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Rh be wedged in there or not?
 * cía put kùe sĭ soih phûe phāng kâi;
 * this is nothing more than filling up a narrow space between two other graves.


 * úa thói" hṳ́ kâi tī-hng li soih m̄ jîp;
 * I do not think you can wedge in any more there.


 * ńng-soih;
 * fine, small, and delicate; fragile and dainty.
 * fine, small, and delicate; fragile and dainty.


 * ńng-soih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * bric-a-brac; bijouterie; articles that are small and exquisite.


 * hìeⁿ cōi sieⁿ láng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ lóng-cóng sĭ ńng-ńng soih-soih kâi;
 * all these boxes are of very delicate aud costly things.


 * cìeⁿ cōi cho-ki tōa-hîeh kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ tǹg bô̤ cêk kiaⁿ ńng-soih kâi cîⁿ;
 * all these coarse and large articles are of less value in money than a single object of art.


 * cía sĭ ńng-soih kâi, m̄ pí hía cho-tōa lâ-phà kâi;
 * this is of exquisite workmanship, and is not to be put in comparison with those coarse and clumsy ones.


 * To tuck in, as the skirt in the girdle.
 * saⁿ-kṳ khang-khí-lâi soih tŏ̤ tòa kò̤;
 * take up the bottom of the petticoat and tuck it in the girdle.
 * take up the bottom of the petticoat and tuck it in the girdle.


 * tîeh soih kín, màiⁿ ka-lâuh;
 * must tuck it in tight so that it won't come out.


 * àiⁿ ĕ kùe khoi, kûn tîeh kío-khí-lâi soih-pàng tòa kò̤, cìaⁿ bŏi ūn tîeh cúi;
 * if you are going to wade across the stream, you must lift your petticoat and tuck it in your belt, then it will not draggle in the water.


 * Small stones, gravel, shingle.
 * hĭa soih;
 * broken tiles.
 * broken tiles.


 * thūn cò̤ hìaⁿ kâi cng-kău hĭa-soih;
 * fill it in with broken bricks and tiles.

sok

 * To bind many things together, to tie in a bundle, as fagots; to restrain, to coerce; a sheaf, a bundle; a classifier of such things as are bound.
 * sok cò̤ cêk sok;
 * bind them up in one bundle.
 * bind them up in one bundle.


 * kwn lăi kâi sok-siu sĭ jîeh cōi?
 * In the written agreement with the teacher, what is the sum agreed upon as his wages?
 * ak-sok; iak-sok;
 * to repress, to keep down.


 * tîeh cai ak-sok i màiⁿ hùang-sṳ̀;
 * must keep him under restraint so that he will not be impudent.


 * iak-sok kàu ngîam căi;
 * kept in strict subjection.


 * m̄-hó̤ sok-pâk kàu nâng bô̤ lō hó̤ kîaⁿ;
 * should not bind people so that they have no freedom of action.


 * hái-îeⁿ kâi pńg chut lâi ŭ jîeh cōi sok?
 * How many bundles of fifty essays each were there, belonging to the Hai Ie candidates?
 * i cí hûe sît-căi sok chíu;
 * he is now really unable to act.


 * To place under obligation harmfully.
 * lêk-sok;
 * extort.
 * extort.


 * cà sok;
 * badger.


 * sok mīaⁿ;
 * to involve one's life.


 * sok i kâi hûn;
 * implicate to such an extent as to involve all he possesses.


 * To shrink; to contract; to shrivel up; to draw in.
 * lîm tīn, thò̤-sok;
 * retreated when face to face with the enemy.
 * retreated when face to face with the enemy.


 * sok cò̤ cêk kò̤-kíaⁿ;
 * shriveled up to a little bit.


 * sok-tó̤ ku-ākua? with some diacritic [sic] chùn;
 * shrunk several inches.


 * kṳn sok kàu ŏi thìaⁿ;
 * the tendon is drawn up so that it aches.


 * sok-bûa;
 * to draw in.


 * sok-bûa cìaⁿ bŏi kûe lō;
 * draw back, so as not to be in the way.


 * úa kâi kha, thiⁿ-sî chìn cū ŏi sok sòi;
 * when the weather is cold my feet shrivel and become smaller.


 * sok cò̤ cêk pé;
 * all shrunk up in a bunch.


 * sok kàu sòi-sòi;
 * shriveled up small.


 * Hasty, speedy, quick, urgent.
 * sok-sok cū khṳ̀ lí;
 * went quickly to attend to it.
 * went quickly to attend to it.


 * húe sok cū khṳ̀;
 * went off in the utmost haste.


 * ciet sok cū lâi;
 * came with the greatest speed.


 * kîaⁿ sĭ kùe sok-hieⁿ;
 * goes out of fashion sooner than a common incense stick burns out.


 * àiⁿ sok put tâk;
 * if you are too urgent it cannot be effected; the more haste the less speed.


 * Respectful; reverential, as when one is desirous to do his duty fully; severe and majestic.
 * sok-cĕⁿ;
 * decorous.
 * decorous.


 * i kâi ke-kui ngîam-sok căi;
 * the domestic discipline is very strict.


 * Silent; still; solitary.
 * sok-môk;
 * lonely.
 * lonely.


 * ka-kī khĭa-khí sok-môk căi;
 * living all by yourself you must be lonely.


 * sok-sok môk-môk, bô̤ nâng sie phŭaⁿ;
 * very lonely with no companionship.


 * sok-cĕⁿ; sok-sok cĕⁿ;
 * very solitary.


 * To belong to; pertaining to; allied.
 * sôk tŏ̤ tī-tîang kò̤?
 * To whom does it belong?
 * To whom does it belong?


 * sĭ i kâi chin sôk;
 * are his own kin.


 * cŭe bô̤ kîp i kâi ke-sôk;
 * the crime does not involve his subordinates.


 * sĭ tŏ̤ i kâi sôk ĕ;
 * it pertains to his inferiors.


 * sôk tŏ̤ siang-hó̤;
 * depends upon his associates.


 * sṳ̄ sôk líang lâng;
 * to act either way is equally difficult.


 * sôk-ŵn;
 * a subaltern.


 * sôk tī-tîang kẃn?
 * Under whose constrolcontrol [sic] is it?


 * cía sĭ sôk tŏ̤ lṳ́ kò̤;
 * this pertains to you.


 * sôk tŏ̤ i hâng ĕ;
 * subject to him.


 * cía ĭ sôk im a sĭ sôk îang?
 * Does this belong to the female or to the male principle iuin [sic] nature?


 * tîe-ciu-hú káu sôk;
 * the Tie-Chiu Department has nine