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 kim


 * A huge fish found in the Yellow River and reported to be large enough to fill a cart: the story is that it cannot close its eyes and never sleeps.
 * cêk mêⁿ, mâk kim-kim, cn̂g kâi bŏi ût;
 * did not close my eyes the whole night, and was wholly unable to sleep.
 * did not close my eyes the whole night, and was wholly unable to sleep.


 * mâk kim-kim;
 * eyes staring and unwinking.


 * Now; presently.
 * kim jît;
 * to-day.
 * to-day.


 * hīn-kim;
 * now.


 * cṳ̆ kó kàu kim;
 * from ancient times till now.


 * kim ău;
 * after this.


 * cṳ̆ kim íⁿ ău;
 * from this time forth.


 * kim nî;
 * this year.


 * kim sî;
 * the present time.


 * Gold, the metal par excellence; metal; golden; gilded; metalic; precious.
 * chiah kim;
 * red gold.
 * red gold.


 * pêh kim;
 * silver.


 * ngŏ kim;
 * all the metals.


 * kim hîeh;
 * gold plate.


 * kim tîo;
 * bars of gold.


 * kheng cò̤ kim khò̤-thâu-si;
 * make it into shoes of gold.


 * kim hue piⁿ;
 * gold pieces.


 * kim pô̤h;
 * gold-leaf.


 * tûi cò̤ kim pô̤h;
 * beat it into gold leaf.


 * kim ngṳ̂n;
 * wealth; money.


 * cí hú phîn-tìeⁿ àiⁿ sía lûi kim kâi, a sĭ tah kim pô̤h cū hó̤?
 * Do you want the letters on this pair of screens written with pulverized gold, or will it do to make them by laying on gold-leaf?


 * khí tîo kim sùaⁿ;
 * make a gilded molding.


 * thiaⁿ lṳ́ kâi hó̤ kim ngân;
 * listen to your instructive words.


 * cok kim; câp cok kâi kim;
 * pure gold.


 * cí kâi kim ío kĕ;
 * this gold is adulterated more.


 * phah tîo kim līen;
 * make a gold chain.


 * lṳ́ sî-pie-līen sî kim kâi, a sĭ ngṳ̂n khṳ̀ līu kim kâi?
 * Is your watch-chain of gold, or is it silver washed with gold?


 * i chah ki kim jû-ì, kah kùa sang kim hĭⁿ-kau;
 * she wore a gold ornament in her hair, and a pair of gold ear-rings.


 * cĕng-cĕng sĭ kim kâi;
 * it is wholly of gold.


 * kim gêk;
 * gold and precious stones; valuable; precious.


 * i kâi nâng kim-kim gêk-gêk;
 * he is a very refined person.


 * kim cheⁿ;
 * the planet Venus.


 * cheⁿ kim cîeh;
 * malachite.


 * kim hue;
 * brass-leaf ornaments, made like flowers, and used as offerings.


 * kim sek;
 * golden.


 * choiⁿ kim;
 * your daughter.


 * kim kang cǹg;
 * a probe.


 * cū sî kim-kng, úa īa àiⁿ khàng i kò̤ thô;
 * though he were the gods that guard the temple gates I would treat him as if he were clay.


 * sì mīn kim thĭo, sûi nâng siah;
 * a pillar having its four sides of gold, does not mind which side is hewed at.


 * kio kim-hô-sîn hìeⁿ-seⁿ, phī-phī pue;
 * like a green fly fluttering along; a fine and glittering presence, and nothing besides.


 * A kind of thin brocade; flowery.
 * câp kím kâi úaⁿ tîh;
 * painted chinaware.
 * painted chinaware.


 * tàⁿ kàu jû hue sṳ̆ kím;
 * speak in a very flowery style.


 * khang kím pĭⁿ;
 * trim with flowered braid.


 * pù-kùi m̄ kui kū hieⁿ, jû ì kím mêⁿ kîaⁿ;
 * to be rich and not return to one's native village, is like wearing brocade at night, (when no one sees it).


 * To restrain; to prohibit; to shut up; to keep off; to impose restrictions.
 * lîah i khṳ̀ kìm;
 * seize and imprison him.
 * seize and imprison him.


 * i sĭ kìm tŏ̤ kam a kìm tŏ̤ ki?
 * Is he shut up in the jail, or in the lockup of the yamun?


 * kím i màiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * forbid his doing thus.


 * kìm nâng bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * prohibit people from so doing.


 * chut kìm-tîo lâi tah, khṳt nâng cai;
 * issue a prohibitory placard to be stuck up, to let people know.


 * kìm sîaⁿ;
 * the Forbidden City, the Closed Citadel, His Majesty's residence.


 * cía sĭ hŭam-kìm kâi mûeh;
 * this is a contraband article.


 * kìm tī;
 * forbidden places.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ kìm-cí;
 * he acts as turnkey.


 * uî kìm;
 * disregard a prohibition.


 * chêng put cṳ̆ kìm;
 * the passions do not restrain themselves.


 * mih sṳ̄ bô̤ kìm bô̤ kĭ;
 * under no restraint in any way.


 * tīam-tīam kìm tŏ̤ pâng lăi;
 * kept constantly in the inner appartments, and not allowed to come out.


 * cía put kùe khṳ̀ cṳ-ce kìm-tīam cē;
 * this one merely goes to school that he may be kept quiet there.


 * ciu-jît kìm tŏ̤ cṳ-ce lăi, bô̤ i chut lâi;
 * shut him up all day in the school room, and would not let him out.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kìm khùi, tîeh tháu i thong khì cē;
 * this is too close for breathing, there must be an aperture made for ventilation.


 * kím-cì suang-jíang;
 * forbid vociferation.


 * koi lîah khṳ̀ kìm;
 * catch the hens and shut them up.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ bói kâi koi-lam hó̤ kím koi;
 * buy another coop to keep the fowls in.


 * cío kìm tŏ̤ cío-lâng lăi;
 * the bird is confined in a cage.


 * i kâi tṳ kìm tŏ̤ tṳ-lô̤ tói;
 * her pigs are shut up in a pen.


 * kìm bô̤ nâng á cìa;
 * forbid the breaking off of the sugar canes; no trespass allowed on this cane patch.


 * kìm bô̤ nâng tiah kúe-cí;
 * prohibits the picking of this fruit.


 * Unable to speak, from lock-jaw or other disease.
 * kìm-kháu lĭ;
 * dysentery and difficulty in swallowing.
 * dysentery and difficulty in swallowing.


 * lĭ-cît sĭang-téng kĭ kìm-kháu, kìm kháu kâi cū o̤h ui;
 * the dysentery which is most to be dreaded is that in which there is difficulty in swallowing, as this kind is difficult to cure.