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 * To bring to mind; to make known; to borrow.
 * kiah toaⁿ;
 * a promissory note.
 * a promissory note.


 * kiah hăng;
 * debts; liabilities.


 * kiah sìo;
 * borrowed moneys.


 * ŭ kiah hío chut lâi a būe?
 * Has the list of successful candidates been published yet?


 * tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ kiah ŭ kîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
 * How much money did he get there ?


 * To open up, or out; to spread or distribute around; to lift; to separate by a jerk.
 * kiah khui;
 * to lift apart; to thrust aside; to open up as to the air or to the light.
 * to lift apart; to thrust aside; to open up as to the air or to the light.


 * kiah khui pò-lîam cū thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * lifted the curtain and saw it.


 * cúa kiah khui khṳt i lā;
 * lift the bundles of paper out and spread them so that they will air.


 * kiah tōa lâk cū kiah tit khui;
 * lift with force and then you can lift them apart.


 * A patten; a wooden shoe or clog, used in rainy weather.
 * chēng sang kâi âng phûe kîah;
 * wear a pair of pattens with red upper leathers.
 * wear a pair of pattens with red upper leathers.


 * khôk-khôk-kìe, chēng sang châ-thâu kîah cū lâi;
 * came clamping along in a pair of wooden clogs.


 * cang kîah;
 * pattens made from the fiber of the coir palm.


 * úai cîh kiah kha;
 * broke the heel off the patten by stepping on the side of the foot.


 * ciap kîah kha;
 * put a new sipport under the patten.


 * tèng kîah phò;
 * a shop when [sic] clogs are made.


 * kîah kha ìn lío kâi ūi kâi ūi;
 * tracks made with muddy pattens.


 * thô téng kâi kîah ūi kâi kîah ūi;
 * tracks made with pattens on the mud.


 * kîah-kíaⁿ khà cheng-khih, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
 * shook the dust off his pattens and went.

kiak

 * Clean, free from defilement.
 * sói kàu kiak-kiak pêh;
 * wash it perfectly white.
 * wash it perfectly white.


 * cêk koiⁿ sìu-sîp kàu kiak-cṳ̀;
 * the whole place is made perfectly clean.


 * i cheng-khih-sìeⁿ căi, thong sin kâi i-hôk nĕ kiak-kiak;
 * she is very cleanly, and all the clothes she has on are spotlessly clean.

kiam

 * Along with; together with in addition to; equally.
 * keng kiam thiⁿ-sî jûah;
 * besides all that, the weather is very hot.
 * besides all that, the weather is very hot.


 * kiam ŭ pât īeⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤;
 * and besides I have something else to do.


 * sie kiam kài kâi tī-hng;
 * adjacent ground.


 * tī-hng sie kiam kài;
 * the two lots have the same boundary.


 * châi mâuⁿ kiam chŵn;
 * the toute ensemble; the mind, manners, and person.


 * kiam niap tîe-ciu hú sṳ̄;
 * manages the Tie Ciu Department in addition.


 * kiam lí îeⁿ bŭ;
 * manages foreign affairs besides.


 * i kiam ŏi cò̤ cí īeⁿ sṳ̄;
 * he can also add this to the other things which he does.


 * kiam ke cêk hâng khang-khùe;
 * attends to the work of another warehouse also.


 * nŏ nâng kiam ēng;
 * the two both use it.


 * i khí kó̤ lío, ŭ kiam sía a bô̤?
 * After he had made the rough draft, did he write out a fair copy besides?


 * To assort; to examine.
 * m̄ cai kíam-tiám khṳ̀;
 * did not think to look them over carefully and mark
 * did not think to look them over carefully and mark

them.
 * lṳ́ tîeh sòi sim kíam-tíam;
 * you must label them carefully.


 * phìa cêk ūi tăi-chîu tó̤ kàm-tok sio-kíam;
 * depute a nobleman to oversee the search of the persons of the candidates for admission to the examinations.


 * chê-kíam;
 * to examine.


 * To diminish; to lessen; to abbreviate; to make less do; to take away a part.
 * kè-cíⁿ bô̤ kíam;
 * no abatement in the price.
 * no abatement in the price.


 * kíam kè thŵn mîaⁿ;
 * sell at a reduced price in order to render it popular.


 * i àiⁿ kíam i kâi sìo búe, i li m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * he wants him to throw off the balance of the account, but he will not.


 * ngĕ-ngĕ kíam i kâi;
 * forcibly insisted on an abatement.


 * thó̤ kíam i kâi sĭu ngŵn;
 * ask him to let him have it for less than it cost.


 * u kíam a bô̤?
 * Did he take off anything from the price?


 * cài kíam cē;
 * take off a little more.


 * bò̤ ke bô̤ kíam;
 * neither more nor less.


 * cìeⁿ-se ŭ ke bô̤ kíam;
 * there may be increase but not diminution.


 * hó̤ kíam mē?
 * Can you not sell it a little cheaper?


 * lṳ́ sǹg kíam cē, úa cò̤ cē kio lṳ́ bói;
 * let me have it a little cheaper, then I will buy it from you at once.


 * m̄-hó̤ kíam;
 * cannot sell it for less.


 * kíam cêk téng ngí cŭe;
 * abate somewhat from the legal punishment.


 * i m̄ khéng kíam;
 * he would abate nothing.


 * cí kheng ío ke, cí kheng ío kíam;
 * this basket has more, and that one has less.


 * kíam cêk ûe ciⁿ khṳt lṳ́;
 * let you have it at half the price.


 * khṳt i kíam tīo ho̤h cōi ngṳ̤̂n;
 * had a rather large sum of money taken off by him.


 * cìeⁿ-soⁿ ŏi khah kíam a bŏi?
 * Have I retrenched too much ?


 * mn̂g-khí cìah ío kíam, cí hûe cū tó khùn;
 * ate less than usual this morning, and am now hungry.


 * meⁿ kíam cho̤h;
 * take some off with the hand.


 * tàⁿ kíam tōa-bó̤-mûeh ūe;
 * contracted his speech very much.


 * kîaⁿ tùi cí kò̤, kîaⁿ kíam cêk phò lō;
 * by going this way, will diminish the length of the journey by a league.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ kiam-kíam to m̄ kíam;
 * pinching and scrimping thus does not diminish it a particle.


 * lṳ́ kíam i kúi hùe?
 * How much younger are