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212 ;kà keng-cìⁿ;
 * teach archery.


 * kà khûn;
 * teachboxing.


 * kà ke-húe;
 * teach fencing.


 * kà lô̤ kó;
 * teach drumming.


 * kà khek;
 * teach the singing of ballads.


 * kà hîⁿ kŭ;
 * teach how to play on stringed instruments.


 * kà hì;
 * teach how to perform in a theatre.


 * i kâi kà lâi m̄ sĭen huap;
 * this is not taught in the best way.


 * kà tŏ̤-lí;
 * instruct in doctrine.


 * cang pn̄g chī tōa, cang chûe kà gâu;
 * make him grow by feeding him with rice, and make him wise by using the ferule on him.


 * lṳ́ kaî tōa mîaⁿ úa būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;
 * I have not yet asked your name.


 * ôiⁿ sî lâi cí kà cē;
 * when you have leisure comehere and discourse.


 * i kà nâng tăi-khài sĭ kà nâng cò̤-nî?
 * In a general way, what is it that he teaches people to believe in?


 * hût kà; sek kà;
 * Buddhism.


 * tău kà;
 * Taouism.


 * hûe-hûe kà;
 * Mohammedanism.


 * jû kà
 * Confucianism.


 * thien-cú kà;
 * Roman Catholicism.


 * īa-so kà;
 * Protestant Christianity.


 * thŵn kà kâi sin-seⁿ;
 * teacher who promulgates doctrines.


 * cía sĭ kà-íu hùe;
 * this is one of their disciples.


 * cía cêk ūi sĭ kà-;
 * this is a learned teacher in that religion.


 * hṳ́ cêk ūi sĭ gūa kok kâi kà-sṳ̆;
 * that is a foreign missionary.


 * kà cṳ kâi cṳ-ce;
 * a schoolroom.


 * tôk chut kà gūa;
 * to expel from a sect or party.


 * cí kâi sĭ sin lâi jîp kà kâi;
 * this is one who has lately entered the sect.


 * kà-hŭe ŭ jîeh cōi kâi?
 * How many separate organizations are there of that sect?


 * kà-tn̂g;
 * a chapel.


 * kà lăi ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?
 * How many members are there in the sect?


 * cía sĭ cìaⁿ kà m̄ sĭ sîa kà;
 * this is moral, not immoral teaching.


 * to sĭ aìⁿ kà nâng hó̤, bô̤ kà nàng m̄-hó̤;
 * its aim is to teach people to do well, not to teach them to do evil.


 * i kà cêk kùe cū pat, chong-men̂g căi;
 * if he is once shown how he knows, he is very intelligent.


 * cí kâi jw̆n kà, kà m̄ pat, sĭm sĭ lú-tŭn;
 * this one, however much you teach him, does not learn, he is exceedingly stupid.


 * úa sĭ kà lṳ́, m̄ sĭ mēⁿ lṳ́, lṳ́ màiⁿ khì;
 * I am teaching you, not scolding you, so do not be displeased.


 * ŭ jîeh cōi kà-mn̂g?
 * How many adherents have they?


 * tī-tîang tó̤ cú cí kâi kà?
 * Who is the head man of this sect?


 * chíaⁿ i lâi kà cṳ-īⁿ;
 * invite him to come and teach in the college.


 * cí kâi sai-kíaⁿ kà chut lâi ciang-lâi ŭ mîaⁿ-sek;
 * this apprentice will make a reputation for himself when he shall have been through his course of instruction.


 * To bite; to gnaw.
 * kă cêk chùi;
 * bite off a mouthful.
 * bite off a mouthful.


 * cí cîah káu ŏi kă nâng a bŏi?
 * Is this dog apt to bite?


 * màiⁿ khṳt i kă tiêh;
 * don't let him bite you.


 * khak tōiⁿ, kă m̄ lô̤h;
 * it is so hard I can't bite into it.


 * khah jūujūn [sic], kă m̄ tn̆g;
 * it is so tough that I cannot bite it in two.


 * kă cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;
 * bite it apart.


 * i kâi khí kă kín-kín, tîeh kĭo khui;
 * his teeth are clenched, and we must pry them apart.


 * kă-gê chiet-chí;
 * gnash the teeth.


 * tng kuaⁿ mīn côiⁿ khṳ̀ kă i;
 * right there before the face of the magistrate, wrongly involved him in the crime.

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 * Oranges.
 * cêk lîap kaⁿ;
 * an orange.
 * an orange.


 * so̤h kaⁿ;
 * the coolie orange.


 * cie kaⁿ;
 * an orange with a thin loose peel.


 * phòng-tháng kaⁿ;
 * a large sweet orange with a loose porous peel.


 * bît-tháng kaⁿ;
 * a small sweet orange.


 * kaⁿ phûe màiⁿ tak-nn̄g, khîeh khṳ̀ lŏ;
 * do not waste the orange peel, take it and pickle it.


 * cí kâi kaⁿ kio úa phoi;
 * pare this orange for me.


 * peh kâi kaⁿ lâi cîah;
 * pick an orange apart and eat it.


 * kaⁿ hn̂g;
 * an orange garden.


 * tiah kaⁿ;
 * gather the oranges.


 * kò kâi nâng cwn tó̤ lîah tīo kaⁿ-thâng;
 * hire a man especially for picking the caterpillars off the orange trees.


 * cía mng sĭ kaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * these are dwarf oranges.


 * cía kaⁿ khah cheⁿ, būe sêk;
 * these oranges are too green, they are not yet ripe.


 * cía kit sĭ ciap kaⁿ kâi, cìaⁿ ŏi tîam;
 * therethese [sic] limes are grafted on an orange and that is what makes them sweet.


 * The olive.
 * cêk câng kaⁿ-ná chīu;
 * an olive tree.
 * an olive tree.


 * kám cêk lîap kaⁿ-ná tŏ̤ chùi;
 * holding an olive in her mouth.


 * nín hieⁿ-lí cèng ŭ jîeh cōi kaⁿ-ná?
 * In your village how many olives have been planted?


 * cĭeⁿ cîⁿ kaⁿ-ná, lô̤h cîⁿ kieⁿ;
 * a thing that rises in price by being kept, as do olives, or one that diminishes in price, as does ginger.


 * kaⁿ-ná kûeh bō̤;
 * a cap shaped like half an olive.


 * To dare; to venture on; presuming.
 * m̄ káⁿ tng;
 * dare not undertake it.
 * dare not undertake it.


 * úa m̄ káⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * I dare not do thus.


 * i cò̤-nî káⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How dare he do thus?


 * lṳ́ ĕ tńg káⁿ mē?
 * Are you ever going to do so any more?


 * i káⁿ cò̤, káⁿ ûi;
 * he dare do anything.


 * cí kâi nâng káⁿ seⁿ káⁿ sí;
 * this man is wholly fearless.


 * cí kâi ūe sĭ i cìaⁿ káⁿ tàⁿ;
 * this sort of talk only he dare indulge in.


 * i ío káⁿ tàⁿ, ío ngĕ tît;
 * he is bold in speech, and resolute in action.


 * nâng cē m̄ tŏ̤ i cū káⁿ sńg;
 * as soon as one is gone, he sets himself boldly to playing.


 * kúaⁿ-káⁿ;
 * decided.


 * íong-káⁿ;
 * valiant.


 * khí káⁿ, khí káⁿ;
 * how dare I do so; I ought not to receive such an honor.


 * hía i cìaⁿ m̄ káⁿ, a!
 * Would not dare to do it, would be!


 * i cē lâi in cū m̄