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314 tī-kò̤?
 * Where is is laid away?


 * khǹg ŭ ku-ā cun;
 * he has put away several bottles of it.


 * i khǹg ŭ tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ;
 * he has a large amount of money laid away.


 * khǹg tŏ̤ càng tèng;
 * stored in the go-down.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ kio úa khǹg hó̤;
 * you keep it carefully for me.


 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ khǹg;
 * I have no place to keep it.


 * hṳ́ ciah tû khǹg sĭm-mûeh?
 * What is in that cupboard?


 * To exhort; to expostulate with; to urge.
 * khǹg kòi kàu i hûe sim tńg ì;
 * plead with him till he changes his mind.
 * plead with him till he changes his mind.


 * khǹg ì hûa;
 * exhort to peace.


 * cía sĭ khǹg sì bûn;
 * these are moral exhortations.


 * khǹg nâng tôi cîⁿ;
 * urge people to contribute money.


 * khǹg cíu;
 * urge to take wine.

kho

 * To call animals.
 * kho koi;
 * call the fowls.
 * call the fowls.


 * kho káu, kho ngio;
 * call the dog and the cat.


 * kho i lâi cîah;
 * call it to come and get its food.


 * A small circle; a full stop; to punctuate; to encircle; a hoop, a ring.
 * cí kù ūe hó̤ phah cak kho;
 * mark this sentence as a complete verse.
 * mark this sentence as a complete verse.


 * nín nŏ̤ nâng kâi cúa-khò tī-tîang ke kho?
 * Which of you two has the greater number of marks indicating approval, in his copy-book?


 * úa thó̤iⁿ lṳ́ kâi jī cêk phien kúi kâi kho;
 * I see that one page of your writing has several letters marked as well written.


 * cí kù ūe sît-căi hó̤ phah sang kho;
 * this sentence should indeed be marked for its importance.


 * cêng kho tíam hó̤ a būe;
 * have you finished punctuating it?


 * kho tīo;
 * to erase, by drawing a circle around it.


 * ūe kâi kho;
 * draw a circle.


 * àiⁿ kho kàu kù a sĭ àiⁿ tíam kàu kù?
 * Are you going to put a circle or a dot at the end of each sentence?


 * cêk kho nĕ îⁿ-îⁿ;
 * a very perfect circle.


 * i kháu tŏ̤ thâu kho kò̤;
 * after examination his name was written into the circle with those who stood highest.


 * lóng-cóng chut ŭ jîeh cōi kho?
 * How many lists of names, written in circles, were issued?


 * hàm kâi kho-tháng-kâi lâi kho;
 * call a cooper to come and hoop it.


 * khîeh tîo kho lâi kho;
 * take a hoop and hoop it.


 * bói kâi cháu-kho lâi kúe cìaⁿ bŏi sieⁿ tîeh mûeh;
 * buy a straw hoop for it to stand on, then it won't injure other things.


 * i kâi nâng-īeⁿ tōa-tōa kho;
 * he is of immense girth.


 * àiⁿ tok cò̤ kúi kho;
 * will cut it into several disks.


 * bói i kâi tìn-tang kho;
 * buy its middle portion, (as of a fish).


 * i kùa chíu kho sĭ tòa tī-tîang kâi hà?
 * For whom does he wear mourning bracelets?


 * phah nŏ̤ kâi kho sie lap tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * wrought out two rings interlinked.


 * cí kâi kûn àiⁿ kún cêk kho;
 * am going to trim this skirt all around.


 * i kâi ńg-kho kún lío, kún ke cêk kho pĭⁿ;
 * having trimmed the bottom of her sleeve she laid on still another circle of braid.


 * hue kho; céⁿ kho;
 * chunam circles, used in laying up the sides of wells.


 * i kâi mâk-kho âng-âng, sĭ tó̤ khàu a m̄ sĭ?
 * Her eyes are red, she is crying is she not?


 * i kâi mâk-kho o-o sĭ só̤ seⁿ kâi, a sĭ ŭ pēⁿ?
 * Are the dark circles around his eyes natural, or are they caused by sickness?


 * Dregs; lees; grounds.
 * tê-kho; tê-cí-kho;
 * a cake made from tea-seeds from which the oil has been extracted, used as soap.
 * a cake made from tea-seeds from which the oil has been extracted, used as soap.


 * ceng tê-cí-kho bûah hó̤ sói thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
 * use some pulverized tea-seed cake for washing the hair.


 * tāu-kho;
 * the refuse left after the oil has been expressed from beans; (it is used as a fertilizer).


 * hiang-kho;
 * a kind of soap made from fragrant seeds from which the oil has been pressed.


 * Bitter; distressing; hard; painful.
 * siu-khó căi;
 * very distressing.
 * very distressing.


 * i cò̤ khṳ̀ câp-hun lâu-khó;
 * he has done it in the most painstaking manner.


 * hô̤ khó, la?
 * Why take so much trouble about it?


 * lṳ́ hô̤ khó cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Why do you take so much trouble?


 * khak-khó;
 * persevere.


 * khak-khó lŭn;
 * hold out against difficulties.


 * khó-lāng;
 * hardship;


 * sĭu khó sĭu lāng; endure trouble and affliction.
 * i būe pat sĭu kùe khó;
 * he has not yet suffered hardship.


 * cē sĭu tîeh khó cū cai cŭe;
 * when he is once in trouble, he will then be aware of his error.


 * khó mīaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * one who has a hard lot.


 * ẁn khó mīaⁿ;
 * complains of his bitter fate.


 * cía khó mīaⁿ kúi;
 * this is a miserable devil.


 * mīaⁿ hó̤ bŏi tùi mīaⁿ khó nâng;
 * one with a happy lot cannot pair with one whose fate is hard.


 * cîah tîeh khó;
 * found it bitter in the eating.


 * i kâi bī khó;
 * it has a bitter taste.


 * khó kàu khîeh m̄ jîp chùi;
 * so bitter that I cannot take it.


 * cí hûe kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ khó căi;
 * his present circumstances are very grievous.


 * cía khó-kéng lâng tng;
 * this trouble is hard to bear.


 * Trowsers.
 * cêk ie khò;
 * a pair of trowsers.
 * a pair of trowsers.


 * saⁿ-khò;
 * clothes.


 * khò-thúi; khò-thàu;
 * leggins.


 * khò-thúi ;
 * trowsers that are tied at the ankle.


 * khò-kûeh;
 * very short trowsers.


 * kha-khò;
 * pantalets.


 * kha-khò tòa;
 * the garters used by bound-footed women.


 * làng tói khò;
 * trowsers open in the seat, worn by children.


 * láng khò;
 * overalls.


 * khò kîam, ūaⁿ khṳ̀ sói;
 * your