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 he gasps.
 * i khùn-jîak căi, tàⁿ bŏ̤ kù ūe, cū tó̤ thôih;
 * he is very weak, and gasps if he speaks a word.

thok


 * To shove or push upward; to bear upward on the hands.
 * mn̂g-chēng thok-phû cē cìaⁿ ŏi tit khui;
 * shove the vertical bar which fastens the door upward a little and then you can open the door.
 * shove the vertical bar which fastens the door upward a little and then you can open the door.


 * tîeh ŭ ke cêk nâg nā hṳ́ ĕ thok khí;
 * there should be another person down below pushing it upward.

thong


 * thong-cháu;
 * the, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.
 * the, found in Formosa and Yunnan, whose pith sliced into sheets and ironed out, furnishes the substance wrongly called rice-paper.


 * châng-phàⁿ cū sĭ thong-cháu cò̤ kâi;
 * pith-paper is made from this herbaceous plant.


 * To see clearly; to perceive; to make known to others; to have dealings or political relations with; to communicate.
 * i kâi tó lăi nĕ thong-thong;
 * he is very clear-headed.
 * he is very clear-headed.


 * hṳ́ khí nâng cn̂g kâi m̄ thong;
 * such people do not take in the meaning at all.


 * i cn̂g kâi m̄ thong chêng;
 * he does not at all understand the state of affairs.


 * cí lăi tîeh khui khṳt i thong huang cē;
 * this must be opened to let the air in.


 * phīⁿ sak kín, m̄ thong khí;
 * my nose is stopped up so that I cannot breathe through it.


 * cē phah ka1-thì khì cū thong;
 * as soon as you sneeze the passages will be opened.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ phah thong khṳ̀;
 * the two have an understanding with each other.


 * àm-cĕⁿ soiⁿ thong pīn;
 * secretly came to an understanding with each other beforehand.


 * úa àm-cĕⁿ thong lṳ́, lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai ṳ̆-pĭ;
 * I give you an inkling of it, that you may prepare for it.


 * thong-sṳ̄;
 * an interpreter.


 * i cò̤ thong-sṳ̄;
 * he is the linguist employed in the transaction of business.


 * thong cheng-cò̤ sin-seⁿ;
 * are generally designated as teachers.


 * lō-mn̂g m̄ thong;
 * the way is not open.


 * sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi pìen thong;
 * the thing must accommodate itself to circumstances.


 * thong tâk sì-chêng;
 * well versed in affairs.


 * i khṳ̀ thong-tâng i;
 * he went and informed then.


 * sie thong;
 * intercommunicating.


 * thong cai;
 * to notify.


 * To think much of.
 * hṳ́ kâi sĭ i cùe thóng-ài kâi chiap;
 * that is his favorite concubine.
 * that is his favorite concubine.


 * hṳ́ lăi hùaⁿ nâng cū sĭ cí kâi sĭang tit thóng;
 * of all those in there this is the one that is most beloved.


 * A sepulcher.
 * bói cêk kò̤ tī cò̤ ngĭ-thóng;
 * buy a piece of land for a potter's field.
 * buy a piece of land for a potter's field.


 * líu lô̤h khṳ̀ hṳ́ tói ŭ kháu kó thóng;
 * in digging down we found an old tomb below.


 * múaⁿ-tī kò̤ cǹng kàu kio ngĭ-thóng-po hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * graves are everywhere as thick as in a public cemetery.


 * Eminent; honorable.
 * thóng-cái;
 * the premier.
 * the premier.


 * thóng-cái cū sĭ cái-sìang;
 * the premier is the prime minister.


 * Total, entire, general, all under one head; to control, to rule.
 * thiⁿ ĕ cêk thóng;
 * the whole empire is under one sway.
 * the whole empire is under one sway.


 * úa àiⁿ phah kàu kui thóng;
 * I wish to get the monopoly of it.


 * cóng-tok thóng-sôk bûn bṳ́;
 * the governor controls both the civilians and military men.


 * thói-thóng;
 * one's character.


 * màiⁿ bô̤ thói-thóng;
 * do not disgrace yourself.


 * thóng-kāng ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * What is the sum total?


 * ēng tī-tîang cò̤ cóng-thóng?
 * Whom does he employ as factotum?


 * pō-kun thóng-nía;
 * the commander in chief of the infantry at Peking.


 * Heart-rending; distressing; with energy; extremely; painfully.
 * thòng-khùai;
 * to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.
 * to vent acute feeling until ease of mind results.


 * mēⁿ khṳ̀ thòng-khùai căi;
 * scolded until he felt perfectly content.


 * ūe tàⁿ kàu thòng-khùai căi;
 * talked until she had talked herself out.


 * i ín-keng thòng kói côiⁿ hui;
 * he has sincerely repented of his past errors.


 * A youth, a lad, a student; boyish, youthful; undefiled, pure.
 * thông-lâm;
 * a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.
 * a lad under fifteen years old and unmarried.


 * thông-ńng;
 * a virgin.


 * thông-cṳ́;
 * a boy.


 * ke-thông;
 * servants; young men, hired or bought, or born in the house.


 * sîn thông;
 * a bright lad.


 * nín kùi kūiⁿ kháu-kà ŭ jîeh cōi thông-seng?
 * How many youths attend the examinations in your district?


 * i hieⁿ-lí chûn nŏ̤ kâi lău-thông tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * there are only two candidates for degrees, who have for a long time been such, remaining in their village.


 * cṳ-thông;
 * students.


 * îeh-thông;
 * medical students.


 * bûn-thông, bú-thông;
 * candidates for degrees,