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 not carry away this earth there is danger that it will fill up and obstruct the drain.
 * thūn kàu i múaⁿ-múaⁿ khí lâi;
 * fill it in quite to the top.


 * cang cîeh lâi thūn;
 * fill it in with stones.

thut


 * To slip out of; to escape from; to leave.
 * i kiaⁿ-ùi thut sin m̄ lī;
 * he fears he cannot get away.
 * he fears he cannot get away.


 * cău-hùe thut-lī cí kâi lāng;
 * fortunately escaped this trouble.


 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ chut-thut;
 * have no way of getting out of it.


 * i sĭ ēng kim-sîen thut khah kâi kòi-cheh;
 * he is using the same device as that by which the spotted cicata gets rid of its skin; his plan is to leave altogether.


 * i cí hûe sît-căi bô̤ chut bô̤ thut;
 * there is now really no escape for him.


 * cò̤ chut lâi thut sôk căi;
 * is much above the common run in its style.


 * thut tīo kut;
 * take out the bones.


 * tîeh pû kàu i kâi kut ka-kī thut chut lâi;
 * boil it till its bones drop out of themselves.


 * ău-lâi i kâi chin khṳt i thut khṳ̀;
 * afterward the betrothal was broken by them.


 * To degrade, to dismiss from office.
 * thut-thek;
 * to degrade the inefficient.
 * to degrade the inefficient.


 * kháu kàu cí búe m̄ cai ŭ sĭm-mih thut-thek a bó̤;
 * do not know whether any will be placed in other grades after the examination is over.

 thṳ


 * To polish or grate by rubbing on a rough surface.
 * thṳ̀ hun-kuah;
 * grate sweet potatoes for starch.
 * grate sweet potatoes for starch.


 * li-li thṳ̀, li-li thṳ̀;
 * scrub hard and continuously.

thwn


 * To promulgate; to transfer; to transmit; to propagate.
 * thŵn kà;
 * to promulgate doctrines.
 * to promulgate doctrines.


 * thŵn tău;
 * to preach.


 * thŵn sĭu;
 * to perpetuate.


 * thŵn bŭn;
 * tradition.


 * thŵn sueh;
 * a report.


 * thŵn ūe;
 * a legend.


 * thŵn céng;
 * to propagate seed.


 * có thŵn kâi;
 * handed down from ancestors.


 * pì thŵn kâi huap;
 * a recipe pivately handed down.


 * thŵn lĕng;
 * to transmit orders.


 * thŵn ūi;
 * to transmit the throne.


 * thŵn ūi khṳt a-tĭ tîeh, a sĭ thŵn khṳt kíaⁿ tîeh?
 * Was the throne transmitted to a younger brother, or to a son?


 * thŵn ke-pó̤;
 * an heirloom.


 * thŵn sîn;
 * transfer the expression.


 * thŵn kàu taⁿ jîeh cōi tō̤?
 * Through how many generations has it been handed down?


 * khut i thŵn tāⁿ khṳ̀;
 * was erroneously transmitted by him.


 * cêk nâng thŵn hṳ, peh nâng thŵn sît;
 * what one man tells falsely a hundred repeat as the truth.


 * cêk nâng thŵn kùe cêk nâng;
 * passed on from one person to another.


 * cêk chíu thŵn kùe cêk chíu;
 * sent on from hand to hand.


 * cīeⁿ tō̤ thŵn lo̤ĥ ē tō̤;
 * handed down from former generations.


 * thŵn keng a-pún;
 * a court crier.


 * ŭ thŵn, bô̤ thŵn;
 * has or has not been reported.


 * Round, globular; to environ; to surround.
 * ke lăi cêk thŵn hûa-khì;
 * the family is altogether harmonious, having all interests in common.
 * the family is altogether harmonious, having all interests in common.


 * thŵn-thŵn ûi cŭ;
 * hemmed in on all sides.


 * thŵn-thŵn-îⁿ;
 * spherical.


 * i sĭ chēng thŵn-lêng kâi pó-hôk;
 * he wears a robe having a coiled dragon embroidered on the breast and back.


 * thŵn-hṳ̂;
 * a turtle.


 * Dumplings or doughnuts.
 * cût bí thŵn;
 * dumplings made of glutinous rice.
 * dumplings made of glutinous rice.


 * tîam thŵn;
 * sweet dumplings.

chài thŵn; dumplings with forcemeat inside.

u


 * To breath out; to call out.
 * u huang, hŵn hŏ;
 * call for wind and rain as jugglers do.
 * call for wind and rain as jugglers do.


 * côiⁿ u, ău ìong;
 * those going before halloo, and those behind crowd up.


 * cêk u cêk khip;
 * one exhalation and one inhalation of the breath.


 * u u toah toah;
 * hallooing.


 * u hàm;
 * to bawl at.


 * u hẁn;
 * to yell at rudely.


 * cêk u cêk khip mêh lâi kúi cì?
 * How many beats of the pulse to each breath?


 * An interjection expression aversion or grief.
 * hŵn-ló̤ kàu chîang-u tó̤-thàng;
 * so distressed in mind that he sighs and moans.
 * so distressed in mind that he sighs and moans.


 * Vague, vast, distant, wide.
 * màiⁿ tàⁿ kàu hìeⁿ u-khuah;
 * do not speak so vaguely.
 * do not speak so vaguely.


 * cía sṳ̄ khah u-khuah, o̤h sêng;
 * this is too indefinite a thing, and will be difficult to bring to pass.


 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ lŏng, khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ u-khuah;
 * it grows gradually less exact and clear as I continue to work at it.


 * u-u khuah-khuah;
 * not perspicuous in meaning or intention; not clearly defined.


 * Not reduced to order; promiscuous.
 * cía sĭ u-hâh cṳ cèng;
 * these are a set of lawless fellows; roughs and vagabonds.
 * these are a set of lawless fellows; roughs and vagabonds.


 * u ŭ;
 * none; all gone; nought.


 * kui cò̤ u ŭ;
 * it was an entire loss; it brought in nothing.


 * kui cò̤ u ŭ khṳ̀ lío;
 * it has all come to nought.

Foul, filthy, impure;
 * to defile; to stain.


 * u-ùe i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;
 * stain his reputation.


 * cêk