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MELANCHOLY melancholy, iu-būn; tshôu-sṳ; tshôu-būn; iu-tshôu; ut-kak; ut-ì; iu-ut. affair, hó-huân-ló; khó-liên.

melodious, ha̍h-im-ūn; im-ūn thiâu-hûa; thiâu-hûa; siaⁿ-im thiâu-hûa.

melon, kue. seeds, kue-chí.

melt, iêⁿ; siau-iêⁿ.

members, of the body, sì-chiⁿ; peh-thói.

membrane, mo̍hⁿ; pau-mo̍hⁿ.

memorable, ióng-kú put-buâng; put-hiú.

memorial, to the throne, pńg-chieⁿ; tsàu-chieⁿ; piáu-chieⁿ. memorialize the throne, chiẽⁿ-pńg; tsàu-pńg. archway, têng; hō-piáu; têng-piáu; hûa-piáu.

memory, kì-sèⁿ; kì-tshâi; kì-tî. commit to, tha̍k-se̍k. recite from, pe̍h-tshùi-liām; liām-tsṳ. good, hó-kì-sèⁿ.

menace, heh; heh-nâng-kiaⁿ; kiaⁿ-heh; háⁿ-nâng.

Mencius, Mẽng-tsṳ́; à-siàⁿ.

mend, póu; póu-tùe; siu-chiáⁿ; chiáⁿ-lí; siu-si̍p. clothes, póu-saⁿ. a house, pa-lói-tshù. a pen or pencil, phoi-pit. faults, kói-kùe.

mendicant, khṳt-chia̍h; kiâⁿ-bí; thó-chia̍h.

menial, po̍k-hia̍h; sái-huàn; huàn-hia̍h. low, pui-tsūaⁿ.

menses, gue̍h-keng; gue̍h-sṳ̄; kiâⁿ-keng; keng-pái; gue̍h-sìn. suppression of, pī-gue̍h; pī-keng. profuse, hueh-pang. irregular, gue̍h-keng m̄-thiâu. menopause, gue̍h-tsúi tso̍h.

mention, tàⁿ; thî-phû. need not, mín-tàⁿ.

mercantile, house, hâng; hâng-kháu. firm, kong-si.

mercer, khui tiû-tn̄g-phòu; bōi-si-tsháu kheh.

merchandise, hùe; hùe-mue̍h.

merchant, siang-jîn; kheh-siang; siang-kheh; tsò-seng-lí-nâng. ship, hùe-tsûn; seng-lí-tsûn.

mercury, tsúi-ngṳ̂n.

Mercury, tsúi-chheⁿ.

mercy, tshṳ̂-pui; liên-mién; khó-liên; tshṳ̂-sim. merciless, thih-chie̍h sim-kuaⁿ; kang-ngẽ.

merely, put-kùe; kṳ́n-kṳ́n; toaⁿ-toaⁿ; tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ; to̍k-to̍k; chheng-chheng. not merely, put-chí; put-to̍k; m̄-chheng.

meridian, keⁿ-sùaⁿ; tsṳ́-ngóu-sùaⁿ. in the, chiàⁿ-ngóu; tong-ngóu.

merino, ú-siâ.