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 ; see how deep the water is;
 * sound and ascertain the depth.


 * tèng-thàm-hue;
 * the third of the Hanlin academicians; (the name has reference to the metaphor of plucking the sprig of ).


 * A sacrifice offered at the end of the twenty-seven months or the three years of mourning for a parent, when the mourning garments are put off.
 * thâm hôk;
 * lay aside mourning.
 * lay aside mourning.


 * thâm hôk kùe lío cìaⁿ bó̤ khí hôk;
 * after the mourning is laid aside one returns to ordinary attire.


 * Deep poopls in a river; unfathomable.
 * chim kùe bw̄n tn̆g chim thâm;
 * deeper than a pool of ten thousand fathoms; a bottomless abyss.
 * deeper than a pool of ten thousand fathoms; a bottomless abyss.


 * toi pàng lío châng khṳt i cò̤ thâm;
 * the dike having given way, the fields were washed out into pools.


 * cía sĭ ngŏ̤ tîeh thâm un sṳ̀ kâi;
 * this is having a vast favor conferred on me.


 * Phlegm, mucous from the lungs.
 * ciu jît kâi thâm-nŭaⁿ cōi căi;
 * raises much phlegm, spitting continually all day.
 * raises much phlegm, spitting continually all day.


 * thâm phùi-pàng thâm-kóng kò̤;
 * spit in the spittoon.


 * thâm-âp;
 * a small spittoon having a cover.


 * thàm-kẁn;
 * a spittoon.


 * cía cîah lío àiⁿ seⁿ thâm;
 * after taking this you will raise phlegm.


 * thâm phùi chut lâi sĭ kṳ̂t a sĭ chieh?
 * Is the phlegm that you raise solid or watery?


 * thâm cúi;
 * thin mucous.


 * thò tīo thâm;
 * vomits mucous.


 * thâm chàu-cho̤;
 * fetid phlegm.


 * khak thâm;
 * hawk and spit.


 * sio thâm;
 * to cut the phlegm.


 * hùe-thâm;
 * an expectorant.


 * i khṳt i khì kàu thâm-phû;
 * she was so vexed that she was suffocated by phlegm.


 * cêk cūn thâm lâi kàu cū ĭng-kùo-khṳ̀;
 * when the death-rattle comes one dies at once.


 * nâng li m̄ cai nâng, hía thâm li lō̤-lō̤-kìe;
 * he was wholly insensible, and had the death-rattle in his throat.


 * i tì kâi thâm chẃn pēⁿ;
 * his disease is expectoration with shortness of breath.


 * i sĭ thâm-ìong sí khṳ̀;
 * he died of consumption.


 * thâm sàu;
 * a cough with much expectoration.


 * cîah i kût thâm cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * take somethign to loosen the phlegm and it will be better.


 * i sĭ thâm sak tîeh sim-khìo, sim-sîn cìaⁿ ŏi m̄ tīaⁿ;
 * the derangement of her mind is caused by the passages in her chest being obstructed by phlegm.


 * sio thâm sŭn khì;
 * a sedative.


 * thâm-húe pēⁿ;
 * a cough with fever.


 * i kâi thâm-húe-húe pēⁿ;
 * a cough with fever.


 * i kâi thâm-húe-cèng sêng lío;
 * he has settled consumption.


 * sĭ jîet thâm; a sĭ hâng thâm, a sĭ huang thâm; a sĭ sip thâm, a sĭ cîah thâm?
 * Was his expectorating brought on by heat, cold, wind or dampness, or was it caused by something he ate?


 * kún thâm îⁿ;
 * pills taken to remove phlegm.


 * i kâi thâm sek sĭ tòa cheⁿ a sĭ tòa o?
 * Is the phlegm which he raises flecked with green or with black?


 * thâm kho̤h chut lâi ŭ hueh-si;
 * the phlegm which he coughs up has flecks of blood in it.


 * jûah thâm, lîang thâm;
 * lung complaints with either a feverish or a chilly habit of body.


 * To converse; to discuss; to talk; a local dialect.
 * ôiⁿ thâm;
 * idle conversation; gossip.
 * idle conversation; gossip.


 * chap nâng thâm-sńg thâm-chìe cē cū bŏi hìeⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
 * be where you will chat playfully with other people and you will not be so gloomy.


 * thâm-lŭn;
 * to discuss; to cavil at.


 * i hàuⁿ phiah ka-chng-ău thâm-lŭn nâng kâi tó̤ chù;
 * she is fond of talking about people's short-comings behind their backs.


 * ngân-thâm;
 * conversation.


 * tŏ̤ ngân-thâm cṳ kang put kak cū tàⁿ chut lâi;
 * inadvertently spoke of it when talking.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi seⁿ thó-thâm, bô̤ hìeⁿ cìaⁿ;
 * he speaks with a local accent, and not very correctly.


 * kak chù kak chù kâi hiang thâm;
 * each place has its peculiar modes of speech.


 * cía sĭ khîeh khí lâi cò̤ chìe thâm kâi;
 * this is something she has treasured up to tell as a good joke.


 * A cylindrical earthenware wine-jar.
 * i kng cêk thâm cíu lâi sie sàng;
 * they brought a jar of wine as a present.
 * they brought a jar of wine as a present.


 * khù phah cêk thàm cíu kâi cíu-toaⁿ kio i sie hō̤;
 * went and wrote out an order for a jar of wine, and sent it to him as a congratulatory present.


 * To step in the mud; to get mired.
 * thām lo̤h khṳ̀ lok-cē-kìe;
 * splashed as he sank in the mud.
 * splashed as he sank in the mud.


 * thām lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, kha poih m̄ khí;
 * sunk in the mud and could not get out.


 * thām kàu cêk sin cĕng-cĕng thô-kâu-mûeⁿ;
 * got mired so deeply that he was wholly covered with mud.


 * thām lô̤h khṳ̀, bît pĭn kha-thâu-u;
 * sank up to his knees in mud.


 * thām lío khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * sank in the mire and stuck fact.


 * thām kàu kâi ūi kâi ūi;
 * left tracks where his feet sank in the mud.

thang


 * To apportion uniformly; to allot equally; to rate; to share.
 * cùaⁿ nâng lâi thang phài;
 * each pays an equal share.
 * each pays an equal share.


 * kâi nâng thang khí lâi ēng jîeh cōi