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 * ho̤h cōi nâng tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ khĭa;
 * a great many people were standing on each side.


 * kîaⁿ sĭ kîaⁿ, khĭa sĭ khĭa;
 * if you walk, walk, and if you stand, stand; behave properly.


 * khĭa m̄ ún;
 * it does not stand firmly.


 * khĭa m̄ tùe;
 * it won't stand up.


 * khĭa kàu kha sng;
 * stood till tired.


 * khĭa îang khí lâi;
 * stand erect and hold up your head.


 * kha thìaⁿ bŏi khĭa;
 * his foot is so sore he cannot stand upon it.


 * bŏi khĭa kú;
 * cannot stand long.


 * khĭa tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ;
 * stood on the hill top and looked all around.


 * bŏi cŏ̤ bŏi khĭa;
 * can neither sit nor stand.


 * khĭa tīam tó̤ táng;
 * stood still and waited.


 * khĭa tīam cē;
 * stop a moment.


 * khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g kha tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
 * stood at the door looking at people.


 * To reside; to live in a place; to remain stationary.
 * i bô̤ sṳ̄, khĭa-khí tŏ̤ chù;
 * he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.
 * he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.


 * m̄ cai i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī kò̤;
 * I do not know where he is staying.


 * i àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤ khĭa-khí;
 * he is going to a certain place to live.


 * i ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ khĭa ke a bô̤?
 * Has he settled his family there?


 * i soiⁿ-tiang-sî khĭa-khí tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
 * he formerly resided there.


 * bô̤ kò̤ khĭa-khí;
 * has no place of abode.


 * tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khĭa ŭ nî gūa lío;
 * has been there over a year already.


 * Upright; perpendicular.
 * pàng khīa, màiⁿ pàng sia;
 * set it upright, not inclining.
 * set it upright, not inclining.


 * màiⁿ pàng khīa, pàng i ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * do not set it upright, lay it down.

khiah


 * A fissure; a chink; a cleft; a gap; an occasion or cause for dislike.
 * chîeⁿ pit lío làng kâi khiah tōa-tōa kâi;
 * the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.
 * the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ cêk kâi kau khiah tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit kùe;
 * there is a ditch between, so that we cannot cross over there.


 * i kio i ŭ khiah;
 * the two are at variance.


 * úa kio i bô̤ chîu bô̤ khiah;
 * I have no occasion for a quarrel with him.


 * úa cai lṳ́ soiⁿ-côiⁿ kio i ŭ kâi khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * I know that formerly you were not on good terms with him.


 * thiⁿ kâi hûn làng khiah;
 * there is a rift in the clouds.


 * bó̤bô̤ [sic] khang bô̤ khiah;
 * no crack nor crevice.


 * bô̤ kò̤ làng khiah;
 * there is no opening anywhere.


 * taⁿ kâi nangnâng [sic] hṳ̂-lêng cío-ciaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ kâi khang-khiah cū toa-bó̤-mûeh nâng lâi tó̤ hùn;
 * the people of the present time are like dragon fish and fairy birds, wherever there is a chink they come in swarms boring their way through.

khiak


 * To decline doing or accepting; as an interjection, behold! oh! as an adverb, then.
 * i sía tàⁿ “bw̄n màiⁿ chui-khiak”;
 * he writes saying, “do not on any account decline”.
 * he writes saying, “do not on any account decline”.


 * úa kāu-kìe sĭ cieⁿ-seⁿ, khiak sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * I thought it was thus, but behold it was so.


 * khiak m̄ tit nâng-chêng;
 * could not refuse the favour.


 * sûi- sĭ lâu-tŏng tîeh, khiak sĭ cak sêng nâng cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤ sṳ̄;
 * although it makes trouble, it really forwards a commendable object.


 * khiak-sueh kó-cá ṳ̆ŭ [sic] cêk kâi nâng—;
 * once upon a time there was a man—.


 * khiak sĭ ûi hô̤?
 * Why so, pray?


 * sṳ̄ kàu cí-kò̤ khiak m̄ khṳ̀ lío;
 * since the business has arrived at this stage, it cannot be put off.

khìam


 * To owe; to be short of; deficient in.
 * i khìam úa kâi cîⁿ;
 * he is in debt to me for borrowed money.
 * he is in debt to me for borrowed money.


 * khìam lṳ́ jîeh cōi?
 * How much does he owe you?


 * khìam ŭ hăng, put kùe khìam úa kâi sìo-búe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * owes but little, nothing more than the balance left after the settlement of my account.


 * khìam kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kú căi;
 * has owed for a long time.


 * jī-ke bô̤ khueh-khìam;
 * no indebtedness on either side.


 * gūa kháu khìam nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n seⁿ sìo, cêk peh ngṳ̂n phò co;
 * have outside debts of two hundred dollars in current accounts, and one hundred dollars for rent of shop.


 * cang cí tîo sìo lâi tú, cū bŏi khìam i kâi;
 * if this account be taken as an offset, I owe him nothing.


 * bô̤ thua khìam pùaⁿ lî;
 * have no outstanding debts whatever.


 * cía sĭ côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì khìam i kâi cè;
 * this is a debt that was due in a previous state of existence.


 * úa cêk seⁿ nâng sĭang ùi khìam nâng kâi cîⁿ;
 * I have all my life had the utmost aversion to getting in debt.


 * cía khìam hó̤;
 * this is not quite complete.


 * khìam hăng, bô̤ thang hâiⁿ nâng;
 * has liabilities which he is unable to meet.


 * sía khìam nŏ̤ cūe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * have it all written except two lines.


 * ūe tàⁿ lâi khìam mêng-pêh;
 * the statement lacks clearness.


 * úa bô̤ khìam i kâi, à cò̤ ŭ khìam;
 * I do not owe him, and he on the contrary says that I do.


 * khìam i nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n, cang tieⁿ phò-khòi àng tŏ̤ i kò̤;
 * gave him the deed of a shop as collateral security for a debt of two hundred dollars.


 * khìam lṳ́ ŭ sìo-bâk nē?
 * Have you any account against him?


 * i khìam lío ŭ nî bô̤ gûeh;
 * he pays his debts once a year, but no oftener.


 * nín sĭ khìam phah ā!
 * You need whipping!


 * cêk sî huang-huh cū khìam-khìam tíam;
 * in the flurry of the moment failed to give the necessary attention.