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 than swine's gall.
 * hṳ̂ m̄-hó̤ thâi phùa táⁿ;
 * do not cut the gall bladder in dressing the fish.


 * cía sĭ kuaⁿ-táⁿ kâi ūe;
 * this is the expression of his real feelings.


 * i kâi, bun táⁿ;
 * his gall is that of a gnat; he is a perfect coward.


 * íⁿ-keng thó̤ kò̤ hîm táⁿ cîah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * has demanded a piece of bear's gall to take as medicine; has asked those who wounded him for money to buy expensive remedies.


 * thâi nâng pàne húe táⁿ;
 * has the audacity of a murderer and incendiary.


 * phah tîeh tìo táⁿ;
 * hit him where the gall is hung; struck his vitals.


 * A burden, a load; a picul.
 * cêk tàⁿ cêk peh kṳn;
 * a picul is a hundred catties.
 * a picul is a hundred catties.


 * cí tàⁿ kàu poih káu câp kṳn, hṳ́ tàⁿ peh gūa kṳn;
 * this load is eighty or ninety catties in weight, and that one is over a hundred.


 * cía cûn cài ŭ jîeh cōi tàⁿ hue?
 * How many loads of lime does this boat carry?


 * cái ŭ saⁿ bw̄n tàⁿ;
 * it carries thirty thousand piculs.


 * tàⁿ màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;
 * do not carry too heavy loads.


 * jîh cò̤ cêk tōa tàⁿ;
 * press it down and make one large load of it.


 * màiⁿ khṳt taⁿ-tàⁿ hùe cŭang tîeh;
 * do not let the burden bearers come in collision with it.


 * To speak, to converse, to say, to talk.
 * tàⁿ ūe;
 * to talk.
 * to talk.


 * i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What does she say?


 * i tàⁿ m̄-hó̤;
 * she dissents.


 * nâng-nâng tàⁿ hó̤;
 * every one assents to it.


 * úa li tàⁿ sĭ, i li tàⁿ m̄ sĭ;
 * I said it was so and she said it was not.


 * i tàⁿ mih ūe?
 * What language does he speak?


 * ŏi tàⁿ ūe a bŏi?
 * Can he talk?


 * úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
 * I do not know what to say about it.


 * cía ūe sĭ i tàⁿ kâi;
 * this is what he said.


 * tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;
 * use obscene language.


 * tàⁿ khṳ̀ áu m̄ tńg;
 * cannot pronounce it.


 * tàⁿ lâi tōa cîh;
 * stutters in talking.


 * tàⁿ khṳ̀ thîh-thîh-kìe;
 * speaks stammeringly.


 * tàⁿ khṳ̀ im m̄ cìaⁿ;
 * does not speak plainly.


 * tàⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;
 * did not say exactly.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi kōi thiaⁿ;
 * it is easy to understand what he says.


 * mih ūe i to ŏi tàⁿ;
 * he can speak every language.


 * sĭ tàⁿ sńg kâi a sĭ tàⁿ cin kâi?
 * Is it spoken in jest or in earnest?


 * têng tàⁿ;
 * reiterate.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ tàⁿ;
 * say it over again.


 * cài tàⁿ;
 * repeat it.


 * cài saⁿ tàⁿ;
 * told him again and again.


 * hŵn-lío tàⁿ;
 * keeps on telling it.


 * tàⁿ pêh-cíaⁿ; tàⁿ pêh-lô̤h;
 * to tell lies.


 * Insipid; dull; indifferent; flat.
 * i kâi bī khah tăⁿ;
 * it tastes too flat.
 * it tastes too flat.


 * i kâi ke ío cheng-tăⁿ;
 * his family is poor.


 * i khĭam-phok căi, cêk seⁿ to sĭ cho i tăⁿ pn̄g;
 * they live very plainly, and always wear coarse clothing and eat simple food.


 * tāⁿ-tăⁿ nē kau- chap cū hó̤;
 * to be merely civil in intercourse with them is all that is desirable.


 * cí pak ūe lâi khah tăⁿ, hṳ́ pak ūe lâi khah lông;
 * this scroll is painted in too pale colors, and that one in too bright ones.


 * tăⁿ-pô̤h kâi ke;
 * of obscure family.


 * i cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí né-tăⁿ căi;
 * his business is very dull lately.


 * kâi koi-chĭ cn̂g kâi né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;
 * trade is now exceedingly dull; nothing is going on in the markets.


 * To ram down, to beat down with a pestle.
 * cang khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi tăⁿ mîⁿ, cìaⁿ tah tit tùe;
 * crush it with the pestle and then it will adhere when you stick it on.
 * crush it with the pestle and then it will adhere when you stick it on.


 * cí kúi kâi kaⁿ-ná khîeh khṳ̀ tăⁿ phùa;
 * take these few olives and break them by crushing them.


 * tăⁿ chùi;
 * beat and break under a pestle.


 * îeⁿ-bûe khîeh lâi tăⁿ phùa hût lío cò̤ îeⁿ-bûe sám;
 * break the pits of the arbutus fruit and make a jam of them.


 * To discard; to pitch.
 * khîeh kò̤ cîeh tăⁿ i;
 * pitched a stone at it.
 * pitched a stone at it.


 * tăⁿ hôiⁿ;
 * to return a discarded article.


 * tăⁿ sìu-kîu;
 * toss the embroidered ball.


 * tú-tú tăⁿ tîeh;
 * just hit it.


 * tăⁿ tîeh thâu-khak;
 * hit him on the head.


 * To err; to mistake; to blunder.
 * i tàⁿ tāⁿ;
 * he made a mistake in speaking.
 * he made a mistake in speaking.


 * i cò̤ tāⁿ;
 * he made a mistake in doing it.


 * sĭ úa thóiⁿ tāⁿ;
 * it was I who made a mistake in the inspection.


 * sĭeⁿ tāⁿ cú-ì;
 * an error of thought leading to error in choice.


 * chíu khîeh tāⁿ;
 * a slip of the hand, in taking.


 * lí tāⁿ;
 * made a mistake in regulating it.


 * kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;
 * went by the wrong road.


 * cîah tāⁿ mûeh;
 * ate the wrong thing.


 * thóiⁿ tāⁿ nâng;
 * mistook his man.


 * chŵn bŏi tāⁿ;
 * no mistake about it.


 * còng tāⁿ īa m̄ hn̆g;
 * the error is not great.


 * tāⁿ kàu m̄ cai;
 * went astray so far as to be completely unaware of it.


 * thâk tāⁿ im, sía tāⁿ jī, sueh tāⁿ cṳ;
 * read, write and explain the wrong letters.

tah


 * To paste up; to stick on; to lay on.
 * tah tŏ̤ chîeⁿ tèng;
 * paste it up on the wall.
 * paste it up on the wall.


 * tah jī khṳt nâng cai;
 * put up a notice and let people know.


 * tah kò̤ phio-thâu khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;
 * put up a placard for people to see.


 * tah m̄ tùe;
 * it will not adhere when pasted on.


 * tah m̄ kín;
 * it does not adhere tightly.


 * cí kâi phāng tîeh can cúa lâi tah miⁿ;
 * paper must be pasted over this crevice to close it up.


 * i kìⁿ tîeh, kŭi kàu tah-tah;
 * on seeing him, she knelt quite down.


 * ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;
 * he is