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 * To set forth; to publish; to manifest.
 * cí kâi nâng tù mîaⁿ căi;
 * this man is becoming very famous.


 * hṳ́-kâi sĭ tù-mîaⁿ kâi ìo-hŭam;
 * that is a celebrated state criminal.


 * i kâi mîaⁿ tù căi;
 * his name is widely known.


 * cía cṳ sĭ tī-tîang tù kâi?
 * By whom was this book published?


 * i tù ŭ cêk pang ui-cṳ;
 * he published a series of medical books.


 * i kâi mîaⁿ jú m̄ khṳt nâng cai jú kèng tù;
 * the more he tried to conceal his name, the more it became known.


 * hīn-khek tăi tù mîaⁿ;
 * is now far famed.


 * A cupboard; a safe.
 * cîah tû;
 * kîam sng tû; a food safe.
 * kîam sng tû; a food safe.


 * cṳ tû;
 * bookcase.


 * phò tû;
 * cases for goods in shops.


 * cí ciah tû àiⁿ keh saⁿ câng;
 * I want to have three shelves put into this wardrobe.


 * pûaⁿ úaⁿ tû;
 * a cupboard for dishes.


 * To stop up; to stuff up; to silt up; to prevent water from flowing from a sluice; to obstruct.
 * màiⁿ tŭ-sak tîeh;
 * do not stop it up.
 * do not stop it up.


 * tŭ-sak pàng hṳ́ kâi khang-kháu kò̤;
 * stuff it into that opening.


 * thô khah cíe, tŭ m̄ miⁿ;
 * there is too little of the clay, and I cannot stop it up tightly.


 * cang cîeh kah thô kâi i tŭ kín tìaⁿ;
 * take stones and mud and stop it up tight.


 * i cang hṳ́ kù ūe khṳ̀ tŭ i;
 * he stopped his flow of talk with that saying.


 * i kâi tàⁿ ūe to sĭ tó̤ phah ūe tŭ, tŭ kàu nâng bŏi khui chùi;
 * his talk is designed to stop other people's mouths, so that they will say nothing.


 * hía thô tŭ lío chíen căi, cûn bŏi tit kùe;
 * the mud has silted in till it is very shallow, and boats cannot pass through.


 * tŭ hùaⁿ kâi làm thô tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * a quantity of soft mud has settled in so as to obstruct the passage.


 * hía thô khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tŭ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cōi;
 * the sediment, meeting with an opposing force, gradually accumulates and becomes considerable.


 * To stop the way; to shut or wary off; to close against; to obstruct; to guard.
 * hṳ́ kò̤ ŭ nâng tŏ̤ tŭ i a bô̤?
 * Is there any one there to prevent his approach?
 * Is there any one there to prevent his approach?


 * hṳ́ ki kun tŭ m̄ tùe, tîeh buah ke ki kun khṳ̀ tŭ;
 * that force is not sufficient to resist them, and another body of troops must be dispatched to oppose their march.


 * tŭ tīam cē;
 * stop its progress for a moment.


 * tŭ māng;
 * obstruct its way and make it go slower.


 * chù tŭ lô̤h khṳ̀ cū ku-ā nî;
 * the house has several years been prevented from tumbling down by having a prop against it.


 * cí ki êⁿ sĭ ciang-cĭu tŭ kâi;
 * this roof-beam is prevented from falling by a temporary prop.


 * To taunt; to speak angrily at.
 * sie tŭ;
 * to scold each other.
 * to scold each other.


 * cá mêⁿ, i ang cía tó̤ sie tŭ mih sṳ̄?
 * What were they, the husband and wife, quarreling about last night?


 * ŭi cêk kĭaⁿ síe sṳ̄ cū sie tŭ bŏi tit hiah;
 * on account of an unimportant matter, were bent upon mutual recrimination.


 * úa khǹg-kòi nín màiⁿ sie tŭ;
 * I exhort you not to taunt each other.


 * sie tŭ lío cîaⁿ mih īeⁿ?
 * What good do your mutual recriminations do?


 * sie tŭ lío cū sie mēⁿ, sie mēⁿ lío cū sie phah;
 * having first taunted, they reviled each other, and then began to fight.


 * The sound made in calling fowls.
 * lău sím kho koi tŭ tŭ tŭ;
 * the old woman is calling the fowls.
 * the old woman is calling the fowls.

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 * Properly; decently; squarely.
 * cêk jît cŏ̤ tue-tue, hŭa tŏ̤ thiⁿ-cīeⁿ pue;
 * one day when sitting quietly, woe came upon us as if flying in the air.
 * one day when sitting quietly, woe came upon us as if flying in the air.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng cìaⁿ hó̤ tue-tue, cū tó̤ sie phah;
 * the two were good friends, and now they are fighting.


 * To baste; to sew slightly; to join on.
 * tùe-bûa; tùe cò̤ cêk ē;
 * baste them together.
 * baste them together.


 * sie khîⁿ tùe;
 * hanging together by a thread.


 * thīⁿ tùe;
 * sew on.


 * tùe tŏ̤ hṳ́ búe;
 * sew it on at the farther end.


 * tùe pàng bō̤ tèng;
 * sew it on to the cap.


 * To follow on behind.
 * tùe i lâi khṳ̀;
 * go along after him.
 * go along after him.


 * m̄ hó̤ tùe;
 * do not follow on after us.


 * tùe i ka-ciah ău;
 * went along behind him.


 * lṳ́ tùe khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;
 * you follow on after them and see.


 * To exchange; to barter; to toto [sic] weigh against; to give an equivalent.
 * i chut ŭ kò̤ tŭe-ūaⁿ kim-ngṳ̂n kâi cie-pâi;
 * he has hung out the sign of one who exchanges coin or jewelry.
 * he has hung out the sign of one who exchanges coin or jewelry.


 * ngṳ̂n sŭ lâk-poih tŭe a sĭ chit tŭe?
 * Are the dollars current here reckoned at six mace right candareens, or at seven mace?


 * ngṳ̂n chit-jī tŭe;
 * dollars are reckoned at seven mace two candareens.


 * hŭe tŭe ngṳ̂n níe;
 * to cash an order for money.


 * ún phò tèng ŭ sĭang hó̤ kâi siam hwt-tŭe;
 * the best ginseng is sold at our shop.


 * pok tîeh kâi tŭe khùe;
 * cast and threw the 58th diagram.