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 * khuaⁿ tîeh m hó;
 * discovered by divination that it was unlucky.


 * i kâi mīaⁿ khùaⁿ lâi tîeh căi;
 * his fate was very accurately foretold.


 * i khùaⁿ tit chut i sòi-sòi cū bô̤ a-pĕ a khùaⁿ m̄ chut?
 * Did he divine that she was fatherless from infancy, or not?


 * hŵn lâu sin-seⁿ lṳ́ kio úa cài khùʰ cē;
 * will trouble you, Sir, to make another effort to divine my fate?


 * Pleasure.
 * khùaⁿ-uah;
 * at ease, comfortable.
 * at ease, comfortable.


 * khùaⁿ-khuaⁿ ûah-ûah;
 * without hardship of any sort.


 * kang-khó cò̤, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;
 * work hard, and eat comfortably.


 * m̄-hó̤ tham khùaⁿ-uah;
 * one should not covet ease.

khuah


 * Wide; large; broad; liberal; extensive.
 * àiⁿ cò̤ jieh khuah?
 * How wide do you want it made?
 * How wide do you want it made?


 * cía khuah kùe hia;
 * this is wider than that.


 * khah khuah;
 * too wide.


 * ài cò̤ ío khuah se-su ;
 * I want it made a little wider.


 * cí kâi khuah;
 * this one is the widest.


 * khuah-khuah toa-toa;
 * capacious.


 * i kâi chù īu chim īu khuah;
 * his house is both wide and long.


 * khuah chùi;
 * a big mouth.


 * chùi khuah-khuah, chiu n phuah;
 * a large mouth with two tufts of moustache over it.


 * chùi peh khuah ;
 * open your mouth wide.


 * i kâi sim-heng khui-khuah;
 * his ideas are liberal.


 * cí-k ío khui-khuah, hṳ́-kò̤ khak ak-sak;
 * it is more airy here, there one is too closely shut in.


 * i kâi mâk-khang khuah căi;
 * his eyes are very large.


 * khwn-khuah;
 * spacious.


 * cía ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ khah u-khuah;
 * this language is too vague.


 * khuah sì jîeh cōi chieh, tn̂g sì jîeh cōi chieh?
 * What is its width and length, reckoned in feet?


 * khîa ki chieh khṳ̀ nîe thóiⁿ jîeh khuah;
 * take a footrule and go and measure it and see how wide it is.


 * khuah ńg saⁿ;
 * a wide sleeved gown.


 * ăm-nía tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ lîe khuah cē;
 * cut the collar a little wider than before.


 * khuah kue kak-tieⁿ-po;
 * broader than a parade ground.


 * nâng-mīn khuah, khò-kha lîh;
 * with an extensive acquaintance, one wears split trowserstrousers [sic].


 * sŭ khoi khuah;
 * talk about what happened while we were separated.


 * sim-heng khuah-tâk;
 * a noble and generous nature.

khùaikhuai [sic]


 * Glad; cheerful; pleasure; alacrity; rapid; prompt.
 * khùai-lâk;
 * in good spirits.
 * in good spirits.


 * ciu-jît to sĭ khùai-khùai lâk-lâk, míen hn-ló̤;
 * is as happy as the day is long, and has no occasion for sorrow.


 * khùai-ì;
 * delightsome.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤ khṳ̀ khùai-ì căi;
 * this affair has come about in a very satisfactory way.


 * cí kâi ūi-chṳ̀ sĭm sĭ lîang-khùai;
 * this place is delightfully cool.


 * sóng-khùai;
 * comfortable; easy and contented.


 * i mih-sṳ̄ to sĭ sóng-sóng khùai-khùai, bŏi khu-thì;
 * everything goes smoothly with him, and he has nothing to bother him.


 * sin-cīeⁿ m̄ sóng-khùai;
 * is quite unwell.


 * cêk sî cṳ khùai;
 * a moment's pleasure.


 * i tó̤ tng bé-khùai;
 * he is a thief detector in a magistrate's office.


 * khùai-pang;
 * thief-catchers.


 * khùai cûn;
 * a fast boat.


 * khùai hia;
 * military boots.


 * thìang khùai;
 * keen.


 * tàⁿ lâi thìang- khùai căi;
 * very sharply said.


 * To cut off, to amputate, to decollate; to cut in two.
 * khùai-cṳ́-síu;
 * aun [sic] executioner.
 * aun [sic] executioner.


 * i sĭ sĭang mîaⁿ-ke kâi khùai-cṳ́-síu, cêk hûe ŏi thâi kúi peh nâng, cêk nâng cêk ē to;
 * he is a very expert headsman, and can decapitate several hundred men at one time, with one stroke of the knife to each.

khuak


 * To stretch a thing till it becomes large.
 * khuak-chong;
 * to expand.
 * to expand.


 * chui-khuak;
 * to dilate upon.

khuang


 * A frame, or casing.
 * mn̂g-khuang;
 * the casing of a door.
 * the casing of a door.


 * kiaⁿ khuang;
 * a picture frame.


 * cîeh mn̂g-táu-khuang;
 * a stone door-frame.


 * To subvert; to waste.
 * tì-kàu khuang ke;
 * to bring about the overthrow of a family.
 * to bring about the overthrow of a family.


 * i khṳt cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ, jṳ́ kàu khuang ke tŏng sáng;
 * the family was impoverished by this son's squandering of its substance.


 * i kâi ke cū sĭ khṳt i hāi kàu khuang khṳ̀;
 * their family has been impoverished by him.


 * chù khuang-tó̤ khṳ̀;
 * the house has fallen in ruins.


 * khuang sîaⁿ khuang kok;
 * subvert the city and overturn the empire.


 * A pen; a coop; a circle; a ring.
 * ang-cun khuang;
 * a quail pen.
 * a quail pen.


 * lîah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah peh-mâk-khuang;
 * caught two of the birds which have a ring of white around their eyes.


 * lâi khṳ̀ cío khuang tèng thóiⁿ nâng phah cío;
 * let us go to the cock-pit and see the fighting.


 * thìo m̄ chut khuang;
 * cannot jump over the boundary of the cock-pit.


 * phah su kâi cū pue chut khuang;
 * the one beaten in the fight flies out of the pen.


 * cêk khuang âng-âng céng khí lâi;
 * a red circle swelled up.