;
 * to perform as mummers.
 * to perform as mummers.


 * bú-ît seng;
 * a mummer.


 * Ease; luxury.
 * îm ît;
 * vicious indulgence.
 * vicious indulgence.


 * cí kâi nâng khah ît;
 * this person is too self-indulgent.


 * ngán sîn m̄ cĕⁿ, khah ît;
 * the expression of his eyes is unquiet, and too lacivious.


 * To wave; to signal with the hand.
 * tōa kî cē ît, nâng cū tùe i kîaⁿ;
 * when the large flag waves, the people follow on after it.
 * when the large flag waves, the people follow on after it.


 * chíu cē ît, i cū lâi;
 * if you wave your hand he will come.


 * ît i khṳ̀;
 * motion to him to go.


 * cang chíu cē ît;
 * waved his arm.

iu


 * To excel; extra; easy about; fully.
 * kṳ́ iu hĕng;
 * recommend on account of excellence of character.
 * recommend on account of excellence of character.


 * iu-îu cṳ̆-căi;
 * easy and unconcerned.


 * iu kòng-seng;
 * head graduate.


 * chiang iu cău cut kâi ău-ĭ bô̤ hong;
 * the descendants of prostitutes, of mountebanks and of menials in the yamun, cannot rise to eminence.


 * i lâi kàu ēng iu lói siang thăi;
 * when he arrives treat him with more than common courtesy.


 * hun-piet iu luat;
 * distinguish between fitness and unfitness.


 * hâk hĕng kiam iu;
 * in both learning and deportment he stands well.


 * Grieved; sorrowful; to mourn.
 * iu-būn;
 * sad.
 * sad.


 * iu-chô;
 * sorrowful.


 * kau cím bô̤ iu;
 * you can go to sleep without anxiety.


 * i sĭ teng pĕ-iu tńg-khṳ̀;
 * he has gone back on account of being in mourning for his father.


 * teng iu tŏ̤ cĭa;
 * mourning in retirement.


 * i pâi mn̂g-khí mêⁿ-àm teng iu;
 * they mourn every morning and evening.


 * A male friend; an associate.
 * phêng-íu;
 * male friends.
 * male friends.


 * hó̤ phêng-íu; hó̤ íu;
 * good friends.


 * kū íu;
 * old friend.


 * kau íu;
 * companions.


 * iah íu;
 * helpful friendsfriends. [sic]


 * sĭm sĭ íu-ài;
 * is very fraternal.


 * cíu nêk phêng-íu;
 * boon companions.


 * cū sĭ tâng