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 * To prepare for, to prearrange, to get ready for; beforehand.
 * i ṳ̆-pĭ hó̤ a būe?
 * Is he all ready for it?


 * úa iⁿ-keng ṳ̆-pĭ pīn-pīn;
 * I have already perfected the arrangement for it.


 * hun-hù i tîeh cai ṳ̆;
 * tell him he must be prepared for it.


 * ṳ̆ hó̤ a būe?
 * Is everything in readiness?


 * úa bô̤ ṳ̆ i àiⁿ lâi;
 * I did not foresee his coming.


 * cí cho̤h nâng-kheh úa ṳ̆ ŭ poih sîaⁿ lâi, kù-chṳ́, ṳ̆ kàu lâk tieⁿ sîah;
 * I more than half expected these guests, and therefore provided to some extent for their entertainment.


 * chuah i m̄ cai ṳ̆ i;
 * took him unawares.


 * sái kàu nâng bô̤ ṳ̆;
 * take people by surprise.


 * soiⁿ ṳ̆ tó̤-kò̤;
 * all ready beforehand.


 * soiⁿ cò̤ kâi hì sĭ ṳ̆ cok kâi;
 * the first performance was a forerunner of others to come in celebration of a god's birthday.


 * Contented, easy, satisfied with what comes; taking one's pleasure.
 * úa cía sṳ̄ hŵn sĭ iu-ṳ̆, bue kwt;
 * I am not yet ready to take up the matter, and am still undecided in regard to it.
 * I am not yet ready to take up the matter, and am still undecided in regard to it.


 * úa thóiⁿ i sĭ îu-îu ṳ̆-ṳ̆, bô̤ kwt-tẁn;
 * I see that he is dallying, and is not ready for any decisive action.


 * To be concerned in; connected with.
 * úa bô̤ ṳ̆ sṳ̄;
 * I have nothing to do with the matter.
 * I have nothing to do with the matter.


 * cía sṳ̄ úa bô̤ ṳ̆ cai;
 * this affair is something that I know nothing about.


 * i chŵn bò̤ ṳ̆ bŭn;
 * he heard nothing about it.


 * A interjection, expressing disgust or dislike.
 * ṳ̆, pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * ah, he has fallen down.
 * ah, he has fallen down.


 * ṳ̆, bŏi hó̤ lío;
 * there, it is spoiled.

 ṳuṳn [sic]


 * Favor, grace, mercy, kindness; benefits, obligations; imperial favor; charitable; compassionate; to oblige, to show favor to; partial to; heartfelt.
 * ṳn-hŭi;
 * grace.
 * grace.


 * i kám i kâi ṳn;
 * she excites his compassion.


 * i sĭ bûang ṳn hŭ ngĭ kâi nâng;
 * he is an ingrateful reprobate.


 * khai ṳn;
 * show mercy.


 * cía sĭ ṳn-tíen khṳt i;
 * this is showing him unmerited favor.


 * i cò̤-nî ṳn ciang chiu pò̤?
 * Why does he requite good with evil?


 * cêng sĭu kùe i kâi ṳn;
 * have experienced his kindness.


 * sĭ i kâi tăi-ṳn-jîn;
 * it is his benefactor.


 * ŭ ṳn-cêk kîp peh-sèⁿ;
 * has conferred great benefits upon the people.


 * pò̤ i kâi ṳn;
 * requite his kindness.


 * sīa ṳn;
 * show gratitude for favors.


 * pò̤-tap sín ṳn;
 * recompense divine favors.


 * cí kâi ṳn tōa jû thiⁿ;
 * this obligation cannot be expressed; the favor is great as the heavens.


 * hûang ṳn;
 * imperial favor.


 * in ang cía ṳn-ài căi;
 * they, the husband and wife, are very kind to each other.


 * cía sĭ i kâi ṳn kong;
 * this is his praiseworthy charity.


 * môk ṳn tĭ-cṳ́;
 * shower blessings on his followers.


 * A director or overseer of other officers.
 * hú-ṳ́n;
 * the Mayor of the Capital, a high officer whose jurisdiction is independent of the provincial governor, and restricted within the metropolitan prefecture.
 * the Mayor of the Capital, a high officer whose jurisdiction is independent of the provincial governor, and restricted within the metropolitan prefecture.


 * hú-ṳ́n pí kak séⁿ kâi hú tōa ho̤h cōi;
 * the office of Mayor of the Capital is much higher than that of the provincial officers.


 * seng-kiaⁿ ŭ cêk kâi hŏng-thien hú-ṳ́n;
 * the Manchu capital has a mayor of the same rank as the mayor of Peking.


 * i pat cò̤ kùe sŭn-thien hú-ṳuṳ́n [sic];
 * he has been Mayor of Peking.


 * Retired; screened; covered; in private life; to keep out of view.
 * ṳ́n kṳ suaⁿ lîm;
 * to dwell in seclusion in the country.
 * to dwell in seclusion in the country.


 * ṳ́n sṳ̆;
 * a retired scholar, one never in office.


 * ṳ́n gṳ́;
 * an eliptical sentence.


 * i ṳ́n-châng khì;
 * she is very reticent.


 * ṳ́n-ṳ́n thóiⁿ kìⁿ ŭ nâng lâi;
 * made out with difficulty to perceive some person approaching.


 * ṳ́n-ṳ́n thóiⁿ kìⁿ;
 * saw indistinctly as in twilight or in thick fog.


 * i ŏi ēng ṳ́n sin huap, sái kàu nâng thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ i;
 * he knows how to apply the rules for rendering one's self invisible, so that people do not perceive him.

wn


 * Oppression; grievance; wrong; injury.
 * wn-úang;
 * an injustice.
 * an injustice.


 * wn-úang căi;
 * very unjust.


 * wn-khut;
 * to oppress.


 * ŭ wn bô̤ sin;
 * no reparation made for the injury done.


 * khîu lṳ́ kio i sin wn;
 * pray you to redress his wrong.


 * wn-chîu būe pò̤;
 * an injury still unrevenged.


 * kak wn-chiu;
 * to get up a quarrel.


 * hâm wn sĭu khut;
 * endure oppression.


 * hàm wn;
 * proclaim one's grievance.


 * wn ngîap kúi;
 * an avenging spirit.


 * sói wn-lôk;
 * wipe out a grudge.


 * wn-wn siang pò̤;
 * their mutual injuries were revenged on each other.


 * Curved; bent; winding; bowed; arched; circuitous.
 * á wn;
 * to bend by pressure of the hand.
 * to bend by pressure of the hand.


 * ut wn;
 * to bend by heat and pressure.


 * tau kàu nĕ wn-wn;
 * bend it till it is much curved.