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 and father.
 * sĭ i kâi pún ke;
 * it is his own family.


 * ang ke;
 * support a family.


 * hâp ke phêng-ang;
 * the whole family is well.


 * i ke ēng jîeh tōa?
 * What are his household expenses?


 * peh chíu sêng ke;
 * a self-made man.


 * hín-khek íⁿ-keng cîaⁿ ke, cîaⁿ tàu;
 * has now a home of his own.


 * tōa ke nâng;
 * a member of a large family.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ jîh-gūa ke;
 * there are over twenty families there.


 * tăi-ke; tăi cèng ke;
 * all of you; the whole of us.


 * kok ke;
 * the sovereign.


 * sì ke kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * the children of an ancient and honorable house.


 * chut ke îong-kōi, kui ke lâng;
 * to become a priest is easy, to return to domestic life afterward is difficult.


 * ke-ke hŏ-hŏ to khṳ̀ chê;
 * go to every house and examine.


 * i sĭ seng-lí ke a sĭ thâk-cṳ ke?
 * Are they a mercantile people or are they engaged chiefly in literary pursuits?


 * tŏ̤ ke;
 * at home.


 * ke ău;
 * the wife and her relatives.


 * ke lăi;
 * in the house; the wife.


 * More; many; much; to add.
 * bô̤ ke;
 * no more.
 * no more.


 * cí cho̤h tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;
 * only this and no more.


 * ke nâng ke hok;
 * the more the merrier.


 * ke căi;
 * very many.


 * ke kŭi nî cū hó̤ chūa bó̤;
 * in a few years more, he may bring home a wife.


 * ke kâi gûeh cū siu tang;
 * in another month the crops will be gathered.


 * ke kúi jît cū sêk;
 * they will be ripe in a few days more.


 * àiⁿ ke cêk kâi;
 * want one more.


 * ke saⁿ jît;
 * three days later.


 * ke ho̤h cōi;
 * much more.


 * ke lâng-ló̤;
 * a little more.


 * ke bô̤ ŭa;
 * not much more.


 * ke cêk tńg;
 * once more.


 * ke cêk ē;
 * one stroke more.


 * ke khùn;
 * a moment more.


 * ke cêk khùn-kíaⁿ;
 * a little while after.


 * taⁿ ke saⁿ tàⁿ;
 * carry three more loads.


 * ke siap-sî;
 * presently ; a little later.


 * phah ke cêk ē;
 * hit another blow.


 * ke kúi ē;
 * a few strokes more.


 * khṳ̀ ke sì hăng;
 * go four times more.


 * ke cho̤h pun úa;
 * give me a little more of it.


 * bô̤ ke nâng tŏ̤;
 * no one else was there.


 * pun úa ke cêk hûe;
 * give me one more turn at it.


 * lâi ke cêk cūa;
 * come once more.


 * bói ke nŏ̤ bó;
 * buy two acres more.


 * nín kò̤ kâi nâng ŭ chūa ke bó a bô̤?
 * Among your people is more than one wife taken?


 * seⁿ ke kúi kâi kíaⁿ;
 * has borne several more children.


 * bói ke cêk koiⁿ chù;
 * buy another house.


 * ke tōa-bó̤-mûeh súaⁿ-ngîap;
 * much more real estate.


 * ŭ ke īeⁿ a bô̤?
 * Have you any other kind?


 * bô̤ ke khí;
 * no other sort.


 * nâng ŭ ke téng;
 * there are different sorts of people.


 * cîah ke cho̤h;
 * eat some more.


 * m̄ cai ŭ ke a bô̤;
 * do not know whether there are any more or not.


 * chûn bô̤ ke;
 * no more left.


 * cài ke kúi cāi;
 * carry a few more boatloads.


 * khah ke;
 * too many.


 * mài tàⁿ ke kù;
 * do not say a word more about it.


 * To add to; to superadd; to increase.
 * ke kíam sûi tŏ̤ i;
 * increase or diminish according to his wish.
 * increase or diminish according to his wish.


 * àiⁿ ke jîeh cōi?
 * How much more does he want?


 * ke cêk pŭe;
 * double the amount.


 * ke it thiu;
 * add one tenth.


 * kàu cí-kò̤ lâi tîeh ke saⁿ sì cîⁿ sṳ-hùi;
 * in getting it here three or four mace must be added for expenses.


 * A cassock, worn by Buddhist priests, made of coarse, sleazy camlet.
 * i kâi hûe-sīeⁿ cò̤-nî bô̤ chēng ke-se?
 * Why do not these priests wear priests' robes?
 * Why do not these priests wear priests' robes?


 * i tîeh cò̤ hût sṳ̄ cíaⁿ ŭ chēng ke-se;
 * when they are performing priestly rites then they must wear their cassocks.


 * False; fictitious; unreal; to feign; illusory.
 * m̄ cai cin ké;
 * does not know the true from the false.
 * does not know the true from the false.


 * úa thóiⁿ sĭ cin kâi, lṳ́ cò̤-nî thóiⁿ cò̤ ké?
 * It appears to me to be real, why do you consider it an imitation?


 * ké mîaⁿ ūaⁿ sèⁿ;
 * take a false name.


 * ké-măuⁿ kuaⁿ-tíeⁿ;
 * pretended to be an official.


 * ké hŵt;
 * a grave in which there is no coffin.


 * i ké cò̤ khṳt-cîah;
 * he put on the costume and manners of a beggar.


 * gūa mīn ké cò̤ hó̤ nâng;
 * put on the external appearance of an honest man.


 * i ké kàu sĭo căi;
 * he imitates it to perfection.


 * úa cū pat, i ké m̄ khṳ̀;
 * I knew him, he could not deceive me.


 * cía sĭ ké i kâi pit ciah kâi kâi;
 * this is an attempt to imitate his penmanship.


 * ké-ké nē cū sêng;
 * if the imitation be perfect it will succeed.


 * i cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké
 * he has made a good counterfeit.


 * sît căi lĕ-lĕ ké-ké;
 * is really spurious.


 * tàⁿ hṳ-ké kâi ūe;
 * speak falsely.


 * i kâi mûeh to sĭ ké kha ké chíu;
 * all his things are imitations.


 * lăng ké sêng cin;
 * from jest to earnest; to fulfill what was begun as a joke.


 * Grain ; cereals.
 * kè-sek mûeh-kĭaⁿ lóng-cóng pun cúi cìm tīo;
 * the grain is all spoiled by being merged in the water.
 * the grain is all spoiled by being merged in the water.


 * kim nî mih īeⁿ kè-sek mûeh-kĭaⁿ tōa siu sêng;
 * large crops of all sorts of cereals have been gathered in this year.


 * A leave of absence; a furlough; an interim in a long session.
 * tiang-sî àiⁿ pàng kè?
 * When will the vacation begin?
 * When will the vacation begin?


 * i pàng kè ău hŵn-lío tŏ̤ hṳ́ lăi thâk cṳ;
 * after the vacation had begun, he still remained there studying.