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 tap


 * An answer; to respond; to recompense.
 * ìn-tap;
 * to reply.
 * to reply.


 * i cò̤-nî ìn-tap?
 * What was his response?


 * pó̤-tap i kâi kong-lâu;
 * requite his goodness.


 * i ŭ tap-ìn kùe;
 * he has given his answer.


 * i tâng sòi-sòi cū tùi-tap jû lîu;
 * from the time when he was but a very small child, he has been able to recite like a running brook.


 * tap-sīa sîn ṳn;
 * return thanks for the favor of the gods.


 * hûe tap;
 * to echo; to respond.


 * cêk mn̄g cêk tap;
 * question and answer.


 * Startled, alarmed, frightened.
 * thia tieh tap-ce-tun;
 * was startled when she heard it.
 * was startled when she heard it.


 * kiaⁿ kàu tâp-tâp-tùn;
 * very much frightened.


 * The pattering of rain.
 * hŏ tâp-tâp tih;
 * the rain patters down.
 * the rain patters down.


 * hŏ tâp-tâp-kìe;
 * the pattering of the rain.

tau


 * To retain; to detain.
 * tau-lâu i nā kò̤;
 * press him to stay, as a guest.
 * press him to stay, as a guest.


 * tau-kíaⁿ;
 * a son, a child who remains, in contradistinction to a daughter, who eventually leaves her father's family.


 * tau-kíaⁿ kah cáu-kíaⁿ lóng-cóng poih nâng;
 * there are eight of them, including both sons and daughters.


 * i kâi mûeh kio i tau pàng kò̤;
 * kept his things in order to make him stay.


 * tau-lâu i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not persuade her to stay.


 * A dry measure of ten quarts; the Chinese peck; a simile of size; a wine vessel.
 * nŏ̤ tâng cêk seng, câp seng cêk táu, câp táu cêk cîeh;
 * two pints make a quart, ten quarts a peck, and ten pecks a chaldron.
 * two pints make a quart, ten quarts a peck, and ten pecks a chaldron.


 * nîe cêk táu bí;
 * measure out a peck of rice.


 * bí táu;
 * a peck measure.


 * sĭ tōa táu a sĭ síam táu?
 * Are the pecks full or short measure?


 * cía sĭ cìaⁿ-hú táu;
 * this is the standard peck.


 * cí khí táu lâi phah hṳ́ khí táu cêk táu cìaⁿ câp-sì tâng;
 * if these pecks were measured out in pecks of that size, there would be about seven-tenths as many.


 * cí koiⁿ phò kâi táu-sek hó̤ mē?
 * Do they measure out good sized pecks at this shop?


 * i cí koiⁿ kâi táu nîe khṳ̀ ío ŭ táu-thâu;
 * they give fuller measure at this stop.


 * táu-kài;
 * a rod used to level off measures of rice.


 * táu-kài kài hó̤-hó̤;
 * level it off level with the leveler.


 * pak-táu;
 * a constellation containing four stars in Ursa Major.


 * bâk-táu;
 * a carpenter's marking-cup and line.


 * ut-táu;
 * a sad-iron.


 * To turn upside down, or end foremost; to subvert order.
 * cîah lău, cū tien-táu;
 * when one becomes old he is apt to get things confused.
 * when one becomes old he is apt to get things confused.


 * i cē lāu cū-lău-tien-táu;
 * in growing old he has grown forgetful.


 * táu tì;
 * bottom upward.


 * tien-tien táu-táu;
 * all at loose ends.


 * tien-táu sĭ hui;
 * confound truth and error.


 * chṳ́ sŭ màiⁿ táu-tì;
 * do not mislay them from their place in the series.


 * To barter; to exchange.
 * táu cîⁿ;
 * to exchange silver for cash.
 * to exchange silver for cash.


 * táu cîⁿ phò;
 * a money-changer's office.


 * táu ūaⁿ kim ngṳ̂n;
 * exchange of gold and silver.


 * hīn-khek kâi ngṳ̂n táu sĭm-mih kè?
 * For how much does a dollar now exchange?


 * táu cêk kâi ûant-pó̤ cìaⁿ ēng cò̤ kâi gûeh;
 * get a bar of silver exchanged for small coin, and it is spent in a month.


 * cìaⁿ chiah kim li jîh-ngŏ táu;
 * pure gold exchanges for twenty-five dollars per ounce.


 * cía kim ío kĕ, táu kàu jī-câp ngṳ̂n;
 * this gold has more alloy in it and exchanges for twenty dollars per ounce.


 * hīn-khek kâi cìaⁿ siam sa-peh táu hŵn-l2io bói bô̤;
 * now-a-days real ginseng cannot be bought although you give three hundred times its weight in silver for it.


 * táu to̤h-kūiⁿ;
 * the table of a money-changer.


 * The brain; the head.
 * ău-táu;
 * the back of the head.
 * the back of the head.


 * i ău-táu-búe siu lâi ngía;
 * her back hair is done up beautifully.


 * i cêng pàng ău-táu-búe a būe?
 * Has she yet added the Ningpo coiffure to her own hair?


 * i kâi ău-táu píen-píen;
 * the back of his head is very peaked.


 * The seat; the nates.
 * i sīa khṳ̀ kâi táu khah khìo;
 * he bends his body too much when he bends his bow.
 * he bends his body too much when he bends his bow.


 * To pound or crush in a mortar.
 * táu chùi;
 * break it up by pounding it in a mortar.
 * break it up by pounding it in a mortar.


 * kieⁿ li phoi tàⁿ àiⁿ táu cap;
 * the directions say that the ginger-root is to be pounded and its juice taken.


 * An island out at sea.
 * hái-táu;
 * an islet; a high rock in the sea.
 * an islet; a high rock in the sea.


 * suaⁿ-táu;
 * a mountainous island.


 * tàu-sṳ̆;
 * islands.


 * To supplicate the gods; to pray.
 * khî-táu;
 * to pray.
 * to pray.


 * táu-cok;
 * to ask divine blessing.


 * tng thiⁿ táu-cok;
 * pray under the open sky.