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 kîaⁿ tŏ̤ lō tìn-tang;
 * walk in the middle of the road.


 * lō piⁿ; lō phâng; lō kîⁿ;
 * the roadside.


 * lō thâu, lō búe;
 * the ends of a path.


 * koi lō;
 * streets.


 * i cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ lō căi;
 * he is greatly hedged in of late.


 * i kâi lō-mn̂g khuah;
 * he has fine openings before him.


 * tī tîo lō-mn̂g i to ŏi tit kàu;
 * he has plenty of opportunities for making a living.


 * seⁿ lō; ûah lō;
 * ways of earning a living.


 * sí lō;
 * a course that leads to death.


 * i sĭ tbo̤ chūe sí lō;
 * he willfully incurs danger.


 * káu jīo kàu khût-thâu-lō, i cū àiⁿ hûe-tńg lâi kă;
 * a dog driven to bay will turn around and attack his pursuer.


 * chûah lō cáu;
 * escaped by a side path; turned off the road and ran away.


 * cí-kò̤ tùi síe-lō khṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̆n cêk phò lō;
 * by taking the by-path from here the journey is shortened by a league.


 * i ŭ sĭm-mih tău-lō cò̤ a bô̤? ā sĭ bô̤ úa chūe kĭaⁿ sṳ̄-lō i cò̤?
 * Has he any opportunity now for earning anything? If not I will find something for him to do.


 * úa cai i kâi kang-hu chíu-lō hó̤;
 * I know that what he does is well done.


 * kùe lō kâi nâng;
 * passers by.


 * úa àiⁿ kúaⁿ lō, kúaⁿ kàu kàu;
 * I wish to hasten on till I reach my destination.


 * kîaⁿ kṳ̆n lō;
 * go by the nearest route.


 * kîaⁿ phien lō;
 * go by an indirect route.


 * kîaⁿ chûah lō;
 * go by a short cut.


 * cìaⁿ lō;
 * the right way.


 * tît-lō;
 * the direct route.


 * lō phîaⁿ;
 * the bank beside the road.


 * tōa lō kha;
 * near the highway.


 * kau lō;
 * the sewer.


 * hái lō;
 * routes at sea.


 * khoi lō;
 * river communication.


 * hô̤-lō;
 * water-courses.


 * síam lō khṳt i kùe;
 * draw back off the road and let them pass.


 * i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;
 * he is accustomed to his business.


 * i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;
 * he has numerous accounts.


 * lō tîo cho-siap;
 * it is hard travelling.


 * lō ôih;
 * a narrow way.


 * lō khuah;
 * a wide passage.


 * lō câp;
 * an intricate passage.


 * kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;
 * took the wrong road.


 * lō cheⁿ;
 * a strange road.


 * lō sêk;
 * a familiar path.


 * mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;
 * lost his way.


 * kū lō;
 * the old road.


 * sin lō;
 * a new road.


 * ôih lō siang hông;
 * met each other in a narrow passage.


 * kîaⁿ lō cĭu kṳ̆n, bói mûeh cĭu phīⁿ;
 * in travelling one takes the nearest road, in purchasing articles one takes the cheapest.


 * cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bô̤ lō, jîp tī bô̤ mn̂g;
 * would have mounted into the heavens had there been a road or would have sunk into the earth had there been a door.


 * thiⁿ-tn̂g ŭ lō, lṳ́ m̄ khṳ̀ tī-gêk bô̤ mn̂g, lṳ́ cìn lâi;
 * though there were a road to heaven you would not travel it, and though hell had no door you would draw near to it.


 * to̤-lō côih lâi hó̤;
 * it is well sliced.


 * nûa lō;
 * close the passage.


 * ìo lō;
 * an important route.


 * cîⁿ lō;
 * the circulation of money.


 * lō phêng;
 * the road is safe.


 * ah lō;
 * to convoy on the way.


 * cíeⁿ lō;
 * guard the passage.


 * siu kîe, cò̤ lō;
 * repair bridges and make roads.


 * suaⁿ lō, thô lō, cîeh lō;
 * a road which is sandy, clayey or stony.


 * lō seⁿ chì;
 * the path is thorny.


 * khui māng lō;
 * to open the dark road, to cheer the spirit of the departed as it starts on its way to another world.


 * thóiⁿ châk lō;
 * look into the way by which the thief entered.


 * m̄ hó̤ kîaⁿ kût lō;
 * do not go in slippery paths.


 * hôk lō;
 * lie in ambush by the way.


 * kîaⁿ hn̆g lō;
 * take along journey.


 * lō-kèⁿ;
 * the path.


 * thau cáu lō;
 * take flight.


 * sûn lō;
 * patrol the streets.


 * sŭn lō, m̄ sŭn lō;
 * on or off the route.


 * lō tò̤-ká;
 * took an indirect route.


 * i m̄ cĭu lō;
 * he did not follow the road.


 * kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ lō;
 * the correct way.


 * i kâi lí-lō tn̂g;
 * he has many reasons to set forth.


 * i kâi húe-lō hó̤;
 * his appliances for heating and lighting are in good order.


 * ke-húe lō chi-pĭ;
 * the tools are all ready.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi pit lō cò̤-nî kîaⁿ;
 * see in what way he moves his pen.


 * kúi cūe lō, tī cūe lō pêⁿ?
 * Of these several roads, which is most level?


 * cí tîo lō ún;
 * this is a safe way.


 * màiⁿ kîaⁿ híam lō;
 * do not walk in dangerous paths.


 * cí tîo lō híam-ài;
 * this is a perilous path.


 * lō kĭa-kĭa;
 * the road is very steep.


 * lō pho̤-lo̤-sia;
 * the road is a descent.


 * nán tâng lō;
 * we are going the same way.


 * lō pun a;
 * the road divided.


 * kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pun lō;
 * at that point the roads diverge.


 * sùaⁿ-lō lîah tît-tît;
 * make your seam perfectly straight.


 * cêk lō kṳ̀ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much do you get for sawing one cut lengthwise?


 * The dew; mist that forms in drops of rain; to bedew.
 * lō-cúi;
 * dew.
 * dew.


 * cêk tíam lō;
 * a dewdrop.


 * hue lō;
 * fluid perfumes.


 * bûn-kùi lō;
 * rose-water.


 * méⁿ jît tăng lō;
 * hot sun makes heavy dew.


 * kìⁿ tîeh lō cúi;
 * get the dew on it.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ lō lō-cúi;
 * take it and put it where the dew will fall on it.


 * cêk sin khṳt i lō kàu lok-lok;
 * drenched with dew.


 * lō cêk lîap cêk lîap chin-chîeⁿ cu;
 * dew in drops like pearls.

lói

 * A step or act, particularly acts of worship, which will bring happiness; propriety, etiquette, ceremony, rites; the decent and decorous in worship and in social life; decorum, manners; official obeisance, worship, courtesy; offerings, gifts required by usage, vails, [sic]
 * lói huap; lói sìo;
 * etiquette, the rules of good society; politeness; ceremonies; courtesies.
 * etiquette, the rules of good society; politeness; ceremonies; courtesies.


 * lói măuⁿ;
 * good manners.


 * lói ngî;
 * a gift which custom requires one to offer.


 * ēng sĭm-mûeh lâi hôk i kâi lói?
 * What would be a suitable