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 * Words; discourse; speech; conversation; language.
 * tàⁿ ūe;
 * to talk.


 * i tó̤ tàⁿ mih ūe?
 * What language is he speaking?


 * i m̄ pat ūe;
 * he does not understand the language.


 * àiⁿ ó̤h pńg-tī ūe;
 * is going to learn the vernacular.


 * chíaⁿ nâng lâi kà ūe;
 * invite some one to give in the language.


 * hàm i màiⁿ cōi ūe;
 * tell her not to be loquacious.


 * i ciu-jît to̤ ūe căi;
 * she talks the whole day long.


 * ūe m̄ tâu ki pùaⁿ kù to̤;
 * of unwelcome words half a sentence is too much.


 * tàⁿ tōa ūe;
 * to bluster.


 * m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;
 * indecent language.


 * thó ūe;
 * the local dialect.


 * kuaⁿ ūe;
 * the mandarin or court dialect.


 * pêh ūe;
 * the language spoken in this department.


 * kheh ūe;
 * the Hakka tongue.


 * sôk ūe;
 * common mode of speech.


 * cêk kù ūe;
 * one sentence.


 * cêk kù ūe thîh-thîh-kìe;
 * stammer out a phrase.


 * chìe ūe;
 * a funny annecdote.


 * i hàuⁿ ô̤h ūe;
 * she likes to learn languages, hwn ùe; foreign tongues.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ĕ jît khṳt nâng khîeh khí lâi cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;
 * this will hereafter be a subject for people to talk about.

ueh


 * To retch.
 * áu ueh;
 * to retch and gag.
 * to retch and gag.


 * ueh-ueh thò;
 * retch and vomit.


 * cē phīⁿ tieh cū áu-ueh;
 * the smell of it makes me gag.


 * cē thóiⁿ to̤ áu-ueh le;
 * it is perfectly sickening.


 * A mark, a line, a stroke; to divide by lines; to amrk off; to lay a plan; to devise.
 * cêk ûeh cêh phuah;
 * a line and a downward stroke curving to the left.
 * a line and a downward stroke curving to the left.


 * cí kâi jī jîeh cōi ûeh?
 * How many strokes are there in this Chinese character?


 * chíaⁿ i tó̤ mông ûeh kòi cheh;
 * ask him to devise a plan.


 * ûeh cò̤ hō̤;
 * make a mark as a sign.


 * i kâi pit ûeh sìu-jŭn căi;
 * the strokes made by his pen are very fine and clear.


 * sĭ tît ûeh a sĭ hûeⁿ ûeh?
 * Is it a perpendicular or a horizontal line?


 * kîaⁿ tńg kha, nâng tó̤ ûeh i kâi ka-ciah;
 * as soon as he turns his back people point at him.


 * ûeh-hṳ̂;
 * the perch.
 * the perch.


 * ham-ûeh-thâu;
 * the common perch.


 * To mark off.
 * ûeh cêk cūe cò̤ hō̤;
 * draw a line as a mark.
 * draw a line as a mark.


 * ûeh cò̤ tī-kài;
 * marked off the boundary.


 * khṳt i kâi to̤ ûeh tîeh;
 * marked by his knife.


 * cang cńg-kah ûeh cêk ē;
 * marked it off with his thumb nail.

ui


 * To heal, to cure; a physician; healing; medical.
 * ui-seng;
 * physician.
 * physician.


 * cía pēⁿ o̤h ui;
 * this disease is hard to cure.


 * ui-kuaⁿ jûah kùe pēⁿ-nâng;
 * the doctor is more feverish than the patient.


 * sît-căi sĭ sîu ui;
 * is really a skillful physician.


 * sî ĕ kâi ui-seng cíe ŏi kâi;
 * fashionable doctors are rarely competent ones.


 * pau ui;
 * guarantee a cure.


 * úa káⁿ kio lṳ́ pau ui;
 * I will warrant a cure for you.


 * múeⁿ jît ui îeh kâi só̤-hùi tîeh ho̤h cōi cîⁿ;
 * the daily expenditure for medicines is very large.


 * ong-ui suah nâng;
 * charlatans kill people.


 * thài ui īⁿ;
 * the Medical Board.


 * thài ui;
 * the court physician.


 * cía tîeh cò̤-nî ni-tî cìaⁿ hó̤?
 * What is the proper method of treatment in this case?


 * i tó kîaⁿ ui;
 * he is practising medicine.


 * ui-kẃn;
 * a hospital.


 * khui kâi ui-kêk tó̤ si ui;
 * open a dispensary and give medical treatment to the poor.


 * cía pēⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ ui tit hó̤ mē?
 * Do you think this disease curable?


 * mîaⁿ ui;
 * a renowned doctor.


 * i ŏi ui gû ui bé;
 * he is a veterinary doctor.


 * bô̤ îeh ui;
 * nothing will cure it.


 * sĭ ui lăi khue, a ui gūa khue?
 * Does he treat internal or external ailments?


 * lîang ui put lêng cṳ̆ tī;
 * a wise doctor cannot treat himself.


 * ŏi ui pât nâng bŏi ui ka-kī;
 * can heal others, but cannot cure himself.


 * tńg khṳ̀ i chù thîo-ui;
 * has returned home for medical treatment.


 * ui-cṳ;
 * medical books.


 * ui huap;
 * method of treatment.


 * ui sieⁿ-kháu;
 * to dress wounds.


 * i cìeⁿ seⁿ bô̤ ui;
 * there is no help for it.


 * The stern composure suitable to an officer's dignity; majesty, pomp; august, imposing, solemn, lordly; grave, awful, intimidating.
 * kuaⁿ ā sĭ bô̤ kuaⁿ-ui cū m̄ tit nâng ùi;
 * if a magistrate has not magisterial dignity, no one is awed by him.
 * if a magistrate has not magisterial dignity, no one is awed by him.


 * i ŭ ui-khŵn tit nâng ùi;
 * he has an authoritative air which intimidates people.


 * i kâi ui-sì tōa căi;
 * he has great authority.


 * ui-ngî;
 * dignity of demeanor; majesty.


 * i kâi ui-ngî hó̤;
 * dignity is imposing.


 * ui-hong;
 * majestic; grand and threatening.


 * ui-hong lím-lím;
 * an awful majesty.


 * ui ngîam;
 * stern and imposing.


 * i tó̤ tăi hwt ui;
 * he is assuming a threatening aspect.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ nĭoⁿ hóⁿ tó̤ tíen ui;
 * like a tiger exhibiting his majesty.


 * ui-sûi;
 * a medicinal root, sweetish and white like iris-root.
 * a medicinal root, sweetish and white like iris-root.


 * ui-lêng-sien;
 * a decotion, used as a remedy for boils and ulcers.