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 * A pot; a saucepan.
 * tâng ue;
 * a copper skillet.
 * a copper skillet.


 * seⁿ ue;
 * a cast-iron kettle.


 * sua ue;
 * an unglazed earthen pot.


 * ah-cîh ue; thô̤ ue;
 * an earthen saucepan.


 * cêk tōa ue cúi;
 * a large kettle of water.


 * húe-thùaⁿ màiⁿ tiam tîeh ue;
 * do not pile the coal so high as to touch the kettle when it is set on.


 * To shelter thieves.
 * ue-ke;
 * a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are kept.
 * a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are kept.


 * châk ue-ke;
 * a den of thieves.


 * kò i cò̤ ue-ke;
 * engage him to secrete the booty.


 * A term for plants used as salads, either raw or cooked.
 * ue-chài;
 * lettuce.
 * lettuce.


 * To infect; contagious; infectious; to vitiate.
 * cí īeⁿ pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng kâi;
 * this disease is infectious.
 * this disease is infectious.


 * khṳt i ùe tîeh kòi;
 * caught the itch from him.


 * ùe-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;
 * cast a stain upon his reputation.


 * lṳ́ tó̤ ùe-sue hong-sôk;
 * you are debasing the customs.


 * ùe nah-sap;
 * to soil.


 * Rank; luxuriant.
 * hṳ́ kò̤ kâi chīu-lîm nĕ uè-ùe;
 * the thickets there are very dense.
 * the thickets there are very dense.


 * chīe cē khah ùe cū khíong-ùi tìam ŭ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;
 * if the trees become too thick there is danger that tigers will conceal themselves therein.


 * i kâi chiu nĕ ùe-ùe;
 * his beard is very bushy.


 * Dirty; vile; to defile.
 * u-ùe;
 * to defile.
 * to defile.


 * ùe khì;
 * a foul smell.


 * i cêk koiⁿ u-u ùe-ùe;
 * the whole place is filthy.


 * u-ùe kâi sṳ̄;
 * a disgraceful affair.


 * To sooth, to console, to comfort.
 * uaⁿ-ùe i kâi sim;
 * tranquilize her feelings.
 * tranquilize her feelings.


 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē uaⁿ ùe i;
 * gradually bring her to a calmer state.


 * uaⁿ-uaⁿ ùe-ùe;
 * to console with a view to producing resignation.


 * To settle or keep the peace.
 * i có pat cò̤ kùe thài-ùe;
 * his grandfather held at one time an ancient office which is now filled by a governor.
 * his grandfather held at one time an ancient office which is now filled by a governor.


 * khia-ùe;
 * hereditary, titular officers, of the fifth and seventh ranks, who are supposed to ride and keep the peace.


 * Flocculent; soft; downy.
 * ńng ûe-ûe;
 * cottony.
 * cottony.


 * ńng kàu nĕ ûe-ûe;
 * soft and downy.


 * A fold; an increase.
 * ke cêk ûe;
 * double the amount.
 * double the amount.


 * cí khí tōa ŭ nŏ̤ ûe;
 * this sort is larger by two fold; it is three times as large.


 * kúiⁿ cîaⁿ ûe;
 * just twice as high.


 * thàng káng ûe;
 * gained a hundred percent.


 * ke câp ûe;
 * increase ten fold; make it eleven times as much.


 * A half; a large piece of; a part of.
 * chûn cêk tōa ûe;
 * have the greater part left.
 * have the greater part left.


 * lân cêk síe ûe pàng-kò̤, cêk tōa ûe khṳt i;
 * keep a little less than half of it, and let him have rather more than half.


 * pun i cêk ûe;
 * gave him half.


 * To go with as a protection, or in honor of; to guard, to defend; an outpost; a military station.
 * kio i bói nŎ âp ŭe seⁿ îⁿ;
 * bought two boxes of life preserving pills for him.


 * i sĭ cò̤ ŭe kâi choiⁿ cóng, a sĭ cò̤ îaⁿ kâi choiⁿ cóng?
 * Is he the officer who escorts the grain-junks, or the officer who has command of the garrison?


 * hŭ-ŭe sîaⁿ-tî;
 * to protect the city, as a god.


 * khim-tíam sĭ-ŭe;
 * appoint as body guard.


 * Entire; complete.
 * ūe-koiⁿ;
 * the whole room; all about; everywhere around.
 * the whole room; all about; everywhere around.


 * cía hieⁿ líam lío ūe-koiⁿ phang;
 * this incense, on being lighted, fills the whole place with fragrance.


 * phīⁿ tîeh ūe-koiⁿ chàu;
 * the whole place smells badly.


 * ūe lō phang;
 * the entire road is odorous.


 * A picture, a drawing, a painting; to draw, to paint, to map out.
 * tìo jī-ūe;
 * hang up illuminated scrolls.
 * hang up illuminated scrolls.


 * ūe suaⁿ cúi;
 * paint landscapes.


 * ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;
 * draw human figures.


 * ūe hú-húi chán-thâng;
 * draw flowers and insects.


 * cía bâk-cúi ūe, ūe lâi cū ngía;
 * this will look well drawn in India ink.


 * i sĭ ūe kong pit a sĭ ūe ì pit?
 * Did he draw it in full, or merely sketch the outlines?


 * m̄ sĭ, sĭ ūe pùaⁿ tăⁿ jíam;
 * he did neither, he sketched a rough outline and filled it in with colors.


 * ūe sìeⁿ;
 * paint a likeness.


 * ūe tîo-pak;
 * paint scrolls.


 * ūe tī-tô;
 * draw maps.


 * ūe-kang; ūe-chīeⁿ;
 * artists; painters.


 * gūa kok kâi ūe-khẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * the foreign style of drawing is this.


 * ūe cûa thiam cok;
 * draw a snake and add legs to it; to embellish facts too highly.


 * ūe hue-ap;
 * to make a mark as a signature.