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 who bet.
 * lîah i kâi thuaⁿ-kuaⁿ;
 * seized the one who held the stakes.


 * in hùaⁿ nâng thuaⁿ pûe i;
 * they all indemnified him by assessing themselves.


 * àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn lâi thuaⁿ?
 * What is to be the rate of the assessment?


 * phò lăi kâi hùe-mûeh li chíaⁿ thuaⁿ;
 * they are taking an inventory of the goods in the shop in order to pay creditors proportionally.


 * cĭu hâng lăi kâi hùe thuaⁿ-hâiⁿ nâng;
 * pay people their shares according to the amount of goods in the warehouse.


 * hâiⁿ i cè-cú hùe khṳ̀ thuaⁿ;
 * let the creditors divide it among themselves according to the amount due each.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ cai thuaⁿ ŭ ngŏ sîaⁿ ciⁿ hâiⁿ nâng a bô̤;
 * do not know whether there will be enough to pay fifty per cent or not.


 * chíeⁿ thuaⁿ tîeⁿ;
 * seize the gambling hall with all the gamblers in it.


 * cò̤ kúi hūn thuaⁿ;
 * allot the shares.


 * thuaⁿ sìo;
 * divide the amount to be paid proportionally.


 * To root out weeds or grass from fields; to remove harmful plants.
 * thúaⁿ cháu;
 * to root up weeds.
 * to root up weeds.


 * Coal.
 * húe-thùaⁿ;
 * charcoal.
 * charcoal.


 * thô-thùaⁿ;
 * mineral coal.


 * bûe-thùaⁿ;
 * hard coal.


 * sêng-thùaⁿ; phàⁿ-thùaⁿ;
 * coal made from fir or pine.


 * thih-thùaⁿ;
 * anthracite.


 * húe-thùaⁿ ŵn;
 * charcoal balls.


 * thùaⁿ hu;
 * coal dust.


 * húe-thùaⁿ chùi;
 * charcoal in small fragments.


 * taⁿ kim-hue tōa-thùaⁿ lâi sie hō̤;
 * brought some brass flowers set in a large lump of coal as a congratulatory offering.


 * châ thùaⁿ;
 * fuel.


 * sie thùaⁿ;
 * to burn coal.


 * thùaⁿ phûe;
 * the outside of a stick of charcoal.


 * thùaⁿ thâu;
 * charred wood; charcoal that is not thoroughly burned.


 * thùaⁿ lām;
 * coal baskets.


 * tōiⁿ thùaⁿ; ká-cí thùaⁿ;
 * charcoal made from hard wood.


 * thùaⁿ kháu; thùaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * charcoal made from small sticks.


 * thùaⁿ îe;
 * charcoal pits.


 * sie thùaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * charcoal burners.


 * thùaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * sparks from charcoal.

thuah


 * An otter.
 * cí tîo nía sĭ thuah-phûe kâi;
 * this collar is of otter's fur.
 * this collar is of otter's fur.


 * cí kâi tî kâi thuah kău căi;
 * there are very many otters in this pool.


 * ē-ē thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thuah lô̤h tî khṳ̀ cîah hṳ̂;
 * have time after time seen otters going into the pool to get fish.


 * hái-thuah;
 * sea otters.

thue


 * Broken down; ruined.
 * hía chù úa thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi khuang-khuang thue-thue;
 * I see that that house is tumbling down.
 * I see that that house is tumbling down.


 * cìeⁿ-sî kâi nâng cn̂g kâi thue-thue tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ;
 * he is much broken down in health of late.


 * àu-kú, cn̂g kâi thue;
 * decayed from age, and all fallen in.


 * Pulpy, soft.
 * pû kàu thúe-thúe;
 * cook it till it is very soft.
 * cook it till it is very soft.


 * cêk sin khṳt i phah kàu thúe-thúe;
 * she was beaten almost to a jelly by him.


 * àu kàu nĕ thúe-thúe khṳ̀;
 * rotted to a pulp.


 * A boil
 * seⁿ thûe;
 * have a boil.
 * have a boil.


 * cêk lîap tōa thûe;
 * a large boil.


 * phû cêk lîap thûe kíaⁿ;
 * had a little boil come out there.


 * thûe mâk-kíaⁿ;
 * a tiny boil.


 * thìaⁿ kùe thûe;
 * as sore as a boil.

thuh


 * To punch a hole through paper.
 * pêⁿ theng cúa cē thûh phùa lâk kâi nâng nĕ ngìen-ngìen;
 * if you stick your finger through the paper and break it, you will disclose the puppets.
 * if you stick your finger through the paper and break it, you will disclose the puppets.

thui


 * A ladder; movable steps; stairs.
 * lô̤h lâu-thui;
 * descend the stairs from the upper storey.
 * descend the stairs from the upper storey.


 * úa thieⁿ thui tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
 * lean a ladder against a wall.


 * peh tùi thui tèng khí khṳ̀;
 * mount up by a ladder.


 * cí tieⁿ thui khah kĭa;
 * the latter is too steep.


 * thui keh;
 * the divisions of a ladder.


 * thui cí;
 * the rungs of a ladder.


 * ŭ jît káu cí, thui cò̤ cē lô̤h;
 * some day the rung will come out and he will fall, ladder and all.


 * i sĭ pûaⁿ thui chut khṳ̀;
 * he traversed it and went out by means of ladders.


 * cĭeⁿ to̤-thui;
 * ascend a ladder of knives, as demoniacs do.


 * tek-thui;
 * a bamboo ladder.


 * hûn thui;
 * a long light ladder made for scaling high walls in a siege.


 * so̤h thui;
 * a rope ladder.


 * kaⁿ-ná thui;
 * a ladder used in gathering olives.


 * thui-hūeⁿ;
 * the hand-rail of a flight of stairs.


 * taⁿ tieⁿ thui;
 * carry a ladder.


 * To shirk; to evade.
 * thui pàng pât nâng sin tèng;
 * shirk it upon some one else.
 * shirk it upon some one else.


 * thui tīo ceh-sêng;
 * shirk the responsibility.


 * thui cò̤ m̄ cai;
 * excused himself by pretending he did not know.


 * thui tīo, m̄ ìn-tap;
 * declined to answer.


 * thui úi;
 * to shirk one's duty.


 * The thigh, the ham, the leg.
 * tṳ-thúi;
 * a ham.
 * a ham.


 * i kâi kha-thúi tōa kí căi;
 * he has very stout legs.


 * phah tîeh i kâi ău-thúi;
 * hit him on his hind leg.