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 * To gain; to earn; to be in receipt of; to make a profit.
 * thàng cîⁿ;
 * earn money.


 * cêk jît thàng jieh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much money does he earn per day?


 * thàng, sîh, m̄ kẃn i kâi sṳ̄;
 * whether you gain or lose is no affair of his.


 * sĭ thàng sĭ sîh cìe sǹg;
 * whether you gain or lose, it goes according to the reckoning.


 * kâi gûeh thàng ŭ choiⁿ ngṳ̂n cheⁿ cîⁿ;
 * his gross earnings were a thousand dollars in a month.


 * tṳ̂ sî, thàng kàu lâk peh;
 * subtracting all losses, there remained a gain of six hundred.


 * i bŏi co̤h bŏi thàng;
 * he cannot work and earn anything.


 * kin nî kia pŭe thàng;
 * this year the profits are double.


 * sin nî thàng bw̄n-bw̄n níe;
 * may you gain millions next year.


 * sin khó thàng, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;
 * earn by hard labor, and eat in comfort.


 * hṳ́ pang hùe thàng tîeh mē?
 * Was there a profit on that load of goods?


 * tōa thàng;
 * great opportunities for making money.


 * Dignified; honorable; venerable; a designation of relatives of the same surname; a classifier of trials, and of sets of furniture.
 * i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ thâng hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * the two men are consinscousins [sic], their fathers being brothers.
 * the two men are consinscousins [sic], their fathers being brothers.


 * lĕng thâng kâi chun chiu jîeh cōi?
 * How many springs and autumns has your honorable cousin seen? How old is your cousin?


 * cí kâi sĭ i kâi thâng a-cek;
 * this is his father's cousin, younger than his father.


 * thâng a-peh;
 * a father's cousin, older than the father.


 * thâng tîet; thâng tau-sun;
 * a father's cousin.


 * thâng a-só̤;
 * the wife of a cousin.


 * i seⁿ lâi sìang-măuⁿ thâng-thâng;
 * he has a very imposing presence.


 * i sĭ thâng-thàng cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * he is a very just man.


 * thâng-cìaⁿ;
 * strictly just.


 * i cêk koiⁿ siu-sîp kàu thâng-hûang căi;
 * they have made the place very magnificent.


 * gūa mīn thóiⁿ-kìⁿ li thâng-thâng hûang-hûang, khî-sît sĭang siò-khì;
 * has a very imposing appearance but is really petty.


 * thâng cí mūeⁿ;
 * female cousins whose fathers are brothers.


 * cí thâng kuaⁿ-si sṳ̄ sĭ tho̤h tī-tĭang lí?
 * To whom has the management of this lawsuit been entrusted?


 * úa àiⁿ cò̤ cêk thâng chn̂g-íⁿ;
 * I am going to have a set of furniture made.


 * cêk thâng kau-íⁿ tê-kí;
 * a set of chairs and tea-poys.


 * The smaller sorts of animals; worms and insects.
 * khûn thâng;
 * small reptiles.
 * small reptiles.


 * cháu thâng;
 * insects.


 * thâng hĭa;
 * ants.


 * thâng lūi;
 * worms and insects.


 * cêk tîo thâng;
 * a worm.


 * īeⁿ thâng cù īeⁿ chíu;
 * each sort of tree has its borer.


 * tōa thâng cîah sòi thâng;
 * large vermin prey on small vermin.


 * The catalpa, and similar large-leaved trees.
 * thâng-îu sĭ thâng-cí khṳ̀ cò̤ kâi;
 * the oil generally used in painting is made from the seeds of the.
 * the oil generally used in painting is made from the seeds of the.


 * thâng-îu-hue sĭ hue khṳ̀ ceng thâng-îu kâi;
 * putty is made by pounding lime in paint oil.


 * thâng-sak; thâng-tí;
 * to evade, to turn one off, to decline politely; to put a makeshift; to make promises in other to avoid importunity; to make up for one thing by another.
 * to evade, to turn one off, to decline politely; to put a makeshift; to make promises in other to avoid importunity; to make up for one thing by another.


 * cang cí kâi ūe cū lâi tó̤ thâng-tí;
 * said this merely to get rid of further talk about it.


 * Tiles shaped like a half cylinder.
 * hĭa-thâng;
 * the semi-cylindrical tiles used on roofs.
 * the semi-cylindrical tiles used on roofs.


 * màiⁿ tâh phùa hĭa-thâng;
 * do not step on and break the curved tiles.


 * A cross-bow to shoot bullets; a bullet, a ball, a shot.
 * i ŏi sīa thâng-cí;
 * he can shoot clay balls from a cross-bow.
 * he can shoot clay balls from a cross-bow.


 * hó̤ sīa thâng-cí kâi thâng-keng;
 * a bow that will shoot clay balls.


 * phàu thâng;
 * cannon-balls.


 * heng-thâng;
 * the bosom; the breasts.
 * the bosom; the breasts.


 * i phah sieⁿ tîeh i kâi heng-thâng;
 * he struck and injured her in her breast.


 * A fine grained wood.
 * thâng-hieⁿ châ;
 * sandal-wood.
 * sandal-wood.


 * thâng-hieⁿ;
 * incense sticls made from sandal-wood.


 * thâng-ŵt;
 * the benefactors of a convent; donors of gifts to a monastery.


 * thâng-tût;
 * bruqsue, forward, presuming; lacking humility.
 * bruqsue, forward, presuming; lacking humility.


 * thâng-thâng tût-tût;
 * very blunt and rude.


 * hái-thâng;
 * the crab-apple, cultivated for its fruit and flowers.
 * the crab-apple, cultivated for its fruit and flowers.


 * hue kuah cò̤ hái-thâng;
 * let the flowers carved be those of the crab-apple.


 * To touch with the hand; to lay the hand on.
 * màiⁿ thâng i;
 * don't touch it.
 * don't touch it.


 * àiⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ màiⁿ thăng;
 * look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.


 * mó̤ thăng lío bô̤ ēng khṳ̀;
 * you must not handle and spoil it.


 * màiⁿ thăng kha thăng chíu;
 * do not handle the things.


 * i hàuⁿ kha tŏng, chíu khí, khṳ̀ thăng nâng;
 * he is fond of stealing up and touching people in sport.