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Rh the empire.
 * úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;
 * I heard this at the Departmental City.


 * sin-bŭn-cúa;
 * a newspaper.


 * úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;
 * I have long been acquainted with your name.


 * Sad; unhappy; melancholy.
 * iu-būn;
 * grieved.
 * grieved.


 * chô-būn;
 * sorrowful.


 * būn-būn nē;
 * very unhappy.


 * kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;
 * to dissipate grief.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;
 * do not be distressed.

but


 * Taste or flavor; it corresponds to the termination ish when applied to tastes.
 * hiam-but;
 * peppery.
 * peppery.


 * tîam-but;
 * sweetish.


 * sng-but;
 * sourish.


 * khó-but;
 * bitterish.


 * cîah tîeh hiam-but hiam-but;
 * it has a pungent flavor.


 * hía hṳ̂ cò̤-nî ŏi khó-but? sĭ thâi phùa táⁿ a m̄ sĭ?
 * Why is the fish bitter? The gallbladder was broken in cutting up the fish was it not?


 * kàu cîh búe se-su khó-but;
 * it leaves a slightly unpleasant taste in the mouth.


 * cîah kàu chùi búe tòa sng-but;
 * an acid taste is left in the mouth after eating it.


 * līo-bût;
 * condiments; sauces; spicery; seasoning.
 * condiments; sauces; spicery; seasoning.


 * àiⁿ lô̤h sĭm-mih līo-bût?
 * What will you season it with?


 * cí kò̤ bô̤ hṳ̂-seⁿ līo-bût;
 * there is no condiment here fit to go with fish.


 * To beat out the dust.
 * khîeh ki chûe khṳ̀ bṳ̂t, cìaⁿ ŏi cheng-khih;
 * get a stick and beat it, then it will be clean.
 * get a stick and beat it, then it will be clean.

bw̆nbwn [sic]


 * To neglect or slight.
 * khin-bw̆n;
 * to treat haughtily.
 * to treat haughtily.


 * bú-bw̆n;
 * treat with contempt.


 * màiⁿ bw̆n tîeh i,; [sic]
 * do not slight him;. [sic]


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ siet-bw̆n tîeh i;
 * that would be considered contemptuous treatment of him.


 * A curtain.
 * tìeⁿ bw̆n;
 * a curtain.
 * a curtain.


 * kiē bw̆n;
 * sedan curtains.


 * Tangled vines.
 * bw̆n-cheⁿ;
 * a turnip, green colored and with tubers above ground, used in medicine.
 * a turnip, green colored and with tubers above ground, used in medicine.


 * bw̆n-cháu lâng tṳ̂;
 * tangle grass is not easily extirpated.


 * Steamed bread, or wheaten cakes.
 * bw̆n-thâu;
 * a loaf of steamed bread.
 * a loaf of steamed bread.


 * A mystic emblem of high antiquity, explained to be the symbol of Buddha's heart; it is the hammer of Thor and is common in Norse mythology.
 * àiⁿ kuah cò̤ bw̆n-jī piⁿ;
 * will have it carved with a border in VetruvianVitruvian [sic] scroll.
 * will have it carved with a border in VetruvianVitruvian [sic] scroll.


 * bw̆n-jī pĭⁿ;
 * braid with the Vitruvian scroll woven in it.


 * bw̄n-jībw̆n-jī [sic] lâng-kang;
 * a balustrade with a convoluted lattice.


 * All; every; ten thousand; a strong superlative.
 * bw̄n nâng;
 * everybody.
 * everybody.


 * bw̄n mûeh;
 * everything.


 * bw̄n kok;
 * all nations.


 * bw̄n hok;
 * every blessing.


 * bw̄n ak îm ûi síu;
 * of all wickedness lewdness is chief.


 * bw̄n kim ke-súaⁿ;
 * an estate of immense value.


 * cêk bw̄n;
 * ten thousand.


 * cêk choiⁿ bw̄n;
 * ten millions.


 * peh bw̄n;
 * a million.


 * câp bw̄n;
 * a hundred thousand.


 * cêk pńg, bw̄n lâi;
 * ten thousand per cent gain.


 * châng-hn̂g, bw̄n khẃn;
 * countless acres of farm land.


 * bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
 * nothing lost or missed.


 * bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
 * one among a thousand.


 * bw̄n kó to bŏi hāi;
 * it will never wear out; time will not affect it.


 * bw̄n bô̤ chṳ́ lí;
 * there is no such principle.


 * bw̄n-bw̄n m̄ hó̤;
 * most certainly not; a thousand times no.


 * bw̄n-bw̄n put lêng;
 * it cannot be done.


 * lṳ́ choiⁿ bw̄n tîeh lâi;
 * you must come without fail.


 * choiⁿ kun bw̄n bé;
 * myriads.


 * bw̄n sì;
 * all ages.


 * bw̄n tō̤;
 * all generations.


 * choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī;
 * an immeasurable extent of land.


 * kàu cí-kò̤ choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi, sît-căi sĭ kang-khó;
 * to come here over innumerable mountains and seas is indeed difficult.


 * būe cău bw̄n mûeh cṳ côiⁿ;
 * before all things were created.

ca


 * A female, of the human race.
 * sĭ ta-po a ca-bó?
 * Is it a boy or a girl?
 * Is it a boy or a girl?


 * ca-bó kíaⁿ;
 * a daughter.


 * ca-bó ké cò̤ ta-po;
 * a woman disguised as a man.


 * Dregs; lees; what is left after infusion.
 * îeh ca;
 * the dregs of medicine.
 * the dregs of medicine.


 * tê ca;
 * tea leaves that have been steeped.


 * tè tīo ca;
 * strain out the dregs.


 * kbṳ̀khṳ̀ [sic] ca;
 * take out the lees.


 * hun-ca;
 * the refuse left in the pipe after opium has been smoked.


 * ca-cái;
 * sediment.


 * Yesterday; time gone; recently.
 * ca-jît;
 * yesterday.
 * yesterday.


 * i ca-jît cìaⁿ lâi;
 * he came yesterday.


 * úa ca-mêⁿ-hng m̄ cai kio i tàⁿ;
 * I did not think to tell him last evening.


 * ca-mêⁿ cn̂g kâi bŏi ût;
 * I could not