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DEAL hĩⁿ-khang-kúi ōng-ōng-kiè. pretend to be deaf and dumb, tèⁿ-lâng tèⁿ-é; tsuang-lâng tsuang-é; tèⁿ-tsò thiaⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ; tèⁿ-lâng tèⁿ-sat.

deal, trade, bói-bōi; tsò-seng-lí; kau-e̍k; kau-kuan. a good deal, hoh-tsōi. deal well with any one, hó-khúan-thãi; kãu-thãi. a deal board, che̍k-kò-pang; che̍k-phièn-pang; che̍k-liàm-pang.

dear, expensive, kùi; ta̍t-chîⁿ; kau-kè; kûiⁿ-kè. dear friend, siãng-hó kâi-phêng-iú; sim-pak kâi-phêng-iú; ti-kí kâi-phêng-iú; ti-sim kâi-phêng-iú.

dearth, ki-hng; bí kùi; nîⁿ--tang m̄-hó.

death, sí. life and death are decreed, seⁿ-sí ũ-mẽng. near death, lîm-tsong; kṳ̃n-sí; chiang-sí; chiang-kṳ̃n àiⁿ-sí; lîm-sí. on one's deathbed, tó-tshn̂g. death-like, chhin-chhiẽⁿ sí-nâng kâi-iēⁿ.

debar, kìm-chí; kìm-kài; tsó-chí; m̄-tsún; put-hṳ́.

debark, chiẽⁿ-suaⁿ; khí-tsúi; chiẽⁿ-tsúi.

debase, oneself, tshap-ji̍p hiã-liû; kàng-lo̍h hiã-liû; u-tsūaⁿ hiã-liû.

debate, ngí-lũn; piẽn-lũn; piẽn-poh. in one's own mind, pheⁿ-phah; chim-chiak; tsham-siâng.

debauch, tiam-u; îm nâng chhi-nn̍g; îm nâng bóu-kiáⁿ.

debauchee, chiú-sek tsṳ-thû. debauchery, chia̍h-pua̍h-phiâu.

debility, hṳ-jia̍k; nn̍g-jia̍k; khùn-jia̍k; hṳ-khùn; sin-hūn phàⁿ; hueh-khì put-tsok; hueh-khì sue-jia̍k.

debt, chè; chîⁿ-chè. to be in debt, khiàm-chîⁿ; khiàm-chè; khiàm-siàu. to pay debts, hôiⁿ-chè; hôiⁿ--nâng. debtor and creditor, chè-kiáⁿ chè-tsú. collect debts, thó-siàu. absconding debtor, tô-chè; pī-chè; tsáu-chè. bad debts, phàⁿ-siàu.

decade, sûn. first 10 days of month, tsho-sûn; chhiu--sûn; second ditto, tong-sûn; tsa̍p--sûn. third ditto, hiã-sûn; ji̍h--sûn.

decalogue, tsa̍p-tiâu-kài.

decamp, chhien-iâⁿ; î-iâⁿ; súa-iâⁿ. run away, tô-tsáu; thau-tsáu.

decanter, po-lî-tsun, po-lî-kùan.

decapitate, thâi-thâu; tsám-thâu; tsám-siú; tshú-tsám.

decay, sue; sue-mûiⁿ. rot, àu; àu-tshàu. decayed tooth, tsù-khí.