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 * Fat; rich.
 * pŭipûi [sic]-jṳ̆;
 * nutritious.


 * būe hó̤ cîah pûi-jṳ̆;
 * should not yet eat rich food.


 * ēng khīeⁿ pûi-jṳ̆ a míen?
 * Is it necessary to abstain from rich food?


 * bô̤ pûi bô̤ jṳ̆ cîah cò̤-nî ŭ nĭ hó̤ chī a-nôⁿ?
 * With nothing nutritious to eat how can I have milk wherewith to nourish the baby?


 * A style, title, or name, taken by educated people at about fifteen years of age, or at marriage. It was anciently taken at twenty.
 * i kâi jṳ̆ sĭ sĭm mûeh?
 * What is his designation?
 * What is his designation?


 * cun jṳ̆ būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;
 * I have not yet inquired your honorable title.


 * i cêng cò̤ ŭ jṳ̆ a būe?
 * Has he yet taken his style?


 * cí kâi jṳ̆ sĭ i tōa nâng cò̤ kâi;
 * this name is given him by the elders of his family.


 * A substitute; a second.
 * put jṳ̆ kè;
 * no two prices.
 * no two prices.


 * i chŵn bô̤ jṳ̆ sim;
 * he has no two minds about it.


 * put jṳ̆ sim;
 * not double minded.

jẃn


 * To compile; to edit.
 * cía sĭ sin jẃn kâi cṳ;
 * this is a new edition.
 * this is a new edition.


 * cí pang cṳ sǹg sĭ gṳ̄ jẃn kâi;
 * this set of books is probably an imperial edition.


 * jẃn lío cîp cò̤ cêk pńg;
 * collate, and then compile in one volume.


 * chíu jẃn kâi cheh;
 * a book made by hand; a home-made book.


 * ka-kī jẃn kâi;
 * compiled it myself.


 * jẃn siu;
 * to revise.


 * Without method; at random; heedlessly.
 * i káⁿ jw̆n cò̤;
 * he dare act without regard to other people's rights or feelings.
 * he dare act without regard to other people's rights or feelings.


 * jw̆n cŏ̤;
 * sit in a slouching attitude.


 * jw̆n sía;
 * write it almost any way.


 * būe cêng tiaⁿ tîeh, i jw̆n jíang;
 * before he was touched he bawled out.


 * pn̄g m̄ hó̤ jw̆n cîah;
 * rice should not be eaten without regard to rule.


 * ūe m̄ hó̤ jw̆n tàⁿ;
 * words should not be spoken at random.


 * lîah lío jw̆n phah;
 * seized and beat him letting the the blows fall wherever they might.


 * However; whatever; in whatever way.
 * jw̆n thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
 * whatever effort I make in looking, I cannot see it.
 * whatever effort I make in looking, I cannot see it.


 * jw̆n sĭeⁿ, sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;
 * however much I cogitate, I cannnotcannot [sic] think it out.


 * jw̆n ēng, ēng m̄ lío;
 * however freely you use it, you cannot use it all up.


 * jw̆n ieh m̄ tîeh;
 * can't guess it any way.


 * jw̆n tàⁿ, m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * whatever I say he pays no heed to it.


 * Whichever way you please; suit yourself; either will do; when you like.
 * sûi-jw̆n cò̤ to hó̤;
 * almost any way will do.
 * almost any way will do.


 * nŏ̤ saⁿ tîo lō cêk īeⁿ, lṳ́ sûi-jw̆n kîaⁿ;
 * the roads are all alike, take whichever you please.


 * i sieh i, sûi-jw̆n tàⁿ i to thiaⁿ;
 * he is fond of her, and heeds whatever she says.

jŵt


 * Gratified; contented; delighted; to please.
 * i kâi sim hí-jŵt;
 * he is delighted.
 * he is delighted.


 * tó lăi put-jŵt;
 * displeased in his heart.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh m̄-jŵt;
 * when he heard it he was displeased.


 * khó̤-íⁿ jŵt mâk;
 * rather pleasing to the eye.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh jŵt nâng kâi mâk;
 * the sight of it gladdens the eye.

ka


 * To cut with shears.
 * ka pò;
 * cut cloth.
 * cut cloth.


 * ka saⁿ-khò;
 * to cut out clothing,


 * cêk ki ka-to̤;
 * a pair of shears.


 * ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;
 * scissors.


 * ka sin ang-kíaⁿ;
 * cut out a paper doll.


 * ka hue;
 * to cut out flowers.


 * ka cío;
 * cut out figures of birds.


 * ka côi-côi;
 * cut them evenly.


 * i bô̤ mih ŏi sái ka-to̤;
 * she is not very handy with the shears.


 * Glue; glutinous jelly; viscid; cohering.
 * gû phûe ka;
 * glue made from cowhide.
 * glue made from cowhide.


 * hṳ̂ ka;
 * glue made from fish.


 * kim-lêng ka;
 * glue made from the sea-bass.


 * a-ka;
 * a medical glue, made by boiling ass-skin seven days in the water of the glue well of Shantung.


 * ku ka, tek ka;
 * medical glues, made from tortoise shells and from deer's horns.


 * n̂g-mêng ka;
 * clarified glue.


 * ka-mī;
 * a cement used in joiner's work.


 * ún ka;
 * fasten with glue.


 * ka ún m̄ tùe;
 * the glue does not stick.


 * cía tîeh ēng sĭm-mih ka cìaⁿ hó̤ ún?
 * What sort of glue must be used in order to make this adhere?


 * îeⁿ ka;
 * to melt glue.


 * khô̤h ka;
 * prepare glue.


 * ka-liam;
 * sticky.


 * cn̂g kâi bô̤ ka-lîam;
 * wholly destitute of tenacity.


 * jû ka, sṳ̆ chak;
 * like glue and varnish; very adhesive.


 * pû kàu nĕ ka-ka;
 * cook it to a jelly.


 * ka chak siang tâu;
 * sticking like glue and varnish.


 * cí kâi ka hẃn chun cū lut khṳ̀;
 * this glue will not hold through a change of seasons.


 * ka-ciah;
 * the back.
 * the back.


 * tùe i kâi ka-ciah ău;
 * followed on behind him.


 * ka-ciah kut;
 * the back bone.


 * tng mīn kāng i tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-ciah ău tàⁿ;
 * tell it to him to his face, and not tell it of him behind his back.