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 * bô̤ ki sû;
 * not having that which would tend to the accomplishment of it.


 * kun-ki tăi-chîn;
 * the members of the Council of State.


 * bô̤ ki hó̤ sêng;
 * no opportunity to avail one's self of.


 * ki khì kêk;
 * a machine shop.


 * A branch; a twig; a classifier of slender things, such as knives, pencils, spears, and needles.
 * chīu ki;
 * a branch of a tree.
 * a branch of a tree.


 * hue ki;
 * flowering twigs.


 * á cêk ki lâi chah;
 * break off a stem to put in the hair.


 * chīu cèng lío hwt sún, hwt hîeh, pun a, pun ki, khui hue, kit cí;
 * after a tree is planted it puts forth sprouts and leaves, and divides into forks and branches, and then blossoms and bears fruit.


 * tòa cêk ki kun khṳ̀ phêng châk;
 * lead a detachment of troops to quell the insurgents.


 * i ki ke-hú ngĕ căi, cêk ki hó̤ thâi îaⁿ câp ki;
 * his weapons are very hard, so that one of them will outlast ten other ones in a fight.


 * i lêng-ūaⁿ pîet seⁿ ki cak chut lâi;
 * it has again sprouted up.


 * ki sî;
 * a spoon.


 * ki tek-ko̤;
 * a bamboo pole.


 * ki sìⁿ;
 * a fan.


 * nŏ̤ ki ciap cò̤ cêk ki;
 * splice the two together lengthwise.


 * hiah tŏ̤ chīu ki;
 * perched on the branch of a tree.


 * cí ki pîaⁿ-bó ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?
 * How many men are there in this detachment of troops?


 * bô̤ lṳ́ cí ki tek-kía̤, cū pâk m̄ cîaⁿ pâi!
 * And you suppose that if we do not have this little bamboo pole of yours we cannot then make up the raft!


 * kàu ki sam;
 * a whole stick of timber.


 * kàu ki cū khîa khṳ̀;
 * went off with the whole stick.


 * cêk ki kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
 * saw it in two.


 * cn̂g ki cò̤ cē àn khṳ̀;
 * the whole stick has decayed throughout its length.


 * cêk ki kha céng kàu tōa-tōa ki;
 * his leg has swollen up very large.


 * i ki phīⁿ ngíaⁿ căi;
 * he has a handsome nose.


 * ki chíu chun chut lâi kio sam-kíaⁿ hìeⁿ tōa;
 * he stretched out an arm as large as a small log.


 * To ask the spirits to decide; seek counsel or aid of spirits.
 * ki tîeh cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What advice did you get from the spirits?
 * What advice did you get from the spirits?


 * cía sĭ tŏ̤ lău-îa kò̤ ki kâi;
 * this is what was obtained through consultation with the god.


 * khṳ̀ sîn kò̤ ki lâi, li tàⁿ hó̤;
 * went and consulted the spirits, and got an affirmative response.


 * To seek counsel or aid of spirits by a stylus; a stick used to write charms in the dust.
 * láu-îa kàng ki;
 * the god descends to the medium of communication with him.
 * the god descends to the medium of communication with him.


 * phah tī-tîang cò̤ tâng-ki?
 * Of whom is he going to take possession?


 * úa thóiⁿ-kîⁿ kâi tâng-ki chôk- chôk thìo;
 * I saw a spirit-medium careening along.


 * ki sien;
 * to consult the fairy.


 * hû ki;
 * to write a charm on a table covered with dust or ashes by allowing the hand to move itself.


 * A basis; a foundation; a point d'appui.
 * tī-ki thūn hó̤ a būe?
 * Is the site for it yet filled in?
 * Is the site for it yet filled in?


 * ki-cí ŭ jieh khuah?
 * How broad is the base?


 * cĭu kú ki-cí lâi khí;
 * build on the old foundations.


 * chàng-lîp ki-ngîap;
 * to found an estate.


 * cí kò tī sĭ i soiⁿ tiang-sîo kâi chù-ki;
 * this is the site of his former house.


 * teng ki;
 * ascend the throne; come into power.


 * hûang-tì khí-thâu teng ki;
 * when the emperor first ascended the throne.


 * tâng khai-ki kâi hûang-tì kàu taⁿ kúi kâi hûang-tì?
 * How many emperors have there been from the first of this dynasty until now?


 * khai-ki có;
 * the founder of a dynasty.


 * tâng soiⁿ íⁿ-keng bô̤ sĭm-mih ki-tĭ;
 * from the first, it has had no sound basis.


 * hṳ́ kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ bô sĭm-mih kṳn-ki, cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kṳn-ki cū kien-kù;
 * that child has not much physical stamina, this one has a constitution that can stand a strain.


 * A hemispherical basket with ears.
 * pùa-ki;
 * a winnowing basket.
 * a winnowing basket.


 * pùn-ki;
 * baskets for carrying earth.


 * sa-ki;
 * a flat round basket.


 * táu-ki;
 * a peck measure, used in rice shops.


 * Nearly; about; a few; moderately; the recondite parts of a thing or subject.
 * i pēⁿ kàu ki-hu àiⁿ sí;
 * he is ill and at the point of death.
 * he is ill and at the point of death.


 * kiaⁿ kàu ki-ki-hu jît-àm thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ lō, cìaⁿ kàu;
 * went on till it was very nearly dark, and we could scarcely see the road, when we arrived.


 * bô̤ ki cṳ cîⁿ, àiⁿ khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?
 * For so small a sum, why run in debt to him?


 * hâiⁿ kàu taⁿ le, khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?
 * having made payments along until now, owes no great amount.


 * hûang-sĭang jît lí bw̄n ki;
 * the emperor daily attends to every kind of affair.


 * Dearth; scarcity; famine; hungry.
 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng tōa ki-hng;
 * there is a famine in that country.
 * there is a famine in that country.


 * ki-hng kâi tī-hng ŭ jieh khuah?
 * Over how wide a region does the famine extend?


 * cek kok hûang ki;
 * lay up grain against time of dearth.


 * ki-hng kàu gō̤ sí;
 * starved to death through failure of the harvest.


 * ki-hng sî-coih kâi sî-hāu;
 * times of scarcity.


 * phìn-khîong kâi nâng sĭu ki sĭu hâng, chám căi; pù kâi nâng cū ío kōi, būe ki li cū cìn cîah, bûe hâng li cū cìn i;
 * the poor suffer hunger