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 * To lift up the leg, as when climbing; to raise a limb.
 * cîah pá bô̤ sṳ̄, khìo khí kha à ôiⁿ ūe;
 * after eating he has nothing to do but put his feet up and talk idly.


 * lṳ́ kâi kha khìo-phû úa thóiⁿ;
 * lift up your foot and let me look at it.


 * i kâi kha-kṳn tau kàu bŏi khìo-phû;
 * the cords of his legs are so stiff that he cannot raise his feet.


 * cêk ciah kha khìo-phû, cêk ciah kha tó̤ chĭang;
 * lift one foot, and jump along on the other.


 * lṳ́ kâi kha m̄ tîeh khìo-phû i cìaⁿ hó̤ ĭa;
 * why don't you bend up your legs so that he can carry you on his back?


 * i kâi chíu hŵn-lío ŏi khìo-phû;
 * he can still raise his hands.


 * lṳ́ kâi cîh khìo-phû; cîh tìe khìo;
 * raise your tongue.


 * chùi-lîm-phûe khìo-khí lâi;
 * pursed up his lips.


 * Bullion; paper money.
 * khìo-thâu-si;
 * a small ingot with a coil on its top.
 * a small ingot with a coil on its top.


 * khìo-thauthâu [sic]-si cang;
 * a style of coiffure, resembling an ingot with a coil on its top.


 * Elevated; high; to raise the head.
 * khîo síu phàng mō̤ⁿ;
 * raise the head and gaze attent.
 * raise the head and gaze attent.


 * cí kâi nâng tŏ̤ i kò̤ sǹg-cò̤ khîo-chó̤, tŏ̤ cí-kò̤ cū sǹg būe tîeh;
 * there they consider this man eminent, here we have not yet considered him.


 * pí cèng nâng ío chut tho̤h kâi kìe-cò̤ khîo-chó̤;
 * those who excel others are called eminent.

khiok

 * Distorted; scheming; false; bent.
 * i kâi lí khiok;
 * his doctrine is perverted.
 * his doctrine is perverted.


 * hun-pĭen khiok tît;
 * discriminate between the crooked and the straight.


 * sĭ hui, khiok tît, ĕ-jît cū mêng-pêh;
 * hereafter you will understand what is so and what is not so, what is wrong and what is right.


 * i khî tang pit ŭ úi-khiok;
 * they certainly have some scheme on hand.


 * khut khiok;
 * pressed down so as to be awry.


 * khut-khut khiok-khiok;
 * meandering; distorted.


 * To prevail over; subduing.
 * úa cêng tòa piaⁿ khṳ̀ khiok-hôk ku-ā kâi tī-hng;
 * I have lead troops and recaptured several places.
 * I have lead troops and recaptured several places.


 * hṳ́ kâi sîaⁿ sĭ khí-thâu-ē khiok-hôk kâi, bô̤ sĭm-mih peh sèⁿ hùe;
 * that city is newly recovered, and there are but few of the people in it.


 * khiok-ke;
 * thrifty.

khíong

 * Apprehensive; anxious; if it should be; doubtful whether.
 * khíong-ùi i bô̤ lâi;
 * anxious lest he fail to come.
 * anxious lest he fail to come.


 * i khíong-phàⁿ úa àiⁿ phah i;
 * he fears I am going to give him a whipping.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ hûang-hûang khíong-khíong, kiaⁿ-ùi cò̤ tāⁿ;
 * she does things in a flurry, fearful that she will do them wrongly.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh sim lăi cū kiaⁿ-khíong;
 * when he heard it he was frightened.


 * thoíⁿ tîeh i cū khíong-kŭ;
 * when he saw it he was afraid.


 * Impoverished; poor; at one's wit's end; exhausted; to the last degree.
 * i sĭ phìn-khîong kâi nâng;
 * he is a very poor man.
 * he is a very poor man.


 * i tŏ̤ khîong-khó kâi sî-hāu to bô̤ nâng pat i;
 * when he was needy and suffering no one knew him.


 * i cí-hûe khîong kêk;
 * he is now in the utmost poverty.


 * khî bī bô̤ khîong;
 * its flavor is perpetual.


 * bô̤ khîong-cĭn;
 * inexhaustible.


 * khîong kìu tŏ̤-lí;
 * an exhaustive exposition of the doctrine.


 * lṳ́ tîeh khîong thóiⁿ i kâi lí sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ a m̄ sĭ;
 * you must make a thorough examination whether its principle is thus.


 * i tŏ̤ khîong-thû kâi sî-hāu, i cêng kìu-cì i;
 * when he was in extremity, he rescued him.


 * cí kâi tŏ̤-lí cū khîong m̄ chut;
 * cannot search to the botton of this principle.


 * khîong-khùn;
 * utterly exhausted.


 * suaⁿ khîong, cúi cĭn, gî bô̤ lō;
 * headed off on all sides, and with no path open anywhere.


 * khîong hieⁿ phiah jíang kâi tī-hng;
 * the remotest village and most unfrequented place.


 * khîong khò, môk tui;
 * do not follow a thief to bay.


 * A cricket which sings in the walls; a species of locust.
 * jît cē àm hâng-khîong cū ki-ki-kìe;
 * at dusk, the crickets chirp.
 * at dusk, the crickets chirp.

khip

 * A grade; a degree in office.
 * i sĭ sĭm-mih pín khip?
 * Of what grade is he?
 * Of what grade is he?


 * kia ke saⁿ khip;
 * promoted three grades.


 * cêk khip cêk khip khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ seng;
 * gradually advanced a grade at a time.


 * in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ kàng khip;
 * degraded on account of mistakes in public business.


 * kàng khip, thîo ēng;
 * degrade in rank and send elsewhere for use.


 * To inhale.
 * khip i kâi khì;
 * breathe its exhalations.
 * breathe its exhalations.


 * khip cêk kâi khùi tn̂g-tn̂g;
 * draw