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Rh street do not come across each other.
 * thien ŵn chò khá;
 * a providential meeting.


 * to bô̤ ŵn;
 * no recondite causes which would produce it; no luck conducing to it.


 * ŵn-hūn chíen;
 * little affinity.


 * hó̤ ŵn ngŏ̤;
 * a lucky coincidence.


 * kak nâng kak nâng kâi ŵn;
 * each man has his own luck.


 * kit ŵn;
 * knit a relationship.


 * kio i kit ŵn;
 * do one's part in keeping up an intimacy.


 * cía sǹg sĭ i kâi ŵn;
 * this is his affinity.


 * hùe ŵn;
 * collect alms, as Buddhist priests do.


 * tôi ŵn;
 * contribute through the hands of Buddhist priests.


 * chíu lah cêk pńg ŵn-phŏ;
 * held in his hand a book referring to the unknown operations of fate in human affairs.


 * in-ŵn;
 * marry whom fate has decreed.


 * síe in-ŵn;
 * an illicit connection.


 * bô̤ ŵn bô̤ kù;
 * wholly without cause.


 * To finish, to conclude; completed, done; paid up; settled; used up; all gone; entirely.
 * ŵn a būe?
 * Is it finished?
 * Is it finished?


 * àiⁿ ŵn lío;
 * it is nearly done.


 * khṳt i cîah ŵn khṳ̀;
 * it was all eaten up by him.


 * cîah bŏi tit ŵn;
 * cannot eat it all up.


 * bōi kàu ŵn;
 * all sold off.


 * tó pá, cîah m̄ ŵn;
 * has eaten all he wants and has not eaten all of it.


 * ā sĭ cò̤, tîeh cò̤ kàu ŵn-chŵn;
 * if you do it at all, you must finish it.


 * cò̤ kàu ŵn-ŵn chŵn-chŵn;
 * completely finished.


 * mih mûeh íⁿ-keng ŵn-pĭ;
 * all things are wholly ready.


 * ŵn kang a būe?
 * Have they stopped work yet?


 * ēng būe ŵn;
 * it is not yet all used up.


 * cò̤ ŵn lío;
 * it is done.


 * ūe tàⁿ būe ŵn;
 * was not yet through speaking.


 * sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît àiⁿ ŵn phìa?
 * What day has been fixed upon for completing the betrothal?


 * nîe ŵn a būe?
 * Are your taxes all paid?


 * tô-che lâi chui ŵn-nîe;
 * the local agent has come to has ten the payment of the taxes.


 * ŵn-kak cheng-chó̤;
 * the payment of grain has been made in full.


 * cí cêk báu, ŵn ŭ jîeh cōi sìo;
 * during this half month, many bills have been settled.


 * ŵn-lâp co cîⁿ;
 * pay off the rent.


 * Coriander.
 * ŵn-sui cí;
 * coriander seeds.
 * coriander seeds.


 * ŵn-sui thâh pûaⁿ thâu;
 * crown the dish with coriander.


 * A classifier of officers; an officer.
 * kuaⁿ ŵn;
 * officers.
 * officers.


 * sĭ bûn ŵn a sĭ bú ŵn?
 * Is he a civil or a military officer?


 * bûn bú kuaⁿ- ŵn cí chṳ́ cí tăn;
 * both civil and military officers halt here and rest.


 * cū sĭ cêk ŵn-kuaⁿ;
 * it is an official.


 * lêng ŵn;
 * an efficient officer.


 * lăi ŵn;
 * a high statesman.


 * ŵn gūa;
 * one who fills an office without being an officer.


 * ŵn gūa ńng;
 * an officer in a Board who reports to its Vice President.


 * The side gates into the court of a yamun or a general's head-quarters.
 * àiⁿ tùi tâng-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jîp, a sĭ àiⁿ tùi sai-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jip?
 * Will you go in at the eastern or the western entrance?
 * Will you go in at the eastern or the western entrance?


 * ŵn-mn̂g pò̤;
 * a provincial governor's circular.


 * The gibbons, as distinct from apes, babboons, or monkeys.
 * pêh ŵn;
 * the white gibbon.
 * the white gibbon.


 * ŵn seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ kâu;
 * gibbons resemble monkeys.

wt


 * The space under the knee.
 * kîaⁿ kàu kha-wt thìaⁿ;
 * walked till my legs ache.
 * walked till my legs ache.


 * kha-wt kâi kṳn tau-thìaⁿ tau-thìaⁿ nē;
 * my legs cramp and ache.


 * To turn around; a wheel by which to turn a machine; that which causes a turning.
 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i kio i wt-sŵn;
 * this affair has been managed for her by him.
 * this affair has been managed for her by him.


 * cò̤-nî wt-sŵn, wt-sŵn kàu sêng?
 * How shall we maneuver that it may be brought to a consummation?


 * To overstep, to exceed, to pass over; to go out of or beyond one's place; to transgress.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ ŵt lói, hŭam hūn;
 * this is overstepping the bounds of propriety, and going beyond the limits of duty.
 * this is overstepping the bounds of propriety, and going beyond the limits of duty.


 * ŵt khòng;
 * pass over a court in an appeal to a higher, as to go to the intendant from the district magistrate.


 * ŵt i kâi lī;
 * transgress their rules.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ ŵt lí ŵt huap;
 * he transgresses the laws all the time.


 * A battle-axe, whose blade is of a crescent shape; a sort of lictor's axe, borne as as a sign of authority.
 * pái kŭa kim-kue, ŵt-pó;
 * range golden maces and battle-axes.
 * range golden maces and battle-axes.