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 hook and hook it fast.
 * nêk khṳ̀ tìo-pàng kau tèng;
 * hang the meat on the hook.


 * pâk kâi kau hó̤ tìo mûeh;
 * fasten up a hook to hang things on.


 * hṳ̂ cē cîah jī cū khṳt i kau kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * when the fish takes the bait; he is hooked fast on it.


 * kau chut lâi;
 * hook it out.


 * kau hĭⁿ;
 * dig the wax out of the ear-passages.


 * kau kàu hṳ́ tói-tói kò̤;
 * dig down to the bottom with the hook.


 * sie kau;
 * hooked together.


 * kau-kau lîen-lîen;
 * interlinked.


 * nău kau tàu so̤h;
 * set a trap of hooks and ropes to lasso something.


 * i kâi jī ngía căi, ngṳ̂n kau, thih ûeh;
 * his letters are well made, with sharp curves and bold strokes.


 * chieⁿ nêk tèng ŭ kâi kau;
 * at the end of the spear there was a hook.


 * khṳt kau tah kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit chut;
 * it is hooked on tightly so it will not come off.


 * hĭⁿ-kau;
 * an ear-ring of a hooked shape.


 * kau-lêng;
 * the dragon of thickets and morasses; a salamander.
 * the dragon of thickets and morasses; a salamander.


 * kau-lêng pw̆n tīo tĭ-hng;
 * a dragon overturned the land.


 * tang thiⁿ-sî khṳ̀ chim suaⁿ tèng líu tīo kau-lêng nn̆g;
 * go in winter to the recesses of the mountains and dig up dragon's eggs.


 * kau-lêng sĭ sĭang lĭ-hāi kâi mùeh;
 * the land dragon is a most destructive creature.


 * kau-lêng n̆ng tōa kâi ŭ kio chō̤ cêk nŏ̤ cîeh cúi kâi àng hìeⁿ tōa;
 * a large sized egg of a land dragon is as large as a jar that will hold one or two firkins of water.


 * A ditch; a drain; a sewer; a gutter.
 * cúi kau sak khṳ̀; khîeh ki mûeh khù thn̄g i thong;
 * the drain is clogged, get something and poke it open.
 * the drain is clogged, get something and poke it open.


 * kau lō pê thong-thong, lô̤h tōa hŏ cìaⁿ bŏi cĭeⁿ cúi ;
 * rake the drain free from obstructions, and then when there is a heavy rain it will not overflow.


 * cí cho̤h châng múa-tī-kò kâi kau-khut chim, cúi ŭaⁿ to m̄ ùi ;
 * in these fields hereabouts the ditches and ponds are deep, and there is no fear of danger from drought.


 * cí kò̤ ŭ cêk tîo kau thàng kùe khṳ̀;
 * there is a ditch running through here from one side to the other.


 * sái kau-kíaⁿ;
 * a sewer.


 * tōa sái kau;
 * main sewer.


 * kîaⁿ cêk mêⁿ bô̤ sái kau;
 * feet so big that she would not step in the gutter if walking at night.


 * àm kau;
 * a covered drain.


 * A lamb; a kid.
 * o-cí-kau phûe-bé-kùa cêk kâi ēng jìeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
 * How much does a riding jacket of naturally black lamb skin cost?
 * How much does a riding jacket of naturally black lamb skin cost?


 * pêh kau phûe;
 * white lambskin.


 * o kau phûe;
 * black lambskin.


 * A dog.
 * kho káu khṳ̀ ciah;
 * call the dog to its food.
 * call the dog to its food.


 * káu tó̤ pui;
 * the dog is barking.


 * suaⁿ káu;
 * wild dogs.


 * sío káu;
 * a mad dog.


 * bô̤ cú kâi káu;
 * a dog without a master.


 * hái-káu;
 * seals.


 * hái-káu sĭen hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
 * the kindeyskidneys [sic] of seals are good for medicine.


 * káu hó̤ cíeⁿ mn̂g;
 * dogs are good to guard the house.


 * lâh káu;
 * hunting dogs.


 * cí cîah káu hó̤ phah lâh;
 * this dog is a good hunter.


 * Nine.
 * káu-choiⁿ káu-peh káu-câp-káu;
 * nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
 * nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.


 * káu-káu poih-câp-cêk;
 * nine times nine are eighty-one.


 * m̄ kẃn i saⁿ-káu jī-câp-chit;
 * pay no attention to his reckoning.


 * káu gûeh chiu káu kíe-cò̤ chông-îang-coih;
 * the ninth day of the ninth month is called the autumnal festival.


 * káu kui kâi sǹg huap;
 * the rules of arithmetic.


 * káu kui káu tṳ̂ káu káu poih-câp-it kui tṳ̂;
 * whether you divide by nine, or subtract nine times, there are nine nines in eighty-one.


 * cò̤ káu nâng pun;
 * divide it equally among nine persons.


 * kuaⁿ hun-cò̤ káu pín;
 * officials are divided into nine grades.


 * cih cò̤ káu sîaⁿ;
 * received nine tenths of it.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh kàu káu sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
 * it appears to me that about nine tenths of it is untainted.


 * káu hun hó̤;
 * nine parts in ten are good.


 * káu kūiⁿ;
 * the nine districts.


 * Dry; withered; desire gone.
 * cìeⁿ-sî cîah lâi kâi mĭn sek ko-káu;
 * his face is very thin lately.
 * his face is very thin lately.


 * ko-káu;
 * attenuated; forlorn looking.


 * sía lâi kâi pit ûeh khah ko-káu;
 * the strokes in the writing are too fine and thin.


 * The barberry.
 * káu-kí cí;
 * the seeds of the Berberis lycium, used as a febrifuge.
 * the seeds of the Berberis lycium, used as a febrifuge.


 * káu-kí chài;
 * a plant whose leaves are edible, and are used as greens.


 * lì ke choiⁿ lí màiⁿ cîah káu-kí;
 * when a thousand miles from home, one should not eat barberry preserves.


 * Wily, tricky, crafty.
 * kang-káu;
 * tricky.
 * tricky.


 * káu-kût;
 * wily.


 * tàⁿ ūe to sĭ kang-kang káu-káu;
 * he is very cunning in his speech.


 * A revolving wind.
 * káu-kâⁿ-huang;
 * a whirl-wind, which carries the dust on high: the people say the gods use such for ascending and descending.
 * a whirl-wind, which carries the dust on high: the people say the gods use such for ascending and descending.


 * khṳt cêk cūn káu-kâⁿ huang lâi kàu, cū lóng-lóng khṳt i chue tīo khṳ̀;
 * if a