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206 days.
 * jît kìⁿ jît tōa;
 * grows bigger day by day.


 * i kíaⁿ-jit chut jît;
 * to-day is the seventh after the decease.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ lâi jît, a bô̤ lâi jitjît [sic]?
 * Do you consider that there is a future for the enterprise, or not?


 * tō seⁿ kùe jît;
 * barely enough to live upon from day to day.


 * tō jît jû nî;
 * a day is like a year in passing.


 * lṳ́ co̤h kang sĭ lŭn jît, a lŭn gûeh?
 * Are you working by the day or by the month?


 * jît méⁿ, táng kàu jît nńg cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳ̀;
 * the sun is very hot, wait till the sun's rays are less powerful, and then go.


 * jît cē chut cū jûah;
 * as soon as the sun comes out it will be hot.


 * jît àm;
 * at dark.


 * jît àiⁿ àm;
 * it is nearly dark.


 * ŭ thiⁿ bô̤ jît-thâu;
 * there is a sunless sky; there is no strong light upon it.


 * pâi jît;
 * every day.


 * cia jît, câh jît;
 * screen from the sun.

jîu


 * Complaisant; pliant; flexible.
 * un-jîu;
 * meek.
 * meek.


 * jîu-ńng;
 * pliable.


 * kâi sèⁿ-chêng jîu-jîak;
 * his disposition is mild.


 * siaⁿ jîu-jîu;
 * a soft voice.


 * i jîu-jîu nē, bŏi khì;
 * he is very gentle, and not easily annoyed.


 * i kâi chíu ńng-jîu ńng-jîu nē;
 * her arms are very weak.


 * i li khah kang, i li khah jîu;
 * this is too stiff, and this too limp.


 * cí īeⁿ chīu-ki ío ńng-jîu, hó̤ khut cò̤ ûah kâi hêng;
 * the branches of these trees are flexible, and may be formed into the outlines of living creatures.

jôk


 * A mattress.
 * mîn-chn̂g phŭe jôk;
 * bedstead, coverlet, and mattress.
 * bedstead, coverlet, and mattress.


 * jôk kíaⁿ;
 * a cushion.


 * cí īeⁿ hó̤ cò̤ jôk;
 * this sort is good for cushions.


 * To insult; to put to shame.
 * khṳt i jôk tîeh;
 * was insulted by him.
 * was insulted by him.


 * jím jôk;
 * endure reproach.


 * i tó̤ jôk pĕ-bó̤;
 * he rails at his parents.


 * cía sĭ tó̤ jôk i kâi có;
 * this is dishonoring his ancestors.


 * tng mīn cū jôk i;
 * shamed him to his face.


 * pĭ i lêng-jôk;
 * insulted by him.


 * sĭu jôk;
 * receive insult.


 * jôk-mēⁿ;
 * rail at.


 * bô̤ kwn îong jôk;
 * regardless of glory or shame.

jóng


 * A calling and its duties; hurried.
 * sṳ̄ jóng căi;
 * pressed with business.
 * pressed with business.


 * sṳ̄-bŭ hŵn-jóng;
 * multifarious business.


 * chíaⁿ i buah jóng, côiⁿ lâi;
 * ask him to lay aside his work and come forward.


 * sang tīo jóng hui;
 * cut off the extra expenses.


 * Fine hair or feathers; feathery.
 * jóng-mô̤ⁿ;
 * soft fluffy hair.
 * soft fluffy hair.


 * têk chìn thiⁿ-sî seⁿ jóng-mô̤ⁿ;
 * deers in cold weather have a coat of fine hair grow out.


 * koi-kíaⁿ chut n̆ng-khak, i kâi mô̤ⁿ cū jóng-jóng;
 * when the chicken emerges from the shell, its feathers are downy.


 * Floss; velvet; velveteen.
 * kún jông;
 * trim with velvet.
 * trim with velvet.


 * îeⁿ jông;
 * foreign velvet.


 * so jông;
 * Soochow velvet.


 * cang jông lâi chiah;
 * embroider it with floss.


 * bói cêk chieh lâm jông cò̤ ăm-nía;
 * buy a foot of blue velvet to make a collar.


 * nŏ̤ líu jông;
 * two skeins of floss.


 * Deer's horns; antlers.
 * têk jông;
 * young deer's horns.
 * young deer's horns.


 * jông phìen;
 * shavings of deer's antlers.


 * jông ka;
 * glue made from deer's antlers.


 * mîⁿ jông;
 * elk horns.


 * jông kṳ̆n;
 * the base of the antler, (considered valuable as a medicine).


 * Still; ever; just as before.
 * jông-kū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is ever thus.
 * it is ever thus.


 * i sûi sĭ pun i tōa nâng lîah khṳ̀ kéng-kài, hŵn-lío jông-kū bŏi pìⁿ;
 * though taken to task by her husband, she is still unchanged from what she was before.


 * jông-jîen;
 * still the same.


 * Warlike; military.
 * cóng-jông;
 * His Excellency, the major-general.
 * His Excellency, the major-general.


 * i sĭ tăi-ngŵn-jông;
 * he is commander-in-chief.


 * jông cuang tá-pàng;
 * in martial array.

jú


 * The breast; the teat; milk.
 * jú bó̤;
 * a foster mother.
 * a foster mother.


 * jú-hieⁿ;
 * frankincense.


 * ceng-jú-cîeh;
 * stalactites.


 * jú kim;
 * liquid gold used in painting.


 * Young; plump and tender.
 * i cîah kàu jú-jú;
 * she has grown young.
 * she has grown young.


 * àiⁿ sie kâi tṳ tîeh jú ;
 * for roasting, the pig must be a young plump one.


 * cí ciah koi jú-jú;
 * this fowl is young and tender.


 * In a further degree; more; better; convalescent.
 * jú méⁿ jú hó̤;
 * the quicker the better.
 * the quicker the better.


 * cí kâi jú ngía;
 * this is still handsomer.


 * cía úa jú-kèng àiⁿ;
 * for this I have a still greater desire.


 * jú mn̄g jú m̄ pat;
 * the more he was questioned the less he knew.


 * jú thóiⁿ jú hŭn;
 * the more I study it, the more confused I am.


 * jú ke;
 * still more.


 * jú cíe;
 * still less.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ jú-kèng