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 kâi;
 * the tiger always falls upon the chief flag-bearer.


 * kî-jîn sǐ hun cò̤ poih kî;
 * the bannermen are divided into eight corps.


 * Skill; dexterity.
 * i cêk chíu hó̤ kĭ gōi;
 * he is very dextrous.
 * he is very dextrous.


 * lâi thóiⁿ nâng phah kĭ íong;
 * come and see these sleight of hand performances.


 * taⁿ to hăng tit thóiⁿ-kìⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cìn câp kĭ;
 * we now seldom see one who is dextrous in all the various sorts of physical exercises.


 * Clever, talented.
 * kĭ-khá;
 * ingenious.
 * ingenious.


 * thóiⁿ i tíen sĭm-mih kĭ-líang chut lâi;
 * see what talent he displays.


 * A courtesan; a singing-girl.
 * kĭ-ńng;
 * a prostitute.
 * a prostitute.


 * i sĭ tó̤ tng kĭ kâi nâng;
 * she is one who gets her living by vice.


 * kĭ-kẃn ;
 * a brothel.


 * i sĭ tŏ̤ kĭ-kẃn chut sin;
 * she came out of a brothel.


 * To shun; to avoid; to keep aloof from; to dislike; a shrinking from; jealous; antipathy.
 * kò-kĭ;
 * envy; jealousy.
 * envy; jealousy.


 * i kâi nâng kò-kĭ căi;
 * he is of a very jealous disposition.


 * mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kò-kò kĭ-kĭ ;
 * is jealous about to all sorts of things.


 * i sĭang téng kĭ i;
 * she has the greatest dread of him.


 * m̄ cai kĭ i mih sṳ̄;
 * do not know why he shuns him.


 * i sĭm sĭ kĭ nâng ŭ châi-chêng ;
 * he is very envious of other people's ability.


 * cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to bô̤ kĭ-tǎng ;
 * he acts without respect for anybody.


 * cùe pĭ-kĭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * keep as far aloof as possible from this sort of thing.


 * cí kǐaⁿ sṳ̄ tó̤ cí kâi tī-hng sĭ tōa pī-kĭ kái;
 * in this region the utmost pains is taken to avoid doing this.


 * peh sṳ̄ bô̤ kìm-kĭ;
 * have no superstitious dread in doing any sort of thing.


 * kíaⁿ-jît kĭ sîn, mn̂g-khí-cá cò̤-nî ŭ hì;
 * to-day is the anniversary of the emperor's death, and how was it that there was a play this morning?


 * kĭ jît;
 * to avoid doing something upon a certain day, as the anniversary of a day when a friend died.


 * ŭ nâng cò̤ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū kĭ cìeⁿ kĭ hìeⁿ, úa li lóng-cóng bô̤ kǐ;
 * some people, in doing things, shun this and shun that in superstitious fear: as for me I do not shrink from doing things at any time whatever.


 * Perturbed; uneasy; a sudden start.
 * i cìeⁿ-sî tit kâi kiaⁿ-kĭ kâi pēⁿ;
 * he has lately a disease arising from nervous agitation.
 * he has lately a disease arising from nervous agitation.



kìⁿkiⁿ [sic]

 * To note down; to record; to remember.
 * úa kìⁿ ŭ sìo tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * I have it written down in account.
 * I have it written down in account.


 * cīeⁿ jît cí tîo sìo m̄ cai kìⁿ;
 * forgot the other day to enter this in account.


 * i ŏi kìⁿ sìo a bŏi?
 * Can he keep accounts?


 * màiⁿ khṳt i kìn tāⁿ khṳ̀;
 * do not err in recording it.


 * úa kìⁿ-tit to bô̤ li;
 * I recollect that there was none.


 * ŭ ā, sĭ lṳ̀ m̄ kìⁿ-tit khṳ́;
 * yes there was some, but you have forgotten it.


 * ci kâi nâng hó̤ kìⁿ-châi;
 * this person has a fine memory.


 * thóiⁿ kùe kâi cū cong-kú kìⁿ-tit;
 * what he has once seen, he always remembers.


 * úa kìⁿ-tit m̄ cheng-chó̤;
 * I do not perfectly recollect.


 * kìⁿ-tit tāⁿ khṳ̀;
 * mistook the fact in endeavoring to recall it.


 * i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kìⁿ-châi;
 * he has a very poor memory.


 * cĭu sî teng-kìⁿ cū bŏi lāu-tīo;
 * set it down at once then it will not slip your mind.


 * To see; to perceive by the senses; to notice and know what it is; to visit; an opinion; a mental view; appearance of; impressed by; seeing.
 * i lâi kìⁿ úa ;
 * he came to see me.
 * he came to see me.


 * lṳ́ sĭ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ a thóiⁿ-kìⁿ?
 * Did you hear it, or see it?


 * úa li chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, i li chin hĭⁿ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I saw it with my own eyes, and he heard it with his own ears.


 * cá chut tău-thâi lâi sie pài ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤ kìⁿ?
 * The last time the Intendant of Circuit came, was he admitted to the presence of the one he came to visit?


 * míen kìⁿ;
 * “not at home;” to dispense with receiving a visitor.


 * úa cē kìⁿ mīn cū cai;
 * as soon as I saw his face, I knew.


 * lṳ́ ŭ hô̤ kau kìⁿ?
 * What is your opinion?


 * thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, khîeh tieⁿ íⁿ lâi kúe kha cìaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * could not see, and got a chair to stand on so that I could see.


 * m̄-hó̤ kìⁿ sin, bûang kū;
 * in seeing the new forget not the old.


 * cêk kìⁿ jû kū;
 * got acquainted at one interview.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu tîeh kio i kìⁿ lói;
 * when you arrive you must go and pay your respects to him.


 * īa m̄ kìⁿ sĭm-mih hó̤;
 * I do not think it first rate.


 * ŭ nâng cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng a bô̤?
 * Is there any witness to it?


 * móng jît móng kuaⁿ khṳ̀ pǐ kìⁿ;
 * on a certain day a certain ofiicer was admitted to an audience.


 * cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ ín kìⁿ;
 * go to Peking to be presented at court.


 * i thóiⁿ tîeh kìⁿ gî;
 * to him it appeared suspicious.


 * m̄ khéng kìⁿ i;
 * would not admit him to his presence.


 * khó̤ kìⁿ lṳ́ sĭ tîeh, i sĭ m̄ tîeh;
 * it appears that you are right and he is wrong.


 * cĭu cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤ kìⁿ chut hó̤ tái;
 * thus its quality may be made apparent.


 * ău lâi cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤?
 * Will there be any verification of this hereafter?


 * kìⁿ tîeh cū huaⁿ-hí;
 * when he saw it he was much pleased.