kuaⁿ
- kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
- fair; just.
- i mih sṳ̄ kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ căi;
- he is very just in his dealings.
- íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ ŭ kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆ chut lâi thîo-chú;
- have already asked honorable gentlemen to come and settle the matter by arbitration.
- kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ kùe hût;
- more equitable than Buddha himself.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ kuaⁿ-kuaⁿ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi;
- that is perfectly fair.
- kuaⁿ hṳ́; kuaⁿ ŵn;
- officials; magistrates.
- cò̤ kuaⁿ kâi nâng;
- those in authority.
- kuaⁿ bue;
- an official match-maker.
- oh kuaⁿ ue;
- learn the mandarin dialect.
- i sĭ to cheng kuaⁿ, in pi sĭ tham kuaⁿ;
- he is a clean handed official, and it is not as if he were a covetous one.
- kuaⁿ lo;
- a government road; a highway.
- ci'a lam sĭ kuaⁿ iam;
- this salt is salt that has passed through the hands of government officers.
- phah-kuaⁿ-si;
- to enter npon a lawsuit; to carry a case before the authorities.
- mûeh-kĭaⁿ kui kuaⁿ;
- things confiscated.
- ŭ kâi kuaⁿ- thoi;
- has dignity; is stately.
- ŭ kâi kuaⁿ ieⁿ;
- is of dignified bearing.
- kuaⁿ tieⁿ;
- rulers.
- bun kuaⁿ, bu kuaⁿ;
- civil and military officers.
- tōa kuaⁿ, soi kuaⁿ;
- one filling an important office, and one whose office is petty.
- ciaⁿ in kuaⁿ;
- the magistrate who holds the seals of office.
- co cap kuaⁿ;
- subordinate officers.
- kui pin kuaⁿ?
- Of what grade is he?
- i kâi kuaⁿ cheⁿ hien;
- he will soon be in office.
- cia kuaⁿ sĭ;
- trusting to official influence.
- kuaⁿ hue seng;
- inflammalion of the liver.
- tng kuaⁿ chun lih;
- (grieved so that) the liver and intestines are splintered.
- i sieh ju sim-kuaⁿ;
- dear to him as his life.
- i kâi sim-kuaⁿ in-ho̤;
- he has a bad disposition.
- Bim-kuaⁿ-thau liang-liang;
- his chest is cool.
- cia, sĭ kuaⁿ-taⁿ kâi tie;
- these are his real senti- ments.
- kuaⁿ bak khak pi tho;
- the woody liver neutralizes the earthy stomach, (therefore I have no appetite).
- koi kuaⁿ suaⁿ;
- desiccated hens' livers.
- ûi kuaⁿ;
- masts.
- ki kuaⁿ;
- flag-staff.
- cí ki kî-kuaⁿ jîeh kuiⁿ?
- How high is this flag-staff?
- cìⁿ-kuaⁿ;
- the shaft of an arrow.
- chìn kuaⁿ;
- the bar of a steelyard.
- cò̤ ki tìeⁿ kuaⁿ;
- make a fishing-pole.
- tèng ki tōa kuaⁿ chìn;
- set the marks upon a large steelyard bar.
- phâk cò̤ kuaⁿ;
- dry them in the sun.
- phû-thô̤ kuaⁿ;
- raisins.
- có̤ kuaⁿ;
- dried dates.
- píaⁿ kuaⁿ;
- biscuits.
- kuaⁿ-bâk; kuaⁿ-châ;
- a coffin.
- kuaⁿ kĭn;
- a coffin and its contents.
- kuaⁿ-châ khàm, kuaⁿ-châ tói, kuaⁿ-châ chîeⁿ, kua-châ sin;
- the lid, the bottom, the sides, and the bulk of the coffin.
- kuaⁿ-châ thâu, kua-châ búe;
- the head and the foot of a coffin.
- mông būe tîeh kuaⁿ-châ thâu cū khàu;
- he began to cry before he had touched the coffin, (too soon).
- kuaⁿ-châ phŭe;
- a pall.
- kuaⁿ-châ pang, kuaⁿ-châ póiⁿ;
- slabs for making coffins.
- kuaⁿ-châ íⁿ;
- supports for a coffin to rest on.
- kuaⁿ-châ kǹg;
- a bier.
- kuaⁿ-châ chù;
- a house to shelter a coffin.
- kuaⁿ-châ phò;
- a shop where coffins are sold.
- kuaⁿ-châ phng;
- an adz used in making coffins.
- úa cá-cá àiⁿ khí lâi kúaⁿ lō;
- I shall rise very early and pursue my journey.
- lṳ́ tùi cúi lō kò̤ khṳ̀, úa kúaⁿ tùi hăng lō lâi khṳ̀;
- you follow the water course, and I will go on by land.
- kúaⁿ khùe cē;
- hurry up.
- úa àiⁿ kùaⁿ kàu kàu, cìaⁿ lâi hiah;
- I will press on to my journey's end and then stop.
- i khṳ̀ jìeh kú nē, m̄ cai kúaⁿ i tit tîeh, a kúaⁿ m̄ tîeh;
- he has been gone some time, I do not know whether we can overtake him or not.
- kúaⁿ kín khṳ̀ cò̤;
- went and did it in the utmost haste.
- kúaⁿ mé-ⁿméⁿ hŵn-lío kúaⁿ m̄ hù;
- hurried on, but still failed to reach there in time.
- tîeh kúaⁿ sok cē cìaⁿ kúaⁿ tit kîp;
- must hasten somewhat, and then we shall be in time.
- kúaⁿ cí hûe kâi lâu-cúi;
- take advantage of the tide.
- àiⁿ kúaⁿ khṳ̀ hù chĭ kâi;
- will hasten on to be in time for the market.
- tîeh kúaⁿ kàu căm cìaⁿ ŭ hó̤ cîah;
- must go on till we reach the post station then we shall have something to eat.
- kúaⁿ cá, khí lâi lí sṳ̄;
- get up early and attend to business.
- jû kúaⁿ ah cêk īeⁿ;
- like driven ducks.
- kâi i kúaⁿ chut khṳ̀;
- drove him out.
- in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khṳt i kúaⁿ tīo chut lâi?
- On what account was he expelled?
- kúaⁿ cí kâi sì-hāu;
- improve this leisure time.
- kúaⁿ cí hûe kâi ki-hŭe;
- embrace this opportunity.
- kúaⁿ cí kâi sì cū cò̤ tit hó̤;
- take advantage oí this circumstance to complete the thing.
- kúaⁿ tîeh cí hûe ŭ huang lâi khui cûn;
- take advantage of the wind that is now blowing and start the boat.
- kúaⁿ sńg, kúaⁿ chìe;
- took the opportunity when others were joking.
- kúaⁿ-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is really so.
- lṳ́ jû-kúaⁿ àiⁿ lâi li thòa-cah lâi;
- if you should be coming, bring it along with you.
- i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ kúaⁿ-tẁn;
- he acts with decision.
- i sĭm sĭ kúaⁿ-káⁿ;
- he is very daring.
- kúaⁿ-cin hó̤;
- truly good.
- kúaⁿ sĭ cía nâng;
- indeed it is he.
- jîak-kúaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa li m̆;
- suppose it should be thus, I shall not do it.
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ cn̂g kâi m̄ kúaⁿ-kwt;
- he acts without decision.
- i mih sṳ̄ cū kúaⁿ-kwt;
- he has his mind made up before he does things.
- sĭ àiⁿ, sĭ m̄-àiⁿ, kúaⁿ-kúaⁿ kwt-kwt;
- whether you want it, or whether you don't want it, be decided about it.
- síu-kúaⁿ hŭ-jîn;
- a widow.
- i tó̤ síu-kúaⁿ;
- she is a widow.
- kà cṳ sin-seⁿ, síu-kúaⁿ ta-ke;
- a school teacher has a lot like that of an old widower.
- kúaⁿ put têk cèng;
- one cannot stand alone against many.
- ko-jî, kúaⁿ-hŭ;
- orphan and widow.
- i khi-hŭ i ko-lŏ kúaⁿ-bŭn;
- he imposes upon him because he is solitary and of little experience.
- thiⁿ-sî kûaⁿ-chìn;
- the weather is very cold.
- kha kûaⁿ-tàng;
- the feet chilled.
- cá mêⁿ ŭ nâng kûaⁿ sí khṳ̀;
- some one was frozen to death last night.
- ciaⁿ gûeh kûaⁿ sí gû, jī gûeh kûaⁿ sí bé, saⁿ gûeh kûaⁿ sí le-ke cé;
- the first month was so cold it killed the cattle, the second so cold it killed the horses, and the third so cold it froze Miss Lake herself.
- pak kûaⁿ; hwt kuaⁿ;
- to have ague.
- sieⁿ-huang tńg cò̤ kûaⁿ;
- the cold taken has produced ague.
- ŭ kûaⁿ ŭ jûah;
- has chills and fever; is cold and hot.
- kûaⁿ jûah saⁿ-khò;
- clothing for hot and cold weather.
- màiⁿ khṳt i kûaⁿ tîeh, tîeh cai chēng;
- must put on plenty of clothing, and not get chilled.
- tì kûaⁿ kâi pēⁿ;
- has fever and ague.
- kiâm kûaⁿ;
- chills, with but little or no fever.
- keh jît kûaⁿ;
- a chill every other day.
- saⁿ jît kûaⁿ;
- a chill once in three days.
- i kíaⁿ-jît tùi kûaⁿ pái;
- this is his day to have a chill.
- ŭ cêk khí saⁿ jît pái kâi kûaⁿ;
- there is one sort of fever which comes on once in three days.
- cău-hùe kŭaⁿ tîeh i kâi piⁿ;
- happily caught him by his queue and dragged him upward.
- tùi i kâi piⁿ cū kŭaⁿ khí lâi;
- pulled him out by the queue.
- màiⁿ kŭaⁿ khah lip búe, ùi àiⁿ phìu chíu;
- do not take hold too near the end in lifting it, lest it slip out of your hand.
- nŏ̤ ciah chíu sie-hŭ kŭaⁿ;
- drag it up with both hands.
- măng kŭaⁿ khí lâi hṳ́-tói ŭ mûaⁿ-hṳ̂;
- when the net was hauled up there was an eel in it.
- kŭaⁿ tōa lâk;
- haul it up with force.
- kŭaⁿ-chĭ-nâ;
- carry a market basket.
- kŭaⁿ cúi-tháng;
- carry a water-bucket.
- kŭaⁿ cúi;
- to carry water in a bailed bucket by one's side.
- kŭaⁿ ŭ a-nôⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
- is with child.
- cí ciah ngio kŭaⁿ-kūiⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
- this cat is pregnant.
- seⁿ kūaⁿ;
- to perspire.
- lâu kūaⁿ;
- to sweat freely.
- hwt kŭaⁿ;
- produces perspiration.
- hwt kūaⁿ îeh;
- a sudorific.
- pío kūaⁿ;
- to sweat visibly.
- chut chìn kūaⁿ; lâu chìn kūaⁿ;
- has cold sweats.
- lâu kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;
- perspired at every pore.
- thoih kūaⁿ;
- absorbs sweat.
- chēng kâi saⁿ tó̤ cṳ̄ kūaⁿ;
- wear a jacket to absorb the perspiration.
- pìaⁿ kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;
- worked so hard as to be wet with perspiration.
- tău kūaⁿ;
- night-sweats.
- cṳ̄ kūaⁿ;
- sweating, without exertion.
- bô̤ kūaⁿ căi;
- inactive.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ bô̤ kūaⁿ bô̤ kūaⁿ nē;
- do not be lazy about it.
- cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ cin bô̤ kūaⁿ;
- this persons does things very moderately.