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Rh Resemblance. ; àn-hièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * like that.


 * àn-úa chièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * like myself for example.


 * kâi-kâi sĩ hièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * each one is that way.


 * siang-sṳ̃,
 * like; resembling.


 * chí nõ-kiãⁿ-mue̍h siang-sṳ̃,
 * these two things are alike.


 * húang-sṳ̃ sĩ-mih-kâi?
 * it is like what ?


 * húang-sṳ̃ móng, móng, móng,
 * it is like thus, and so, and so.


 * iēⁿ-sièⁿ jiên-chãi,
 * the appearance is very similar.


 * jiên-jiên,
 * closely resembling.


 * seⁿ-lâi jiên-jiên,
 * a natural resemblance.


 * seⁿ-lâi siãu i-kâi-a-pẽ,
 * born resembling his father.


 * siãu-chãi,
 * very much alike.


 * kiáⁿ siãu i-a-pẽ,
 * the child is like its father.


 * hó lâi-pí sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
 * we may come and compare it with what thing?


 * hó-pí chò-bé,
 * may be compared to a horse.


 * hó-chiang sĩ-mih-mue̍h lâi-pí?
 * what shall we take to compare it with?


 * pí-lâi pí-khṳ̀,
 * illustrating this way and that way.


 * pí-thóiⁿ tî-nâng-kûiⁿ tî-nâng-kẽ,
 * compare and see which man is tall and which man is short.


 * pí-thóiⁿ chí-nõ-nâng tî-nâng-kûiⁿ,
 * compare and see of these two men which man is the taller.


 * pí-tie̍h chí--kiãⁿ-hó,
 * compared together this is the better one.


 * bô-nâng hó kâi-úa-pí,
 * nobody may be compared with myself.


 * tùi-tùi,
 * exactly.


 * nẽⁿ tùi-tùi,
 * exactly so (with emphasis).


 * tùi-iẽⁿ,
 * according to the style.


 * tùi-huap,
 * according to the rule.


 * ha̍h-kui-kṳ́,
 * according to custom.


 * siang-hû,
 * they accord.


 * siang-hû-ha̍h,
 * they harmonize.


 * kui-it,
 * uniform.



 Difference.


 * hun-pie̍t,
 * a difference.


 * bô-sĩ-mih hun-pie̍t,
 * there is no great difference.


 * ũ-hun-pie̍t,
 * there is a difference.


 * koh-iēⁿ,
 * a different kind, or different.


 * koh-iēⁿ-chãi,
 * very different.


 * koh-iēⁿ koh-iēⁿ,
 * decidedly different.