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Rh ; kek kàu i hẃn;
 * worried him about it till he changed his mind.


 * kuaⁿ kek, mīn pìen;
 * his countenance changes, as his feelings are wrought upon.


 * i tàⁿ kúi kù ūe, tàⁿ kàu kek-lîet căi;
 * he said a few words, speaking most vehemently.


 * sái kàu i kâi sim kám-kek;
 * exasperated him.


 * m̄ cang ūe kek, i to m̄ khéng khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * if he is not incited to it, he well never do it.


 * i kâi cúi kek cĭeⁿ lâu-téng ēng;
 * the water is made to ascend to the second storey for use there.


 * kek cúi-tâng;
 * pipes in which water is forced upward.


 * kek tăi pĭen;
 * to strain at stool.


 * kek-chok;
 * cramped; straightened.
 * cramped; straightened.


 * khah kek-chok ló;
 * it is too short a time to do it in.


 * lṳ́ cá li m̄ tàⁿ, taⁿ kek-kek chok-chok cò̤ căi tit chut?
 * You did not speak of it beforehand, and now when there is no time to do it in, how can it be done?


 * hía tī-hng úa thóiⁿ tîeh khah kek-chok;
 * the space appears to me to be much too narrow.


 * A summons to arms; to give orders requiring haste.
 * chíaⁿ nâng có̤ phien kek-bûn;
 * ask some one to draw up an exciting proclamation.
 * ask some one to draw up an exciting proclamation.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ tah kek-bûn;
 * posted up official placards everywhere.


 * kek kūiⁿ chê hôk;
 * order the district magistrate to examine and reply.


 * Flowers with a broad disk and numerous petals.
 * kek-hue;
 * the chrysanthemum.
 * the chrysanthemum.


 * kek gûeh;
 * the ninth moon, when the chysanthemum blossoms.


 * mêⁿ-àm lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤, cîah cíu síeⁿ kek-hue;
 * let us go there at dusk, to drink wine and enjoy the beauty of the chrysanthemums.


 * To rouse to action; to attack.
 * i tó̤ cò̤ îu-kek;
 * he acts as lieutenant colonel.
 * he acts as lieutenant colonel.


 * The utmost point; the verge; extreme.
 * kêk cōi;
 * the greatest number.
 * the greatest number.


 * kêk bīo;
 * the profoundest mystery.


 * kêk chim;
 * the very deepest.


 * lâm kêk;
 * the south pole.


 * pak kêk;
 * the north pole.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ lâi kêk sĭ;
 * what you say is exactly so.


 * cò̤ kuaⁿ, cò̤ kàu kêk phín;
 * became an officer, of the very highest rank.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh kêk huaⁿ-hí;
 * when he heard it he was exceedingly pleased.


 * m̄-hó̤ khi-hŭ kàu i câp kêk bô̤ lō;
 * you must not drive him to extremities.


 * kàu kêk hn̆g kâi tī-hng;
 * to the remotest lands.


 * thài-kêk;
 * the primum mobile.


 * ūe kâi thài-kêk;
 * draw the Chinese symbol of the dual powers.


 * A game, as of draughts or chess; an undertaking; an enterprise or a committee to oversee it; a company, an association, or the place where their proceedings are carried on; complete; to inveigle.
 * kêk gūa kâi nâng;
 * a neutral; a looker on; one not concerned in the plan.
 * a neutral; a looker on; one not concerned in the plan.


 * tng kêk cía mîⁿ, phâng kwn cía tīaⁿ;
 * the dullest are those who are playing the game, the most clear-headed are the lookers on.


 * khui cêk kâi kong kêk;
 * open a public office.


 * cóng kêk;
 * the governor's or president's office.


 * hun kêk;
 * a branch office.


 * sĭen ău kêk;
 * bureaus for the management of subsequent proceedings.


 * cìn-cì-kêk;
 * a soup-house for the poor.


 * pó̤-ang-kêk;
 * a benevolent association.


 * ui-kêk;
 * a hospital.


 * bŏi tit lío kêk;
 * cannot bring it about.


 * sĭm-mih kak-kêk?
 * What are the results?


 * kui kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * When the end is reached, what then?


 * i íⁿ-keng sêng kêk lío;
 * he has accomplished his purpose.


 * khí lâi hŵn-lío m̄ cîaⁿ kêk-sìo, lâi kàu-nîe lêng-ūaⁿ phah chù kêk;
 * the plan is not yet fully carried out in the building, so let us consider the expediency of changing it.


 * cí kâi keh kêk khí khí lâi cū ngía;
 * if it were built upon this plan it would be beautiful.


 * chù-kêk;
 * a plan of a house.


 * múiⁿ jîn kêk;
 * a lure; a stool-pigeon.


 * thóiⁿ i siet sĭm-mih kêk chut lâi;
 * see what plan he brings forward.


 * cía sĭ siet kêk kâi;
 * this is a bait put out.


 * thóiⁿ i pâi kâi sĭm-mih kêk;
 * see what sort of allurement he sets forth.


 * bŏi jîp i kâi kêk;
 * does not fall in with his purposes.


 * phìen kêk;
 * a trick.


 * cía sĭ cà kêk kâi;
 * this is a stratagem.


 * nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-kêk kâi;
 * what the two have leagued together for.


 * kêk-sì íⁿ-keng sêng;
 * the plan has succeeded.


 * cà kêk chut lâi kâi;
 * the outcome of the scheme.


 * îeh kêk;
 * a dispensary.


 * i íⁿ-keng tâu-mêng kêk sin hùe;
 * he has already reported to the gentlemen who form the company.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh síe kêk nē;
 * it appears to be very compactly arranged.


 * i kâi khẃn tōa kêk tōa kêk;
 * it is on an extensive scale.


 * thn̂g-kêk;
 * the Sugar Company.


 * kêk teng;
 * the employes of a company.


 * thóiⁿ phùa i kâi kêk;
 * see through his scheme.


 * i kâi kêk khṳt úa phah phùa;
 * his plan was spoiled by me.


 * hûa-ang-kêk;
 * a Peace Society.


 * i kúi húe-kì kâp-kong lâi khui thn̂g-kêk;
 * the several partners joined in opening a Sugar Refinery.

keng


 * To exert one's self; to put forth strength to the utmost.
 * lâi sie tàu keng, keng thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
 * let us pit ourselves against each other and see who ia the strongest.
 * let us pit ourselves against each other and see who ia the strongest.


 * híam-híam keng m̄ khṳ̀;
 * it came