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 for it, for it will then be too late.
 * cá mńg cū ŭ;
 * sooner or later it will be so.


 * cá mńg nŏ̤ kùe tang lóng-cóng hó̤;
 * the early and late crops of the year were both good.


 * mńg-chang;
 * supper, a term used among native Christians for the Lord’s Supper.


 * cá mńg kak cîah nŏ̤ cîⁿ;
 * takes two cash worth of it morning and evening.


 * i ā-sĭ khéng kói-hùe hûe-thâu, hŵn-lío bŏi mńg;
 * if he is willing to repent and reform it is not yet too late.


 * For the time, just, merely.
 * cò̤ li mńg cò̤, m̄ cai hâh ēng mē;
 * can make it after a fashion, but do not know whether it will be fit to use when it is done.
 * can make it after a fashion, but do not know whether it will be fit to use when it is done.


 * tàⁿ li mńg tàⁿ, úa sĭeⁿ i m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * as for that, I can tell him, bat I suppose he will pay no heed to what I say.


 * ēng li mńg ēng i, m̄ cai i cò̤ tit lâi mē;
 * I can employ him for the time being, but am doubtful whether he can do the work.


 * mńg-hŭn kùe jît;
 * just barely manage to get along.


 * Sign of the plural of persons.
 * îa mn̂g;
 * official attendants.
 * official attendants.


 * seng-lí mn̂g;
 * merchants.


 * thâk cṳ mn̂g;
 * students.


 * a cong mn̂g;
 * constables.


 * a pún mn̂g;
 * clerks in the yamun.


 * hṳ́ cêk mn̂g kâi nâng to m̄-hó̤ kau-chap;
 * it is not well to associate with those people.


 * tī cêk mńg to̤ m̄-ùi;
 * fears no sort of people.


 * cí cêk mn̂g úa cĭu kiaⁿ, hṳ́ cêk mn̂g bô̤-siang-kang;
 * these I fear, but those I am not concerned about.


 * A gate; a gateway; a door; a house or the family in it; an entrance, an opening; a harbour; a sect; a profession; a class; an occupation; in anatomy, a short duct or passage; a classifier of cannon and of affairs.
 * cíeⁿ mn̂g;
 * guard the entrance.
 * guard the entrance.


 * phah mn̂g; khà mn̂g; tiak mn̂g;
 * to knock at a door.


 * khui mn̂g;
 * open the door.


 * kueⁿ mn̂g;
 * shut the door.


 * chùaⁿ mn̂g;
 * latch the door.


 * chēng mn̂g;
 * bar the door.


 * kit mn̂g;
 * bolt the door.


 * hŏiⁿ mn̂g;
 * pull the doors together.


 * tàu mn̂g;
 * set the door in its sockets.


 * huang mn̂g;
 * seal up a door.


 * só̤ mn̂g;
 * lock the door.


 * mn̂g hăm a hŏiⁿ;
 * set the door ajar.


 * nŏ̤ phìⁿ tōa mn̂g;
 * two large doors.


 * síam mn̂g;
 * movable doors, forming a partition.


 * theng mn̂g;
 * window shutters.


 * côiⁿ mn̂g;
 * the front door.


 * ău mn̂g;
 * the back door.


 * mn̂g-kíaⁿ;
 * small doors.


 * thài phêng mn̂g;
 * an open doorway.


 * khui tong mn̂g ngêng-cih;
 * open the main door and receive him there.


 * kîaⁿ kak mn̂g jîp khṳ̀;
 * entered by a side door.


 * kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g a sĭ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g?
 * Do they use the main door or a side door?


 * ŵn-mn̂g;
 * doors beside the main one at the entrance to a yamun.


 * toaⁿ phìⁿ mn̂g;
 * a door of one leaf.


 * îⁿ mn̂g;
 * an arched doorway.


 * lâng-kang mn̂g;
 * a grated door.


 * chut mn̂g;
 * to go out of doors; to be out; to be married.


 * jîp mn̂g;
 * to enter the house.


 * sŏ̤ mn̂g; sìang mn̂g;
 * to batter down a door.


 * cŭang mn̂g;
 * to break in a door.


 * kiah mn̂g;
 * to pick open a door.


 * léng mn̂g;
 * push open a door.


 * mn̂g khuang;
 * door casings.


 * mn̂g táu;
 * door frames.


 * mn̂g bâi;
 * the lintel.


 * mn̂g tŏiⁿ;
 * the threshold.


 * mn̂g kha khŭ;
 * the socket in which a door turns.


 * mn̂g chùaⁿ;
 * door latch.


 * mn̂g-hŵn;
 * the rings through which a Chinese door is locked.


 * cêk hâp mn̂g;
 * a double door.


 * mn̂g sìⁿ ău;
 * behind the door.


 * po̤-mn̂g;
 * hatchway.


 * lâu mn̂g;
 * entrance to an upper storey.


 * pâng mn̂g;
 * bedroom door.


 * càu ĕ mn̂g;
 * the kitchen door.


 * càu mn̂g;
 * the door of the kitchen range.


 * huang-lô mn̂g;
 * stove doors.


 * mīn mn̂g;
 * the face.


 * mn̂g kha kháu;
 * outside the gate.


 * mn̂g kha;
 * by the door.


 * cò̤ mn̂g-cīeⁿ; tng mn̂g-kháu;
 * to be steward, butler or major-domo; a factotum in the employ of a gentleman.


 * cí khí sṳ̄ i cn̂g kâi m̄ jîp mn̂g;
 * he shows no aptness at all for this sort of thing.


 * lṳ́ cai thiaⁿ mn̂g;
 * you sit up and be ready to open the door.


 * mn̂g-sîn;
 * the god who guards the gate.


 * mn̂g-pâi;
 * door-plate.


 * pàng saⁿ mn̂g phàu;
 * fired off three cannon.


 * mn̂g-mn̂g to hío;
 * he is a jack-at-all-trades.


 * tī cêk mn̂g i to pat;
 * he understands a little of every sort of business.


 * i cwn mn̂g cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * he makes a specialty of this business.


 * mn̂g lō;
 * openings for trade or work.


 * mn̂g-seng; mn̂g-thû; mn̂g-jîn;
 * a follower; a disciple.


 * mn̂g-hŏ;
 * households.


 * khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài mn̂g;
 * go to him for patronage.


 * mn̂g pau; mn̂g lói;
 * a fee to the porter.


 * mn̂g-táu;
 * attendants on a district school inspector.


 * pùn mn̂g;
 * the anus.


 * súaⁿ mn̂g;
 * the mouth of the womb.


 * tùi mīn mn̂g;
 * the opposite door.


 * i cí hûe bô̤ mn̂g bô̤ lō;
 * he is now without resource.


 * ūe tàⁿ khù bô̤ mn̂g hó̤ jîp;
 * there was no chance to enter into the conversation.


 * cúi kwn mn̂g;
 * the place where a stream disembogesdisembogues [sic].


 * m̄ cai seⁿ-sí mn̂g;
 * does not know which way danger lies.


 * khui mn̂g pàng cúi;
 * open the sluice, and let off the water; produce a circulation of the fluids.


 * káng mn̂g;
 * entrance to a canal, port, or harbour.


 * hòng tîeh i kâi hīⁿ-kíaⁿ mn̂g;
 * boxed him on the ear.


 * lō mn̂g khah ôih;
 * the opening is too narrow.


 * khîu mn̂g jû chĭ;
 * sought his door in numbers like those going to a fair.


 * cĭeⁿ mn̂g;
 * approached the door.


 * kàu i mn̂g ŭ jîeh kú?
 * How long since she arrived at the house of her husband?


 * thiⁿ khui mn̂g;
 * there is a rift in the sky; good fortune comes.