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 has cataract.
 * mâk ĕ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
 * What have you to do in the immediate future?


 * kim mâk lăi-cìang;
 * stone blind, with apparently faultless eyes.


 * mâk-ciu cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * blind.


 * sì mâk bô̤ chin;
 * a stranger in a strange land.


 * m̄ hâh mâk;
 * not according to my taste.


 * hâh mâk;
 * pleasing to the eye; suiting the taste.


 * măng, cêk mâk cêk mâk;
 * the net has meshes.


 * mâk lôk;
 * an index, list, or summary.


 * mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;
 * looking with unwinking eyes.


 * mâk bîe-bîe;
 * squint-eyed.


 * sîa mâk thóiⁿ i;
 * glanced at him.


 * mâk hâp-bûa;
 * close the eyes.


 * mâk hâp m̄ míⁿ;
 * his eyes are not shut tightly.


 * mâk peh-khui lâi thóiⁿ;
 * open your eyes and look.


 * mâk-ciu tìeⁿ-phû;
 * look upward.


 * mâk-ciu cai mō̤ⁿ kĕ;
 * look downward.


 * bô̤ mīn bô̤ mâk;
 * is very indistinctly drawn.


 * kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;
 * wears spectacles.


 * sĭ kùa íang mâk, a sĭ mâk hue?
 * Does he wear them to protect his eyes, or because his sight is dim?


 * mâk cam-chiah;
 * eyes weak.


 * seⁿ mâk-cam;
 * has a sty on the eye.


 * mâk tōa lîap; mâk khang khuah;
 * has large eyes.


 * thóiⁿ nâng bô̤ tŏ̤ mâk kah;
 * look upon with contempt.


 * sieh m̄ jîp mâk;
 * kindness has no good effect on him.


 * thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ mâk;
 * look upon superciliously.


 * sìo-mâk;
 * numbers; statistics.


 * chut sĭm-mih tôi-mâk?
 * What theme has been given out for the essays?


 * i sĭ khue mâk chut sin;
 * he rose to office by merit, not by purchasing a post.


 * i mâk tang bô̤ nâng;
 * he regards nobody.


 * mâk côiⁿ hó̤
 * Are the immediate prospects good?


 * jṳ́ mâk tn̂g căi;
 * has long ears and eyes; is not easily guiled.


 * ēng i tó̤ cò̤ jṳ́ mâk;
 * employ him as a detective.


 * mâk bô̤ ûang huap;
 * does not regard the laws.


 * sang mâk lêng-lāi;
 * sharp-sighted.


 * mâk kău-ham;
 * heavy lidded eyes.


 * i kâi mâk hó̤;
 * he has good eyesight; is quick to perceive.


 * mâk kṳ̆n-sì;
 * near-sighted.


 * tôk mâk;
 * one eyed.


 * chô̤h mâk;
 * cross-eyed.


 * mâk châ-châ!
 * Your eyes are of little use to you!


 * mâk sîn;
 * the expression of the eye.


 * lîh mâk;
 * an eye with a defective lid.


 * nih mâk;
 * to wink.


 * thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;
 * it lightens.


 * tek mâk;
 * the joints in bamboos.


 * cí kò̤ pang seⁿ mâk;
 * this board has knots in it.


 * kha mâk;
 * the ankle bone.


 * chíu mâk;
 * the wrist bone.


 * tūi mâk;
 * the head of a company or squad.


 * thâu mâk;
 * the head man.


 * tẁn ieh tàⁿ cē sûh mâk cū tŏng chíu;
 * made an agreement that as soon as the wink was given they would lay their hands to it.


 * sûh mâk, hàm i màiⁿ;
 * winked to him not to do it.


 * i kâi mâk cē sûh i cū cai;
 * he knew as soon as she gave him the wink.


 * mâk kak;
 * the corner of the eye.


 * mâk kṳ̂-kṳ̂; mâk châ-kṳ̂ châ-kṳkṳ̂ [sic]
 * the eyes fixed and staring.

mang

 * A pinnace; a long boat.
 * thâu-mang-cûn;
 * a small junk.
 * a small junk.


 * Mosquitoes.
 * pŭaⁿ máng; jīo mâng;
 * drive out the mosquitoes.
 * drive out the mosquitoes.


 * chih máng;
 * fumigate and destroy the mosquitoes.


 * hun máng;
 * smoke out the mosquitoes.


 * líam máng-hun;
 * burn pastiles to drive away the mosquitoes.


 * tìo máng-tìeⁿ;
 * hang up a mosquito bar.


 * bói ki máng-kô̤ lâi kô̤ máng;
 * buy a mosquito-trap and catch the mosquitoes.


 * máng-teng;
 * a lamp which draws in and burns up mosquitoes.


 * bô̤ bun, bô̤ máng;
 * no gnats nor mosquitoes.


 * máng kău;
 * the mosquitoes are very thick.


 * mīn cêk tíam cêk tíam sĭ máng-chùi a m̄ sĭ?
 * The little dots all over your face are mosquito bites are they not?


 * máng hng-hng-kìe;
 * mosquitoes buzz.


 * máng cuh hueh;
 * mosquitoes suck blood.


 * khṳt máng kă kàu kâi lâu;
 * bitten by a mosquito so as to have a great blotch raised.


 * saⁿ jṳ́ tîeh máng hueh;
 * the tunic has a daub of mosquito’s blood on it.


 * kâi cîⁿ máng tàng tîeh to m̄-àiⁿ!
 * If a mosquito has stung the cash you won't take it; you are very exacting in regard to the quality of the money you take.


 * àm chì máng;
 * fierce mosquitoes that do not buzz.


 * A large serpent.
 * máng cûa;
 * a python with yellow scales, found in Yunan and Anam.
 * a python with yellow scales, found in Yunan and Anam.


 * chēng máng-phâu;
 * wear a robe having a python embroidered on jt.


 * jû khṳ̀ kùe máng-suaⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * like crossing the mountains among which the pythons live.


 * Pertaining to funeral obsequies.
 * cò̤ máng-si;
 * compose a funeral chant or monody.
 * compose a funeral chant or monody.


 * máng ko̤;
 * a dirge.


 * máng lîn;
 * funeral scrolls.


 * máng-têk;
 * a large banner in black and white, or blue and gold cloth, hung between two staffs, and used as a funeral decoration.


 * i cí pang kâi sng sṳ̄ sĭu ŭ jîeh cōi máng-têk?
 * How many funeral banners did they receive during these obsequies?


 * Regardless of etiquette; perturbed and therefore unable to attend to business.
 * lú-máng;
 * beedless; rude; inattentive and untrustworthy.
 * beedless; rude; inattentive and untrustworthy.


 * cho-máng;
 * brusque; blunt.


 * i sĭ cho-máng kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ ìuⁿ-sìu kâi nâng;
 * he is a boor not a refined person.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ lú-lú máng-máng, êng kâi m̄ ceng-sòi;
 * does things in a blundering way, with no circumspection.