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Rh kâi tŏ̤-lí i chŵn bŏi káng-kìu pùaⁿ lî;
 * he can discuss only what pertains to food and clothing, correct principles he cannot discourse upon at all.


 * i sĭ tó̤ káng kó a;
 * lie is narrating old stories; is talking about old times.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ káng kó;
 * do not talk irrelevantly.


 * màiⁿ tó̤ káng kó cṳ;
 * do not talk about what is remote from the subject; do not beat about the bush.


 * i kâi nâng káng lí, īa-sĭ m̄ káng lí, nâng cū m̄ su-hôk;
 * he gives his reasons for it, if he did not people would not acquiesce in his ruling them.


 * jī ke chíaⁿ nâng káng hûa;
 * the two invite some one to arbitrate between them.


 * káng hûa;
 * treat of peace; propose a settlement.


 * káng-kói;
 * to expouud.


 * cía chíaⁿ màiⁿ káng;
 * do not let us talk about this.


 * i chut chùi cū káng cho;
 * he talks in a coarse fashion.


 * m̄-hó̤ káng cho, lō̤-chò̤ mēⁿ nâng;
 * do not use obscene words when scolding people.


 * màiⁿ thiaⁿ i káng tang, káng sai;
 * do not heed his carping at this and at that.


 * i káng lâi sĭm sĭ thong-thiet;
 * his speech is to the point.


 * Terse, brief, concise; to condense.
 * i kâi ēng-tō ío káng-séⁿ;
 * his expenditures are less.
 * his expenditures are less.


 * i kúi kù ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ káng;
 * his sentences were tersely put.


 * īa m̄-hó̤ khah káng;
 * neither it is well to be too laconic.


 * cía khah káng bw̆n;
 * this is too blunt and discourteous; I fear you will deem me rude.


 * cìa sĭ káng khueh, a sĭ hŵn khueh?
 * Does this require prolonged labor or not?


 * tàⁿ káng cē;
 * be concise.


 * Entire; complete.
 * cē khṳ̀ cū káng nî kú;
 * if he goes he will be gone a whole year.
 * if he goes he will be gone a whole year.


 * cò̤ káng kò̤ gûeh, hŵn-lío būe hó̤;
 * has been at it a whole month and it is not yet finished.


 * cē cŏ̤ cū cŏ̤ káng jît;
 * if he sits down he will sit all day.


 * kâi gûeh thàng káng choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
 * earned as much as a thousand dollars in a month.


 * cêk câi ŭ káng bw̄n tàⁿ;
 * there were fully ten thousand piculs in the load.


 * i lăi ēng káng peh nâng;
 * they employ at least a hundred men.


 * A triangular truncheon, or heavy rapier.
 * i chut cìen to sĭ ēng sang káng;
 * when they go forth to battle, they always use a pair of truncheons.
 * when they go forth to battle, they always use a pair of truncheons.


 * i kâi káng mŏng lâi hó̤ căi;
 * he brandishes his truncheons with fine effect.


 * Streams; canals; channels in a stream.
 * káng mn̂g;
 * the entrance to a channel.
 * the entrance to a channel.


 * káng kháu;
 * the point where one stream empties into another.


 * chut káng;
 * emerge from the canal.


 * jîp káng;
 * enter the canal, or harbour.


 * pńg káng cûn;
 * a native boat.


 * gūa káng lâi kâi cûn;
 * a foreign boat.


 * kak káng kâi hùe-mûeh;
 * goods from every port.


 * cía sĭ tī cêk káng mâng kâi?
 * From what port is this brought?


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh huang, méⁿ-méⁿ sia jîp káng;
 * met with wind and hastily ran into a harbour.


 * Slips of paper; visiting cards.
 * cṳ káng ìn;
 * a seal for stamping letters.
 * a seal for stamping letters.


 * cêk nâng tó̤ lí cṳ-káng;
 * one of them is attending to the sending of letters.


 * Soap.
 * hwn-káng;
 * foreign soap.
 * foreign soap.


 * bói kò̤ hwn-káng lâi sói saⁿ;
 * buy a piece of soap to wash clothes with.


 * Affairs; to attend to business; capable.
 * ŭ sĭm-mih kong kàng?
 * Is there any public business?
 * Is there any public business?


 * lṳ́ kâi kè kàu cí-kò̤ lâi ŭ sĭm-mih kùi kàng?
 * On what business does Your Excellency come?


 * úa lâi kàng cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lío;
 * I have attended to one matter of business already.


 * úa thóiⁿ i kàng m̄ khṳ̀;
 * I do not think he can manage it.


 * bô̤ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i kàng tit lâi li;
 * there is no sort of thing that he can do.


 * i mih sṳ̄ jw̆n kàng;
 * he is very careless in the transaction of business.


 * cí kâi nâng lṳ́ng-kàng;
 * this person has fine executive ability.


 * cí kâi nâng lêng-kàng;
 * there must be some capable person for this, then it may be done.


 * i bô̤ châi bô̤ kàng;
 * he has no executive ability.


 * àiⁿ chūe kâi cò̤ sṳ̄, bŏi thèng kàng kâi cíe;
 * as for finding some one who is not careless in the transaction of business, there are few such.


 * i chŵn bô̤ thèng kàng;
 * he never manages things in a loose way.


 * kàng-che sĭ lêng-kàng kâi che-hîah;
 * a clever constable is one who has much executive ability.


 * kàng-ŵn sĭ lêng-kàng kâi kuaⁿ-ŵn;
 * a capable officer is one who has much executive ability.


 * tōa lêng-kàng;
 * great capacity for affairs.


 * To join battle; hostilities; an affray.
 * kàng i tit kùe a kàng m̄ kùe?
 * Did he get the better of him in the fray or not?
 * Did he get the better of him in the fray or not?


 * cía lâi kio i kàng kàu têng tó̤ khṳ̀;
 * will fight with him till the tower falls; will continue the quarrel to the bitter end and never give in.


 * kim-kng sie phah, tōa kàng;
 * a racket like that the gods of the city would make were they fighting.


 * kio i tăi kàng cêk tîeⁿ;
 * had a tremendous battle with them.