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 * A space bounded by straight lines; a limit; a pattern; a rule.
 * keh gūa si ṳn;
 * bestow extra kindness.


 * cí koiⁿ chù kâi koiⁿ keh cōi;
 * this house has many rooms.


 * cí khí kńg jîeh cōi keh?
 * How many spaces on this sheet containing lines between which characters are to be written?


 * keh-sek;
 * a pattern.


 * keh-kêk soiⁿ phah hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi khí;
 * first lay the plan and then build.


 * tîeh thóiⁿ i kâi kut keh, cìaⁿ cai;
 * must watch him narrowly, then we shall know.


 * i kâi kut-keh hó̤;
 * the indications are that his nature is good.


 * cí kâi jī sía chut lâi ŭ kut-keh;
 * these letters are written with fine bold strokes.


 * cía mûeh bô̤ kut bô̤ keh;
 * this thing has no distinct divisions and joinings.


 * kêh cò̤ saⁿ keh;
 * divide it into three spaces.


 * tîeh khieh mûeh teh kín cìaⁿ bŏi cáu keh;
 * you must set something on it, then it will not get out of place.


 * sía tieⁿ cúa khò-keh;
 * make a sheet of squares for writing Chinese letters.


 * pàng tŏ̤ tī cék keh?
 * Which space shall I put it in?


 * cò cêk keh cêk keh;
 * make spaces divided from each other by straight lines.


 * sang pôiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi keh;
 * a compartment on each of the two sides.


 * To intervene; to interpose; separated; a partition; next to; parted.
 * sie keh piah;
 * having the same partition wall.
 * having the same partition wall.


 * keh cêk lîah hn̆g;
 * a span apart.


 * keh têng chîeⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * separated by a wall only.


 * keh jît cū lâi;
 * came after a day had elapsed.


 * keh ke nŏ̤ jît;
 * after a lapse of two days.


 * keh cêk mêⁿ;
 * stopped there and spent the night.


 * tìn-tang keh cêk tîo cúi;
 * a stream of water interposed.


 * keh-pîet cōi nî lío;
 * separated for many years.


 * chŵn bô̤ có̤-keh;
 * no obstacle interposes.


 * keh khṳ̀ hn̆g;
 * lying far apart.


 * cŏ̤ keh piah;
 * sit side by side.


 * keh kâi châng-îeⁿ;
 * across a field.


 * keh kâi suaⁿ;
 * divided by a mountain.


 * keh khoi thóiⁿ cûa nih mâk;
 * seeing a snake wink from across a river.


 * keh hái;
 * on the other side the sea.


 * To strike; to attack; to ward off a blow.
 * i sĭ îu keh-tò tì mīaⁿ;
 * he lost his life in a brawl.
 * he lost his life in a brawl.


 * kíaⁿ-jît n6ang lâi phùa mīaⁿ ùaⁿ, sĭ keh-suah kâi;
 * the case that is brought forward to-day, is that of a man slain in a brawl.


 * keh-suah kâi le sĭ kui piaⁿ-pâng, a sĭ kui hîaⁿ pâng?
 * Is the case of a murder in a brawl carried before the military tribunal or before the provincial branch of the Board of Punishment?


 * To obstruct; to embarrass; to hinder.
 * kò̤-kêh;
 * to delay, to impede.
 * to delay, to impede.


 * kêh tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh kú, bŏi tit chut;
 * was hindered there for ever so long and could not get away.


 * khṳt i kêh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * was completely stopped by it.


 * To resist; to oppose; contumacious.
 * i màiⁿ kêh tîeh úa;
 * he must not oppose me.
 * he must not oppose me.


 * mó̤ kio i kêh;
 * do not put yourself in opposition to him.


 * mó̤ kêh i kâi ì;
 * do not go counter to his wishes.


 * kêh tîeh i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * if yon are refractory he will not consent.


 * kêh hĭⁿ;
 * to offend the ear.


 * kêh mâk;
 * displease the eye.


 * kêh cúi sì;
 * go against the current.


 * kio tŏ̤-lí sie kêh;
 * go contrary to correct doctrine.


 * To fend off; to ward off.
 * i kâi thûi khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi to̤;
 * he warded off the knife with his club.
 * he warded off the knife with his club.


 * khîa ki pê-thâu tó̤ kio i kêh;
 * took a pitchfork and was warding it off with that.


 * cang tò̤ chíu khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi kûn-thâu;
 * made use of his left hand to ward off the blows from their fists.


 * cêk ki ke-húe kêh i ku-ā ki;
 * warded off several weapons with one.

kek

 * A lance with two points.
 * chieⁿ to̤ kìam kek;
 * spears, knives, swords, and lances.
 * spears, knives, swords, and lances.


 * sái kek;
 * wield a lance.


 * ūe-kek;
 * a halberd with a crescent shaped blade on the side.


 * To leave to perish; to cast off.
 * hùaⁿ nâng kek tīo i;
 * they all repudiated him.
 * they all repudiated him.


 * i kh̤t nâng kek tīo lío bŏi tit tńg lâi, tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sí khṳ̀;
 * being cast off by them, he could not return, and died there.


 * khṳt hieⁿ-lí hùe kek tīo, khṳ̀ kùe hwn;
 * being exiled by the people of his village, he went to foreign parts.


 * To brew.
 * kek cíu;
 * to distill liquors.
 * to distill liquors.


 * kek cíu tháng;
 * brewers' vats.


 * cêk táu bí kek ŭ jîeh cōi cíu?
 * How much whiskey is made from one peck of rice?


 * To rouse the feelings; to impel; to excite; to vex; to beat on; to set back, as water; to turn a current.
 * kek i seⁿ khì;
 * makes him angry.
 * makes him angry.


 * i m̄ năi nâng kek;
 * he cannot bear being irritated.


 * khṳt nâng cē kek tîeh i cū khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * if he is urged on by anybody he will go and do it.