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 you.
 * cía khah ŭ lâu;
 * this is making you too much trouble.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ thû lâu bô̤ iah;
 * this is laboring in vain.


 * lân lâk kâi nâng;
 * a toiler.


 * tîeh lĭam pĕ-bó̤ kū lâu kâi ṳn;
 * must recollect the gracious kindness of our parents in their former labors for us.


 * lâu kim jîeh cōi?
 * What was the amount given as a reward for his services?


 * cang cí kâi lâi chîu i kâi lâu;
 * take this and present it to him in recognition of services kindly rendered.


 * m̄ hó̤ khah kùe bûa-lâu;
 * do not drudge too incessantly.


 * kùe iu-lâu cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;
 * moiling too much will bring on illness.


 * i cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ hṳ-lâu kâi pēⁿ;
 * this sickness is the result of overwork.


 * The tide.
 * lâu tĭⁿ a khó̤?
 * Is the tide rising or falling?
 * Is the tide rising or falling?


 * lâu-cúi ŏi kàu cí a bŏi?
 * Does the tide reach to this point or not?


 * lâu pêⁿ;
 * the tide is motionless.


 * lâu khó̤ kàu tah-tah;
 * the tide is at its lowest ebb.


 * kúaⁿ lâu;
 * follow the tide.


 * ngêk lâu;
 * go against the tide.


 * The flowing of water; to circulate; to diffuse itself; to shed; to flow out; fluid.
 * lâu cúi méⁿ;
 * the current is swift.
 * the current is swift.


 * sŭn lâu;
 * to go with the tide.


 * ngêk lâu; théⁿ lâu;
 * to go against the current.


 * cí kò̤ kâi cûn sĭ kîaⁿ lâu cúi kâi;
 * the boats hereabouts are made to go with the current.


 * hó̤ huang m̄ phàⁿ lâu;
 * with a fair wind there is no fear of the tide.


 * cí kò̤ sĭ lâu sim;
 * the centre of the current is here.


 * hueh lâu, hueh tih;
 * the blood runs.


 * lâu mâk-cap;
 * to shed tears.


 * tn̂g lâu khoi cúi;
 * an ever flowing stream.


 * cúi lâu bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * the water has no outlet.


 * thek sî-kang-kíaⁿ lâu;
 * to float on the tide.


 * cí tîo kau lâu lô̤h khoi, khoi cū lâu lô̤h hái;
 * this drain flows into the river, and the river flows into the sea.


 * thn̄g thong khṳt i lâu;
 * poke it open and let it flow along.


 * sak kín bŏi lâu;
 * tightly obstructed so that it cannot flow.


 * lâu phīⁿ-cúi;
 * mucous running from the nose.


 * lâu hĭⁿ lâng kôi;
 * pus running from the ear.


 * A loft; a staging; a tower; the upper floor or storey of a house; a chamber; a large fine shop; a porch or raised portal; storied.
 * lâu téng, lâu ĕ;
 * up stairs and down stairs.
 * up stairs and down stairs.


 * nŏ̤ câng lâu;
 * two storied.


 * cĭeⁿ kau-lâu;
 * go to an eating room.


 * jī în lâu;
 * the second storey.


 * lâu cīeⁿ kè lâu;
 * storey above storey.


 * cheⁿ-lâu;
 * a brothel.


 * sîaⁿ lâu téng;
 * a tower above the city gate.


 * ceng lâu;
 * a belfry.


 * kó lâu;
 * a drum tower.


 * keⁿ lâu;
 * a watchman's loft.


 * cáu-bé-lâu;
 * a verandah; a corridor.


 * mō̤ⁿ lâu;
 * an observatory; a balcony; a lookout.


 * lâu thâi;
 * a staging for performances.


 * lâu céⁿ;
 * a skylight.


 * lâu thui;
 * a stairway.


 * lâu pang;
 * the floor of a chamber.


 * lâu êⁿ;
 * floor beams.


 * cí koiⁿ chu ngŏ în lâu;
 * this house has five stories.


 * To detain; to stop a guest; to keep back; to delay.
 * khṳt i lâu-cŭ tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * has been retained by him.
 * has been retained by him.


 * jw̆n lâu, i m̄ khéng nā kò̤;
 * however much I exerted myself to keep her, she would not stay.


 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ cèng-kŭ;
 * keep this to use as a proof of it.


 * lâu pàng mùa-cá cîah;
 * set it aside to eat to-morrow.


 * lâu i tó̤ sie phŭaⁿ;
 * kept her to be company for me.


 * hŵn-lío lâu ṳ̂ tī;
 * there is still some empty space left.


 * bô̤ lâu i;
 * did not urge her to stay.


 * tau-lâu i nā kò̤;
 * forcibly detain him.


 * tau-lâu i kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ, màiⁿ i khṳ̀;
 * forcibly detained her things to keep her from going.


 * mih sṳ̄ bó̤ lâu chêng;
 * is not accommodating in anything.


 * khṳt i lâu tó̤ cîah;
 * kept him to dinner.


 * lâu jīm;
 * press to remain in office.


 * cèng nâng khṳ̀ lâu jīm;
 * all went to protest against his removal from office.


 * Wasting away from toil or atrophy of the viscera; consumption of the bowels; marasmus.
 * hṳ-lâu kâi pēⁿ;
 * a wasting disease; a pining away.
 * a wasting disease; a pining away.


 * lâu pēⁿ;
 * phthisis; emaciated and consumptive.


 * lâu sieⁿ, hṳ sun;
 * injured so as to produce a chronic atrophy, as by immoderate lifting.


 * Aged; venerable; a term of respect.
 * lău nâng; lău nâng ke;
 * venerable sir; an old person.
 * venerable sir; an old person.


 * lău nâng hok-sek;
 * garments suitable for the aged.


 * lău ûang;
 * the old king.


 * lău sin-seⁿ;
 * the venerable teacher.


 * lău tăi-jîn;
 * Your Excellency.


 * lău îa;
 * Your Worship; a god.


 * hṳ́ kâi sĭ i kâi lău kong-phûa;
 * those are his grandparents.


 * An adulterer.
 * hṳ́ kâi àiⁿ cò̤ lău-ĭen kâi, sĭm-mih kháu-keng?
 * What did the one who was tried for adultery say in his own defense?
 * What did the one who was tried for adultery say in his own defense?


 * To drip; to leak; to ooze out; to lose, to disclose, to blab, to let slip; to lose sight of; to let in, as light; a clepsydra.
 * pó lāu;
 * to mend a leak.
 * to mend a leak.


 * chù-téng ŏi lāu a bŏi?
 * Does the roof leak?


 * hŏ cē tōa lāu kàu