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 * An instant; a moment; just now.
 * khúang-khek bô lî;
 * were not separated for a moment.


 * khúang-khek cṳ kang cū ŏi hwt gê hwt hîeh, khui hue, kit cí;
 * in an instant of time it buds, puts forth leaves, blossoms and bears fruit.


 * To confer, as a largess or bounty.
 * thien khùang;
 * the airing clothes festival, on the 6th of the 6th moon.
 * the airing clothes festival, on the 6th of the 6th moon.


 * àiⁿ ēng cò̤ khùang ngî, a sĭ àiⁿ lô̤h cò̤ kău khùang?
 * Shall I speak of it as "a suitable present" or as "a generous gift"?


 * Furthermore; moreover; a time; a period.
 * ho khùang sĭ lṳ́!
 * How much the more since it is you!
 * How much the more since it is you!


 * khùang kiam i īu m̄ tŏ̤;
 * and besides all that, he is not at home.


 * khùang-chíaⁿ thiⁿ īu lô̤h hŏ, cò̤-nî hó̤ khṳ̀?
 * And in addition to all that, it rains, so how can we go?


 * khùang-īu nî lău;
 * moreover he is advanced in years.


 * ho khùang sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * and how much the more since it is thus.


 * kéng khùang căi-seⁿ?
 * How go the times with you?


 * cìeⁿ-sî kâi kéng-khùang hó mē?
 * Do the times go well with you lately?


 * cṳ̆-lâi kâi kéng khùang to m̄ hó̤, taⁿ ciaⁿ cĭam-cĭam hó̤;
 * heretofore the times have gone ill with me, now they are gradually improving.


 * The vault or pit under a tomb; a solitude.
 * líu cêk kâi khùang;
 * dig a grave.
 * dig a grave.


 * chwn khùang;
 * make a vault for a coffin.


 * cí kháu phûn hṳ́ tói sĭ sang khùang kâi;
 * this grave has within it two vaults for coffins.


 * kū nî bó̤ siu-sîp, kâi khùang thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * it has not been repaired for many years, and the vault has caved in.


 * khùang tói kâi muêh sṳ̆ lí hó̤, kĭu cìaⁿ hó̤ lôh khùang;
 * after all things are arranged in the vault, the coffin may then be lowered into it.


 * khùang-iá;
 * a desert; a wilderness.


 * Imprudent; extravagant; rash.
 * i kâi chíu-thâu khùang căi;
 * he is very free-handed.
 * he is very free-handed.


 * i kâi chiu-thâu khùang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ, mih sṳ̄ to sĭ khùang-khùang lí-kẃn sái;
 * he is accustomed to be free-handed, and on all occasions he spends rashly and extravagantly.


 * cí kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah khùang, ci kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah siap;
 * the one uses money too imprudently, while the other is too close-fisted.


 * Vacant; empty; waste; extensive.
 * khong-khong khùang-khùang;
 * waste and void.
 * waste and void.


 * ṳ̂-gūa hŵn-chûn cêk kò̤ khùang tī khuah-khuah;
 * there remains besides an extensive piece of unoccupied ground.


 * hāng lâi ŭ cêk kâi khùang tîaⁿ;
 * in this alley there is a wide vacant area.


 * khùang tîaⁿ ciu ûi ŭ it jī câp ke;
 * around this waste space are ten or twenty houses, with families dwelling in them.


 * Mad; insane; raving; wild.
 * ngŏ̤ tîeh cêk ciah khûang káu jw̆n pui;
 * came across a rabid dog barking furiously.
 * came across a rabid dog barking furiously.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ khûang-búang căi;
 * he acts in a very eccentric manner.


 * tàⁿ ūe màiⁿ khûang-khûang búang-búang thèng tàⁿ;
 * do not talk in that extravagant and incoherent way.


 * cíu cē lô̤h tó cū khûang;
 * as soon as he swallows liquor he becomes crazed.


 * i sĭ hwt khûang, m̄-hó̤ khṳ̀ chái i;
 * he is out of his head, pay no attention to him.


 * i kâi sù-sèⁿ khûang căi;
 * he is very rash and headstrong.


 * khûang-khûang lí-lí ēng;
 * go ahead and use without judgment.


 * khûang huang méⁿ hŏ;
 * furious gusts and driving rain.


 * Aslant; falling; inclined.
 * khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;
 * upset; subverted.
 * upset; subverted.


 * i kúi nâng pēⁿ kàu khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;
 * they are all prostrated with disease.


 * in-ûi cò̤ kú hŏ, cho̤h chù cn̂g kâi khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;
 * on account of the long continued rain, the houses are all tumbling down.

khue


 * A clay crucible used by goldsmiths.
 * khue-kíaⁿ ēng ŵn lío, tîeh khṳ̀ bói ke cho̤h khue-kíaⁿ pàng-kò̤;
 * the crucibles are all used up, we must go and buy some more of them to have on hand.
 * the crucibles are all used up, we must go and buy some more of them to have on hand.


 * hṳ́ cho̤h ngṳ̂n mng khṳt úa khîeh lô̤h khue-kíaⁿ îeⁿ khṳ̀;
 * I have put that silver into the crucible and melted it up.


 * Rank; gradation, series; to class, to estimate; to practice, as in medicine; literary examinations, for the two lower degrees.
 * khue-kháu kháu ŵn cū hûe sé kháu khue-kṳ́, khue-kṳ́ siu ŵn cū cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ hôk-cí;
 * the examinations for the first degree having been passed through in their order, one repairs to the provincial city for examination for the second degree, and having passed that he goes to the capital to return thanks for the imperial favor.
 * the examinations for the first degree having been passed through in their order, one repairs to the provincial city for examination for the second degree, and having passed that he goes to the capital to return thanks for the imperial favor.


 * thâu nî sĭ sùe kháu, tŏiⁿ jī nî sĭ khue-kháu;