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 * To peep through a crack or hole; to spy; to look furtively at.
 * kui-thàm;
 * to pry; to go about looking into.


 * kui-sĭ;
 * to peer at.


 * An interrogation implying quantity; how much; little; nearly; several.
 * nín kúi nâng cò̤-pû khṳ̀ cū hó̤;
 * go all of you together.
 * go all of you together.


 * khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ kúi lí lō;
 * it is a few miles travel.


 * kúi jît lâi cêk hûe;
 * comes once in every few days.


 * keh kúi nî m̄ cêng lâi;
 * has not come for several years past.


 * lṳ́ kúi hùe?
 * How old are you?


 * cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kúi kâi gûeh?
 * How many months old is this child?


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kúi tńg?
 * How many times did you go?


 * i ke kúi sî àiⁿ lâi;
 * he is coming after a while.


 * cí khí ŭ kúi īeⁿ?
 * How many varieties are there in this species?


 * hun cò̤ kúi téng;
 * divided into several species.


 * kúi kù ūe;
 * a few phrases.


 * chûn ŭ kúi kò̤;
 * have a few pieces left.


 * lṳ́ téng tîeh kúi kṳn?
 * How many catties were there when you weighed it?


 * kâi mng bô̤ kúi níe tăng;
 * one is but a few ounces in weight.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ kúi chùn tn̂g?
 * How many inches long do you want it?


 * i àiⁿ hiah ke kúi mêⁿ;
 * he is going to stay a few nights longer.


 * lâi ŭ kúi ūi nâng-kheh;
 * several guests have arrived.


 * i hṳ́ lăi kúi kâi úaⁿ, kúi sang tṳ̄, i to cai;
 * he has a minute acquaintance with their domestic arrangements.


 * The spirit of a dead man before it is enshrined in the hall; the manes; that which the soul turns to at death; a ghost, a goblin, an apparition, a specter, a devil, a horrid repulsive object, a sordid wretch.
 * i sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kúi ā;
 * he sees a ghost.
 * he sees a ghost.


 * sío kúi;
 * a crazy man.


 * khṳt kúi mîⁿ tîeh;
 * possessed by a devil.


 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ kúi tó̤ khàu;
 * heard demons wailing.


 * kúi sîn kâi sṳ̄ lâng cai;
 * the affairs of demons and angels are not to be known.


 * i sĭ tó̤ tàⁿ kúi ūe;
 * he is whispering false words.


 * ẁn kúi khîⁿ cêk tōa tu;
 * an unavenged spirit raises a great troop who come to take vengeance.


 * hàm i màiⁿ kúi tháu kúi náu;
 * tell him not to go about sticking his head in here and there.


 * kúi tĕⁿ tîeh;
 * a demon has grappled him.


 * kúi lîah tîeh;
 * an imp has seized him.


 * kúi húe;
 * a will-o-the-wisp.


 * sĭ ṳn kúi a sĭ ẁn kui?
 * Is it a satisfied or a dissatisfied spirit?


 * bô̤ hó̤ ke sîn thàu gūa kúi;
 * a bad family god gives information to outside demons.


 * mô̤ⁿ-kúi;
 * demons.


 * tŏ kìang kúi;
 * an echo.


 * tŏ kìang kúi tùi nâng tàⁿ;
 * the echo responds.


 * A contrivance; the moving power.
 * îeh kúi;
 * the motive power, as in a machine.
 * the motive power, as in a machine.


 * i kâi mn̂g ŭ kâi îeh kúi;
 * his door has a spring-lock.


 * îeh kúi cē tin-tăng cū lí-kẃn kîaⁿ;
 * as soon as the spring is in motion it moves on.


 * tieⁿ kâi îeh-kúi;
 * invented a machine.


 * Deceitful; to cheat.
 * kang-kúi;
 * crafty; fraudulent; cunning.
 * crafty; fraudulent; cunning.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kang-kang kúi-kúi, chŵn bô̤ cin-sît;
 * he is very tricky about everything, and wholly untruthful.


 * Schemers; villains.
 * i sĭ tó̤ cò̤ suaⁿ thó kúi;
 * he is a despoiler of graves.
 * he is a despoiler of graves.


 * The tree which produces cinnamon and cassia, and similar trees.
 * nêk-kùi phûe;
 * cinnamon bark.
 * cinnamon bark.


 * nêk-kùi îu;
 * cinnamon oil.


 * kùi hue;
 * the Olea fragrans.


 * The last of the ten stems, which belongs to the north and to water.
 * jîm kùi sĭ sok cúi;
 * the ninth and tenth stems belong to water.
 * the ninth and tenth stems belong to water.


 * The close of a period or season.
 * kùi chun sĭ saⁿ gûeh;
 * the third month is the end of spring.
 * the third month is the end of spring.


 * kùi hē;
 * the last month of summer.


 * Honorable, noble, exalted, illustrious, dignified, good, and hence in a direct address used as an appellative, you, your; dear, high priced, precious, valuable; honor; to give dignity to; to esteem, to value.
 * pù kùi;
 * rich and honored.
 * rich and honored.


 * kùi cūaⁿ;
 * noble and base; patricians and plebeians; yours and mine.


 * cun-kùi kâi nâng;
 * honored men.


 * kùi hú tī-kò̤?
 * Where is your mansion?


 * cun kè kùi sèⁿ?
 * What is your surname, honored Sir?


 * kùi ngŏ̤;
 * your family residence.


 * nán kùi séⁿ ŭ cí cêk īeⁿ mûeh a bô̤?
 * Is this sort of article found in your native province?


 * tŏ̤ nín kùi kok lâi kàu ún cí-kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far is it from your country here?


 * kùi kūiⁿ sĭ sôk tī cêk hú?
 * To which department does your district belong?


 * cía sĭ kùi-tŏng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * these are rare articles.


 * nâng khá m̄ sĭ kùi-tŏng kùe mûeh?
 * Are not human beings to be held in higher esteem than are things?


 * kàu cí-kò̤ ŭ sĭm-mih kùi kàng?
 * What business had you in coming here?


 * i kâi sìang-măuⁿ sĭ kùi sìang;
 * he has a physiognomy which promises future honor