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 same time.
 * kŭa mīn īa m̄ sói;
 * does not wash even his face.


 * i kŭa úa to m̄-ùi;
 * he does not fear even me.


 * kŭa i a-pĕ to bô̤ táng i;
 * he does not wait for his father even.


 * kŭa mêⁿ-kùa to cò̤;
 * works even in the night.


 * kŭa cía cò̤-nî m̄ pat?
 * Why do you not understand so much as this even?


 * kŭa keng khui cîh khṳ̀;
 * broke his bow also in drawing it.

 kuaⁿ
 * Equitable.
 * kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
 * fair; just.
 * fair; just.


 * i mih sṳ̄ kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ căi;
 * he is very just in his dealings.


 * íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ ŭ kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆ chut lâi thîo-chú;
 * have already asked honorable gentlemen to come and settle the matter by arbitration.


 * kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ kùe hût;
 * more equitable than Buddha himself.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ kuaⁿ-kuaⁿ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi;
 * that is perfectly fair.


 * An officer of government; the magistrates; the authorities; rulers; official; public.
 * kuaⁿ hṳ́; kuaⁿ ŵn;
 * officials; magistrates.
 * officials; magistrates.


 * cò̤ kuaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * those in authority.


 * kuaⁿ bûe;
 * an official match-maker.


 * ô̤h kuaⁿ ūe;
 * learn the mandarin dialect.


 * i sĭ cò̤ cheng kuaⁿ, īn pí sĭ tham kuaⁿ;
 * he is a clean handed official, and it is not as if he were a covetous one.


 * kuaⁿ lō;
 * a government road; a highway.


 * cía îam sĭ kuaⁿ îam;
 * this salt is salt that has passed through the hands of government officers.


 * phah-kuaⁿ-si;
 * to enter upon a lawsuit; to carry a case before the authorities.


 * mûeh-kĭaⁿ kui kuaⁿ;
 * things confiscated.


 * ŭ kâi kuaⁿ-thói;
 * has dignity; is stately.


 * ŭ kâi kuaⁿ īeⁿ;
 * is of dignified bearing.


 * kuaⁿ tîeⁿ;
 * rulers.


 * bûn kuaⁿ, bú kuaⁿ;
 * civil and military officers.


 * tōa kuaⁿ, sòi kuaⁿ;
 * one filling an important office, and one whose office is petty.


 * cìaⁿ ìn kuaⁿ;
 * the magistrate who holds the seals of office.


 * cŏ̤ câp kuaⁿ;
 * subordinate officers.


 * kúi pín kuaⁿ?
 * Of what grade is he?


 * i kâi kuaⁿ cheⁿ híen;
 * he will soon be in office.


 * cĭa kuaⁿ sì;
 * trusting to official influence.


 * The liver.
 * kuaⁿ húe sĕng;
 * inflammalion of the liver.
 * inflammalion of the liver.


 * tn̂g kuaⁿ chùn lîh;
 * (grieved so that) the liver and intestines are splintered.


 * i sieh jû sim-kuaⁿ;
 * dear to him as his life.


 * i kâi sim-kuaⁿ m̄-hó̤;
 * he has a bad disposition.


 * sim-kuaⁿ-thâu lîang-lîang;
 * his chest is cool.


 * cía, sĭ kuaⁿ-táⁿ kâi ūe;
 * these are his real sentiments.


 * kuaⁿ bâk khak pî thó;
 * the woody liver neutralizes the earthy stomach, (therefore I have no appetite).


 * koi kuaⁿ súaⁿ;
 * desiccated hens' livers.


 * A staff; a post; a shaft.
 * ûi kuaⁿ;
 * masts.
 * masts.


 * kî kuaⁿ;
 * flag-staff.


 * cí ki kî-kuaⁿ jîeh kûiⁿ?
 * How high is this flag-staff?


 * A shaft; a bar; a beam; a pole.
 * cìⁿ-kuaⁿ;
 * the shaft of an arrow.
 * the shaft of an arrow.


 * chìn kuaⁿ;
 * the bar of a steelyard.


 * cò̤ ki tìeⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * make a fishing-pole.


 * tèng ki tōa kuaⁿ chìn;
 * set the marks upon a large steelyard bar.


 * Cured by drying, dried.
 * phâk cò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * dry them in the sun.
 * dry them in the sun.


 * phû-thô̤ kuaⁿ;
 * raisins.


 * có̤ kuaⁿ;
 * dried dates.


 * píaⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * biscuits.


 * A coffin.
 * kuaⁿ-bâk; kuaⁿ-châ;
 * a coffin.
 * a coffin.


 * kuaⁿ kĭu;
 * a coffin and its contents.


 * kuaⁿ-châ khàm, kuaⁿ-châ tói, kuaⁿ-châ chîeⁿ, kuakuaⁿ [sic]-châ sin;
 * the lid, the bottom, the sides, and the bulk of the coffin.


 * kuaⁿ-châ thâu, kuakuaⁿ [sic]-châ búe;
 * the head and the foot of a coffin.


 * mông būe tîeh kuaⁿ-châ thâu cū khàu;
 * he began to cry before he had touched the coffin, (too soon).


 * kuaⁿ-châ phŭe;
 * a pall.


 * kuaⁿ-châ pang, kuaⁿ-châ póiⁿ;
 * slabs for making coffins.


 * kuaⁿ-châ íⁿ;
 * supports for a coffin to rest on.


 * kuaⁿ-châ kǹg;
 * a bier.


 * kuaⁿ-châ chù;
 * a house to shelter a coffin.


 * kuaⁿ-châ phò;
 * a shop where coffins are sold.


 * kuaⁿ-châ phng;
 * an adz used in making coffins.


 * To hasten; chase; pursue.
 * úa cá-cá àiⁿ khí lâi kúaⁿ lō;
 * I shall rise very early and pursue my journey.
 * I shall rise very early and pursue my journey.


 * lṳ́ tùi cúi lō kò̤ khṳ̀, úa kúaⁿ tùi hăng lō lâi khṳ̀;
 * you follow the water course, and I will go on by land.


 * kúaⁿ khùe cē;
 * hurry up.


 * úa àiⁿ kùaⁿkúaⁿ [sic] kàu kàu, cìaⁿ lâi hiah;
 * I will press on to my journey's end and then stop.


 * i khṳ̀ jìeh kú nē, m̄ cai kúaⁿ i tit tîeh, a kúaⁿ m̄ tîeh;
 * he has been gone some time, I do not know whether we can overtake him or not.


 * kúaⁿ kín khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * went and did it in the utmost haste.


 * kúaⁿ mé-ⁿméⁿméⁿ-méⁿ [sic] hŵn-lío kúaⁿ m̄ hù;
 * hurried on, but still failed to reach there in time.


 * tîeh kúaⁿ sok cē cìaⁿ kúaⁿ tit kîp;
 * must hasten somewhat, and then we shall be in time.


 * kúaⁿ cí hûe kâi lâu-cúi;
 * take advantage of the tide.


 * àiⁿ kúaⁿ khṳ̀ hù chĭ kâi;
 * will hasten on to be in time for the market.


 * tîeh kúaⁿ kàu căm cìaⁿ ŭ hó̤ cîah;
 * must go on till we reach the post station then we shall have something to eat.


 * kúaⁿ cá, khí lâi lí sṳ̄;
 * get up early and attend to business.


 * jû kúaⁿ ah cêk īeⁿ;
 * like