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 whirlwind comes, it will blow the whole away.
 * cūn káu-kâⁿ-huang lâi kàu tùi i kâi pò ká tŏ̤ pùaⁿ-thiⁿ tó̤ pue;
 * a whirlwind came and took her cloth into the air and whirled it round and round.


 * To arrive at; to reach; finished; until; at; up to; still; yet; sign of the past tense.
 * àiⁿ kàu a būe?
 * Are we nearly there?
 * Are we nearly there?


 * cîah kàu pá;
 * eat till the appetite is satisfied.


 * thóiⁿ kàu lă;
 * to look at as much as one wishes.


 * phah kàu phàaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
 * beat so much as to maim.


 * thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;
 * ached so that I could not bear it.


 * kiaⁿ kàu hêk;
 * walked until tired.


 * ke cêk kò̤-kíaⁿ cū kàu;
 * a little bit more will be the full amount.


 * cò̤-nî kàu taⁿ hŵn būe kàu?
 * How is it that up to this time he has not yet arrived?


 * bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?
 * How long ago did you buy it?


 * kàu tī-tiang-sî i cū àiⁿ kè;
 * at that time she is to be married.


 * i kàu ke câp nî lío;
 * he came home ten years since.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ kàu tī kó̤?
 * Whither are you going?


 * úa àiⁿ kàu nín kò̤ thit-thô̤;
 * I am going to your house for recreation.


 * cí kò̤ úa pat kàu kùe kâi;
 * I have been here before.


 * i sĭeⁿ tit kàu, ua sĭeⁿ m̄ kàu;
 * he thought of it, but I did not.


 * sṳ̄ kàu thâu lâi put cṳ̆ îu;
 * when the thing has happened you cannot choose concerning it.


 * kò̤ kò̤ úa pat kàu;
 * I have been to all those places.


 * bŏi tit khùe-khùe kàu;
 * cannot get there soon enough.


 * kîaⁿ kàu àiⁿ kàu cū ngŏ̤-tîeh i;
 * when nearly there we met him.


 * cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ kàu lío;
 * almost there.


 * kàu sî lṳ́ cū cai;
 * when the time arrives you will know.


 * kîaⁿ kàu lō tèng cìaⁿ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
 * when I was on the way I thought of it.


 * sî kàu, hue cū khui;
 * when the time comes, the flowers will blossom.


 * kàu chù cêk īeⁿ;
 * it is the same everywhere.


 * lâi kàu cí kò̤ sim cìaⁿ uaⁿ;
 * when I arrived at this point, my mind became calm.


 * bô̤ huang bŏi tit kàu;
 * if there is no wind we shall not reach there.


 * kàu chù a būe?
 * Has he reached home yet?


 * kàu tói sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * What are the bottom facts?


 * Entire in all its parts; whole; unbroken.
 * cía sí kàu-kâi kâi;
 * this is a whole one.
 * this is a whole one.


 * a-phìen thô bói kàu lîap ŏi ío phíⁿ mē?
 * Is opium cheaper if you buy a whole ball?


 * bói kàu sieⁿ kèng phīⁿ;
 * it is cheaper when bought by the whole box.


 * kàu koiⁿ chù kâi tī ēng jîeh khuah?
 * How much space is required for the whole house?


 * i àiⁿ sùe kàu koiⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ sùe cêk pôiⁿ?
 * Does he wish to rent the whole, or only a part of it?


 * koi, kàu ciah sie;
 * roast the fowl whole.


 * îⁿ kàu lîap thun lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * swallow the pill whole.


 * kàu kò̤, kùe i khṳ̀;
 * let him take the whole lump.


 * cí pang cṳ kàu pang mē?
 * Is this set of volumes a complete series?


 * cía sĭ kàu hù kâi;
 * this is a complete set.


 * Sufficient; enough; adequate.
 * kàu a m̄ kàu?
 * there enough of it?
 * there enough of it?


 * m̄ kàu ēng;
 * it is insufficient.


 * tîeh khîeh kàu i kàu ēng;
 * you must take as much as he needs to use.


 * hŵn-lío būe kàu-cok;
 * still there is not enough.


 * cí cêk cho̤h m̄ kàu i cīah;
 * this is not as much as he wants to eat.


 * khut i thit-thô̤ kàu kàu;
 * let him amuse himself as much as he pleases.


 * cí kò̤ m̄ kàu cò̤;
 * this piece is not enough to make it of.


 * nín ke lǎi kâi gûeh câp-kâi-ngṳ̂n kàu nín sṳ-hùi mĕ?
 * Is ten dollars a month sufficient to meet the expenses of your household?


 * To announce to a superior.
 * kàu-kài tĭ-cṳ́;
 * warn his pupils.
 * warn his pupils.


 * úa kàu-sù lṳ́ cai;
 * I beg to inform you of it.


 * kàu sî lío;
 * I am about to take my leave, (said by a visitor to his host).


 * A patent or seals; to signify one's wishes.
 * kàu-mĕng;
 * credentials.
 * credentials.


 * kàu-mĕng hu-jîn;
 * a patent enobling the mother of an official.


 * kàu hong saⁿ tō̤;
 * he ennobled three generations of his ancestors.


 * híam-híam pĭ chîo-thêng tô̤h tńg kàu-mĕng;
 * came very near having his patent of nobility taken back by the government.


 * i kàu-cāng sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?
 * To what official rank is he raised?


 * When used after another verb, expresses the potential mood or a form of the past tense; to become; to attain.
 * cò̤ kàu ngía;
 * has made it very handsome.
 * has made it very handsome.


 * tàⁿ kàu hó̤ thiaⁿ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
 * spoke very properly.


 * siu-sîp káu iap-thiap iap-thiap;
 * arranged in the neatest manner.


 * To deliberate; to consult; to adjust by consultation.
 * kàu-nîe;
 * to talk over and arrange a plan.
 * to talk over and arrange a plan.


 * nán lâi kàu-nîe;
 * let us talk it over.


 * kàu-nîe kàu hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi kîaⁿ;
 * when we have through consultation come to a conclusion, then we will proceed to carry out our decision.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng ío ŭ kàu-nîe;
 * the two talk over and arrange matters with each other.


 * To bestride; astride.
 * kha cū kâu kùe khṳ̀;
 * threw his leg over it.
 * threw his leg over it.


 * kâu tŏ̤ bé sin téng;
 * astride of a horse.


 * kâu tŏ̤ koiⁿ-thâu;
 * sitting astride of his shoulder.