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 LESSON CXVI.

坑 kheⁿ; pit; trench. 坎 khàm; precipice. 坎 khám; pit. 坷 khɵ́; uneven. 崩 pang; fall in ruins. 涸 khɵ́; dry up; ebb.

陷 hām; pitch down. 泉 cûaⁿ; a spring. 源 ngŵn; source. 皇 hûang; sovereign. 帝 tì; potentate. 少 sìo; juvenile.

1 suaⁿ kheⁿ. kĭa khàm. 2 kheⁿ cúi tùi cí kɵ̀ lâu lɵ̂h lâi. lâu khɵ́. 3 cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kĭa suaⁿ, cêk pôiⁿ sĭ chim kheⁿ. 4 kheⁿ khàm. káu cûaⁿ. 5 cí tîo kheⁿ kâi ngŵn thâu tɵ̆ suaⁿ téng, ŏi chut cûaⁿ ciu nî bŏi khɵ́. 6 khàm kha. céⁿ cûaⁿ. 7 sim khám. khám khɵ́. 8 hām hāi. hām kheⁿ. 9 kheⁿ hãm. sîaⁿ hãm. 10 suaⁿ pang, tī hãm. 11 chîeⁿ pang tīo khʉ̀. 12 cúi kháu pang khʉ̀. 13 hŏ lɵ̂h kàu suaⁿ thô pang cêk lō. cúi khí thâu khɵ́. 14 cúi cûaⁿ; pue cûaⁿ. 15 n̂g cûaⁿ bɵ̂ láu sìo. 16 cúi ngŵn thâu. sìo nî. 17 cîah cúi tîeh su̵ tîeh ngŵn thâu. láu sìo. 18 hûang tì. hûang tì ūi. 19 sam hûang ngŏ tì. 20 gêk hûang sĭang tì. 21 tì hûang tì bɵ̄. pang hãm. 22 ngŵn cûaⁿ kún kún.

1 A ravine. Precipice. 2 The water of the ravine runs down here. The tide ebbs. 3 One side is a steep mountain, the other a deep ravine. 4 A gorge. The other world. 5 The source of this stream is a mountain spring which flows all the year round. 6 Foot of the cliff. Wellspring. 7 Pit of the stomach. Irksome. 8 Unjustly implicate. Pitfall. 9 Entrap. The city has fallen. 10 A landslide; state in ruin. 11 The wall has fallen down. 12 The spout is demolished. 13 Rained till the soil slid on to the whole path. Tide begins to ebb. 14 A fountain; a cascade. 15 In the grave there are no years. 16 Headwaters. Youthful. 17 In drinking think of the fountain. Young and old. 18 Emperor. The throne. 19 The famed eight-rulers. 20 The highest of the gods. 21 Wear a crown. Fall, as a cliff. 22 A boiling spring.