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 ; tîeh cū cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * if you get a spurt from it into your eyes, it will blind you.


 * cía tîeh ēng cúi-kiuh, lâi kiuh, cúi cìaⁿ ŭ lâk;
 * we must take a syringe and spurt the fluid out from that, then it will enter with force.


 * Fat; gross; stout.
 * pûi kàu kiuh-kiuh;
 * stout to corpulence.
 * stout to corpulence.

kng


 * Light; luster; brilliant; illustrious: bright; naked; smooth; bare; bald; to illuminate; to adorn.
 * jît kng căi;
 * the sun is very bright.
 * the sun is very bright.


 * hûn cia lío jît bŏi kng;
 * the sun is not bright when obscured by clouds.


 * thâu-khak kng-kng nn̆g-nn̆g;
 * his head is very bald.


 * thâu-khak thì kàu kng-nn̆g kng-nn̆g;
 * the head shaven very smooth.


 * teng thie kng cē;
 * pick up the wick so that the lamp will give more light.


 * cí cho̤h îu cò̤-nî líam khṳ̀ bô̤ hìeⁿ kng?
 * Why is it that this oil does not give out much light when lighted?


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hṳ́-kò̤ ŏi hâu-kng;
 * observe the coruscation there.


 * cêk sin nĕ kng-kng;
 * very smooth all over.


 * ciu sin nĕ kng-kng kût-kût;
 * his whole body is perfectly smooth.


 * bûa kàu kng-kng kût-kût, cìe-kìⁿ nâng íaⁿ;
 * polish it until it is so bright and smooth that you can see yourself in it.


 * thiⁿ-kng-cá;
 * at daylight.


 * thiⁿ lâ-lâng-kng;
 * at he first streak of dawn.


 * thiⁿ būe kng cū cáu-khí;
 * got up before daylight.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ thiⁿ ŏi kng a būe;
 * see whether the day is yet dawning.


 * khṳt i cîah kàu cut-cut-kng;
 * all eaten up clean by him.


 * kng-kìaⁿ kng-kìaⁿ;
 * highly burnished.


 * thâu-khak kng lût-sût;
 * bald-headed; a shining pate.


 * cìe kàu múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kng-kng;
 * shines so that it is light all around.


 * tâng-tâng-kng;
 * gleaming.


 * i kâi tó lăi tâng-tâng kng cai;
 * he is very clear about it in his own mind.


 * bô̤ kng bô̤ àm;
 * no underhand dealing; no two sides to the trade.


 * cîah lío mâk-ciu kng;
 * after eating it his sight became perfect.


 * cí kâi suaⁿ kng-kng, bô̤ chīu bô̤ bâk;
 * this hill is bare, having neither trees nor shrubs on it.


 * i kâi thâu siu kàu kng-kng;
 * her hair is combed very smoothly.


 * kuah kàu kng-kng;
 * reaped bare.


 * thiu kàu kng-kng;
 * planed smooth.


 * gûeh kng căi;
 * the moonlight is very bright.


 * thóiⁿ tîhe lêng-ūaⁿ kng;
 * it seems brighter.


 * khîeh húe khṳ̀ chīeⁿ kng;
 * take a torch and throw light upon it.


 * The gods who reside in the thirty six large stars; the four guardians put in the gateways of Buddhist temples; they have red, green, white, and black faces.
 * jī mn̂g lăi sāi sì tăi-kim-kng;
 * inside the second gate were four images representing tho gods who reside in the thirty six stars.
 * inside the second gate were four images representing tho gods who reside in the thirty six stars.


 * i kâi nâng tōa căi, chin-chĭeⁿ kim-kng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he is very large, like one of the guardians of the gates of a Buddhist temple.


 * kim-kng sie phah, tōa kàng;
 * a great hubbub, as if the gods of the thirty six stars were fighting.


 * A large, glazed, flaring jar.
 * cúi kng;
 * a water jar.
 * a water jar.


 * i kâi tăng-kíaⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ phîn i kâi o kng;
 * the little earthen pot is going to dash itself against the stone jar.


 * bói kâi kng lâi chĭ kim-lí;
 * buy a jar to rear gold-fish in.


 * nôiⁿ kng;
 * a jar for lotus plants.


 * hue kng;
 * large flowered jars.


 * To carry on a pole; to lift at.
 * kng kīe;
 * carry a sedan chair.
 * carry a sedan chair.


 * nín nŏ̤ nâng khṳ̀ kng tieⁿ chn̂g lâi;
 * you two go and bring the table, bearing it between you on a pole.


 * kng m̄ phû;
 * cannot lift it up when straining at the ends of the pole.


 * khah tăng, kng m̄ khí;
 * it is too heavy and we cannot lift it.


 * kng kàu ehⁿ-ehⁿ-kìe;
 * grunts in carrying it.


 * céng káu kng îeⁿ;
 * a pack of dogs carrying off a sheep.


 * The large intestine or colon.
 * thut kng kâi pēⁿ;
 * a rupture; a protudedprotruded [sic] intestine.
 * a rupture; a protudedprotruded [sic] intestine.


 * thut kng kâi pēⁿ peh ūe kìe-cò̤ thut tn̂g thâu;
 * protrusion of the intestine is in common language called extruded gut.


 * A tube, a pipe, a duct; quills.
 * koi mô̤ⁿ kńg;
 * the quill of a hen's feather.
 * the quill of a hen's feather.


 * ka tîo gô̤-mô̤ⁿ-kńg lâi khǹg cam;
 * cut off a goose-quill to keep needles in.


 * aû-lêng kńg;
 * the wind-pipe.


 * i chám kàu âu-lêng kńg ngĕ;
 * he has a lump in his throat because he is so distressed.


 * húe kńg;
 * a pipe used for blowing the fire.


 * mô̤ⁿ kńg chng;
 * the pores of the skin.


 * A tube of stone.
 * lêng-kńg;
 * the tube which holds the peacock feather on an official cap.
 * the tube which holds the peacock feather on an official cap.


 * Occurs in many names of cities or places, but when used alone refers to Canton.
 * kńg-tang nâng;
 * the people of Canton.
 * the people of Canton.


 * kńg-tang séⁿ;
 * the Canton province.


 * kńg ciu hú;
 * the Canton Department.


 * tòa ŭ kńg hùe lâi bōi mē?
 * Have you brought any Cantonese goods for sale?


 * kńg-jìo sui sĭ su so-jìo, hŵn-lío îaⁿ ciang-jìo;
 * Cantonese crape, although inferior to Soochow crape, is still better than Amoy crape.


 * cía sĭ thó tíaⁿ a sĭ kńg tíaⁿ?