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 ; nâng cheng-hu i cò̤ î-thài;
 * the second and third wives of officers are addressed as Madame.


 * thài kong, thài phûa;
 * lău thài îa, thài má; are appelations of the parents of men of repute.


 * thài sĭang láu kun;
 * an honorable name for the founder of Tauism.


 * To carry between two or more persons on a pole; to put forward.
 * poih thâi kīe;
 * a sedan with eight bearers.
 * a sedan with eight bearers.


 * cò̤ kàu poih-thâi;
 * promoted to an office which permits one to be carried by eight chair-bearers.


 * kau-thâi chĭ-kè;
 * raise the current price.


 * thâi kṳ́;
 * to reccommendrecommend [sic].


 * i cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ úa thâi-kṳ́ i kâi;
 * it was I who recommended him for this.


 * put sek thâi-kṳ́;
 * ignore his sponsor.


 * cí kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ thâi-kṳ́;
 * it is not best to nominate this person.


 * thâi-kṳ́ m̄ khí;
 * not equal to the recommendation.


 * A lookout; an observatory; a fort; a staging; a stand; a watchman's post over a gate; a title of respect to officers.
 * tok kâi phàu-thâi;
 * build a fort.
 * build a fort.


 * khí hì-thâi;
 * put up a platform for theatrical performances.


 * hì tiang-sî khai thâi?
 * When does the performance begin?


 * cía sĭ sin khai thâi kâi;
 * this is newly opened.


 * cì-thâi, bú-thâi, hŵn-thâi, ngîak-thâi, tău-thâi;
 * the five highest civil officers of a province.


 * thî-thâi, tìn-thâi, hîap-thâi;
 * the three highest military officers in a province.


 * hìen thâi;
 * the high provincial officers.


 * láu-hiaⁿ-thâi, láu-cek-thâi;
 * a respectful form of adressaddress [sic] to a middle-aged or old man.


 * A theatre; a stage; a table.
 * sin khai-thâi kâi hì;
 * a newly formed company in a theatre.
 * a newly formed company in a theatre.


 * tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-thâi?
 * When is the grand opening to take place?


 * i khai-thâi tōa căi;
 * his outlays are immense.


 * To slaughter; to kill; to put to death; to cut in pieces; to fight.
 * thâi nâng;
 * to commit murder.
 * to commit murder.


 * sie thâi;
 * fight with intent to kill each other.


 * thâi thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
 * fight and see who will conquer.


 * thâi i m̄ kùe;
 * could not overcome him in fighting.


 * i khṳt i thâi sí khṳ̀;
 * she was slain byhim.


 * thâi sí nâng tîeh sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * must make compensation for a life destroyed.


 * thâi pĕ suah bó̤ cṳ chîu;
 * a mortal enemy.


 * thâi gû;
 * to butcher cattle.


 * thâi koi;
 * kill a fowl.


 * thâi thâu cŭe;
 * a crime whose punishment is decaptitation.


 * kìⁿ nâng cū thâi;
 * killed every one he saw.


 * thâi m̄ lô̤h chíu; chíu ńng, thâi m̄ lô̤h;
 * could not bring myself to kill it.


 * Eminent; exalted; your honor.
 * lău thâi;
 * Great Sir.
 * Great Sir.


 * lău hiaⁿ thâi;
 * Exalted Sir.


 * thâi ké;
 * Your Honor.


 * sam thâi;
 * three stars in the feet of the Great Bear.


 * thâi-phó būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;
 * His Excellency has not yet announced the time for the Examinations.


 * To wait for or upon; to await; to expect; to treat; to behave toward.
 * thăi úa lâi;
 * wait till I come.
 * wait till I come.


 * chíaⁿ thăi úa;
 * please wait for me.


 * thăi kàu mùaⁿ-khí;
 * wait till to-morrow.


 * kẃn-thăi;
 * to treat well or ill; to behave to.


 * kẃn-thăi i cò̤ nâng-khek;
 * treat him as if he were a guest.


 * lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤ sie thăi;
 * wait for each other at the rendezvous.


 * thăi khah hú, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
 * had too long to wait, and went off.


 * Air, gait, bearing.
 * hṳ́ kâi thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kâi mĭⁿ-thāi;
 * that one appears to have seductive ways.
 * that one appears to have seductive ways.


 * sío-jîn kâi thāi;
 * the manners of a boor.


 * sío-jîn hṳ̀ kio-ngău kâi thāi;
 * the hauteur of a plebeian; the air of a parvenu.

thak


 * To kick.
 * thak tó̤;
 * kick over.
 * kick over.


 * cang kha khṳ̀ thak i;
 * kicked him.


 * khṳt bé thak tîeh;
 * kicked by a horse.


 * i kâi ău kha ŏi thak nâng;
 * he is apt to kick at people with his hind legs.


 * ìn íⁿ-keng ka-lâuh, khṳt i kâi kha cē thak cū khí lâi;
 * when the shuttle-cock had fallen, he sent it up again by a kick.


 * i khṳt i thak sí khṳ̀;
 * she was killed by a kick from him.


 * htak kîu;
 * play foot-ball.


 * i kìⁿ tîeh i tîeh thak hia;
 * whenever she sees him she must bend the knee.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng thâk kha lío khuang-phìen i;
 * the one gave the other a hint by a little kick and both combined to befool him.


 * thak m̄ khui sin;
 * could not kick it away.


 * To stop up, to plug up, to cork up.
 * chūe kò̤ cháu-cúa kio i thak tìaⁿ;
 * get a piece of brown paper and plug it up.
 * get a piece of brown paper and plug it up.


 * hṳ́ kâi khang tîeh chūe kò̤ cîeh lâi thak cìaⁿ thak tit cŭ;
 * must get a stone to stop up that hole with and then it will remain stopped.


 * cúi lâk li tōa, hía-suaⁿ-thô thak lô̤h khṳ̀ cū khṳt i pûn tīo;
 * the force of the stream is considerable, and if you stop it up with earth it will be