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116 ; pheⁿ-phah,
 * to decide; settle upon something.


 * thêng-uá pheⁿ-phah,
 * wait till I decide.


 * uá chú-ì chièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * that is my decision.


 * kuat-ì-chãi,
 * very decided.


 * huat-lo̍h hó--liáu,
 * the decision has been rendered.


 * kuaⁿ-hú phoi-tiāⁿ-tie̍h,
 * the official has given a definite decision.


 * chò-uá-siẽⁿ,
 * as I think; if it were for me to think.


 * i àm-siẽⁿ,
 * he thought within himself.


 * chip-ì,
 * holding on to his own opinion; bigoted; prejudiced.


 * chip-ì-chãi,
 * very bigoted; strongly prejudiced.


 * m̄-chip-lí,
 * does not hold to reason.


 * m̄-chip-huap,
 * does not adhere to law.


 * hó-chip-kín,
 * hold it firmly.


 * chí kâi-tõ-lí hó-chip-siú,
 * this doctrine it is well to hold and observe.


 * hó-chip-siú, mài-ka-laṳh,
 * hold, and observe, and don’t let it fall.


 * sũn-huap,
 *  to law or usage.


 * sũn-nâng kâi-ì,
 * accord with people’s idea.


 * sũn-kui-kṳ́,
 * follow the custom.


 * chiá sĩ lṳ́-ka-kī pān--chhut-lâi,
 * this is a conjecture of your own.


 * lṳ́ chai-ta̍t uá tùi a-m̄-tùi,
 * do you reckon I am right or not?


 * uá pān-jie̍h-chōi,
 * I reckon so; I surmise that.


 * lṳ́ pān-jie̍h-chōi,
 * how much do you reckon.


 * phì-jũ,
 * a comparison; pestle; allegory.


 * chiá sĩ phì-jũ a-sĩ si̍t-sṳ̄? is this a comparison,
 * or an actual fact?


 * hó-lâi pí-chò sĩ-mih-kâi?
 * what shall I, in comparing, say it is (like)?


 * hó-phì-jũ chò sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
 * what thing shall I compare it to?


 * phì-jũ tàⁿ-uân--liáu, chiũ-tàⁿ si̍t-sṳ̄,
 * when the comparison is finished then I will speak of the actual circumstance.


 * hó-chiang sĩ-mih-mue̱h lâi-pí?
 * what thing shall I take to compare it with?


 * chiang thóiⁿ-kìⁿ--kâi, lâi-pí-jũ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ--kâi,
 * take the visible to illustrate the invisible.


 * soiⁿ tàⁿ-phì-jũ, ãu tàⁿ-si̍t-sṳ̄,
 * first state the illustration and then the facts.