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 * One who assists; a waiter.
 * thóiⁿ-tîeh cū sĭ hì-pêⁿ-téng kâi a-sĕng-kài;
 * he appears to be a clown in a theatre.


 * seⁿ-lâi kio kâi a-sĕng-kài cêk īeⁿ;
 * he naturally looks like a clown.


 * Dust.
 * i ciu-jît to sĭ ūn thô, núa kài, hó̤ kâi màiⁿ i chēng;
 * he is wallowing in the dirt all day long, so do not dress him in anything that is nice.
 * he is wallowing in the dirt all day long, so do not dress him in anything that is nice.


 * A red spotted lizard.
 * kap-kài;
 * a lizard which is used in medicine.
 * a lizard which is used in medicine.


 * khṳ̀ bói cêk tùi kap-kài lâi kap îeh;
 * go and buy a couple of lizards to compound into medicines.


 * toaⁿ-toaⁿ ēng kap-kài búe li jú-kèng ŭ khì-lâk;
 * if only the tails of the lizards are used there is much more power in the medicine.


 * The top of the head.
 * thien-lêng-kài;
 * the fontanel.
 * the fontanel.


 * phah-phùa i kâi thien-lêng-kài;
 * broke his head.


 * The mustard plant.
 * cêk lîap kâi-cí;
 * mustard seed.
 * mustard seed.


 * pêh kài-cí; kài-chài cí;
 * white mustard seed.


 * kài-lûah;
 * prepared mustard.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ pẁn kài-lûah, a sĭ àiⁿ pẁn saⁿ-cham-cìeⁿ?
 * Will you take mustard, or mixed condiments?


 * A frontier; limit; boundary.
 * tī-kài;
 * boundary of lands.
 * boundary of lands.


 * tèng tī-kài;
 * set a boundary.


 * pīn cí-kò̤ ûi kài;
 * run the boundary line along here.


 * cîeh kài;
 * a stone landmark.


 * kau-kài kâi tī-hng;
 * adjoining land.


 * kio i sie kiam-kài;
 * have the same line of boundary as he.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ ŭ kâi kài hăng;
 * thus there is a fixed limit.


 * sì-kài;
 * the world.


 * kài chieh;
 * a foot rule.


 * A mendicant; to ask alms.
 * i khṳ̀ cò̤ khṳt-kài;
 * he has become a beggar.
 * he has become a beggar.


 * ŭ cêk kâi khṳt-kài lâi thó̤ cîah;
 * a beggar came to ask for something to eat.


 * tōng kàu khṳ̀ cò̤ khṳt-kài;
 * lazy enough to be brought to beggary.


 * Rooms in a yamun.
 * tang kong-kài, sai kong-kài;
 * eastern or western public rooms in a yamun.
 * eastern or western public rooms in a yamun.


 * To border on; conterminous.
 * m̄ kài-ì;
 * bear no grudge.
 * bear no grudge.


 * úa chŵn bô̤ kài-ì cía sṳ̄;
 * I have not laid up any grudge in this affair.


 * i sĭang téng kài-ì;
 * he is very resentful.


 * kài tŏ̤ hó̤ m̄-hó̤ cṳ kang;
 * it is on the border land between good and bad.


 * To transfer to another post.
 * i tèng kài-ngŵn;
 * he is the first among the kṳ́-jîn graduates.
 * he is the first among the kṳ́-jîn graduates.


 * An injunction; precepts; warnings.
 * câp kài;
 * the ten commandments.
 * the ten commandments.


 * kàu-kài;
 * injunctions.


 * To even; to level off; to adjust.
 * khîeh ki táu-kài lâi kài;
 * take the bushel scraper and level off the measured grain.
 * take the bushel scraper and level off the measured grain.


 * lṳ́ kâi táu-kài tîeh khîa hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ ŭ cún;
 * hold your bushel scraper rightly and then there will be fair measure given.


 * A relative pronoun; it forms the possessive and denotes the genetivegenitive [sic].
 * sĭ úa kâi a sĭ lṳ́ kâi?
 * Is it mine or yours?
 * Is it mine or yours?


 * cía sĭ úa kâi cṳ;
 * this is my book.


 * i sĭ tong-kok kâi nâng;
 * he is a Chinaman.


 * pêh kâi hó̤ a âng kâi hó̤?
 * Which are the better, the white ones or the red ones?


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ sò̤isòi [sic] kâi a tōa kâi?
 * Do you want small ones or large ones?


 * ŭ kâi;
 * there are some.


 * sĭ ún ŭ kâi;
 * that is what we have some of.


 * àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi īeⁿ;
 * want that sort.


 * lṳ́ tîeh kio ṳ́a bói hó̤ kâi;
 * you must buy good ones for me.


 * úa àiⁿ tōiⁿ-tōiⁿ kâi;
 * I want solid ones.


 * i kâi thâu thìaⁿ;
 * he has headache.


 * i kâi chù tó̤;
 * his house has fallen down.


 * i kâi chùi li m̄ hàuⁿ, i kâi sim hàuⁿ;
 * he talks as if he were unwilling, but in his heart he is not averse to it.


 * i kâi ūe cōi căi;
 * ho is a great talker.


 * m̄ cai i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
 * do not know the meaning of it.


 * úa kâi sim lăi sĭ sieh i;
 * 1 have an affection for him.


 * i kâi a-pĕ bô̤ tŏ̤;
 * his father is not at home.


 * tōa kâi sòi kâi lóng-cóng sĭ chūe i;
 * great and small all go to him.


 * kìe kâi cò̤-bâk-kang kâi lâi cò̤;
 * call a carpenter to come and make it.


 * cía sĭ tī-tîang kâi?
 * Whose is this?


 * i àiⁿ sīm-mih kâi?
 * What does he want?


 * sĭ i kâi a m̄ sĭ?
 * It is his, is it not?


 * cía sĭ náng kâi a sĭ in kâi?
 * Is this ours or theirs?


 * sĭ ún kâi;
 * it belongs to us.


 * hṳ́ tieⁿ íⁿ kâi kha àiⁿ cîh;
 * the leg of that bench is about to break.


 * cí koiⁿ chù kâi êⁿ khai sòi;
 * the roofbeams of this house are too small.


 * cih tîeh i kâi sìn;
 * received his letter.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ thiaⁿ i kâi ūe;
 * you should heed what he says.


 * i kâi tŏ̤-lí chim;
 * its doctrines are deep.


 * i kâi seⁿ-chêng hó̤;
 * his disposition is good.


 * i kâi phûe jūn;
 * its rind is tough.


 * sî-ceng kâi cam;
 * the hands of the clock.


 * One; a classifier of wide application
 * cêk kâi a nŏ̤ kâi?
 * Is there one or two?
 * Is there one or two?


 * kâi