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 khṳ̀;
 * do not impose upon each other.


 * khṳt i lîah khṳ̀;
 * was seized by him.


 * pun i ín-íu khṳ̀;
 * was misled by him.


 * khṳ̀ hwn pôiⁿ;
 * go to foreign parts.


 * tàⁿ lâi tàⁿ khṳ̀;
 * to debate about.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far are you going?


 * i khṳ̀ kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?
 * How long is it since he went?


 * i khṳ̀ nî cìaⁿ lâi;
 * he came the past year.


 * sueh m̄ khṳ̀;
 * cannot explain it.


 * i íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ sì lío;
 * he has shuffled off this mortal coil.


 * sía m̄ khṳ̀;
 * cannot cast it off.


 * sói m̄ khṳ̀;
 * cannot wash it out.


 * cìeⁿ-sî cîah m̄ khṳ̀;
 * could not eat.


 * cē khṳ̀ cū jîeh kú;
 * when gone, how long you stay.


 * cí kâi jī sĭ khṳ̀ siaⁿ a sĭang siaⁿ?
 * Is this word in the departing tone or in the high tone?


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kìⁿ i;
 * you go and see him.


 * khṳ̀ thóiⁿ i cò̤-nî;
 * go and see what is the matter with him.


 * i m̄ cêng-khṳ̀;
 * he has not gone.


 * i būe cêng khṳ̀;
 * he has not yet gone.


 * khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;
 * let him run off.


 * i pue khṳ̀ lío;
 * it has flown away.


 * i cáu khṳ̀ tī-kò̤ tìam?
 * Where has he hidden?


 * i lêng cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;
 * he knows the past and the future.


 * bŏi, cìeⁿ-seⁿ kùe tit khṳ̀;
 * no matter, that will do as it is.


 * sîap-lāu khṳ̀;
 * oozed out.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ thăng i;
 * do not touch it.


 * hàm i chut khṳ̀;
 * tell him to go out.


 * tńg khṳ̀ chù;
 * return home.


 * cûn íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ hn̆g;
 * the boat has already gone a long way.


 * pung huang chue khùkhṳ̀ [sic];
 * blown away by the wind.


 * khṳt i mûeh tīo khù;
 * has spoiled it.


 * cúi-kau sak khùkhṳ̀ [sic];
 * the drain is obstructed.


 * lṳ́ a sĭ khṳ̀ úa cū mín;
 * if you go I need not.


 * cĭeⁿ khṳ̀;
 * ascend.


 * lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * descend.


 * thn̄g lô̤h khṳ̀, m̄ căi;
 * cannot touch bottom by reaching down with a pole.


 * jîp khṳ̀ i lăi kò̤, chūe i;
 * go into his private apartments in search of him.


 * cûn khui khṳ̀ lío;
 * the boat has started.


 * i cheⁿ-mêⁿ khù;
 * he has become blind.


 * khṳt i tŭ lío, é khṳ̀;
 * after being withstood by him, he became mute.


 * lí lío kông khṳ̀;
 * after settling the affair he became dazed.


 * cùi lío ût khṳ̀;
 * after he had become drunk he went to sleep.


 * kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * kneel down.


 * ńng khṳ̀;
 * become weak.


 * chîeⁿ pit khṳ̀;
 * the wall has cracked.


 * saⁿ lîh khṳ̀;
 * the tunic is torn.


 * phùa khṳ̀;
 * broken.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ khì i;
 * do not be vexed about it.


 * cí kâi chō̤ tit khṳ̀;
 * this will hold it.


 * khṳ̀ ló! m̄ it-tit khṳ̀;
 * There! I have forgotten it.


 * khṳ̂-kok-ngán;
 * greasy white spots seen in argelite inkstones.
 * greasy white spots seen in argelite inkstones.


 * úa cí kò̤ īⁿ ŭ khṳ̂-kok-ngán kâi;
 * this inkstone of mine is one that has white spots in it.


 * ŭ khṳ̂-kok-ngán kâi hó̤, a sĭ ŭ cie pêh kâi hó̤?
 * Which are the better, those that have white spots in them, or those that are yellowish white all over?


 * A highway.
 * cí-kò̤ sĭ thong-khṳ̂ kâi tī-hng;
 * this is a public thoroughfare.
 * this is a public thoroughfare.


 * thong-khṳ̂ tōa lō;
 * a main street.

 

khṳ̂n

 * Laborious; diligent; sedulous.
 * i thâk cṳ thâk kàu khṳ̂n căi;
 * he studies very diligently.
 * he studies very diligently.


 * ŏi khṳ̂n khĭam kâi nâng;
 * one who is industrious and frugal.


 * cheng, sín, khṳ̂n, saⁿ jī : cò̤ kuaⁿ kâi nâng m̄-hó̤ khueh cêk jī;
 * clean-handed, scrupulous, diligent : the magistrate must lack neither of these these characteristics.


 * kang-hu khṳ̂n căi;
 * sedulous, in his work.


 * sĭm sĭ khṳ̂n-lân;
 * is very painstaking.


 * sì chṳ̀ khṳ̂n ûang kâi píaⁿ-bé lóng-cóng lâi;
 * the troops, zealous in serving their prince, came from every side.


 * tōa pù īu thiⁿ, síe pù īu khṳ̂n;
 * great wealth comes by the will of Heaven, a competence comes through toil.


 * kẃn-thăi nâng-kheh sĭm sĭ hṳn-khṳ̂n;
 * in the entertainment of guests she is most attentive.


 * mih sṳ̄ hṳn-hṳn khṳ̂n-khṳ̂n;
 * in all things serving faithfully.


 * m̄-hó̤ khah khṳ̂n, khíong-ùi sin-hūn bûa m̄ khṳ̀;
 * do not toil too hard, for fear your strength is not equal to such close application.


 * kṳ ke kâi nâng tîeh ŏi khṳ̂n-khĭam khak-khó;
 * those who stay at home, must toil and save and endure hardship.


 * theng côiⁿ khṳ̂n-khó thâk;
 * sat by the window reading with painful exertion.


 * To beg; to ask earnestly.
 * khṳ́n-khîu;
 * to supplicate.
 * to supplicate.


 * khṳ́n khîu kàu i hàuⁿ;
 * importunately entreat till he consents.


 * i tho̤h nâng lâi khṳ́n hûa;
 * he commissioned some one to come and beg for reconciliation.


 * jw̆n khṳ́n i m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * however much you plead he will not consent.


 * íⁿ-keng khṳ́n tît lío;
 * he has begged for a settlement.


 * khṳ́n ṳn sek-pàng;
 * beg the favor of being set at liberty.


 * To open new land; to commence tillage.
 * khui-khṳ́n châng-tī;
 * break up new soil.
 * break up new soil.


 * cie nàng lâi khui-khṳ́n;
 * advertise for laborers in breaking new soil.


 * khieⁿ-khṳ̀n;
 * brogue.
 * brogue.


 * cía sĭ tī-kò̤ kâi khieⁿ-khṳ̀n?
 * Of what place is this the brogue?


 * thó im sĭ kak chù kak chù kâi khieⁿ-khṳ̀n;
 * the local pronunciation is the manner of speaking in each particular locality.