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 * A relative and personal pronoun referring to the person, place or thing spoken of.
 * khî-ṳ̂;
 * the surplus; what is over; the rest.


 * khî-ṳ̂ kâi nâng mín-ēng lâi;
 * the rest of you need not come.


 * khî-ṳ̂ kâi àiⁿ pàng tī-kò̤;
 * where is the surplus to be put?


 * khî-ṳ̂ hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * How much is there of what is left?


 * khî-ṳ̂ kâi, i bô̤ tàⁿ;
 * he did not speak of any besides.


 * khî tī-hng sĭm cheng-chái;
 * the place is in the best possible order.


 * lṳ́ ŭ tŏ̤ khî tang, úa bŏ̤ chap tŏ̤ khî tang;
 * you have been among them, while I am not of them.


 * khî tang pit ŭ pât īeⁿ;
 * there is certainly an other sort among them.


 * mn̄g khî sĭang sòi, khî-sît i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;
 * inquired into it very carefully, and found that he had really done no such thing.


 * khî-sît i sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * in truth it is thus and not so.


 * cai khî it m̄ cai khî jī;
 * knows the one but not the other.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ īu khî chṳ̀;
 * that will be the next best way.


 * A set time; a fixed period; a day agreed on; times, seasons.
 * ieh tī-kâi jît khî?
 * What day was agreed upon?
 * What day was agreed upon?


 * khî íⁿ-keng múaⁿ lío;
 * the time is up.


 * kàu khî a būe?
 * Has the time fixed upon yet arrived?


 * kùe khî ku-ā jît lío;
 * the set time is past by several days.


 * i tàⁿ hŵn-lío būe kàu khî;
 * he says the time has not yet come.


 * bô̤ tīaⁿ khî;
 * no fixed time.


 * ŭ kâi hăng khî;
 * there is a limit set to the time.


 * tùi khî tùi khî;
 * just at the set time.


 * khî ieh cêk kâi gûeh;
 * agreed to fix the time at one month.


 * khî bŏi kùe lṳ́ kâi;
 * am not behind time.


 * chut ŭ sî-khî tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * notices of the time are issued.


 * put khî jṳ̂ hŭe;
 * met without previous arrangement; an unexpected interview.


 * i kâi kê-khî jîeh kú?
 * How long is he to wear the cangue?


 * i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi tīaⁿ khî;
 * he has a set time for everything he does.


 * nî-khî kàu lío;
 * the year fixed upon is at hand.


 * chun-khî sía jîeh coi?
 * How many years are recorded?


 * [sic] The god or spirit which animates the earth.
 * hŭam sôk thiⁿ kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ sîn, sôk tī kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ khî, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sîn-khî, īa kìe-cò̤ thiⁿ-sîn tī-khî;
 * all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.
 * all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.


 * tong-kok kâi cì huap ŭ saⁿ khí : cêk khí sĭ thiⁿ-sîn, cêk khí sĭ tī-khî, cêk khí sĭ nâng-kúi;
 * the Chinese have three sorts of sacrificial rites, one for the gods of heaven, one for gods of the land, and one for the spirits of the dead.


 * A fabulous animal, like a piebald horse, with one horn and a cow's tail.
 * it phín kâi bú kuaⁿ, i kâi pó-sim cū sĭ sìu khî-lîn kâi;
 * military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.
 * military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.


 * khî-lîn síam;
 * folding doors having carved unicorns as their ornamentation.


 * Extraordinary; rare; strange.
 * khî-kùai;
 * marvellous.
 * marvellous.


 * khî-ĭ;
 * unusual.


 * cía cū chut khî lío;
 * this is extraordinary.


 * cía sǹg sĭ khî hông kâi sṳ̄;
 * this may be considered an unusual occurrence.


 * cía cī sĭ khî sṳ̄;
 * this is very strange.


 * i kâi khî nâng;
 * he is a very odd person.


 * To pray; to invoke aid; to intreat.
 * khî-táu;
 * to pray.
 * to pray.


 * khî hŏ;
 * pray for rain.


 * úa sĭm sĭ khî-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́;
 * I earnestly hope for your coming.


 * khî-khîu;
 * to beseech.


 * A man of sixty; one who should advise others.
 * jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin-khî;
 * advise the elders in every village.
 * advise the elders in every village.


 * cí kúi hieⁿ ŭ kúi kâi khî-láu lâi kìⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * several of the elders from these villages came to see the magistrate.


 * A small land crab.
 * bua-khî; pê-khî;
 * land crabs.
 * land crabs.


 * cí cho̤h pê-khî kâi bī sĭm hó̤;
 * these crabs are of a very fine flavour.


 * khî cûa;
 * the horned snake.
 * the horned snake.


 * khî hîaⁿ,
 * a species of Artemisia, from which Chinese moxa, used in cautery, is obtained.


 * The dreaded day, when a friend died; the anniversary of a death.
 * i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khī;
 * they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.
 * they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.


 * sĭ i a-kong kâi khī, a i a-má kâi khī?
 * Is it the anniversary of their grandfather's or of their grandmother's death?


 * khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài khī;
 * go to their house to keep the anniversary of their friend's death.


 * cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi kâi khī?
 * How many anniversaries of the deaths of Emperors are there in a year?