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 * Long.
 * tek-ko̤ m̄ kàu tn̂g;
 * the pole is not long enough.


 * khah tn̂g;
 * it is too long.


 * bŏi tn̂g bŏi tó̤;
 * it is neither too long nor too short.


 * saⁿ chieh tn̂g;
 * three feet long.


 * cò̤ tn̂g cē;
 * make it a little longer.


 * nĕ tn̂g-tn̂g;
 * very long indeed.


 * cîah tn̂g mīaⁿ;
 * live a long life.


 * sĭeⁿ sṳ̄ kù tn̂g;
 * take forethought.


 * cía sī kú-tn̂g kâi kòi-cheh;
 * this is a far reaching scheme.


 * sĭ i tó̤ khîa tn̂g-ko̤;
 * he is the architect in this work.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ ŭ kú-tn̂g;
 * done thus it will endure.


 * bô̤ kú-tn̂g;
 * not lasting.


 * i mih sṳ̄ ŏi sĭeⁿ tn̂g;
 * in all sorts of matters he has remarkable foresight.


 * tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;
 * go right on.


 * màiⁿ tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;
 * do not continue to go on so.


 * màiⁿ thĭⁿ khah tn̂g cam;
 * do not take too long stitches.


 * kùe tn̂g kùe tó̤;
 * some are more and some are less than the right length.


 * A famous dynasty which ruled China from A.D. 618 to 913; used for China and the Chinese.
 * tn̂g-nâng;
 * the Chinese.
 * the Chinese.


 * tn̂g-suaⁿ;
 * China.


 * cí kâi tn̂g-suaⁿ-nâng sĭ sin-tn̂g a lău-tn̂g?
 * Is this Chinaman a recent or an old immigrant here?


 * hwn-pôiⁿ cîⁿ tn̂g-suaⁿ hok;
 * money earned in foreign lands will gain happiness in China.


 * Constantly; frequently; usually.
 * i tn̂g-tn̂g lâ ún cí-kò̤;
 * he keeps coming here to our house.
 * he keeps coming here to our house.


 * i kâi cṳ, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ pat;
 * he scarcely ever knows his lesson.


 * sṳ̄ cò̤ lío, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ it-tit;
 * after he has done a thing he usually forgets all about it.


 * A post station.
 * thî-tn̂g; thî-tn̂g-pò̤;
 * the provincial officer over the postal department.
 * the provincial officer over the postal department.


 * céng-tŭn kak chù kâi tn̂g sìn;
 * reform the postal system everywhere.


 * A mansion; a hall; a court; an official residence; a public establishment; the principal room in a house; a hospital; a church or chapel; large shops; the officer who presides in a court; the persons assembled in a hall; to control with authority; honorable, venerable; a classifier of trials.
 * sṳ̂-tn̂g;
 * an ancestral hall.
 * an ancestral hall.


 * i kâi thiaⁿ-tn̂g khuah;
 * their hall is spacious.


 * lâi tōa tn̂g tèng thóiⁿ kuaⁿ sím ùaⁿ;
 * come to the great hall and see the magistrate try the case.


 * kuaⁿ būe cêng chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g;
 * the judge has not yet taken his seat on the bench.


 * cò̤-nî cŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím ùaⁿ, m̄ cŏ̤ jī tn̂g sím ùaⁿ?
 * Why is the session held in the outer, not the inner court?


 * lói pài-tn̂g;
 * a church or chapel.


 * hût tn̂g;
 * a Buddhist temple.


 * àm tn̂g;
 * a temple wfth a monastery connected.


 * kong tn̂g;
 * a public hall.


 * i apt cŏ̤ kùe khîm tn̂g kâi nâng;
 * he is one who has sat on the bench, has been a district magistrate.


 * tîe-ciu hú cìaⁿ-tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?
 * What is the surname of the prefect of the Tidal Department?


 * hái-îeⁿ kūiⁿ cìaⁿ tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ hw̆n;
 * the surname of the Hai Ie district magistrate is Hwn.


 * có̤-tn̂g, ĭu-tn̂g;
 * the two deputies of a district magistrate, or the aids of other officers.


 * tng tn̂g;
 * in open court.


 * tng tn̂g kuaⁿ ŭ cò̤-nî tŵn-kak a bô̤?
 * Did the magistrate give any verdict in court?


 * sím kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g hŵn-lío sím m̄ cheng-chó̤;
 * has examined the case during two or three sessions, and has not yet reached a conclusion.


 * pài tn̂g;
 * a bride's worship in her husband's house.


 * hṳ́ cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kheh tn̂g;
 * on that side is the reception room.


 * tong-tn̂g;
 * cabinet ministers.


 * cóng-tok sĭ cheng cò̤ pŏ-tn̂g;
 * the governor is called Governor General.


 * êk-tn̂g;
 * a bath house.


 * kuaⁿ chíaⁿ nâng-kheh tŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g kò̤ cîah;
 * the magistrate invites guests to partake of a repast in the inmost hall.


 * kuaⁿ cē chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g cū io tn̂g;
 * as soon as the judge comes out and seats himself on the bench the constables open the court by crying oyez, oyez.


 * kuaⁿ seng tn̂g a būe?
 * Has the magistrate opened the court yet?


 * íⁿ-keng sím hó̤, thò̤ tn̂g lío;
 * the trial is already concluded and the court dismissed.


 * cí cêk jīm sĭ tī-tîang phài cò̤ têk tn̂g?
 * Who is deputed to act as clerk of the court under this incumbent?


 * tn̂g-lói;
 * fees due or expected from the clients at the close of a court session.


 * chîo tn̂g;
 * an audience hall.


 * tâng jît-tàu sím kàu jît-àm tn̂g sṳ̄ hŵn-lío būe pît;
 * tried cases from noon until dusk, and still did not finish up the business before the court.


 * cêk pôiⁿ m̄ káⁿ kàu tn̂g;
 * one party dared not appear in court.


 * m̄ cai sĭ ēng kùe tn̂g cìaⁿ hó̤ paǹg a sĭ míen kùe tn̂g;
 * do not know whether he must go through the form of a trial before being set at liberty.


 * cĕⁿ tn̂g;
 * a place of Buddhistic retirement, where people practise rites, but no wear no distinctive garb.


 * ce tn̂g;
 * a retreat for vegetarians.


 * To sunder; to break off; to discontinue.
 * côih tn̆g;
 * to dissever.
 * to dissever.


 * á tn̆g;
 * to bend and snap in two.


 * lìam tn̆g;
 * to pinch apart.


 * jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;
 * have tried all sorts of ways, but cannot manage to saw it in two.


 * kă tn̆g sô̤h;
 * bit the rope in two.


 * tok tn̆g lō-thâu, m̄ khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;
 * broke off his journey, and did not go there.


 * cìeⁿ-sî tn̆g im-sìn;
 * lately all