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 driven ducks.
 * kâi i kúaⁿ chut khṳ̀;
 * drove him out.


 * in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khṳt i kúaⁿ tīo chut lâi?
 * On what account was he expelled?


 * To avail of; to improve.
 * kúaⁿ cí kâi sì-hāu;
 * improve this leisure time.
 * improve this leisure time.


 * kúaⁿ cí hûe kâi ki-hŭe;
 * embrace this opportunity.


 * kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cū cò̤ tit hó̤;
 * take advantage oíof [sic] this circumstance to complete the thing.


 * kúaⁿ tîeh cí hûe ŭ huang lâi khui cûn;
 * take advantage of the wind that is now blowing and start the boat.


 * kúaⁿ sńg, kúaⁿ chìe;
 * took the opportunity when others were joking.


 * Really; truly; indeed; reliable; determined.
 * kúaⁿ-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is really so.
 * it is really so.


 * lṳ́ jû-kúaⁿ àiⁿ lâi li thòa-cah lâi;
 * if you should be coming, bring it along with you.


 * i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ kúaⁿ-tẁn;
 * he acts with decision.


 * i sĭm sĭ kúaⁿ-káⁿ;
 * he is very daring.


 * kúaⁿ-cin hó̤;
 * truly good.


 * kúaⁿ sĭ cía nâng;
 * indeed it is he.


 * jîak-kúaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa li m̆;
 * suppose it should be thus, I shall not do it.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ cn̂g kâi m̄ kúaⁿ-kwt;
 * he acts without decision.


 * i mih sṳ̄ cū kúaⁿ-kwt;
 * he has his mind made up before he does things.


 * sĭ àiⁿ, sĭ m̄-àiⁿ, kúaⁿ-kúaⁿ kwt-kwt;
 * whether you want it, or whether you don't want it, be decided about it.


 * Solitary; friendless; alone; little; moderate.
 * síu-kúaⁿ hŭ-jîn;
 * a widow.
 * a widow.


 * i tó̤ síu-kúaⁿ;
 * she is a widow.


 * kà cṳ sin-seⁿ, síu-kúaⁿ ta-ke;
 * a school teacher has a lot like that of an old widower.


 * kúaⁿ put têk cèng;
 * one cannot stand alone against many.


 * ko-jî, kúaⁿ-hŭ;
 * orphan and widow.


 * i khi-hŭ i ko-lŏ kúaⁿ-bŭn;
 * he imposes upon him because he is solitary and of little experience.


 * Wintry; cold; shivering.
 * thiⁿ-sî kûaⁿ-chìn;
 * the weather is very cold.
 * the weather is very cold.


 * kha kûaⁿ-tàng;
 * the feet chilled.


 * cá mêⁿ ŭ nâng kûaⁿ sí khṳ̀;
 * some one was frozen to death last night.


 * ciaⁿ gûeh kûaⁿ sí gû, jī gûeh kûaⁿ sí bé, saⁿ gûeh kûaⁿ sí le-ke cé;
 * the first month was so cold it killed the cattle, the second so cold it killed the horses, and the third so cold it froze Miss Lake herself.


 * pak kûaⁿ; hwt kuaⁿ;
 * to have ague.


 * sieⁿ-huang tńg cò̤ kûaⁿ;
 * the cold taken has produced ague.


 * ŭ kûaⁿ ŭ jûah;
 * has chills and fever; is cold and hot.


 * kûaⁿ jûah saⁿ-khò;
 * clothing for hot and cold weather.


 * màiⁿ khṳt i kûaⁿ tîeh, tîeh cai chēng;
 * must put on plenty of clothing, and not get chilled.


 * Remittent or intermittent fever; febrile complaints; ague.
 * tì kûaⁿ kâi pēⁿ;
 * has fever and ague.
 * has fever and ague.


 * kiâm kûaⁿ;
 * chills, with but little or no fever.


 * keh jît kûaⁿ;
 * a chill every other day.


 * saⁿ jît kûaⁿ;
 * a chill once in three days.


 * i kíaⁿ-jît tùi kûaⁿ pái;
 * this is his day to have a chill.


 * ŭ cêk khí saⁿ jît pái kâi kûaⁿ;
 * there is one sort of fever which comes on once in three days.


 * To pull upward, to lift by pulling.
 * cău-hùe kŭaⁿ tîeh i kâi piⁿ;
 * happily caught him by his queue and dragged him upward.
 * happily caught him by his queue and dragged him upward.


 * tùi i kâi piⁿ cū kŭaⁿ khí lâi;
 * pulled him out by the queue.


 * màiⁿ kŭaⁿ khah lip búe, ùi àiⁿ chíu;
 * do not take hold too near the end in lifting it, lest it slip out of your hand.


 * nŏ̤ ciah chíu sie-hŭ kŭaⁿ;
 * drag it up with both hands.


 * măng kŭaⁿ khí lâi hṳ́-tói ŭ mûaⁿ-hṳ̂;
 * when the net was hauled up there was an eel in it.


 * kŭaⁿ tōa lâk;
 * haul it up with force.


 * To carry with the hand at one's side.
 * kŭaⁿ- [sic]chĭ-nâ;
 * carry a market basket.
 * carry a market basket.


 * kŭaⁿ cúi-tháng;
 * carry a water-bucket.


 * kŭaⁿ cúi;
 * to carry water in a bailed bucket by one's side.


 * To carry in the womb.
 * kŭaⁿ ŭ a-nôⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * is with child.
 * is with child.


 * cí ciah ngio kŭaⁿ-kūiⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * this cat is pregnant.


 * Sweat; perspiration.
 * seⁿ kūaⁿ;
 * to perspire.
 * to perspire.


 * lâu kūaⁿ;
 * to sweat freely.


 * hwt kŭaⁿkūaⁿ [sic];
 * produces perspiration.


 * hwt kūaⁿ îeh;
 * a sudorific.


 * pío kūaⁿ;
 * to sweat visibly.


 * chut chìn kūaⁿ; lâu chìn kūaⁿ;
 * has cold sweats.


 * lâu kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;
 * perspired at every pore.


 * thoih kūaⁿ;
 * absorbs sweat.


 * chēng kâi saⁿ tó̤ cṳ̄ kūaⁿ;
 * wear a jacket to absorb the perspiration.


 * pìaⁿ kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;
 * worked so hard as to be wet with perspiration.


 * tău kūaⁿ;
 * night-sweats.


 * cṳ̄ kūaⁿ;
 * sweating, without exertion.


 * bô̤ kūaⁿ căi;
 * inactive.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ bô̤ kūaⁿ bô̤ kūaⁿ nē;
 * do not be lazy about it.


 * cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ cin bô̤ kūaⁿ;
 * this personsperson [sic] does things very moderately.

kuah
 * To cut out; to chisel; to carve.
 * kuah ìn;
 * engrave a seal.
 * engrave a seal.


 * kuah cò̤ cìe-pâi;
 * engrave a sign board.


 * kuah cò̤ hue-cío;
 * engrave in representation of natural scenery.