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kau

 * To get; to grasp; to lug-along,
 * hàm nâng khṳ̀ kau i lâi;
 * tell some one to go and bring him here.
 * tell some one to go and bring him here.


 * úa lâi khṳ̀ kau i lâi mn̄g;
 * I will go and fetch him here to be questioned.


 * Something indistinctly seen in the distance; perplexed and unsettled.
 * kau-kuah, m̄ cheng-chó̤;
 * vague and incomplete.
 * vague and incomplete.


 * i kio i pit sĭ ŭ sĭm-mih kau-kuah;
 * there is certainly some antagonism between them.


 * sìo-bâk kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
 * the accounts are juggled, and remain unbalanced.


 * cĭeⁿ chíu kio ĕ chíu kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
 * the foregoing and the following are inconsistent with each other, and confusion arises from the lack of clearness.


 * Scurf ; grime.
 * háng sói-êk, cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kau-koih;
 * he seldom bathes, and his whole body is covered with grime.
 * he seldom bathes, and his whole body is covered with grime.


 * sói cheng-khih lío hŵn-lío ŭ kau-koih bô̤ kùe tàⁿ nâng sĭ thô cò̤ kâi;
 * having washed one's self clean, one can still rub up the grime, so no wonder it is said that man is made from clay.


 * hía kau-koih m̄ tîeh chìu cheng-khih?
 * Why do you not scour off all the scurf?


 * To mark off; to entice; to hook on.
 * cêk pit kau-sio;
 * to cancel an account.
 * to cancel an account.


 * sĭ i khṳ̀ kau-ín i lâi;
 * it was he who inveigled him here.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ sĭm-mih kau tàng?
 * What under-hand job is he at?


 * kau-thong húiⁿ lūi;
 * in league with the conspirators.


 * bûn-cieⁿ àiⁿ kau kó tíam kù;
 * this essay is to be punctuated.


 * kau-lau tîeh i kâi sim sṳ̄;
 * made out what he had in his mind.


 * jī-ke tó̤ kau-lau sim sṳ̄;
 * each is trying to make out what the other is plotting.


 * To hand over to; to have dealings with; intercourse; to blend; to communicate with; to join.
 * kau-ìⁿ;
 * an arm chair.
 * an arm chair.


 * bô̤ kio i kau-chap;
 * does not associate with him.


 * cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n lŭn kau chíu;
 * money passes from hand to hand.


 * úa kâi só̤-sî kau tó̤ i chíu tèng;
 * my key is in his hands.


 * seng-lí kau-êk;
 * trade and barter.


 * i kio i ŭ kau-chêng;
 * they hold pleasant intercourse with each other.


 * ìⁿ-keng kio i cô̤h kau;
 * has already ceased from intercourse with him.


 * tŏ̤ cí gūa kau phêng chú íu tiêh ŭ sín ;
 * in forming friendships out here one has to exercise faith.


 * kau pue ūaⁿ cúaⁿ;
 * the wedding cup.


 * būe cêng kau-hong cū soiⁿ cáu;
 * retreated before having joined in battle.


 * kau-kwn bói bōi;
 * exchange of commodities.


 * nín thīn i ŭ kau-sîap a bô̤?
 * Are you on intimate terms with them?


 * kau ngŏ-sî a būe?
 * Is it eleven o'clock yet?


 * kau kùe pêh-lō cū sǹg cò̤ poih gûeh;
 * after the White Dew it is the eighth month.


 * kau-tài cheng-chó̤;
 * delivered over the full tale.


 * kau-îu sĭm sĭ khuah;
 * his relationships are of wide extent.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kau-tài lṳ́ cò̤;
 * hand this business over to you for accomplishment.


 * sĭ úa kau-khṳt lṳ́ kâi;
 * it is what I delivered over to you.


 * lṳ́ li kau úa, úa li kau i;
 * you delivered it over to me, and I handed it over to him.


 * cêng kau pûaⁿ a būe?
 * Is the cargo delivered over yet?


 * put hṳ́ nâng kau thâu ciap hĭⁿ;
 * not allow people to put their heads together.


 * ŭ nŏ̤ kâi sim kau kâi phêng-íu;
 * has two congenial friends.


 * sĭ toaⁿ cang sim kau-chap tīaⁿ, būe pat hŭe mīn;
 * have had mental communion only, not having yet seen each other.


 * Elevated; eminent; of high degree; old; tall; advanced.
 * lṳ́ ío kau kìen;
 * your opinion is of greater value.
 * your opinion is of greater value.


 * i kâi kìen-sek pí nâng ío kau ;
 * his experience is wider than that of others.


 * kau seⁿ tōa mîaⁿ;
 * your name and surname.


 * lâi kio i kìⁿ kâi kau-ti cē;
 * come and see which can get the better of the other in a contest.


 * ngō̤ tîeh cí hûe kau-héng;
 * it happens that he is just now much elated.


 * kau-thâi sî kè;
 * raise the current price.


 * chông-îang coih ŭ teng kau kâi hong-sôk;
 * it is customary to mount to high places on the ninth of the ninth month.


 * kau-lî siam;
 * Corean ginseng.


 * tăi hŭam nâng àiⁿ híang kau nî to tîeh ŭ kâi īeⁿ;
 * whoever wishes to live to great age, must have a plan in living.


 * kau có;
 * great great grandfather.


 * kau-lâu;
 * a restaurant.


 * kau-lâu-kẃn kâi chài pí cíu-kẃn kâi ío hó̤ ;
 * the fare at the restaurant is better than that at the wine shop.


 * cí kâi sîn-seⁿ sĭm kau mîaⁿ;
 * this teacher has a great name.


 * i cē peh cĭeⁿ kau suaⁿ cū mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ pêⁿ tī;
 * as soon as he mounts to a height he is unable to behold what is on the plain.


 * nâng sim put cok kau;
 * the heart of man is never satisfied with what ambition has attained.


 * lṳ́ kâi chíu-tw̄n pí i ío kau;
 * your strength of arm is greater than his.


 * A hook; a barb; a fluke; to hook.
 * tìeⁿ hṳ̂ kâi tìeⁿ-kau;
 * a hook to catch fish with.
 * a hook to catch fish with.


 * máng-tìeⁿ kau;
 * a hook to hold up a mosquito bar.


 * khîeh ki tah-kau kâi i tah tìaⁿ;
 * take a