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 * The depression in the face where the eye is.
 * mâk khang o-o;
 * dark circles around the eyes.


 * mâk khang chim-chim;
 * the eyes sunken.


 * Blank; to leave a space; an interval; a deficit; un-employed.
 * ṳ̆ ìn khàng pêh;
 * previously stamped in blank.
 * previously stamped in blank.


 * cí cêk kâi gûeh bô̤ cêk jît ŏi khàng;
 * this month there is not a day unoccupied.


 * sím kàu i cē lô̤h khàng cū toah phah;
 * continued the trial till there was an interim and then threatened and beat him.


 * cìeⁿ-sî cū khàng ku-ā jît bô̤ cò̤;
 * lately there was an interval of several days when nothing was done.


 * khàng kâi keh lío, cìaⁿ lâi sía;
 * leave one space empty and then write.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bŏi lô̤h khàng;
 * he talked on without any pause.


 * khí chûn ŭ cêk kò̤ khàng tī;
 * after building, a piece of unused ground was left.


 * A wide couch; a divan.
 * khàng-kí, tieⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much did you pay apiece for the divan tables?
 * How much did you pay apiece for the divan tables?


 * úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ tōa khàng-chn̂g;
 * I wish to make a divan.


 * khàng-chn̂g téng pái tieⁿ khàng-kí;
 * on the divan was a divan table.


 * i la i cŏ̤ khàng, i m̄ káⁿ cŏ̤;
 * he pressed him to sit on the divan, but he would not presume to do so.


 * To look at with displeasure.
 * mâk khàng-khàng tŏ̤ thóiⁿ i;
 * glared at him.
 * glared at him.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi mâk khàng-khàng, i sĭ hĕng i kâi īeⁿ;
 * see how he looks at him askance, as if he hated him.


 * Excessive; violent; strong.
 * thiⁿ-sî khah khàng ŭaⁿ;
 * the season is one of excessive drought.
 * the season is one of excessive drought.


 * cí kâi tī-hng khah khàng îang;
 * this place is excessively bare and destitute of shade.


 * i kâi mêh khah khàng îang;
 * his pulse is very high.


 * i cò̤ lâi put pui, put khàng, khap-khap hâh lói;
 * he was neither obsequious nor arrogant, but simply polite.


 * To dry by a fire; to toast; a brick bed.
 * khîeh khṳ̀ húe tèng khàng;
 * put it by the fire and dry it.
 * put it by the fire and dry it.


 * cía khàng lâi m̄ so;
 * this is not toasted enough to make it crisp.


 * khàng kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;
 * toast it till it is brown.


 * phah húe khàng;
 * make a brick bed, under which a slow fire may be made, to keep the bed warm.


 * To resist; to oppose; to rebel against.
 * khàng kṳ̆;
 * stand in opposition.
 * stand in opposition.


 * khàng cí;
 * resist the will of the emperor.


 * i khàng nîe jîeh kú lío;
 * how long has he refused to pay the land tax.


 * i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng kuaⁿ?
 * How dare he resist the magistrate?


 * i īa sĭ khàng tẁn m̄ cun cū tîeh phah;
 * if he resists and refuses to obey he must be beaten.


 * To examine; to take a careful view of.
 * khàng-sìeⁿ;
 * take a careful view.
 * take a careful view.


 * cē sòi sim khàng-sìeⁿ cū cai;
 * if you consider it carefully you will know.


 * m̄ khàng-sìeⁿ to m̄ cai;
 * without examination of it, I cannot know.


 * To hold in both hands, as in offering to a superior.
 * khṳ̀ kàu, i cū khâng tê lâi cîah;
 * when we arrived she brought tea for us to drink.
 * when we arrived she brought tea for us to drink.


 * chō̤ cò̤ cêk tháng-pûaⁿ khâng lâi;
 * put them all on a salver and bring them.


 * To engrave blocks for printing.
 * khâng ŭ póiⁿ a bô̤?
 * Are there blocks for printing it?
 * Are there blocks for printing it?


 * khâng-kheh bûn-jī;
 * to engrave characters on wood.

khap


 * To lie with the face downwards.
 * lṳ́ àiⁿ ût m̄ hó̤ khap lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * if you are going to lie down do not lie on your face.
 * if you are going to lie down do not lie on your face.


 * i khap tó̤ ût;
 * he is lying face downward.


 * To hang the head.
 * thâu khap-khap, m̄ káⁿ tìeⁿ phû;
 * hung his head, and would not look up.
 * hung his head, and would not look up.


 * kîaⁿ lō, thâu khap-khap;
 * going along with his head hung down.


 * i kìⁿ tîeh cṳ-nîe hùe thâu cū khap-lô̤h;
 * if he sees a woman he hangs his head.


 * To impress; to set a seal.
 * khîeh khṳ̀ khap ìn;
 * take it and set a seal on it, or have it printed.
 * take it and set a seal on it, or have it printed.


 * nîe lío, cí mīn tèng khap kâi ìn;
 * when you have measured it set a seal on the upper surface.


 * ìn àiⁿ cò̤-nî khap?
 * What sort of an impression do you want to set upon it?


 * khap kâi ìn tŏ̤ i sin tèng;
 * set a mark on his person.


 * To cover with the hand.
 * khap kúi kâi kap-kíu lâi cîah;
 * caught under the hand a few frogs to eat.
 * caught under the hand a few frogs to eat.


 * khap cháu-méⁿ chī koi;
 * catch grasshoppers to feed the fowls.


 * khap tîeh kâi hô-sîn;
 * caught a fly by putting the hand over it.