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 lí?
 * Who is managing the national affairs?


 * i kâi kok-cèng hó̤ mē?
 * Are their national affairs in good condition?


 * kok thài, mîn uaⁿ;
 * when the country is at peace, the people are comfortable.


 * thŵn kok jîeh cōi tŏ̤;
 * handed down the throne to many generations.


 * kùe kok;
 * leave the country.


 * gūa-kok kio tong-kok hûa-háu;
 * other countries are on amicable terms with China.


 * tăi-múiⁿ-kok; hue-kî-kok;
 * the United States.


 * tăi-eng-kok;
 * Great Britain.


 * tăi-huap-kok;
 * France.


 * tăi-ngô̤-kok;
 * Russia.


 * jît-pún-kok;
 * Japan.


 * ang-lâm-kok;
 * Anam.


 * lîn-khîu-kok;
 * Corea.


 * sīam-lô̤ kok;
 * Siam.


 * pît-lú kok;
 * Peru.


 * ìn-tō kok; thien-cok-kok;
 * India.


 * míen-tĭen-kok;
 * Thibet [sic].


 * thó-jṳ́-ki-kok;
 * Turkey.


 * ai-kîp-kok;
 * Egypt.


 * îu-thài-kok;
 * Judea.


 * Corn; grains; cereals; virtuous ; in medicine, fecal matter.
 * ngŏ kok;
 * all kinds of grain.
 * all kinds of grain.


 * peh kok;
 * every sort of cereal.


 * kok tău;
 * the fecal passage.


 * kok tău m̄ thong;
 * bowels are constipated.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ kua cíⁿ kok, a kua hîaⁿ míaⁿ?
 * Is this business to bo referred to the clerk in the prefects office, or to the legal counsel who manages criminal cases in the local court?


 * To boil down; to stew.
 * m̄ cai kwn, kok kàu cúi ta khṳ̀;
 * was not looking after it, and it boiled dry.
 * was not looking after it, and it boiled dry.


 * kok-kok-kìe;
 * the noise of rapid boiling.


 * kok cêk kùa le khá hó̤ lío;
 * it has boiled a half day and must be done.

kong

 * Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.
 * i kâi kong-lâu tōa;
 * his merit is great.
 * his merit is great.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;
 * one must bring what one does to a successful issue.


 * ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;
 * courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.


 * kong-chîn ău-ĭ;
 * the descendants of deserving ministers.


 * bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?
 * Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?


 * ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;
 * has done good works in behalf of the people.


 * kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;
 * achieve virtue, and found an estate.


 * kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;
 * merit is sooner or later rewarded.


 * thû-lâu bô̤ kong;
 * to labor without advantage.


 * cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;
 * as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.


 * i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;
 * he has already achieved a reputation.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;
 * he is making merit.


 * i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?
 * Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.


 * Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.
 * kong sṳ̄;
 * public business.
 * public business.


 * kong hŭe;
 * club, association, or public society.


 * kong só̤ tī-hng;
 * town houses or public halls.


 * kong-tău;
 * fair, equitable.


 * kong-kong tău-tău;
 * perfectly just.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;
 * he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.


 * kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;
 * upright village elders.


 * cèng nâng lâi kong lí;
 * all came to make a fair settlement.


 * tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?
 * Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?


 * kong-ciak;
 * a duke.


 * kong îa;
 * my lord, the duke.


 * kong cṳ́;
 * a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.


 * sío kong-cṳ́;
 * a wild young gentleman.


 * hua-hua kong-cṳ́;
 * a young spendthrift.


 * tōa siang kong;
 * a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.


 * kong cú;
 * the emperor’s daughter.


 * i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?
 * Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?


 * a-kong;
 * a grandfather.


 * thài kong;
 * great grandfather.


 * gūa kong;
 * maternal grandfather.


 * kong má;
 * grandparents.


 * hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;
 * worship of ancestors.


 * kong có tăi-jîn;
 * the Prefect.


 * nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;
 * the old couple agree very well.


 * cía sĭ kong băng;
 * this is a public fund.


 * i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;
 * he embezzles the public funds.


 * hùi tīo kong mûeh;
 * waste the public property.


 * hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;
 * buy some more public property.


 * tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;
 * buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.


 * kong sim;
 * public spirited.


 * kong phêng;
 * just; equitable.


 * kong phêng kau-êk;
 * a fair bargain.


 * kong bŭ hŵn căi;
 * public business of many kinds.


 * kong tn̂g;
 * a public hall.


 * kong tī;
 * a common.


 * cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;
 * when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.


 * péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;
 * adjudicate in accordance with equity.


 * soiⁿ kong, ău sai;
 * public interests before private business.


 * sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?
 * Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?


 * To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.
 * kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;
 * attacked their country.
 * attacked their country.


 * cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;
 * they all set upon him.


 * kong sîaⁿ;
 * assault a citadel.


 * jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;
 * study hard day and night.


 * íⁿ tâk kong tâk;
 * use poison as an antidote for