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 ; chíu-cńg-thâu; kha-cng-thâu;
 * the fingers and toes.


 * chíu-cńg-thâu chun chut lâi īa ŭ tn̂g tó̤;
 * when the fingers are stretched forth they are not all of the same length.


 * ŵn-sui thâh pûaⁿ thâu;
 * crown the dish with coriander-seed.

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 * Fat; like marrow; soft.
 * pûi kàu thē-thē;
 * stout and fat.
 * stout and fat.


 * cêk sin nêk thē-thē;
 * fat in flesh.


 * kâi tó thē-thē;
 * pursy.


 * The sea-blubber or jelly-fish.
 * bói kò̤ thē lâi iam;
 * buy a slice of jelly-fish and dress it with sugar and vinegar.
 * buy a slice of jelly-fish and dress it with sugar and vinegar.


 * thē-phûe;
 * the flesh of the jelly-fish.

 theⁿ


 * To pole a boat.
 * theⁿ cûn;
 * to pole a boat.
 * to pole a boat.


 * ā-sŭ ŭ huang cûn cū mín theⁿ;
 * should there be wind we need not pole the boat.


 * i tó̤ theⁿ tō-cûn;
 * he is poling a ferry-boat.


 * theⁿ m̄ kîaⁿ;
 * it does not budge when I push upon the pole.


 * theⁿ lâi;
 * pole it nearer.


 * To prop up with a stick; to shore up; to fasten open, as with a stretcher.
 * theng thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
 * prop up the shutter a little higher.
 * prop up the shutter a little higher.


 * cía tîeh kìe kâi a-ói al5i thèⁿ;
 * must call a dwarf to prop it on.


 * saⁿ hó̤ thèⁿ pàng hṳ́ kháu khṳt i phâk jît;
 * hang the jacket out on a propped pole and let it sun.


 * khîa ki sam lâi thèⁿ cía bŏi tó̤;
 * bring a stick of timber and prop it up, then it will not fall.


 * thèⁿ m̄ phû;
 * it will not stay up when braced.


 * thèⁿ i khui;
 * hold it open by a stretcher.


 * bô̤ mûeh hó̤ thèⁿ;
 * have nothing to shore it up with.


 * A prop.
 * ki thèⁿ khah sòi;
 * the prop is too slight.
 * the prop is too slight.


 * khîeh ki thûi lâi cò̤ thèⁿ;
 * take the mallet as a prop.


 * theng-thèⁿ;
 * the prop which holds a window-shutter open.


 * To push upward with the hands.
 * thêⁿ kûi-kûiⁿ;
 * lift it high by pushing upward.
 * lift it high by pushing upward.


 * thêⁿ tit khí a thêⁿ m̄ khí?
 * Can you raise it?


 * kīe sie-hŭ thêⁿ phû;
 * help lift the seadn over a high obstruction.

theh


 * Naked; stripped; denuded.
 * thong sin thǹg kàu theh-theh, tó̤ sói-êk;
 * completely undressed, bathing.
 * completely undressed, bathing.


 * khṳ̂ châk pak kàu teh-theh khṳ̀;
 * stripped naked by robbers.


 * to bŏi jûah, cò̤-nî pak kàu līo-līo-theh?
 * As it is not hot why are you stripped stark naked?


 * A dwelling, a residence; a site.
 * chù-thêh;
 * dwelling houses.
 * dwelling houses.


 * châng thêh;
 * fields and dwellings.


 * tô̤h tī kâi jit àiⁿ jîp theh?
 * What day has been selected as a lucky one for moving into the house?


 * ke-thêh phêng-ang;
 * the household are all well.


 * tìn thêh;
 * protect the house, as a deity does.


 * i chíaⁿ tieⁿ hû tó̤ tìn thêh;
 * she asked for a charm to protect the house from evil influences.

thek


 * To mount, to ascend, to advance.
 * thek cĭeⁿ suaⁿ-téng;
 * to ascend a mountain.
 * to ascend a mountain.


 * i thek kàu hṳ́ suaⁿ-téng téng;
 * he went up to the topmost peak of the mountain.


 * thek būe kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ cū bŏi kîaⁿ;
 * before I had gone half way to the top of the hill I was unable to proceed.


 * thek peh gūa keh tâh-pō-câng;
 * mounted over a hundred steps on the stairway.


 * thek tùi thui kò̤, thek cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
 * go up on the roof by a ladder.


 * kháu kàu cí cêk kùe hŵn ŭ sĭm-mih thut thek a bô̤?
 * After passing this examination will he get promotion or not?


 * What is done by special command of the Emperor.
 * thek cṳ;
 * credentials; letters patent.
 * credentials; letters patent.


 * cêk nâng pì ìu, cêk nâng pì thek-cṳ;
 * one person bears the seals, and one the credentials.


 * khí cêk kâi thek-cṳ lâu;
 * build a charter house.


 * tìn-tang sāi cêk kò̤ thek-hong-pâi;
 * in the centre set a tablet allowed by special permission of the emperor.


 * kài thek;
 * royal prohibitions or precepts.


 * thek kîaⁿ kak ciu-hú;
 * promulgated by the Emperor's order, throughout all the Departments.


 * thek mĕng;
 * by Imperial com-mand.


 * A run, brace or cross-piece.
 * i kâi iⁿ-thek lut khṳ̀;
 * the rung has fallen out of the chair.
 * the rung has fallen out of the chair.


 * khĭa tŏ̤ kau-íⁿ thek;
 * stand on the rung of the chair.


 * chn̂g-thek tàu m̄ kín;
 * the cross-pieces near the lower end of the legs of the table are not mortised in tightly.


 * mîn-chn̂g thek;
 * braces between the legs of a bed-stead.


 * thek-seⁿ;
 * domestic animals.
 * domestic animals.


 * thek-seⁿ kíaⁿ, m̄ hó̤ căi;
 * a horrid little brute.


 * àu thek-seⁿ!
 * You nasty brute!


 * To enjoin on or instruct, as a superior does a subordinate; to command.
 * chíaⁿ kuaⁿ thek che khṳ̀ khàm;
 * ask the magistrate to dispatch a constable to examine into
 * ask the magistrate to dispatch a constable to examine into