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 * Solitary, alone, isolated, by one's self; widowed or childless; left alone; one's own consciousness or what is only felt by himself; one of; only; yet.
 * nî lău, bô̤ kíaⁿ, kìe-cò̤ tôk;
 * when old and child-less one is said to be lone.


 * tôk mâk;
 * one eyed.


 * tôk kha;
 * one legged.


 * tôk kha, tôk chíu, cò̤ m̄ lâi;
 * cannot do it single handed.


 * tôk kâi phīⁿ khang;
 * loss of the dividing cartilage in the nose.


 * tôk ciah hĭⁿ;
 * has only one ear.


 * kùa tôk ciah hĭⁿ-kau;
 * wears a single earring.


 * tôk-cṳ̆ cêk nâng;
 * all by himself.


 * tôk cŏ̤, bô̤ lîo;
 * sit alone and without companions.


 * tôk lâk, lâng thî;
 * cannot brace it up with only the strength of one individual.


 * tôk ki tṳ̄ cò̤-nî cîah?
 * How can one eat with a single chopstick?


 * toaⁿ tôk sĭ i tīaⁿ;
 * it is no one but him.


 * tôk-tôk sĭ úa cū àiⁿ;
 * I am the only one who wants it.


 * chûn tôk cío;
 * my lone self.


 * phah tôk chèng;
 * fire a single gun.


 * i pang tn̂g, tôk sĭen, sĭ tăi kùi keh;
 * he has square intestines and a single kidney and is a man of extraordinary powers.


 * cŏ̤ tôk khàng;
 * sit alone on the divan.


 * tôk-kak;
 * solitary, single.


 * To drive or push out; to expel, to order away, to exorcise; out going.
 * kúaⁿ-tôk;
 * evict; drive out.
 * evict; drive out.


 * tôk chut gūa hng;
 * ejected and driven away.


 * íⁿ-keng pun úa tôk tīo khṳ̀;
 * has already been ejected by me.


 * i a-pĕ cêng pín-tôk kùe kâi;
 * one whom his father has disinherited and turned out of doors.


 * teng-teng tôk-tôk;
 * to gad about.


 * cí kâi tī-hng ío cíe teng-tôk;
 * there is but little running to and fro in social intercourse here abouts.


 * cí pńg sĭ jîp tôk phŏ;
 * this is the memorandum of what is daily brought in and sent out; the day book of a merchant.


 * i sĭ toaⁿ-toaⁿ bōi jît-tôk a sī ŭ bōi thò̤-hùe?
 * Does he sell what he daily buys or does he take in and sell on commission?


 * A large triangular standard carried before a chief; a banner.
 * cì tōa tôk-kî;
 * offer sacrifice to the great standard.
 * offer sacrifice to the great standard.


 * îaⁿ sang-káng cū îaⁿ kŭa ki tōa tôk-kî chut lâi;
 * if people go out in procession with the gods during autumn, they carry out the great banners.


 * The hollows in land; used figuratively for the depressions in the face.
 * úa thóiⁿ i kâi sìang-măuⁿ ngâk-tôk hun mêng, lóng-cóng cìe sìeⁿ;
 * I see that the heights and hollows of the face are plainly distinguished and all according to the original.
 * I see that the heights and hollows of the face are plainly distinguished and all according to the original.


 * i kâi mīn-tîeⁿ ngó-ngâk sì-tôk lóng-cóng bô̤ kô̤ hó̤ hîam;
 * his features are all faultless.


 * Venereal disease.
 * pĭen-tôk;
 * venereal ulcers.
 * venereal ulcers.


 * hṳ̂-kháu pĭen-tôk;
 * gaping venereal ulcers.


 * To profane; to desecrate; to treat with contumely.
 * i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ siet-tôk sîn-mêng;
 * doing thus, he may bo considered as having blasphemed the gods.
 * doing thus, he may bo considered as having blasphemed the gods.


 * kuaⁿ phoi tàⁿ "bô̤ îong tôk chíaⁿ";
 * the magistrate's decision was this "No appeals which are an abuse of privilege will be allowed".

tong


 * The middle, the centre; the heart or core; in the middle; medium, in size or quality.
 * tong-iang;
 * the centre.
 * the centre.


 * jìt tùi tong;
 * the sun is in the zenith.


 * tong-pāng;
 * medium sized.


 * i cí-hûe hŵn sǹg-sĭ tong-nî;
 * he is still middle aged.


 * tong-nâng; tong kang nâng;
 * a days man, an intercessor, an agent, an arbitrator or umpire.


 * sàng câp níe ngṳ̂n tong-kim;
 * gave ten taels to the agent as his fee.


 * tī-tiâng cò̤ tong-pó̤?
 * Who went bail for him?


 * tong-téng kâi nâng;
 * an ordinary or commonplace person.


 * tong kok; tong-ngŵn;
 * China.


 * sīa tîeh pá kâi tong-iang;
 * hit the centre of the target.


 * tong gūa kâi hùe-mûeh to sĭ cŭ-cîp tŏ̤ cí-kò̤;
 * native and foreign goods are all brought together here.


 * tit tong cū hò̤, m̄ hó̤ thài-kùe īa m̄ hò̤ put kîp;
 * do not have either an excess or a deficiency, but have just enough.


 * tṳ-tong;
 * a pig broker.


 * thn̂g-tong;
 * sugar broker.


 * sĭ sî thâu, a sĭ sî tong, a sĭ sî búe?
 * Is it the beginning, the middle or the latter part of the hour?


 * tong kèⁿ;
 * middle aged.


 * i cí-hûe cìaⁿ tong-kèⁿ tó̤ kīaⁿ;
 * he is now in the prime of life.


 * The place whence light arises; the place of honor or the person in it.
 * cí kâi cṳ-ce tī-tîang có̤ tong-ke?
 * Who is the master of this school?
 * Who is the master of this school?


 * sî i cò̤ tong-cú;
 * he is the head of the house.


 * hâng-tong;
 * the head of a firm.


 * châi-tong kio húe-kì to tîeh hûa;
 * the master and his partners should be on good terms.


 * tong-si;
 * a thing, a creature, anything, used as a term of reproach.


 * màiⁿ chái hṳ́ khí àu tong-si;
 * pay no attention to those worthless scamps.


 * The aspect of a flame.
 * huang-lô kâi húe-thùaⁿ tong-tong âng;
 * the coals in the furnace are fiery red.
 * the coals in the furnace are fiery red.