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300 ngṳ̂n chit sîaⁿ tâng;
 * found by assaying it that it was three parts silver to seven of copper.


 * cē lô̤h lô khṳ̀ kheng cū mêng-pêh;
 * if you put it in the crucible and assay it, you will know just what it is.


 * A noble; a lord; a high officer.
 * pêh ok chut kong-kheng;
 * a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.
 * a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.


 * put hâk cía kong-kheng cṳ cṳ́ ûi sù mîn, to̤ hâk cía sù mîn cṳ cṳ́ ûi kong-kheng;
 * the sons of noblemen, if they do not study, become common people, while the sons of common people, if diligent in learning, become noblemen.


 * kheng sìang;
 * a grandee.


 * cìaⁿ kheng, sìo kheng;
 * the president and the vice president of the four lower courts.


 * A round basket with a flat bottom and vertical sides; basket-work.
 * i sĭ taⁿ kheng-kíaⁿ kâi nâng; he is one who does odd jobs. khîeh kha kheng lâi chō̤;
 * take a basket to put it in.
 * take a basket to put it in.


 * cang taⁿ-kheng taⁿ lâi;
 * take carrying baskets, and bring it.


 * kheng thâu;
 * a fish basket.


 * pái tŏ̤ kheng-pûaⁿ kò̤ bōi;
 * spread out on a basket-work stall for sale.


 * còi kheng;
 * a basket to hold hempen fibers.


 * ô kheng;
 * a large round basket.


 * Willing; voluntary; to acquiesce; to assent.
 * m̄ khéng hiah;
 * won't cease.
 * won't cease.


 * m̄ khéng lâi;
 * won't come.


 * m̄ khéng khṳt úa;
 * will not let me have it.


 * m̄ cai i khéng mē;
 * do not know whether he is willing.


 * i ā-sĭ khéng úa cū àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀;
 * if he is willing then I will go.


 * i to m̄ khéng thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;
 * he never heeds what I say.


 * nín ā-sĭ khéng siang-sìn úa cū hó̤;
 * it is all right provided you are willing to trust me.


 * i sĭang khéng cîah khéng tàⁿ;
 * he is always ready to eat and to talk.


 * cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi cū tòng khéng;
 * what you just said is agreeable to my mind.


 * phah sí m̄ khéng cio;
 * though you beat him to death, he will not own it.


 * khéng cò̤ gû, kiaⁿ ùi bô̤ lôi thua;
 * if you are willing to do the work of an ox, there is no reason to fear that you won't have a plow to draw.


 * hău-seⁿ-kíaⁿ īa-sĭ khéng gîap-lâk kiaⁿ-ùi bô̤ cîah bô̤ chēng;
 * if a young fellow is willing to work hard, there is no reason to fear that he will not have food and clothing.


 * To stop at; to rest in; to be still; only, but.
 * m̄ khéng;
 * not merely that.
 * not merely that.


 * m̄ khéng poih kâi;
 * not eight only; there were more than eight.


 * khṳ̀ m̄ khéng cêk kùa kú;
 * it was not so short a time as a half day that he was gone; he was gone more than half a day.


 * cìeⁿ cōi cò̤-nî cìaⁿ khéng cìeⁿ tăng?
 * How can so much as that weigh no more than that?


 * úa thóiⁿ li m̄ khéng;
 * I think there is more than that.


 * cò̤ khéng hìeⁿ tn̂g?
 * How can it be of only that length?


 * căi tit khéng nŏ̤ peh kâi?
 * How can there be so few as two hundred.


 * A hemispherical bell.
 * khà khèng;
 * to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.
 * to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.


 * khèng-pâi;
 * a musical triangle.


 * khà khèng-pâi;
 * play on a triangle.


 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ khèng kheng-kheng-kìe;
 * heard the sound of bells.


 * cí kò̤ khèng kâi im hó̤ căi, tiang-tiang-kìe;
 * this dulcimer gives forth a very sweet sound, as it twangs.


 * lṳ́ ŭ khîeh cîⁿ kâk khèng a bô̤?
 * Did you throw down some cash by the bell (for the keeper of the temple, after worshiping there)?


 * To congratulate; to rejoice with.
 * pêh kuaⁿ hùe khṳ̀ khèng-hō̤;
 * all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.
 * all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.


 * khèng ngŵn-sio;
 * to express good wishes on the fifteenth day of the first month.


 * hṳ́ jît ā-sĭ hông-tîeh chîo-thêng kĭ sîn cū bô̤ cò̤ hí-khèng kâi sṳ̄;
 * if it happen that the day is the anniversary of an emperor's decease, there are no rejoicings.


 * A bracket for a wall lamp.
 * teng khêng;
 * a wall lamp.
 * a wall lamp.


 * The rainbow.
 * cêk tîo khĕng;
 * a rainbow.
 * a rainbow.


 * khéng sio khṳ̀ lío;
 * the rainbow has disappeared.


 * chut khĕng tói o̤h;
 * a rainbow stays the tempest.


 * khĕng cìe;
 * a second rainbow.


 * khĕng thàng thiⁿ;
 * the rainbow spans the heavens.

khi


 * khi-khio;
 * strange; queer; odd.
 * strange; queer; odd.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū khi-khio lío, kú-kùai lío;
 * this is a strange affair.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi, thiaⁿ tîeh khi-khi khio-khio;
 * he speaks very strangely.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh khi-khio;
 * looked very strange.


 * To impose upon; to abuse when in power. tōa hieⁿ khi-hŭ síe hieⁿ; a large village oppresses a small one.
 * i tô khi-hŭ úa;
 * he is always imposing upon me.
 * he is always imposing upon me.


 * cìe-seⁿ sît-căi khi nâng thài sĭm;
 * this is certainly a very great imposition.


 * i to sĭ sĭ-sì khi-iap nâng;
 * he makes use of his power in intimidating and