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 ; ío kōi;
 * easier.


 * sĭang kōi;
 * easiest.


 * i kōi pìⁿ mīn căi;
 * he is very easily offended.


 * màiⁿ khah kōi khṳt i;
 * do not let him get it too easily.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ tham kōi;
 * do not covet ease.


 * àiⁿ tàⁿ tŏ̤ chùi cū kōi; àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ cóng o̤h;
 * it is more easily said than done.


 * úa thóiⁿ lṳ́ kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kōi-kōi nē;
 * I should think you could easily walk there.



koiⁿ

 * The shoulders.
 * koiⁿ-thâu;
 * the top of the shoulder.
 * the top of the shoulder.


 * i kâi koiⁿ-páng tōa, ŭ lâk;
 * he is broad shouldered and strong.


 * phi-koiⁿ;
 * an official cape, laid over the robe, and made of silk.


 * hûn-koiⁿ;
 * a mantilla worn by brides.


 * hiah koiⁿ cē;
 * lay down the burden for a little while.


 * ūaⁿ koiⁿ;
 * to shift the burden from one shoulder to the other.


 * tī gû ūaⁿ koiⁿ;
 * an earthquake, supposed to result from the movement of the ox that sustains the earth.


 * khîa koiⁿ bé;
 * to ride on one’s shoulder.


 * sie lám koiⁿ;
 * to embrace.


 * kio koiⁿ thio mòng-êk kâi nâng bói mûeh, màiⁿ khah cho-siap;
 * when you buy from pedlars who carry their wares about on their shoulders, do not drive too close a bargain.


 * cêk phìⁿ koiⁿ cū taⁿ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * carried it there withont once shifting it from one shoulder to the other.


 * koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;
 * very high shouldered.


 * koiⁿ kak; koiⁿ-thâu kâi pn̄g sî kut;
 * the shoulder blade.


 * koiⁿ bōi thio, chíu bŏi thî;
 * the shoulder can bear no burden, and the hand can grasp no weight.


 * A space; a classifier of rooms and houses.
 * cí koiⁿ chù hṳ́ lăi kúi koiⁿ pâng?
 * In this house how many rooms are there?
 * In this house how many rooms are there?


 * ūe koiⁿ phang;
 * the whole place is fragrant.


 * ūe koiⁿ chàu;
 * the whole place smells badly.


 * i keh cò̤ cêk koiⁿ cêk koiⁿ lóng-cóng ŭ jîh gūa koiⁿ;
 * he has divided it up into apartments, and there are over twenty in all.


 * i hṳ́ lăi kâi pâng koiⁿ cōi : īa ŭ sói-êk koiⁿ, īa ŭ húe-sît koiⁿ, m̄ pí nâng bô̤ sĭm-mih koiⁿ-keh kâi chù;
 * the apartments in it are many: there are bath-rooms and there are cook rooms, and it is not as it is where people have a house with but few rooms.


 * nŏ̤ koiⁿ sie-thàng;
 * the rooms open into each other.


 * To select; to choose.
 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē kóiⁿ-tô̤h, kóiⁿ cêk kâi hó̤-hó̤ kâi;
 * select without haste, so as to get one of the very best ones.
 * select without haste, so as to get one of the very best ones.


 * i kâi m̄ cai cò̤-nî tó̤ kóiⁿ : kóiⁿ kàu taⁿ hŵn-lío kóiⁿ bô̤ kâi hó̤;
 * he does not know to choose: he has been until now looking them over with a view to getting the best, and has not yet made a selection.


 * sĭ úa ka-kí kóiⁿ-sẃn kâi;
 * it is one that I myself picked out.


 * kóiⁿ-sẃn m̄ pat-tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * do not know how to choose.


 * cía mng sĭ nâng kóiⁿ sīn kâi;
 * this is what is left after other people have picked out what they wanted.


 * khṳt nâng kóiⁿ chûn cêk cho̤h hùe-kha;
 * the garblings left by those who have selected what they wanted from the goods.


 * kóiⁿ cĕng kâi ío ke cîⁿ;
 * the assorted ones are higher priced.


 * i khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē tó̤ kóiⁿ nâng-ke;
 * he is taking his time in looking about among families in order to choose a wife.


 * soiⁿ kóiⁿ-khí cêk cho̤h;
 * the first pick of the goods.


 * The cocoon of the silk worm; the silky pups of other moths.
 * chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
 * the silk worm’s aurelia.
 * the silk worm’s aurelia.


 * ēng chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ sâh lío lâi thiu sî;
 * boil the cocoon and then wind off the silk.


 * cía sĭ kóiⁿ-tîu;
 * is pongee.


 * kit cêk kâi kóiⁿ tŏ̤ chĭu kò̤;
 * made a cocoon on a tree.


 * sî-hāu cē kàu, i ka-kī cŭ kă phùa kóiⁿ chut lâi;
 * when the season for it arrives, it eats through its cocoon and comes forth.


 * chôi-tāu cē pìⁿ cò̤ chôiⁿ-ngô̤ cū chut kóiⁿ;
 * when the grub has changed into a moth it emerges from the cocoon.


 * cí khí thâng ŏi kit kóiⁿ kâi;
 * this caterpillar makes a cocoon.


 * A plait; gathers; tncks [sic].
 * niap kóiⁿ;
 * lay plaits.
 * lay plaits.


 * cêk pôiⁿ àiⁿ niap kúi kâi kóiⁿ?
 * How many plaits do you wish to have on a side?


 * thīⁿ lâi kâi kóiⁿ m̄ sì-cìaⁿ;
 * the plait is not sewn down straight.


 * ĕ-tng àiⁿ thīⁿ, khieh kóiⁿ, tîeh khieh hó̤-hó̤;
 * another time when you are sewing gathers you must sew them evenly.


 * kóiⁿ cūe tîeh cih tît-tît;
 * the plait must be folded straight.


 * mīn tèng niap kâi kóiⁿ;
 * has a puckered scar on her face.


 * To sunder; to put obstacles between.
 * m̄ hó̤ kòiⁿ-so̤ nâng kâi kut-nêk;
 * one must not set relatives at variance.
 * one must not set relatives at variance.


 * kòiⁿ jît kòiⁿ jît cîah;
 * take it on alternate days.


 * tìn-tang kòiⁿ cêk kháu phûn;
 * there is a grave [belonging to some one else] occupying the space between.


 * nŏ̤ kâi kheⁿ keh-piah tìn-tang kòiⁿ ŭ cêk kò̤ tōa cîeh;
 * in the space between the two pools there is a large stone obstructing the way.


 * so̤ put kòiⁿ chin, sin put kòiⁿ kū;
 * differences do not sunder relationship, and the new does not separate one from the old.


 * bô̤ kòiⁿ bô̤ chah;
 * there are no obstacles intervening.


 * chŵn bô̤ kòiⁿ chah, thong sin sĭ i kâi;
 * there are no intervening spaces [belonging to some one else], the whole extent of it belongs to him.