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 * A phrase; a sentence; a classifier of phrases; a line in verse.
 * thâk kàu ŭ kù ŭ tāu;
 * read with attention to the stops.


 * i kâi kù tāu hó̤;
 * his periods are well arranged.


 * cêk kù cêk kù thâk hīn-hīn;
 * read it plainly, sentence by sentence.


 * cí cêk cak cṳ ŭ kúi kù?
 * How many sentences are there in this verse?


 * tíam kù kau kó;
 * punctuate and divide into paragraphs.


 * m̄ sêng kù;
 * not a complete sentence.


 * àiⁿ kâi lṳ́ tàⁿ kṳ̀ ūe;
 * wants to speak a word with you.


 * tàⁿ nŏ̤ kù cū hó̤;
 * speak very briefly.


 * pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù hṳ-ngân;
 * has not an unmeaning phrase in it.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng cṳ̆-lâi bô̤ kù ūe;
 * the two have not heretofore had words with each other.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ hó̤ sì kù;
 * he is making verses.


 * līam kù si chut lâi;
 * recited a verse of poetry.


 * thâk bô̤ kúi kù;
 * reads but very few lines a day.


 * i cêk kù cū sĭ cêk kù;
 * when he says a thing he adheres to it.


 * màiⁿ tàⁿ ke kù;
 * do not talk about it any more.


 * chŵn bô̤ ke kù;
 * there is nothing more to be said.


 * i tàⁿ ūe bô̤ kù sît;
 * there is not a word of truth in what he says.


 * kṳ̀-kù to sĭ hó̤ ūe;
 * every word of it is good.


 * cía sĭ saⁿ kù sì kâi cîⁿ phùaⁿ lâi kâi;
 * this is merely something that I casually heard, and I do not vouch for its truth.


 * The cause or reason of a thing; what is purposed; the occasion; the pretext.
 * ŭ kù;
 * there is a reason for it.
 * there is a reason for it.


 * bô̤ kù;
 * causelessly.


 * bô̤ ŵn bô̤ kù;
 * it is wholly without a cause.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih ŵn-kù?
 * What led to it?


 * kù-chṳ́;
 * therefore; for this reason.


 * i m̄ sĭ kù ì cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * he did not do it intentionally.


 * bô̤ kù, cū mēⁿ nâng, phah nâng;
 * reviles and beats people without any reason for it.


 * cía sǹg sĭ sío kù kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is a trifling matter.


 * bô̤ sĭm-mih tōa ŵn-kù;
 * this is no great matter.


 * sĭ se-su kâi sòi kù;
 * is but a slight pretext.


 * kù hŭam kâi cū bô̤ sìa;
 * a willful offense is unpardonable.


 * i sĭ ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄-kù lâi?
 * What was the occasion for his coming?


 * bô̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ kù, àiⁿ lâi mih sṳ̄?
 * What do you come for, if you have no occasion for coming?


 * úa mng sĭ ūi lṳ́ cṳ kù cìaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it was on your own account that I did thus.


 * Firm; fixed; strengthened; to fortify; impervious.
 * kù-tău sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is surely so.
 * it is surely so.


 * kien-kù căi;
 * very stable.


 * cò̤ kàu kien-kien kù-kù;
 * make it so that it will be very firm and substantial.


 * cn̂g kâi m̄ kien m̄ kù;
 * it is not at all firmly made.


 * cí kù ūe hó̤ kien-kù i kâi sim;
 * his mind may be fortified by this remark.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ kù cip;
 * do not be pertinacious.


 * cē kù-cip cū m̄ thong;
 * when perverse one is deaf to reason.


 * i kâi khẃn mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kù-kù cip-cip;
 * it is his nature to be very pertinacious about everything.


 * i kâi mûeh cú-kù căi;
 * his wares are very durable.


 * jú-kù jú-kù;
 * lasting; firm and durable.


 * kù-síu hṳ́ kâi ti-hng;
 * fortify that place.


 * To close or stop securely; to interfere and prevent.
 * kù-kín cí-kâi nâng, màiⁿ khṳt i cak-tŏng;
 * hedge this man up, and now allow him to act.
 * hedge this man up, and now allow him to act.


 * kù-kín;
 * to stop up the way; to restrain; to prevent, as good men getting into office; to keep, as one in banishment.


 * A chronic, incurable complaint, such as leprosy, gout or palsy.
 * kù sí huang;
 * an incurable ailment.
 * an incurable ailment.


 * A collective adjective of number, placed after the noun, and denoting things or people; all, the whole; at once.
 * bw̄n mûeh kŭ pĭ;
 * everything is ready.
 * everything is ready.


 * peh īeⁿ kŭ chŵn;
 * everything is complete.


 * cèng nâng kŭ tŏ̤;
 * they are all there.


 * sì-chù kŭ ŭ;
 * they are to be found in every direction.


 * sì-khùi-kit, sì khùi kŭ ŏi seⁿ;
 * the four season orange is produced in all the four seasons.


 * nâng-nâng kŭ cai;
 * everyone knows.


 * kŭ sĭ cêk īeⁿ;
 * it is all the same.


 * pí chṳ́ kŭ chêng-ngw̆n;
 * both are willing.


 * nŏ̤-chù kŭ hàuⁿ;
 * both assent.


 * líang-ke kŭ huaⁿ-hí;
 * both are satisfied.


 * cí cùaⁿ nâng kŭ sĭ siang-sìn kâi;
 * all these people are believers in it.


 * mih mûeh kŭ bô̤;
 * there is nothing whatever.


 * cêk chiet kŭ ŭ;
 * have all of them.


 * cí cêk pńg cṳ kâi tŏ̤-lí úa kŭ pat;
 * I know all the doctrines in this book.


 * To stand in awe of; fearful.
 * kiaⁿ-kŭ;
 * afraid.
 * afraid.


 * sĭm sĭ kùkŭ [sic]-phàⁿ i;
 * is in great dread of him.


 * bô̤ kiaⁿ bô̤ kŭ;
 * in no fear of.


 * ùi-kŭ, kùe sĭm;
 * overmastering awe.


 * The turtle-dove, the wood-pigeon.
 * kŭ-ku tó̤ kìe;
 * the wood-dove is calling.
 * the wood-dove is calling.


 * kŭ-ku ŭ sî sĭ kìe cêⁿ, ŭ sî kìe hŏ;
 * the turtle-dove sometimes utters its note when it is going to clear, and sometimes when it is going to rain.


 * kŭ-kŭku [sic] ku;
 * the calling of wood-doves.


 * kŭ-ku cí ciah cē kìe, hṳ́ ciah cū tùe i kìe;
 * among the wood-doves, when this one calls, that one echoes the note.