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 ; 下午
 * Ẽ-kùa
 * Afternoon.


 * 夜昏子
 * Mêⁿ-hng-kiáⁿ
 * To-night (early.)


 * 今夜
 * Ke-mêⁿ
 * To-night (rather late.)


 * 日
 * Jít
 * Sun or day.


 * 月
 * Guéh
 * Moon or month.


 * 日間
 * Jít--kùa
 * In the day.


 * 夜間
 * Mêⁿ--kùa
 * In the night.


 * 日晏
 * Jít uàⁿ
 * Late in the day.


 * 日暗
 * Jít àm
 * Late in the night.


 * 半夜
 * Puàⁿ-mêⁿ
 * Midnight


 * 三更半夜
 * Saⁿ-keⁿ puàⁿ-mêⁿ
 * Third watch or midnight, (meaning a very late hour at night.)


 * 明早有人來或無
 * Mêng-khí ũ nâng lâi a-bô?
 * Did any body come this morning?


 * 爾知或不知
 * Lṳ́ tsai a m̄-tsai?
 * Do you know or not?


 * 我不知
 * Uá m̄-tsai.
 * I don't know.


 * 中午我不在此處食
 * Jít-tàu uá m̄-tõ chié chiáh.
 * I am not going to take dinner here at noon.


 * 我中午要去乞人請
 * Uá jít-tàu àiⁿ-khṳ̀ khoih-nâng-chhiáⁿ
 * I am invited out for noon.


 * 爾何時正要轉來
 * Lṳ́ tiang-sî chiàⁿ-àiⁿ tńg--lâi?
 * When will you come back?


 * 夜昏正轉來
 * Mêⁿ-hng chiàⁿ-tńg--lâi
 * I shall not be back until to-night.