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 the matter.
 * hú-tău íⁿ-keng thek ti-kūiⁿ khṳ̀ phōiⁿ;
 * the prefect has already directed the district magistrate to take up the case and adjudicate it.


 * kuaⁿ-hú ngîam thek tī-pó̤ sòi-sim khṳ̀ chê-chip;
 * the officer strictly charged the alderman to carefully inquire into it.


 * To cause to progress; to promote.
 * im-thek;
 * a good deed, springing from real love; unostentatious benevolence; a beneficient action secretly performed.
 * a good deed, springing from real love; unostentatious benevolence; a beneficient action secretly performed.


 * i sît-că hó̤ im-thek;
 * he is really philanthropic.


 * mâk ĕ īa-sĭ phû ŭ im-thek hûn cū hó̤ tói tīo cía cai-eh;
 * if a sign of real goodness appears it will debar the approaching evil from coming nearer.


 * im-thek ;
 * exhortations to benevolence.


 * Hairless; bald.
 * thek lṳ̂;
 * a hairless mule, a term of contempt for a Buddhist priest.
 * a hairless mule, a term of contempt for a Buddhist priest.


 * A law to one's self; worth of promotion.
 * pí pât nâng lêng-gūa thek-tháng;
 * has a more distinguished appearance than other people.
 * has a more distinguished appearance than other people.

theng


 * An aperture to give light in a room; a window; a sash; a shutter; a school or student.
 * pâng lăi kâi theng tîeh kui tōa cē cìaⁿ kng;
 * the windows of the bedroom must be made rather large then it will be light.
 * the windows of the bedroom must be made rather large then it will be light.


 * theng-cí;
 * the vertical-bars across a window.


 * theng khuang;
 * window-casing.


 * îⁿ theng;
 * a round aperture for the admission of light.


 * theng mn̂g;
 * window-blind or shutter.


 * theng bâi;
 * the top of a window.


 * theng chēng;
 * a bar to fasten a window.


 * cùaⁿ theng;
 * to bar a window.


 * po̤-lî theng;
 * a glass window.


 * ô̤-kìa theng;
 * a window made from translucent shells.


 * hó̤ⁿ-thâu theng;
 * an elevated skylight in a roof.


 * thiⁿ theng;
 * a skylight.


 * khui theng;
 * open the window.


 * kueⁿ theng;
 * shut the window.


 * theng thèⁿ;
 * the prop by which a window shutter is upheld.


 * khui mn̂g thèⁿ theng tó̤ cò̤;
 * doing it with all the doors and windows all open; does it without fear of being seen.


 * phò theng;
 * shop windows.


 * phò theng pang màiⁿ chēng tāⁿ;
 * do not set up the shop window-shutters in a wrong order.


 * huang-lô theng;
 * the ventilator in the bottom of an earthen stove.


 * huang-lô-theng píaⁿ;
 * waffles.


 * cí kâi kau-hâm lâi cò̤ kâi thih theng;
 * let us have a perforated iron mouth-piece at the end of this covered drain.


 * tâng theng phêng-íu;
 * friends who have studied at the same window; fellow students; chums.


 * tieh ŭ câp nì bâng theng kâi kang-hu cìaⁿ ŭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * one must have given ten years to hard study in order to be able to do this.


 * khó̤ kìeu i tŏ̤ theng ĕ sĭ ŭ ēng kang;
 * can perceive that he was diligent at his studies.


 * To correct, as officials do miscreants.
 * īa sĭ káⁿ kù-ì hŭam cŭe kâi cū tîeh chông tăng theng-phōiⁿ, cìaⁿ hó̤ theng-kài ău nâng;
 * if there be those who intentionally transgress, they must be punished with severity, that those who come after may be deterred from like crimes.
 * if there be those who intentionally transgress, they must be punished with severity, that those who come after may be deterred from like crimes.


 * To pull out, to stretch, to strain, to rush or stand forth.
 * théng sin;
 * to stretch one's self up straight.
 * to stretch one's self up straight.


 * cū sĭ i théng sin chut lâi cò̤ cú;
 * it was he who stood forth and took the management of affairs.


 * tàⁿ kàu théng heng pôih kèⁿ;
 * spoke with a big voice and fierce aspect.


 * kha théng tît-tît;
 * stretch your legs straight.


 * màiⁿ théng phùa phŭe;
 * do not strain the coverlet so severely as to teat it.


 * cē théng cū ŏi chun, cē pàng cū ŏi kiu;
 * when you pull it, it stretches and when you slacken the strain it shrinks; it is very elastic.


 * théng khuah cē;
 * pull upon it to make it wider.


 * théng khui-khui;
 * stretch it to make it cover as much surface as possible.


 * théng i tn̂g;
 * stretch it lengthwise.


 * théng tît-tît;
 * straighten it by pulling at the ends.


 * To stretch open; to open out.
 * i kâi sî théng m̄ khui;
 * it cannot spread its wings.
 * it cannot spread its wings.


 * nŏ̤ phìn sît théng kàu khui-khui;
 * both wings spread to their utmost stretch.


 * nŏ̤ phìⁿ mn̂g lóng-cóng théng khui;
 * open both doors.


 * théng hŏ-sùaⁿ;
 * spread an umbrella.


 * théng pò-phâng;
 * stretch an awning.


 * A punt; a canoe; a dugout; long small boats.
 * i sĭ tah théng-cûn khṳ̀ atah húe-cûucûn [sic] khṳ̀?
 * Did he go by a native boat or by steamer?
 * Did he go by a native boat or by steamer?


 * hûa-théng;
 * native craft.


 * théng-kíaⁿ;
 * a punt.


 * hue-théng;
 * a flower-boat, used for parties.


 * khui-po̤-théng;
 * a lighter.


 * lêng-théng;
 * a dragon-boat; a long canoe.


 * To act with effrontery; presuming; forward; relying on one's pretensions or power.
 * théng kong lêng;
 * confident of one's own abilities; overweening.
 * confident of one's own abilities; overweening.


 * i to sĭ tó̤ théng kong lêng;
 * he is always putting himself forward.


 * mih sṳ̄