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Rh ; chí-kâi îⁿ-keng piẽn-poh liáu,
 * this has been confuted already.


 * kàu-taⁿ iā-ũ chí-nâng lâi piẽn-poh,
 * and, now, here comes this man to object.


 * poh-khiet,
 * to contradict.


 * m̄-hó poh-khùi,
 * not be disputed; must not be denied.


 * màiⁿ tō poh-khùi,
 * don’t be contradictory.


 * siet-sái tàⁿ,
 * a supposition.


 * siet-mn̄g kâi-ūe,
 * to suppose a question.


 * siet mn̄g-tap kâi-ūe,
 * to suppose a question and answer.


 * siet poh-mn̄g,
 * proposed an objection.


 * tò-mn̄g,
 * in reply.


 * tò-tàⁿ,
 * said in reply.


 * tin-tò-thâu tàⁿ,
 * say things wrong end foremost.


 * úa tin-tò mn̄g-lṳ́,
 * I would on the other hand ask you.


 * chò úa tin-tò mn̄g-lṳ́,
 * suppose I should, on the other hand, ask you.


 * à,
 * to dispute.


 * sie-à,
 * disputing together.


 * à-lâi à-khṳ̀,
 * disputing back and forth,


 * hàuⁿ-à,
 * fond of disputing.


 * i tõ-à,
 * he is disputing.


 * à-i m̄-kùe,
 * cannot out-argue him,


 * thèng-à,
 * argue at random.


 * pek-chhiet-à,
 * argued vehemently.


 * à iâⁿ--i,
 * beat him in argument.


 * à su--i,
 * beaten by him in argument.


 * chōi-nâng sie-hũ à,
 * many joined in the dispute.


 * i à tî-kâi?
 * what is he about?


 * i à hôiⁿ-chîⁿ kai-sṳ̄,
 * he is disputing about a money payment.


 * sie-cheⁿ,
 * quarrelling together.


 * cheⁿ-lũn,
 * discussing.


 * i à-tàⁿ-bô,
 * he argued saying, it was not so.


 * bô lṳ́-à,
 * it is not for you to argue.


 * m̄-hó à,
 * it is not good to argue.


 * put-kùe sĩ hàuⁿ-à,
 * it is nothing more than fondness for dispute.


 * phah-sǹg,
 * to decide.


 * hó-lâi phah-sǹg,
 * come, let us decide.


 * chò-úa phah-sǹg,
 * as I should decide; if it were for me to decide.