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 for him.
 * cí īeⁿ mûeh sĭm kùi;
 * this article is very dear.


 * cía ío phīⁿ, hía ío kùi;
 * this is cheaper, that is dearer.


 * cīeⁿ jît khṳt úa bói lâi khah kùi;
 * I paid too high a price for it the other day.


 * sin-seⁿ tàⁿ cía huang-cúi móng sî ŏi chut kùi;
 * the interpreter of the results of geomantic influences, says that these will at a certain time produce family agrandizement.


 * kùi thói sĭ cò̤-nî m̄ thîo-hûa?
 * What is the ailment which your Excellency has?


 * bó̤ íⁿ cṳ̄ kùi;
 * the mother is ennobled through her son.


 * sang seⁿ kùi cṳ́;
 * twin sons.


 * kùi khì kâi nâng;
 * a person of rare excellence.


 * cí cêk ūi sĭ nín kâi kùi chin;
 * this is a relative of yours.


 * cí īeⁿ mûeh ŭ jîeh kùi?
 * What is the value of this article?


 * kùi bói li kùi bōi;
 * what is bought for a high price must sell for a high price.


 * Able to bear; to allow to be done; to undergo.
 * kûi i khṳ̀;
 * let it go; never mind; let it pass.
 * let it go; never mind; let it pass.


 * kûi hùaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ jíang, i tǹg-kùe thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
 * underwent the hooting of the whole crowd, and acted as though he did not hear it at all.


 * i ka-kī cai m̄ tîeh, kûi i hîam;
 * he himself knew that he was in the wrong, and submitted to her reproof.


 * kûi i mēⁿ, m̄ káⁿ ìn;
 * took the scolding and said nothing.


 * cò̤-nî m̄ tok-ceh i, kûi i khṳ̀ lăng-tăng nē?
 * Why do you not reprimand him, instead of allowing him to be so heedless?


 * To kneel; to bow down in reverence.
 * kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * to kneel down.
 * to kneel down.


 * pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo, nín kùi kok ŭ cí kâi lói a bô̤?
 * In the honorable kingdom to which you belong, is the ceremony of kneeling in obeisance practiced?


 * ún kò̤ bô̤ pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo;
 * we do not practice this form of obeisance.


 * lîah i tó̤ kŭi thih-só̤;
 * made him kneel on chains (a form of punishment).


 * i kâi kha tîeh kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;
 * he must kneel and then he can do it.


 * cèng n̂ang lô̤h khṳ̀ kŭi-sàng;
 * all made their parting obeisance.


 * cía sĭ ēng cêk kŭi saⁿ khàu-thâu kâi lói, hía sĭ ēng nŏ̤ kŭi lâk khàu-thâu kâi lói;
 * for this the ceremony of once kneeling and three times touching the ground with the forehead is used; for that the ceremony of kneeling twice, and touching the forehead to the ground six times is customary.


 * tá-chiam sĭ kŭi cêk ciah kha;
 * to half kneel is to kneel on one knee.


 * i kâi bó lâi kàu pài-pài kŭi-kŭi, lí-kẃn khîu nâng;
 * his wife came and kept kneeling down and vehemently pleading.


 * kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cū peh m̄ cáu-khí;
 * having knelt down could not rise.


 * i íⁿ-keng khéng khṳ̀ kŭi-hûe i, i cò̤-nî hŵn-lío m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
 * he has already been and acknowledged his sin and besought forgiveness, so why is he yet unwilling to forbear.


 * kìⁿ-tîeh, kŭi kàu tak-tak;
 * when he saw him, he knelt down so that his legs from the knee downward rested on the ground.


 * A rout; a defeat; dispersed.
 * kŭi-pāi;
 * defeated.
 * defeated.


 * kŭi-sùaⁿ;
 * completely routed.


 * kŭi-lw̆n;
 * put to flight.


 * To stumble, to slip.
 * phah-cek-kŭi;
 * to miss one's footing, to stumble and nearly fall.
 * to miss one's footing, to stumble and nearly fall.


 * cáu lío phah-cek-kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * ran and tumbled down.




 * Accustomed; used to; inured to.
 * ēng tîeh m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * he is not accustomed to the use of it.
 * he is not accustomed to the use of it.


 * iang-o̤ lío le kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * accustomed to indulgence.


 * i tâng soiⁿ cîah kùiⁿ;
 * he was accustomed to eating it before.


 * chēng kùiⁿ;
 * used to wearing it.


 * cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí kùiⁿ lío, pât kò̤ ùi khĭa-khí m̄ kùiⁿ;
 * have lived here till I am habituated to the place and fear I should not feel at home elsewhere.


 * taⁿ i cò̤ khṳ̀ nĕ kùiⁿ-kùiⁿ nē;
 * he has now practised it till he is very familiar with the way of doing it.


 * High; tall.
 * i kâi cì-khì kûiⁿ;
 * his aspirations are high.
 * his aspirations are high.


 * taⁿ cū cìeⁿ kûiⁿ tōa lío!
 * How much he has grown!


 * i sui sĭ cìeⁿ kûiⁿ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khì;
 * although he is so large, he is still a child in his ways.


 * cìeⁿ-sî kâi kè kûiⁿ;
 * the present price is high.


 * cí īeⁿ kâi kè ío kûiⁿ;
 * this sort is of still higher price.


 * ŭ ío kûiⁿ kâi a bô̤?
 * Have you any taller ones?


 * bô̤, cū sĭ cí hō̤ sĭang kûiⁿ lío;
 * this sort is the tallest we have.


 * nín nŏ̤ nâng phit thóiⁿ tī-tîang kûiⁿ;
 * you two stand up here and see which is the taller.


 * ŭ kâi kûiⁿ, ŭ kâi ói;
 * some are tall and some are short.


 * cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
 * for reaching to a height of ten feet, a nine foot pole is useless.


 * i kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio;
 * he is tall and slender.


 * lṳ́ kâi chíu khîeh-khí kûiⁿ;
 * lift your arm high.


 * thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
 * prop it up higher.


 * i ío kûiⁿ mîaⁿ;
 * his name stands higher on the list.


 * i kâi sin-hàng bô̤ hìeⁿ kûiⁿ, ngó-tún ngó-tún nē;
 * he is not very tall, but is sturdy and well built.


 * cí kâi ŭ jîeh kûiⁿ?
 * How tall is this?


 * àiⁿ cò̤ kúi tn̆g kûiⁿ?
 * How many tens of feet high are you going to make it?


 * i nâng kûiⁿ tōa;
 * he is a large man.


 * kàu sì ngŏ chùn kûiⁿ;
 * it is four or five inches high.


 * i ŏi chēng kûiⁿ kîah-thô̤;
 * she wears high heels.


 * cía īa-sĭ tîⁿ sang kha,