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298 kháu;
 * an important pass.


 * tòa piaⁿ khṳ̀ tŭ-kháu;
 * lead troops to defend the pass.


 * cham- che lō kháu;
 * cross-roads; the point where several roads meet.


 * ūi kháu;
 * the pylorus.


 * khui ūi-kháu kâi mûeh;
 * aids to digestion.


 * cîah kháu hun cē;
 * take a smoke.


 * nā ka-kī mn̂g-kha hŏ-kháu kò̤ cŏ̤;
 * stay and sit by one's own door.


 * seⁿ-kháu;
 * a carcass.


 * ngŏ seⁿ-kháu côi;
 * the five carcasses are all prepared.


 * kháu im;
 * pronunciation.


 * cía sĭ tī-kò̤ kâi kháu im?
 * In what place do they pronounce their words in this way?


 * kháu kak hó̤;
 * clear enunciation.


 * kháu pêh hó̤;
 * has a pleasant mode of telling things; eloquent.


 * To question, as candidates at a competitive examination; ancestors.
 * kháu mn̄g i kâi cṳ;
 * examine him in his lessons.
 * examine him in his lessons.


 * sùe kháu;
 * an examination at which candidates for both literary and military degrees are examined.


 * khue kháu;
 * an examination of candidates for literary degrees.


 * tăi khau;
 * the triennial examination.


 * íⁿ-keng kháu-ngīam kùe;
 * already examined.


 * cĭeⁿ sîaⁿ kháu-chì;
 * go to the city to the examination.


 * kūiⁿ kháu;
 * the examinations at the District city.


 * hú kháu;
 * the examinations at the Departmental city.


 * cong-sṳ kháu;
 * examination by the Imperial Commissioner.


 * soiⁿ kháu;
 * my deceased father.


 * leh tō̤ kâi có kháu pí;
 * remote ancestors.


 * chê-kháu;
 * to search out.


 * bo ho̤ ki kháu;
 * there is no good evidence for it.


 * Bounty money; to reward with a treat.
 * kháu-síeⁿ sam kun;
 * to confer bounties on the army.
 * to confer bounties on the army.


 * mĕng khim-che tòa mûeh lâi kháu-síeⁿ kun-sṳ̆;
 * command an ambassador to take articles and confer largess upon the soldiery.


 * To extort a confession, as by torture.
 * lîah i lâi kháu-mn̄g;
 * seize and examine him by torture.
 * seize and examine him by torture.


 * kò̤ i ēng sai hêng kháu-phah i;
 * charged him with having used private means of torturing him to make him confess.


 * sai-khia-ĕ lîah khṳ̀ kháu-phah;
 * privately seized and beat him to make him confess.


 * To cry; to wail; to weep; to bemoan.
 * i tó̤ khàu mih sṳ̄? What is she crying about? thâu kîaⁿ thâu khàu;
 * crying as he went.
 * crying as he went.


 * màiⁿ khàu;
 * don't cry.


 * lṳ́ khàu cŏ̤-nî?
 * Why do you weep?


 * khàu kàu choih;
 * cried so hard as to sob.


 * khàu kàu chám căi;
 * weeping bitterly.


 * khàu m̄ khéng hiah;
 * would not stop crying.


 * tèⁿ khàu;
 * pretend to weep.


 * ai-khàu;
 * lament.


 * thìaⁿ khàu;
 * mourn.


 * khàu ā bô̤ iah;
 * it is of no use to cry about it.


 * khàu-thiⁿ; thiⁿ-khàu; thiⁿ-thiⁿ khàu-khàu;
 * cry and sob.


 * siaⁿ tăi khàu;
 * began to cry aloud.


 * mông bŏi tîeh kuaⁿ-châ-thâu cū khàu;
 * began to wail before he touched the coffin.


 * phŏ tó̤ lí-kẃn khàu; phŏ̤ tîeh li-li khàu;
 * clasped it and gave himself up to moaning.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh sĭ khàu siaⁿ;
 * heard the sound of weeping.


 * khàu m̄ chut siaⁿ;
 * weep noiselessly.


 * kúi phàukhàu [sic] sîn hau;
 * demons moan and spirits clamor.


 * hāi i khàu kàu āⁿ-āⁿ-kìe;
 * made him cry and scream.


 * màiⁿ pin-tǹg i khàu;
 * do not tease him and make him cry.


 * khàu kàu lŭi;
 * crying with many tears.


 * khàu m̄ cĕⁿ;
 * will not stop the noise of his crying.


 * To depend upon; to rely on.
 * khàu-cĭang lṳ́ kâi lâk;
 * trust to your strength.
 * trust to your strength.


 * thong ke to sĭ khàu-cĭang cí kâi kíaⁿ;
 * the whole family depend on this son.


 * cí kâi nâng khàu m̄ cŭ;
 * this person is not to be depended upon.


 * chŵn khàu cía phò tó̤ hūaⁿ ke, bô̤ pât īeⁿ chut sek;
 * depends wholly on this shop for the support of the family, and has no other source of income.


 * tṳ̂ chṳ́ cṳ gūa bô̤ kâi nâng hó̤ khàu;
 * besides this one, there is no person to depend upon.


 * To deduct; to discount; a skein.
 * khàu pò;
 * narrow cotton cloth.
 * narrow cotton cloth.


 * khàu ngŏ khàu;
 * take off five per cent discount.


 * khàu-tṳ̂;
 * to subtract.


 * soiⁿ-soiⁿ cū khṳt i khàu khí;
 * it was deducted by him beforehand.


 * khàu jîeh cōi ĭong, khàu jîeh cōi kieh?
 * How much is to be deducted for commission, and for freight?


 * cêk khàu sùaⁿ;
 * a skein of thread.


 * To dry by a fire.
 * khàu i taⁿ;
 * lay it by the fire and dry it.
 * lay it by the fire and dry it.


 * tîeh māng húe khua-khua khàu;
 * dry it gradually by a slow fire.


 * khàu lâi jú ta jú hó̤;
 * the more thoroughly you dry it the better.


 * pàng huang-lô búe cìaⁿ hó̤ khàu;
 * put it over the earthen stove when the fire is nearly out, and then it will dry.


 * khàu m̄ so;
 * it is not dried crisp.


 * A clasp; to clasp.
 * cang tâng khàu lâi khàu;
 * use brass clasps and clasp it.
 * use brass clasps and clasp it.


 * To strike the bead on the ground as in worship.
 * khàu thâu; khàu síu;
 * the ceremony of kneeling and putting the forehead on the ground.
 * the ceremony of kneeling and putting the forehead on the ground.


 * saⁿ kŭi káu khàu thâu;
 * thrice kneeling and nine times knocking the head.


 * khàu-kìⁿ;
 * to visit a superior.