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 * A cover; a case of any kind.
 * kô-ui;
 * paper garments, burned at funerals.


 * sie ui;
 * to burn paper garments.


 * cí hù ui kô lâi ngía căi;
 * this suit of paper clothes is very handsomely made.


 * ui sieⁿ;
 * a trunk to hold paper garments.


 * pin-nô̤ ui;
 * the husk of the betel nut.


 * ui pau;
 * a square wrapper to hold paper clothing.


 * The placenta; the after-birth.
 * i kâi a-nôⁿ chut sì lío, ui būe lô̤h;
 * her child is born, but the after-birth has not been delivered.
 * her child is born, but the after-birth has not been delivered.


 * ui lo̤h ău, ka câi-tòa ĺio, cang ui chō̤ lô̤h tăng, ēng hue-hu thă lô̤ khṳ̀ cū khàm lío khieh-bûa, ē jît khîeh khṳ̀ ta-tn̆g kâi tī-hng kò̤ mâiⁿ;
 * after the placenta appears the umbilical cord is cut, the placenta is put into a small earthen jar, ashes are laid upon it, the cover is put on the jar, and it is set aside until another day, when it is taken to the unfrequented spot where such things are deposited and is there buried.


 * To round off and equalize the inside of an orifice.
 * ui kâi khang îⁿ-îⁿ;
 * smooth the inside of an aperture and make it perfectly round.
 * smooth the inside of an aperture and make it perfectly round.


 * ui to̤;
 * a tool used in trimming circular orifices.


 * úa kâi phīⁿ-khang-mô̤ⁿ jûah thiⁿ m̄ pat ui;
 * I have never had the hairs removed from my nostrils in hot weather.


 * To shirk one's work; to give over one's duty to another; to apologize and decline.
 * i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ thui-thui úi-úi;
 * he is always trying to shirk.
 * he is always trying to shirk.


 * i chui-chui úi-úi, m̄ khéng khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * he makes all sorts of excuses to get rid of doint it.


 * cía sĭ i kâi ceh-sêng, i thui-úi m̄ khṳ̀;
 * this responsibility devolves upon him, and he cannot evade it.


 * i cía ūe sĭ thui-úi kâi ūe;
 * what he says is the language of one who would demur and draw back.


 * To bear a responsibility; to infer; to allege; to send off; to commit to; to put in charge of; to depute, to delegate; commissioned on public service; a wrong, a grievance; to end, the last, really.
 * úi i khṳ̀;
 * send him as deputy.
 * send him as deputy.


 * hŏng cŏeⁿ-si kâi úi;
 * receive the orders of a superior officer.


 * úi-ŵn;
 * a deputy commissioner.


 * úi-ŵn khṳ̀ chê;
 * send a deputy to examine.


 * lṳ́ cai tī-tiang-sî lô̤h úi nē?
 * Do you know when the deputy is to be sent?


 * úa íⁿ-keng thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kùa ŭ u-pâi;
 * I see that a bulletin announcing the names of the deputies has already been hung out.


 * úi sît hó̤;
 * really excellent.


 * gūa-úi;
 * a sergeant.


 * úi nâng khṳ̀ ngīam;
 * depute some one to go and hold an inquest.


 * m̄ cai thàng i kâi ngŵn úi;
 * has not gone through the matter from beginning to end.


 * i m̄ cai úa sim lăi kâi úi-khiok;
 * she does not know what grievance I have to put up with.


 * che-úi;
 * a delegate.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi lêng-ūaⁿ úi-ẃn;
 * his language was very metaphorical.


 * úi móng nâng khṳ̀ sŭ tîe-ciu hú;
 * send a certain man to act temporarily as prefect in the Tie-Chiu department.


 * pat úi tîeh ŭ hó̤ khueh mē?
 * Have you been appointed to a good place?


 * Weak, lame impotent.
 * tì im-úi kâi pēⁿ;
 * loss of virility.
 * loss of virility.


 * To speak or report upon; something to say; to speak of.
 * cía sĭm sĭ bô̤ ùi;
 * this is wholly without excuse.
 * this is wholly without excuse.


 * nâng só̤ ùi húe-lûn-cûn kâi cū sĭ cí khí;
 * these are the steamboats that people talk about.


 * To dread; to venerate; to stand in awe of; a humble awe; a right fear.
 * m̄-ùi;
 * do not be frightened; there is nothing to fear.
 * do not be frightened; there is nothing to fear.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ ùi síu ùi búe;
 * he is very apprehensive about everything.


 * ùi sío-lí;
 * fear disgrace.


 * ùi nâng cai;
 * afraid to have it known.


 * kiaⁿ-ùi;
 * to shrink from, to dread, to apprehend.


 * lṳ́ ùi mih sṳ̄?
 * What are you afraid of?


 * i ùi tōa nâng mēⁿ;
 * she fears being scolded by the elders in her family.


 * ùi bó;
 * stands in awe of his wife.


 * m̄-ùi pât nâng īa tîeh ùi ka-kī;
 * if you do not stand in awe of any one else, you must have respect to your own self.


 * i m̄-ùi nâng;
 * he fears nobody.


 * ùi sí;
 * fear death.


 * khìong-ùi pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * afraid of tumbling down.


 * khíong-ùi cò̤ m̄ sêng;
 * fears he cannot accomplish it.


 * ùi-chìn;
 * dreads the cold; chilly.


 * ùi huap;
 * respect the laws.


 * ùi cam úi kù;
 * dreads the lancet and cauterization.

fears the remedies for his trouble.


 * To invest, to surround, to besiege, to hem in; to circumscribe; to limit; to inclose; to confine, as a mold does its casting; to curtain in; an enclosure; a snare; a fortified village into which the people flee from robbers; a periphery, a circumference or measure of girth.
 * ni miⁿ-miⁿ;
 * hemmed closely in.
 * hemmed closely in.


 * huang-ûi chîeⁿ;
 * an enclosing wall.


 * hùaⁿ nâng ûi cò̤ cêk ûi tó̤ thóiⁿ sĭm mûeh?
 * What are all those people, gathered there in a circle, looking at?


 * ûi