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 * To hand over to another to carry ; to deliver into the charge of another; to remain awhile in a house.
 * kìa sìn;
 * send a letter.


 * cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa;
 * take this letter and post it.


 * lú [sic] àiⁿ kìa sìn khṳ̀ chù mē? àiⁿ li, úa kò̤ sìn thòa kìa lṳ́;
 * Are you going to send a letter home? If so, I will send one along with it.


 * lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît kìa kâi sìn, úa cih tîeh lío;
 * I have received the letter you sent the other day.


 * lṳ́ ŭ tah kha nâng hó̤ kìa mē?
 * Have you given it to any one to post?


 * lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît sĭ kìa câp níe ngṳ̂n lâi a m̄ sĭ?
 * You sent ten taels the other day did you not?


 * úa hŵn-lío kìa ŭ nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ mûeh tŏ̤ kò̤, cò̤-nî bô̤ siu tîeh?
 * I sent two articles besides, and why were they not also received?


 * cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa húe-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa tō-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa pàng sìn-kêk-kò̤;
 * take this letter and put it on board the steam-boat to be carried, take this one and forward it by the ferry boat, and take this one and put it in the post-office.


 * i kìa kháu sìn lâi kāng úa tàⁿ;
 * he sent a letter to tell me.


 * lṳ́ īa àiⁿ khṳ̀ li úa àiⁿ kìa-hṳ̄ lṳ́ nŏ̤ kṳ̀ ūe;
 * if you are going I want to entrust a short message to you to carry.


 * úa cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kìa tho̤h lṳ́;
 * I entrust this to you to carry.


 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh sĭ pât nâng kìa bōi kâi;
 * this is something some one else commissioned me to sell.


 * nâng kìa úa bói cho̤h mûeh būe cêng bói;
 * some one asked me to buy some things for him, which I have not yet bought.


 * i ŭ kìa cîⁿ khṳ̀ chṳ̀ mē?
 * Has he sent any money home?


 * nâng kìa ŭ kò̤ phoi khṳt lṳ́;
 * some one has sent an epistle to you.


 * kìa kò̤ hwn phoi khṳt i a-hiaⁿ;
 * dispatch a foreign letter to his brother.


 * kìa ui;
 * send paper clothing to a departed friend, by the spirit of one who has more lately died.


 * kìa-ngŏ̤ tŏ̤ i hâng lăi;
 * lodge temporarily in his warehouse.


 * i sǹg sĭ kìa kṳ kâi;
 * he is a transient visitor.


 * Steep; sheer; precipitous.
 * cí kâi suaⁿ kĭa, o̤h peh;
 * this mountain is steep, and hard to climb.
 * this mountain is steep, and hard to climb.


 * kùe kàu cí kâi kĭa-kĭa kâi nía;
 * crossed to this abrupt descent.


 * kĭa-khàm;
 * a precipice.


 * cí tîo lō ío kĭa;
 * this road is rather steep.


 * kĭa kùe piah, peh căi tit khí?
 * It is steeper than a partition wall, and how can it be climbed ?


 * To make a crashing noise; a clap.
 * a-kong kĭa leh, m̄ cai sĭ ŭ khà sí sĭm-mûeh;
 * the god of thunder is making an uproar, peradventure something has been killed.
 * the god of thunder is making an uproar, peradventure something has been killed.


 * hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi-kong kĭa leh;
 * when there was nothing to indicate its coming, there was a sudden clap of thunder.


 * a-kong àiⁿ kĭa leh lṳ́ tieh cai;
 * it is going to thunder and I forewarn you.



kiaⁿ

 * A capital or metropolis; excellent.
 * kiaⁿ sîaⁿ;
 * the capital city.
 * the capital city.


 * pak-kiaⁿ;
 * Peking.


 * lâm kiaⁿ;
 * the southern capital, Nanking.


 * cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;
 * go to Peking.


 * kiaⁿ īeⁿ;
 * Peking fashions.


 * kiaⁿ sṳ;
 * the metropolis.


 * kiaⁿ cúi pit;
 * the best sort of pencil.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ kiaⁿ-ki tău kâi gṳ̄-sṳ́;
 * he is the mayor of the city of Peking.


 * kiaⁿ-to ŭ kúi kâi sîaⁿ mn̂g;
 * the outer wall of the capital has several gates.


 * ŭ kiaⁿ pò̤ kàu;
 * news from the capital has arrived.


 * kiaⁿ-chau;
 * the Peking Gazette.


 * cìn kiaⁿ;
 * go to the capital.


 * chut kiaⁿ;
 * sent to perform duties outside the capital.


 * Classics; religious manuals.
 * kiaⁿ cṳ;
 * the classics.
 * the classics.


 * i ngŏ-kiaⁿ sì-su lóng-cóng thâk pat;
 * he has studied so as to thoroughly understand all the Five Classics and Four Books.


 * To terrify; to scare; to fear; afraid; alarmed.
 * lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;
 * don't be frightened.
 * don't be frightened.


 * màiⁿ kiaⁿ-tŏng i;
 * do not alarm her.


 * i thiaⁿ-tîeh sim sĭ kiaⁿ-hâi;
 * when she heard it she was very much startled.


 * lṳ́ kiaⁿ-ùi mih sṳ̄?
 * What are you afraid of?


 * kiaⁿ-ùi i cē m̄ tŏ̤ cū bô̤ hó̤ hiah;
 * am apprehensive lest he be away from home, and so we have no place in which to pass the night.


 * kiaⁿ sí nâng;
 * scare people to death.


 * cí cho̤h n̆ng khîeh khṳ̀ kio móng nâng ak kiaⁿ;
 * take these eggs and go and present them to a certain person to remove disquietude.


 * i hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cū kiaⁿ huang;
 * when he is just as well as usual he starts suddenly.


 * sĭ kip-kiaⁿ-huang a sĭ māng-kiaⁿ-huang?
 * Is it fits that he has, or convulsions?


 * kip-kiaⁿ sĭ kiaⁿ chù nâng, māng-kiaⁿ sĭ kiaⁿ sin-seⁿ;
 * fits alarm the household, but convulsions scare the doctor.


 * thóiⁿ-tîeh sim kiaⁿ táⁿ cìen;
 * when I saw it I shook with fright.


 * thiaⁿ-tîeh kiaⁿ-ĭ;
 * when he heard it he was astounded.


 * m̄ kiaⁿ-phàⁿ;
 * does not fear.


 * kiaⁿ kàu kông;
 * dazed by fear.


 * bé khṳt i cē kiaⁿ tîeh cū thèng pháu;
 * the horse, when he is frightened, runs away.


 * cía sĭ tó̤ phah cháu kiaⁿ cûa;
 * this is beating the grass to scare away the snakes.


 * mín kiaⁿ; mín-ēng kiaⁿ;
 * there is no cause for alarm.


 * úa m̄ kiaⁿ;
 * I am not afraid.


 * hāi i kiaⁿ kàu khīu;
 * terrified him so that he shook with fear.


 * kiaⁿ kàu tó̤ tòng;
 * trembling with fright.


 * kiaⁿ kàu khâp-cêk-tùn; kiaⁿ kàu phah-chùn-lūn;
 * quivering with fear.


 * kiaⁿ kàu sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pîak-pîak phah;
 * so frightened that my heart throbbed violently.


 * i m̄ cai kiaⁿ;
 * he is unconscious of fear.


 * kiaⁿ