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 * Loyal, patriotic, faithful, sincere.
 * tong-chîn;
 * a loyal minister.


 * tong-kău; tong-hŏ;
 * faithful, honest.


 * sĭ tong-tong kău-kău kâi nâng;
 * is one who is devotedly faithful.


 * i cṳ̄-lâi tong-tong hŏ-hŏ;
 * he has hitherto been most faithful.


 * pùaⁿ tong pùaⁿ châm;
 * half loyal and half disloyal.


 * tong-kău kâi ŭ; khek-pô̤h kâi ŭ;
 * have both faithful and unfaithful ones.


 * tong ngĭ;
 * honest and upright.


 * cĭn tong pò̤ kok;
 * with utmost sincerity answered the monarch.


 * tong-tît kâi nâng;
 * an honest man.


 * Disturbed; out of one's wits; to understand; to perceive the meaning clearly.
 * i cêk-sî móng-tóng;
 * she was bewildered at the moment.
 * she was bewildered at the moment.


 * cìeⁿ tōa kâi, móng-móng tóng-tóng;
 * thonghthough [sic] so large, is yet very stupid.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh cū tóng i kâi khìo;
 * on seeing it, he takes in its meaning.


 * i m̄ tóng sṳ̄;
 * he does not understand the matter.


 * tîeh chíaiⁿ ŭ tóng sṳ̄ kâi chut lâi;
 * must ask some one who understands the case to come forth.


 * cò̤-nî tàⁿ i to m̄ tóng;
 * he does not take in the meaning of anything that is said to him.


 * tóng chêng-lí;
 * understand the fitness of things.


 * kó-tóng;
 * curiosities, antiques, rare articles.
 * curiosities, antiques, rare articles.


 * i tó̤ bōi kó-tóng;
 * he sells curiosities.


 * kó-tóng phò;
 * a curiosity shop.


 * i kâi, kó-tóng căi;
 * he is very old fashioned.


 * To hit the centre; struck or taken by, as a fit; to attain; to accomplish; fit; suitable.
 * i kâi sĭ tòng huang a sĭ tòng hâng?
 * Has she been in a draft or been chilled?
 * Has she been in a draft or been chilled?


 * tòng sú;
 * sun-stroke.


 * i khṳt i tòng tîeh cìⁿ;
 * she was struck by his arrow.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh tó̤ tòng cìⁿ;
 * on hearing it, he was hurt as if pierced by an arrow.


 * tòng tîeh pá sim;
 * hit the centre of the target.


 * ūe tàng lâi tòng khéng;
 * what has been said meets the exigency; spoke to the purpose or point.


 * ieh khṳ̀ kòi lío;
 * he has fallen into the trap.


 * ieh khṳ̀ tòng a m̄ tòng?
 * Did I guess rightly or not?


 * cêk ē khṳ̀ kàu nĕ tòng-tòng;
 * went to the right spot at once.


 * To freeze; to congeal with cold.
 * chìn-thiⁿ-sî pak-thâu kâi hô̤ cū tòng kàu hó̤ kîaⁿ cò̤ lō;
 * in the cold season the northern streams freeze over so that they may be travelled over as roads.
 * in the cold season the northern streams freeze over so that they may be travelled over as roads.


 * tŏ̤ cí kò̤ ciu nî cúi bŏi tòng;
 * water does not freeze here the whole year through.


 * tòng sí;
 * freeze to death.


 * Pain; ache; sharp distress.
 * tòng-thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;
 * it aches so I cannot stand it.
 * it aches so I cannot stand it.


 * i cē tìeⁿ lâng cū cheⁿ tòng-thìaⁿ;
 * as soon as it is filled with pus it aches with a constant throbbing pain.


 * khṳt i tàng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū li-li tòng-thìaⁿ khí lâi;
 * after being stung it began to ache hard and continuously.


 * To tremble; to shiver.
 * kha tòng chíu tòng;
 * shook all over.
 * shook all over.


 * kîaⁿ lō khâp-khâp-tòng;
 * shivered as he walked.


 * chìn kàu tó̤ tòng;
 * so cold that he shivers.


 * khîeh ceng tê tòng kàu cêk koiⁿ;
 * when he takes a cup of tea he shakes so as to spill it all over.


 * tŏng-hìⁿ; tŏng-tŏng-hìⁿ;
 * to flirt; to flop; to sway.
 * to flirt; to flop; to sway.


 * i cŏ̤ to m̄ tiām cŏ̤, kha tŏng chíu hìⁿ;
 * when he sits down he never sits still, but keeps flopping his limps about.


 * i kîaⁿ lió ki piⁿ tŏng-tŏng-hìⁿ;
 * his queue flops about as he walks.


 * i kâi phâng khṳt huang chue lîh lío tŏng-tŏng-hìⁿ;
 * the sail having been torn by the wind flaps to and fro.


 * toaⁿ-toaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ tek-búe tong-tong-hìⁿ;
 * saw nothing but the tops of the bamboos swaying to and fro.


 * The middle one of three; the second among brothers.
 * níng khun tŏng kúi ūi?
 * How many are there of you brothers?
 * How many are there of you brothers?


 * tŏng-chun, tŏng hē, tŏng chiu, tŏng tang;
 * the middle of spring, of summer, of autumn, and of winter.


 * tŏng nî;
 * the title of Confucious.


 * To excite, to move, to affect, to influence; to move the mind; to shake, to stir; to set on foot; to take action; momentum; movement; agitated.
 * kám-tŏng i kâi sim;
 * sway his feelings.
 * sway his feelings.


 * khṳ̀ thàm tîeh cn̂g kâi bô̤ tŏng-cĕng;
 * went and peered in and found there was not the least movement anywhere.


 * i tī-tîang-sî tŏng sin?
 * When did he start?


 * ciu-jît m̄-hó̤ cn̂g kâi bô̤ ūn-tŏng;
 * it is not well to go all day without excerciseexercise [sic] of any sort.


 * m̄-hó̤ tông tîeh khì;
 * do not get irritated.


 * chīu sin khĭa tit cìaⁿ, m̄ phàⁿ chīu búe hnanghuang [sic] îo-tŏng;
 * when the trunk stands firm, there is nothing to fear from the wind's waving the branches.


 * i sĭ lâi tó̤ îo-tŏng kun sim kâi;
 * he is here disturbing the minds of the soldiers.


 * kîaⁿ tŏng kâi khẃn tîeh ô̤h hó̤ cē;
 * must learn how to move about properly.


 * i kâi kṳ́-tŏng kui-kui kṳ́-kṳ́;
 * his behaviour is very respectful.


 * cêk kṳ́ cêk tŏng to bô̤ thèng