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 cîⁿ?
 * What is the amount to be paid by each as his share?


 * àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi hun thang?
 * Into how mnay shares is it to be apportioned?


 * thang pô̤h-pô̤h, màiⁿ thang khah kău;
 * spread it thin, do not spread it too thick.


 * ko̤-îeh tîeh thang câu-câu;
 * the ointment must be spread evenly.


 * The wherewithal; the means wherewith.
 * i to ŭ thang cîah, ŭ thang chēng;
 * she has enough to eat and to wear.
 * she has enough to eat and to wear.


 * bô̤ thang hâiⁿ i;
 * have not the wherewithal to pay him.


 * nêk ŭ thang khṳt nâng cîah, kut bô̤ thang khṳ̂t nâng khòi;
 * have meat that I can let people eat, but no bones to let them gnaw; will stand some imposition, but not an unlimited amount of it.


 * To intercommunicate; perspicuous, clear, thorough.
 * kâi tó lăi nĕ thang-thang;
 * his mind is very clear.
 * his mind is very clear.


 * i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa tó lăi to m̄ thang;
 * although he is so large, his perceptions are not quick.


 * thang-lâng;
 * well ventilated; free and open.


 * Entirely; very; highly.
 * i bô̤ thang pat;
 * he does not know much about it.
 * he does not know much about it.


 * hŵn ío sin, bô̤ thang hìeⁿ lău;
 * it is still rather new, and not much worn.


 * sueh khṳ̀ bô̤ thang tùi;
 * the explanation was not wholly to the point.


 * bô̤ thang ŏi;
 * not very competent.


 * The leg of a stocking.
 * buêh tháng;
 * bûeh àng; the leg of a stocking.
 * bûeh àng; the leg of a stocking.


 * khuah tháng, ôih tháng;
 * wide and narrow legs.


 * cí sang bûeh tháng ío tn̂g;
 * the legs of this pair of stockings are longer.


 * The leg of a boot.
 * hĭa tháng; hĭa àng;
 * a boot leg.
 * a boot leg.


 * A tub; a bucket; a cask.
 * tìo-tháng;
 * a small wooden pail, with a high bail.
 * a small wooden pail, with a high bail.


 * pûah-tháng;
 * a small bucket used in drawing water from a well.


 * cúi-tháng;
 * water-buckets.


 * kha-tháng;
 * a wash-tub.


 * mīn-tháng;
 * a wooden wash-basin.


 * úaⁿ-tháng;
 * a tub used in washing dishes.


 * pn̄g tháng;
 * a wooden dish used to hold cooked rice.


 * bí-tháng;
 * a rice-tub.


 * khàm-tháng;
 * a cask with a cover.


 * nŏ̤ hĭⁿ tháng;
 * a large bucket with ears.


 * tháng nîe;
 * the cross-piece in a water-bucket.


 * tháng chîeⁿ, tháng tói, tháng kho, tháng hĭⁿ;
 * the sides, bottom, hoops, and bail of a bucket.


 * ūaⁿ thang tói;
 * put a new bottom in a bucket.


 * ni tháng;
 * mend buckets.


 * hàm kâi ūaⁿ-tháng-tói-kâi lâi kho tháng;
 * call a bucket-mender to come and put new hoops on the buckets.


 * A plain; level; to level.
 * cí tìo lō tháng-pêⁿ căi;
 * this road is very level.
 * this road is very level.


 * tháng-tháng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kâi tōa lō, kōi kîaⁿ;
 * a level highway, easily travelled.


 * i kâi suaⁿ-sì kàu cí-kò̤ cū tháng kâi pêⁿ po;
 * the mountain here subsites into a plain.


 * úa kâi ūe sĭ tháng-tháng pêh-pêh kio lṳ́ tàⁿ, chŵn bô̤ cia-íam;
 * I tell you this plainly and without the least concealment.


 * cí kâi tī-hng ío pêⁿ-tháng, bŏi sia-kĭa;
 * this place is level, not inclined.


 * hía tī-hng pêng-pêng tháng-tháng, cek mōⁿ bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;
 * that region is very level, with neither mountains nor headlands in sight.


 * To bare the arm in order to do something.
 * tháng-cìam;
 * to help one who is in the wrong; to aid in an underhand way.
 * to help one who is in the wrong; to aid in an underhand way.


 * sĭu i kâi ĭu lío cū tháng-ciàm i;
 * takes his bribe and helps him therefor.


 * úa thóiⁿ li i sĭ tháng-cìam kàu chut mĭn;
 * I consider it evident that he has rendered underhanded assistance.


 * kong-tău căi, chŵn bô̤ tháng-cìam pùaⁿ lî;
 * it is all very fair and honorable, and not the least support has been given in what was wrong.


 * If, perhaps, supposing, may, should; unexpectedly.
 * tháng-jîak;
 * if; premising that.
 * if; premising that.


 * tháng-jîak sĭ àiⁿ li tîeh soiⁿ tàⁿ;
 * should you want it you must say so beforehand.


 * tháng-hôk bô̤ lâi cū tîeh cwn khṳ̀ bói;
 * supposing that it does not arrive, you must make an especial journey to buy one.


 * tháng ŏi so̤-ngô̤ le cò̤-nî?
 * If you should mectmeet [sic] with any accident, then what?


 * tháng īa sĭ cò̤ m̄ lâi cū màiⁿ khṳ̀ tàⁿ i;
 * if he is unable to do it, then say nothing about it.


 * tháng hó̤ cá cē li cá cē;
 * if you can come earlier then do so.


 * The sternal region.
 * tháng-tong;
 * the centre of the thorax, which Chinese physicians say is the seat of the breath; they probably intend to describe the membrane that separates the lungs.
 * the centre of the thorax, which Chinese physicians say is the seat of the breath; they probably intend to describe the membrane that separates the lungs.


 * tháng-tong kâi mêh khah phû;
 * the pulsations of the heart are too violent.


 * An unforeseen thing; accidental.
 * thâng lâi cṳ mûeh;
 * a thing which came unexpectedly to hand.
 * a thing which came unexpectedly to hand.


 * thek-tháng;
 * unusual; distinguished.


 * i cŏ̤ pàng ko̤ thóiⁿ tîeh lêng-gūa