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 * A footman; a bondman; a serf; a follower; a disciple; servants about an office; low fellows; a ruffian; futile, vainly; only; barely; the punishment of transportation.
 * mn̂g-thû;
 * disciples.


 * thû-tĭ;
 * an apprentice, follower, or pupil.


 * ĭ hó̤ⁿ li ái kâi lĕng kau-thû lâi hûe-hôk úa;
 * whether it be so or not, send one of your pupils to bring me a response.


 * hṳ́ khí nâng sĭ bô̤ năi cṳ thû, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;
 * those people are low fellows, pay no heed to them.


 * màiⁿ tó̤ thû lâu bô̤ iah;
 * do not waste your labor, getting no advantage therefrom.


 * thû ke bô̤ ēng;
 * more will be useless.


 * thû àiⁿ cò̤ hó̤, cò̤ m̄ tîeh huap īa bô̤ ēng;
 * it is vain to wish to do well if you do not act according to rule.


 * thû-hùi kang-lâk;
 * waste your labor.


 * úa thóiⁿ sĭ thû-jîen kâi;
 * I consider it all to no purpose.


 * pŵn-thû;
 * a rascal.


 * kuaⁿ phōiⁿ i cò̤ thû cŭe;
 * the magistrate found his crime to be one that is punished by banishment.


 * i thû saⁿ nî lío cū tńg lâi;
 * after three years banishment he returned.


 * cŭe sĭ ēng-kai lîu, khṳt i sai ēng cò̤ thû;
 * his crime was one for which he should have been sentenced to perpetual banishment, but by bribery he got it commuted to temporary banishment.


 * To lay up for need; to be second to.
 * i kâi bí-chek thû-cek kàu cōi căi;
 * he has a great quantity of grain stored up.
 * he has a great quantity of grain stored up.


 * thài-cṳ́ cheng-hu cò̤ thû kun;
 * the crown prince is called the heir-apparent.


 * A plan, drawing, diagram or chart; to delineate, to sketch an outline; to scheme, to plot, to intrigue; to reckon on; to remove; to estimate, to calculate; to wish or try for; forethought, care.
 * tham-thû;
 * to earnestly wish for; greedy.
 * to earnestly wish for; greedy.


 * cêk nâng sĭ tham-thû khùaⁿ-ûah, cêk nâng sĭ tham-thû thàng cîⁿ;
 * the one coveted ease and the other coveted gain.


 * ŭ nâng sĭ thû mîaⁿ, ŭ nâng sĭ thû lĭ, m̄ tâng;
 * some strive for fame, and some for profit, all are not alike.


 * i tó̤ thû sĭm-mûeh?
 * What is she trying to gain?


 * kàu cē cṳ̀-bwn̆n cū lâng thû;
 * when it has widely ramified it will be difficult to extirpate.


 * cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ thû a bô̤?
 * Do you think that this boy is one to be reckoned upon as likely to improve the fortunes of the family?


 * hṳ́ kâi sui-sĭ bô̤ thû, cí kâi tōa-tōa ŭ thû;
 * although that one may not be counted upon as having an important future, yet this one may be.


 * i taⁿ toaⁿ-toaⁿ thû cí kâi kíaⁿ ĕ-jît pa-lak ŏi hó̤ tīaⁿ, pât kâi kíaⁿ li míen thû;
 * she now reckons only upon this son as being likely to benefit her inthe future, and does not calculate upon the other sons at all.


 * thû thóiⁿ ŏi tit mē;
 * try for it and see if you can gain it.


 * kâi kíaⁿ hó̤ thû cò̤ kuaⁿ, kâi kíaⁿ bó̤ thû hwt châi;
 * may reckon upon one's son's being an official, and upon the other one's becoming rich.


 * úa àiⁿ kuah kâi thû-su ìn;
 * I wish to have a seal for my personal use carved.


 * thû ciang;
 * a motto on a seal.


 * taⁿ cū tùi-tùi thû tîeh;
 * have now got just what I desired.


 * To daub, to besmear; dull, pig-headed.
 * hū-thû;
 * inapt, unready, blundering.
 * inapt, unready, blundering.


 * hṳ́ khí nâng sĭ hû-hû thû-thû kâi nâng;
 * those people are perfect dunderheads.


 * thû ciⁿ buah hún;
 * use cosmetics.


 * A bitter herb, containing a whitish juice.
 * nín cèng ŭ thû-mîⁿ-hue a bô̤?
 * Have you yellow roses in your garden?
 * Have you yellow roses in your garden?


 * sîn-thû, ut-lúi;
 * the names of two brothers now deified and worshipped as the warders of doorways.

 thuaⁿ


 * Rapids made by a stream rushing through a pass, or over a rocky descent.
 * kùe thuaⁿ;
 * pass the rapids.
 * pass the rapids.


 * cĭeⁿ thuaⁿ kōi a sĭ lô̤h thuaⁿ kōi?
 * Which is the easier, the ascent the descent of the rapids?


 * cí kâi thuaⁿ híam căi;
 * these rapids are very dangerous.


 * thuaⁿ kâi cúi li kĭa, īu sà-sà, cĕng-cĕng cîeh, kù-chṳ́ kùe thuaⁿ kâi sî-liāu nâng-nâng kiaⁿ;
 * the rapids are steep, and full of projecting rocks, so that in passing them every one is in dread.


 * To rate; to apportion; to divide amongst; to allow proportionally; to assess; to rate according to a proportion.
 * ngṳ̂n li cìe thuaⁿ phài;
 * pay according to the assessment.
 * pay according to the assessment.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ thuaⁿ hía bô̤ cîⁿ hùe cū kang-khó;
 * if the amount to be made up is apportioned in that way then it will be distressful to those who are poor.


 * i tó̤ khui thuaⁿ siet tó;
 * he keeps a gambling hall.


 * nâng li khṳ̀ teh i kâi thuaⁿ;
 * people go and put down stakes, betting on something he holds.


 * hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ pûah thuaⁿ;
 * they are all raffling for it.


 * kuaⁿ-hú huang tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-kẃn;
 * the magistrate shut up his gambling house.


 * léng tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-chn̂g;
 * upset the counter on which the stakes were laid.


 * i tó̤ meⁿ thuaⁿ khṳt nâng teh;
 * he holds the stakes for those