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 * To record; to register; to fix in the mind.
 * i kâi mîaⁿ kì-lôk tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * his name is registered.


 * cò̤ kâi kì-hō̤;
 * make a written sign.


 * sìaⁿ cṳ tèng ŭ kì;
 * it is written in the holy books.


 * sí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kiaⁿ tèng cò̤-nî kì?
 * What is written in the scriptures in regard to this?


 * úa īa-sĭ kíang kì saⁿ kùe cū pat;
 * if I read it over three times with my mind firmly fixed upon it I shall know it.


 * míen-kíang lâi kì;
 * force one's self to keep a thing in mind.


 * úa bûang-kì khṳ̀;
 * I have forgotten it.


 * kì-lĭam;
 * to bear in mind.


 * An adverb of time; when; since; already; a sign of the past tense.
 * kì sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tîeh cai;
 * since it is thus, it is best to know it.
 * since it is thus, it is best to know it.


 * kì-jîen jû chṳ́, màiⁿ tàⁿ;
 * it being thus, say nothing about it.


 * ki sĭ thóiⁿ-kìn, cò̤-nî m̄ pat i?
 * Since you have seen him why do you not know him?


 * cía sǹg sĭ kì úang kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is something that is past and gone.


 * kì ŭ cí kâi sṳ̄ lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ tàⁿ?
 * Since this condition of things exists, why do you not say so?


 * kì-jîen sĭ hàuⁿ, cò̤-nî hŵn lío tó̤ tau khie?
 * Since he assents to it, why is he still putting impediments in the way?


 * kì-keng kuaⁿ-hú sím kùe kúi chṳ̀ cò̤-nî bŏi tît?
 * Seeing that the magistrate has already had the case before him several times why is it not settled?


 * A line of succession in kindred; to continue on, as one taking the duties or place of another; to adopt an heir; successively; hereditary.
 * kì bó̤;
 * a step-mother, or an adopted mother.
 * a step-mother, or an adopted mother.


 * kì sit;
 * a second wife.


 * sĭ kì chú kâi bó;
 * it is the wife that was taken in addition to one already married.


 * cêk kì bô̤ nŏ̤ kì;
 * only one can occupy the second place.


 * i kâi sòi kâi kíaⁿ kùe kì pun i a-hiaⁿ;
 * he passed his youngest son over to his elder brother, to be his heir.


 * i hṳ́ cêk pang-thâu kì m̄ phû, kàu kúi câp nî ău cìaⁿ kì tit khí;
 * that branch of the family did not increase in numbers through the adopted heir, until after several tens of years, when it flourished through the young clansmen adopted.


 * cí kâi kíaⁿ kì tit khí i a-pê kâi cì;
 * this son carries out his father's plans.


 * cía kì i a-pĕ kâi sṳ̄, kì m̄ khí;
 * this one is not able to fill his father's place.


 * A mole; black or red spots on the body.
 * i kâi mīn tèng cêk lîap kì;
 * she has a mole on her face.
 * she has a mole on her face.


 * sĭ o kì a sĭ âng kì?
 * Is it a black or a brown mole?


 * kì tèng kah nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ ho̤h tn̂g;
 * there are two long hairs growing from the mole.


 * The game of chess, played with thirty-two men; games similar to chess.
 * nán lâi teh kî;
 * let us play chess.
 * let us play chess.


 * sĭ àⁿ teh chĭeⁿ-kî, a teh ûi-kî?
 * Shall we play chess or draughts?


 * ûi-kî;
 * a game played with 360 pieces, on a board with 361 squares.


 * kî pō;
 * the moves in chess.


 * cí pō kî tōiⁿ căi;
 * that was a first rate move.


 * cí pō kî kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kàu, cū cîah tîeh i cêk lîap;
 * by this move you will take one of his men.


 * phah kî-kêk, kîaⁿ pō sĭ âng soiⁿ, o ău;
 * in laying out a game of chess, the red moves first, and the black next.


 * úa pái kâi kî kêk lṳ́ phah;
 * I will lay out a problem in chess for you to solve.


 * tāⁿ cêk pō, kî tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ cū su;
 * if you make but one false move you will lose the game.


 * i âi kî ío tōiⁿ, lṳ́ kâi kî teh i m̄ kùe;
 * he is a better player than you, and you cannot win the game against him.


 * lṳ́ ŭ kî-pûaⁿ li bô̤ kî-cí, úa ŭ kî-cí li bô̤ kî-pûaⁿ;
 * you have a chess-board, but no men: I have chess-men, but no board.


 * taⁿ cí cêk tieh kî cū cûah tōa-bó-mûeh;
 * this set of chess-men now lacks ever so many of being complete.


 * lṳ́ kâi kî hó̤ nĭe i ŭ cêk lîap cí;
 * in the game played you should give him a man.


 * phàⁿ-kî īa ŭ sîn sien pō;
 * even in the game of fox-and-geese there are deep moves.


 * hûa kî;
 * a drawn game.


 * âng sèng;
 * the red won.


 * cêk hù kî cí;
 * a set of chess-men.


 * kî bô̤ chîang kun;
 * one does not repeatedly check with the same move.


 * i kâi kî sí lío;
 * he is check-mated.


 * A flag, a banner, a standard.
 * kî-kuaⁿ;
 * a flag staff.
 * a flag staff.


 * cêk ki kî;
 * a flag.


 * kî-jîn;
 * bannermen.


 * kî-kūaⁿ táu;
 * an ornament at the top of a flagstaff.


 * seng kî;
 * hoist a flag.


 * kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?
 * Is the flag run up yet?


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ kî cêng lô̤h a būe;
 * see whether the flag is hauled down yet or not.


 * cí ki kî tōa ki, o̤h līu;
 * this flag being large is difficult to hoist.


 * cheng tău kî;
 * a banner borne ahead, to clear the way for a procession.


 * i kâi kî sĭ sĭm-mih hō̤?
 * What is the device on his banner?


 * kî-chì pái-lîet kàu chīam-chīam;
 * flags and streamers ranged at symmetrical distances.


 * i kâi cûn chah ŭ kî;
 * their boat carries a flag.


 * i tó̤ khîa cóng tūi kî;
 * he carries the regimental flag.


 * sì-pang kî;
 * oblong flags.


 * saⁿ-kak kî;
 * triangular flags.


 * kî-lĕng thiaⁿ;
 * the head-quarters of the commander.


 * hue-kî-kok;
 * a common name for the United tates [sic].


 * Stăi [sic]-cheng-kok kâi kî-hō̤ sĭ ēng saⁿ-kak n̂g kî, tìn-tang ūe lêng kâi;
 * the Chinese flag is a yellow triangular one, with a dragon in the centre.


 * ngŏ sek kî;
 * a many colored flag.


 * nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ cùe àiⁿ kă khîa tōa kî