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 sĭang-khòng;
 * if the local magistrate does not decide the case rightly, it must in the future be appealed to a higher court.


 * àiⁿ sĭang-khòng tîeh îu cí ĕ cêk câng cêk câng khòng khí khṳ̀, put lêng hó̤ wt-khòng;
 * in appealing, one must carry the case step by step from the lower to the higher courts, one cannot appeal directly to the high officers.


 * Unoccupied; vacant; empty; void.
 * bô̤ kâi sî-hāu ŏi tit khòng;
 * have no time unemployed.
 * have no time unemployed.


 * i sái khui khòng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n;
 * expended a large amount of money.


 * khò-pâng kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i sái khui-khòng khṳ̀;
 * the treasury was emptied by him.


 * khṳt i sái khòng saⁿ sì chng-ngâu chek;
 * he used up three or four bins of paddy, from the public granary.


 * A big forehead.
 * lâi thóiⁿ kâi a-khòng-thâu;
 * come and see the jester.
 * come and see the jester.


 * i seⁿ lâi sĭ a-khòng;
 * he is a natural clown.


 * seⁿ lâi thâu khòng-khòng;
 * is big headed, like one who has the rickets.


 * Stupid; doltish; simple.
 * i kâi nâng, thóiⁿ tîeh khòng-khì khòng-khì;
 * he appears to be but half witted.
 * he appears to be but half witted.


 * khòng-khòng;
 * very stupid.


 * i khòng căi;
 * he is very dull.



kho̤

 * To annoy by interfering; to molest needlessly; to vex by criticism.
 * i mih sṳ̄ kho̤-khek căi;
 * he is very exacting about everything.
 * he is very exacting about everything.


 * i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ kho̤-kho̤ khek-khek;
 * he treats people with needless severity.


 * hŭam sṳ̄ to m̄ hó̤ kho̤ khîu;
 * whatever be the subject, it is not well to tire people by repeated petitions.


 * kho-cèng méⁿ i hóⁿ;
 * an inquisitive government is more savage than a tiger.


 * A large branch; a helve; a handle.
 * chéⁿ khí lâi io sĭ lâm-kho̤ cêk māng;
 * I awoke and behold it was a dream.
 * I awoke and behold it was a dream.


 * hŵn lâu cun kè lâi cip kho̤;
 * will still trouble Your Excellency to act as middle-man.


 * A skillet; a saucepan.
 * kun côiⁿ kâi tâng kho̤, jît kùa hó̤ cṳ́ pn̄g, mêⁿ-kùa hó̤ khà keⁿ, cêk mûeh cò̤ nŏ̤ mûeh ēng;
 * the soldier's brass kettle may be used in the day time for cooking rice, and in the night for sounding the watch, one article answering two purposes.
 * the soldier's brass kettle may be used in the day time for cooking rice, and in the night for sounding the watch, one article answering two purposes.


 * A javelin.
 * kang kho̤;
 * shields and spears.
 * shields and spears.


 * kang-kho̤ sì khí;
 * civil war ensued.


 * tŏng khang-kho̤;
 * begin war.


 * kho̤-cí;
 * an astringent nut, used for the toothache, and other ailments.
 * an astringent nut, used for the toothache, and other ailments.


 * tîeh ēng kho̤-cí, sìa cìaⁿ ŏi tit cŭ;
 * must take this nut, and then the purging will cease.


 * The sound of laughter.
 * chìe kàu kho̤-kho̤-kìe, chìe ho̤-ho̤;
 * to laugh boisterously.
 * to laugh boisterously.


 * May; able; proper; competent.
 * khó̤ ù;
 * detestable.
 * detestable.


 * khó̤ hṳ̆n;
 * abominable.


 * khó̤ náu;
 * hateful.


 * khó̤ ùi;
 * dreadful.


 * khó̤ kèng;
 * venerable.


 * khó̤ chìe;
 * laughable.


 * khó̤ sieh;
 * pitiable.


 * khó̤-lîen;
 * to [sic] compassionate.


 * khó̤-íⁿ;
 * allowable.


 * khó̤-íⁿ cò̤ tit;
 * it will do; it may be done.


 * sît-căi khó̤-lîen;
 * it is indeed pitiable.


 * sĭm sĭ khó̤-ù;
 * it is very disgusting.


 * cí kâi nâng cin-cin khó̤ ù;
 * this man is truly despicable.


 * hui tâng sío khó̤;
 * it is by no means a little thing.


 * m̄ sĭ síe khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;
 * it is no trifling matter.


 * úa li bô̤ khó̤ bô̤ put khó̤;
 * it does not matter to me which way it is.


 * úa thóiⁿ li khó̤-íⁿ put pit;
 * I do not consider it to be absolutely necessary.


 * khó̤ hóⁿ li hûe sìn;
 * whether so or not send a written reply.


 * put khó̤;
 * unsuitable.


 * ŭ put khó̤, bô̤ put khó̤;
 * whether you do or not is not of much consequence.


 * To dry up; to run out; to ebb.
 * cúi khó̤ a būe?
 * Is the tide falling yet?
 * Is the tide falling yet?


 * cúi khí-thâu khó̤;
 * the tide has begun to ebb.


 * khó̤ kàu tah-tah;
 * ebb so as to leave the ground bare.


 * lâu tōa a lâu khó̤?
 * Is the tide rising or falling?


 * khó̤ kàu ta lío;
 * it is all run out.


 * khó̤ būe lī;
 * not yet run dry.


 * khó̤ ku-ā chieh lío;
 * it has abated by several feet in height.


 * tĭⁿ lâu a sĭ khó̤ lâu?
 * Is it flood tide or ebb tide?


 * sîn kàm cíu, cíu tŏ̤ cíu-ceng tói ŏi tĭⁿ ŏi khó̤;
 * when the gods partake of the wine, the wine rises and falls in the cup.


 * Unfortunate; not getting on.
 * khám-khó̤;
 * a valetudinarian; one always in trouble; a ne'er-do-well.
 * a valetudinarian; one always in trouble; a ne'er-do-well.


 * i cí kúi nî khám-khám khó̤-khó̤, bô̤ cêk nî sŭn;
 * he has for several years been very unfortunate, without a single year of prosperity.


 * A classifier of small round objects.
 * i tit tîeh cêk khó̤ mêⁿ mêng cu;
 * he gained a a gem that sparkles in the dark.
 * he gained a a gem that sparkles in the dark.