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 kàu sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pôk-pôk thìo;
 * so frightened that my heart leaped into my throat.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh kiaⁿ sí;
 * was almost frightened to death when I saw it.


 * lṳ́ ŏi kiaⁿ a bŏi?
 * Are you alarmed?


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío ŭ kiaⁿ sim;
 * he acts with caution.


 * thâk-cṳ ã sĭ bô̤ kiaⁿ sim, thâk căi tit pat?
 * If one studies without solicitude as to the result, how can he learn?


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-jío i;
 * do not go and disturb him.


 * kiaⁿ kàu auⁿ-auⁿ-kìe;
 * so frightened that I screamed.


 * kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn; kiaⁿ kàu bô̤ hûn;
 * frightened out of his wits.


 * kiaⁿ kàu hèⁿ-hè-kìe;
 * so frightened that he fainted.


 * kiaⁿ kàu îang pûah lô̤h;
 * so frightened that she fell down in a swoon.


 * màiⁿ kiaⁿ cáu i;
 * do not scare him away.


 * kiaⁿ kàu a-nôⁿ chéⁿ; a-nôⁿ khṳt lṳ́ kiaⁿ chéⁿ;
 * you have wakened the baby.


 * màiⁿ kiaⁿ chéⁿ i;
 * do not startle and waken him.


 * i bô táⁿ, ùi-kiaⁿ;
 * he is easily frightened.


 * cí kâi táⁿ tōa căi, cn̂g kâi m̄ ùi-kiaⁿ;
 * this one is very courageous, and is not easily perturbed.


 * i sĭ tó̤ phìen kiaⁿ i;
 * he is trying to frighten her.


 * sît căi kiaⁿ nâng;
 * really frightful.


 * màiⁿ tăi kiaⁿ sío kùai;
 * do not be alarmed.


 * kiaⁿ kiu;
 * shrink through fear.


 * ku kâi thâu kiaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;
 * the tortoise draws in its head when scared.


 * màiⁿ kiaⁿ cìeⁿ kiaⁿ hìeⁿ;
 * do not be disturbed by every thing.


 * A large deer, described as having one horn and a cow's tail, probably referring to the nylghau.
 * têk-kiaⁿ;
 * the chevrotain, or mouse-deer; a small antelope.
 * the chevrotain, or mouse-deer; a small antelope.


 * têk-kiaⁿ nêk;
 * antelope flesh.


 * kiaⁿ phûe tō̤;
 * a leather fob.


 * Now; the present.
 * kíaⁿ-jît;
 * to-day.
 * to-day.


 * kíaⁿ-jît ŭ mē?
 * Have you any to-day?


 * kíaⁿ-jît būe ŭ, tîeh mùa-cá;
 * we have none to-day, and you must wait till to-morrow.


 * A child; a son; diminutive; small.
 * kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * sons.
 * sons.


 * tōa kíaⁿ;
 * the eldest son.


 * sòi kíaⁿ;
 * a young child.


 * búe kíaⁿ;
 * the youngest child.


 * kíaⁿ sun;
 * children and grandchildren.


 * kíaⁿ-sài;
 * son-in-law.


 * tau-kíaⁿ;
 * a son.


 * cáu-kíaⁿ;
 * a daughter.


 * cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
 * a young damsel.


 * ca-bó kíaⁿ;
 * a female child.


 * a nîe kíaⁿ;
 * a young lady.


 * ta-po kíaⁿ;
 * a male child.


 * sun-kíaⁿ;
 * little grandson.


 * kíaⁿ jî;
 * children.


 * bô̤ kíaⁿ bô̤ jî;
 * childless.


 * sieh ang sieh kíaⁿ;
 * a loving wife and mother.


 * lṳ́ kúi kâi kíaⁿ?
 * How many children have you?


 * phŏ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * carry a child in the arms.


 * a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe cōi;
 * has many children.


 * kio kíaⁿ;
 * to take care of a child.


 * seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * give birth to a child.


 * kāng kíaⁿ;
 * with child.


 * íang kâi kíaⁿ;
 * adopt a child.


 * mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;
 * an adopted child.


 * chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * own child.


 * chī kíaⁿ;
 * rear children.


 * kíaⁿ chī kàu tōa;
 * bring up a child.


 * hó̤ kíaⁿ;
 * a good son.


 * hó̤ kíaⁿ míen-ēng ke;
 * if your sons are good you do not need many of them.


 * ah kíaⁿ;
 * a duckling.


 * chn̂g kíaⁿ;
 * a small table.


 * íⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a little chair.


 * bé kíaⁿ;
 * a colt.


 * ngio kíaⁿ;
 * a kitten.


 * gû kíaⁿ;
 * a calf.


 * káu kíaⁿ;
 * a puppy.


 * cûn kíaⁿ;
 * a small boat.


 * chù kíaⁿ;
 * a hut.


 * pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a little plate.


 * úaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a little bowl.


 * to̤ kíaⁿ;
 * a pen knife.


 * ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;
 * scissors.


 * kaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * small oranges.


 * tíaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a saucepan.


 * sang kha kíakíaⁿ ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
 * very small feet.


 * A mirror; any reflecting surface; to brighten; to illustrate; lustrous.
 * mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * spectacles.
 * spectacles.


 * kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * wear eye-glasses.


 * íam choiⁿ-lí-kìaⁿ;
 * to look through a spy-glass.


 * kìaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * a small mirror.


 * tâng-thâu kìaⁿ;
 * a small looking-glass suspended from the lapel of the tunic.


 * chíu kìaⁿ;
 * a hand-glass.


 * kìaⁿ phîn;
 * a mirror on a stand.


 * kìaⁿ thâi;
 * a cheval-glass.


 * hâp kìaⁿ;
 * a mirror which folds together in the middle.


 * chŵn sin kìaⁿ;
 * a pier-glass.


 * tâng kìaⁿ;
 * a metalic mirror.


 * híen-mûiⁿ-kìaⁿ;
 * a microscope.


 * cìe-siu kìaⁿ;
 * a looking-glass.


 * peh-hue-kìaⁿ;
 * a kaleidoscope.


 * hŭ-sim-kìaⁿ;
 * a breastplate.


 * kìaⁿ khuang;
 * a picture frame.


 * kìaⁿ nêk;
 * the picture itself.


 * kṳ̆n-sĭ kâi mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * glasses for the near sighted.


 * o-ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * colored spectacles.


 * hue kìaⁿ;
 * glasses that are convex.


 * îang mâk kâi kìaⁿ;
 * glass screens for the eyes.


 * cang cúi cún-cò̤ kìaⁿ hó̤ íam;
 * use water as a reflector to see it in.


 * cîⁿ tŏ̤ a-má kìaⁿ tói;
 * unsubstantial wealth.


 * mêng kìaⁿ;
 * clear glasses.


 * phī-jŭ kìaⁿ tói kâi hue, cúi tói kâi gûeh;
 * like the reflection of a flower in a mirror or of the moon in a pool.


 * chìu kàu kng-kìaⁿ kng-kìaⁿ nē;
 * polish it till it is lustrous.


 * kìaⁿ-mīn kìaⁿ-mīn;
 * gleaming.


 * i kâi mīn phûe khah kng-kìaⁿ;
 * his skin is two [sic] shiny.


 * íam kìaⁿ;
 * look in the mirror.


 * bûa kìaⁿ;
 * to polish, to burnish.


 * phùa kìaⁿ têng îⁿ;
 * to match the pieces of a broken looking-glass.


 * kìaⁿ câi;
 * the centre of a mirror.


 * po̤-lî kìaⁿ;
 * glass mirrors.


 * ô̤ kìaⁿ theng;
 * a shell window.


 * kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
 * a parasitic growth; fungus.
 * a parasitic growth; fungus.


 * sieh-lîu kìaⁿ-se [sic], sng-sûi kìaⁿ-seⁿ; hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
 * the fungus that grows upon pomegranate and mulberry trees is used in medicine.


 * cí câng chīu hwt kàu cĕng-cĕng kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
 * this tree is all covered with fungus.