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 to spoil it for?
 * lṳ́ bô̤ ŭi àiⁿ khṳ̀ mih sṳ?
 * Having no reason for it, why do you go?


 * lṳ́ bô̤ ŭi àiⁿ mēⁿ i mih sṳ̄?
 * Since there is no occasion for it, why do you scold him?


 * For, on account of; because; for the sake of; if; in case of.
 * ūi-tîeh sĭm-mih ŵn-kù?
 * What is the cause of it?
 * What is the cause of it?


 * sĭ ūi-tîeh kong sṳ̄ a sĭ ūi-tîeh sai sṳ̄?
 * Is it on account of public or private business?


 * i in-ūi tîeh cí kĭaⁿ cṳ̄ cū lâi;
 * it was on this account that he came.


 * in-ūi i hiaⁿ-tĭ m̄ hûa;
 * because the brothers are not on good terms with each other.


 * in-ūi cò̤-nî?
 * What is the occasion of it?


 * ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ nē?
 * What has lead to this state of affairs?


 * lṳ́ lâi ūi úa cē;
 * give some consideration to my welfare.


 * i cí hûe ūi sṳ̄ tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * he is not there because of his having business there.


 * chì-ūi;
 * a small hedgehog, said to have forked spines.
 * a small hedgehog, said to have forked spines.


 * chì-ūi-phûe;
 * the skin of the small hedgehog, used in medicine.


 * A place;
 * a seat; a post; a position; the throne; the room a thing takes up; the place it ought to be in; a classifier of persons, diginifying them.
 * a seat; a post; a position; the throne; the room a thing takes up; the place it ought to be in; a classifier of persons, diginifying them.


 * cí cêk ūi sĭ ko-nîe;
 * this is the young lady.


 * cu ūi;
 * all of you, Sirs.


 * cu ūi, chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
 * I beg you all to be seated.


 * lîet ūi thŵn khṳ tī-tîang?
 * To whom did his throne descend?


 * nî lău thò̤ ūi khṳt i kíaⁿ;
 * being old he resigned his throne to his son.


 * i sí ău thŵn ūi khṳt i a-tĭ;
 * on dying he left his throne to his younger brother.


 * kúi ūi nâng-kheh lâi;
 * several visitors have arrived.


 * i cŏ̤ tōa ūi;
 * he sits in the chief seat.


 * cí cêk ūi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ sĭ tī-tîang kâi cáu-kíaⁿ?
 * Whose daughter is this young lady?


 * cêk ūi sîn;
 * a god.


 * cí ūi sin-seⁿ;
 * this teacher.


 * i cŏ̤ hûang-tì ūi cŏ̤ jîeh cōi nî?
 * For how many years did he sit upon the throne?


 * tâng sòi-sòi cū cŏ̤ ūi;
 * he reigned from his childhood.


 * i cē kàu cí kâi tī-ūi cū cai;
 * as soon as he arrived here he knew.


 * cèng ūi hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * all of you brethren.


 * kíaⁿ-jît kâi tang it ūi sĭ tī-tîang cŏ̤?
 * Who sat at the head of the table to-day?


 * tī-tîang cŏ̤ sai it ūi?
 * Who sat at the foot (the second place of honor at a Chinese feast)?


 * ūaⁿ ūi;
 * exchange seats.


 * jĭang ūi khṳt i;
 * yielded her place to him.


 * ū pâng ūi a bô̤?
 * Is there a room for me (in the inn)?


 * kio i sùe kàu kâi chng ūi;
 * chartered from him a place in the hold.


 * cŏ̤ tŏ̤ tī kâi káu-íⁿ ūi?
 * In which chair did he sis?


 * pàng kùe cék kâi chn̂g ūi;
 * set it along the length of the table.


 * pàng khui cêk kâi íⁿ ūi;
 * set it further off by the width of a chair.


 * súa-bûa cêk cûn ūi;
 * bring it nearer by a boat's length.


 * khí jîp kâi ch ūi;
 * build it the width of a house further in.


 * hàm i màiⁿ kùe ūi sńg;
 * tell him not to heave his own seat for frolic.


 * cáu kùe ūi;
 * run away from his proper place.


 * tó̤ tī kâi ūi?
 * Where is it?


 * bô̤ ūi hó̤ pàng;
 * there is no room to set it in.


 * àiⁿ thóiⁿ hì ēng sùe ūi a mín?
 * In seeing a place, need one hire a place?


 * hŵt ūi;
 * the location of a grave; the burial place.


 * i thong sin kâi pŏ ūi sêk căi;
 * he knows well which are the vital parts of the body.


 * kak nâng kak nâng kâi ka-ciah ūi;
 * each has his own six feet of earth.


 * chẁn ūi;
 * usurp the throne.


 * sie ceⁿ ūi;
 * dispute the succession.


 * tŏ̤ tî kâi ūi-chṳ̀?
 * In what place?


 * Savor; smack; flavor; taste.
 * hó̤ ūi-tàu;
 * luscious.
 * luscious.


 * hṳ́ khí kâi ūi-tàu bô̤ mih hó̤;
 * that sort is rather unpalatable.


 * The stomach.
 * i tì kâi hẃn ūi pēⁿ;
 * he has nausea.
 * he has nausea.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭ keh-cîah a sĭ hẃn ūi?
 * Do you think it is a contraction of the gullet which prevents the food being swallowed, or that the stomach refuses to retain the food after it is swallowed?


 * ūi-kháu m̄ khui;
 * has no desire for food.


 * khui ūi;
 * excite an appetite.


 * i kâi ūi hâng;
 * his stomach is weak.


 * hŭam ŏi hâng ūi kâi mûeh cū m̄ hó̤ cîah;
 * whatever chills the stomach should not be eaten.


 * cîah un ūi kâi;
 * take what warms the stomach.


 * ūi khì m̄ hûa;
 * stomach is out of order.


 * cîah thîo ūi sŭn khì kâi îeh;
 * take something to settle the stomach.


 * hûa ūi kĭen pî kâi;
 * regulate the stomach and bowels.


 * sìa ūi húe;
 * cleanse the stomach.


 * ūi húe sĕng;
 * has a foul stomach.

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 * Mild, placid, gentle, soothing, bland, genial, warm; tepid; to revive; acquainted with.
 * i kâi sèⁿ-chêng un-hûa căi;
 * her disposition is very amiable.
 * her disposition is very amiable.


 * cò̤-sṳ̄ un-un hûa-hûa;
 * acts very benignly.


 * cía cĭ un-hûa kâi îeh;
 * this is a sedative medicine.


 * un cṳ;
 * to review lessons.


 * kū kâi un sêk cū ŏi cai sin kâi;
 * learn the old thoroughly, then you can understand the new.


 * thiⁿ-sî un-hûa;
 * the weather is mild.


 * nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sŭ hâng un, sŭ cêk kùa;
 * the two were chatting about the weather, for a whole half day.


 * cí kúi jît kâi thiⁿ-khì un-lẃn;
 * the weather is delightful these last few days.