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 properly so.
 * tī-tîang tó̤ tng thâu?
 * Who takes the lead in it?


 * tng tīn phah sí;
 * killed instantly, as by a blow.


 * tng tîeⁿ, būe ŏi sí;
 * received a fatal blow, but did not die instantly.


 * i sĭ tng láu-kṳ́ kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ cìaⁿ-keng nâng;
 * she is a prostitute, not a decent woman.


 * To return; to turn.
 * i būe tńg lâi;
 * he has not yet returned.
 * he has not yet returned.


 * khîeh tńg hâiⁿ i;
 * give it back to him.


 * hûe-tńg thâu; ut-tńg thâu;
 * to turn the head.


 * i hûe-tńg sin;
 * he turned.


 * hûe sim tńg ì;
 * changed his mind.


 * kîaⁿ tò̤ tńg;
 * turned back.


 * i tńg lâi ŭ jîeh kú?
 * How long since he came back?


 * tńg wn câh kak;
 * winding back and forth; serpentine.


 * tàⁿ tńg;
 * recur to the subject.


 * sĭeⁿ tńg;
 * altered his mind.


 * póiⁿ tńg;
 * to turn over sidewise.


 * hui tńg;
 * turn it around sidewise.


 * pàng tò̤ tńg;
 * reverse it, turning the other end toward you.


 * ūn tńg hó̤ lío;
 * the luck has changed for the better.


 * To go back, or to come back; to return.
 * tńg khṳ̀ chù;
 * go home.
 * go home.


 * thâu tńg chù;
 * the first visit paid after marriage by a bride to her mother's house.


 * kui tńg i ka-kī;
 * it reverts to himself.


 * bŏi tit tńg lâi;
 * cannot return.


 * kŭa nâng cò̤-pû tńg;
 * join others in returning.


 * Times; to turn back.
 * cêk tńg nŏ tńg;
 * once or twice.
 * once or twice.


 * khṳ̀ kuí tńg;
 * went several times.


 * tńg-tńg lâi lṳ́ kò̤;
 * came where you were repeatedly.


 * cêk tńg tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * only once.


 * tńg kàu chṳ̀ cìaⁿ cai;
 * first knew it after returning home.


 * cṳ-nîe hùe kè ău, thâu hûe tńg lâi pĕ bó̤ kâi chṳ̀, kìe-cò̤ thâu tńg chù;
 * after a lady is married, the first time she returns to the house of her parents is called the first return home.


 * ún àiⁿ tńg lâi khṳ̀;
 * we are going back.


 * lâu nín chíaⁿ būe tńg khṳ̀;
 * withold you from going back as yet; do stay a little longer.


 * To pawn; to pledge; to consider as; reputed or looked upon as; to serve an andend [sic]; instead of; as for; to suit with; favorable; safely; properly.
 * tǹg phò̤;
 * a pawn shop.
 * a pawn shop.


 * kio nâng tǹg kò̤ châng;
 * took a field in pledge.


 * cí koiⁿ chù sĭ kio i tǹg kâi a kio i sùe kâi?
 * Have you taken this house on mortgage, or have you hired it from him?


 * tǹg khṳt i a sĭ sùe khṳt i?
 * Did you pawn it to him, or rent it to him?


 * tǹg-siang;
 * pawnbroker.


 * tǹg hui; tǹg phìe;
 * pawn ticket.


 * tǹg ku-ā kâi gûeh cìaⁿ khṳ̀ chíu;
 * left it in pawn for some months and then went and redeemed it.


 * i kâi sĭ hìang-tǹg a sĭ hō̤-tǹg?
 * Is his a licensed or an unlicensed pawn-shop?


 * uń-tǹg; ún-ún tǹg-tǹg;
 * stable.


 * tōa mûeh tǹg cò̤ sòi mûeh ēng;
 * use a valuable article when a cheap one would do as well.


 * cêk kâi tǹg câp kâi;
 * one of these is equal to ten of those.


 * cêk nâng tǹg ku-ā nâng;
 * he alone is a match for all of them.


 * i soiⁿ sî cêng tó̤ tǹg nâng;
 * he used to kidnap people and hold them for ransom.


 * liah i khṳ̀ tǹg;
 * seize him and keep him for ransom.


 * cò̤ tǹg-phò lāi seⁿ lṳ́;
 * will let you have it at the same rate of interest as that taken by pawnbrokers.


 * tǹg i jîeh kú?
 * For how long a time have you pledged it to him?


 * tek teǹg;
 * proper; right.


 * sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu tek-tǹg tek-tǹg;
 * the business is all properly attended to.


 * tek-tǹg sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is properly so.


 * To fall down; to slip.
 * léng kàu i tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * pushed him so that he fell down into a sitting posture.
 * pushed him so that he fell down into a sitting posture.


 * cē liu cū tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * slipped and fell into a sitting posture.


 * A meal, or the time for a meal.
 * cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg;
 * eat three meals a day.
 * eat three meals a day.


 * ún cîah nŏ̤ tǹg pn̄g, tǹg mûeⁿ;
 * we eat two meals of rice and one of congee.


 * tǹg cá mûeⁿ, tǹg mêⁿ mûeⁿ, lóng-cóng ngŏ tǹg;
 * that, with the dish of congee taken on rising and the one taken just before going to bed, makes five meals in all.


 * saⁿ tǹg tōa tǹg nŏ̤ tǹg tíam-sim;
 * three full meals and two luncheons.


 * nŏ̤ tǹg cò̤ cêk tǹg cîah;
 * eat two meals at once.


 * i cêk tǹg kâi bí khṳt nâng cîah cò̤ cêk jît;
 * the rice he uses for one meal would supply another person for a whole day.


 * tǹg-tǹg àiⁿ cîah cíu;
 * wants to drink wine at every meal.


 * cīeⁿ tǹg kàu ĕ tǹg, mûeh cū sit bī;
 * the food loses its flavor between one meal and the next.


 * tǹg tǹg chiⁿ;
 * fresh food every meal.


 * saⁿ tǹg cîah hṳ́ kâi, ùi căi;
 * having eaten that at three successive meals, am sick of it.


 * The intestines; gut.
 * koi-tn̂g;
 * the intestines of a fowl.
 * the intestines of a fowl.


 * koi tn̂g hún;
 * a vermicelli made from bean flour.


 * chá tṳ-tn̂g;
 * fried sausages.


 * kẁn tn̂g;
 * to stuff sausages.


 * tn̂g tŏ;
 * the inwards.


 * tṳ-tn̂g tîeh lō̤ cheng-khih;
 * the pigs' gut must be soaked and scraped clean.


 * hó̤ sim-tn̂g;
 * kindly disposed.


 * sim-tn̂g m̄-hó̤;
 * not well disposed.


 * ká tn̂g sua;
 * cramp in the bowels.


 * thut tn̂g thâu;
 * a prolapsus of the rectum.