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 ; cêk tu tōa kùe suaⁿ;
 * a heap bigger than a mountain.


 * kâi khang chim kùe hái;
 * a hole deeper than the sea.


 * seⁿ lâi ngía kùe kúi;
 * is handsomer than an imp.


 * i kâi ŏi kùe kúi;
 * his abilities are surpassing.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cíe, hìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cōi;
 * this is too little, and that is over much.


 * i ŏi cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;
 * he can discover what has passed and what has not yet happened.


 * kùe hūn;
 * officious; to exceed one's functions.


 * lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ kùe hūn;
 * do not meddle in what does not pertain to your office.


 * ûeh kùe hûn;
 * set a mark beyond the crease.


 * īa bô̤ khṳt nâng ûeh kùe, īa bô̤ ûeh kùe nâng kâi;
 * neither give nor take more than is due.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ úa pat khṳ̀ kùe lâi;
 * I have been there.


 * úa pat thóiⁿ kùe ku-ā chṳ̀;
 * I have seen it several times.


 * cía cṳ úa thâk kùe kâi;
 * this book is one that I have read.


 * thiaⁿ kùe m̄ jû thóiⁿ kùe, thóiⁿ kùe m̄ jû cò̤ kùe;
 * to have heard about a thing is not so good as to have seen it, and to have seen it is not so good as to have made it.


 * i li thài kùe, i li khah put kîp;
 * the one is excessive, and the other is impracticable.


 * cí kâi kîeⁿ kùe hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is superior to that.


 * úa cêng tâu kùe i tōa nâng;
 * I have informed his superior.


 * cí kâi tōa kùe hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is larger than that.


 * kûiⁿ kùe i;
 * taller than he.


 * i sieh lṳ́ cōi kùe lṳ́ sieh i;
 * he loves you more than you love him.


 * to̤ kùe cúi bô̤ hûn;
 * a knife drawn across water leaves no mark.


 * i sĭ cáu kùe sì úang kâi nâng;
 * he is one who has been everywhere.


 * àiⁿ lâu i nā cí kò̤ kùe mêⁿ, i m̆;
 * wanted him to stay here all night but he would not.


 * kùe ke nŏ̤ jît cū sĭ kùe nî;
 * after two days more, we pass from one year to the next.


 * mn̄g i àiⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chù kùe coih mē;
 * ask him if he is going home to spend the holidays.


 * ŭ kùe;
 * is at fault.


 * bô̤ kùe;
 * has not erred.


 * cía sĭ i kâi cŭe-kùe;
 * this is his fault.


 * bô̤ cŭe bô̤ kùe;
 * blameless.


 * úa sĭ chì kùe kâi;
 * I have tried it.


 * lâng kùe i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is difficult to get over his acting thus.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kùe ì căi;
 * this far surpasses my expectations.


 * íⁿ-keng kùe khî lío;
 * passing strange.


 * sìaⁿ kùe ku;
 * infallible as fate.


 * To extinguish; to quench.
 * ìm kùe húe;
 * put out the fire by raking the ashes over it.
 * put out the fire by raking the ashes over it.


 * pûn kùe teng;
 * blow out the lamp.


 * cek pun huang chue kùe khṳ̀;
 * the candle has been blown out by the wind.


 * cí ki cúa-âng-teng, tōa ki, còng pun huang chue kùe, hŵn-lío hut ŏi tô̤h;
 * this paper torch is a large one, and although it should be blown out by the wind, it may still be set blazing by blowing it.


 * lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ tiaⁿ kùe teng;
 * do not put out the lamp by touching it.


 * húe-pé hó̤ phah kùe;
 * put out the torch by knocking it.


 * kìu húe kìu kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ kùe;
 * they have been striving to extinguish the fire, and have only just now succeeded.


 * kìu khṳ̀ kùe a būe?
 * Have they yet got the fire extinguished?


 * cang cúi lâm kùe;
 * dash on water to quench the fire.


 * A false coiffure, made of cloth and metal, worn by women of middle age.
 * phah cêk kâi kim kùe;
 * make a gilded coiffure.
 * make a gilded coiffure.


 * i tì cêk kâi ngṳ̂n kùe līu kàu tak-tak-chiah;
 * she wears a silver coiffure, washed with gold till it gleams.


 * i kâi kùe pak lío, khǹg lô̤h kùe âp;
 * having taken off her coiffure she put it in its box.


 * thâu-mô̤ⁿ siu hó̤ tì kâi kùe lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * having combed her hair, she put on her head-dress.


 * To make a circuit; to go around; the whole.
 * úa íⁿ-keng thâk cêk kùe;
 * I have already read it through once.
 * I have already read it through once.


 * kîaⁿ kùe saⁿ sì kùe;
 * have been over the whole ground three or four times.


 * thâk bô̤ kúi kùe cū pat;
 * by reading it through only a few times he knows it.


 * Large leaved plants.
 * kûe-hîeh;
 * palm leaves.
 * palm leaves.


 * kûe-sìⁿ;
 * palm leaf fans.


 * To be in the way; to be an impediment; to stumble upon.
 * kha kûe tîeh cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * if one stumbles against it, he will fall down.
 * if one stumbles against it, he will fall down.


 * màiⁿ pàng kò̤ kûe kha, kûe chíu;
 * do not leave it there to be in the way.


 * khṳt i kûe-cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * has been stopped by stumbling upon it.


 * kûe lô̤h khṳ̀, tó̤ kàu lī-lī;
 * stumbled and fell flat.


 * khṳt tŏ̤-lí kûe kín, bŏi tit khṳ̀;
 * cannot go because the rules of etiquette stand in the way.


 * màiⁿ kûe tîeh lō;
 * don't block up the way.

 kueⁿ

To close a door; to shut.
 * kueⁿ mn̂g;
 * shut the door.


 * khṳ̀ kàu, i kâi mn̂g kueⁿ miⁿ-miⁿ;
 * when I got there his door was tightly closed.


 * mn̂g kueⁿ hó̤;
 * the house is closed for the night.

kueh


 * To abrade; to scrape.
 * kueh tīo mô̤ⁿ;
 * scrape off the fuzz.
 * scrape off the fuzz.


 * kueh tīo phûe;
 * scraped off the rind.


 * kueh lío, cêk têng cêk têng chut lâi;
 * scrape it, and then take it off layer by layer.


 * kueh tīo i