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 cū hó̤;
 * to dip the paper very gently in and wet it through will suffice.


 * mīn-pò khîeh lô̤h cúi tèng tàm i tâm;
 * dip the towel in water and dampen it.


 * To swell slightly; puffy.
 * i kâi mīn cò̤ ŏi tàm-tè tàm-tè?
 * Why is her face so puffy?
 * Why is her face so puffy?


 * lîen phiaⁿ-lî múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŏi tàm-tè;
 * his whole trunk is puffy.


 * To swallow in morsels; to eat slowly; to suck upon.
 * i thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
 * seeing it makes his mouth water.
 * seeing it makes his mouth water.


 * màiⁿ hāi i àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
 * do not make his mouth water for it, since it is something he cannot have.


 * kò̤-kíaⁿ kò̤-kíaⁿ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tăm;
 * eat it little by little.


 * khîeh kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni i tăm;
 * give him a little bit to suck upon.


 * kó̤ ko̤ mng khṳt i tăm cêk ûe khṳ̀ lío;
 * she has sucked down the half of the cake.

tang


 * The middle; the centre; the I heart or core of; in the middle; within; in; inner; medium in size or quality; to fill; to estimate a quantity; undeviating.
 * tìn-tang;
 * in the centre.
 * in the centre.


 * nĕ tìn-tang tìn-tang;
 * just exactly in the middle.


 * jît tùi tang;
 * the sun is at the zenith.


 * teng tìo tŏ̤ thiaⁿ tìn-tang;
 * the lamp hung in the centre of the hall.


 * lăi tang ŭ sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?
 * What is the exact meaning of it?


 * m̄ cai hṳ̀ tói tang sĭ cò̤-nî;
 * do not know what is the condition of things inside.


 * i chîo tang bô̤ gâu nâng;
 * there were no wise men in the government.


 * i kâi tŏ̤ pùaⁿ tìn-tang;
 * it is half way to the center.


 * mâk tang bô̤ nâng;
 * there is no one in view.


 * khíong-phàⁿ bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
 * fearful that the undesirable one among ten thousand may come to him.


 * cía peh tang sẃn bô̤ cêk;
 * not one in a hundred is chosen.


 * tang tó hṳ́ cêk chng ío khuah;
 * the main hatch is the widest.


 * m̄ cai i sim tang cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;
 * do not know what he thinks in his own mind.


 * cĭu hṳ́ tang lâi tô̤h;
 * pick one out from the middle.


 * khî-tang ŭ kúi kâi ŏi cò̤ tit;
 * among them there are some that will do.


 * pâng tang bô̤ cíu, lâng lâu kheh;
 * if there bo no wine in the pitcher, you cannot well urge a guest to stay.


 * i ke tang ŭ kâi lău bó̤ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * he has an old mother at home.


 * lăi tang;
 * on the inside.


 * Alone; isolated; by itself.
 * tang-hâng căi, cêk nâng tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * lone and solitary.
 * lone and solitary.


 * khah kùe tang-hâng;
 * too great isolation.


 * tang tang sĭ i tŏ̤ kò̤ tīaⁿ;
 * he is there all alone by himself.


 * tang jîn, tôk bé, a solitary horseman;
 * single handed; unaccompanied.


 * The east; eastern; the place whence light arises.
 * tang pôiⁿ;
 * on the east.
 * on the east.


 * tang hái;
 * the eastern sea.


 * tang-hng;
 * the east.


 * cŏ̤ sai hìang tang;
 * sit with the back to the westward facing the east.


 * tang-lâm;
 * southeast.


 * tang-pak;
 * northeast.


 * thàu cheⁿ tang;
 * blows straight from the east.


 * tang huang;
 * east wind.


 * chut jîp to sĭ kîaⁿ tang kak mn̂g;
 * they always go out and in at the eastern gate.


 * tang pôiⁿ chut, sai pôiⁿ lô̤h;
 * rises in the east and sets in the west.


 * mō̤ⁿ kìⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh lío;
 * see the dawn of daylight in the east.


 * cí kúi kâi sĭ tang-îeⁿ ceng;
 * these few are cups from southern Asia.


 * cíu-cùi kàu tang tó̤ sai chúa;
 * so drunk that he sees double.


 * i tīu tŏ̤ tang mīn pôiⁿ;
 * he lives on the east side.


 * tang kîe-thâu ŏi cĭeⁿ cúi a bŏi?
 * Is the east bridge overflown?


 * The last or winter season the close, the end; to store up; to fall into winter torpor; wintry.
 * tang thiⁿ-sî;
 * winter weather.
 * winter weather.


 * tang thiⁿ kâi i-hôk;
 * winter clothing.


 * tang cì;
 * the winter solstice.


 * tang-coih;
 * the festival of the winter solstice.


 * cá tang hó̤ a sĭ mńg tang hó̤?
 * Which was the better the early or the late crop?


 * ún tang jú-kèng hó̤;
 * the last crop of the year was the best.


 * nŏ̤ kùe tang-thâu siu ŭ jîeh cōi chek?
 * How much paddy did you harvest in both crops?


 * cêk kùe tang siu ŭ cîaⁿ choiⁿ tàⁿ;
 * at each harvest I gathered about a thousand piculs of paddy.


 * cí-hûe hŭam tang, bô̤ mih seng-lí;
 * it is now the dull part of the year, and there is but little traffic.


 * As; then; to decide; to manage.
 * cía sĭ síang tang-jîen kâi ūe;
 * this is speaking of what must naturally happen.
 * this is speaking of what must naturally happen.


 * hṳ́ am tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ tang-ke?
 * Who is the abbot in that monastery.


 * i sĭ tó̤ síang tang-jîen kâi;
 * he is considering the probabilities.


 * hṳ́ tang-sî ŭ kâi nâng sĭang ŏi;
 * at that time there was a very competent person there.


 * A carnation or cinnabar color; loyal, sincere; medicines decocted or distilled; before a metal, answers to an oxide of it.
 * bw̄n-èng-tang;
 * cinnabar.
 * cinnabar.


 * līen-tang līen sêng-lío;
 * the decoction is already distilled.


 * sien-tang;
 * the liquor of immortality of the rationalists.


 * i tàⁿ ūe ŭ tang châng lâk;
 * he speaks with the utmost sincerity.