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 * Lazy; remiss; disinclined to.
 * láng-tŏaⁿ;
 * lazy; languid.


 * ciu-jît to sĭ láng-láng tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ, chŵn m̄ cò̤ kang-hu;
 * loafs around all day and does no work.


 * láng-láng tháng-tháng;
 * very listless.


 * A bag; a sack.
 * khang láugláng [sic] tńg-lâi;
 * came back with an empty bag.
 * came back with an empty bag.


 * sieⁿ láng;
 * a haversack.


 * tek láng;
 * a splint bag.


 * sīu cò̤ cêk láng;
 * kept them and put them all into one bag.


 * The female of beasts.
 * tṳ láng;
 * a young sow.
 * a young sow.


 * sĭ ko a sĭ láng;
 * is it male or female?


 * ngio láng;
 * a female kitten.


 * gû-láng;
 * a heifer.


 * An interim; to leave a space between; an interstice; to omit a portion.
 * làng kúi kâi jī;
 * left out several letters.
 * left out several letters.


 * làng saⁿ kâi;
 * omit three.


 * làng cêk hîeh lío cìaⁿ hó̤ sía;
 * leave one blank page and then write.


 * mn̂g ĕ àiⁿ làng jîeh kûiⁿ?
 * How wide a space is to be left at the bottom of the door?


 * tìn-tang làng ŭ kò̤ tī;
 * an open space is left in the middle of the grounds.


 * làng tīo nŏ̤ bó châng m̄ hó̤ co̤h;
 * not reckoning two acres which are unfit for cultivation.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khui theng làng ò̤;
 * vent holes opening in all directions.


 * Pus.
 * seⁿ lâng;
 * to produce pus.
 * to produce pus.


 * tìeⁿ lâng;
 * puffed up with pus.


 * khí-thâu-ē chut cêk kóng lâng, taⁿ sĭ lâu lâng-cúi tĭaⁿ;
 * at the first a hard lump of pus came out of it, and now it exudes only watery pus.


 * kẁn lâng;
 * bring to a head, make ripe for opening.


 * līu kàu lâng-thâu chut lâi;
 * squeeze out the core (of a boil).


 * thie i chut lâng;
 * open it and let out the pus.


 * i só̤ phùi kâi sĭ lâng, m̄ sĭ thâm;
 * what he expectorates is pus, not mucous.


 * tâng i khṳ̀ thò lâng thò hueh, màiⁿ chái i;
 * let him go and spue out his bile, and pay no attention to him.


 * ko lâng;
 * to form pus.


 * kâm-lâng kâm-lâng;
 * raw and mattery.


 * A balustrade; a railing.
 * ûi cêk têng lâng-kang;
 * inclose with a railing.
 * inclose with a railing.


 * sĭ cîeh lâng-kang a sĭ châ lâng-kang?
 * Has it a stone or a wooden baluster?


 * lâng-kang mn̂g;
 * a grated door.


 * What exceeds a round number; a fraction; a residue; a remainder; in numeration, a cypher showing that one denomination is not used.
 * lâng-chùi kâi pò;
 * remnants of cloth.
 * remnants of cloth.


 * lâng-chùi kâi ngṳ̂n-níe;
 * the residue of the funds.


 * saⁿ níe lâng nŏ̤ hun;
 * three taels, no mace and two candareens.


 * choiⁿ lâng sì;
 * a thousand and forty.


 * peh lâng ngŏ;
 * a hundred and five.


 * nŏ̤ peh bô̤ lâng;
 * two hundred and nothing over.


 * khî-ṳ̂ kâi put kùe lâng-cheⁿ-chùi-tíam;
 * the surplus consists of nothing more than a few odds and ends.


 * lâng-lâng chùi-chùi jw̆n bōi;
 * sell off as may chance to be possible in bits and pieces.


 * lâng-ló̤;
 * a little, a small quantity or a short piece.


 * àiⁿ ka lâng-ló̤, i m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * he is not willing to cut off a short piece for one.


 * chûn lâng-ló̤ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * have only a little left.


 * hâiⁿ ke lâng-ló̤ thóiⁿ i hàuⁿ mē;
 * offer him a little more and see if he will consent.


 * lâng-lâng ló̤-ló̤ mûeh, chìn-chái cē;
 * it is a very slight thing, do not be exacting about it.


 * cí hûe bô̤ làng-ló̤ ciⁿ;
 * have at present scarcely any cash.


 * cí hûe kău câp tíam lâng;
 * it is now past ton o'clock.


 * úa pàng ŭ lâng-kĭaⁿ mûeh to̤ i kò̤;
 * I left a few things in his care.


 * tîeh ke lâng jît cìaⁿ ŭ;
 * there will be some in a few days.


 * cía sǹg sĭ lâng-sang mûeh;
 * this is a thing of little value.


 * i ŭ lâng bōi a bò̤?
 * Does he sell any at retail?


 * tih lâng tíam lóh̤ khṳ̀;
 * drop in a few drops.


 * lâng peh cíⁿ sṳ̄, màiⁿ po̤h khah thíam;
 * do not bicker too much about a matter of a few hundred cash.


 * cûah ŭ lâng-lí lō;
 * lacks a few miles of it.


 * cêk kĭaⁿ kàu lâng kâi ngṳ̂n;
 * one of them costs but a few dollars.


 * lâng-lâng su-su;
 * a very little.


 * Hard; difficult; grievous; neither easy nor pleasant; seldom attained; to harass.
 * lâng cò̤;
 * hard to do.
 * hard to do.


 * lâng sêng;
 * difficult of accomplishment.


 * lâng tit;
 * not easily attained.


 * lâng tău i m̄ lài;
 * Can you think he would come?


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ lâng-ûi i;
 * do not you vex him.


 * lâng thóiⁿ;
 * repulsive.


 * lâng tàⁿ;
 * unspeakable.


 * lâng íⁿ cai;
 * difficult to know.


 * lâng thiaⁿ;
 * unpleasant to hear about.


 * lâng siang-sìusìn [sic];
 * incredible.


 * i cí hûe kang-lâng-khùn-khó kâi sî-hāu;
 * he is now in distress.


 * lâng thàng;
 * hardly earned.


 * A general name for orchideous plants.
 * cṳ-lâng;
 * an orchid.
 * an orchid.


 * mêⁿ-lâng;
 * the white lily.


 * ngŏ-hîeh-lâng;
 * the five leaved orchid.


 * koi-kha-lâng;
 * the fowl's foot orchid.


 * i chap ŭ cêk pang gûeh-lâng hŭe;
 * he has become a member of a loan association.


 * Deaf; hard of hearing.
 * hĭⁿ lâng;
 * deaf.
 * deaf.


 * tèⁿ lâng tèⁿ é;
 * pretend to be deaf and dumb.


 * hĭⁿ lâng,