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 * Large brass cymbals.
 * tōa lô̤-kó sĭ pôih lô̤, sì khăm;
 * in a large brass band there are eight gongs, and four pairs of cymbals.


 * phah toā khăm, phah lío khŏm-khŏm-kìe;
 * sound the great cymbals, and hear their clash.


 * The noise of shutting or opening a door.
 * màiⁿ khăm mn̂g;
 * do not bang the door.
 * do not bang the door.


 * tì-kó̤ kâi mn̂g khăm-khăm-kìe?
 * What door is it that is banging?

khang


 * Labor; work.
 * i tó̤ cò̤ khàngkhang [sic]-khùe;
 * he is at work.
 * he is at work.


 * i kâi khang-khùe lō tn̂g căi;
 * he is able to do a vast amount of work.


 * ciu jît gîap-gîap to sĭ cò̤ khang-khue;
 * is at work incessantly all day long.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ mih khang-khùe?
 * What sort of work is he doing?


 * cí kâi, chú i kâi khang-khùe lō hó̤;
 * take this one on account of his ability to work.


 * cho khang-khùe;
 * coarse work.


 * Empty; vacant; unoccupied.
 * khang chù;
 * an empty house.
 * an empty house.


 * phò íⁿ-keng puaⁿ khang hâiⁿ úa lío;
 * everything is moved out from the shop, and it is delivered over to me.


 * m̄ hó̤ sái i khang chíu tńg khṳ̀;
 * do not send him back empty handed.


 * hăm ke nâng cáu kàu khang-khang;
 * the whole family have run away.


 * khang-khak;
 * hollow.


 * cí kâi gê-cí khang-khang khak-khak, bô̤ nek;
 * this cocoa-nut is perfectly hollow, and has no meat in it.


 * tâng mn̂g- khí-cá cîah kàu taⁿ tn̂g khang tó khang;
 * since breakfast this morning my stomach has remained unfilled.


 * cêk sieⁿ mûeh khṳt châk thau kàu khang-khang;
 * the whole trunkful of things was taken by the thief, and nothing left.


 * khang tī;
 * unoccupied land.


 * khang chùi tàⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ cheh;
 * say it off without looking at your book.


 * khang pak;
 * an empty belly.


 * bōi kàu khang-khang;
 * all sold off.


 * sái i tó̤ khang sĭeⁿ;
 * set him to vainly wishing.


 * chíu m̄ khang;
 * have no unemployed hand; am busy.


 * A hole; an orifice; an aperture.
 * cam khang;
 * the eye of a needle.
 * the eye of a needle.


 * ûai phīⁿ-khang mô̤ⁿ;
 * dig the hairs from the nostrils.


 * hĭⁿ khang;
 * the ear passages.


 * khang kíaⁿ;
 * a very small orifice.


 * líu kâi khang;
 * dig a hole.


 * hṳ́ kâi khang ŭ jîeh chim?
 * How deep is that hole?


 * khui kâi khang khṳt i thong khì;
 * make an aperture for ventilation.


 * sìo thĭo châk khang;
 * reckon the number of pillars and then chisel out the mortises.


 * mâk khang khuah;
 * has large eyes.


 * suaⁿ khang;
 * a cave.


 * cûa khang;
 * a serpent's hole.


 * nío-chṳ́ khang;
 * rat-holes.


 * mông tîeh bô̤ khang bô̤ uh;
 * could feel no crevices.


 * khang sún tàu lâi m̄ kín;
 * the mortise and tenon are not tightly joined.


 * bùn jîp khang;
 * wriggled into his hole.


 * To haul along, to pull, to lead, to lug in, to induce.
 * nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu tó̤ kîaⁿ;
 * the two were pulling each other along by the hand.
 * the two were pulling each other along by the hand.


 * khang i kîaⁿ;
 * pull him along by the hand.


 * khang gû;
 * lead a buffalo by a rope.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen kàu tōa bó̤ mûeh nâng;
 * this affair compromises a great number of people.


 * úa kio i bô̤ khang bô̤ khùa;
 * I am in no way connected with him.


 * khang-máng;
 * haul along.


 * khang-khieh kàu i sêng jîn;
 * help him on till he is of age.


 * khang ciah kâu;
 * lead a monkey about.


 * cū sĭ khang káu lô̤h îu thng;
 * it is leading a dog to the frying pan.


 * cū sĭ i tó̤ khang-ín;
 * it is he who brings it upon us.


 * To lead by the hand.
 * khang i kâi chíu;
 * lead him by the hand.
 * lead him by the hand.


 * nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu;
 * the two took hold of hands.


 * khang i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
 * lead him along with you.


 * khang a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * to lead a child.


 * khang-thòa i lâi;
 * pull him along by the hand.


 * To tow; to connect by a cord.
 * khîeh tîo sùaⁿ lâi khang i tùe;
 * take a thread and join it on.
 * take a thread and join it on.


 * khîeh tîo so̤h-kíaⁿ lâi khang;
 * take a cord and tow it after.


 * A healthy body and quiet mind.
 * i lău nâng jîeh khang-kĭen!
 * What a hale old man he is!
 * What a hale old man he is!


 * lṳ́ lău nâng kâi khì-thói khang-kĭen căi;
 * venerable sir, you are very hale and hearty.


 * khang-hi jī-tíen ŭ sa-câp gūa pńg, ŭ saⁿ sì bw̄n jī.
 * Khang Hi's dictionary is in over thirty volumes and contains thirty or forty thousand characters.


 * Magnanimous; decided in a good cause; generous.
 * cí kâi nâng câp-hun khang-khài;
 * this person is very public-spirited.
 * this person is very public-spirited.


 * i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ khang-khang khài-khài;
 * he always treats one with great liberality.


 * cí kâi li khah khang-khài, hṳ́ kâi li khah nioh-sioh;
 * this one is too liberal, and that one is too narrow minded.