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 * A privy.
 * i khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tang-si;
 * he has gone to the privy.


 * Howsoever; whatsoever; whosoever.
 * táng lṳ́ tī-tîang tàⁿ, úa to m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * no matter who asks me, I shall not consent.
 * no matter who asks me, I shall not consent.


 * táng i jîeh chìo, úa to m̄-ùi i;
 * however powerful they be, do not fear them.


 * táng i àiⁿ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ úa to lâi cò̤;
 * whatever he wants done, I am going to do it.


 * táng i jîeh o̤h kâi cṳ, úa àiⁿ thâk kàu pat;
 * however hard the lessons may be, I shall study till I learn them.


 * táng-sṳ̄;
 * those who discern wisely; leaders who influence the people for good; elders who rule rightly.
 * those who discern wisely; leaders who influence the people for good; elders who rule rightly.


 * tîeh kio táng-sṳ̄ hùe tàⁿ cai;
 * must inform the elders.


 * kêk lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ táng-sṳ̄?
 * Who are the influential members of the guild?


 * To form a cabal or union; a faction, a league, a clique.
 * cía sĭ i tâng táng kâi nâng;
 * this is one of the same faction as he.
 * this is one of the same faction as he.


 * phōiⁿ châk táng;
 * suppressing thieves.


 * cía sĭ châk kâi ṳ̂ táng;
 * these are what remain from the band of rebels.


 * i hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ kak táng;
 * they are forming a junto.


 * tṳ̂ tīo ak-táng;
 * destroy the wicked.


 * To prevent; to stand in the way of,
 * ēng chíu táng-cŭ i;
 * stave it off with the hand.
 * stave it off with the hand.


 * táng i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not prevent it.


 * i sái nâng chut lâi táng-kè;
 * she sent some one out to receive the card, and did not see the visitor.


 * To await, to look for.
 * úa tó̤ táng lṳ́;
 * was expecting you.
 * was expecting you.


 * táng kàu kha sng;
 * waited till my legs were stiff.


 * táng cē;
 * wait a moment.


 * bó̤i lâi pun a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe táng lō;
 * buy some thing to take to the children when I go home.


 * A birthday.
 * hō̤ sīu-tàng;
 * congratulate on a birthday.
 * congratulate on a birthday.


 * kim-jît sĭ sĭm-mih lău-îa kâi sìaⁿ-tàng?
 * What god's birthday is this?


 * The highest beam in a house; the ridgepole; a main support in a building.
 * tōa tàng êⁿ;
 * the main beam.
 * the main beam.


 * i sĭ kok-ke kâi tōa tàng êⁿ;
 * he is a pillar of the state.


 * tàng cit búe;
 * an ornamented ridge on a roof.


 * An egg.
 * ah tang;
 * duck's eggs.
 * duck's eggs.


 * phûe tàng;
 * eggs encased in clay.


 * kîam tàng;
 * pickled eggs.


 * To swindle; to deceive; a basis; safe; proper; secure.
 * thó̤-tàng; ún-tàng;
 * stable, firm, secure.
 * stable, firm, secure.


 * tîeh cò̤ káu ún-tàng ún-tàng;
 * must make it very secure.


 * íⁿ-keng sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng lío;
 * have already arranged it so that it is perfectly safe.


 * m̄ ún-tàng kâi sṳ̄ úa m̄ cò̤;
 * I will not do what is unsafe.


 * līo-lí thó̤-tàng lío;
 * have decided upon a safe course.


 * lú thóiⁿ tîeh li thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng, úa thóiⁿ tîeh li m̄ thó̤-tàng;
 * you consider it perfectly safe, while look upon it as unsafe.


 * tek-tàng;
 * proper, right.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ kàu íⁿ-keng tek-tek tàng-tàng;
 * what you have said sets everything right.


 * úa sĭeⁿ li būe tek-tàng ;
 * I do not think everything is yet as it should be.


 * i sĭang nâng kâi tàng lío;
 * he has been taken in by some one.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ cū sĭang tàng;
 * by his thus saying, he has committed himself.


 * To chill by contact; to bite, as frost does.
 * kha m̄ hó̤ tàng tîeh piaⁿ-sng;
 * do not get your feet frost bitten.
 * do not get your feet frost bitten.


 * úa kâi khí khṳt chìn cúi tàng tîeh cū ńng;
 * when cold water touches my teeth it sets them on edge.


 * chíu khṳt chìn cúi tàng lío âng-âng;
 * my hands are red with cold from being in the cold water.


 * sng cē tàng chīu-hîeh cū n̂ng;
 * the leaves turn yellow when the frost touches them.


 * cí kúi nî kâi hun-kuah ē-ē khṳt sng tàng sīo khṳ̀;
 * these last few years, the potato vines have been repeatedly injured by the frost.


 * To sting.
 * chin-chĭeⁿ phang tàng tîeh hìeⁿ-seⁿ, lô̤h khṳ̀ hè-cē-kìe;
 * like the sting of a bee, stinging as it goes in.
 * like the sting of a bee, stinging as it goes in.


 * hiet-kíaⁿ tàng nâng sĭang thìaⁿ;
 * the sting of a scorpion is most painful.


 * tàng tîeh tī-kò̤?
 * Where were you stung?


 * khṳt àm-chì-máng tàng lô̤h khṳ̀ tâp-cē-tùn;
 * when stung by a silent mosquito, he starts.


 * khṳt bun tàng kàu kâi-lâu kâi-lâu;
 * stung by gnats till he is all blotches.


 * The morning; daylight.
 * cêk tàng;
 * instantly; in a morning.
 * instantly; in a morning.


 * i cêk tàng cìaⁿ cē ŭ khŵn, cū théng khi-hŭ nâng;
 * just as soon as he has a little power, he imposes on people at random.


 * ngw̄n tàng;
 * the first day of the year.


 * Chilblains.
 * kha chíu kûaⁿ tàng;
 * hands and feet have chilblains on them.
 * hands and feet have chilblains on them.


 * kha kûaⁿ tàng;
 * chilblains on the feet.