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 * lâng-kang;
 * banisters.


 * ûi lâng-kang;
 * surround with a balustrade.


 * Unyielding; inflexible; firm; now; in music, a sharp tone.
 * i kâi sèⁿ khah kang;
 * his disposition is too unyielding.
 * his disposition is too unyielding.


 * i kâi sèⁿ-chêng sĭm sĭ kang-cìaⁿ;
 * his disposition is very resolutely upright.


 * i kàikâi [sic] ūe ŭ kang ŭ jîu;
 * what he says is both firm and gentle.


 * cí kâi ŏi kang ŏi jîu;
 * this is sometimes hard and sometimes flexible.


 * kang-ngĕ;
 * inflexible.


 * cêk nâng khah kang-ngĕ, cêk nâng khah jîu-jîak;
 * the one is too unyielding, and the other is too yielding.


 * kang-khîang;
 * resolute, determined.


 * úa kang-kang cìaⁿ kàu;
 * I just now came.


 * i tó̤ hong kim kang keng;
 * he is reciting Buddhist chants in a high key.


 * Exhausted; dry; all gone; cured by drying; adopted by a sworn contract.
 * sàu kàu kang-kang cĕng-cĕng;
 * swept out clean so that none remains.
 * swept out clean so that none remains.


 * bōi kang-cĕng ló;
 * all sold out.


 * phâk kang;
 * dried in the sun.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ jît-tèng sài-kang;
 * put it to dry in the sun.


 * sàng kang lói;
 * make a present of dried fruits.


 * khah kang-chàu;
 * too much dried up.


 * i pài i cò̤ kang pĕ;
 * he treats him as his adopted father.


 * lō tèng cîah kang nîe;
 * dry provisions eaten when travelling.


 * kîaⁿ hn̆g lō tîeh cai tòa kang nîe;
 * in making long journeys one must take dried provisions.


 * Illicit intercourse, as adultery, rape, and incest.
 * m̄ hó̤ kang-îm;
 * thou shalt not commit adultery.
 * thou shalt not commit adultery.


 * i cêng kang nâng kâi hŭ-ńng;
 * he has debauched women.


 * sĭ khîang kang a sĭ hûa kang?
 * Was it rape or seduction?


 * i sĭ kio nâng thong kang;
 * she has held criminal intercourse with some one.


 * kíaⁿ-jît sím cêk kĭaⁿ kang-chêng kâi ùaⁿ, kâi kang-hu phah lío kê chut lâi;
 * to-day a case of adultery was tried, and the criminal was beaten and put in the cangue.


 * iu kang;
 * to seduce.


 * kang-kúai nâng kâi cṳ-nîe;
 * commit rape.


 * Hard work; diligence; efficacy; virtue.
 * i tó̤ ēng kang;
 * he is industrious.
 * he is industrious.


 * i kâi kang-hu sûn căi;
 * his labors are unintermitting.


 * ēng kang àiⁿ ŭ huang huap cìaⁿ bŏi sieⁿ;
 * in exerting one's self there must be method and then no harm will be done.


 * ŭ kâi khùe thîaⁿ sûn-sûn lâi ēng kang, cū tīaⁿ-tîeh ŭ kong-hāu;
 * if when there is a job of work on hand, there be unceasing diligence, there will certainly be achievement.


 * kang tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ ēng cìaⁿ sĭ en huap;
 * expend your strengh thus and that will be according to the right method.


 * kak nâng ēng kak nâng kâi kang;
 * let each use his own strength.


 * cí īeⁿ sṳ̄ kâi kang-lîak tōa;
 * the efficacy of this is great.


 * cìeⁿ-sî khùn căi, bô̤ ēng kang;
 * is very much exhausted and does not exert himself.


 * A river.
 * chîang kang, tăi hó̤;
 * a long and great river; the Yangtse.
 * a long and great river; the Yangtse.


 * tâng cûn kùe kang;
 * crossed the river in the same boat.


 * sĭ pńg-tī nâng a sĭ gūa-kang nâng?
 * Are they natives or foreigners?


 * cò̤ gūa kang hì;
 * performing plays, using the dialect of another province.


 * aìⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ le hûang-tì kâi kang suaⁿ, mng bw̄n-bw̄n nî ló;
 * if it be as you say, then the empire is everlasting.


 * i sĭ cáu kang ô kâi nâng;
 * he is a great traveller; a trader going to all parts.


 * cía sĭ lau-kang-ô;
 * this is an old traveller; one who knows a ruse.


 * Crafty; plotting; clandestine.
 * kang chîn;
 * a treacherous vassal.
 * a treacherous vassal.


 * láu-kang;
 * artful.


 * phŏiⁿ kang táng;
 * bring to trial a traitorous cabal.


 * tong i kâi kang kòi;
 * fell into his snare.


 * ngîam lîah hàng kang;
 * strictly put under arrest all those who are disaffected.


 * cí kâi nâng kang káu;
 * this is a designing person.


 * kang châk;
 * a villain.


 * kang-khá;
 * crafty.


 * kang-kût;
 * wily.


 * lîah tîeh cêk kâi kang-sòi;
 * caught an eaves-dropper.


 * A large star, or the god who lives in it; the Buddhists reckon thirty-six large stars, including those which form the bowl of the dipper.
 * saⁿ-câp-lâk thien-kang;
 * the thirty-six large stars.
 * the thirty-six large stars.


 * i tŏ̤ hue-hn̂g-tèng pō kang, tâh táu;
 * he is in the garden practising necromancy in order to influence the stars.


 * A rivulet in a gorge.
 * sang póiⁿ sĭ suaⁿ, tìn-tang kôih cêk tîo cúi, kìe-cò̤ káng;
 * a stream that is shut in between two hills is called a runnel.
 * a stream that is shut in between two hills is called a runnel.


 * To converse; to speak; to narrate; to discourse; explanation; talk.
 * sĭ káng cṳ lí a sĭ káng mûeh lí?
 * Is he discoursing of literature or of practical affairs?
 * Is he discoursing of literature or of practical affairs?


 * káng sĭm-mih tŏ̤-lí?
 * What doctrine does he preach?


 * cí kâi sin-seⁿ bô̤ mih káng-kìu;
 * this teacher does not explain much.


 * i toaⁿ pat káng-kìu cîah, káng-kìu chēng tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ,