kang, ngŏ sîang;
the three duties and the five relationships.
cò̤ mih sṳ̂ tîeh ŭ kang sîang;
in whatever one does the obligations of morality must be remembered. 工 kang 460 48 0 Work; labor; workmen; the day's work. kang-jîn;
workmen.
bâk kang;
carpentery.
cîeh kang;
stone-cutting.
tōa kang;
the work of a master hand.
sòi kang;
the work of untrained laborers.
ēng nâng tò̤ tok kang;
some one must superintend the work.
i sĭ siu kang-thâu;
he is the one who bosses the job, or makes the contracts for the work.
siu kang-hu lâi cò̤;
take in work to do.
i tó̤ cò̤ kang-hu;
he is at work.
cò̤ kang-hu kang-hu;
do it in a workmanlike manner.
kang pŏ;
Board of Works.
kang pâng;
department of works, in a yamun.
hue-kang;
mason work.
kang-chīeⁿ;
an artizan.
cêng tŏng kang a būe? Is the work begun yet?
tiang-sî heng kang? When is the work to begin?
kim jît cìaⁿ khui kang;
they have just begun the work to-day.
ke kâi gûeh cū cùn kang;
in another month the work will be finished.
chìaⁿ sai-pĕ cîah ŵn kang cíu;
invite the master-workmen to drink wine on the completion of the work.
khí kang tiang-sî īa chíaⁿ i;
at the commencement of the work they also receive an invitation to supper.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ hùi kang;
this has been a piece of work costing a deal of labor.
i sĭ phah kang kâi nâng;
he is a laboring man.
cêk kâi kang jîeh cōi cîⁿ? What are the wages for a day's work?
tîeh ŭ kúi kâi kang; it is a work of several days.
kang cîⁿ;
wages.
cò̤ mêⁿ kang;
do night work.
sĭ lŭn kang a sĭ lŭn gûeh? Is the work done by the day or by the month?
kang kò; hired help.
kò kang lâi co̤h;
hire workmen to come and do it.
khá kang;
skilled labor.
cò̤ kang-hu nâng;
a working man.
kang jī chut thâu, bûa cîaⁿ lău kâu;
when a working man makes himself conspicuous, he gets ground down into the semblance of an old ape.
bô̤ sĭm-mih kang-hu;
it is not very well put together.
i kâi kang-hu ío hó̤;
his work is well put together.
cía kang-hu bô̤ ēng;
this sort of work is of no use.
sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ tn̂g kang a sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ tó̤ căm? Is the situation to be a permanent or a temporary one?
nî kang; an engagement by the year.
kang-hu cò̤ lâi cho;
this work is done in a slovenly fashion.
cam kang;
needlework.
ēng sĭm-mih kang thîaⁿ?
How much work is it?
tîeh lâi cò̤ cá kang;
must come to work early.
i àiⁿ cò̤ sĭang kang;
he will do the best sort of work.
間 kang 381 169 4 While; during; in the midst of. siap-sî-kang;
a little while.
siap-sî-kang cū lâi;
in a little while he came.
hut-jîen-kang cū thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
just then saw it.
cìaⁿ tò̤ tàⁿ cṳ kang, i cū lâi;
just as we were talking about it, he came.
i cêng tŏ̤ khî-kang a m̄ cen̂g?
Was he there or not?
chíaⁿ i lâi cò̤ tong-kang nâng;
invite him to act as go-between.
thiⁿ tī kang kâi mûeh cōi căi;
there are numerous things in heaven and earth.
jît-kang li lí sṳ̄, mêⁿ-kùa li bô̤ ût, khah bûa tîeh;
attending to business during the day, then going without sleep at night, is too grinding.
cêk ni-kang, lâi nŏ̤ hûe;
comes twice a year.
tŏ̤ lṳ́ úa cṳ kang to bô̤ ìo-kín;
between you and me that is no great matter. 干 kang 309 51 0 The ten celestial cyclic characters; to draw on one; to offend against; resulting. thien-kang phùe tī-ciⁿ;
the cycle of ten accompanies the cycle of twelve.
câp kang cū sĭ kah, it, píaⁿ, teng, bō, kí, keⁿ, sin, jîm, kùi: kah it sĭ sôk bâk, píaⁿ teng sĭ sôk húe, bō kí sĭ sôk thó, keⁿ siu sĭ sôk kim, jîm kùi sĭ sôk cúi;
these are the names of the periods in the cycle of ten: the first and second belong to wood, the third and fourth to fire, the fifth and sixth to earth, the seventh and eight to metals, and the ninth and tenth to water.
kah, píaⁿ, bō, keⁿ, jîm, sĭ sôk îang, it, teng, kí, sin, kúi, sĭ sôk im;
the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth, belong to the male principle in nature, and the others to the female.
câp kang kio câp-jī tī-ciⁿ phùe-hâh cū sêng cò̤ lâk-câp kah-cṳ́;
six revolutions of the cycle of ten and five of the cycle of twelve, make the great cycle of sixty.
tŏng-khí kang-kho̤;
to go to war.
cía ciang-lâi tîeh tŏng kang-kho̤;
this will in the future lead to war.
m̄ siang kang;
of no moment to either of us.
bô̤ siang-kang;
of no consequence.
i thiaⁿ tîeh bô̤ siang bô̤ kang;
he did not think it of any importance.
cía kio úa sĭm-mih siang kang?
What is this to me?
ṳ́ úa bô̤ kang;
it does not concern me.
i sí to m̄ kang-hiuⁿ;
he will die sooner than cease.
i cong-kú m̄ khéng kang-hiuⁿ;
he will never stop.
hui kang kí sṳ̄ môk lâu sim;
it was not my doing and does not affect me.
cêk kang nâng lóng-cóng lâi;
the whole lot of them came.
cía kio úa bô kang-sîap;
this does not concern me.
lṳ́ àiⁿ jìak kang?
How much do you want?
cí kâi sĭ cò̤ kang-cèng kâi nâng;
this is the witness.
cía kio úa bô̤ kang hĭⁿ;
this does not affect me.
úa bô̤ kang ṳ̆ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄; 
