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 garden.
 * chù tŏiⁿ;
 * the tenant of a house.


 * phò tŏiⁿ;
 * the one who rents and occupies a shop.


 * tŏiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang?
 * Who is the tenant?


 * hóⁿ tŏiⁿ;
 * a masterful tenant.


 * tío tŏiⁿ;
 * eject a tenant.


 * hŭo tŏiⁿ;
 * give information to tenants of a change of landlords.


 * kú tŏiⁿ sêng cieh;
 * and old tenant becomes an old settler.


 * Indigo, or any of the blue dyes found in China.
 * cheⁿ-tōiⁿ sĭ cheⁿ cò̤ kâi;
 * indigo is made from the indigo plant.
 * indigo is made from the indigo plant.


 * îeⁿ tōiⁿ;
 * prussian blue.


 * lâm tōiⁿ;
 * indigo blue.


 * tōiⁿ kng;
 * a blue dye-pot.


 * tōiⁿ hue;
 * the indigo as it floats on the liquor.


 * tōiⁿ tái;
 * dregs in the bottom of the indigo vats.


 * cheⁿ cìm tŏ̤ hâk tói, àu kú, cū cò̤ tōiⁿ;
 * the indigo plant, leaves and stalks, after being put into lime water and long soaked, becomes indigo.


 * tōiⁿ tháng;
 * the vats in which indigo is made.


 * A high and grand hall; a palace; the hall of audience; a main building in a temple.
 * cêk cō̤ keng-tōiⁿ; kim lŵn tōiⁿ;
 * a royal palace.
 * a royal palace.


 * thài-cṳ́ ûang-îa cheng-cò̤ tōiⁿ-ĕ;
 * crown princes are address as "Your Highness."


 * tōa tōiⁿ; cìaⁿ tōiⁿ;
 * the main building in a temple.


 * côiⁿ tōiⁿ, ău tōiⁿ, phien tōiⁿ;
 * the building in the front, at the back, or on the side, in a temple.


 * Dense; compact; sound; solid; firm; hard; concrete; lasting.
 * cí īeⁿ pò ío tōiⁿ;
 * this sort of cloth wears better.
 * this sort of cloth wears better.


 * tōiⁿ châ;
 * hard wood.


 * cía sam tōiⁿ, hía sam phàⁿ;
 * this deal is of compact fiber, while that is light and porous.


 * tōiⁿ kùe thih;
 * more durable than iron.


 * kàⁿ-bó̤ phû būe kàu, khah tōiⁿ;
 * the yeast has not fermented in it sufficiently, and it is too heavy.


 * cí khí cîeh tōiⁿ căi;
 * this sort of stone is very hard.


 * chîeⁿ ceng lâi tōiⁿ-tōiⁿ;
 * the wall is pounded very hard.


 * i kâi chù khí lâi bŏi tōiⁿ;
 * his house is not strongly built.

toih


 * ôih-tôih;
 * narrow, contracted, cramped.
 * narrow, contracted, cramped.


 * hṳ́ lăi ôih-tôih, cò̤ îong tit hìeⁿ cōi nâng?
 * Since there is very little room in there, how can it hold so many persons?

tok


 * To chop; to cut with a large knife and a downward stroke.
 * màiⁿ tok tîeh chíu;
 * do not chop your hand.
 * do not chop your hand.


 * kĭen kàu tok khih to̤;
 * it is so hard as to break a piece out of the knife when chopping it.


 * An overseer; a superior; to oversee.
 * cóng-tok;
 * governor-general.
 * governor-general.


 * cí kâi thî-tok sĭ lêk lō kâi a sĭ cúi-su kâi?
 * Is this commander one who directs the military or the naval operations of the province?


 * thî-tok hâk-cèng;
 * the provincial director of examinations.


 * ŵt-hái-kwn kàm-tok;
 * the collector of customs at Canton.


 * hô̤-tok sĭ kẃn-lí n̂g-hô̤ kâi cóng-tok;
 * the River commissioner is one who attends to all matters connected with the navigation of the Yellow River.


 * châu-ūn cóng-tok;
 * the Commissioner in charge of the Grand Canal.


 * tok piaⁿ khṳ̀ kio i cìen;
 * lead the troops out to bat tle with him.


 * ka-kī chut lâi tok tīn;
 * himself came out to head the troops.


 * tī-tîang tó̤ tok kang?
 * Who superintends the work?


 * i kà-tok khṳ̀ ngîam căi;
 * he gave the strictest instruction concerning it.


 * tok-ceh kíaⁿ-tĭ hùe màiⁿ thèng cò̤;
 * admonish the children not to act carelessly.


 * ka-kī tok phōiⁿ hùe-mûeh;
 * himself looks after the goods.


 * phài nâng tó̤ tok-lí;
 * depute some one to attend to it.


 * Sincere; honest; to be important, real or great; to regard seriously.
 * i ío tok-sît;
 * he is the more reliable.
 * he is the more reliable.


 * i phêng-sù tok sìn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * he formerly had implicit confidence in that sort of thing.


 * kàu pēⁿ tok kâi sî-hāu cū khṳ̀ hàm i a-hiaⁿ lâi;
 * when his ailment became serious, they went and called his brother.


 * i kâi pēⁿ sĭ ngûi-tok;
 * his disease is eminently dangerous.


 * To chop fine;
 * to mince; to hash with a chopping knife; to cut up fine by chopping with two knives.
 * to mince; to hash with a chopping knife; to cut up fine by chopping with two knives.


 * tok chùi cē;
 * hash it finer.


 * tok cò̤ nêk-chò̤;
 * chop it up into hash.


 * i khṳt cèng nâng tok cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;
 * he was hacked into mince-meat by the populace.


 * tok nêk îⁿ;
 * meat balls.


 * tok-nêk-chò̤;
 * hash.


 * cêk ē to̤ tok lô̤h khṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
 * chopped in two by one stroke of the knife.


 * To beat down hard as a threshing floor; to ram down the earth; to erect.
 * tok bé-thâu;
 * make a jetty.
 * make a jetty.


 * tok toi;
 * make a dike.


 * tok tîo cîeh lî;
 * to build a stone wall.


 * sin tok kâi phàu-thâi;
 * the newly made fort.


 * To work in gems;
 * to cut precious stones.
 * to cut precious stones.


 * khuaⁿ nē tio khuaⁿ nē tok;
 * slowly cut and polish.


 * gêk put tok cū put sêng khì;
 * an unwrought gem is of no use.