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 trowsers are soiled by long wearing, change and wash them.
 * cí kâi khò cêng chĭeⁿ khò-thâu a bŏi?
 * Have these trowsers had the waistband put on?


 * khò-thâu tòa;
 * a girdle worn to keep the trowsers in place.


 * khò-thâu lêng;
 * a girdle attached to trowsers.


 * A storehouse, arsenal, magazine, or depot.
 * ngṳ̂n khò;
 * a treasury.
 * a treasury.


 * khò pâng;
 * a counting room.


 * chng-khò khang-hṳ;
 * the granaries are empty.


 * thô khò;
 * go-downs.


 * sì khò chŵn cṳ;
 * a magazine of useful knowledge; a thesaurus.


 * ngṳ̂n hwt khṳ̀ tíu khò;
 * he has put his money into the bank.


 * gṳ̄ khò;
 * the imperial treasury.


 * kun-khì khò;
 * an armory.


 * cì-khì khò;
 * a storehouse for sacrificial vessels.


 * húe-îeh khò;
 * a powder magazine.


 * cí pang cṳ khṳt hûang-tì tui jîp khò khṳ̀;
 * this set of books has been suppressed by order of the emperor.


 * Cardamom and other spicy seeds.
 * tāu khò; nêk tāu-khò;
 * nutmegs.
 * nutmegs.


 * cháu tāi-khò;
 * round cardamoms.


 * pêh tāu-khò;
 * white cardamoms.


 * Robbers; banditti.
 * cía sǹg sĭ cháu-khò;
 * this one may be considered a Robin Hood.
 * this one may be considered a Robin Hood.


 * lîu-khò;
 * an outlaw.


 * hái-khò;
 * pirates.


 * hái-khò cū sĭ hái-châk;
 * pirates are sea-robbers.


 * The pivot on which a door turns.
 * thih kha-khò tîeh kah mn̂g-kha-khŭ;
 * the iron pivot on which the door swings must fit the socket in the door still.
 * the iron pivot on which the door swings must fit the socket in the door still.

khoi


 * A river; a creek; a rivulet.
 * khoi-hô̤;
 * rivers.
 * rivers.


 * khoi kàu cí-kò̤ pun cò̤ nŏ̤ a;
 * the stream here branches off into two forks.


 * khoi cúi tĭⁿ, im kàu bô̤ khoi sua-pà;
 * when the river rises the sand banks are wholly submerges.


 * i tŏ̤ khoi-kîⁿ tìeⁿ hṳ̂, ngŏ̤ tîeh kâi nâng khṳ̀ thìo khoi, khṳt i kìu tîeh;
 * he was on the margin of the river fishing with hook and line, when a man came along and jumped into the river, and was rescued by him.


 * khoi chíen căi;
 * the stream is very shallow.


 * khoi cúi jîeh chim?
 * How deep is the river?


 * i ŏi siu kùe khoi;
 * he can swim across the stream.


 * lṳ́ cîah tîeh khoi hṳ̂ hó̤ a hái hṳ̂ hó̤?
 * Which do you like best, the fish from fresh or from salt waters?


 * pun cêk tîo khoi-kíaⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * sends off a small branch to flow on the hither side.


 * khoi cúi kháu;
 * the mouth of a stream.


 * cí tîo khoi kâi ngŵn-thâu sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * Where does this river has its source?


 * i kâi cúi-sì sĭ lâi tùe khoi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kò̤ lâi;
 * the strongest current flows along down this side the river.


 * cīeⁿ-sî kâi khoi bí lâi cōi căi;
 * there is lately a great quantity of inland rice coming in.


 * khoi khàm;
 * the banks of the river.


 * bī lô̤h khoi tói;
 * dive to the bottom of the river.


 * khoi tèng tó̤ phah sua pê;
 * dredging out a passage in the river.


 * cí-kò̤ kâi khoi-mīn ío khuah;
 * the river is wider here.


 * To shave; to trim and dress hair.
 * hàm kâi thì-thâu-kâi lâi khoi chiu;
 * call a barber to trim the beard.
 * call a barber to trim the beard.


 * khoi mâk-bâi;
 * trim the eyebrows.


 * màiⁿ tò̤ khoi, khoi lío jîet-thìaⁿ;
 * do not shave in a direction contrary to that in which the hair naturally grows, if you do it it will smart after being shaved.


 * khoi thâu-mô̤;
 * cut the hair.


 * A covenant; an agreement intended to be enduring; to join; adopted.
 * khòi kṳ̆;
 * documentary evidence.
 * documentary evidence.


 * âng khòi;
 * a stamped deed.


 * pêh khòi;
 * an unstamped deed.


 * sùe ;
 * the official fee for stamping a document.


 * châng khòi, chù khòi;
 * the deed for the field, and for the house.


 * lâi khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ khòi khuah cē;
 * going to his house to chat about what happened while we were separated.


 * khòi pĕ;
 * an adopted father.


 * in sie-khòi cò̤ cí-mūe;
 * they have entered into a compact with each other that they will be sisters.


 * i khòi i cò̤ a hiaⁿ;
 * he is bound to stand in the place of elder brother to him.


 * khòi kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;
 * a daughter adopted by a compact.


 * cía sĭ i kit khòi kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * this is his brother, adopted by a covenant. (Relationships thus entered into are frequently unwholesome ones).


 * To gnaw.
 * i tó̤ khòi tṳ-kha-pê;
 * he is gnawing a pig's foot.
 * he is gnawing a pig's foot.


 * kâk kò̤ kut khṳt i khòi;
 * throw him a bone to gnaw.

 khóiⁿkhoiⁿ [sic]


 * To beat with a hammer lightly.
 * i tó̤ cò̤ khóiⁿ ôi-hue kâi khang-khùe;
 * he is employed in making the ornaments that are used upon silk shoes.
 * he is employed in making the ornaments that are used upon silk shoes.


 * saⁿ-sì cho̤h chòi-thâu cò̤ cêk ē khîeh khṳ̀ khŭ kò̤ khóiⁿ;
 * take the three or four lumps of dough and pound them up together in the mortar.

