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 ; ūaⁿ kâi kha-tháng tói;
 * put a new bottom in a wash tub.


 * tîm tŏ̤ hái-tói;
 * sink to the bottom of the sea.


 * sṳ̄ àiⁿ lí kàu thiet-tói;
 * will settle the affair thoroughly.


 * úa cai i kâi tói-sòi;
 * I know all its details.


 * tói teh-thâp khṳ̀;
 * the bottom has been crushed in by the weight above.


 * tùe tŏ̤ úaⁿ tói kâi tîeh sói cheng-khih;
 * you must wash out all that adheres to the bottom of the bowl.


 * hṳ́ tói thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hīn-hīn;
 * can see the bottom plainly.


 * bô̤ tói;
 * bottomless.


 * thìo lô̤h khṳ̀ khĭa tŏ̤ céⁿ tói;
 * jumped down and stood in the bottom of the well.


 * ŏi cŏ̤ tói a bŏi?
 * Has it sunk to the bottom?


 * ôi-tói;
 * the sole of a shoe.


 * bûeh-tói tîeh chẁn bâk cē;
 * the soles of the stockings must be darned to make them thick.


 * mâk tói hó̤ căi;
 * is sharp eyed.


 * thn̄g m̄ kàu hṳ́ tói;
 * did not probe to the bottom of it.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi ŭ áu tói siaⁿ;
 * he speaks with a resonant voice.


 * i kâi khek chìe lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ, ŭ âu tói;
 * his ballads are well sung, with a fine volume of sound.


 * i kâi cûn tói sĭ tèng tâng kâi;
 * the bottom of the vessel is coppered.


 * The inside; inner; within.
 * m̄ căi i sim tói cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;
 * do not know what he thinks in his heart.
 * do not know what he thinks in his heart.


 * khǹg tŏ̤ tû tói;
 * put it away in the cupboard.


 * hṳ́ tói tang m̄ cai iu-ŭi co̤-nî;
 * do not know what is the matter with it inside; do not know what is the real trouble in the case.


 * thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;
 * probe it down to the inmost part.


 * i tìam tŏ̤ khang tói;
 * he hides in his hole.


 * chùi tói kâm mih kâi?
 * What has she got in her mouth?


 * chíu tói tĕⁿ sĭm mûeh?
 * What does he clasp in his hand?


 * mng tŏ̤ cí tói;
 * here it is in here.


 * pàng tŏ̤ keh tói;
 * put in in the drawer.


 * To stay up; to hold away; to ward off.
 * tói tit cŭ a tói m̄ cŭ?
 * Can you by pushing against it, stop it from falling?
 * Can you by pushing against it, stop it from falling?


 * bô̤ mûeh hó̤ tói i;
 * have nothing to oppose to its onset.


 * tîn-pâi li hó̤ tói, to̤ li hó tok;
 * ward off with the shield, and hack with the sword.


 * A hoof, solid or cleft.
 * b2 tôi, tṳ tôi;
 * the hoofs of horses and of swine.
 * the hoofs of horses and of swine.


 * cò̤ sang thih-ôi pâk pàng bé tôi kò̤;
 * make a pair of iron shoes and fasten them on the horse's hoof.


 * ah tôi kha;
 * splay-footed.


 * îeⁿ-tôi cháu;
 * the dock, used as a vermifuge.


 * A theme, a subject for writing upon; the title or argument of a book; an inscription; to subscribe; to write; to compose.
 * kíaⁿ-jît chut sĭm-mih tôi?
 * What is the subject given out to-day as the theme of the essays?
 * What is the subject given out to-day as the theme of the essays?


 * tôi-mâk chut a būe?
 * Has the list of themes been given out yet?


 * tôi-thâu soiⁿ sía;
 * write the title first.


 * sì su tôi;
 * common topics.


 * kiaⁿ tôi;
 * classical subjects.


 * lūn tôi;
 * argumentative themes.


 * si tôi;
 * subject of a poem.


 * hù tôi;
 * subject of an ode.


 * cheh mn̄g tôi;
 * subject of inquiry.


 * tōa tôi, sòi tôi;
 * an important or unimportant topic.


 * cía cū sĭ síe tôi tōa cò̤;
 * this is making much of a small matter.


 * i cang cì kù ūe khîa cò̤ tōa tôi mâk;
 * he is making a great deal out of these few words.


 * cìa sĭ lâng tôi siang kháu kâi ūe;
 * this is a hard problem to solve; it is a difficult job.


 * tôi tîo si tŏ̤ piah-téng;
 * write verses on a wall.


 * tôi cîⁿ;
 * to subscribe an amount of money.


 * ŭ nâng tôi ke ŭ nâng tôi kíam;
 * some subscribed more and some less.


 * ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi tàⁿ hue, ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi ki sam;
 * some subscribed a certain number of picals of lime, and some subscribed several sticks of timber.

 toiⁿ


 * To mortgage.
 * tóiⁿ châng;
 * to mortgage a field.
 * to mortgage a field.


 * tóiⁿ chù;
 * mortgage a house.


 * cẃn tóiⁿ;
 * to sub-mortgage.


 * A consecutive rank or place; placed before numbers it forms the ordinal; to grade; to arrange in a series.
 * tŏiⁿ it, tŏiⁿ jī, tŏiⁿ saⁿ;
 * first, second, third, or firstly, secondly, thirdly.
 * first, second, third, or firstly, secondly, thirdly.


 * tŏiⁿ it mîaⁿ;
 * the name at the head of the list.


 * i pâi tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ kúi kò̤?
 * What is its order in the series?


 * lîet chṳ̀ tŏiⁿ-lîet hó̤ lío;
 * the place which each is to occupy in the series is already assigned.


 * tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤?
 * Of what grade is it?


 * lîet téng tŏiⁿ;
 * ranged in the higesthighest [sic] rank.


 * ŭ mn̂g-tŏiⁿ chut sin kâi nâng kio bô̤ mn̂g-tŏiⁿ chut sin kâi nâng m̄ tâng;
 * those who had a standing in the literary ranks before entering into public life, are unlike those who had not such a standing.


 * The threshold or sill of a door.
 * m̂ng tŏiⁿ m̄ hó̤ khĭa;
 * do not stand on the door sill.
 * do not stand on the door sill.


 * tōa ke mn̂g tŏiⁿ;
 * a broad sill.


 * pak tīo mn̂g tŏiⁿ;
 * to take away the door sill.


 * huah mn̂g tŏiⁿ;
 * step over the door sill.


 * cîhe mn̂g tŏiⁿ;
 * stone threshold.


 * i peh mn̂g tŏiⁿ peh m̄ kùe;
 * he cannot get over the sill.


 * Tenants; field hands.
 * tŏiⁿ hŏ;
 * tenants.
 * tenants.


 * châng tŏiⁿ;
 * lessees of land.


 * hng tŏiⁿ;
 * the lessee of a