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Rh putting down other people.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭ khi kun;
 * this is failing in duty toward the sovereign.


 * khi-lêng;
 * to blackguard.


 * bô̤ ài-sieh hia-ⁿtĭ, ío būe tá-kíu, hŵn àiⁿ khi-lêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * does not love his brothers, and what is still worse, he wants to dispossess his brothers of their rights.


 * khi-phìen;
 * to cheat.


 * Tipped; tilted; not standing evenly on its base.
 * i kîaⁿ lō thâu khi-khi;
 * he walks with his head on one side.
 * he walks with his head on one side.


 * m̄-hó̤ pàng khi, tîeh pàng sì-cìaⁿ;
 * do not set it down with the base tilted up, set it down squarely.


 * sāi kàu hìeⁿ khi, tī-kò̤ cē tiaⁿ, mng phah tó̤ khṳ̀ ló;
 * if you set it down tilted in that way, it will tumble over at the least touch.


 * hīn-khek cí khí cíu pue cū sĭ hāu-huap kó-cá khi khì kâi ì-sṳ̀;
 * at present this sort of wine cup is made on the same design as were the tilted vessels of ancient times.


 * cí kâi sieⁿ m̄-hó̤ phŏ̤ khi;
 * do not tip this box in lifting it.


 * àiⁿ taⁿ īa m̄-hó̤ khi;
 * and do not tilt it sidewise in carrying it.


 * sît khi-khi, koiⁿ-thâu khi-khi;
 * wings and shoulders tilted, ready for a fight.


 * Irregular, as a stony road; uneven; rough.
 * lō khi-khu tîeh hàm nâng khṳ̀ pho pêⁿ;
 * the road is very rough, we must call a man to mend it.
 * the road is very rough, we must call a man to mend it.


 * khi-khi khu-khu;
 * very uneven.


 * khi-khu nap-uh;
 * full of knolls and holes, as after an inundation.


 * To rise; to lift; to start; to begin; to build; a classifier.
 * khí sin;
 * to start on a journey.
 * to start on a journey.


 * khí bé a būe?
 * Has the cavalcade set out yet?


 * khí chíu phah i;
 * raised his hand and struck her.


 * tī-tîang soiⁿ khí chíu?
 * Who began the fray?


 * sĭ tī koiⁿ phò khí húe?
 * In what shop did the fire first break out?


 * khĭa khí lâi;
 * rise and stand.


 * khí lâi;
 * get up.


 * khí-sùaⁿ;
 * a corrugated moulding.


 * tàⁿ tîeh cū náu khí lâi;
 * as soon as I spoke of it he became angry.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh cū chìe khí lâi;
 * as soon as he heard it he began to laugh.


 * hái tèng hut-jîen cū khí huang éng;
 * the sea suddenly became tempestuous.


 * khí-cho̤ kâi sî-hāu;
 * in the beginning.


 * khí-thâu lâi;
 * when he first came.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí-ì?
 * Who first started the idea of doing this?


 * thóiⁿ tîeh cū khí put lîang cṳ sim;
 * as soon as he saw it his coveteous desires were excited.


 * khí kṳ im cîah cùe àiⁿ ŭ cak;
 * under all circumstances moderation in eating and drinking is most desirable.


 * ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí-kìen?
 * By what means was this set going?


 * cía sĭ cí cêk khí kâi nâng;
 * they are that sort of people.


 * sĭ i soiⁿ khí-hìen;
 * it was he who began the strife.


 * i cṳ̆-lâi khí tó̤ ūn;
 * its luck has been fluctuating.


 * khí piaⁿ;
 * raise troops.


 * tng m̄ khí;
 * am not adequate to the task.


 * sĭeⁿ khí lâi cū khì;
 * whenever I think of it I am vexed.


 * kò kieh khṳ̀ khí hùe;
 * hire porters to take out the cargo.


 * pīn cí-kò̤ sía khí;
 * begin here and write on.


 * cĭu kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khí;
 * begin with to-day, and reckon on.


 * ùaⁿ cáu-khí;
 * got up late.


 * i būe cêng cáu-khí;
 * she has not yet risen.


 * khí lâi khĭa;
 * stand up.


 * siu-khí;
 * gather them up and put them away.


 * khîeh khí lâi;
 * take it up.


 * hû i khí;
 * help him up.


 * kng m̄ khí;
 * cannot carry it.


 * peh khí khṳ̀;
 * clambered up.


 * kha khìo khí lâi;
 * raise your foot.


 * kĭo m̄ khí;
 * cannot pry it up.


 * cí kâi tàⁿ khah tăng, úa taⁿ m̄ khí;
 * this burden is too heavy, I cannot lift it.


 * cía sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí kâi?
 * Who started this?


 * hàm hṳ́ kâi khí sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi;
 * tell the originator of the disturbance to come here.


 * nín ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí ẁn-ke?
 * What is the occasion for your being at variance with each other?


 * jîh lô̤h cúi tói i hŵn ŏi phû khí lâi;
 * when pressed down into the water, it will again rise to the top.


 * peh khí khṳ̀ chīu câng téng;
 * climbed to the top of a tree.


 * cí ki thĭo lṳ́ so̤h tit khí a so̤h m̄ khí?
 * Can you climb this pillar?


 * i kâi kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?
 * Has he run up his flag yet?


 * lô tèng hó̤ khí húe;
 * build a fire in the grate.


 * i tó̤ khí chù;
 * he is building a house.


 * àiⁿ khí lâu a m̆?
 * Are yon going to add a second storey?


 * i kâi chíu khîeh m̄ khí;
 * he cannot raise his hand.


 * i kâi kha cìeⁿ-sî nńg, cài sin m̄ khí;
 * his legs are very weak lately so that they cannot bear his weight.


 * cò̤-nî cí-kâi thóiⁿ tit khí, hṳ́-kâi thóiⁿ m̄ khí?
 * Why is it that you esteem that, and despise this?


 * tìeⁿ khí mâk khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;
 * lift up your eyes and look.


 * hĭⁿ khìo khí lâi;
 * pricked up his ears.


 * àiⁿ li tâh khí cū khṳ̀;
 * if you want it rush off at once.


 * cí-kò̤ khí kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cí;
 * from this point to that; beginning here and ending there.


 * khí-soiⁿ khí-soiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang lâi?
 * Who was the very first one that came?


 * khí cêk cō̤ thah;
 * rear a pagoda.


 * kha bô̤ lâk, cn̂g kâi peh m̄ khí sin;
 * my legs have no strength and I cannot get upon my feet at all.


 * khí-thâu kâi sî-hāu;
 * in the beginning.


 * khí kang;
 * begin the work.


 * tô̤h jît khí kang;
 * choose a lucky day for commencing the work.


 * thìo khí khṳ̀;
 * jump up on it.


 * thâh khí khṳ̀;
 * piled up.


 * tîn tŏa khí chù-téng kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * the creeper has clambered up to the roof.


 * thî-khí cí kĭa sṳ̄;
 * introduce this subject.


 * máng khí lâi;
 * pull it up, using both hands.


 * kâu khí khṳ̀;
 * climb up, using hands and feet.


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