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 * To pull; to draw toward one; to tug at; to haul at.
 * máng i nā kò̤;
 * hold on to him and make him stay.


 * máng m̄ cŭ;
 * could not hold it by tugging at it.


 * máng lâi, léng khṳ̀;
 * pull and push.


 * máng i kâi piⁿ;
 * pulled his queue.


 * máng saⁿ kṳ;
 * holding on to the flap of her tunic.


 * máng kín-kín, bô̤ i khṳ̀;
 * held on tightly and would not let her go.


 * hăm kṳn máng khí lâi;
 * pulled it up roots and all.


 * máng i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
 * pulled her hair.


 * máng so̤h;
 * haul in a rope.


 * máng hûe-tńg;
 * turn around by pulling at.


 * máng tīo mô̤ⁿ;
 * pluck out the feathers.


 * Hurried; busy; distracted with care; fluttered.
 * sim màiⁿ mâng;
 * do not be fluttered.
 * do not be fluttered.


 * cò̤ cìeⁿ mâng, àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where are you going in such haste?


 * i cò̤-nî huang-huang mâng-mâng?
 * What is she bustling about so for?


 * huang-mâng khí-sin;
 * started off with great precipitation.


 * cē ŭ sṳ̄ tîeh mâng;
 * as soon as anything happens she is flurried.


 * lîeng mâng cū khṳ̀;
 * hurried off.


 * ēng i tó̤ pang mâng;
 * employs him to help in the press of business.


 * mâng-kip kâi sî-hāu;
 * when urgently pressed for time.


 * sim mâng, i lw̆n;
 * fluttered and confused.


 * mâng-mâng īa bô̤ khà khîeh mûeh;
 * in such a hurry that I did not stop to get my things.


 * Vast and vague, like the expanse of the ocean.
 * mâng-mâng tōa hái, cn̂g kâi sĭ cúi;
 * as far as the eye could reach was one expanse of water.
 * as far as the eye could reach was one expanse of water.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng khṳ̀ tī kò̤ chūe?
 * Where could one go to look for it in the illimitable space?


 * sí lío míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng, m̄ cai lêng-hûn ŭ tŏ̤ kò̤ a bô;
 * after death all is vague and obscure, and we do not know whether the soul exists or not.


 * mâng-sio;
 * crude salt-petre, sometimes mixed with nitrate of soda and alumina.
 * mâng-sio;
 * crude salt-petre, sometimes mixed with nitrate of soda and alumina.


 * Fierce; brutish; trusting to strength alone; unreasonable; beyond reproof.
 * áu-mâng;
 * fierce; dangerous.
 * fierce; dangerous.


 * i kò̤ kâi nâng mâng căi;
 * the people there are very barbarous.


 * sĭ mâng;
 * willful, passionate.


 * i kâi nâng īu tio īu mâng;
 * he is both passionate and unreasonable.


 * mâng hieⁿ;
 * uncivilized towns.


 * A net; a web; netting.
 * lāu măng kâi hṳ̂;
 * a fish that escaped the net.
 * a fish that escaped the net.


 * thut lío lô̤-măng;
 * escaped from the snare.


 * pha măng;
 * let down the net.


 * tieⁿ măng;
 * spread a net.


 * kit măng;
 * to make a net.


 * ti-tu kit măng;
 * the spider makes a web.


 * măng tîeh cêk búe tōa hṳ̂;
 * caught one large fish in the net.


 * cêk măng nĕ tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ, túi m̄ khí;
 * the net was very full, so that they could not draw it up.


 * cêk măng pha cĭn;
 * caught the net fall.


 * ēng măng-phèⁿ lâi phèⁿ;
 * take a netted kerchief and gather them up in it.


 * măng tō̤;
 * a netted bag.


 * Long robes.
 * chēng khṳ̀, tn̂g-măng-măng;
 * dressed in a very long gown.
 * dressed in a very long gown.


 * To dream; to see visions; dreams, of which diviners make six classes; a phantasm; obscure.
 * māng-kìⁿ;
 * dreamed.
 * dreamed.


 * māng to m̄ kàu;
 * I never dreamed of it.


 * māng lâi èng-ngīam;
 * the dream came to pass.


 * jît sĭeⁿ, mêⁿ māng;
 * think of it by day, and dream of it by night.


 * māng tĭo;
 * a prophetic dream.


 * cêk tîeⁿ tōa māng;
 * one long dream.


 * māng-mŭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄, m̄ hó̤ sìn;
 * it is a visionary scheme, do not place any confidence in it.


 * khui māng lō;
 * open the obscure road; cheer the spirit of the departed on its way to the other world.


 * chéⁿ khí lâi, ío sĭ māng;
 * I awoke, and behold it was a dream.


 * ak māng;
 * nightmare.


 * put sîang māng;
 * a bad dream.


 * māng tîeh kâi hó̤ māng;
 * had a pleasant dream.


 * nâng seⁿ jû māng;
 * life passes like a dream.


 * Slow; leisurely; tardy; late.
 * m̄ hó̤ māng;
 * it admits of no delay.
 * it admits of no delay.


 * ĭen-māng kàu taⁿ;
 * delayed until now.


 * chî-māng nŏ̤ jît;
 * put it off two days.


 * māng-māng àiⁿ cò̤;
 * will do it after a while.


 * māng-māng kîaⁿ;
 * walk very slowly.


 * kîaⁿ māng cē, thāi úa;
 * walk rather slowly till I catch up with you.


 * jú māng jú hó̤;
 * the more slowly the better.


 * īa m̄-hó̤ khah māng;
 * neither should it be too late.


 * khuaⁿ māng to hó̤;
 * it is not pressing ; to do it leisurely will answer.



mauⁿ

 * To wrap up; to bundle up.
 * i ùi huang, kâi thâu-khak mauⁿ kàu miⁿ-miⁿ;
 * she is afraid of the wind, and has wrapped her head up closely.
 * she is afraid of the wind, and has wrapped her head up closely.


 * The covering of animals; the tare of goods.
 * mâuⁿ-pēⁿ; mâuⁿ-pĭn;
 * a flaw; a defect in an article; a failing; a queer way; an idiosyncrasy.
 * a flaw; a defect in an article; a failing; a queer way; an idiosyncrasy.


 * i kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is what is the