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 * To unloose; to sever; to release.
 * kói tīo tòa;
 * loose the girdle.


 * níu kói khui;
 * unbutton it.


 * cò̤-nî kói-sueh?
 * How is it to be explained?


 * cía cṳ ŭ cù-kói kâi;
 * this book has explanatory notes.


 * káng-kói;
 * to expound.


 * bô̤ hô̤ kói-kìu;
 * there is no way of escape.


 * sin-seⁿ, lṳ́ thóiⁿ hó̤ kìu-kói mē?
 * Teacher, do you think there is any way of escape from it?


 * lâi khṳ̀ kói būn cē;
 * let us go and refresh our spirits a little.


 * pńg sĭ àiⁿ lâi thóiⁿ kói-chô : sû put cai thóiⁿ lío jû-kèng chô;
 * what we wanted to do in coming was to see if we could alleviate the suffering: who would have thought that our consideration would have made the suffering still greater.


 * cîah cíu kói chô;
 * drink in order to drown sorrow.


 * mō̤ⁿ i lâi kói ûi;
 * look for him to come and raise the siege.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi kói sú;
 * this medicine allays heat.


 * so̤h hó̤ kói;
 * undo the rope.


 * kói khui cûn;
 * unloose the boat.


 * o̤h kói;
 * it is hard to unfasten.


 * pâk khah kín, kói m̄ chut;
 * it is tied up so tightly that I cannot untie it.


 * sû put khó̤ kói;
 * I really cannot unloosen it.


 * cía úa cū m̄ kói lío;
 * as for this, I am not going to undo it.


 * ôi kói tīo;
 * take off one's shoes.


 * ŏi kio nâng pâi lāng kói hun;
 * has great tact in settling difficulties for people.


 * kói tâk;
 * neutralize poison.


 * kói-sùaⁿ i kâi gūa sîa;
 * dispel its noxious influences.


 * The itch.
 * seⁿ kòi;
 * have the itch.
 * have the itch.


 * kòi îeh;
 * a remedy for itch.


 * khṳt i ùe tîeh kòi;
 * caught the itch from him.


 * To plan; to contrive; to calculate; to devise a scheme; a stratagem; to append to a schedule.
 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ kòi bô̤ mông;
 * he has no underhand schemes in what he does.
 * he has no underhand schemes in what he does.


 * sieh tîo kòi-mông;
 * lay a plot.


 * kāng kòi cêk peh nî;
 * in all it amounts to a hundred years.


 * sim seⁿ cêk kòi;
 * thought of an expedient.


 * cí kâi kòi bīo căi;
 * this plan is a deep one.


 * sît-căi hó̤ kòi-cheh;
 * is really a good plan.


 * cin-cin sĭ mĭo kòi;
 * is indeed a well laid scheme.


 * lṳ́ ŭ sĭm-mih hó̤ mĭo kòi?
 * What is your plan?


 * tòng i kâi kòi lío;
 * has fallen into his trap.


 * àm kòi sieⁿ nâng;
 * injure people by underhand measures.


 * i sĭ khṳt ke-kòi lŭi tîeh;
 * he was embarrassed by his domestic circumstances.


 * kòi-khui jîeh cōi mîaⁿ?
 * How many names were appended?


 * bô̤ kòi khó̤ si;
 * no plan to offer.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ thīn i kòi-kà, cē thīn i kòi-kà cū cĕng-cĕng ūe;
 * do not go and disturb his plans, if you do there will be no end of words about it.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to bô̤ kòi bô̤ kà;
 * ho never has a plan about anything.


 * tăi-tăi khài-khài bô̤ mih kòi-kà;
 * as a general thing，there are no plans proposed.


 * cŭ-cìp cèng nâng lâi kòi-ngí cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * get all the people together and consider what can be done in the matter.


 * cí cêk kĭaⁿ kòi-khui lêng ūaⁿ;
 * change this plan.


 * To forward; to hand over; to transmit.
 * kòi khim-hŭam cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;
 * send a criminal on to Peking.
 * send a criminal on to Peking.


 * cí cho̤h hŭam àiⁿ kòi khṳ̀ tī-kò?
 * Where are these culprits to be delivered over?


 * phài i khṳ̀ kòi hìang-ngṳ̂n;
 * detach him to go and deliver over the money collected in duties.


 * phài úa khṳ̀ kòi nîe-bi;
 * set me apart to go and deliver over the rice paid as land tax.


 * ēng jîeh cōi nâng ah-kòi?
 * How many men are required for the convoy?


 * cí nŏ̤ kâi sĭ kòi-che;
 * these two are the guards appointed as escort.


 * khṳ̀ chù kò̤ kòi ngṳ̂n lâi ēng;
 * has gone home to remit money for use here.


 * kòi kàu pùaⁿ lō pun châk chìeⁿ khṳ̀;
 * when it had been taken one half of the way to the place where it was to be delivered over, it was seized by robbers.


 * Fumes; exhalations; noisome odor.
 * i cìeⁿ tōa kâi, hŵn-lío lâu nŭaⁿ, lâu kàu kâi saⁿ chàu nŭaⁿ-kôi;
 * though so large, he still drools, so that his clothes smell of the saliva.
 * though so large, he still drools, so that his clothes smell of the saliva.


 * phīⁿ tîeh chàu sng-kôi;
 * smell a sour smell.


 * cò̤-nî kâi bī kîam-kôi kîam-kôi nē?
 * What makes that offensive salt smell?


 * i hĭⁿ chàu hĭⁿ-lâng-kôi;
 * his ears smell of the matter which exudes from them.


 * Easy; facile; not difficult.
 * kōi căi;
 * very easily done.
 * very easily done.


 * nĕ kōi-kōi;
 * very easy indeed.


 * sĭang kōi kâi sṳ̄;
 * a very easy matter.


 * kōi-kōi, cū hó̤;
 * if it can be done without difficulty it is well.


 * jú kōi jú hó̤;
 * the easier the better.


 * kōi pat;
 * easily learned.


 * kōi hío;
 * easily understood.


 * kōi tàⁿ;
 * easily said.


 * kōi lô̤h sek; kōi pìen sek;
 * fades easily.


 * kōi tōa;
 * easily reared.


 * kōi pìⁿ;
 * fickle.


 * kōi siang-sìn;
 * credulous.


 * sĭ kōi a sĭ o̤h?
 * Is it easy or difficult?


 * ŭ sî kōi, ŭ sî o̤h;
 * sometimes easy and sometimes difficult.


 * àiⁿ ô̤h hó̤ cū o̤h, àiⁿ ô̤h m̄-hó̤ cū kōi;
 * it is difficult to learn to do well, but it is easy to learn to do ill.


 * îong-kōi;
 * facile.


 * îong-îong kōi-kōi cū tit tîeh;
 * attained with the greatest ease.


 * sîeⁿ keⁿ îong-kōi, cṳ́ keⁿ lâng;
 * to test the pottage is easy, but to make it savory is difficult.


 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kōi hāi;
 * this thing is easily injured.


 * cí kâi mûeh kōi cù;
 * this thing in [sic] easily spoiled.