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 * thiau-bú,
 * to dance.


 * bûn-ngiá,
 * elegant.


 * hong-hiám,
 * dangerous.


 * huaⁿ-hí,
 * delight.


 * khùang-iá,
 * desert


 * khî-khá,
 * dexterity.


 * húi-pãng,
 * to slander.
 * to slander.


 * miáu-sĩ,
 * to despise.


 * tong-hõu,
 * just.


 * kò-sõng,
 * to prosecute.


 * uaⁿ-chẽⁿ,
 * quiet.


 * heng-uãng,
 * to prosper.


 * hêng-hua̍t,
 * punish.
 * punish.


 * hâng-ho̍k,
 * submit.


 * iú-ho̍k,
 * to tempt.


 * chhut-la̍t,
 * diligent.


 * ti̍t-ti̍t,
 * direct.


 * hun-pie̍t,
 * to discriminate.


 * lãu-tōa,
 * old.
 * old.


 * àu-biāu,
 * profound.


 * iu-būn,
 * sorrow.


 * tàⁿ-ūe,
 * to speak.


 * kong-sṳ̄,
 * public business.


 * pêⁿ-iēⁿ,
 * the same.


 * hek-àm,
 * darkness.
 * darkness.


 * chhim-àu,
 * deep.


 * chha-chhò,
 * error.


 * hõng-hièn,
 * to offer up.


 * hok-khì,
 * blessedness.


 * heh-thò,
 * to deter by threats.


 * khin-hut,
 * to despise.
 * to despise.


 * chũe-ak,
 * wickedness.


 * ài-sieh,
 * love.


 * chai-sek,
 * knowledge.


 * chãu-chak,
 * to make.


 * hiáng-hok,
 * to enjoy prosperity.


 * im,
 * a tone; the tone of a word.


 * chiàⁿ-im,
 * the book or mandarin tone.


 * thóu-im; pe̍h-im,
 * the local tone.


 * pńg-im,
 * its own proper tone which a word has when spoken alone.


 * pièn-im; liên-im,
 * the changed tone which a word has when in combination. Thus, in the Chinese word for wickedness, ok is the book pronunciation, ak is the thóu-im, or the local pronunciation. Ak (upper entering) is it [sic] own proper tone. Ak (lower entering) is the changed tone used in combination. e.g. ak-nâng, a bad man.


 * gṳ́; im-gṳ́,
 * brogue; localisms in pronunciations or words.


 * i ũ lân-ló gṳ́,
 * he has somewhat of a brogue.


 * Tiê-iêⁿ-gṳ́,
 * Tie-ie pronunciation.


 * phîⁿ-im,
 * nasal tone, as in piⁿ, tiⁿ, suaⁿ.


 * u-im; hoh-im,
 * aspirated tone, as in thân, thi, chhi. There are some other distinctions in tone, a knowledge of which is not essential, but which are mentioned because they may be useful to the pupil in trying the better to understand his teacher.


 * tûn-im,
 * labials, as in, bô, pí, pá.


 * khí-im,
 * dentals, as in, si, chí, hí.


 * kauh-chi̍h-im,
 * linguals made by bending the tongue, as in lo, la, lu.