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 * To force; enforced; a wrong; a grievance; needlessly; to no purpose.
 * úang hùi;
 * to expend vainly.


 * úang-hùi sim ki;
 * lost all your pains.


 * úang-hùi úa ēng tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh ceng-sîn;
 * made me waste a deal of energy.


 * i tó̤ hàm wn-úang;
 * she is proclaiming her grievances.


 * úang-khut;
 * to oppress, to wrong, to cause to suffer unjustly.


 * úang-khut si nâng;
 * kill people by oppression.


 * bô̤ úang-khut i;
 * do not force him into difficulties.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ bŏi úang úa cêk tieⁿ kang-hu;
 * in that way I do not waste my labor.


 * úang i tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ cò̤ nâng;
 * it is a pity that he ever was born.


 * úang i cîah kàu cìeⁿ lău;
 * it is of no use for him to have lived so long.


 * tōa-tōa kâi wn-úang;
 * severe persecution.


 * To go, to pass, to go away, to depart; gone, past; the future.
 * i kio lṳ́ ŭ úang lâi mē?
 * Do you and he exchange visits?
 * Do you and he exchange visits?


 * bô̤ úang lâi;
 * no intercourse with each other.


 * ŭ úang lâi;
 * keeps up a friendly acquaintance.


 * úang chîang;
 * úang jît; constantly; usually; formerly.


 * úang-chîang i to sĭ lâi úa kò̤;
 * he comes once in a while to my house.


 * úang hŵn;
 * at intervals; to come and go.


 * úang-hŵn ēng jîeh kú;
 * used it for some time off and on.


 * úang-úang to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * this happens every little while.


 * úang sṳ̄ hiuⁿ thî;
 * do not bring up past deeds; let the past go.


 * cíaⁿ sǹg sĭ íⁿ-úang kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is something that is already past.


 * i àiⁿ úang khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where is he going?


 * lói sĭang úang lâi;
 * a constant interchange of courtesies.


 * phêng-sî to sĭ lâi-lâi úang-úang;
 * they are always coming and going.


 * ŭ lâi ŭ úang;
 * some coming and some going.


 * úang lâi ciu-bâk căi;
 * going and coming with scarcely any interval.


 * úang nî;
 * former years.


 * úang nî tŏ̤ cí hûe cū chut ŭ;
 * in past years they have been in market at this time.


 * úang-sî sĭ sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́?
 * What has the usage been in the past?


 * úang séⁿ-sîaⁿ sĭ tùi cí tîo lō;
 * in going to the provincial city this is the road to take.


 * àiⁿ úang tang, a sĭ aìⁿ úang sai?
 * Are you going eastward or westward?


 * A king, a ruler; a title for monarchs before B.C.
 * 220;
 * royal, regal, princely.
 * royal, regal, princely.


 * kŭn ûang;
 * chin ûang; princes of the blood, the uncles, brothers and cousins of the emperor.


 * kun-ûang;
 * a sovereign.


 * ûang-îa;
 * Your Royal Highness.


 * kok ûang;
 * ûang ke; the kind.


 * tōa ûang;
 * the eldest and next to the eldest of the princes.


 * sam ûang ngó tì;
 * the three kings and five emperors.


 * hwn ûang;
 * foreign potentates.


 * phwn ûang;
 * Mongol begs.


 * lău ûang, sin ûang;
 * the late and the new monarch.


 * soiⁿ ûang;
 * the former ruler.


 * hong i cò̤ ûang;
 * raise him to the rank of a prince.


 * ngîam-lô ûang;
 * kúi ûang; the king of hades.


 * suaⁿ tang bô̤ cío mûaⁿ-ciak ûi ûang;
 * if there were no other birds among the hills the sparrow might be the ruler among birds.


 * ûang huap;
 * the laws of the land.


 * ûang sîaⁿ;
 * capital cities; cities under imperial control.


 * ûang chin kok chek;
 * blood relations of the monarch.


 * ciu jît to sĭ ûang-sun kong-cṳ́ hùe khṳ̀ thit-thô̤;
 * the royal children and grandchildren go out daily for recreation.


 * ûang mĕng;
 * royal commands.


 * ûang lĕng;
 * royal orders.


 * ûang bō̤;
 * a crown.


 * phang-ûang;
 * the queen bee.


 * châk ûang;
 * the chief of banditti.


 * ûang-kong tăi-chîn;
 * the royal dukes and great noblemen.


 * pĕ ûang;
 * my royal father.


 * ûang hui;
 * royal concubines.


 * ûang keng; ûang tōiⁿ; ûang hú;
 * royal palaces.


 * hái-lêng-ûang;
 * the great Sea Dragon.


 * thó suaⁿ ûang;
 * the great man of the place.


 * bé ûang îa;
 * the god of Horses.


 * cŏ̤ ûang ūi;
 * si on the throne.


 * leh tō̤ kâi tì-ûang;
 * the monarchs during successive reigns.


 * ciaⁿ gûeh cheng-cò̤ ûang gûeh;
 * the first month of the year is called the royal month.


 * Yellow, the imperial color.
 * ûang-tău;
 * the ecliptic.
 * the ecliptic.


 * ûang-tău kit jît;
 * a lucky day in the calendar.


 * ûang mn̂g kuaⁿ;
 * palace servants.


 * Rising; prosperous; to flourish.
 * châi teng heng-ŭang;
 * prosperous both in purse and family.
 * prosperous both in purse and family.


 * cìaⁿ tó̤ heng-heng ŭang-ŭang, cò̤-nî hut-jîen cū sue-mùiⁿ?
 * When it was prospering finely, how is it that it has suddenly declined?


 * i cí-hûe sît-căi ŭang-sìang căi;
 * it is now really flourishing.


 * húe tó̤ ŭang kâi sî-hāu;
 * when the fire is spreading.


 * cí sì kâi gûeh sî ŭang gûeh;
 * these four months are the best part of the year for business.


 * i cí ĥue kâi ke-ūn cìaⁿ tó̤ ŭang kâi sî-hāu;
 * this is a time when the fortunes of the family are prospering.


 * To hoax; to delude; to deceive.
 * i sĭ tó̤ ŭang kâi;
 * he is hoaxing.
 * he is hoaxing.


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh at hùe cū ŭang m̄ kùe chíu;
 * if he falls in with those who understand such matters, he cannot deceive them by that dodge.


 * cīeⁿ jît, i khṳt i ŭang ku-ā choiⁿ ngṳ̂n khṳ̀;
 * the other day he was fooled out of several thousand dollars by him.