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FLASH flash, of lightning, ia̍p-che̍k-sih; ia̍p-chē-sih; ia̍p-ia̍p-sih.

flask, oil, iû-pân; iû-tsun. powder, gû-kak-tâng.

flat, pêⁿ; píⁿ; pién; pêⁿ-tháng. country, pêⁿ-pou pêⁿ-tī. in taste, bô-bī. flatten, teh-bih; phah-pêⁿ. to tell him flatly, ti̍t-ti̍t-tàⁿ.

flatter, thiám-mĩⁿ; pong-song; hông-ngêng; i-o hông-ngêng. fond of praise and flattery, hàuⁿ khṳt-nâng phùn-tsúi; hàuⁿ-tì kau-bō; hàuⁿ-lap húe-thùaⁿ-lam.

flatulence, seⁿ-huang; tóu tièⁿ-huang. to dispel, siau-huang.

flaunt, iâu-pái; iâu-iâu pái-pái; hàuⁿ-pái-ngiá; hàuⁿ-tsuang-pàn.

flavour, khì-bī; bī; bī-sòu. strong, bī tãng; bī kãu.

flaw, hiâ; tiám. without, pe̍h-ge̍k bô-hiâ. well arranged so that no flaw, chiu-ba̍t.

flax, tiũ. fine, iùⁿ-tiũ.

flay, pak-phûe.

flea, ka-tsáu.

fledged, huat-môⁿ.

flee, tsáu; tô-tsáu; phun-tsáu; pī-tsáu.

fleet, méⁿ; sok-sok. of ships, che̍k-tūi-tsûn.

flesh, ne̍k; bah. fleshy, ũ-ne̍k; pûi. colour, chhiah-se̍k. proud, ṳ̀-ne̍k. putrid, àu-ne̍k; hu-ne̍k. the flesh (in moral sense), sṳ-io̍k; ne̍k-io̍k.

flexible, nńg; kōi-uan; hó-á-uan; hó-ut-uan; hó-tshâu-uan; hó-khut-uan.

flight, of an army, pāi-tsáu. of steps, che̍k-tieⁿ-thui. of arrows, chìⁿ lũan-siā. flighty, sim bô-tiāⁿ-tsú; sim-sèⁿ phû-tshàu.

flimsy, nńg-jia̍k; bô-la̍t; bô-khì; lám; lẽ-ké.

flinch, thò-sok; kiu-thò; lîm-tīn thò-sok; kiu-tsáu.

fling, ka̍k. away, ka̍k-tiāu; sek-tiāu; hám-tiāu.

flint, húe-chie̍h. flinty-hearted, thih-chie̍h sim-kuaⁿ (also, decided and firm).

flippant, khin-phû; phû-tshàu; m̄-kṳ́n-ngân; tàⁿ-ūe m̄-kṳ́n-sín.

flit, pûe. remove, puaⁿ-tshù; súa-the̍h; chhien-kṳ; î-kṳ.

float, phû-tsúi; phiau-phû. a float, sam-pâi.

flock, khûn. a whole, chiâⁿ-khûn. of sheep, che̍k-khûn-iêⁿ.

flog, phah. severely, phah-thiám-thiám; thiám-phah;