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 in diverse notes, pleasant to the ear.
 * kĕ cêk kek sía;
 * write it a line lower down.


 * i tó̤ táu kĕ ngṳ̂n;
 * he buys adulterated silver.


 * cí khí ngṳ̂n khah kĕ;
 * this silver is too far below the standard.


 * m̄ kûiⁿ m̄ kĕ;
 * neither above nor below the standard.


 * cí īeⁿ hùe ío kĕ;
 * these goods are lower-priced.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ cúi lâu lô̤h kĕ;
 * like water running down hill.



keⁿ

 * To till; to cultivate; to plow.
 * keⁿ châng;
 * to cultivate the fields.
 * to cultivate the fields.


 * keⁿ co̤h kâi nâng;
 * farm laborers.


 * keⁿ gû;
 * cattle used in tilling the soil.


 * cîh keⁿ;
 * to plow with the tongue; to teach for a living.


 * To weave.
 * keⁿ pò;
 * to weave cloth.
 * to weave cloth.


 * keⁿ-pò kui;
 * a loom.


 * keⁿ khṳ̀ ìuⁿ căi;
 * it is very finely woven.


 * keⁿ ŭ hue-jī;
 * woven in figures.


 * The warp of a web in the loom; what runs lengthwise; the meridians of longitude.
 * si keⁿ pò hūi;
 * silk warp and linen woof.
 * silk warp and linen woof.


 * cang si lâi cò̤ tît kâi keⁿ, cang mîⁿ-se lâi cò̤ hûeⁿ kâi hūi;
 * take silk for the warp, and cotton for the woof.


 * lô̤-keⁿ;
 * a compass.


 * i pì kâi lô̤-keⁿ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ suaⁿ;
 * he took a compass and went to locate a grave.


 * A thick broth; pottage; porridge.
 * cò̤ kâi keⁿ pn̄g;
 * make rice porridge; dainties offered to parents on their birthdays.
 * make rice porridge; dainties offered to parents on their birthdays.


 * hŏi-keⁿ;
 * crab soup.


 * câp gûeh keⁿ chài côi;
 * there are all sorts of edibles in the tenth month.


 * A watch of the night, two hours in length.
 * saⁿ keⁿ pùaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * in the dead of night.
 * in the dead of night.


 * ang keⁿ;
 * the first watch, beginning at dark.


 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî khṳ̀ kàu sì ngŏ keⁿ?
 * Why were you gone till near morning?


 * i jī keⁿ cū ût;
 * in the second watch, between nine and eleven o'clock, he went to sleep.


 * sîaⁿ-lâu sùi phùaⁿ keⁿ-kó hŵn căi;
 * though the tower be dilapidated the watchman is still there.


 * The seventh of the ten stems; years.
 * i nŏ̤ nâng tâng keⁿ;
 * the two are of the same age.
 * the two are of the same age.


 * lṳ́ kùi keⁿ?
 * How old are you?


 * sĭm-mih nî keⁿ poih jī?
 * What are the eight cyclic characters which express the time of his birth?


 * To stick in the throat.
 * kéⁿ tîeh hṳ̂ kut;
 * got a fish-bone in his throat.
 * got a fish-bone in his throat.


 * i sĭ khṳt ah kut kéⁿ tîeh;
 * he was choked by a bit of bone from the duck.


 * kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng kò̤, bŏi tit lô̤h;
 * stuck in hia throat and would not go down.


 * kut tîeh cai níu tīo, m̄-hó̤ khṳt i kéⁿ tîeh;
 * you must pick the bones out (after you have put the food in your mouth) and not get choked by them.


 * i kâi cîah lío īa m̄-ùi kéⁿ tîeh;
 * he takes it and does not fear its sticking in his throat; he takes what he likes without regard to future consequences.


 * The petiole; the midrib of a leaf.
 * tìam kit kéⁿ;
 * sweet lime stems.
 * sweet lime stems.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh sĭ àiⁿ ēng kéⁿ a sĭ àiⁿ ēng hîeh?
 * Is the leaf or the petiole made use of for this medicine?


 * A by-way; a path; a short cut.
 * khui cêk tîo lō-kèⁿ;
 * open a road.
 * open a road.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ sĭm-mih kèⁿ-lō̤;
 * you go and see what sort of path there is.


 * cía múa-tī-kò̤ kâi lō-kèⁿ phe-phah lâi cū hó̤;
 * the roads about here are well planned.


 * cèng saⁿ kèⁿ hue;
 * planted three rows of flowers.



keh

 * To degrade from office; to dismiss.
 * keh tīo mîaⁿ;
 * strike his name off the roll.
 * strike his name off the roll.


 * i sĭ gê-mn̂g kâi keh tîah, in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ keh-thò̤ kâi;
 * he is a constable who has been dismissed on account of having blundered in public business.


 * keh ceh, hûe ke;
 * degraded in office and sent home.


 * iⁿ-keng chut keh-tîo lío;
 * has already issued a notice of dismissal.


 * keh tīo i kâi hìang;
 * take away his allowance.


 * in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pun kuaⁿ keh tīo nē?
 * Why did the magistrate dismiss him from his post?


 * A step in a ladder or stairs.
 * tah-pō-câng àiⁿ cò̤ kúi keh?
 * How many steps will you make in the stairs?
 * How many steps will you make in the stairs?


 * cêk keh cêk keh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ peh, m̄-hó̤ pûah;
 * go up slowly step by step, and do not fall.


 * The diaphragm; inability to eat.
 * nâng kâi sim-hùi hṳ́ ĕ cêk têng keh-mô̤h cia tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.
 * below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.


 * hêng kek kò̤ thìaⁿ;
 * a pain in the pit of the stomach.


 * i ŭ kâi keh cîah kâi pēⁿ;
 * his food disagrees with him.


 * khai heng, lĭ keh;
 * to settle the stomach.