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Rh  khîⁿ


 * To assail; to attack; to lay hands on.
 * i lĭ-hāi căi, ku-ā nâng m̄ káⁿ khṳ̀ khîⁿ i;
 * he is very malignant, and even several persons in a body dare not go and attack him.
 * he is very malignant, and even several persons in a body dare not go and attack him.


 * hṳ́ kâi íong căi : lâi kàu, toaⁿ nâng tùi i kâi heng-côiⁿ cū khîⁿ khù;
 * that one is very daring: he came and, rushing in single handed, seized him by the breast.


 * saⁿ nâng hŵn-lío khîⁿ i m̄ tó̤;
 * even three men cannot successfully grapple with him.


 * bô̤ nâng káⁿ khîⁿ i;
 * no one dares attack him.


 * toaⁿ nâng kiaⁿ-ùi khîⁿ i m̄ tîo;
 * being alone, feared that he could not overcome him in an attack.


 * i ŏi khṳt nâng khîⁿ khṳ̀ a bŏi?
 * Was he overpowered by those who fell upon him?


 * To cling to; to hang upon.
 * i khîⁿ kín i kâi kīe-kǹg;
 * she clung to the poles of his sedan chair.
 * she clung to the poles of his sedan chair.


 * khîⁿ kīe jîp tîaⁿ;
 * clung to the chair and thus entered the court.


 * khîⁿ tîn;
 * holding fast to a creeper.


 * khîⁿ chīu ki;
 * grasping a branch and hanging on thereby.


 * a-nôⁿ khîⁿ saⁿ-kṳ, khîⁿ chíu-ńg;
 * children cling to the flaps and sleeves of one's tunic.


 * ẁn kúi khîⁿ cêk tōa tu;
 * a troup of avenging spirits hang about him.


 * ṳn kúi, ẁn kúi khîⁿ cîaⁿ tu;
 * a swarm of appeased and unappeased ghosts cling around.


 * Forceps; to gripe as with forceps.
 * cwn phah cêk ki khîⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * had a pair of forceps made to order.
 * had a pair of forceps made to order.


 * cía tîeh khîa khîⁿ-kíaⁿ lâi koih;
 * this must be taken up with forceps.


 * i kâi hŏi kha khîⁿ bŏi tit khí;
 * the crab cannot seize hold on it.


 * m̄-hó̤ khṳt hŏi khîⁿ khí lâi;
 * do not let the crab gripe you.

khia


 * An odd number.
 * sĭ sang a sĭ khia?
 * Is it an even or an odd number?
 * Is it an even or an odd number?


 * khia jît màiⁿ thó̤, sang jît màiⁿ hâiⁿ, thĕng-thăi úa hwt châi li, cêk kâi hâiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi;
 * on the odd days of the month you do not dun, on the even days I do not pay: wait till I get rich and then I will pay you double.


 * khia jît;
 * a common designation of the seventh day after death, when the spirit is supposed to leave the body.


 * khia-pô̤h;
 * scrawny; meager.
 * scrawny; meager.


 * i a-tĭ seⁿ lâi khia-pô̤h, m̄ kău-tăng;
 * his younger brother is very scrawny, not plump.


 * i kâi phīⁿ khah khia-pô̤h;
 * his nose is too peaked.


 * ang-cía nŏ̤ nâng seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng khia-khia pô̤h-pô̤h;
 * husband and wife are both very thin.


 * Elevated; high.
 * koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;
 * high shouldered.
 * high shouldered.


 * koiⁿ-thaû kûiⁿ-khìa kûiⁿ-khìa;
 * chuckle-headed.


 * hĭⁿ khìa-khìa;
 * ears attent; to prick up the ears.


 * i hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tó̤ thiaⁿ;
 * he is listening with his ears alert.


 * cí ciah káu cêk mêⁿ hĭⁿ khìa-khìa, lêng-ceng căi;
 * this dog keeps his ears pricked up all night, and is very watchful.


 * To bestride; to ride on; to sit astride.
 * sĭ khîa bé lâi a cŏ̤ kīe lâi?
 * Did you come on horseback or in a sedan chair?
 * Did you come on horseback or in a sedan chair?


 * khîa cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh pháu;
 * if you mount a horse you must ride him.


 * i mîaⁿ-ke khîa sīa;
 * he is expert in shooting at a mark from on horseback.


 * khîa gû;
 * bestride an ox.


 * khîa bé cŏ̤;
 * sit astride.


 * khîa koi bé;
 * ride on one's shoulder.


 * To erect; to set up; to establish.
 * khîa kî;
 * to plant a flag.
 * to plant a flag.


 * khîa kî-kuaⁿ;
 * to raise a flag staff.


 * khîa ûi;
 * to set up a mast in a vessel.


 * khîa nŏ̤ ki cîeh cek tŏ̤ phûn-mŏⁿ côiⁿ;
 * set two stone candles in front of the grave.


 * khîa sĭm-mih kî hō̤?
 * What flag do they fly?


 * khîa thĭo;
 * erect a pillar.


 * khîa têng;
 * raise a portal.


 * i khîa kò̤ cîeh pi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ cò̤ tī-kài;
 * he set a slab of stone there to mark the boundary.


 * To hold in the hand, as one holds a rod, or carries an umbrella.
 * pit tîeh khîa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
 * the pen must be held straight.
 * the pen must be held straight.


 * cêk nâng khîa to̤, cêk nâng khîa chieⁿ;
 * one carried a knife and the other a spear.


 * khîa sìⁿ;
 * carry a fan.


 * khîa kúai-cĭang;
 * carry a cane.


 * Ambiguous.
 * sang-khîa-bé ūe;
 * language susceptible of two different interpretations.
 * language susceptible of two different interpretations.


 * i to bô̤ tît-tît tàⁿ, to sĭ tàⁿ sang-khîa-bé ūe;
 * he never speaks in a straight forward way, but always uses language having two meanings.


 * To stand; to stop.
 * khĭa khui cē;
 * stand further off.
 * stand further off.


 * khĭa khí lâi;
 * get up and stand still.


 * khĭa tît-tît;
 * stand up straight.


 * khĭa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
 * stand erect.


 * tīam-tīam khĭa;
 * stand perfectly still.


 * khĭa tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
 * stand on one side.


 * khĭa tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;
 * ranged on the two