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 and cold and are distressed: the rich have an easier time, for before they are hungry food is brought them and before they are cold their clothes made ready for them to put on.


 * A broad hair-pin laid across the back of the head so as to bind and support the coiffure; to do up the hair in the style of a girl of marriageable age.
 * nî iⁿ-keng kîp ki;
 * she is now of a marriageable age.
 * she is now of a marriageable age.


 * cṳ-nîe hùe câp-ngŏ hùe cū kîaⁿ ki-lói, ta-op hùe cū kīaⁿ kẁn-lói;
 * girls of fifteen have their hair dressed in the style for married women, and boys of the same age are capped.


 * To examine into by comparing documents, facts, or circumstances.
 * bô̤ hó̤ ki-chê;
 * have not the means of investigating.
 * have not the means of investigating.


 * ki-chê m̄ chut;
 * cannot search it out.


 * cía sǹg sĭ bô̤ ki cṳ thâm;
 * these may be reckoned as unfounded assertions.


 * ki-chak tham kuaⁿ u-lī;
 * investigate the wrong doings of covetous officials.


 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ ki kháu;
 * have no books wherein to hunt out the quotation.


 * To detain in durance; a lockup.
 * i tó̤ kẃn ki-só̤;
 * he has charge of the lockup in a yamun [sic].
 * he has charge of the lockup in a yamun [sic].


 * kuaⁿ lîah i khṳ̀ siu ki;
 * the magistrate seized him and put him in jail.


 * i chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ káng ki lói;
 * he has asked some one to go and negociate [sic] concerning the amount of money to be presented to the jailor on letting

him out.
 * kẃn ki kâi nâng kah ki lăi kâi lău hŭam cū àiⁿ lâng-ûi i;
 * the jailor and the criminals in the lockup try to torment him.


 * ki kâi;
 * a tablet on which verdicts are written.


 * To mock; to satirize; to laugh at.
 * cang ūe ki-chǹg;
 * jeered at him.
 * jeered at him.


 * cèng nâng tó̤ ki-chìe i;
 * they are all deriding him.


 * ki-chío;
 * to ridicule.


 * nâng tó̤ ki-chío i, i thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * when people are scoffing at him, he does not understand what they say.


 * The demesne which in ancient times pertained to the Emperor; it measured a thousand li on each side, the court being in the centre; the court.
 * kiaⁿ-ki;
 * the capital, the region about the palace.
 * the capital, the region about the palace.


 * kiaⁿ-ki kâi tī-hng ío ngîam-sok
 * in the vicinity of the Imperial palace, the regulations are strict.


 * The flesh or firm muscle under the skin.
 * pôih tâk seⁿ ki;
 * draw out the poison and produce firm flesh.
 * draw out the poison and produce firm flesh.


 * ki-hu sòi-jī;
 * of fine firm fiber; muscular; brawny.


 * To indicate by pointing toward.
 * i tó̤ kí cí kí hṳ́;
 * he is pointing hither and thither.
 * he is pointing hither and thither.


 * kí lâi kí khṳ̀;
 * point back and forth.


 * lṳ́ kí úa thóiⁿ;
 * you point it out to me.


 * thóiⁿ i kí tùe tī-kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * see where he points.


 * thèng kí;
 * point at random.


 * kí tang kí sai;
 * pointing indiscriminately.


 * kô līo kô kàu sí, būe lă sai-kong cêk ē kí;
 * you may work yourself to death making paper articles, but you can't make too many for a priest to dispose of at one wave of his hand.


 * One's self; myself; private, personal, special.
 * cṳ̆-kí;
 * one's self.
 * one's self.


 * cṳ̆-kí àiⁿ kâi;
 * what I myself desire.


 * lṳ́ úa sǹg sĭ ti kí phêng-íu;
 * you and I may be reckoned as friends who know each other.


 * uaⁿ hūn síu kí;
 * attend to one's own special duties.


 * khŵn put îu kí;
 * I am not my own master.


 * thăi nâng jû kí;
 * treat others as you would yourself be treated.


 * cèng cîⁿ m̄ siêh, kí cîⁿ bô̤;
 * if you are not saving of the common fund, your own share will he missing.


 * A bench or low table.
 * úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ kí-chn̂g;
 * I want a small low table made.
 * I want a small low table made.


 * tê kí;
 * a tea-poy.


 * khàng kí;
 * a low table, placed on a divan, to lean upon.


 * phŭe kí;
 * small stands used upon a couche [sic].


 * kha-búe-kí;
 * a lamp-stand to set at the foot of a bed.


 * A year; a period of twelve years; annals; to write down.
 * i kim nî ŭ sĭm-mih nî-kí?
 * What is his age now?
 * What is his age now?


 * i kâi nî-kí ío khin, m̄ pí i sĭ nî-kí lău;
 * he is still rather young, and it is not as if he was aged.


 * kí-lôk cêk chṳ̤̀;
 * honorably recorded in the Civil Office.


 * ceng sīu cêk kí;
 * added twelve more years to his life.


 * i sĭ cò̤ síe keng-kí kâi nâng;
 * he is one who trades in a small way.


 * nî kí cē lău-tōa mih sṳ̄ cū cò̤ m̄ lâi;
 * when advanced in years, one can do nothing.


 * A partner; an assistant; a comrade.
 * phò lăi ēng kúi kâi húe-kì?
 * How many clerks are employed in the shop?
 * How many clerks are employed in the shop?


 * cí kâi seng-lí sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ kio nâng cò̤ húe-kì;
 * is this business wholly your own, or have you a partner in it?


 * cêk húe-kì íⁿ-keng thiah chut khṳ̀;
 * one partner has withdrawn from the firm.