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 kau sieⁿ;
 * made deaf by having the ear-wax dug out too forcibly.


 * hĭⁿ cêk pùaⁿ lâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * partially deaf.


 * hĭⁿ cêk pôiⁿ lâng;
 * deaf in one ear.


 * The scales of fish; scaly.
 * hṳ̂ lâng;
 * fish scales.
 * fish scales.


 * phah tīo lâng;
 * take off the scales.


 * hṳ̂-lâng sie ciap;
 * overlap like fish scales.


 * hṳ̂-lâng hûn;
 * a mackerel sky.


 * chíu tèng seⁿ lîap hṳ̂-lâng cùe;
 * has a wart on his hand.


 * bô̤ lâng hṳ̂;
 * scaleless fish.


 * sin tèng chĭeⁿ lâng-kak;
 * has scurvy.


 * A mill used in hulling paddy.
 * lâng pì;
 * the shaft of the mill. [sic]
 * the shaft of the mill. [sic]


 * lâng hĭⁿ;
 * the sides of the mill.


 * oi lâng;
 * to turn the mill.


 * A cage; an open basket for carrying birds or animals.
 * cío-lâng;
 * a bird-cage.
 * a bird-cage.


 * teng-lâng;
 * a lantern.


 * A term of respect for officers and others; a gentleman.
 * ko̤h-ĕ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng-lâng?
 * How many sons have you remaining near you?
 * How many sons have you remaining near you?


 * i kâi kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ lī-pŏ lâng-tong;
 * his son is a clerk in the Board of Civil Office.


 * A cruel wild beast.
 * châi-lâng;
 * wolves.
 * wolves.


 * lâng sim, káu hĕng;
 * unmerciful and savage.


 * A porch.
 * líang lâng;
 * side porches; vestibules on either side.
 * side porches; vestibules on either side.


 * Waves, billows, surges; profligate, dissipated, wasteful; the mind not settled.
 * cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ lăng-tăng căi;
 * this son is very unsteady.
 * this son is very unsteady.


 * po̤ lăng thau thiⁿ;
 * the billows rise to heaven.


 * lăng-tăng kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * a spendthrift.


 * i to sĭ lăng-lăng tăng-tăng, m̄ khéng uaⁿ-cĕⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng sṳ̄-ngîap;
 * he is always drifting about from one thing to another, and will never quietly follow any fixed occupation.


 * Clear, as moonlight.
 * gûeh lăng, cheⁿ hi;
 * when the moon is bright the stars are sparse.
 * when the moon is bright the stars are sparse.


 * To use badinage; to trifle and toy with.
 * lăng ké, sêng cin;
 * began in jest and ended in earnest.
 * began in jest and ended in earnest.


 * lăng khá, hẃn cwt;
 * the pretended expert turned out to be a fool; he thought he would do a smart thing and got into trouble.


 * cē bô̤ nâng tit i ùi i cū káⁿ lăng khŵn;
 * as soon as there is no one at hand of whom he is afraid, he ventures to abuse his liberty.


 * To stretch forth; to thrust out; to project.
 * chíu lāng chut lâi khṳt sin-seⁿ thóiⁿ;
 * hold out your arm that the doctor may look at it.
 * hold out your arm that the doctor may look at it.


 * saⁿ-ńg khah ôih, chíu lāng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū têk tîeh;
 * the sleeve of my tunic is too tight, and when I thrust in my arm it pinches.


 * kha lāng tŏ̤ lîam gūa khṳt i thóiⁿ;
 * put her foot out from behind the screen that he might look at it.


 * lṳ́ kâi phoi-taⁿ lāng jîp lâi khṳt i cih;
 * reach your carrying pole in and let her take it.


 * sam khah tn̂g m̄ hó̤ lāng jîp khṳ̀;
 * the timber is too long, and cannot be projected in.


 * lāng kâi thâu chut lâi íam;
 * thrust out her head and scrutinized it.


 * i kâi cûa-cam lāng-a-lāng;
 * darts out his forked tongue.


 * Calamity; trouble; difficulty.
 * cai-lāng;
 * adversity.
 * adversity.


 * khó-lāng;
 * distress.


 * tōa-lāng;
 * great affliction.


 * i sĭ tô̤ lāng kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kâi;
 * he came here to escape from trouble.


 * sĭu khó sĭu lāng;
 * experience hardship.


 * cau lāng;
 * encounter trouble.


 * kìu khó kìu lāng;
 * rescue from distress.


 * lāng jît cē kùe cū hó̤;
 * when these troublous days are passed, all will be well.

lap

 * A case; a wrapper; to encase; to snare.
 * cêk hù chíu-lap;
 * a pair of gloves.
 * a pair of gloves.


 * khah tōa, lap m̄ lô̤h;
 * it is too large and will not go into the case.


 * khîeh kâi pò-tō̤ lâi lap;
 * take a bag and slip this into it.


 * lap lô̤h khṳ̀ kín-kín;
 * it goes into the case with no room to spare.


 * táng úa lap sang bûeh lío;
 * wait till I put on my stockings.


 * cía sǹg sĭ lap tîeh kâi, m̄ sĭ hàuⁿ kâi;
 * this was something that circumstances forced him into, not something that he did willingly.


 * lap tîeh cū pak m̄ lut;
 * if you get involved in it, you cannot afterward free yourself.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío lap sin, ka-kī lap ka-kī;
 * he implicated himself by his own talk.


 * i cìaⁿ lap tò̤ lap; to sĭ tó̤ kuang nâng;
 * he casts his noose hither and thither, everywhere ensnaring people.


 * i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ lap i kâi;
 * in saying this he is laying a snare for her.


 * i huaⁿ-hí nâng lap káu tō̤;
 * he is delighted when he can get anyone to be his lackey.


 * cía sĭ lap tîeh chì-tek khṳ̂t;
 * this is being caught on the spikes of the thorny bamboo.


 * saⁿ sĭ khṳt kheng-kîⁿ lap lîh;
 * the jacket was rent by catching upon the rim of the basket.


 * i lap nâng kâi cè, lap kàu bît-bît;
 * he is over head and ears in debt.


 * cè lap pīn mâk;
 * in debt up to his eyes.


 * lap kàu i cē jīn cū phōiⁿ i;
 * entrap him into confessing and then bring him