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 * To warn; to caution.
 * kéng sì kâi ūe;
 * language tending to reform the age.


 * kèngkéng [sic]-kài ĕ chṳ̀ m̄ káⁿ;
 * warn not to do the same another time.


 * cía sĭ tó̤ kéng-chéⁿ nâng kâi ūe;
 * these are words of warning to the people.


 * suah cêk, kéng peh;
 * executing one deters a hundred.


 * A boundary; a limit; a region.
 * kéng-kài;
 * the frontier.
 * the frontier.


 * jīo kàu kùe kéng khṳ̀;
 * pursued him beyond the border.


 * siu-sîp kàu cū sĭ sien-kéng;
 * have made it like fairy-land.


 * i kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ hó̤;
 * his condition in life is comfortable.


 * lîn kéng kâi tī-hng ŭ mē?
 * Are there any in the adjacent places?


 * hâh kéng phêng-ang;
 * the whole neighborhood is at peace.


 * Crescent; bowed; arched.
 * wn-kéng;
 * like a bow; curved.
 * like a bow; curved.


 * i kâi kha wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;
 * he is bow-legged.


 * i sang chíu wn-kéng wn-kéng;
 * his arms are very much curved.


 * Finally; to go through a matter to the end.
 * kìu-kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * Sifted to the bottom, what does it amount to? After all, what is it?
 * Sifted to the bottom, what does it amount to? After all, what is it?


 * To honor; to venerate; to show respect to.
 * hàuⁿ-kèng pĕ-bó̤;
 * reverence one's parents.
 * reverence one's parents.


 * kèng sîn sĭ cêk kâi sim;
 * veneration for the gods is of the heart.


 * kèng cíu;
 * to respectfully offer a glass of wine.


 * cía khah sit kèng;
 * this is too disrespectful.


 * kèng sieh jī cúa;
 * respect written paper; when added to handbills, it means, "do not deface nor tear this down."


 * sìn thâu to̤-to̤ sĭ sía kèng khí cía;
 * letters generally have some respectful terms written at the beginning.


 * kèng-tŏng;
 * treat respectfully.


 * to bô̤ mûeh hó̤ lâi kèng lṳ́;
 * have nothing to offer you as an expression of my respect for you.


 * chîo-thêng hŵn-lío sĭ kèng láu, cun hîen;
 * even the high officers of government show respect to the aged, and veneration for the wise.


 * kèng pât nâng cū sĭ kèng ka-kī;
 * to respect others is to respect one's self.


 * lṳ́ li kèng nâng, nâng li kèng lṳ́;
 * treat others respectfully, and others will treat you respectfully.


 * More; still more.
 * cí kâi kèng tōa;
 * this is still larger.
 * this is still larger.


 * cía sui sĭ hó̤, hía kèng hó̤;
 * although this is good, that is still better.


 * jú-kèng kú;
 * still longer.


 * jú-kèng hn̆g;
 * still farther.


 * cía úa kèng àiⁿ;
 * this I desire yet more.


 * To go through a matter to the end; finally.
 * i kèng bô̤ cêk kù ūe;
 * he never said a word.
 * he never said a word.


 * i kèng-jîen m̄ hío;
 * after all he did not comprehend it.


 * Impoverished; the poor.
 * i sĭ khio-kêng kâi nâng;
 * they are very poor people.
 * they are very poor people.


 * kêng ke nâng;
 * poverty stricken people.


 * i cí ău kêng lío;
 * he has become very poor lately.

ki

 * A full year of twelve or thirteen months.
 * ki nî kâi hà;
 * a full year of mourning.
 * a full year of mourning.


 * i kâi thiap cò̤-nî chut cò ki-hôk hu, bô̤ chut cò̤ cĭang-ki hu?
 * How is it that the notice she has issued of her husband's funeral says "mourning" instead of "deep mourning"?


 * A handsome girl or woman.
 * ki-chiap;
 * a concubine.
 * a concubine.


 * cía sĭ i lăi kâi ki-chiap hùe;
 * this is one of his concubines.


 * i lăi ŭ jîeh cōi kâi ko̤-ki?
 * How many singing-girls do they keep?


 * Changes; motions; the origin or spring of; a principle; a natural cause.
 * ki-hŭe;
 * an occasion, an opportunity, a chance.
 * an occasion, an opportunity, a chance.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih ki-hŭe a bô̤?
 * Is there any favorable opening for it or not?


 * sĕng cí kâi ki-hŭe;
 * avail ourselves of this opportunity.


 * cí hûe ŭ hó̤ ki-hŭe;
 * there is just now a good chance.


 * chūe thóiⁿ ŭ ki-hŭe a-bô̤;
 * find out whether there is a favorable opportunity.


 * ki-kwn;
 * designs, intentions, motives.


 * cí kâi ki-kwn chíen;
 * the design is very transparent.


 * úa thóiⁿ phùa i kâi ki-kwn;
 * I see through his design.


 * ŭ kìen-sek kâi nâng kìⁿ ki jṳ̂ cak;
 * an experienced person sees his chance and improves it at the right moment.


 * cía sît căi sĭ sîn ki mīo sǹg;
 * this is indeed a marvelous contrivance.


 * sit cí kâi ki-hŭe khó̤-sieh căi;
 * it is a great pity that this chance should be lost.


 * i kâi nâng thien-ki căi;
 * he has a natural bent toward thought and meditation.


 * thien-ki m̄ hó̤ siap-lāu;
 * the decrees of fate are not to be divulged.


 * ki-khá;
 * dextrously, skillfully; shrewd, astute, clever.


 * kun-ki-chù;
 * the General Council of State.


 * ēng cĭn sim ki;
 * using every power of mind for its accomplishment.


 * sien ki to bô̤ siap-lāu;
 * destiny is not divulged.


 * cía sĭ ki-cĭeⁿ-pêh, a sĭ sin-hŭe-tĭu?
 * Is this Swatow grass-cloth or Cantonese grass-cloth?


 * i kâi ki-pìen peh chut;
 * his device is