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 he informs himself in regard to the way it ought to be done, and does not act heedlessly.
 * úa pit àiⁿ kṳn kìu kàu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ mêng-pêh;
 * I shall certainly make a radical examination into this affair until it is cleared up.


 * chíaⁿ kuaⁿ-hú kìu tui;
 * ask an official investigation.


 * To assist; to rescue; to save from evil; to liberate; to protect; to prevent from going wrong; relief; salvation.
 * lṳ́ kìu úa cē;
 * you come to my deliverance.
 * you come to my deliverance.


 * i cò̤-nî m̄ khéng kìu i?
 * Why will he not render him any help?


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ kìu mē?
 * Do you think there is any deliverance to be hoped for?


 * kìu ŏi tit kîp;
 * may succeed in rescuing.


 * bŏi kìu m̄ kîp;
 * the help will not be too late.


 * sái nâng lâi thó̤ kìu piaⁿ;
 * send some one to ask for a body of troops to be dispatched to their relief.


 * kìu piaⁿ jû kìu húe : cē lâi thó̤ kìu, méⁿ-méⁿ cū tîeh khṳ̀ kìu;
 * going to the relief of the troops is like going to help put out fire: as soon as the call for help comes, one must immediately go to the rescue.


 * khí piaⁿ-bé khṳ̀ kìu i;
 * raise troops and go to their relief.


 * kìu sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * save his life.


 * kíu mīaⁿ cē; kiù mīaⁿ cē!
 * Help! Help!


 * kíu khó kìu lāng;
 * save from suffering.


 * kìu sì;
 * deliver the world.


 * kìu sì cú;
 * the Saviour.


 * cău-hùe i lâi tap kìu;
 * fortunately he came to the rescue.


 * khṳ̀ pùaⁿ lō tá kìu i;
 * went half way and there rescued him.


 * mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu ĭen;
 * hope they will come and raise the siege.


 * kìu-cì khîong-khó hùe;
 * help the miserable.


 * cèng-nâng khṳ̀ kìu-hŭ i;
 * they all went to his help.


 * méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ kìu kè;
 * haste to the rescue.


 * kìu kip;
 * deliver when in extremity.


 * kìu seⁿ kêk;
 * a life-saving society.


 * khah māng kìu, kìu m̄ tńg;
 * the help was rendered too late to be of service.


 * bŏ̤i tit kìu;
 * cannot save him.


 * ô̤h kìu;
 * difficult to render effective help.


 * bô̤ kìu lío;
 * no help will now avail.


 * i bô̤ kìu;
 * there is no salvation for him.


 * méⁿ-méⁿ ēng îeh thóiⁿ kìu tit hó̤ mē;
 * hasten to apply the remedies and see if he can be saved.


 * thèng kìu thóiⁿ ŏi ûah a bŏi;
 * render aid in any way possible and see if his life may be saved.


 * phêng-sî ŭ cí kâi îeh lâi kìu cū cún-cún ûah;
 * if he had had this remedy in the beginning he would surely have been saved.


 * kìu phîn;
 * succour the poor.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih sĭen huap hó̤ kìu ki-hng?
 * What is the best way of rendering relief in famine?


 * hàm-kìe kìu;
 * call ont for help.


 * khǹg-pàng ĕ jît hó̤ kìu nâng;
 * lay it away and keep it to save some one's life with at another time.


 * cía sĭ thóiⁿ khṳ̀ kìu pĕ;
 * this is apparently such discomfort as one would endure for the sake of rescuing a father.


 * ŭ kìu lío;
 * help comes.


 * A ball; globular; spherical.
 * phah kîu;
 * to play ball.
 * to play ball.


 * teng kîu;
 * the globe of a lamp.


 * teng-kîu húe-pé;
 * a chandelier.


 * sìu kîu hue;
 * the Hydrangea.


 * tăⁿ sìu kîu;
 * to throw the embroidered ball, to choose a husband.


 * kîu koiⁿ;
 * a billiard room.


 * khà kîu;
 * play croquet.


 * A corpse laid in a coffin; a coffin with a corpse in it.
 * i kâi kĭu uaⁿ-pàng tĭ-kò̤?
 * Where is his coffin placed?
 * Where is his coffin placed?


 * lêng-kĭu uaⁿ-pàng tōa thiaⁿ;
 * the encoffined corpse lies in the main room.


 * î kĭu;
 * to remove an encoffined corpse.


 * thêng-kĭu thêng tŏ̤ tì-kò̤?
 * Where is the still unburied corpse deposited?


 * pàng-kĭu;
 * an encoffined corpse that remains unburied.


 * chut kĭu;
 * carry out the corpse.


 * kng kĭu;
 * bear a coffin.


 * sàng kĭu;
 * to accompany a funeral.


 * ūn kĭu;
 * to take a corpse home.


 * cǹg kĭu;
 * to bury a corpse.


 * lîah lău kĭu;
 * seize a body that is left too long unburied.


 * châk kĭu;
 * to lacquer a coffin.


 * i kâi kĭu sĭ châk úaⁿ-lêh;
 * his coffin is caulked with mortar made from pulverized rice bowls.


 * kĭu íⁿ-keng kàu suaⁿ, toaⁿ sĭ būe cêng lô̤h khùang;
 * the body has arrived at the burial-ground, but is not yet lowered into the grave.


 * A fault; an error; a misdemeanor; blame.
 * kâi kĭu àiⁿ kui pàng tī-tîang kò̤?
 * On whom is the blame for this error to be laid?
 * On whom is the blame for this error to be laid?


 * i kui kĭu pàng i kò̤;
 * he laid the blame on him.


 * nín àiⁿ kui kĭu tī-tîang?
 * On whom are you going to charge the fault?


 * cía sĭ tī-tîang kâi kĭu?
 * Whose fault is it?


 * i put-lêng sî khî-kĭu;
 * he cannot shift the reponsibilityresponsibility [sic] for this error.

kiuh


 * To squirt, to spurt.
 * kiuh cêk cho̤h cúi chut lâi;
 * spurted out some water.
 * spurted out some water.


 * h́ia cúi kiuh kàu ho̤h hn̆g khṳ̀;
 * the water spurts ever so far.


 * khṳt cúi kiuh kàu cêk sin;
 * the water spurted all over him.


 * cúi kiuh;
 * a water-squirt.


 * i kâi cúi sĭ lô̤h îeh kâi, hía mâk khṳt i cē kiuh tîeh cĭu cheⁿ-mê;
 * the water is medicated, and if it spurts in one's eyes one becomes blind.


 * hía kīaⁿ-càng kâi, cē chǹg tîeh, i kâi hueh cĭu kiuh chut lâi;
 * if you stab those who are robust, the blood spurts out.


 * A syringe; to syringe.
 * khîeh ki cúi-kiuh khṳ̀ kiuh;
 * take a syringe and force the water from it.
 * take a syringe and force the water from it.


 * hía cúi kiuh kâi cúi sĭ lô̤h îeh kâi;
 * the fluid in the syringe is medicated.


 * mâk khṳt i kiuh l