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198 ; theng phêng-íu;
 * fellow students, studying by the same window.


 * i kâi phêng-íu chêng hó̤;
 * his disposition is very friendly.


 * ciu jît to sĭ saⁿ phêng sì íu múaⁿ-tī-kó̤ khṳ̀;
 * all day they go about together in close companionship.


 * kau phêng chú íu;
 * chums.


 * The tenth of the twelve branches, represented by the cock.
 * íu-sî;
 * from 5 to 7 o'clock
 * from 5 to 7 o'clock


 * cīeⁿ teng íu;
 * early candle-light.


 * tùi íu nî cū pŵt kòng;
 * in the tenth year of the cycle of twelve, he became a graduate.


 * To allure; to entice.
 * íu-hok i khṳ̀ cò̤ ak;
 * entice him into wickedness.
 * entice him into wickedness.


 * màiⁿ íu-hok nâng;
 * do not tempt people to do wrong.


 * khṳt i ín-íu khṳ̀;
 * led astray by him.


 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî íu-phìen i?
 * Why did you delude him?


 * To have; to be; it is so.
 * íu-hăn; íu hīn;
 * a limited amount.
 * a limited amount.


 * chûn íu-hīn;
 * have but little left.


 * úa thóiⁿ li íu-hăn;
 * I consider that the amount is very small.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kìⁿ kuaⁿ, i ā-sĭ hàm lṳ́ kâi mîaⁿ lṳ́ cū ìn tàⁿ “íuⁿ”;
 * when you go before a magistrate, if your name is called you reply “Here”.


 * Through; by; a way, means, or cause; to permit.
 * ŵn-îu;
 * the means by which it came about.
 * the means by which it came about.


 * mn̄g i kâi ŵn-îu;
 * inquire into the occasion for its being so.


 * lṳ́ cai i kâi lâi îu mē?
 * Do you know how it came about?


 * îu lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that was the way it came to pass.


 * mih sṳ̄ ka-kī tit cṳ̆ îu;
 * he can manage everything for himself.


 * îu cí-kò̤ jîp khṳ̀;
 * enter through here.


 * îu i khṳ̀ cò̤, màiⁿ khṳ̀ kẃn i;
 * let him go and do it, and do not exercise any control over him.


 * îu lṳ́;
 * as you please.


 * bw̄n sṳ̄ îu thiⁿ, put îu nâng;
 * all things are as heaven pleases, not as man pleases.


 * lṳ́ îu tī-kò̤ lâi?
 * Where did you come from?


 * to sĭ îu úa keng chíu;
 * all goes through my hands.


 * i îu tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
 * Which way did he go?


 * i îu cí tîo lō khṳ̀, a îu hṳ́ tîo lō khṳ̀?
 * Did he go by this road or by that one?


 * îu úa ka-kī;
 * of myself.


 * îu tī-tîang tit tîeh?
 * Through whom did he obtain it?


 * Doubtful; rather; somewhat.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ îu hó̤, i sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * this is tolerably good, but his is not thus made.
 * this is tolerably good, but his is not thus made.


 * îu-ṳ̆ put kwt;
 * undecided in all he does.


 * Oil; to oil; to paint; oily.
 * tāu-îu;
 * peanut oil.
 * peanut oil.


 * tê-îu;
 * tea oil.


 * thâng-îu;
 * paint oil.


 * ta-ma îu;
 * tar.


 * phang kùe lêng-hieⁿ îu;
 * more fragrant than oil of bergamot.


 * bun-kùi îu;
 * attar of roses.


 * gû-ni îu;
 * butter.


 * mûaⁿ-îu;
 * oil made from hemp seed.


 * phang îu;
 * fragrant oils.


 * pó̤-hò̤ îu;
 * peppermint oil.


 * si îu;
 * soy, a sauce like Worcestershire.


 * sìa îu;
 * castor oil.


 * khah siap, buah îu, buah i kût cē;
 * if there is friction, rub on some oil, and make it smoother.


 * koih tīo îu;
 * press out the oil.


 * jṳ́ tîeh îu;
 * daubed it with grease.


 * mâk tîeh îu;
 * got a grease-spot on it.


 * m̄ hó̤ tih tîeh îu;
 * do not let the oil drop on it.


 * îu sim;
 * a lamp wick.


 * îu cúaⁿ;
 * an oil cup.


 * chù îu hó̤ a bṳ̄ebūe [sic];
 * have you put in the oil yet?


 * húe înîu [sic];
 * kerosine oil.


 * ngṳ̂n-cu îu;
 * red paint.


 * thâng-îu-hue;
 * putty.


 * àiⁿ îu pêh a àiⁿ îu lâm?
 * Do you want it painted white or blue?


 * khṳ̀ hàm îu-chak kâi sai-pĕ lâi;
 * go and call a painter.


 * chíu îu-îu nē, tîeh ēng tê-cí-kho cìaⁿ sói tit khṳ̀;
 * my hands are very greasy, I must use tea seed cake and then I can wash them clean.


 * mīn seⁿ îu;
 * his face is oily.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ îu cúi;
 * you need not be palavering around me.


 * To idle about; to enjoy one's self idly.
 * iu îu khùai-lâk;
 * blissful ease.
 * blissful ease.


 * m̄-hó̤ îu-chíu hàuⁿ ôiⁿ;
 * do not idle around.


 * A wen; a swelling.
 * cí khí m̄ sĭ lîu, sĭ kìe-cò̤ îu;
 * this is not a tumor, it is called a wen.
 * this is not a tumor, it is called a wen.


 * To roam; to ramble; to saunter.
 * îu-lêh kak séⁿ;
 * wandered through every province.
 * wandered through every province.


 * îu-ngẃn;
 * to ramble.


 * îu ceng;
 * itinerant priests.


 * lău-îa chut îu;
 * the gods go out for an airing.


 * chut gūa îu ô̤h;
 * travel for information.


 * kio phêng-íu kau-îu;
 * saunter about with friends.


 * kau-îu múaⁿ-thiⁿ-ĕ, sie cai bô̤ cêk nâng;
 * friendly with all, and acquainted with none.


 * i seng cò̤ îu-khek, nâng ceng-cò̤ îu-hú;
 * when he becomes a traveller on the circuit, he is called a lieutenant-colonel.


 * A park or paddock for rearing animals; a walled garden; to inclose; to pen up; to restrain; limited.
 * ĭu i hong-sôk;
 * hampered by custom.
 * hampered by custom.


 * sui sĭ kun-cṳ́ kâi nâng īa to̤-to̤ ĭu i hong-sôk;
 * although he is a man of culture, yet he is bound down by vulgar usages.


 * sîp-sôk ĭu nâng, hîen cía put míen;
 * custom restrains people, and the learned are not free from its bonds.


 * ẃn-ĭu;
 * parks.


 * hn̂g-ĭu;
 * gardens.