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 * To spurt out; to gush through.
 * cúi li-li kŭang chut lâi;
 * the water keeps spurting through.


 * kŭang tùi khang chut lâi kâi;
 * what spurts out through the aperture.


 * in tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ kŭang chut lâi;
 * the steam gushes out there.


 * toi kŭang;
 * the dike has sprung aleak.


 * hueh li-li kŭang chut lâi;
 * the blood gushed forth continually.

kue
 * A generic term for cucurbitaceous plants, such as the cucumber, melon and squash.
 * tìo kue;
 * cucumbers.
 * cucumbers.


 * si kue;
 * water-melons.


 * tang kue;
 * squashes.


 * bâk kue;
 * the papaya.


 * hún kue;
 * a small yellow squash.


 * khó kue;
 * the bitter gourd.


 * seⁿ lâi tang-kue-mīn tang-kue-mīn nē;
 * has a long oval face.


 * kim kue;
 * a gilded wooden bludgeon, with a head like a melon.


 * kùa sang bâk-kue-līam kâi hĭⁿ-kau;
 * wore a pair of ear-rings, with conical drops and long hooks.


 * khòi-kue cí;
 * sweet melon seeds.


 * tang-kue jîn;
 * squash seeds.


 * tang-kue cheh;
 * preserved squash.


 * lṳ́ kio i ŭ sĭm-mih kue-kuah?
 * What is your relationship to him?


 * hê kue;
 * a small hairy cucumber.


 * tek-kue hó̤ cò̤ cìeⁿ-kue;
 * young cucumbers are made into pickles.


 * Steamed cakes, made from rice flour.
 * cí kâi coih nín ceng ŭ jîeh cōi kúe?
 * How many cakes did you make for this festival?
 * How many cakes did you make for this festival?


 * ún cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ táu bí kúe;
 * we made two or three pecks of rice into cakes.


 * hîaⁿ kúe;
 * heat up the cakes.


 * ìn kúe;
 * mould the cakes.


 * chue tîam kúe;
 * to steam sweet cakes.


 * nâk kúe tîeh nâk câu-câu;
 * in mixing the cakes with the hands, you must mix them thoroughly.


 * ĭoⁿ khí lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;
 * lift up the steamer and there is the cake.


 * cò̤ cho̤h kúe-cap lâi tíam-sim;
 * make some porridge from a piece of cake, to lunch upon.


 * cêk sn̂g kúe;
 * one whole steamed cake; one steamerful of the cake.


 * nâng lâi hĕ cêk kîe kúe, hó̤ khṳ̀ côih cò̤ cêk hue cêk hue lío lâi luah;
 * some one has brought and presented us an oblong section of cake, cut it into slices transversely and fry them brown.


 * kúe āⁿ;
 * the stuffing in a steamed cake.


 * kàⁿ kúe thô̤;
 * round raised cakes.


 * Cakes made from wheaten flour; biscuits.
 * tê kúe;
 * tea biscuits.
 * tea biscuits.


 * thn̂g kúe;
 * sweet cakes.


 * The fruit of trees; seeds with a covering and pulp; results; effects.
 * i hn̂g lăi peh īeⁿ kúe-cí to ŭ;
 * there was every sort of fruit tree in the garden.
 * there was every sort of fruit tree in the garden.


 * kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;
 * when the fruit is ripe.


 * ău-lâi kui-sêng cìaⁿ kúe;
 * afterward the fruit comes to perfection.


 * cheⁿ kúe;
 * fresh fruit.


 * cheⁿ kúe phò;
 * a fruit shop.


 * cí īeⁿ chīu ŏi kit kúe-cí a bŏi?
 * Does this sort of tree bear fruit?


 * kúe-cí kit m̄ sêng;
 * the fruit does not come to perfection.


 * ău-lâi sĭm-mih kak-kúe;
 * what will be the consequences hereafter?


 * seⁿ kúe-cí;
 * bear fruit.


 * cêk hù ngŏ kúe tîh;
 * a set of fruit dishes.


 * kin nî kak chù kâi kúe-cí seⁿ lâi kâu;
 * fruit is plenty everywhere this year.


 * i sĭm siang-sìn in kúe kâi sṳ̄;
 * she is one who believes very firmly in the doctrine that conduct in a previous life produces results in this.


 * To bolster up; to use as a cushion.
 * khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi kúe;
 * get something and put under it to raise it.
 * get something and put under it to raise it.


 * bô̤ kò̤ tĭen lâi kúe, cŏ̤ tîeh ngân-ngân;
 * have no cushion to put under me, and it is very cold to sit upon.


 * pun ĕ-jît kíaⁿ-sun-hùe hó̤ kúe kha chíu;
 * for his descendants to avail themselves of hereafter as a help to attain a higher position.


 * cang ńng-ńng kâi mûeh lâi kúe;
 * get something very soft and put under it.


 * To pass by; to go beyond or up to; to exceed; to overpass; to spend, as time; to transgress; to violate propriety; an error, a fault; a sign of past time, or of the perfect tense; an adverb of comparison; then, more; too, rather, excessive; to approach; to send to.
 * khn̂g-kòi i tîeh cai kói kùe;
 * exhort him to reform.
 * exhort him to reform.


 * i íⁿ-keng kùe sì lío;
 * he has already departed this life.


 * tâng tiang-sî kùe sin?
 * When did he die?


 * i kùe-khṳ̀ kú lío;
 * he passed away long since.


 * i kùe khṳ̀ a būe?
 * Has he passed by yet?


 * ŭ tùi cí-kò̤ kùe a bô̤?
 * Did they pass by here?


 * mih nâng to tùi cí-kò̤ keng kùe;
 * every body goes by here.


 * úa kîaⁿ tùi nín phò kha kùe;
 * I walked past your shop.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ ēng kùe kîe a mín?
 * Need we cross a bridge there?


 * tîeh kùe cêk têng kîe, kah nŏ̤ têng tō, lío pûaⁿ kùe suaⁿ cū tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * you must cross one bridge and two ferries, then traverse the mountain and you will be there.


 * put kùe;
 * nothing more than.


 * put kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ kâi tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * only two or three.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh kùe m̄ khṳ̀;
 * he could not endure hearing it.


 * kùe-sit;
 * a peccadillo; a fault.


 * cêk kĭaⁿ tōa kùe-sit;
 * a great blunder.