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 * The price; the value of a thing.
 * phû kè;
 * raise the price.


 * kíam kè;
 * diminish the price.


 * háiⁿ m̄ kàu kè;
 * paid less than the price.


 * sîn-sien lâng līo cíⁿ bí kè;
 * the gods even find it difficult to estimate the rate of exchange and the cost of rice.


 * cá mńg sî kè put tâng;
 * the current price varies with the season.


 * kè cîⁿ khah kùi;
 * the price is too high.


 * cí khí kè cū phīⁿ;
 * this sort is cheaper.


 * put jṳ̆ kè; bô̤ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kè;
 * no two prices.


 * cí saⁿ sì khẃn to sĭ cêk īeⁿ kè;
 * these three or four kinds are all the same price.


 * úa thó̤ sĭ kè, lṳ́ hâiⁿ sĭ cîⁿ;
 * what I ask is the price, what you offer is the cost.


 * cía sĭ bô̤ kè pó̤ kâi mûeh;
 * this is a priceless thing.


 * cìeⁿ-sî cí īeⁿ mûeh sĭ cĭeⁿ kè a sĭ lô̤h kè?
 * Is the price of these articles rising or falling now?


 * kíam kè phīⁿ bōi;
 * prices diminished, and selling off cheap.


 * sît kè, bô̤ sṳ-nîe;
 * the real price, with no bargaining about it.


 * bô̤ tàⁿ kè;
 * no false prices.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ tàⁿ kè, sît-sît jîeh cōi cîⁿ;
 * do not put on a fancy price, but tell exactly how much is to be paid for it.


 * To marry a husband.
 * bô̤ kè bô̤ chūa;
 * neither marry nor are given in marriage.
 * neither marry nor are given in marriage.


 * kè ang;
 * wed a husband.


 * i kè tîeh cêk kâi ang hía cìaⁿ hó̤!
 * She has married such a good husband!


 * i cêng chut kè a būe?
 * Is she married yet?


 * ĭu àiⁿ kè chut, ĭu àiⁿ chūa jîp : sṳ̄ cōi căi;
 * what with marrying off daughters, and bringing home daughters-in-law, there is much business on hand.


 * kè cáu-kíaⁿ;
 * marry off a daughter.


 * kè-cng cōi căi;
 * the dowry is large.


 * cáu-kíaⁿ chī tōa cū tîeh kè;
 * when a daughter has been brought up, she must be married off.


 * cêk kâi li kói-kè, cêk kâi li m̄ khéng kói-kè;
 * one of them married again, and the other refused to marry a second time.


 * cí kâi khiah-kha sĭ sûi nîe kè kâi;
 * this large footed maid came with her mistress when the latter entered the family.


 * kè koi tùe koi pue, kè káu tùe káu cán;
 * if you marry a cock you thereafter fly, if you marry a dog you thereafter trot; the wife takes the social station of her husband.


 * A chariot; to drive or sit in a carriage; one who sits in a carriage; a title of respect.
 * lṳ́ kâi kùi kè tiang-sî kàu?
 * When did Your Excellency arrive?
 * When did Your Excellency arrive?


 * cun kè sĭ ŭ mih sṳ̄?
 * What business has Your Excellency?


 * lâu lṳ́ kâi kè mùa-khí lâi thóiⁿ;
 * will trouble you, Respected Sir, to come to-morrow and see.


 * cía khah lâu-tŏng kùi kè;
 * this is troubling you, sir, too much.


 * hŵn lṳ́ kâi kè lâi cí-kò̤;
 * put you to the trouble of coming here.


 * gṳ̄ kè chin ceng;
 * the Emperor himself goes forth to subdue.


 * sìaⁿ kè;
 * His Majesty.


 * i ŏi thêng hûn kè bū;
 * he mounts the clouds and rides the mist.


 * sûi kè chut îu;
 * follow the chariot (of a god) out for an airing.


 * táng kè bô̤ kìⁿ;
 * excuse one's self to a visitor.


 * An open frame on which to place things; a rack; a staging; to support; to fend off.
 * cio-kè m̄ tîo;
 * could not fend it off.
 * could not fend it off.


 * cṳ kè;
 * a book rack.


 * sieⁿ kè;
 * a trunk stand.


 * câp jī kè;
 * a cross; a frame like the character which denotes ten.


 * pàng kò̤ hó̤ kè mûeh-kĭa;
 * leave it to lay things on.


 * kè cêk tîo pang-kîe cū hó̤ kîaⁿ kùe khù;
 * lay down a board as a bridge then we can cross over.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ lâi tiaⁿ-tó̤ kó-kè;
 * do not you come and knock over the drum-stand.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ tó̤-pái kè-cṳ́;
 * he does everything in a stilted style.


 * cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kè kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ, ēng jîeh tn̂g cìaⁿ kè tit kùe;
 * how long need the staging be in order to extend across from this side to that?


 * hàm bâk-kang lâi cò̤ kâi pò-phâng kè;
 * call a carpenter to come and make the tent poles.


 * phàu kè;
 * a frame to hang a cloak on.


 * kè sṳ̂ kâi;
 * bolster up calumnious charges.


 * The cangue, a wooden collar worn as a punishment.
 * liah khù taⁿ kê;
 * seized and put in the cangue.
 * seized and put in the cangue.


 * kê hō̤ cêk kâi gûeh;
 * sentenced to the cangue for a month.


 * phi kê tòa só̤;
 * carry the cangue, and wear fetters.


 * sang phau kê;
 * a cangue made for two persons.


 * kê ceh lío ŵn ùaⁿ;
 * after the cangue has been worn, the case is done with.


 * cêk mĭn kê;
 * a cangue.


 * khĭa huang-lô kê;
 * put into a cangue in which one dies from weariness and hunger.


 * Low; below the standard; low-priced.
 * cí tîo lō kûiⁿ kĕ-kĕ o̤h kîaⁿ;
 * this road is very uneven and difficult to travel.
 * this road is very uneven and difficult to travel.


 * siu-sîp kàu lō pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bŏi kûiⁿ kĕ;
 * level the road, so that it will have no inequalities.


 * thâu phak kĕ;
 * bend down the head.


 * i kâi mó̤ⁿ-kha seⁿ khah kĕ;
 * her hair grows too low on her forehead.


 * i sang bâi khah kĕ;
 * his eyebrows are too lowering.


 * chn̂g kĕ;
 * to squat.


 * pàng kàu kĕ-kĕ;
 * let it down much lower.


 * kĕ-kĕ siaⁿ kio i tàⁿ;
 * told him in a very low tone.


 * i tàⁿ khṳ̀ kĕ siaⁿ kĕ siaⁿ, thiaⁿ m̄ hīn;
 * he speaks very low, and is not heard distinctly.


 * i kâi khek chie lâi ŭ kûiⁿ ŭ kĕ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
 * he chants his ballads