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 * Public chambers, or halls.
 * am-jī;
 * monasteries.


 * am-kẁn jī-īⁿ;
 * monasteries and their attachments.


 * tăi-lí jī-kheng;
 * Court of Appeals.


 * thài-pôk-jī cìaⁿ-kheng;
 * the chief judge in the Court of Appeals.


 * jī īⁿ;
 * fanes and temples.


 * Second; two; twain; duplicate.
 * pài-jī;
 * Tuesday.
 * Tuesday.


 * jī gûeh câp-jī a jîh-jī?
 * Is it the twelfth or the twenty-second day of the second month?


 * kíaⁿ-jît sĭ chiu-jī;
 * to-day is the second of the month.


 * i sĭ tŏiⁿ jī kâi;
 * he is the second.


 * i àiⁿ jī-câp ngṳ̂n, úa li hâiⁿ i câp-jī;
 * he wanted twenty dollars and I gave him twelve.


 * bô̤ jī kṳ̀kù [sic];
 * no two words about it.


 * it lâi sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi mīn-hūn, jī lâi sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́ kâi mīn-hūn;
 * I first consider his interests, and next yours.


 * thâu chṳ̀ sĭ i lâi, jī chṳ̀ sĭ lṳ́ lâi, cí chṳ̀ jī-ke cò̤-pû lâi;
 * the first time it was he who came, the next time it was you who came, and this time you have both come together.


 * jī ke pêⁿ-pêⁿ huaⁿ-hí;
 * both parties are equally pleased.


 * jī hûe úa m̄ it-tit;
 * the second time I forgot it.


 * jī keⁿ a būe?
 * Is it the second watch yet?


 * jī chèng híang lío;
 * the gun which announces the second watch has already sounded.


 * cía sǹg sĭ jī-tang hùe;
 * this may be reckoned as second-hand goods.


 * i sĭ tó̤ tng jī-îaⁿ a sĭ tng sam-îaⁿ?
 * Is he the servant of an officer, or the servant of an officer's servant?


 * nín jī ūi chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
 * you, who occupy the second rank, please be seated.


 * jī nâng;
 * the wife next in rank to the chief wife.


 * chūa kâi jī-pâng; chú kâi jī-pâng;
 * take a second wife.


 * nín sĭ tōa pâng a sĭ jī pâng?
 * Are you the chief or the second wife?


 * úa sĭ sêng i kâi jī pùaⁿ;
 * I buy from his wholesale stock.


 * i sĭ cò̤ úa kâi jī chíu;
 * he is my first assistant.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ thâu hō̤ a jī hō̤ kâi?
 * Do you want the best or the second best?


 * A letter.
 * cêk kâi jī;
 * one letter.
 * one letter.


 * cêk cūe jī;
 * a column of characters.


 * cêk tieⁿ jī;
 * a written sheet.


 * jī-bó̤;
 * the radicals.


 * sĭm-mih jī pôiⁿ, sĭm-mih jī thâu, sĭm-mih jī ĕ?
 * What is the radical at the side, at the top, and at the bottom?


 * sît jī, chó̤ jī, tw̆n jī;
 * three methods of writing, the square character, the running hand, and the seal character.


 * jī-tíen;
 * a dictionary.


 * sĭ ûah jī a sĭ sí jī?
 * Is it a noun or a verb? Is it movable or fixed type?


 * hṳ jī, sît jī;
 * characters which represent other words than nouns, and those which represent objects.


 * jī ngân;
 * a set phrase.


 * jī ûeh;
 * the strokes in a letter.


 * jī im;
 * the sound of a letter.


 * jī ngĭ;
 * meaning of a letter.


 * tah jī;
 * a letter pasted on.


 * khek jī;
 * an engraved letter.


 * sía jī;
 * to write.


 * kìa jī;
 * to send a note.


 * chau jī;
 * copy letters.


 * bîe jī;
 * trace letters through thin paper.


 * jī hō̤;
 * the label.


 * ŭ hûe jī a bô̤?
 * Is there an answer to be returned per bearer?


 * bô̤ hûe jī;
 * no answer.


 * ŭ hûe jī;
 * an answer is to be returned.


 * To bait; an allurement.
 * aiⁿ tìeⁿ cía hṳ̂ tîeh cang sĭm-mûeh lâi cò̤ jī?
 * What should be used for bait in catching this fish?
 * What should be used for bait in catching this fish?


 * i cū lâi cîah jī;
 * he takes the bait.


 * khîeh ngṳ̂n khṳ̀ jī i;
 * allure him with silver; catch him with a silver hook.


 * jī thóiⁿ i àiⁿ mē;
 * see if you can tempt him with this.


 * The elbow.
 * i sái jī-cak khṳ̀ khŏiⁿ i;
 * he gave him a punch with his elbow.
 * he gave him a punch with his elbow.


 * phah jī-cak;
 * to elbow.


 * i phah-ìn mîaⁿ-ke ēng jī-cak;
 * in playing shuttle-cock, he uses his elbow with great skill.


 * Delicate; soft; fine; exact.
 * ìuⁿ-jī;
 * fine and delicate.
 * fine and delicate.


 * mông tîeh ìuⁿ-jī căi;
 * it feels very soft and fine.


 * úa thóiⁿ i kâi nêk ío ìuⁿ-jī, i kâi nêk ío cho;
 * it appears to me that her complexion is the more delicate, and hers the more coarse.


 * cí īeⁿ hṳ̂ kâi nêk sĭang ìuⁿ-jī;
 * the flesh of this fish is very delicate.


 * sòi-jī;
 * finical.


 * i mih sṳ̄ sòi-jī căi;
 * he is very fastidious about everything.


 * i kâi tàⁿ ūe sòi-sòi jī-jī, chŵn bô̤ thèng tàⁿ;
 * his mode of speech is very precise, and he says nothing carelessly.

jía


 * To incite; to bring on; to elicit; to irritate.
 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ jía hŭa;
 * do not bring evil upon yourself.
 * do not bring evil upon yourself.


 * jía húe lâi sie sin;
 * start a fire to burn one's self.


 * ín-jía kàu úa sṳ-sĭeⁿ m̄ hiah;
 * makes me think of it incessantly.


 * i m̄ jía sĭ hui;
 * he does not provoke discussion.


 * ŭ hue cū ín-jía bói-îah;
 * flowers attract the butterflies.


 * màiⁿ ín-jía i khàu;
 * do not make him cry.


 * jía kàu úa seⁿ khì;
 * made me angry.


 * lṳ́ sĭ tó̤ jía sṳ̄;
 * you are creating a disturbance.

jîak


 * Frail; pliant; feeble; tender.
 * ńng-jîak;
 * weak.
 * weak.


 * khùn-jîak;
 * infirm.


 * ńng-ńng jîak-jîak;
 * very feeble.


 * sin-thói sò-jîak;
 * he is very thin.


 * cí kâi nâng jîu-jîak;
 * this person is very pliable.


 * nó̤-jîak;